Wilson's amazing record

Jeff Wilson created a world record of different sorts by appearing for New Zealand in the second ODI at Christchurch against Australia.

It was after a gap of 11 years and 331 days that Wilson was playing an ODI -- missing 271 games for New Zealand during this period.

With this, Wilson obliterated all previous records of longest gap between two appearances -- both in terms of time and matches.

The previous record of missing most matches in between two appearances was of 218 matches held by South African wicket-keeper Errol Stewart.

In terms of time interval, Wilson expunged England's Wayne Larkins' record who made a comeback after 9 years and 266 days during the 1989-90 Nehru Cup.

Most matches missed in between two appearances

Mts	Player	For
271	JW Wilson	NZ	from	v Aus,Auckland,28-03-1993
			to	v Aus,Christchurch,22-02-2005
218	ELR Stewart	SA	from	v Aus,Sydney,25-01-1994
			to	v BD,Potchefstroom,03-10-2002
196	SV Bahutule	Ind	from	v Pak,Dhaka,16-01-1998
			to	v NZ,Cuttack,06-11-2003
184	GE Bradburn	NZ	from	v SL,Colombo RP,13-12-1992
			to	v Pak, Sharjah,12-04-2001
183	AM Bacher	SA	from	v Aus,Sydney,27-01-1998
			to	v Eng,Johannesburg,30-01-2005
157	AR Kapoor	Ind	from	v SA,Rajkot,29-10-1996
			to	v Zim,Kanpur,11-12-2000
156	GB Hogg	Aus	from	v Ind,Mohali,03-11-1996
			to	v SL,Perth,22-12-2002
154	Sajid Ali	Pak	from	v Ind,Sharjah,25-10-1991
			to	v SL,Sharjah,07-04-1997
153	VC Drakes	WI	from	v Aus,Georgetown,18-03-1995
			to	v SA,Colombo SSC,13-09-2002

Longest gap in between two appearances

Gap (Yrs-days)	Player	For
11 - 331	JW Wilson	NZ	From	v Aus,Auckland,28-03-1993
			To	v Aus,Christchurch,22-02-2005
9 - 266	W Larkins	Eng	From	v WI,Sydney,22-01-1980
			to	v SL,Delhi,15-10-1989
8 - 251	ELR Stewart	SA	from	v Aus,Sydney,25-01-1994
			to	v BD,Potchefstroom,03-10-2002
8 - 144	Faruk Ahmed	BD	from	v SL,Calcutta,31-12-1990
			to	v SCo,Edinburg,24-05-1999
8 - 120	GE Bradburn	NZ	from	v SL,Colombo RP,13-12-1992
			to	v Pak, Sharjah,12-04-2001
7 - 231	RR Singh	Ind	from	v WI,St.John's,18-03-1989
			to	v Aus,Mohali,03-11-1996
7 - 179	VC Drakes	WI	from	v Aus,Georgetown,18-03-1995
			to	v SA,Colombo SSC,13-09-2002
7- 8	AM de Silva	SL	from	v Pak,Kandy,02-03-1986
			to	v Eng,Colombo RP,10-03-1993
7- 3	AM Bacher	SA	from	v Aus,Sydney,27-01-1998
			to	v Eng,Johannesburg,30-01-2005