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Trescothick's dubious distinction
By Mohandas Menon
** Marcus Trescothick became the 12th unlucky Englishman to miss a Test hundred by one run for the 15th time. Mike Smith, Geoff Boycott and Mike Atherton are the only ones to do it twice, while Boycott and Alex Tudor remain the only English batsmen to remain unbeaten on this score.
** Incidentally the only other left-handed English batsman to register a 99 was Eddie Paynter against Australia at Lord's way back in June 1938.
** Trescothick became the eighth batsman to miss a hundred by a run against India in Tests. The last batsman to be dismissed on 99, before Trescothick, against India was West Indian Richie Richardson at Port of Spain in April 1989.
** The partnership of 124 between Mark Butcher and Trescothick was the first for the opening wicket for England by two left-handers, since January 1962 when Bob Barber and Geoff Pullar put on 198 against Pakistan at Dhaka (then Dacca).
** The 59 run partnership between Mark Ramprakash and Craig White was the best for the sixth wicket at this ground, bettering the previous best of 34 between Mohammad Azharuddin and Kapil Dev against Sri Lanka in February 1994.
** The catch of Flintoff was Laxman's 39th in 28 matches. This gives him a frequency percentage of 1.39, second only to Eknath Solkars frequency percentage of 1.96 (53 catches in 27 matches) - the best for India. Among the current Test fieldsmen, only West Indian Chris Gayle (1.50% - 21 catches in 14 matches) and New Zealander Stephen Fleming (1.46% - 92 catches in 63 matches) have a better record than Laxman.
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