Sri Lanka's Aravinda De Silva hit 10 of his 11 one-day international centuries from No. 4 in the batting order, while the Pakistan pair of Javed Miandad and Mohammed Yusuf made seven each. de Silva also made more runs (6870) at No. 4 than anyone else (Miandad is second with 5678). The most hundreds scored from No. 5 is seven, by Yuvraj Singh of India, while Australia's Andrew Symonds is second with five. The most runs from No. 5 in ODIs is 4675 (including two centuries), by Sri Lanka's Arjuna Ranatunga, while Steve Waugh of Australia is second with 4117. Putting Nos 4 and 5 together, Yuvraj overtook de Silva's record of 10 centuries with his 131 against West Indies in Kingston last week. Yousuf follows them with nine.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Yuvraj beats de Silva's record
Sri Lanka's Aravinda De Silva hit 10 of his 11 one-day international centuries from No. 4 in the batting order, while the Pakistan pair of Javed Miandad and Mohammed Yusuf made seven each. de Silva also made more runs (6870) at No. 4 than anyone else (Miandad is second with 5678). The most hundreds scored from No. 5 is seven, by Yuvraj Singh of India, while Australia's Andrew Symonds is second with five. The most runs from No. 5 in ODIs is 4675 (including two centuries), by Sri Lanka's Arjuna Ranatunga, while Steve Waugh of Australia is second with 4117. Putting Nos 4 and 5 together, Yuvraj overtook de Silva's record of 10 centuries with his 131 against West Indies in Kingston last week. Yousuf follows them with nine.
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he is the only person to save our country at all times
ReplyDeleteone of the gteatest batsman after sachin da . a promising cricketer and a dependable one.. a good player of phase bwoling
ReplyDeleteI wonder why people praising him a lot... The job of Middle order is to adapt themselves and play according to the opening partnership or higher middle order.. But he doesn't seems to be like that.. he is not a responsible batsman at all..
ReplyDeleteYes ofcourse he is worth enough to beat tat De silva's record... His timings r perfect nowadays n d most dependable player in d middle order for ODI.. Even once, greatest captain of d era Ponting admitted tat Yuvi has a gr8 future ahead..He is a real team player, wenever he scores century India ll win tat ODI wit a bang..Yuvi rocksss in ODI n T20...
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