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Interesting Scorecards
In this post I am planning to collect all interesting scorecards I have come across.
Women's international T20s
By allowing international T20 status to all T20 games, ICC has made international scorecards very interesting. Many of these contests are very much unbalanced and lead to bizarre scorecards and records which one could only dream
Without further adieu
Mali Saga[ Kwibuka Women's Twenty20 Tournament 2019]
At the time of writing this post, Mali had 3 entries in the top 4 biggest losses in terms of runs.
Rwanda Vs Mali ( Rwanda won by 10 wickets)- 18 Jun 2019
This was the first women's T20 match for Mali and this scorecard is full of interesting features. Mali scored just 6 runs batting for 9 overs, out of which 5 runs were extras. Leaving Mariam Samake who scored 1 run as the top scorer. At 83% Mr Extras overtake Charles Bannerman's famous first test match contribution. Rwanda chased the target just in 4 balls.
Tanzania Vs Mali ( Tanzania won by 10 wickets)- 19 Jun 2019
Mali's batting was slightly better, scoring 11 in 15.4 overs, Mr Extras still top scoring at 5 runs. Unfortunately the bowling department was still stuck at 4 balls.
Uganda scored 314/2 in 20 overs. This in itself is fantastic, but on closer look, the strike rates of the Ugandan batswoman are not extraordinary for such a score. None of the batswomen had strike rate more than 190 and both the century makers had strike rate less than 170. On closer look you can see that this score is boosted heavily by the 61 extras conceded by Mali . One bowler conceded 82 runs in 3 overs ( economy of 27.33 ).
After such a bowling performance, one would think that the worst is over. But Mali batting also had a tough time scoring just 10 runs in 11.1 overs with 3 runs in extras ( Highest individual score being 4 )
A very bizarre performance by Mali. Possibly the only area where they beat Uganda is in the percentage of extras. Uganda's total had around 20% in extras while, Mali's is 30%. A small positive to take :)
Rwanda Vs Mali ( Rwanda won by 216 runs) - 21 Jun 2019
After the debacle against Uganda on 20th June, the next day Mali had to regroup to avoid another big failure. In a way they did that , and even though the loss was by 216 runs, the achieved one significant thing - Their team didn't get all out , even though the ended up scoring just 30-9 chasing chasing 247
With lot more T20 national women teams, such occurrences of chases with very small second innings scores have become increasingly common. For example, this chase by Germany Vs Ireland
Tanzania Vs Mali ( Tanzania won by 268 runs) - 22 Jun 2019
Mali un-did their improvement 21st June by conceding 65 extras and also getting all-out for just 17.
Perice Mamunya had bowling analysis 4-4-0-0 for Tanzania. A dream spell for any bowler. At least would not expect it to be improved in the same match, Until Nasra Saidi came to bowl and ended up with 2.5-2-0-5. Possibly confused by so many bowling performances, the officials gave man of the match to the Tanzania batsman who scored a century.
Maldives Saga [ Is this something to do with name? Mali-Dives]
Analysis of 7-3 in an international match? I doubt Frederique Overdijk would have dreamed of doing it in this match
Men's International T20s
Belgium converted 14/8 to 146/8 to win this match against Austria. Amazing innings by Saber Zakhil to pip 5-5 by Aqib Iqbal
You some times unexpectedly see your old retired heroes ( rather their name sakes) :) Aravinda De Silva played a blinder for Bulgaria Vs Serbia in the match
Turkey could score just 21 chasing 279 Vs Czech republic in this match
Turkey at it again in this match
Myanmar 9-8 in this match
Men's Domestic T20s
Andre Russel hit a century from 5-41 to chase 225 in this match
Leo Carter smashed Anton Devcich for 6 sixes in an over in this match
Hazratullah Zazai did the same in the match
Men's other T20s
Ultimate T20 all round performance by Krishnappa Gautam in this match . He scored 134(56 balls - 13 sixes) out of the team score 204 and then took 8-15 in 4 overs.
4 Balls 92 runs protest in Bangladesh
Wriddhiman Saha made an amazing century in 20 balls in this match
Women's other T20s
Ultimate one-woman show by Shania-Lee Swart in this match. She scored 160 out a team total of 169, with extras contributing to the remaining 9.
Men's First Class
Innings and 851 runs loss by Dera Ismail Khan Vs Pakistan railways in this match.
Vijay Hazare's 309 out of 387 in this match
Hampshire won the match after following on from 15 all out to score 521 and win this match
Winning match without losing any wickets :
Men's List A
If you are chasing 78 in 40 overs and your team has Viv Richards and Greg Chappell, you wouldn't bet your team getting all-out for 62, which is what happened in this match. Thinking now, probably Lille would have bet.
Glen Turner was a lone hand (understatement) in this match
One man show by Clive Rice in this match
Men's Tests
Declared on 32-7 and won! . England did this unthinkable against Australia 1950's Ashes.
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Friday, May 8, 2020
India's first cricket test team - Shankarrao Godambe
Shankarrao Godambe
Sussex v Indians
He played in the first match of the tour. Batted at number 8 in the first innings but didnt score any runs. Bowled in both the innings and had the analyses 7-2-5-0 and 7-2-11-1. Typical bowling analyses of a medium pace bowler in England. This match was drawn
After missing the match against Glamorgan, be was back in the team for Oxford match
Oxford University v Indians
Batted at number 8 in the first innings was not out for 9. Did not bat in the second innings
Bowled in both the innings 6-1-16-0 and 19-4-54-1 . Also took a catch in this match which India won by 8 wickets
Missed next two matches and was back against Essex
Essex v Indians
Batted at number 7 scoring 15 . He did not bat in the second innings. His bowling analyses were
9-2-22-1 and 4-0-13-0 in this drawn match.
Missed next 7 matches including the test match and was back against Yorkshire
Yorkshire v Indians
Batted at number 7 and 9 scoring 1 and 0 respectively. His bowling analyses were 4-0-16-0 and
3-1-5-0 in this match India lost by 6 wickets
Played his first consecutive match against Middlesex
Batted at number 7 and scored 13. Did not bat in the second innings. Just bowled in the second innings 6-1-10-1. This match was drawn
Scotland v Indians
Batted at number 8 in the first innings and scored 13. Was promoted to one-down in second innings but could score only 6. Didnt bowl in either innings and took one catch in this match which India won by 200 runs. Looks like his promotion to number 3 was to compensate for him not bowling!
Missed match aganist Glamorgan and was back against Warwickshire
Warwickshire v Indians
Batted at number 10 scoring 12* and 7* . Had bowling analyses of 31.5-6-64-4 and 15-2-36-1 in this drawn match
After missing match agains Gloucestershire, he was back for the Somerset match. Its puzzling why he was dropped aftet his best match of the tour versus WarwickshireBatted at number 7 and number 8 scoring 8 and 0 respectively. His bowling analyses were 7-1-7-0 and 15.2-3-47-4. Also took a catch in this match which India won by 163 runs
Missed the match against Surrey again after a good performanceBoth the innings batted at number 11 bagging a pair. His analyses were 20-7-45-2 and 7-2-21-0 in this match which Derbyshire won by 9 runs
Played the next match as well
Didnt bat in either innings and bowled in second innings 13-4-21-0. India won this match by innings and 15 runs
Missed the next two matches and was back for the last match of the tour
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Tuesday, May 5, 2020
India's first cricket test team - Joginder Singh
Joginder Singh
He was a right-hand batsman who played 23 first class matches ( India, Sikhs and Southern Punjab) scoring 521 runs at an average of 14.88. His only fifty of firstclass career (79) came against Gloucestershire in India's 1932 tour of England. He has taken couple of first class wickets ( all in one innings 2-101) at and average of 50.5 and economy of 6.31 suggesting that he was very much a part-time bowler. His first class batting stats are also not very good. Possibly he was selected as he was a good athlete ( played Polo for "Patiala Tigers" ) and was associated with Maharaja of Patiala and Maharaja of Mandi. Possibly he was able to be part of the tour due to this ( Mentioned by Edward Wybergh Docker in "History of Indian Cricket")
He tragically died in a car crash at the age of 35/36 in 1940
He didnt play the first match Vs Sussex and his first match was Vs Glamorgan
Glamorgan v Indians
Batted at number 10 in the first innings and scored 27. Possibly based on his good performance in the first innings, he was promoted to number 4 but could only scored 15 before getting out. He took a catch as well in this drawn match
Missed next two matches and was back in the team for the match against Hampshire
Hampshire v Indians
Batted at number 9 scoring 5 and 15 in this match which India lost by innings and 103 runs
Missed next 6 matches including the first test match and was back in the team for the match versus Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire v Indians
Batted at number 10 and retired hurt for 12 in the first innings. Did not bat in the second innings in this match which India lost by 224 runs.
In the first innings he wa brutally bounced by Harold Larwood to win a bet of knocking his turban off. Larwood succeeded in this and then continued bouncing him till he was hit on the face and had to retire hurt. He missed the second innings and possibly missed the next few matches due to this.
This brutal incident is also mentioned in "Bodyline Autopsy: The full story of the most sensational Test cricket series: Australia v England 1932-33" by David Frith
Missed next 4 matches before being back in the team for the match against Glamorgan
Batted at number 8 scoring 8(run out) and 5 . Also took a catch in this match which India won by 54 runs.
After missing the match against Warwickshire, he was back against GloucestershireGloucestershire v Indians
Batted at number 7 scoring 3 and 79 ( second highest score in the innings after SHM Colah's 94) . Was run out in the first innings like in the match vs Glamorgan
Took 2 catches as well in this match India won by 55 runs
This was his best match of the tour so far.
Played his consecutive match of the tour on the back of the impressive performanceSomerset v Indians
Batted at number 8 in the first innings and was undefeated on 16. Batted at number 7 and was out stumped for 7 with India going for declaration. Possibly he was going for big shots. Took 1 catch as well in this match which India won by 163 runs
After missing the match against Surrey he was back in team versus Derbyshire
Batted at number 8 scoring 3 ( stumped) and 0. India lost this closely fought match by 9 runs.
After missing the match against Leicestershire, he was back against Kent
He played just 8 matches in the tour scoring 208 runs at an average of 18.9 and also took 4 catches,
Seems to have been a decent player and if promoted after the Gloucestershire natch in which he hit 79, he could have had better stats. Also he was not given a long run and played only two matches consecutively.
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Monday, May 4, 2020
India's first cricket test team - Lall Singh
Lall Singh
Lall Singh is the answer for a trivia question. Who is the first test cricketer born in Malaysia? He was the only one till Steve O'Keefe played test cricket. He played India's maiden test match and that was the only test match he ever played. He is the first outstanding Indian fielder and a quick mover on the field. It was mentioned that "he glided over the ground like a snake". His brilliant anticipation and throw removed Frank Woolley. He was also involved in a counter-attacking partnership of 74 runs in 40 minutes for 8th wiicket with Amar Singh in the second innings. He batted at number 8 and scored 15,29 and took a catch. In his firstclass career he also played for Hindus and Southern Punjab. He scored 1123 runs from 32 matches at an average of 24.95 with one century ( 107*) and 5 fifties. He doesnt seem to have been much of a bowler and picked only 1 wiket in his firstclass career. After his first class career, he moved back to Kuala Lumpur ( then part of Federated Malay States, now Malaysia). There was a rumour that he became a night club owner, but seems that he spent his life as a groundsman in Kuala Lumpur and was involved in the promotion of cricket.
He played the first match of the tour
Sussex v Indians
Batted at number 6 in the first innings and scored 6. In second innings, he batted at number 7 and was not out on 29. Took one catch as well in the match which was a draw
Missed the match versus Glamorgan and was back in team against Oxford University
Oxford University v Indians
Batted at number 5 in the first innings and was out for 11 runs by Bowes. He did not bat in the second innings. Took one catch in this Indian win ( by 8 wickets)
Marylebone Cricket Club v Indians
Batted at number 9 and was out for 5 in this drawn match
Missed three matches and was back for the match against Cambridge
Batted at number 7 and scored 28 runs. Did not bat in the second innings. Took one catch as well in this match India won by 9 wickets
Batted at 8 and scored 21 in this drawn match. Did not bat in the second inningsWorcestershire v Indians
Batted at number 8 in the first innings and scored his first fifty of the tour before getting out for 52. Scored 10 in the second innings at number 7 and also tool three catches in the match. which India won by 3 wickets
Batted at number 7 in the first innings and scored 15 runs. He then batted at number 8 in the second innings and scored 29 runs in a counter-attacking partnership of 74 in 40 minutes with Amar Singh. He had a life when the stumping was missed off the bowling of Robins in the second innings. He took one catch and also ran out Frank Woolley with a well anticipated hard throw.Batted at number 7 and scored 16 runs in the first innings and was unbeated on 28 in the second innings in this loss against Nottinghamshire. Took one catch as well
Missed the match against Middlesex and was back in the team vs Scotland
Batted at number 7 in the first innings and scored 28. In second innings, batted at his highest batting position of 4, but got out for just 3. Bowled 4 overs and took a wicket with the analysis 4-1-9-1. Wicket keeper Janardhan Navle caught AD Baxter for Lall Singh's only wicket of his first class career. India won this match comfortably by 200 runs
After missing the match against Warwickshire, he was back against Gloucestershire
Batted at number 5 and scored 5 and 5. Also took one catch in this match which India won by 55 runs mainly courtesy Amar Singh's 12 wicket match haul
Missed 3 matches and was back against Leicestershire
Leicestershire Vs Indians
Missed two matches and was back for the last match of the tour
Batted at number 10 and scored 24 in the only Indian innings in this 3 day match . Bowled 1 over and conceded 11 runs without any wickets.
The tour matches dont indicate who did the runouts and how many runs were saved by each fielders. Maybe with these numbers, Lall Singh's tour might have been seen as much more successfulHe was from an affluent Sikh family settled in Malaya and was to close to Maharaja Bhupinder Singh who was supposed to be the captain for 1932 tour, but had to withdraw due to illness. Lall Singh had a colourful life living in Paris, caught and tortured by Japanese during world war two, losing all properties after war ending up as a groundsman and then gaining all back with the help of Sultan of Selangor. He ended his life living prosperously travelling to Paris often and having cricket tournaments named after him.Wiki gives lot more details regarding his background.
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Lall Singh Trophy
Sunday, May 3, 2020
India's first cricket test team - Bahadur Kapadia
Bahadur Kapadia
Bahadur Kapadia was a Parsee and played for the Parsees team from 1920/21 to 1935/36. He played a total of 30 first class matches but unfortunately couldnt add a test cap.
His matches during the tour were:
He didnt play in the first two matches for which Janardan Navle was the wicket keeper, he played his first match of the tour vs Oxford University at the University Parks ground, where i had a chance to see Kevin Pietersen hit 170 lot many years later!
Oxford University v Indians
Batted at number 7 in the first innings was out for 7. Did not bat in the second innings
Took one catch in each innings in this Indian win over Oxford university
After missing the match again MCC he was back in the team against Hampshire
Hampshire v Indians
Batted at number 10 , scored 5 and 3 notout. Took one catch. India lost by innings and 103 runs in this match
Missed next two matches and was back in the team for vs Cambridge University
Cambridge University v Indians
Batted at number 10 and scored 37 runs. Did not bat in the second innings
Also took a stumping off the bowling of CK Nayudu. India won this match comfortably by 9 wickets
Missed the next 6 matches including the inaugral test match and was back for the match against Middlesex
Middlesex v Indians
In a match dominated by India, he didnt get chance to bat in either innings and contributed with one catch .The match ended in draw
Missed the next three matches and was back for the match against Gloucestershire
Batted at number 11 and 9 and scored 2 and 0. Took one catch as well. India wont this batch by 55 runs mainly due to Amar Singh's herioics.Somerset v Indians
Played his first consecutive first class match. Batted at number 10 and got out for 5. Took one catch in this Indian win
Missed next two matches and was back against LeicestershireDidnt get a chance to bat in this match which India won by innings and 15 runs. Took one catch.
This was his last match of the tour and did not feature in the team for the last 3 matches.
He got sporadic chances in 7 matches out of the 26 matches played in the 1932 tour. Ended up scoring 77 runs from 7 innings with one not out and ended with a tour average of 12.83. Took 7 catches and a stumping. His firstclass average from 44 innings ( 6 notouts) was 13.73, but has 47 catches and 24 stumpings. So, possibly his batting is in line with his first class career. Probably he was a good wicket keeper with limited batting skills. His catches/stumpings are much less as compared to his firstclass career. I would have expected that he would have got more catches in England due to the swinging conditions.
Ramachandra Guha's book "A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Indian History of a British Sport" mentions a controversial notout catch off the batting of Bahadur Kapadia. This was in the 1929 Quadrangular trophy ( Religion based teams - Hindus, Muslims, Parsees and Europeans) semi final versus Europeans. Ramachandra Guha mentions Bahadur Kapadia as a key player and from the controversy, we can assume that he wasnt a mug with the bat as the stats suggest
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