1991: Landmarks

1991 Landmarks (Source: The Sportstar)

World record stand:
467 for 3rd wkt between M.Crowe (299) and A.Jones (186)
for NZ vs SL at Wellington. Old record was 451.

World record equaled:
I.Smith (NZ) took 7 catches vs SL in an innings.
the other two are R.Taylor (Eng) and W.Bari (Pak).

Hat-tricks in 1 days:
Kapil Dev vs SL in Asia Cup final at Calcutta.
A. Javed (Pak) vs Ind in Wills cup final at Sharjah.

Century on debut:
M. Waugh (AUS) scored 138 vs Eng at Adelaide.

Carrying the bat through in a test:
G. Gooch (154*) vs WI at Headingley.
D.Haynes (75*) vs Eng at Oval.

Century in each innings of a test:
122 and 110* by A.Jones (NZ) vs SL at Hamilton.
119 and 102 by A.Gurusinghe (SL) vs NZ at Hamilton.

Highest individual score for SL:
267 by A.DeSilva vs NZ at Wellington.
Previous best by B.Kuruppu (201*) vs NZ at Colombo 1986-87.

 Contributed by Sudhir.Reddy.Kallu (reddy@ee.pdx.edu)