New Delhi: Zimbabwe cricketer Clive Madande broke a 90-year old unwanted Test record on the second day of the one-off Test match against Ireland on Friday. The 24-year-old wicket-keeper conceded as many as 42 byes in a single Test innings, surpassing the previous unwanted record of 37 byes conceded by England’s Les Ames way back in 1934.
The runs given by the Zimbabwe wicket-keeper proved out to be more than Ireland’s 40-run lead in the first inning as they made 250 in reply to Zimbabwe’s score of 210 runs. The byes conceded by Madande were not his fault totally as he had to deal with the late swing deliveries bowled by the bowlers, several of which went down the leg side.
For the first time in 147-years of cricket history, a wicket-keeper has conceded more than 40 byes in a Test match.
Who is Clive Madande?
Madande, who is playing his debut Test match against Ireland, is a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. As the player was out for a duck in his maiden Test match, so he’s yet to open his account in the longest format of the game. Apart from the unwanted record of giving away maximum byes, he’s yet to register any accolades in Tests.
Meanwhile, he has played 15 matches so far in his ODI career and scored 231 runs at an average of 23. In the shortest format of the game, he has had maximum exposure with 30 matches to his name. In the T20Is, he has scored 318 runs with an average of 18.
Meanwhile, in the Belfast Test, in reply to Zimbabwe’s 210 runs in the first innings, Ireland managed a 40-run lead to finish their innings at 250. At the end of the play on second day, Zimbabwe had scored 12 runs, still trailing by 28 runs.
In the Test match against Ireland, Zimbabwe keeper Clive Madande set an unwanted record, breaking the earlier one which was registered 90 years back. Sports Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
