South African Middle order Batsman Faf du Plessis is having a dream start to his Test Career. Having scored a 78 in the first innings of the Adelaide test to recover SA and then a sensational 110* to save the match for SA, which was turning on to be a big defeat for the Proteas after the score read 65/4.
SA won the toss and chose to bat in the 3rd test at W.A.C.A. Not one of the best starts for the team, the score read 67/5 when du Plessis came to bat in his 3rd test innings after having hit a fifty and a century in the first two. he single handedly rescued SA to a score of 200+ by scoring yet another half century. He scored an unbeaten 78 as proteas finish their first innings on 225.
This makes 3 50+ scores for du Plessis in his first 3 innings of his test career.
(78,110*,78*)
Is this a record ? ?
Yes, after du Plessis hit his 3rd fifty in a row, he became only the 10th player to register scores of 50+ in first 3 innings of test career.
Stats Report:
List of Batsman who has hit 3 consecutive fifties in first 3 innings of Test Career.
Year - Batsman - Scores
1920 - Herbie Collins (Aus) - 70,104,64
1924 - Herbert Sutcliffe (Eng) - 64,122,83
1938 - Paul Gibb (Eng) - 93,106,58
1971 - Sunil Gavaskar (Ind) - 65,67*,116
1972 - Tony Greig (Eng)- 57,62,54
1978 - Desmond Haynes (WI) - 61,66,55
2004 - Andrew Strauss (Eng) - 112,83,62
2004 - Ian Bell (Eng) - 70,65*,162*
2005 - Kevin Pietersen (Eng) - 57,64*,71
2012 - Faf du Plessis (SA) - 78,110*,78*
Note:
Collins and Gavaskar have hit 4 consecutive 50+ scores in first 4 innings of their test career.
Can du Plessis equal gavaskar and collins and even overcome them ? ?
SA won the toss and chose to bat in the 3rd test at W.A.C.A. Not one of the best starts for the team, the score read 67/5 when du Plessis came to bat in his 3rd test innings after having hit a fifty and a century in the first two. he single handedly rescued SA to a score of 200+ by scoring yet another half century. He scored an unbeaten 78 as proteas finish their first innings on 225.
This makes 3 50+ scores for du Plessis in his first 3 innings of his test career.
(78,110*,78*)
Is this a record ? ?
Yes, after du Plessis hit his 3rd fifty in a row, he became only the 10th player to register scores of 50+ in first 3 innings of test career.
Stats Report:
List of Batsman who has hit 3 consecutive fifties in first 3 innings of Test Career.
Year - Batsman - Scores
1920 - Herbie Collins (Aus) - 70,104,64
1924 - Herbert Sutcliffe (Eng) - 64,122,83
1938 - Paul Gibb (Eng) - 93,106,58
1971 - Sunil Gavaskar (Ind) - 65,67*,116
1972 - Tony Greig (Eng)- 57,62,54
1978 - Desmond Haynes (WI) - 61,66,55
2004 - Andrew Strauss (Eng) - 112,83,62
2004 - Ian Bell (Eng) - 70,65*,162*
2005 - Kevin Pietersen (Eng) - 57,64*,71
2012 - Faf du Plessis (SA) - 78,110*,78*
Note:
Collins and Gavaskar have hit 4 consecutive 50+ scores in first 4 innings of their test career.
Can du Plessis equal gavaskar and collins and even overcome them ? ?
