Dolphins vs Knights, Momentum Cup 2014-15: Most 150-plus scores in a List-A match and more records
Most 150+ scores in List-A and other records
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 Seervi is 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)