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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 9h
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)
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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A Breathless Hush
Vitaï Lampada, Henry Newbolt’s famous cricket-based poem begins:
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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)
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Most consecutive scores of 29+: 17 Tom Abell 2025-2026 16 Derek Chadwick 1968-69 More here: andrewsamson.substack.com/p/tom-is-qui...
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Tom is quite Abell
Sports fans like a good streak (or ‘freak’ as John Arlott may have said).
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
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
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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)
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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)
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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)
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
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Who needs Bazball?
It is lunchtime on the first day of the Lord’s Test.
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Going out at the top: andrewsamson.substack.com/p/kane-was-q...
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Kane was quite Able
Going out at the top
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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.
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
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
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
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
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
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)
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
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.
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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)
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
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
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
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When 11 centurions all made double-figures
Scorecard Series number 4
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
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
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
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.
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
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)
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
A look at follow ons: andrewsamson.substack.com/p/to-enforce...
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To enforce or not enforce … that is the question
Not many changes in trends can be ascribed to a specific date.
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Five Test matches have been scheduled for 4 days since 2017. None of them have reached the 4th day.
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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.
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Most South African born players in a Test match not involving South Africa: 6 NZ (2) v Eng (4) Dunedin 2013 6 NZ (2) v Eng (4) Wellington 2013 6 Ire (4) v NZ (2) Belfast 2026
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The inaugural Ireland v New Zealand Test today is the 58th 'match-up' in Test cricket. Only Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe have played all 11 opponents.
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Random thought on seeing that Marques Ackerman scored 173 off 136 balls for South Africa A v England Lions at lovely Arundel today: That is exactly what Ian Smith did when making the highest Test score by a number 9 for NZ v India at Auckland in 1990.
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
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More wickets than runs
One of the favourites of cricket statisticians everywhere is the list of players who have taken more wickets than they have scored runs.
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Bangladesh have now won 4 consecutive Tests against Pakistan having lost 12 and drawn 1 of the previous 13 Tests between the teams. The previous longest sequence of matches without a win against an opponent before 4 consecutive wins is 8: Australia v India in 2011-12.
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Ben Aitchison 112 & 5-47 for Derbyshire v Middlesex at Lord's this weekend is the first to score a century as night-watcher and take 5 wickets in an innings in a County Championship match. Great research of Night-watchers who have scored centuries in the Championship here: tinyurl.com/2sj5m255
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Centurion County NWM – An Occasional Cricket Statistician
Posts about Centurion County NWM written by dickharvey60
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Litton Das made 126 runs out of the 172 (73.25%) Bangladesh made while he was batting today, the highest % of runs while in for Bangladesh in Tests (min 150 runs while in). World record is 81.93% (127/155) by Graham Gooch v India at Madras in 1982. Gooch was 1st out in that innings with Tavare 26*
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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The hare beats the tortoise - Stevenson passes Boycott
Scorecard Series number 3
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Highest 3rd innings total in a County Championship match where both teams were bowled out for under 160 in their first innings: 553-6* Warws (1st inns 147) v Yorks (152) at Birmingham 2026 481-7* Northants (1st inns 151) v Yorks (148) at Luton 2014
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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Tom Norton, for Glamorgan v Somerset at Cardiff, has become the youngest man to take a hat-trick on first-class debut aged 18 yrs, 274 days. The previous youngest was: 19 yrs, 115 days Zohaib Shera for Karachi Whites v National Bank of Pakistan at Karachi-NBP in 2009.
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