da betobet： The most prolific against the men from the Caribbean, most runs without a duck, and English teenagers

da bet sport： Steven Lynch15-Jan-2008

Jacques Kallis: the sixth batsman to score 2000 runs against West Indies, and with the best average © Getty Images
I saw that Jacques Kallis passed 2000 runs in Tests against West Indies the other day. Has anyone else scored more, against West Indies or anybody? asked Joubert Franck from Cape Town
Jacques Kallis was actually the sixth man to reach the milestone of 2000 runs in Tests against West Indies. He now has 2073 runs against them, just ahead of Allan Border (2052), but still behind Steve Waugh(2192), Graham Gooch(2197), Geoff Boycott (2205)and the clear leader SunilGavaskar, whose 2749 runs included a record 13 centuries against WestIndies. Kallis, though, averages 74.03 against them, the highest of anyonewith more than 2000 runs. The record against a single Test opponent is heldby the one and only DonBradman, with 5028 for Australia against England.Has anyone taken 100 wickets in ODIs against a single opposing team?asked Nishin de Silva from Colombo
No one has yet managed this particular feat. Top of the list, with 92against Sri Lanka, is the leading wicket-taker in all ODIs, Wasim Akram. He’s also insecond place on this particular list, with 89 wickets for Pakistan againstWest Indies. Third is his longtime new-ball partner Waqar Younis, with 84 againstSri Lanka, just ahead of Muttiah Muralitharan, with 81for Sri Lanka against Pakistan.Who took the most wickets in one-day internationals in 2007? askedAhmat Ranawat from Vadodara
The top wicket-taker in ODIs in 2007 was New Zealand’s Daniel Vettori, with 43, just aheadof Zaheer Khan of India, with40. They were both quite a long way short of the alltime record, 69 wicketsby Pakistan’s Saqlain Mushtaq in1997. For a full list of the bowlers with most ODI wickets in a calendaryear, click here.Mike Hussey just passed 2000 Test runs without a duck – is thisunique? asked Dan Martin from Adelaide
Before the Perth Test against India Michael Hussey had scored 2120 Testruns without a duck. He’s just behind the South African AB de Villiers, who has now scored2201 runs without being out for 0 – his 63 duckless innings is the currentrecord (Hussey has 33). Sri Lanka’s Aravinda de Silva holds theoverall record – he had scored 2779 runs before being finally out for a duckin his 75th innings, in his 45th Test, in 1994-95.Have any teenagers ever played Test cricket for England? asked TimMilgate
The youngest man ever to play for England was Yorkshire’s Brian Close, who was 18 years and149 days old when he made his Test debut against New Zealand at Old Trafford in 1949. Two otherteenagers have represented England in Tests: Denis Compton and Ben Hollioake were both19 when they made their debuts in 1937 and 1997 respectively. Compton made acentury against Australia atTrent Bridge in 1938, just 19 days past his 20th birthday, and remainsEngland’s youngest Test century-maker. For a list of the youngest Testplayers from all countries, clickhere.Who made the most runs and took the most wickets in one-dayinternationals in 2007 for a non-Test team? asked Johan van Gerritsfrom Amsterdam
The leading ODI run-scorer from a non-Test country was Ryan Watson of Scotland, who made560 runs, five more than Ireland’s William Porterfield. Top of thewicket tables for the non-Test nations was Kenya’s Peter Ongondo, with 30: anotherKenyan, Steve Tikolo, andHolland’s Ryan ten Doeschatewere equal second, with 23. For a full list of the top ODI runscorers of2007, click here; for the top wicket-takers, click here.