Morne van Wyk, Cameron Delport and Reeza Hendricks all scored 150-plus in the same List-A match between Dolphins and Knights. Also the record for the highest partnership held by Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar in limited-overs cricket was broken. Bharath Seervi highlights the records created and emulated in this match.
In the Momentum Cup match between Dolphins and Knights at Bloemfontein in South Africa, three batsmen made individual scores of over 150. They were Morne van Wyk (175*) and Cameron Delport (169*) for the Dolphins, who batted first and Reeza Hendricks (181) for the Knights. Dolphins’ openers, van Wyk and Delport remained unbeaten at the crease for the entire course of 50 overs, posting a total of 367 for no loss. It is the highest total for a team without losing any wicket in a List-A match. The Knights, in reply, scored 342 for seven in their 50 overs and handed a 25-run victory to Dolphins.
The right-handed van Wyk scored his 175 runs off 171 balls with help of 15 fours and five sixes whereas his left-handed partner Delport took just 130 balls including 12 fours and six sixes to get to 169 runs. Delport got to his century mark first, in 90 balls, just before his team reaching 200. Van Wyk got to his hundred run mark in 142 balls with no sixes till then. Van Wyk scored 75 runs in his last 29 balls that included all those five sixes. In the last ten overs, they scored 129 runs.
The 367-run stand is the highest partnership for any wicket in List-A cricket surpassing Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid’s partnership of 331 runs against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999. Reeza Hendricks shared a partnership of 275 runs with Rudy Second for the second wicket. It is the first time there were two 250-plus partnerships in a single List-A match. Hendricks got to his century in 86 balls and was at the crease until the 44th over. The team needed 74 runs in the last six overs, but fell 25 runs short and Dolphins won by 25 runs.
It is the first time in the history of List-A cricket three individual 150-plus scores were scored in a single List-A match. There are several occasions of two 150-plus scores in a List-A game, 12 to be precise.
Two individual scores of 150-plus in a List-A innings
It has happened twice in One-Day Internationals (ODI). First was by Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999 and then by Hamish Marshall and Brendon McCullum for New Zealand against Ireland at Aberdeen in 2008.
Date
Batsman 1
Runs 1
Batsman 2
Runs 2
Team
Opposition
Venue
November 8, 1999
SR Tendulkar
186*
R Dravid
153
India
New Zealand
Hyderabad (Deccan)
April 13, 2001
Ghulam Ali
155*
Sohail Jaffar
153*
PIA
A Dvlp Bank
Sialkot
January 6, 2004
DJ Gandhi
151
N Haldipur
150
Bengal
Assam
Jamshedpur
April 29, 2007
AD Brown
176
JGE Benning
152
Surrey
Gloucs
The Oval
July 1, 2008
BB McCullum
166
JAH Marshall
161
New Zealand
Ireland
Aberdeen
July 31, 2014
C Munro
151
C de Grandhomme
151
NZ A
Northants
Northampton
October 17, 2014
MN van Wyk
175*
CS Delport
169*
Dolphins
Knights
Bloemfontein
Individual Scores of 150-plus by batsmen of both teams in a List-A match:
It was the seventh instance where at least one batsman from opposing teams played an individual innings of over 150 in a List-A match. The first such occasion occurred back in 1970 when Eddie Barlow and Graeme Pollock posted 186 and 169 respectively for their respective teams at Johannesburg. The next occasion was also at Johannesburg, but this time in an ODI, by Ricky Ponting and Herschelle Gibbs in the famous ‘434-game‘ 2006. The only other occasion in ODIs was by Charles Coventry and Tamim Iqbal in 2009.
Date
Batsman 1
Runs 1
Team 1
Batsman 2
Runs 2
Team 2
Venue
Apr 4, 1970
EJ Barlow
186
Barlow’s XI
RG Pollock
169
Pollock XI
Johannesburg
Mar 12, 2006
RT Ponting
164
Australia
HH Gibbs
175
South Africa
Johannesburg
Feb 27, 2008
PR Shah
157*
Baroda
W Jaffer
178*
Mumbai
Poona
Sep 24, 2008
WU Tharanga
173*
Sri Lanka A
GH Bodi
153
Sth Africa A
East London
Mar 24, 2009
Salman Butt
150*
National Bnk
Humayun Farhat
150
Habib Bank
Faisalabad
Aug 16, 2009
CK Coventry
194*
Zimbabwe
Tamim Iqbal
154
Bangladesh
Bulawayo
Oct 17, 2014
MN van Wyk/CS Delport
175*/169*
Dolphins
RR Hendricks
181
Knights
Bloemfontein
Highest individual scores while chasing in a List-A match:
Reeza Hendricks’ 181 is the sixth-highest individual score while chasing in List-A cricket. Three of the top five have come in ODIs; by Shane Watson, MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli. Around a year ago, David Warner smashed 197 runs in an Australian Domestic match, which is the highest in chases. Hendricks’ knock is second highest innings in a losing cause while chasing. James Bennings’ 189* is the highest in such a cause.
Runs
Balls
Batsman
Team
Opposition
Venue
Date
Result
197
141
DA Warner
NSW
Victoria
Sydney
October 24, 2013
Won
189*
146
JGE Benning
Surrey
Gloucs
Bristol
June 18, 2006
Lost
185*
96
SR Watson
Australia
Bangladesh
Dhaka
April 11, 2011
Won
183*
145
MS Dhoni
India
Sri Lanka
Jaipur
October 31, 2005
Won
183
148
V Kohli
India
Pakistan
Dhaka
March 18, 2012
Won
181
135
RR Hendricks
Knights
Dolphins
Bloemfontein
October 17, 2014
Lost
300-plus run partnerships in List-A Cricket:
The 367* run partnership between van Wyk and Delport is the highest partnership for any wicket in List-A cricket. It is the eighth 300-plus run partnership in List-A cricket. Below is the complete list.
Runs
Wkt
Partner 1
Partner 2
For
Against
Venue
Date
367*
1
MM van Wyk
CS Delport
Dolphins
Knights
Bloemfontein
Oct 17, 2014
326*
1
Ghulam Ali
Sohail Jaffar
PIA
A Dvlp Bank
Sialkot
Apr 13, 2001
321
1
JA Raval
JM How
Central Districts
Northern Districts
Hamilton
Mar 6, 2013
318
2
SC Ganguly
R Dravid
India
Sri Lanka
Taunton
May 26, 1999
311
1
AJ Wright
NJ Trainor
Gloucs
Scotland
Bristol
Jun 24, 1997
309*
3
TS Curtis
TM Moody
Worcs
Surrey
The Oval
Aug 9, 1994
303*
3
A Barrow
HR Fotheringham
Natal
S African XI
Durban
Oct 25, 1975
302
2
ME Trescothick
C Kieswetter
Somerset
Gloucs
Taunton
Aug 23, 2008
Most 150-plus scores in List-A cricket:
The 175* run inning was Morne van Wyk’s fourth 150-plus run inning of his List-A career. Only Gordon Greenidge (6) and Sachin Tendulkar (5) have scored more 150-plus scores in List-A than van Wyk.
150-plus scores
Batsman
6
CG Greenidge
5
SR Tendulkar
4
IAV Richards
4
ST Jayasuriya
4
AD Brown
4
AJ Strauss
4
MM van Wyk
(Bharath Seerviis a cricket statistician who is obsessed with digging numbers, facts and records related to the game. An active member of Society of Cricket Statisticians of India, he blogs at www.cricketseervistats.blogspot.com. He can be followed on Twitter at www.twitter.com/SeerviBharath and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SeerviCricket)
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