Tuesday, October 11, 2011

CricTrivia : Curse of 111

Can you please let me and readers know how many times has a wicket fallen at the magical score of 111 in Test cricket? 


 There have been 49 occasions when a batsman has been out on 111. On five occasions the batsman remained unbeaten on this score. Four batsmen -- Arthur Morris, Graeme Wood and Mark Waugh (Australia) and Taufeeq Umar (Pakistan) suffered this fate twice.


India's Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid also had two such scores against their names, including one unbeaten instance.


As far as fall of wickets are concerned, 189 times a wicket has fallen at the score of 111. The innings-wise break-up: 59 times in first innings, 53 times in second innings, 47 times in third innings and 30 times in fourth innings.

The first wicket has fallen at 111 on 11 occasions, second on 19, third on 40, fourth on 28, fifth on 23, sixth on 20, seventh on 18, eighth on 11, ninth on 10 and tenth on 9.


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