The Hindu : Career-best effort by Vaughan

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Monday, Aug 12, 2002

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Career-best effort by Vaughan

By Mohandas Menon

** Michael Vaughan's 197 was not only his highest Test score but it was also his highest of his first-class career. Playing in his 174th first-class match Vaughan while registering his 25th hundred of his career, bettered his previous highest score of 183 for Yorkshire against Glamorgan at Cardiff in 1996. His previous highest Test score was the 120 he made against Pakistan at Manchester in June 2001. This incidentally was his fourth Test hundred in his 21st match and his third in a Test innings this season.

** Vaughan's 197 was the second highest by an opener at this venue. Only Australian Mark Taylor has a higher score of 219 in August 1989.

** Vaughan incidentally became the only fourth batsman in Test cricket history to miss a double-hundred by three runs. The others being: West Indians Everton Weekes against Pakistan at Breidgetown in January 1958, Frank Worrell (who was unbeaten) against England at Bridgetown in January 1960 and Australian Ricky Ponting against Pakistan at Perth in November 1999.

** The 33-ball fifty by Harbhajan Singh just failed to better the fastest fifty (in terms of balls) by a batsman in a Test innings in England. The fastest which came in 32 balls and was achieved by England's Ian Botham against New Zealand at the Oval in 1986. Harbhajan now equals Kapil Dev, who also needed 33 balls to reach his fifty at Manchester in 1982.

** For the record the fastest fifty in Test cricket history was scored by Englishman Ian Botham who needed just 26 balls for his fifty during his knock of 66 against India at Delhi in December 1981. The Indian record however still remains with Kapil Dev who reached a fifty in 30 balls during his innings of 73 against Pakistan at Karachi in December 1982.

** The partnership of 61 runs between Harbhajan and Zaheer Khan was the best for India for the ninth wicket at this venue bettering the previous best of 60 runs between Rahul Dravid and Venkatesh Prasad in July 1996.

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