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Langer outscores Pakistan in both innings

Neil Pickup

Cricket Web Moderator
Is Justin Langer the first player to outscore the entire opposing team in both innings of a Test match? asked Jon Murphy from Australia

The short answer is yes, he is: in the first Test against Pakistan at Perth recently Langer scored 191 in the first innings, and Pakistan made 179. And in the second innings Langer made 97 and Pakistan only 72. It's the first time a batsman has outscored the opposition in each innings of a match. There are five other instances of a batsman scoring more runs overall than the opposition managed in both innings. The little Surrey opener Bobby Abel was the first to do it: for England at Cape Town in 1888-89, Abel's 120 was more than South Africa (47 and 43) managed all told. Len Hutton repeated the dose nearly 50 years later. At The Oval in 1938, Hutton scored 364, and Australia made only 201 and 123. Don Bradman, who was injured in that 1938 match and couldn't bat, did it at Brisbane in 1947-48, scoring 185 to India's 58 and 98 in their first Test against Australia. Inzamam-ul-Haq (329) beat New Zealand (73 and 246) off his own bat at Lahore in 2001-02, and Matthew Hayden (119) did likewise to Pakistan (59 and 53) at Sharjah in 2002-03.
 

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