The Hindu : Tendulkar overtakes Miandad

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Friday, Feb 14, 2003

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Tendulkar overtakes Miandad

By Mohandas Menon

** Sachin Tendulkar when on 24 became the highest run-getter in the World Cup by obliterating the previous record of 1,083 runs held by Pakistani Javed Miandad. Tendulkar, who now has 1,111 runs, was appearing in his 23rd Cup match, while Miandad made his runs in 33 matches.

** Rahul Dravid, meanwhile become the highest run scorer by an Indian keeper in LOIs. Playing in his 38th match as a keeper Dravid now aggregates 1,257 runs. He eclipsed the previous record held by Nayan Mongia, who had 1,243 runs in 139 matches.

** This was the first occasion in eight LOI matches that the Dutch team was able to dismiss an opponent. The nearest it come in doing so was in its first match at Baroda in the 1996 edition of the World Cup against New Zealand, when it claimed eight wickets. However, the Kiwis managed to score a mammoth 307!

** Tim de Leede's 4-35 was the best bowling performance by a Dutch bowler in LOIs. He betters the previous best of 3-48 by Steve Lubbers against New Zealand at Baroda on 17-2-1996.

** Javagal Srinath (4-30) claimed his 300th wicket of his career in 219 matches, when he took the wicket of Dutch opener Jan Kloppenburg. He becomes the fifth bowler after Pakistanis - Wasim Akram (493), Waqar Younis (411), Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan (306) and fellow Indian Anil Kumble (307). He now has 303 wickets.

** While achieving the above landmark, Srinath also became India's highest wicket-taker in the World Cup. He claimed his 29th wicket in 24 matches, which took him past the tally of 28 wickets held by Kapil Dev in 26 matches. He now has 32 wickets.

** Srinath's fourth wicket of the match was his 200th on foreign soil in 139 matches. He now becomes the first Indian and the sixth bowler in LOI history to achieve this feat. Pakistani Wasim Akram has the most such wickets - 421 in 284 matches!

** Anil Kumble (4-32) recorded his best bowling figures in a Cup match in his 15th game. His previous best of 3-28 came against Kenya at Cuttack on 18-2-1996, which incidentally was Kumble's Cup debut match.

** Kumble's figures were the second best by an Indian bowler in South Africa after Ajit Agarkar's 4-27 against Kenya at Bloemfontein on 12-10-2001. Later in the match, Srinath (4-30) eclipsed Kumble.

** Incidentally, the last time Kumble claimed a four-wicket haul (4-40) was against Pakistan at Adelaide on 25-1-2000. Kumble was then playing in his 189th match and the Paarl match was his 239th. This means Kumble had gone without a four-wicket haul in 49 matches.

** This was the fifth time - two Indian bowlers claimed four or more wickets in the same match. This was also the second occasion for the Indians to do so in a World Cup match.

** Tim de Leede becomes the first Dutch player to receive a man of the match award in LOIs.

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