Harry Dear

Posting all the cricket stats that I spend far too much time working out

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

@benstokes38 becomes the first man in Test history to have taken a Test 5 wicket haul in Perth (Perth Stadium, 2025) and to have hit a Test century in Perth (W.A.C.A, 2013).

Nod to Steve Waugh who took a 5fer, and high scored with 99*

#Ashes #AUSvsENG #Cricket

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

Mitchell Starc has taken more away wickets in Sri Lanka than any other fast bowler in Test history

Mitchell Starc: 35 wickets at 16.31
Wasim Akram: 30 wickets at 20.43
Richard Hadlee: 27 wickets at 12.29
Ishant Sharma: 26 wickets at 36.42

#SLvsAUS #Cricket

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

Dimuth Karunaratne will be the fourth player and first non-English player to end his career having played exactly 100 Test matches

Graham Thorpe (1993-2005)
Andrew Strauss (2004-2012)
*Jonny Bairstow (2012-2024)

#SLvsAUS #Cricket

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

Happy Birthday to West Indian legend Clyde Walcott who would have turned 99 today.

Walcott vs Australia in 1955 is the only time somebody has hit 5 test hundreds in a series...

...They didn't win a single match (3-0 Australia)

#Cricket #WestIndies

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

@TembaBavuma had previously gone 88 Test innings since his last century, but has now scored 3 in his last 12 innings.

He also averages 57.40 since the beginning of 2023.

#Cricket #CricketStats

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

In 2024, there were only 4 century opening partnerships across all Test cricket. The last time there were fewer than 4 was 1985 (3)

#Cricket #CricketTwitter

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

Yashasvi Jaiswal scored 1,382 Test runs whilst he was 22, which breaks the record for most runs scored in Tests by a 22 year old.

Previously, it was held by Graeme Smith who scored 1,275 runs between his 22nd and 23rd birthdays (2003-04)

#Cricket #CricketTwitter

[Angelo Mathews @Angelo69Mathews]

Absolutely shocking to hear that srilanka is only playing 4 test matches this entire year including the aus tests this month @ICC .

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

Kusal Mendis scored the most international runs across all formats in 2024 (1,860)

This is the fewest to lead a calendar year since David Boon scored 1,833 runs in 1994 (excluding the Covid affected 2020)

#Cricket

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

Jasprit Bumrah in 2024 had the third best bowling average for any post-war bowler in a calendar year (minimum 40 wickets)

Jim Laker 1956- 48 Wickets at 10.00
Imran Khan 1982- 62 Wickets at 13.29
Jasprit Bumrah 2024- 71 Wickets at 14.92

#Cricket #AUSvsIND

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

Jasprit Bumrah (71 Wickets in 2024) was the first Asian fast bowler to take 60 or more wickets in a calendar year since Kapil Dev took 75 in 1983.
#AUSvsIND
#Cricket

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

Colin Cowdrey would have turned 92 today- one of only 2 batsmen to hit Test centuries at 6 separate batting positions in the order (2,3,4,5,6,8).

Garfield Sobers being the other (2,3,4,5,6,7)

#Cricket

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

18 year old Kwena Maphaka has figures of 4/72 on ODI debut for South Africa.

He is the first 18 year old to take 4 or more wickets on ODI debut. (Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Aayan Afzal Khan both took 4 wickets on debut aged 16)

#SAvsPAK #Cricket

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

@ashwinravi99 https://t.co/LmQp5xxCau

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

Happy retirement to one of the greats, @ashwinravi99:

- Took more Test 5fers (37) than catches (36)
- Best Strike Rate of all bowlers with 500+ Test wickets (50.7)
- Only man with 500+ Test wickets and a batting average of more than 20 (25.75)

#AUSvsIND #Cricket

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

@TheStatsKid1523 https://t.co/LmQp5xxCau

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

Happy retirement to one of the greats, @ashwinravi99:

- Took more Test 5fers (37) than catches (36)
- Best Strike Rate of all bowlers with 500+ Test wickets (50.7)
- Only man with 500+ Test wickets and a batting average of more than 20 (25.75)

#AUSvsIND #Cricket

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

@cricbuzz @beastieboy07 https://t.co/LmQp5xxCau

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

Happy retirement to one of the greats, @ashwinravi99:

- Took more Test 5fers (37) than catches (36)
- Best Strike Rate of all bowlers with 500+ Test wickets (50.7)
- Only man with 500+ Test wickets and a batting average of more than 20 (25.75)

#AUSvsIND #Cricket

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

@WisdenIndia https://t.co/LmQp5xxCau

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

Happy retirement to one of the greats, @ashwinravi99:

- Took more Test 5fers (37) than catches (36)
- Best Strike Rate of all bowlers with 500+ Test wickets (50.7)
- Only man with 500+ Test wickets and a batting average of more than 20 (25.75)

#AUSvsIND #Cricket

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

Happy retirement to one of the greats, @ashwinravi99:

- Took more Test 5fers (37) than catches (36)
- Best Strike Rate of all bowlers with 500+ Test wickets (50.7)
- Only man with 500+ Test wickets and a batting average of more than 20 (25.75)

#AUSvsIND #Cricket

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

@Jaspritbumrah93 becomes just the fourth fast bowler from Asia to take 60 wickets in a calendar year and the first since Kapil Dev took 75 in 1983

#AUSvIND #Cricket

[Harry Dear @JiminyCrickStat]

Happy Birthday @Uz_Khawaja - No Australian has scored more Test runs after turning 35 (2,619)

#AUSvIND #Cricket