Test where all Four Innings played in One day, India also included in this Record

Four Test Innings played in One day

Cricket is generally considered to be a game of superiority to batsmen. International Cricket Council (ICC) rules also support batsmen more. But the bowlers have also left no stone unturned to prove their ability. At least in Test cricket, the sight of conflict between ball and bat is still seen many times today. But do you know that in the 143-year long history of 5-day Test matches, there have been only 3 occasions when the strength of the ball is so heavy on the bat during the Test match that the four innings of both teams on the same day Played isn't It is amazing to hear? Indian cricket has also been involved in this amazing record on one occasion.

England-West Indies match for the first time

For the first time in Test cricket, the unique record of playing four innings of both teams on a single day was seen in the second Test match of the series between England and West Indies in the year 2000. See, if such a historical record was going to be made in the competition, then nature also selected the ground for it. This test match was played at the Lodgers Cricket Ground called the Mecca of Cricket.

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England captain Alec Stewart won the toss and gave the West Indies a chance to bat first. The Caribbean team rolled to 267 on the second day of the match, on 30 June. After this, the north England team collapsed for 134 runs on the same day in front of the terrific fast bowling of Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh. Both bowlers took 4-4 wickets.

The Caribbean team, who could not bear the edge, ended the smile of the English pair of Andrew Caddick and Dominic Cork. Kadik took 5 wickets for 16 runs and Kark, who took 4 wickets in the first innings also took 3 wickets for 13 runs. Apart from these, Darren Gough, who took 4 wickets in the first innings, also took 2 wickets for 17 runs.

The entire Caribbean team was reduced to just 54 runs. England's target for victory was 188 runs, in which they also lost the wicket of Mark Ramprakash on 30 June, opening the fourth innings of the match. On the third day, the England team won the match by an unbeaten 33 runs made in the last moments of Kark, but before that the real history was already made on the second day.

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India's number also came in 2002

For Team India, the tour of New Zealand has always been considered to be in dire conditions. The reason is, there are completely different weather and other conditions. In such a situation, on the tour of 2002, Team India also registered its name in this history of playing all four innings in a single day. On Hamilton's pitch, the game did not happen due to rain on the first day, then the game ended on the second day, with India's 8 wickets falling to just 92 runs. On the third day, the Indian team's innings was reduced to just 99 runs.

For New Zealand, Shane Bond and Daryl Tuffey took 4-4 wickets. In response, Indian fast bowler Zaheer Khan bowled havoc and bowled 5 wickets for just 29 runs and put New Zealand on only 94 runs. Ashish Nehra and Harbhajan Singh (Harbhajan Singh) supported him with 2-2 wickets. This is the only match in the world, in which a team achieved a first innings lead despite scoring less than 100 runs in the first innings.

Also, it was also New Zealand's new record for the lowest test score against India at that time. India's second innings was reduced to just 154 runs this day. Tuffi again contributed significantly by taking 4 wickets, but this time he got the support of Jacob Oram who took 4 wickets. New Zealand also started their second innings on the same day and scored 24 runs without losing wickets. On the fourth day of the match, New Zealand won this Test match by 4 wickets, but history had already been made.

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Australia-South Africa clashed for the third time

The third example of all four innings played in one single day in Test history was revealed in the 2011 Cape Town Test between Australia and South Africa. On the second day of the Test, Australia lost the remaining 2 wickets of the first innings and their innings was reduced to 284 runs. In response, the Australian bowlers bowled South Africa's first innings for just 96 runs. Shane Watson took 5 wickets and Ryan Harris took 4 wickets.

Now it was the turn of South African bowlers. Led by Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel finished Australia's second innings with their lowest test score of 47 runs. Philander took 5 for 15, Steyn took 2 for 23 and Morkel took 3 for 9. Hosts South Africa started their second innings on the same day and lost one wicket. The next day, South Africa gave their team a record win by skipping Graeme Smith's knockout 101 runs and Hashim Amla's 112 runs.

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