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30 Jun 2011, 02:55 pm
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Ishant takes wicket tally to 99 in rainy Bridgetown
Barbados, June 29: While Day 1 of the second Test set the stage for a high-powered contest, Day 2 came and went in a rainy haze. Ishant Sharma managed to make the most of the conditions in the limited time available, extracting two wickets and taking his Test tally to 99. Take a look at the numbers on a day that cricketers dread.
Only 25.3 overs play were possible on Day 2 of Bridgetown Test.
Ramnaresh Sarwan has now been dismissed in all three Test innings by Ishant Sharma. This is the fourth time in his Test career that Sarwan has fallen to the same bowler on three consecutive occasions – v Brett Lee (twice; in 2000-01 and 2005-06), v Muttiah Muralitharan (in 2001-02 – four consecutive times) and v Shaun Pollock (in 2003-04).
Ishant Sharma, with his two wickets on the second day, has taken his tally of wickets to 99 from 33 Tests. If he completes the feat, he will become the 17th Indian and 157th bowler in Test annals to bag a century of wickets in Test cricket.
If he completes the feat, Ishant will become the third youngest Indian to have taken 100 wickets in Test cricket after Kapil Dev (21 years 25 days) and Harbhajan Singh (21 years 319 days).
If India manage to earn a first innings lead, this will be the fifth lowest total to fetch them a first innings lead in an overseas Test (where India batted first). The top four are:
Total | Opponents | Venue | Season | 1st Inn lead | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
97 | New Zealand (94) | Hamilton | 2002-03 | 5 runs | NZ- 4 wkts |
147 | England (134) | Lord's | 1936 | 13 runs | Eng- 9 wkts |
188 | Australia (107) | Sydney | 1947-48 | 81 runs | Drawn |
200 | West Indies (103) | Kingston | 2006 | 97 runs | Ind - 49 runs |



