@RicFinlay

Co-creator of CSW, since 1993 the first choice cricket database for many worldwide, and DAFT, harnessing the power of RStudio. ABC Grandstand cricket analyst.

 Hobart
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Joined June 2009
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0-140 followed by (so far) 4-76. Test cricket at its best...
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Australians' first wicket in a Test, when fielding first, being a batter out in the 90s: TGoddard, 90, Joburg, RSA, 1957 AbdulKadir, 95, Karachi, Pak, 1964 WAthey, 96, Perth, Eng, 1986 ACook, 95, Lord's, Eng, 2009 MAckerman, 95, CapeTown, RSA, 2026
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Only the fifth time in Australian Test history where the first wicket taken by Aus in the match was a stumping, after AHornby (Old Trafford, 1884), RAbel, (Adelaide, 1892), JHobbs (MCG, 1925) and RSharma (Indore, 2023).
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Jack Blackham effected the first two stumpings, Alex Carey the last two, and Bill Oldfield the one in the middle.
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And what on earth was Hornby doing? He went third ball for a duck, and Australia were 1/6...
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South Africa's highest total v Australia is 651, in 2009, at...Cape Town.
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The first day's play of the very first Test between Australia and Pakistan (at Karachi in 1956) produced the mighty total of 95 runs in 5.5 hours of play. Thought you'd like to know...
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Cases of opposition posting a century opening partnership v Aus after being sent in:
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Nick Maddinson would have had fun on this pitch....
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An hour and a half into the Test, and we have a record partnership already - Markram and Ackermann have eclipsed ISiedle and HWade, who until now had the highest 1st-wicket partnership v Aus at Cape Town - 87.
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1935-36!
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What's the five day forecast for Cape Town? 😬
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Australia's record this millennium when making 4 or more changes to the team : 9 wins, 6 losses, 1 draw.
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Pace bowlers average 17.44 wickets per Test at Cape Town, spin bowlers 9.39. In other South African grounds, it's 20.83 and 7.45 respectively.
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Only the 12th time in 62 Tests here where the toss-winner has elected to field....
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Last time Aus went WLW in a 3-Test series was in RSA, in 2013-14 - Centurion, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town. Last time Aus went WLL in a 3-Test series was in India, 2001 (Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai)
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The age difference between the oldest and youngest players in the Australian team at Gqeberha (6.96 years) was the 11th smallest out of the 886 Test teams we have fielded, and the smallest since July, 2024. The smallest, 5.54 years, was fielded in 1882!
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Australia's widest age range was at the Gabba in February, 1933 - 30.40 years!!
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Totally gutted by what has happened to Helen Haines. 😢
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Before today, Tas had only been 7-45 or worse on 3 occasions in the Sheffield Shield, producing final totals of 63, 127 & 196. So, a new Tas record 8th-wicket partnership of 166 between BMcDermott and JDoran, and a new high final total has been established for this circumstance.
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