Andrew Samson

Highest 10th wicket partnership to win a List A One-day game 102* TA Bula & F de Wet North West v Free State Potch 2006 89* Shadab Khan & Haris Rauf Pakistan v England Lahore 2026 80* DL Bairstow & M Johnson Yorks v Derbs Derby 1981

200s in List A one-day matches in a loss: 229* BR Dunk Tasmania v Queensland Sydney 2014 212 SPP Samal Odisha v Saurashtra Alur 2025 202 HC Brook England v Sri Lanka Rawalpindi 2026

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Tests where the debutants for a team went on to combine for 10 000 runs & 400 wickets: SA v Eng PE 2004 10 016 runs & 441 wkts AB de Villiers (8 765/2) D Steyn (1 251/439) Aus v NZ Bris 2011 11 707 runs & 533 wkts D Warner (8 786/4) M Starc (2 504/448 before current Test) J Pattinson (417/81)

Marco Jansen, aged 26 yrs, 170 days is the youngest player in the current Test at Gqeberha He is the oldest youngest player in a Test beating 26 yrs, 152 days AMB Rowan (SA) Eng v SA Manchester 1947

Qais survives, survives, whatever will be, will be ....

Men who have scored their maiden first-class 100 in the 4th innings of a Test: Jason Holder WI v Eng North Sound 2015 (103*) Sediqullah Atal Afg v Ban Abu Dhabi 2026 (currently 106*)

First innings duck off 20+ balls and 2nd innings score at over a run a ball in a Test match: 0 (22) & 59 (56) JC Buttler Eng v WI North Sound 2015 0 (29) & 18 (12) RR Pant Ind v Eng Southampton 2018 0 (33) & 48 (38) NJ Maddinson Aus v SA Durban 2026

Apologies in advance, but I can't resist. The retirement of Craig Miles means we can put a line under this 'quiz' question: What do Ashwell Prince, Charlie Macdonell, Daryl Mitchell, Dan Lawrence, Alex Davies & Steve Davies have in common? They have all be run out by Miles in first-class cricket.

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George Hill was the leading run-scorer (748 at 34.00) and the leading wicket-taker (48 at 18.39) for Yorkshire in the County Championship this season. The last player to do this was Colin Wells for Sussex in 1987 (1 411 runs at 45.51 & 52 wickets at 28.51)

There have been two cases of bowling figures of 10-0-67-5 in ODIs. Both for Australia v South Africa at The Wanderers: Nathan Bracken in 2006 and Jack Edwards today. #twonickels

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Highest target set in a first-class match after having been dismissed for under 150 in 1st inns: 612 Glamorgan (132 & 594) v Surrey (115) The Oval 2026 592 Rangpur Division (122 & 587) v Chittagong Division (118 & 350) Bogra 2011 - won by 241 runs

Most runs before being dismissed in first-class cricket: 420* Jack Lees (KZN Inland) 2025-2026 (118*, 302*) 347 Travis Dean (Victoria) 2015 (154*, 109*, 84) 341 Sakibul Gani (Bihar) 2022 (341) 310 Ray Watson-Smith (Border) 1969 (183*, 125*, 2) * Ongoing

Wicket off the first ball of consecutive innings in a Test: Aus v SA Melbourne 1932 (2nd & 3rd inns) Ban v SL Mirpur 2007 (2nd & 3rd inns - follow on) SL v Aus Galle 2011 (3rd & 4th inns) Eng v Pak Birmingham 2026 (3rd & 4th inns)

Best Test bowling average in a season: 35 @ 5.80 GA Lohmann (Eng) 1895/96 in SA 34 @ 7.47 GAR Lock (Eng) 1958 v NZ 28 @ 9.32 OE Robinson (Eng) 2026 v NZ & Pak 31 @ 9.54 H Ironmonger (Aus) 1931/32 v SA 46 @ 9.60 JC Laker (Eng) 1956 v Aus Min 25 wickets

Hat-trick in consecutive first-class matches: G Freeman (Yorks) 1868 JS Rao (Services) 1963 Hat-trick on debut and 2 hat-tricks in 2nd match MJ Procter (Glos) 1979 DW Headley (Kent) 1996 Wasim Akram (Pak) 1999 (both in Tests) DM Dhapola (Uttarakhand) 2024 HT Crocombe (Sus) 2026

Most consecutive scores of 29+: 17 Tom Abell 2025-2026 16 Derek Chadwick 1968-69 More here: andrewsamson.substack.com/p/tom-is-qui...

Highest score in an A-Test: 350* Towhid Hridoy Ban A v SA A Potchesfstroom 2026 306* CA Pujara Ind A v WI A Hubli 2013 268 MS Sinclair NZ A v SA A Potchesfstroom 2004 268 D Elgar SA A v Aus A Pretoria 2013

Durham will come back at Chester-le-Street tomorrow needing 4 runs to beat Glos. 3 teams have returned the next day needing 1 run to win a first-class match: Hants 170-5 needing 171 v Notts Southampton 1930 Midd 144-9 (145) v Glam at Cardiff 1955 Nhants 15-1 (16) v Leics Peterborough 1968

Most runs after the fall of the 6th wicket in a follow-on innings in a Test match: 225 Zim v Afg Abu Dhabi 2021 (Lost) 223 Eng v Aus Leeds 1981 (Won) 211 SL v Ind Colombo-SSC 2026 (Draw)

First scoring shot in Test cricket was a 5 (where known): Shakeel Ahmed Pak v Zim Bulawayo 1995 PR Adams SA v Eng Cape Town 1996 Naeem Islam Ban v NZ Chittagong 2008 BW Hilfenhaus Aus v SA Johannesburg 2009 MD Rae NZ v WI Wellington 2025 RVPK Mishara SL v Ind Colombo-SSC 2026

100 runs and 7+wickets for <=31 in a County Championship match: JE Emburey 47 & 73*, 4-8 & 4-14 Mid v Leics Lord's 1983 BA Stokes 53 & 66*, 2-14 & 5-17 Dur v Derbs Derby 2026

Two bowlers taking 6 wickets on the first day of a Test: Frank Worrell (WI) & Bill Johnston (Aus) at Adelaide 1951 Mitchell Starc (Aus) & Shoriful Islam (Ban) at Mackay 2026

Shortest time for a venue to host 50 Tests: 28.2 years Galle International Stadium (1998-2026) 71.1 years Queen's Park Oval, Port-of-Spain (1930-2001) 76 years The Gabba, Brisbane (1931-2007)

Niroshan Dickwella extends his lead on the 'Most Fifties Without A Century in Test Cricket' list: 23 Dickwella 16 Chetan Chauhan (Ind) 13 Ken Mackay (Aus) & Mitchell Starc (Aus)

Number of Tests to get 2 wins against Australia: 4 England 7 Bangladesh 8 West Indies 12 Pakistan 14 New Zealand 15 India 27 Sri Lanka 31 South Africa

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Highest total to win a List A match batting 2nd 438-9 South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 2006 418-8 Leinster Lightning v Northern Knights Oak Hill 2026 413-5 Karnataka v Jharkhand Ahmedabad 2025 402-3 Queensland v Tasmania Sydney 2014

Lowest total at the fall of the 8th wicket in the 1st innings by a team that went on to win an ODI: 70 Zim v Ban Harare 2026 88 Zim v WI Sydney 2001 98 SA v Eng East London 1996 Excluding reduced overs matches.

Teams dismissed in batting order in Test cricket: 476 Aus v Eng Adelaide 1912 608 Eng v SA Johannesburg-EP 1948 620 SA v Aus Johannesburg 1966 289 Eng v NZ Lord's 1978 323 Pak v Eng Manchester 2001 140 Ban v Zim Harare 2026

Best match bowling figures as a full substitute in a Test: 6-87 ZG Foulkes NZ v Eng Nottingham 2026 4-60 CAK Rajitha SL v Ban Chattogram 2022

No team has batted first, added 300+ for the opening partnership and gone on to lose a first-class match. The highest opening partnership by a team that batted 1st and went on to lose is 279 C Broad/D Hodgson Glos v Hants Bristol 1993 In Tests 276 A Griffith/S Campbell WI v NZ Hamilton 1999

Lowest all out total in first-class cricket after reaching 300 without losing a wicket: 393 Notts v Glos Nottingham 1904 (303 for 1st wkt) 438 NZ v Eng Nottingham 2026 (317 for 1st wkt)

Will O'Rourke scored 19 yesterday. He had 19 in 23 Test innings before that. The only man to double their career aggregate later in a Test career is Ebadot Hossian whose 21* for Ban v WI at Gros Islet in 2022 was his 27th innings having totalled just 12 runs before that.

The last time England made 5+ changes to the XI having won the previous match in a series was v India at Leeds in 1959 (6 changes)

The first 11 players to reach 9 000 Test runs all went on to 10 000. 4 of the 8 to reach 9 000 since then have retired before reaching 10 000: G Smith, H Amla, V Kohli and K Williamson

200 and 100 at more than a run a ball in each innings in a first-class match: GA Hick 252 (237) & 100* (71) Worcs v Glam Abergavenny 1990 DW Lawrence 218 (190) & 101 (64) Sur v Hants The Oval 2026

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Fastest first-class 200 at The Oval: 172 balls DW Lawrence Sur v Hants 2026 187 balls NH Fairbrother Lancs v Sur 1990 191 balls IA Greig Sur v Lancs 1990

Emilio Gay is the 71st man to make the highest score of the match on Test debut with 57 in England's 2nd innings. Of those only Dattu Phadkar 51 for Ind v Aus at Sydney in 1947 has made a lower score.

Lowest average in scores over 100 in Test cricket Min 10 scores >=100 KL Rahul 1 514 @ 126.16 (12 x 100) Asad Shafiq 1 389 @ 126.27 (12 x 100)

Earliest triple-wicket maiden in a Test innings: 1st over: IK Pathan Ind v Pak Karachi 2006 1st over: MA Starc Aus v WI Kingston 2025 2nd over: DNT Zoysa SL v NZ Harare 1999 2nd over: OE Robinson Eng v NZ Lord’s 2026

England openers who hit the first ball they faced in Test cricket for four: Brian Bolus v WI Leeds 1963 Dom Sibley v NZ Mount Maunganui 2019 Emilio Gay v NZ Lord's 2026

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Five Test matches have been scheduled for 4 days since 2017. None of them have reached the 4th day.

Ireland have now had 7 century partnerships in Test cricket. 5 of these are for the 7th wicket and 3 of these are between McBrine & Adair.

Earliest 5-for in a Test innings (overs) 4.3 MA Starc Aus v WI Kingston 2025 6.1 SCJ Broad Eng v Aus Nottingham 2015 8.5 FH Edwards WI v Ban Mirpur 2011 8.5 KAJ Roach WI v Ban Mirpur 2018 8.5 NG Smith NZ v Ire Belfast 2026