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Zaheer sets world record with bat

Rajneesh Gupta | December 13, 2004 11:21 IST
Last Updated: December 13, 2004 12:46 IST


Zaheer Khan got his name written into record books with his innings of 75 in Dhaka Test on Sunday.

His innings is the highest ever by any number 11 batsman in Tests putting into shade New Zealander Richard Collinge's unbeaten 68 way back in 1972-73. Zaheer is also only the second Indian batsman to score a fifty at number 11 after Ghulam Ahmed.

The accompanying table lists the highest innings played by all number 11 batsmen in Test cricket:

RunsBatsmanForVsVenueSeason
75Zaheer KhanIndBDDhaka2004-05
68*Richard CollingeNZPakAuckland1972-73
62*Bert' VoglerSAEngCape Town1905-06
61Glenn McGrathAusNZBrisbane2004-05
60*Wasim BariPakWIBridgetown1976-77
59*John SnowEngWIThe Oval1966
59Mushtaq AhmedPakSARawalpindi1997-98
54Pat SymcoxSAAusAdelaide1997-98
52Rodney HoggAusWIGeorgetown1983-84
50*Wesley HallWIIndPort-of-Spain1961-62
50Ghulam AhmedIndPakDelhi1952-53
50Fred SpofforthAusEngMelbourne1884-85

The tenth wicket partnership of 133 runs between Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan is India's best for this wicket against all countries. In fact the Tendulkar-Zaheer partnership is the joint second highest partnership for tenth wicket in Test cricket.

Overall it is the 18th instance of a century partnership for tenth wicket in Test chronicles -- second such instance for India. The details:

RunsBatsmenForVsVenueSeasonFromTo%Cont.
151BF HastingsRO CollingeNZ PakAuckland1972-73251-940237.56
151Azhar MahmoodMushtaq AhmedPakSAfRawalpindi 1997-98305-945633.11
133Wasim RajaWasim BariPakWI Bridgetown1976-77158-929145.70
133SR TendulkarZaheer KhanIndBDDhaka2004-05393-952625.28
130RE FosterW RhodesEngAusSydney 1903-04447-957722.53
128K HiggsJA SnowEngWI The Oval1966399-952724.29
127JM TaylorAA MaileyAusEngSydney 1924-25325-945228.10
124JG BracewellSL BoockNZ AusSydney 1985-86169-929342.32
120RA DuffWW ArmstrongAusEngMelbourne1901-02233-935333.99
118NJ AstleCL CairnsNZ EngChristchurch2001-02333-945126.16
117*P WilleyRGD WillisEngWI The Oval198092-9209-955.98
114JN GillespieGD McGrathAusNZ Brisbane2004-05471-958519.49
109HR AdhikariGhulam AhmedIndPakDelhi 1952-53263-937229.30
106*NJ AstleDK MorrisonNZ EngAuckland1996-97142-9248-942.74
106CL HooperCA WalshWI PakSt. John's1992-93332-943824.20
104Zulfiqar AhmedAmir ElahiPakIndMadras1952-53240-934430.23
103HG Owen-SmithAJ BellSAfEngHeadingley1929172-927537.45
103AJ StewartAR CaddickEngAusEdgbaston2001191-929435.03

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