A More Than Happening Test Match
A first time captain, 4 debutants, first over wickets, wagging tails, century from an ICL rebel, wicketless Mendis, Younis Khan picking up wickets, opener nightwatchman, first ball wicket for Mendis; and a whole lot more.
On top, we will have a result on the 4th morning of the test.
To say that the first test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka has been happening will be a gross understatement.
A lot has happened during the three days of this test, but 3 things have stood out for me.
- A nightwatchman walking out as opener.
- A debutant getting the wicket of the opposing captain in both innings.
- Debutants picking up 16 out of the 32 wickets that have fallen thus far.
I don't know if either of these have happened before in a test match; I wouldn't be surprised if these are first time instances.
If someone has the facts, please enlighten me.
I'm going to go and do some digging myself.
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nice insight Q, i think the night watchman coming out as a opener i have seen him before but the other you never know.
Q,
We're all for firsts.....usually we're giving them to our opposition!
One thing I liked is ICL Yousuf getting a century. With the Pakistan ICL stars clicking, these should be hard times for Modi.
AMK,
Do you remember in which match a nightwatchman was used as opener?
Stani,
This time we're taking them too!
Krish,
ICL is gone bust man.. no matter how much I would like to see it back, I don't see how Modi could face a hard time.
Raja over at the 12th Man has answered one of my questions here:
http://rajabaradwaj.blogspot.com/2009/07/test-match-fact-file.html
I had forgotten abt Hirwani...
A debutant getting the wicket of the opposing captain in both innings.
Debutants picking up 16 out of the 32 wickets that have fallen thus far.
Bob Massie's debut in 1972 satisfies these two points. He took 16 wickets of the 32 that fell in that Test.
Thanx for that DB...
Hirwani also picked up 16 on debut..
I should have elaborated more on point number 2 - debutants from each side got the wicket of opposing captains in both innings..