Is Mark Wood the best IPL debut ever?

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Is Mark Wood the best IPL debut ever?

April 4th 2023, 4:30:00 pm

The other day, Mark Wood took five wickets in his first IPL match. Is that a record? asked Brian McMaster from England.

The England fast bowler Mark Wood took 5 for 14 - his best figures in all T20 cricket - for Lucknow Super Giants against Delhi Capitals last weekend. Despite this, Wood did not make his IPL debut, as he played for Chennai Super Kings against Mumbai Indians in 2018 (he did not take a wicket, and his four overs cost 49 runs).

Regardless, Alzarri Joseph's 6 for 12 for Mumbai Indians against Sunrisers Hyderabad in Hyderabad in 2019 is the best debut figure in IPL history. Wood currently sits joint eighth on that list.

However, Wood's figures were the best by an English bowler in the IPL, beating Dimitri Mascarenhas' 5 for 25 against Pune Warriors in 2012.

Nilu Banerjee from India asked if anyone made a higher score than Ruturaj Gaikwad's 92 in the IPL season curtain-raiser.

Ruturaj Gaikwad's 92 at Ahmedabad recently was quite the statement for the Chennai Super Kings. It ranks as the third-highest individual score, of all IPL opening matches. Brendon McCullum blazed his way to a remarkable 158* for Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008 (which is still the second-highest of all time), while Rohit Sharma registered 98 not out for Mumbai Indians against KKR in 2015.

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The other day, Kyle Mayers hit 73 in his first IPL match. What's the highest score on an IPL debut?

Super Giants' first match against Delhi Capitals was won by Kyle Mayers by 73 runs. 158 not out for KKR against RCB in Bangalore in 2008, in the very first IPL match, is the highest score for anyone on an IPL debut since Brendon McCullum.

There have been two other Australians who scored higher on their IPL debut than Mayers - both in the 2008 inaugural season. After McCullum's blitz, Michael Hussey hit 116 not out for CSK against Kings XI in Mohali, and Shaun Marsh hit 84 not out against Deccan Chargers in Hyderabad. As a result, Mayers scored 73 on his IPL debut, the highest score since the first season.

Mayank Agarwal has made four Test centuries, all in India. What are the most that one batter has made without any away from home? asked Devang Patel.

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Currently, there are three men who have scored five Test centuries, all of them against Australia: the old England captain Stanley Jackson, whose five hundreds were all against Australia, India's Chandu Borde, and the current Australian batter Travis Head, who no doubt hopes to escape this particular list during this year's Ashes series in England.

Along with Joe Hardstaff junior of England, Guy Whittall of Zimbabwe, and Roshan Mahanama and Arjuna Ranatunga of Sri Lanka, Mayank Agarwal has scored four Test centuries at home.

Jamie Lewcock from Ireland asked, "What is the lowest highest score in a completed Test innings?".

I believe the answer is 7 - when South Africa was bowled out by England for 30 at Edgbaston in 1924, Herbie Taylor contributed the most runs with 7.

India's 36 against Australia in Adelaide in 2020-21 was the only other completed Test innings to include 11 single-figure scores, with Mayank Agarwal contributing nine of them.

The 1953 Ashes series marked the first time ten batters failed to reach double figures in a Test inning.

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