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Younis Khan's rare distinction

By Rajneesh Gupta
February 01, 2006 01:07 IST
Younis Khan, by ending the ongoing India-Pakistan series with 553 runs, achieved a rare distinction of aggregating 500 runs in back to back series against a particular country.

Younis had aggregated 508 runs at an average of 101.60 when Pakistan had visited India last year.

Younis, in the course, became first Pakistani and only the second batsman after West Indian Everton Weekes to aggregate 500 runs in two successive series against India.

Overall this was the 17th instance of a batsman aggregating 500 or more runs in two successive series against a particular opponent. Younis, however, is alone in doing so in three-match series.

Batsman Runs For Vs Season Mts Inns NO Ave Hs 100 50 0
Taylor, HW 508 SA * Eng 1913-14 5 10 0 50.80 109 1 3 0
582 SA * Eng 1922-23 5 9 0 64.67 176 3 2 0
Bradman, DG 758 Aus Eng* 1934 5 8 0 94.75 304 2 1 0
810 Aus* Eng 1936-37 5 9 0 90.00 270 3 1 2
Bradman, DG 680 Aus* Eng 1946-47 5 8 1 97.14 234 2 3 1
508 Aus Eng* 1948 5 9 2 72.57 173* 2 1 2
Morris, AR 503 Aus* Eng 1946-47 5 8 1 71.86 155 3 1 0
696 Aus Eng* 1948 5 9 1 87.00 196 3 3 0
Nourse, AD 621 SA Eng* 1947 5 9 0 69.00 149 2 5 0
536 SA * Eng 1948-49 5 10 3 76.57 129* 2 2 0
Weekes, EdeC 779 WI Ind* 1948-49 5 7 0 111.29 194 4 2 0
716 WI * Ind 1952-53 5 8 1 102.29 207 3 2 0
Harvey, RN 660 Aus SA * 1949-50 5 8 3 132.00 178 4 1 0
834 Aus* SA 1952-53 5 9 0 92.67 205 4 3 0
Barrington, KF 582 Eng Aus* 1962-63 5 10 2 72.75 132* 2 3 0
531 Eng* Aus 1964 5 8 1 75.86 256 1 2 0
Sobers, GStA 722 WI Eng* 1966 5 8 1 103.14 174 3 2 1
545 WI * Eng 1967-68 5 9 3 90.83 152 2 2 1
Pollock, RG 537 SA * Aus 1966-67 5 9 2 76.71 209 2 2 0
517 SA * Aus 1969-70 4 7 0 73.86 274 1 3 0
Chappell, IM 548 Aus* WI 1968-69 5 8 0 68.50 165 2 3 0
542 Aus WI * 1972-73 5 9 2 77.43 109 2 3 0
Edrich, JH 554 Eng* Aus 1968 5 9 0 61.56 164 1 4 0
648 Eng Aus* 1970-71 6 11 2 72.00 130 2 4 0
Gavaskar, SM 542 Ind Eng* 1979 4 7 0 77.43 221 1 4 0
500 Ind* Eng 1981-82 6 9 1 62.50 172 1 3 0
Jones, DM 511 Aus* Eng 1986-87 5 10 1 56.78 184* 1 3 0
566 Aus Eng* 1989 6 9 1 70.75 157 2 3 1
Boon, DC 530 Aus* Eng 1990-91 5 9 2 75.71 121 1 3 0
555 Aus Eng* 1993 6 10 2 69.38 164* 3 1 2
Lara, BC 798 WI * Eng 1993-94 5 8 0 99.75 375 2 2 0
765 WI Eng* 1995 6 10 1 85.00 179 3 3 0
Younis Khan 508 Pak Ind* 2004-05 3 6 1 101.60 267 2 1 1
553 Pak* Ind 2005-06 3 5 0 110.60 199 2 2 1
* -- against Country denotes the venue of the series

Notes:
- Weekes played only two series against India and aggregated 500-plus

in both of them.

- Bradman had aggregated 468, 974, 396, 758, 810, 434, 680 & 508 in 8 series against England

- Gavaskar had appeared in BCCI Golden Jubilee Test at Bombay in 1979-80 between the two series.

- Jones had appeared in Bicentenary Test at Sydney in 1987-88 between the two series.

Rajneesh Gupta

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