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Cricinfo lists the five overseas batsmen who have scored double centuries at Oval. What did they miss:

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:konfused:

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Sochho. :emmy:

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You’re the error :chai:

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says someone who cant even spell cricket. :hehe:

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Why is Miandad’s name missing from the list?

260 in 1987

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63465.html

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Thats one of them there is another one that I know of.

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The list isn’t comprehensive… a better one is available here (based on cricinfo but with all centuries scores): List of international cricket centuries at the Oval - Wikipedia

may be it’s because the Cricinfo query is limited to double centuries in matches that were won by the away team.](List of international cricket centuries at the Oval - Wikipedia)

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what about Zaheer Abbas’s famous inning of 240 runs :frowning:

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You are right but the way cricinfo presented the stats certainly misleads the reader. Sorry I should have posted it in my opening post. Here it is:

“There have been five double-centuries scored by visiting batsmen at The Oval. Viv Richards holds the record for the highest individual score (291). Don Bradman is the only visiting batsman to score two double-centuries at the venue.”

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/current/stats/index.html

Doesn’t mention that the stats relate to the batsmen from the winning side only

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Thats the one I was thinking off.

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In total there are 9 double hundreds scored by 8 **visiting batsmen **at The Oval.

Viv Richards (WI) 291 1976
Ponsford (Aus) 266, 1934
Miandad (Pak) 260, 1987
Bradman (Aus) 240, 1934
Zaheer Abbas (Pak) 240, 1974
Bradman (Aus) 232, 1930
Sunil Gavaskar (India) 221, 1979
Jayasuriya (SLA) 213, 1998
Murdoch (Aus) 211, 1884

Who will be the next Indian batsman after Gavaskar to achieve the feat?

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yep, that headline on Cricinfo is certainly incorrect. I didn’t read the headline but played around with the parameters by checking off the criterion on top of the stats table.

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Dravid already has one - see here: Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com

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You're right. Thanks. misssed out his name somehow

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Correction: In total there are 10 double hundreds scored by **9 **visiting **batsmen **at The Oval.

Viv Richards (WI) 291 1976
Ponsford (Aus) 266, 1934
Miandad (Pak) 260, 1987
Bradman (Aus) 240, 1934
Zaheer Abbas (Pak) 240, 1974
Bradman (Aus) 232, 1930
Sunil Gavaskar (India) 221, 1979
Rahul Dravid (India) 217, 2002
Jayasuriya (SLA) 213, 1998
Murdoch (Aus) 211, 1884

Who will be the next Indian batsman after Gavaskar and Dravid to achieve the feat?

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VP saab, you counted Bradman twice. (Granted he was twice the batsman most people are) Ab to error kabool keejiye!

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No they are right. Actually this is the list of Double Centuries of Visitors who won the match …
Just ignore the win matches and then u’ll get the correct result

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The list is crticinfo’s not mine. :slight_smile:

read post 10 above.

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Just check & click the links and got the same result of 10 Centuries :konfused:
There have been ten double-centuries scored by visiting batsmen (Result showing is 10) at The Oval. Viv Richards holds the record for the highest individual score (291). Don Bradman is the only visiting batsman to score two double-centuries at the venue.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/current/stats/index.html