Re: Pak v South Africa, 1st Test, Karachi, 1st-5th Oct

by JKLever Fri 05 Oct 2007, 13:04

please don't yell wrote:Cheers, even bigger win then.

Although i have as strange feeling the second test strip might magically have more life than it would have if pakistan were up 1-0.

No doubt.

I'm sure England would do the same. Oh wait.... we got the Oval road instead!

by skully Fri 05 Oct 2007, 13:37

WideWally wrote:I just read the following quote.

Playing in his first Test, Abdur Rehman returned identical figures of 4 for 105 in both innings, a feat which had been achieved only five times in Tests till then. On four of those occasions, though, the bowlers hadn't taken a wicket in either innings, which makes Rehman's only the second instance of a bowler who had taken at least one wicket in the game achieving identical figures in both innings. The only other player to have done this is Billy Bates, an offbreak bowler from England who took 2 for 43 in each innings against Australia at Melbourne, way back in 1882.

I'm amazed that this has happened on so few occasions & have a few doubts about its accuracy.

The quote is clearly referring to identical bowling efforts in each innings on debut. So I don't find it that surprising that only 6 people have achieved the feat. In terms of identical figures in each innings, probably the most famous is Chandrasekhar's 6-52 in each innings of this game

by WideWally Fri 05 Oct 2007, 13:52

skully wrote:
The quote is clearly referring to identical bowling efforts in each innings on debut.

That must be it then skully. To me, it didn't read as though they were only referring to debuts.

by tac Fri 05 Oct 2007, 13:53

doremi wrote:Bet they'd have loved to have Inzi in their team now.

Why? Is there an "all-you-can-eat" buffet after the game?

by skully Fri 05 Oct 2007, 13:54

Yeah, neither did I Wally, but I checked on Billy Barnes and he took 2-43 in each innings of his first Test. Matching bowling figures in each innings, while not that common, isn't that rare.

by PearlJ Fri 05 Oct 2007, 15:48

Nel took 2-59 in both innings. I'm suprised they didn't mention that.

by filosofee Fri 05 Oct 2007, 18:38

Congratulations, SA, great win by 160 runs.

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