Test #1835 West Indies in England 2007 (3rd Test) at Old Trafford, Manchester.
Darren Sammy's second innings haul of 7 for 66 provides the 124th occasion of a test debutant claiming 5 or more wickets in an innings. He becomes the 9th West Indian to do so. Following is the list of all the instances of a player returning with five wicket haul in an innings on Test Debut in chronological order. Extras %Sc Bat#1 Bat#2 Venue Season Test Seq 173 12.37 Pak WI 1976-77 797 167 12.79 Eng WI Old Trafford 2007 1835 149 10.44 WI Aus 1988-89 1110 140 10.44 Aus WI 1988-89 1114 140 9.69 NZ Eng Lord’s 2004 1700 137 8.69 Eng WI Lord’s 2004 1707 136 11.37 Aus WI 1990-91 1167 135 8.94 Aus WI Port-of-Spain 2002-03 1639 134 10.5 Aus WI 1998-99 1453 129 11.58 SAf Pak Wanderers 1994-95 1283 127 10.06 WI Eng 1989-90 1143
Its very rare that batsmen from opposing sides record a century and a fifty in the same test match. England's Alastair Cook's (60 & 106) and West Indies' Shivanrine Chanderpaul's (50 & 116*) provides 34th occurrence of a batsmen from each side of a test match hitting a fifty and a hundred in the same test match. Table below lists all such occurrences.Player Name For 1st 2nd Vs Venue Series Test Seq Collins, HL Aus 114 60 Eng Sydney 1924-25 158 Hobbs, JB Eng 115 57 Sutcliffe, H Eng 59 115 Bradman, DG Aus 79 112 Eng Melbourne 1928-29 178 Sutcliffe, H Eng 58 135 Roach, CA WI 122 77 Eng Bridgetown 1929-30 187 Sandham, A Eng 152 51 Headley, GA WI 114 112 Eng Georgetown 1929-30 192 Hendren, EH Eng 56 123 Compton, DCS Eng 147 103 * Aus Adelaide 1946-47 282 Morris, AR Aus 122 124 * Melville, A SA 189 104 * Eng Trent Bridge 1947 285 Compton, DCS Eng 65 163 Compton, DCS Eng 53 113 SA The Oval 1947 289 Mitchell, B SA 120 189 * Walcott, CL WI 54 108 Ind Calcutta 1948-49 308 Weekes, EdeC WI 162 101 Mushtaq Ali Ind 54 106 Barrington, KF Eng 101 94 Aus Sydney 1962-63 539 Burge, PJP Aus 103 52 * Butcher, BF WI 52 118 Aus Adelaide 1968-69 645 Sobers, GStA WI 110 52 Walters, KD Aus 110 50 Boycott, G Eng 58 119 * Aus Adelaide 1970-71 678 Stackpole, KR Aus 87 136 Zaheer Abbas Pak 85 101 Aus Adelaide 1976-77 789 Walters, KD Aus 107 51 McCosker, RB Aus 51 107 Eng Trent Bridge 1977 806 Boycott, G Eng 107 80 * Gavaskar, SM Ind 111 137 Pak Karachi (NS) 1978-79 833 Javed Miandad Pak 100 62 * Hughes, KJ Aus 117 84 Eng Lord’s 1980 885 Boycott, G Eng 62 128 * Wasim Akram Pak 52 123 Aus Adelaide 1989-90 1135 Jones, DM Aus 116 121 * Atherton, MA Eng 131 74 Ind Old Trafford 1990 1149 Smith, RA Eng 121 * 61 * Tendulkar, SR Ind 68 119 * Jones, AH NZ 122 100 * SL Hamilton 1990-91 1164 Gurusinha, AP SL 119 102 Kirsten, G SA 102 133 Ind Calcutta 1996-97 1341 Azharuddin, M Ind 109 52 Kirsten, G SA 77 108 * Aus Adelaide 1997-98 1397 Waugh, ME Aus 63 115 * Wajahatullah Wasti Pak 133 121 * SL Lahore (Gaddafi) 1998-99 1447 Arnold, RP SL 123 56 * Flower, A Zim 183 * 70 Ind Delhi (Feroz SK) 2000-01 1515 Dravid, RS Ind 200 * 70 * Lehmann, DS Aus 160 66 WI Port-of-Spain 2002-03 1639 Lara, BC WI 91 122 Habibul Bashar BD 71 108 Pak Karachi (NS) 2003 1655 Yasir Hameed Pak 170 105 Dravid, RS Ind 222 73 NZ Ahmedabad (GS) 2003-04 1660 Astle, NJ NZ 103 51 * Dilshan, TM SL 63 100 Eng Kandy 2003-04 1672 Vaughan, MP Eng 52 105 Tendulkar, SR Ind 241 * 60 * Aus Sydney 2003-04 1680 Katich, SM Aus 125 77 * Kallis, JH SA 73 130 * WI Cape Town 2003-04 1681 Lara, BC WI 115 86 Richardson, MH NZ 93 101 Eng Lord’s 2004 1700 Strauss, AJ Eng 112 83 Vaughan, MP Eng 103 101 * WI Lord’s 2004 1707 Chanderpaul, S WI 128 * 97 * Kallis, JH SA 111 50 * Aus Sydney 2005-06 1780 Ponting, RT Aus 120 143 * Cook, AN Eng 60 104 * Ind Nagpur 2005-06 1785 Jaffer, W Ind 81 100 Ganga, D WI 135 66 * Ind Basseterre 2006 1807 Laxman, VVS Ind 100 63 Cook, AN Eng 60 106 WI Old Trafford 2007 1835 Chanderpaul, S WI 50 116 *
The combined total of extras conceded by both teams in this test came very close to the current record for the most number of extras totaled by both teams in a test match. The previous highest also involved
When Steve Harmison had Jerome Taylor caught by England’s batting hero Alastair Cook in the short leg for 11 he became the 11th English bowler to reach the 200 wicket milestone in a test career. He now becomes the 52nd cricketer in test cricket to take 200 or more wickets in a test career. Following is the list of all players who took 200 or more wickets in tests.
| Player | Country | Career | Tests | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Avg | Best | 5w | 10w |
| Warne, S K | Australia | 1992-2007 | 145 | 6784.1 | 1762 | 17995 | 708 | 25.42 | 8/71 | 37 | 10 |
| Muralitharan, M* | Sri Lanka | 1992- | 110 | 6117.3 | 1585 | 14649 | 674 | 21.73 | 9/51 | 57 | 19 |
| McGrath, G D | Australia | 1993-2007 | 124 | 4874.4 | 1470 | 12186 | 563 | 21.64 | 8/24 | 29 | 3 |
| Kumble, A * | India | 1990- | 115 | 5973.2 | 1438 | 15779 | 552 | 28.59 | 10/74 | 33 | 8 |
| Walsh, C A | West Indies | 1984-2001 | 132 | 5003.1 | 1144 | 12684 | 519 | 24.44 | 7/37 | 22 | 3 |
| Kapil Dev | India | 1978-1994 | 131 | 4623.2 | 1060 | 12867 | 434 | 29.65 | 9/83 | 23 | 2 |
| Hadlee, R J | New Zealand | 1973-1990 | 86 | 3460.4 | 809 | 9611 | 431 | 22.30 | 9/52 | 36 | 9 |
| Pollock, S M* | South Africa | 1995- | 107 | 4030.5 | 1205 | 9648 | 416 | 23.19 | 7/87 | 16 | 1 |
| Wasim Akram | Pakistan | 1985-2002 | 104 | 3771.1 | 871 | 9779 | 414 | 23.62 | 7/119 | 25 | 5 |
| Ambrose, C E L | West Indies | 1988-2000 | 98 | 3683.5 | 1001 | 8502 | 405 | 20.99 | 8/45 | 22 | 3 |
| Botham, I T | England | 1977-1992 | 102 | 3549.3 | 788 | 10878 | 383 | 28.40 | 8/34 | 27 | 4 |
| Marshall, M D | West Indies | 1978-1991 | 81 | 2930.4 | 613 | 7876 | 376 | 20.95 | 7/22 | 22 | 4 |
| Waqar Younis | Pakistan | 1989-2003 | 87 | 2704.0 | 516 | 8788 | 373 | 23.56 | 7/76 | 22 | 5 |
| Imran Khan | Pakistan | 1971-1992 | 88 | 3106.0 | 727 | 8258 | 362 | 22.81 | 8/58 | 23 | 6 |
| Lillee, D K | Australia | 1971-1984 | 70 | 2834.1 | 652 | 8493 | 355 | 23.92 | 7/83 | 23 | 7 |
| Donald, A A | South Africa | 1992-2002 | 72 | 2586.3 | 661 | 7344 | 330 | 22.25 | 8/71 | 20 | 3 |
| Willis, R G D | England | 1971-1984 | 90 | 2699.1 | 554 | 8190 | 325 | 25.20 | 8/43 | 16 | 0 |
| Vaas, W P U* | Sri Lanka | 1994- | 96 | 3447.4 | 786 | 9216 | 313 | 29.44 | 7/71 | 11 | 2 |
| Gibbs, L R | West Indies | 1958-1976 | 79 | 4205.7 | 1313 | 8989 | 309 | 29.09 | 8/38 | 18 | 2 |
| Ntini, M* | South Africa | 1998- | 75 | 2637.4 | 578 | 8465 | 308 | 27.48 | 7/37 | 17 | 4 |
| Trueman, F S | England | 1952-1965 | 67 | 2447.4 | 522 | 6625 | 307 | 21.58 | 8/31 | 17 | 3 |
| Underwood, D L | England | 1966-1982 | 86 | 3463.0 | 1239 | 7674 | 297 | 25.84 | 8/51 | 17 | 6 |
| McDermott, C J | Australia | 1984-1996 | 71 | 2764.2 | 583 | 8332 | 291 | 28.63 | 8/97 | 14 | 2 |
| Bedi, B S | India | 1966-1979 | 67 | 3441.0 | 1096 | 7637 | 266 | 28.71 | 7/98 | 14 | 1 |
| Garner, J | West Indies | 1977-1987 | 58 | 2195.5 | 576 | 5433 | 259 | 20.98 | 6/56 | 7 | 0 |
| Gillespie, J N* | Australia | 1996- | 71 | 2372.2 | 630 | 6770 | 259 | 26.14 | 7/37 | 8 | 0 |
| Statham, J B | England | 1951-1965 | 70 | 2495.2 | 595 | 6261 | 252 | 24.85 | 7/39 | 9 | 1 |
| Holding, M A | West Indies | 1975-1987 | 60 | 2066.4 | 459 | 5898 | 249 | 23.69 | 8/92 | 13 | 2 |
| Benaud, R | Australia | 1952-1964 | 63 | 2727.2 | 805 | 6704 | 248 | 27.03 | 7/72 | 16 | 1 |
| McKenzie, G D | Australia | 1961-1971 | 60 | 2629.5 | 547 | 7328 | 246 | 29.79 | 8/71 | 16 | 3 |
| Chandrasekhar, B S | India | 1964-1979 | 58 | 2549.1 | 584 | 7199 | 242 | 29.75 | 8/79 | 16 | 2 |
| Harbhajan Singh* | India | 1998- | 57 | 2527.0 | 520 | 7108 | 238 | 29.87 | 8/84 | 19 | 4 |
| Abdul Qadir | Pakistan | 1977-1990 | 67 | 2810.2 | 608 | 7742 | 236 | 32.81 | 9/56 | 15 | 5 |
| Bedser, A V | England | 1946-1955 | 51 | 2424.4 | 574 | 5876 | 236 | 24.90 | 7/44 | 15 | 5 |
| Srinath, J | India | 1991-2002 | 67 | 2517.2 | 599 | 7196 | 236 | 30.49 | 8/86 | 10 | 1 |
| Hoggard, M J* | England | 2000- | 63 | 2179.1 | 463 | 7122 | 235 | 30.31 | 7/61 | 7 | 1 |
| Sobers, G S A | West Indies | 1954-1974 | 93 | 3432.3 | 974 | 7999 | 235 | 34.04 | 6/73 | 6 | 0 |
| Caddick, A R | England | 1993-2003 | 62 | 2259.4 | 500 | 6999 | 234 | 29.91 | 7/46 | 13 | 1 |
| Lee, B* | Australia | 1999- | 59 | 2046.3 | 410 | 7301 | 231 | 31.61 | 5/30 | 7 | 0 |
| Gough, D | England | 1994-2003 | 58 | 1969.5 | 368 | 6503 | 229 | 28.40 | 6/42 | 9 | 0 |
| Vettori, D L* | New Zealand | 1997- | 73 | 2930.5 | 728 | 7847 | 229 | 34.27 | 7/87 | 13 | 3 |
| Lindwall, R R | Australia | 1946-1960 | 61 | 1970.2 | 419 | 5251 | 228 | 23.03 | 7/38 | 12 | 0 |
| Cairns, C L | New Zealand | 1989-2004 | 62 | 1949.4 | 414 | 6410 | 218 | 29.40 | 7/27 | 13 | 1 |
| Grimmett, C V | Australia | 1925-1936 | 37 | 2408.3 | 736 | 5231 | 216 | 24.22 | 7/40 | 21 | 7 |
| Streak, H H | Zimbabwe | 1993-2005 | 65 | 2259.5 | 595 | 6079 | 216 | 28.14 | 6/73 | 7 | 0 |
| Kallis, J H* | South Africa | 1995- | 107 | 2382.5 | 620 | 6756 | 213 | 31.72 | 6/54 | 4 | 0 |
| Hughes, M G | Australia | 1985-1994 | 53 | 2047.3 | 499 | 6017 | 212 | 28.38 | 8/87 | 7 | 1 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq* | Pakistan | 1995-2004 | 49 | 2345.0 | 541 | 6206 | 208 | 29.84 | 8/164 | 13 | 3 |
| Roberts, A M E | West Indies | 1974-1983 | 47 | 1778.4 | 382 | 5174 | 202 | 25.61 | 7/54 | 11 | 2 |
| Snow, J A | England | 1965-1976 | 49 | 1928.3 | 415 | 5387 | 202 | 26.67 | 7/40 | 8 | 1 |
| Harmison, S J* | England | 2002- | 53 | 1919.4 | 376 | 6149 | 201 | 30.59 | 7/12 | 8 | 1 |
| Thomson, J R | Australia | 1972-1985 | 51 | 1589.3 | 300 | 5601 | 200 | 28.01 | 6/46 | 8 | 0 |
Final Tidbit: Darren Sammy now becomes the 2,486th cricketer to play in test cricket and 266th from
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