Australia continued their domination on Day 2 of the fourth and final Test against in Sydney, on Wednesday as the first six batsmen in their first innings all crossed the 50-run mark.
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This provided only the sixth such instance in Test cricket of the first six batsmen getting the past the half-century in an innings and four of them have have come against India.
At Karachi in 2005-06, the first seven Pakistan batsmen crossed fifty against India, which is a world record.
Interestingly, Australia's total of 572 for seven declared at Sydney is the lowest team total in which the first six batsmen have crossed fifty.
The following table has the details:
|
50s |
Batsmen |
For |
Vs |
Venue |
Season |
|
7 |
Salman Butt (53), Imran Farhat (57), Younis Khan (77), Mohammad Yousuf (97), Faisal Iqbal (139), Shahid Afridi (60) & Abdul Razzaq (90) |
Pak (599-7d) |
India |
Karachi |
2005-06 |
|
6 |
George Gunn (85),Andrew Sandham (325), Bob Wyatt (58), Patsy Hendren (61), Lesley Ames (149) & Jack O'Connor (51) |
Eng (849) |
West Indies |
Kingston |
1929-30 |
|
6 |
Aamer Malik (113), Ramiz Raja (63), Salim Malik (55), Javed Miandad (145), Shoaib Mohammad (203*) & Imran Khan (66) |
Pak (699) |
India |
Lahore |
1989-90 |
|
6 |
VVS Laxman (95), Navjot Sidhu (97), Rahul Dravid (86), Sachin Tendulkar (79), M Azharuddin (163*) & Sourav Ganguly (65) |
Ind (633-5d) |
Australia |
Kolkata |
1997-98 |
|
6 |
Adrian Barath (62), Kraigg Brathwaite (68), Kirk Edwards (86), Darren Bravo (166), Kieran Powell (81) & Marlon Samuels (61) |
WI (590) |
India |
Mumbai |
2011-12 |
|
6 |
Chris Rogers (95), David Warner (101), Shane Watson (81), Steven Smith (117), Shaun Marsh (73) & Joe Burns (58) |
Aus (572-7d) |
India |
Sydney |
2014-15 |
