HAMILTON MASAKADZA

[kartik]

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. [*]

[maehara]

Well spotted. It was certainly a record-breaking series for Hamilton.

Assume you're the one who tipped Cricinfo off?
http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/conten ... MP=OTC-TWT

[Dr_Situ(ZimFanatic)]

Well done Kartik

Another record: the cricketing world belatedly discovered that the Mazza’s 467 runs was, in fact, a world record highest aggregate in a bilateral series. The previous holder of the record was West Indies kingpin Chris Gayle, who managed 455 runs in seven ODIs against India in the 2002-03 season.


Never mind the opposition, Masakadza remarkably bettered the feat in fewer games, smashing two big centuries, including a career-best 178 not out and all time best number 11th.

[maehara]

The official ZC Facebook page is running a competition to come up with a nickname for Hamilton, to commemorate his recent exploits:

the best name suggested will entitle you to a photo with Hamilton and/or a branded stylish picnic bag

May interest a few folks here...

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=287759805456