HAMILTON MASAKADZA
Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:17 am
I noticed that Zimbabwe's Hamilton Masakadza twice passed 150 in the recent one-day series against Kenya. Is this unprecedented?
Hamilton Masakadza made 156 against Kenya in the first match of the recent series in Harare, and 178 not out in the fifth, also in Harare. This is indeed the first time a batsman has made 150 or more twice in the same one-day series. Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya did pass 150 twice in successive innings three days apart, but they weren't in the same series: on July 1, 2006, he made 152 against England at Headingley, and three days later he smashed 157 against the Netherlands in Amstelveen. Jayasuriya is the only man to have reached 150 four times in ODIs: Sachin Tendulkar and a trio of handy West Indians - Chris Gayle, Brian Lara and Viv Richards - have all done it three times. [*]
Hamilton Masakadza made 156 against Kenya in the first match of the recent series in Harare, and 178 not out in the fifth, also in Harare. This is indeed the first time a batsman has made 150 or more twice in the same one-day series. Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya did pass 150 twice in successive innings three days apart, but they weren't in the same series: on July 1, 2006, he made 152 against England at Headingley, and three days later he smashed 157 against the Netherlands in Amstelveen. Jayasuriya is the only man to have reached 150 four times in ODIs: Sachin Tendulkar and a trio of handy West Indians - Chris Gayle, Brian Lara and Viv Richards - have all done it three times. [*]
