22nd July, 2002

Name: Cricky
Question: Dear Mohandas, Of the 32 hundreds scored by Sachin, how many were "match-winning" performances? In other words, how many of those 32 matches did India win? Thanks

Answer1: Tendulkar now has 33 hundreds. India has won 25 matches, lost 7 and one match was a no-reult.

Name: Pawan Raghuveer
Question: Who is the only cricketer to score a century and take five wickets in the same ODI?

Answer2: Only one player has achieved this feat - West Indian Viv Richards, who claimed 5 for 41 in 10 overs, after scoring 119 against New Zealand at Dunedin on 18 March 1987.

Name: Ch V Kalyan
Question: Hi Mohandas, How is it that a stumping is differentiated from a run-out if the keeper picks up the ball and throws the stumps down?

I remember a case when Nayan Mongia did that and the dismissal was awarded a 'RUN OUT' whereas in the case of Rahul Dravid (against Sri Lanka) it was declared 'Stumped'. Is there any rule regarding this?

Answer3: A stumping is effected when a batsmen is out of his crease while attempting to play at a delivery, while a batsman is dismissed run-out only when he is attempting a run. However, it is finally left to the umpires to decide on the mode of dismissal - as in the case of Rahul Dravid's stumping of Chamara Silva's at Bristol, while attempting a run.

Name: Amar
Question: Which 50-over ODI innings had the least number of extras conceeded and which innings had the most?

Answer4: Most extras conceded in an ODI innings:
1) Total:59, b:8, lb:10, nb:4, w:37, conceded by West Indies v Pakistan (258-7), at Brisbane, 07-01-1989
2) Total:59, b:5, lb:6, nb:15, w:33, conceded by Scotland v Pakistan(261-6), at Chester-le-Street, 20-05-1999

Least extras conceded in an ODI innings in a score of 200-plus:
Total:1, b:0, lb:1, nb:0, w:0, conceded by New Zealand v West Indies (217), at Auckland, 21-03-1987

Name: Sachin
Question: Was it the first time in cricket history that the team had chased a target of over 300 runs without a single batsman scoring triple figures?

Answer5: No. This has occurred on five occasions. See the list below. Teams successfully chasing targets over 300 runs without individual hundreds Batting second; Batting first.

Winner	Score	Overs	Loser	Score	Overs	Date	Venue	Highest	Score
Aus	330-7	49.1	SA	326-3	50.0	6/04/2002	Port Elizabeth	RT Ponting	92
Ind	326-8	49.3	Eng	325-5	50.0	13/07/2002	Lord's	M Kaif	87*
SL	313-7	49.2	Zim	312-4	50.0	23/02/1992	New Plymouth	A Ranatunga	88*
Eng	306-5	47.2	Pak	304-9	50.0	24/10/2000	Karachi (NS)	A Flinfoff	84
Ind	302-7	49.4	SA	301-3	50.0	9/03/2000	Kochi	AD Jadeja	92

Name: Sachin
Question: Was it the first time in cricket history that a team has scored more than 300 runs in two consecutive ODI matches (India vs Sri Lanka at Bristol) and (India vs England at Lord's?

Answer6: No. This occurred on six occasions: by England (in 1983 and 1992), by Sri Lanka (in 1997), by India (twice in 1999 & 2002) and by Australia (in 2000).

Name: Nirav
Question: What is the captaincy record of Ganguly and how does it compare to Azhar, Kapil, Gavaskar and Tendulkar; and what were their batting averages as captains?

Answer7: Captaincy records:

Captain	For	M	W	L	D	T	%wins
M Azharuddin	Ind	174	90	76	6	2	51.72
SC Ganguly	Ind	72	38	33	1	0	52.78
SM Gavaskar	Ind	37	14	21	2	0	37.84
N Kapil Dev	Ind	74	39	33	2	0	52.70
SR Tendulkar	Ind	73	23	43	6	1	31.51

Batting records as captain:

Captain	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	BF	SR	CT
M Azharuddin	174	162	29	5239	153*	39.39	4	37	6	6672	78.52	83
SC Ganguly	72	71	5	2867	144	43.44	7	18	3	3679	77.93	35
SM Gavaskar	37	31	4	702	80	26.00	-	5	3	1139	61.63	4
N Kapil Dev	74	67	16	1563	175*	30.65	1	7	4	1493	104.69	31
SR Tendulkar	73	70	5	2454	186*	37.75	6	12	4	2940	83.47	31

Bowling records as captain:

Captain	M	B	Md	R	W	Ave	Best	5	4	SR	R/o
M Azharuddin	174	12	0	11	0	-	0/11	-	-	-	5.50
SC Ganguly	72	1165	6	990	31	31.94	5/34	1	-	37.58	5.10
SM Gavaskar	37	15	0	15	0	-	0/4	-	-	-	6.00
N Kapil Dev	74	3862	86	2388	91	26.24	5/43	1	1	42.44	3.71
SR Tendulkar	73	893	1	810	11	73.64	2/61	-	-	81.18	5.44

Name: Ajay K
Question: There has been a lot of talk on Sachin Tendulkar's performance in ODI finals. Has he really not performed well (bat or ball) or is it just that in the recent past he has not performed well. Can you present a statistical analysis of his performance in ODI finals?

Answer 8: Summary of Tendulkar's performance in ODI finals:

	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	SR
Wins	11	11	3	755	134	94.38	4	3	1	95.81
Loses	11	11	0	285	69	25.91	0	3	3	77.45
No-result	2	2	0	72	40	36.00	0	0	0	78.26

Name: Harsh Joshi
Question: How many series (over one Test) has Sachin played ? In how many series out of the above has he scored more than one century ? When was the last time did he score more than one century in a Test series ?

Answer9: In all, Tendulkar has appeared in 37 Test series since his debut in 1989-90, of which seven series were of one match each. In the rest of the 30 series, Tendulkar has, on six occasions, scored two hundreds in a series. The last time he scored two hundreds in a series was in the two-match Test series against Zimbabwe in November 2000.

Name: Sanjay Grover
Question: How many times has Sachin won the Man of the Match award? And against which teams?

Answer10: In 295 ODI matches, Tendulkar has won 45 man of the match awards - v Aus: 9; v Eng: 1; v Ken: 4; v NZ: 5; v Pak: 4; v SA: 3; v SL: 5; v WI: 7; v Zim: 7

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