A look-back on five memorable strokes from World Cup 2015

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Mar-2015There is nothing AB de Villiers cannot do. After going down to India, South Africa rebounded strongly, their captain leading the way with 162* off 66. On his way to the fastest 150 in ODIs, de Villiers stunned Andre Russell by running across to off and sweep-scooping one to the square leg boundary. As Dale Steyn puts it: “It’s like watching the movie. There’s Neo right there. He doesn’t understand how good he is.”•Getty ImagesIn Perth, Shapoor Zadran with his Shoaib Akhtar-inspired run-up steamed in and missed a yorker. Maxwell reversed his stance and flicked a 140kph full toss over the third-man boundary with consummate ease. He went onto smite 88 off 39 balls as Australia surged to the highest total in World Cup history.•Getty ImagesKane Williamson’s lofted six may not be as outrageous as Maxwell’s or de Villiers’, but its impact was decisive – it was the clincher in a nail-biting Trans-Tasman clash. Mitchell Starc’s fiery spell left New Zealand needing six runs with only one wicket in hand. An uber-cool Williamson, who was aware that mid-on was in the circle, targeted the short straight boundary and launched Pat Cummins for a six, sealing the deal for New Zealand.•Getty ImagesRilee Rossouw played the pick-up truck to the Rolls-Royce in de Villiers against West Indies, but his flying uppercut might have left even de Villiers envious. Rossouw reached his fifty by leaping off his feet, getting on top of the bounce and cracking Jerome Taylor over backward point.•Getty Images

As the 2015 IPL playoffs beckon, ESPNcricinfo takes a looks at what each team needs to do in order to make the final four

Bishen Jeswant14-May-20153:47

Scenarios: Chennai Super Kings assured playoff spot

With only six games left in the league stage of IPL 2015, there are still six teams who can finish in the top four, and thereby win themselves a playoff spot. The two teams out are Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Daredevils. Despite their convincing win against Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kings XI have already assured themselves of the wooden spoon even if they win their last league match against Chennai Super Kings, currently the league leaders and the only team to have guaranteed themselves of a playoff spot.Chennai Super Kings
Royal Challengers’ loss to Kings XI has ensured that Super Kings cannot finish outside the top four. Though Rajasthan Royals can achieve 16 points (equal with Super Kings), they can only have seven wins (because they were part of two washed-out matches)* which means that they cannot leapfrog Super Kings. The other four teams could have pushed Super Kings to fifth spot, but since they play three matches amongst themselves – Sunrisers Hyderabad face Royal Challengers and later Mumbai Indians, while Kolkata Knight Riders also play Mumbai Indians – Super Kings have been assured of making the playoffs.

Kolkata Knight Riders
Knight Riders, having won four of their last five matches, look good to make the playoffs. The equation for Knight Riders is simple – they need to win at least one of their next two games. In fact, even if Knight Riders lose both games, they could still qualify if other results go their way and they are tied, with a better NRR, on 15 points with Royal Challengers.Royal Challengers Bangalore
Royal Challengers have to win their last two games to make it to 17 points and get a playoff berth. If they lose both games, they are out. However, if they win one of their last two games, they could still qualify in one of two ways – (i) if they are tied on 15 points with Knight Riders (assuming other results go their way), but have a superior NRR; or (ii) at least two teams out of Sunrisers, Royals and Mumbai Indians remain on 14 points or less. If Royal Challengers beat Sunrisers, and Royals lose their remaining match, Royal Challengers will progress regardless of other results.Sunrisers Hyderabad
Sunrisers need to win at least one of their remaining two matches in order to ensure qualification. However, they could qualify even if they lose both matches, as they could be tied on 14 points with Mumbai Indians and Royals (though Royals will have fewer wins in that case). However, if Sunrisers lose both their games, and either Royals or Mumbai Indians win their remaining matches, Sunrisers will not make the playoffs.Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians need to win both their remaining games to ensure qualification. If they lose both games, they are out. However, they could qualify even if they win only one of their last two games, because (i) they could finish tied on 14 points with Royals (assuming other results go their way) – in which case Royals will have only six wins while Mumbai Indians have seven; or (ii) they could finish tied on 14 points with Sunrisers (assuming other results go their way), and qualify if they can maintain a superior NRR.Rajasthan Royals
After having won five straight games at the start of the tournament, Royals find themselves struggling to make the playoffs. Even if they win their last game (and reach 16 points), Royals could still find themselves outside the top four, because four other teams can still make it to 16 points or more. If that happens, Royals are at a disadvantage because they will have only seven wins (on account of two washed-out games), while the other teams will have eight or more. That said, Royals could qualify even if they lose their last game, as long as Royal Challengers and Mumbai Indians lose their remaining games.

Plays of the day from the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders in Mumbai

Mohammad Isam14-May-2015The enforcing captaincyIn a bid to pick up wickets after Mumbai Indians lost three, Gambhir, besides placing himself at silly point, had a slip and a gully in the seventh over bowled by Shakib Al Hasan. Kieron Pollard played out two deliveries but Gambhir wasn’t done.He kept Morkel from the other end for his fourth and final over, despite the bowler showing signs of exhaustion. Gambhir again placed himself at short leg when Pollard was on strike. Morkel, however, responded brilliantly, giving away just two runs and finishing with 1 for 27.The curve on the ballRohit Sharma had started to get a measure of Sunil Narine with two fours in his first nine balls. Both fours were through the off side, but Rohit wasn’t ready for what was about to come his way.Narine trotted in and bowled a peach of a delivery that could be described as a straighter one or even a legcutter. But the curve that the ball took, for perhaps less than an inch, was breathtaking. Rohit committed to play on the middle stump but the ball straightened ever so slightly and hit the off stump. Narine pumped his fist as his captain stormed in to celebrate.The pick-up lineThe Mumbai batsmen were struggling to find boundaries regularly. Hardik Pandya was fluent from early on in his innings and by the time he got into a powerful groove by hitting four consecutive fours off Umesh Yadav, it was clear Mumbai had much to rely on this young batsman.In the 18th over, Pandya took his front foot out of the line of a Narine delivery and lifted him towards midwicket. It ended up as a huge six, his first of the innings.The release shotRobin Uthappa saw Gambhir hitting a boundary off Vinay Kumar’s first ball, so he tried to get on top of his Karnataka captain. He went for a slog over midwicket but only got an inside edge. He missed another slog the next ball. Vinay stared at him while Gambhir, who had walked up to Uthappa after the previous ball, stayed back at his end.Vinay pitched the fifth ball short, but Uthappa, cleverly, stayed back and smacked over midwicket for a four. A little battle won by the batsman.The reliefPandya thanked the heavens, quite literally, after J Suchith got one to dip and dismiss Gambhir at the end of the 11th over. Pandya had, of course, dropped the same batsman on 36 the previous ball.In the same over in which Yusuf Pathan had slammed a six over midwicket, Gambhir carted one past midwicket for four before he chipped one more, this time to the right of Pandya, who ran towards the ball but couldn’t hold on to the catch. The drop meant the Knight Riders captain moved to 38. But next ball, Gambhir missed Suchith’s delivery. The camera panned to Pandya who looked upwards in relief.

Stats highlights from the second day of the second Test between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo

Shiva Jayaraman21-Aug-20151.6 Angelo Mathews’ economy in India’s innings; he conceded just 24 runs off his 15 overs and bowled seven maidens. Mathews’ economy of 2.13 in Tests in 2015 is the second-best among bowlers to bowl at least 50 overs.17.81 Rangana Herath’s bowling average in this series; he has now taken 11 wickets, including the four he took in India’s first innings. In four Tests against India before this series, Herath had taken 12 wickets at an average of 54.91.6.66 Kumar Sangakkara’s batting average against R Ashwin in Tests. He has been dismissed three times in this series and has managed to score just 20 runs off 53 balls. Against other offspinners in Tests though, Sangakkara has an excellent batting average of 78.09 (since May 2001).113 Balls Sri Lanka went boundary-less between the 30th and the 49th overs. India bowled disciplined lines, allowing Sri Lanka to take only 18 singles in this period. The batsmen played 92 dots and scored only 32 runs at 1.69 runs an over.5 Maidens bowled by Umesh Yadav in this innings – the most in his Test career. In his first two spells, Yadav had conceded just 18 runs from seven overs before ending the day with figures of 1 for 34 from 11 overs. In his previous four Tests, he had leaked runs at an economy of 4.68.15 Number of balls off which Yadav induced false stroke from the 11 overs he bowled at the Sri Lanka batsmen in this innings. The percentage of false strokes played off Yadav’s bowling is the highest among the fast bowlers in this Test so far.

214 Runs scored in the day – the second lowest on the second day in 12 Tests at P Sara Oval since 2000. However, only 80.3 overs were bowled in the day. Only 191 runs were scored on the second day of a Test between the hosts and England at this venue.11 Number of innings since the last time Sri Lanka’s openers put up a fifty stand in Tests. Sri Lanka’s first wicket has made 247 runs at an average of 22.45, including a highest stand of 49 runs in those 11 innings.

Stats highlights from Pakistan’s record chase to win the Pallekele Test and the series against Sri Lanka

Bishen Jeswant07-Jul-20152:04

Younis Khan made Pakistan’s best fourth-innings score during their best fourth-innings partnership during their best fourth innings total

382 Pakistan’s total was their best in the fourth innings of a Test and also their highest successful chase. It was also the sixth highest successful chase overall in Tests.171 Younis Khan’s score was the the highest by a Pakistan batsman in the fourth innings of a Test. It was also the fifth highest individual score in a successful chase, behind efforts from Gordon Greenidge, Arthur Morris, Don Bradman and Mark Butcher.7 Number of wickets by which Pakistan won this Test, the joint-biggest margin of victory in Test history for a team scoring 350-plus runs to win a Test. The only other time this happened was when Australia achieved their target of 404 for the loss of only three wickets against England in 1948.242 The partnership between Younis and Shan Masood was the fourth highest in a successful chase. It was also Pakistan’s best in the fourth innings of a Test.11 The number of 150-plus scores for Younis in Tests, the most for any Pakistan batsman. Javed Miandad has ten.1 The number of times before today that two Pakistan batsmen made hundreds in the fourth innings – against New Zealand in Hyderabad (Sind) in 1984. Younis (171) and Shan Masood (125) scored centuries in the fourth innings of this Test.5 Number of batsmen stumped in the fourth innings after scoring a century – three of those five are from Pakistan. Masood was stumped on 125 in the fourth innings of this Test.22 Instances of teams scoring 350-plus totals in the fourth innings of Tests since 2005. Before 2005, it had happened only 27 times.4.9 Tharindu Kaushal’s economy rate in the fourth innings, the worst for any Sri Lankan bowling at least 20 overs in the fourth innings. Kaushal bowled 31 overs and conceded 153 runs.1 Number of previous Tests in Sri Lanka in which the highest total of the match was made in the fourth innings. It happened in a Test between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe at the SSC in 1998. Pakistan’s fourth-innings total of 382 was the highest in this Test.20.30 Percentage of Pakistan’s fourth-innings runs scored by Younis in matches that he has played. Younis has 1333 fourth-innings runs, while all the other Pakistan batsmen combined have scored 5223 runs in these matches.

Netherlands had gone through 16 matches without winning in four-day cricket. That changed when they beat Scotland by 44 runs to go to the top of the Intercontinental Cup table

Peter Della Penna in The Hague11-Sep-2015Netherlands have had a peculiarly difficult time mastering multi-day cricket. Odd, considering they are among the most successful Associate countries of the past decade: three straight World Cups from 2003 through 2011 not to mention a pair of World T20s in 2009 and 2014.Canada, Kenya, even Namibia have all been to the final of the Intercontinental Cup but not Netherlands. They have found winning a single game of first-class cricket difficult let alone stringing a series of them. Prior to this week’s I-cup victory over Scotland, Netherlands have come out trumps only four out of 27 times since the competition was founded in 2004. There are 15 losses among that number as well and their record at home was especially poor – one win and eight defeats.Netherlands’ best finish in the competition came in 2007-08 when they came in fifth out of eight teams. Beating UAE that April in Sharjah had been their last success in four-day cricket. It has taken seven years, and 16 matches, but finally Netherlands are back on the board again.There had been two great opportunities to break the streak sooner. Both at home in Amstelveen and both against countries who had yet to win a first-class match. They wasted a 74-run first-innings lead in 2009 as Afghanistan chased down 207 with one wicket to spare. Had Netherlands won then, they would have cut short their losing streak to three matches.A bigger upset was to follow this summer, when they could not stop Papua New Guinea from running down a target of 305. There had been a Sisyphusian feel to that match as Assad Vala and Mahuru Dai denied the Dutch with a 200-run fifth wicket partnership. A similar feeling may have crept in on Friday when, after taking two wickets in the first three overs of the day to peg Scotland back at 52 for 5 in pursuit of 201, Rob Taylor joined Richie Berrington for an ominous stand.”Obviously Berrington and Taylor batted really well and this was the kind of wicket that when you get in, you could stay in. It was never easy for people to start though,” captain Peter Borren said after the win. “They batted beautifully and [both were] really good, disciplined innings. But I was really happy with the way we bowled during that period anyway. We bowled with a lot of discipline with our three young quicks – Kingma, van Meekeren and Gunning – they all ran in hard for both innings and put the ball in the right areas.”We knew that we were probably one breakthrough away and that wicket that Michael Rippon got, Richie Berrington lbw just before lunch, that opened an end for us. They’ve still got good players but for guys just coming to the wicket, it’s not easy and you’re always in with a chance as a bowler.”Before lunch that was a big wicket for us. I’m glad we took advantage of it but I guess the reason why we ended up winning this game was a lot of work from those three seamers.”The frontline seamers may have done the bulk of the work, but Borren’s career-best 4 for 1 was no less significant. In light of his shoulder troubles – he had surgery last year – Borren’s recent bowling workload has been far less than it was when he began playing for Netherlands. He might not be back to full pace yet, but after cleaning up Matthew Cross and Con de Lange on back-to-back deliveries and with victory within sight, adrenaline started kicking in. There was more vigor, more purpose with each charge up to the crease.”For me it was nice to get some wickets,” Borren said. “I suppose the ball was pretty scuffed up on one side. The wicket was a little bit abrasive and it was just nipping back in, getting a little bit of reverse and the pitch also wasn’t bouncing much towards the end of this match. I guess if I ran in and bowled wicket-to-wicket, I was going to be pretty well suited to these conditions.”Netherlands secured victory 14 balls into Borren’s post-lunch spell and the seven-year itch had been scratched off. From this XI, only he and Pieter Seelaar have known the joy of winning an Intercontinental Cup match, and Borren was pleased that the younger players can now understand that feeling, one he described as more satisfying than winning 50-over or T20 games.”We haven’t won one of these matches for a long time,” Borren said. “It’s a great feeling. I’ve been trying to say to all the boys to win one of these games, you have to work hard and it’s an amazing feeling when it happens, but a lot of our guys haven’t won a four-day game before so I’m just really proud of the effort the guys put in. It’s just an awesome feeling and I’m really stoked.”

While their performances in India weren’t the most eye-catching, Farhaan Behardien’s all-round competence and coach Russell Domingo’s hours of homework were vital to South Africa’s limited-overs success

Firdose Moonda26-Oct-2015Summertime and the living is easy… at least if you’re South African. Two series, two wins and that’s before you’ve realised where those contests were, who they were against and what they were the precursor to.For the record, it was against India in India in the first three weeks of a ten-week tour. South Africa’s wins included a first-ever T20 series victory in their first-ever T20 series in India and a first-ever bilateral ODI series win in five attempts. So yes, it was pretty damn special and it came with all the frills and fireworks a special occasion merits.There were the three captain’s knocks from AB de Villiers, one a heroic hundred in a losing cause, there was the consistency from the old hand, Faf du Plessis, that eventually blossomed into an innings of craft and cramp, there was the redemption of Quinton de Kock, who announced himself as an international cricketer against India again and there was the revelation of Kagiso Rabada who proved pace is pace and nothing compares. If you had been following the series at all you already know all those things and you also know that while they are the standout reasons South Africa won, they are not the only reasons.South Africa won because around de Villiers, du Plessis, de Kock and Rabada, there were others, chiefly Farhaan Behardien and Russell Domingo. The finisher and the fine-tuner have played silent roles in South Africa’s success and it’s time to make some noise about them.Behardien was South Africa’s fourth-highest run-scorer, ahead of Hashim Amla and JP Duminy (although Duminy missed the last two matches with injury) and has reached a level of consistency expected of a lower-order batsman. He is no Kieron Pollard – he is only about half the size – but he has become the finisher David Miller was supposed to be. In this series, he scored 124 runs and boasted an average of 41.33, thanks to two unbeaten scores and this year, he has played 20 ODIs, batted 15 times and averages 40.00, with a strike rate of 104.16.Add to that the fact that Behardien can bowl some of the fifth bowler’s overs. Although he was not a strike bowler, he had an economy rate of 6.15, marginally better than Duminy’s 6.71, which meant South Africa did not have to force the issue of a seam-bowling allrounder, especially since it seems they don’t have too many options. Including Chris Morris or David Wiese, who missed this series with injury, runs the risk of shortening the batting line-up but South Africa may not have to do that if they can put their trust in Behardien.Like Ryan McLaren, Behardien has had his doubters and in the same way McLaren did, he has benefitted from consistency in selection and silenced them. Behardien understands he may not be the next superstar and has made peace with his limitations. Teams need people like that as much as they do the big names.Someone who knew that all along was Domingo. In fact, he knew it so well that when he saw he was not going to add value as a cricketer – and that was way back when Domingo was still a club player – he decided to become a coach instead. That was 18 years ago, when the concept of the international coach was not as limited to the former player as it is now. These days, the prevailing opinion is that a Gary Kirsten or an Andy Flower can offer more than a Domingo or a Mike Hesson, but both are steadily proving the stereotype wrong.In his two-and-half-years in charge, Domingo has already gone where no other South African coach has gone before. He is the only one to have won a World Cup knockout game. Before this tour, he had been in charge for 14 ODI and nine T20 series and South Africa had won eight of the former and two of the latter. That may not immediately sound impressive but it included victories in Sri Lanka in both formats, in New Zealand, in the UAE and at home. They have done all of that while going through waves of change that have included the retirements of some of the stalwarts.Domingo has overseen the transition by sticking to a simple strategy of trusting the numbers but adjusting the gameplan to suit conditions. He does his homework before South Africa play and although knowing the ground average won’t help a team win a game, it will tell them whether they are on the right track. Knowing that spinners have done better than seamers from a particular end or that slower-ball bouncers are better options than yorkers at the death somewhere is also valuable insight.These days, South Africa speak with authority on those aspects of the game they may previously have simply admitted to not knowing much about. They tell local media that they expect bounce when everyone is gazing at a pancake or that the new playing conditions mean they are more likely to use short balls later on so they can have men caught at deep midwicket. That kind of thinking is Domingo’s and it has become South Africa’s. They enjoy being more informed and take pride in the nerdishness.After all, in a typical South African summer time, the living is often easier for those who got through the end-of-year exams knowing they had passed than for those anxiously awaiting the outcome. And right now, South Africa are top of the class.

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from the opening one-day international in Abu Dhabi

David Hopps11-Nov-2015Retirement of the dayIf Younis Khan had retired after the World Cup, his one-day career would have ended with no guard of honour or acknowledgment to the fans. He clearly felt this mattered, winning a recall for a final ODI then immediately announcing his ODI retirement after the match. The innings was not momentous, the crowd was not huge, but the guard of honour from his team-mates was hastily assembled and he went, bat brandished in acknowledgment, into the one-day sunset.The beamer that wasn’tWith Mohammad Irfan delivering from about three feet above James Taylor head, such is their difference in height, attention was on whether even on this surface he might be unsettled by bounce. What he can’t have planned for was the delivery that flew at him on the full above waist height. It should have been called a no-ball, but for some reason it wasn’t. Taylor was happy to emerge unscathed.Miserable momentJos Buttler was dropped for the final Test in Sharjah after averaging only 13 since the start of the Ashes series. He must have hoped a switch to ODI mode would bring a change of luck, but after Buttler had faced two balls, James Taylor drew him into a push-and-run single into the leg side and Azhar Ali, not even needing a direct hit, ran him out by a foot. It was cruel on Buttler – and an embarrassing error for Taylor.Chat of the dayShould we review it? Pitched in line? What do you think? Pakistan spilled well over their 15-second maximum in considering whether they should review a refused lbw appeal against Taylor. By the time Azhar had come to a view, it was too late, umpire Ahsan Raza refused to accept the request, and Shoaib Malik went unrewarded as replays showed it would have been overturned.Failed gamble of the dayBilal Asif attracted Pakistan’s attention because of a rapid hundred in domestic T20 cricket, so there was some logic in trying him out at the top of the order, but it never looked like working as he became one of three new-ball victims for Reece Topley, the left-armer nipping one back into his pads to win an lbw on review.

ESPNcricinfo staff18-Dec-2015Tim Southee responded quickly by sending back Sri Lanka’s openers in successive overs•Getty ImagesDinesh Chandimal and Udara Jayasundera then revived Sri Lanka’s innings with a 71-run partnership before Jayasundera was run-out for 26•Associated PressDoug Bracewell soon had Chandimal caught behind, three runs short of a brisk fifty, as Sri Lanka stuttered to 121 for 4•Getty ImagesMilinda Siriwardana then combined with captain Angelo Mathews to forge a solid partnership, taking Sri Lanka to 198 for 4 at tea•Getty ImagesThe pair took their stand past 100, as both batsmen crossed fifties soon in the third session of the day•Getty ImagesTrent Boult then led New Zealand’s fight back with quick wickets before rain brought a premature end to the day’s play. Sri Lanka ended day one on 264 for 7 with Mathews unbeaten on 63•Getty Images

Stats highlights from the first day’s play at Newlands

Shiva Jayaraman02-Jan-20163601 Runs Alastair Cook has made in Tests as England’s captain. In his brief innings of 27, Cook went past Graham Gooch to become the second highest run-scorer as captain for England in Tests. Gooch made 3582 runs at 58.72. Only Mike Atherton, who scored 3815 runs at 40.58, now has more runs than Cook as England’s captain in Tests.3 Number of umpires in Tests who have officiated as an on-field umpire in 100 or more Tests including Aleem Dar, who is standing in his 100th Test. Steve Bucknor and Rudi Koertzen were the ones to do it before Dar.200 Number of fielding dismissals collected by AB de Villiers in Tests. He is only the second South Africa player to effect 200 or more dismissals. Mark Boucher leads this list by a long way with 553 dismissals, all as wicketkeeper.ESPNcricinfo Ltd5 Number of fifty-plus scores by England openers other than Alastair Cook in Tests since 2014, including Alex Hales’ 60. Cook has made 14 such scores since 2014. This was also Hales’ maiden Test fifty and his second first-class fifty on this tour – he made 56 against South Africa A in Pietermaritzburg. Hales has now hit four fifty-plus scores in his last six first-class games.26 Fifty-plus scores by Joe Root – who turned 25 three days ago – in Tests including his 50 in England’s first innings. These are the second highest such scores made by an England batsman at the age of 25 or before. Ian Bell had made 25 such scores at 25 years of age. Alastair Cook had 38 fifty-plus scores (15 hundreds and 23 fifties). Root has made 3167 runs at 54.60 including eight hundreds and 18 fifties. Root has now failed to convert his last five fifty-plus scores into a hundred in Tests.79.56 Ben Stokes’ strike rate in his innings of 74* – the eighth highest in an innings of 50 or more by an England batsman in South Africa. Stokes completed 1000 runs in Tests in this innings. He has 1072 runs at 29.77 in Tests including two hundreds and six fifties. Jonny Bairstow too completed 1000 Test runs during his innings.46 Runs scored by the partnership between Stokes and Bairstow in five overs after South Africa took the new ball. The England batsmen hit as many as eight fours in these overs, including four in the first over with the new ball from Chris Morris. This stand scored 94 runs from just 115 deliveries at a rate of 4.90 – the fifth highest in a fifty-plus run stand by England in South Africa. The sixth-wicket stand in this innings is currently the third highest for England at Newlands.2 Number of fifty-plus stands by England’s first wicket in their last ten Tests including this one. In 18 innings in these ten Tests, England’s opening wicket has averaged 23 runs per dismissal. Their last fifty-plus stand before this innings had come in Abu Dhabi against Pakistan last year when Moeen Ali and Cook added 116 runs.4.5 Chris Morris’ bowling economy from his 22 overs so far in this innings. This is the third worst for any South Africa bowler to bowl at least 20 overs in an innings on debut. Only Rory Kleinveldt and Dale Steyn have done worse. Steyn was the last South Africa pacer to concede 100-plus runs in an innings on debut. Morris has conceded 99 runs.