India set records at the Oval

India's first innings total of 664 in the Oval Test is the fourth highest total in Test cricket against all opponents. Interestingly nine out of ten highest totals for India have come on the foreign soil. The details:

Total	Opposition	Venue	Season	Result
705-7d	Australia	Sydney	2003-04	Drawn
676-7	Sri Lanka	Kanpur	1986-87	Drawn
675-5d	Pakistan	Multan	2003-04	Won
664	England	The Oval	2007	Match in Progress
628-8d	England	Leeds	2002	Won
610-3d	Bangladesh	Dhaka	2007	Won
606-9d	England	The Oval	1990	Drawn
603	Pakistan	Faisalabad	2005-06	Drawn
600-4d	Australia	Sydney	1985-86	Drawn
600	Pakistan	Rawalpindi	2003-04	Won

The total is also the highest for India in England. The previous highest was achieved in 2002 at Leeds as listed below. All the three wins were by innings margin.

Total	Venue	Season	Result
664	The Oval	2007	Match in progress
628-8d	Leeds	2002	Won
606-9d	The Oval	1990	Drawn
591	Mumbai	1992-93	Won
560-6d	Chennai	1992-93	Won

Anil Kumble today established a dubious world record when he scored his maiden Test hundred in his 118th

Test match. He surpassed Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas, who was playing his 97th Test when he scored his maiden 100.

The following table lists top-5 batsmen taking most Tests to score their maiden Test hundred:

100 in Test#	Batsman	For	Career span
118th	A Kumble	Ind	1990-2007
97th	WPUJC Vaas	SL	1994-2007
71st	JN Gillespie	Aus	1996-2006
56th	HH Streak	Zim	1993-2003
51st	SM Pollock	SA	1995-2000

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