Zaheer sets world record with bat

Zaheer Khan got his name written into record books with his innings of 75 in Dhaka Test on Sunday.

His innings is the highest ever by any number 11 batsman in Tests putting into shade New Zealander Richard Collinge's unbeaten 68 way back in 1972-73. Zaheer is also only the second Indian batsman to score a fifty at number 11 after Ghulam Ahmed.

The accompanying table lists the highest innings played by all number 11 batsmen in Test cricket:

Runs	Batsman	For	Vs	Venue	Season
75	Zaheer Khan	Ind	BD	Dhaka	2004-05
68*	Richard Collinge	NZ	Pak	Auckland	1972-73
62*	Bert' Vogler	SA	Eng	Cape Town	1905-06
61	Glenn McGrath	Aus	NZ	Brisbane	2004-05
60*	Wasim Bari	Pak	WI	Bridgetown	1976-77
59*	John Snow	Eng	WI	The Oval	1966
59	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pak	SA	Rawalpindi	1997-98
54	Pat Symcox	SA	Aus	Adelaide	1997-98
52	Rodney Hogg	Aus	WI	Georgetown	1983-84
50*	Wesley Hall	WI	Ind	Port-of-Spain	1961-62
50	Ghulam Ahmed	Ind	Pak	Delhi	1952-53
50	Fred Spofforth	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1884-85

The tenth wicket partnership of 133 runs between Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan is India's best for this wicket against all countries. In fact the Tendulkar-Zaheer partnership is the joint second highest partnership for tenth wicket in Test cricket.

Overall it is the 18th instance of a century partnership for tenth wicket in Test chronicles -- second such instance for India. The details:

Runs	Batsmen		For	Vs	Venue	Season	From	To	%Cont.
151	BF Hastings	RO Collinge	NZ	Pak	Auckland	1972-73	251-9	402	37.56
151	Azhar Mahmood	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pak	SAf	Rawalpindi	1997-98	305-9	456	33.11
133	Wasim Raja	Wasim Bari	Pak	WI	Bridgetown	1976-77	158-9	291	45.70
133	SR Tendulkar	Zaheer Khan	Ind	BD	Dhaka	2004-05	393-9	526	25.28
130	RE Foster	W Rhodes	Eng	Aus	Sydney	1903-04	447-9	577	22.53
128	K Higgs	JA Snow	Eng	WI	The Oval	1966	399-9	527	24.29
127	JM Taylor	AA Mailey	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1924-25	325-9	452	28.10
124	JG Bracewell	SL Boock	NZ	Aus	Sydney	1985-86	169-9	293	42.32
120	RA Duff	WW Armstrong	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	1901-02	233-9	353	33.99
118	NJ Astle	CL Cairns	NZ	Eng	Christchurch	2001-02	333-9	451	26.16
117*	P Willey	RGD Willis	Eng	WI	The Oval	1980	92-9	209-9	55.98
114	JN Gillespie	GD McGrath	Aus	NZ	Brisbane	2004-05	471-9	585	19.49
109	HR Adhikari	Ghulam Ahmed	Ind	Pak	Delhi	1952-53	263-9	372	29.30
106*	NJ Astle	DK Morrison	NZ	Eng	Auckland	1996-97	142-9	248-9	42.74
106	CL Hooper	CA Walsh	WI	Pak	St. John's	1992-93	332-9	438	24.20
104	Zulfiqar Ahmed	Amir Elahi	Pak	Ind	Madras	1952-53	240-9	344	30.23
103	HG Owen-Smith	AJ Bell	SAf	Eng	Headingley	1929	172-9	275	37.45
103	AJ Stewart	AR Caddick	Eng	Aus	Edgbaston	2001	191-9	294	35.03