Pak vs Eng Test Series 2012: Pakistani off-spinners eye for a Clean Sweep…

With the dawn of 2012, no one expected that World’s #1 test team England will fall like nine pins in front of the fraught Pakistan team in UAE. The magical bowling of off-spinner Saeed Ajmal thrashed the English batting line up, where the introduction of ‘teesra’ a new delivery by him, made everyone stunned. Using of ‘teesra’, as hinted by Saeed Ajmal was considered as a deception and many English batsmen just gave a cheesy smile to it. English batsmen thought that it is just a hoax to let their morale down and to confuse them before the match. However, the bewildering bamboozle of ‘doosra’ and ‘teesra’ bowled by Saeed Ajmal made their mockery into a loud cry. No one expected that there is a secret arsenal hiding in the hands of the Pakistani off-spinner.

Although, Pakistan has won the series by 2-0, the third and last test is just round the corner. Pakistan team is quite hopeful to take the world’s number one test team to task by winning the third test match on the Arabian Soil. English team has already faced too much criticism and trying to recuperate from their current position. Pakistan team, on the other hand, after experiencing so many reprehensible incidents in the recent past, is quite committed to take the front seat. Let’s hope the magic of off spinners continue in the following 3^rd test match to be played in Dubai and Pakistan wins the match by 3-0.

 

Top ten test match centuries in World

Having a world century in a cricket career is a big milestone for any international player. One has to put in lots of effort and consistent hard work to reach that level to make history on the top ten centuries board. Brian Charles Lara is of the finest Test players in cricket history who has made an unbeatable record of a 400(not out) score in 2004. Most certainly, he is the only player in the history of the top ten world’s centuries whose name is in top three positions twice. Here is the list of all the top ten players of the world in test cricket with their score of centuries.

Player	Runs	Country	Year
Brian Lara	400*	West Indies	10 Apr 2004
Matthew Hayden	380	Australia	9 Oct 2003
Brian Lara	375	West Indies	16 Apr 1994
Mahela Jayawardene	374	Sri Lanka	27 Jul 2006
Sir Garry Sobers	365*	West Indies	26 Feb 1958
L Hutton	364	England	20 Aug 1938
Sanat Jayasuriya	340	Sri Lanka	2 Aug 1997
Hanif Mohammad	337	Pakistan	17 Jan 1958
Wally Hammond	336*	England	31 Mar 1933
Mark Taylor	334*	Australia	15 Oct 1998

Top ten centuries of Pakistani players in test matches

A test match century tests the stamina of a cricket player. It is a glorious moment in the career of any player to achieve top class century in test matches. Hanif Mohammad is amongst those players of Pakistan who are still ranked amongst the world’s top ten centuries in test matches. Younis Khan, on other hand, has managed to get his name twice on the list of top ten centuries of Pakistani players in test matches. Here is the list of the top ten players who have made centuries in test matches in their careers.

Player	Score	Year
Hanif Mohammad	337	17 Jan 1958
Inzamam-ul-Haq	329	1 May 2002
Younis Khan	313	21 Feb 2009
Javed Miandad	280*	14 Jan 1983
Zaheer Abbas	274	3 Jun 1971
Javed Miandad	271	24 Feb 1989
Younis Khan	267	24 Mar 2005
Javed Miandad	260	6 Aug 1987
Wasim Akram	257*	17 Oct 1996
Zaheer Abbas	240	22 Aug 1974

Top ten centuries of Indian players in test matches

India’s cricket team is one of the best international cricket teams in Test matches. Many of their players have centuries in their Test match careers. Verander Sehwag is one the players of India’s team who has the top three centuries in the test match history of the Indian cricket team. He is one of the most refined and extraordinary test match cricket players of the Indian team. Sachin Tendulkar is another player of India’s team who has a good record of Test match centuries in his career. Here is the list of top ten centuries of Indian players in Test matches.

Player	Score	Year
Verandar Sehwag	319	26 Mar 2008
Verandar Sehwag	309	28 Mar 2004
Verandar Sehwag	293	2 Dec 2009
VVS Laxman	281	11 Mar 2001
Rahul Dravid	270	13 Apr 2004
Verandar Sehwag	254	13 Jan 2006
Sachin Tendulkar	248*	10 Dec 2004
Sachin Tendulkar *	241	2 Jan 2004
Saruv Ganguly	239	8 Dec 2007
Sunil Gavaskar *	236	24 Dec 1983

Best test match partnerships of the South African cricket team

The best cricket partnerships are made when both the batsmen keep their bats knocking off balls for a long duration of time and making high scores. Partnerships in cricket are considered crucial and very important in both Test and one day matches. The best Test match partnerships are considered the heart of any match. Players have chances to make new records by playing as much of Overs as they can. Long partnerships keep the spirit and motivation of team high. It does also affects the morale of the opposing team. History has a long list of record cricket partnerships. Here we are looking at the best partnerships of South Africa in test cricket:

Playing Partners	Runs	Year
Jacques Rudolph and Boeta Dippenaar	429*	2003
Graeme Smith and Neil Mckenzie	415	29 Feb 2008
Graeme Smith and  Herschelle Gibbs	368	2 Jan 2003
EJ Barlow, RG Pollock	341	24 Jan 1964
Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis	340	6 Feb 2010
Graeme  Smith&  Herschelle Gibbs	338	24 Jul 2003
Hashim Amla and  Jacques Kallis	330	8 Nov 2007
A Melville and AD Nourse	319	7 Jun 1947
HH Gibbs and  Jacques Kallis	315*	11 Mar 1999
Graeme  Smith and  Herschelle Gibbs	301	16 Jan 2004
Graeme  Smith and Gary Kirsten	272	18 Oct 2002

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