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The week in numbers: w/e 20/3/11

March 21, 2011 Leave a comment

Evans won Tirreno-Adriatico by 11 seconds

21 – Australia’s Cadel Evans became the 21st different winner of the Tirreno-Adriatico seven-day cycling race, defeating Robert Gesink by just 11 seconds.

1 – Australia’s Matt Goss became the first non-European to claim the Milan-San Remo one-day classic, winning a thrilling eight-man sprint in Saturday’s 102nd edition of the race.

2 – Inter Milan became only the second club ever to win a Champions League knockout tie after losing the first leg at home. They won 3-2 at Bayern Munich, going through on the away goals rule after the tie finished 3-3 on aggregate.

0 – Number of representatives from Germany, Italy, England and France in the quarter-finals of the Europa League – the first time this has happened in the history of the Europa League/UEFA Cup.

27 – Barcelona‘s 2-1 win over Getafe means they are now unbeaten in their last 27 La Liga matches, a new club record.

8 - England‘s points total in the 24-8 defeat to Ireland which denied them a grand slam. It was their lowest score in a Six Nations game since a 31-6 loss to France in March 2006.

25 - Brian O’Driscoll scored his 25th Five/Six Nations try against England, breaking the competition record set by Scotland‘s Ian Smith between 1924-33.

18 – Novak Djokovic improved his 2011 record to 18-0 by defeating world number one Rafael Nadal 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the BNP Paribas Open final in Indian Wells. Djokovic had already guaranteed he would move up to the number two spot by defeating Roger Federer in their semi-final.

60:23 – At his first competitive attempt at the distance, Mo Farah won the New York half-marathon in a new British record time of 60:23.

The cricket World Cup in numbers

131 - Ireland‘s 131-run defeat by South Africa was their largest losing margin in a World Cup match, surpassing their 129-run loss to New Zealand in 2007.

Duminy fell one run short of a century against Ireland

99 - In that same game, South Africa’s J P Duminy became only the second batsman (after Adam Gilchrist) to be dismissed for 99 at a World Cup.

183 - Shane Watson and Brad Haddin put on 183 runs, the highest opening-wicket partnership for Australia at the World Cup, as they cruised to a seven-wicket win over Canada.

2 - The Netherlands‘ Ryan ten Doeschate scored his second century of this tournament, tying with A B de Villiers and Sachin Tendulkar. However, his 106 was not enough to avoid defeat as Paul Stirling‘s 101 (off 72 balls) helped Ireland to a six-wicket win.

206 – Bangladesh‘s 206 -run defeat by South Africa – they were bowled out for just 78 – was their largest margin of defeat in a World Cup match, and their second-largest in all one-day internationals.

34 – Pakistan ended Australia’s 34-game winning streak after bowling out the defending champions for just 176.

0 – Kenya‘s 176-run defeat at the hands of Zimbabwe ensured they finished this World Cup with no wins from their six games. The Netherlands were similarly winless.

21 – The West Indies lost their last eight wickets for just 34 runs as they were beaten by India by 80 runs in the final group phase match. They have not beaten a Test-playing nation in an ODI since June 2009 – a period of 21 months.

The Premier League in numbers

31 – Including blocked attempts, Tottenham had 31 shots in their goalless draw with West Ham.

Van Persie averages exactly a goal per game in his last 19 appearances (image courtesy of arsenal.com)

19 – In scoring Arsenal‘s equaliser in their 2-2 draw at West Bromwich Albion, Robin van Persie improved his record to 19 goals in his last 19 Premier League games.

28 – West Brom have now failed to keep a clean sheet in 28 consecutive matches – a new Premier League record.

1 – Steven Reid‘s third-minute goal in that game marked the first time Arsenal had conceded a goal in the first 15 minutes of a league game this season – making them the last team to do so.

4 – Stoke City‘s 4-0 win over Newcastle marked the first time they have ever scored more than three times in a Premier League game.

22 – Junior Hoilett‘s 93rd-minute equaliser in Blackburn‘s 2-2 draw with Blackpool should have come as little surprise. There have now been 22 goals in the last ten minutes of matches involving these two teams this season.

18 – Everton‘s 2-1 win over Fulham was their 18th straight home league win against these opponents (and the tenth in the Premier League era).

(Some statistics courtesy of Opta Sports, The Times, @InfostradaLive, Cricinfo and @StatManJon.)

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The week in numbers: w/e 13/3/11

March 14, 2011 Leave a comment

Puncheon scored a late consolation against Chelsea

14 – Jason Puncheon‘s late consolation goal in Blackpool‘s 3-1 home defeat to Chelsea maintained their record of having both scored and conceded in every home game this season – 14 games in all. With five home games remaining, they have already tied the Premier League record in this category.

3 – Double Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington won the 200m, 400m, and 800m freestyle events at last week’s British Championships.

24 – Brian O’Driscoll scored a record-equalling 24th Six/Five Nations championship try, but Ireland still lost to Wales 19-13 in Cardiff.

1 - Italy secured arguably their biggest ever win as they came from behind to beat France for the first time in the Six Nations, 22-21.

0 - Arsenal became the only team to record zero shots in a Champions League match since at least August 2003 in their 3-1 defeat at Barcelona. (Their goal came courtesy of a Sergio Busquets own goal.)

21 – Shakhtar Donetsk‘s 3-0 win over Roma was their 21st consecutive home win in all competitions. They are unbeaten in 57 home games since October 2008.

Huth scored his eighth goal of the season

8 – Defender Robert Huth scored his eighth goal of the season (in just 35 games) as Stoke beat West Ham 2-1 in their FA Cup quarter-final.

20 – Arsenal had 20 shots against Manchester United at Old Trafford, but were unable to beat Edwin van der Sar as United ran out 2-0 winners in their quarter-final.

3 – None of the four FA Cup semi-finalists are south of Stoke, for only the third time in the competition’s history.

3 – Cyclist Bradley Wiggins finished third at Paris-Nice, 41 seconds behind overall winner Tony Martin. He was the first Briton to finish on the podium since Chris Boardman in 1996.

The cricket World Cup in numbers

114 – Runs scored by New Zealand in the final four overs of their innings against Pakistan. On his 27th birthday, Ross Taylor scored an unbeaten 131, 63 of which came off just 19 balls in the last six overs. The Kiwis won by 110 runs.

28 – Runs off the 47th over of the New Zealand innings, bowled by Shoaib Akhtar - a new World Cup record.

Razzaq conceded more runs than any other bowler in a World Cup over

30 – Runs off the 49th over of the New Zealand innings, bowled by Abdul Razzaq – breaking the World Cup record set two overs previously.

282 – Upul Tharanga‘s partnership of 282 with Tillakaratne Dilshan in Sri Lanka‘s 139-run win over Zimbabwe means he has been involved in both the two highest first wicket partnerships in ODIs (also 286 with Sanath Jayasuriya versus England in 2006).

2 – Bangladesh‘s two-wicket win over England was only their second in 15 ODIs against England.

99 - Sachin Tendulkar scored 111 in India’s nail-biting three-wicket defeat by South Africa. It was his 99th international century (51 in Tests, 48 in ODIs).

Sehwag is a consistently fast starter

5 – In each of his five matches in this World Cup, India’s Virender Sehwag has hit the first delivery he has faced for four.

29 – India lost their last nine wickets for just 29 runs as they collapsed from 267/1 to 296 all out against South Africa.

358 – New Zealand’s total of 358/6 in their 97-run win over Canada was their second highest in World Cup matches, behind the 363 they made against the same opponents in 2007.

33 – With a 60-run win over Kenya, Australia extended their unbeaten run in World Cups to 33 consecutive matches since their loss to Pakistan in the 1999 World Cup.

(Some statistics courtesy of Opta Sports, The Times, @InfostradaLive, Cricinfo and @StatManJon.)

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The week in numbers: w/e 6/3/11

March 7, 2011 Leave a comment

8 – Number of medals won by the Great Britain athletics team at the European Indoor Athletics Championships – their best tally on foreign soil in 22 years.

0 – Amount of Lottery funding for 37-year old athlete Helen Clitheroe, who claimed gold in the 3,000 metres. Previously, her biggest achievement had been a Commonwealth bronze in the 1,500 metres.

Contador - back and winning already

1 – Alberto Contador won the overall classification at the Vuelta de Murcia, in his second event since being cleared of doping charges.

3 – American skier Lindsey Vonn clinched this season’s World Cup downhill, super-G and super combined titles within the space of three days.

214 – World ranking of James Ward, Great Britain‘s highest-ranked representative in their Davis Cup match against Tunisia. Ward’s epic 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-3 8-6 win over Malek Jaziri clinched victory as Britain eventually ran out 4-1 winners.

4 – There were just four goals scored in Saturday’s seven French Ligue 1 matches.

The cricket World Cup in numbers

215 – The West Indies‘ margin of victory over the Netherlands, their largest in all one-day internationals.

6 – Kemar Roach‘s hat-trick against the Netherlands was the sixth at a World Cup, and the first by a West Indian. He finished with figures of 6/27.

2 – In Sri Lanka‘s comfortable win over Kenya, Lasith Malinga became the first bowler to pick up two hat-tricks in World Cup matches. His previous one came against South Africa in 2007.

O'Brien hit the fastest ever World Cup ton

50 – Balls required by Kevin O’Brien to bring up his century in Ireland‘s thrilling win over England, beating the previous World Cup record of 66 by Australia‘s Matthew Hayden. He finished with 113 off 63 balls.

327 – England’s total batting first against Ireland. It was the highest successful run chase ever in a World Cup match.

2 – New Zealand completed only their second ten-wicket World Cup win after skittling out Zimbabwe for 162. Their first came against Kenya in their opening game of this tournament.

58 – Bangladesh‘s total against the West Indies, the lowest ever by a Full Member nation at the World Cup, and the fourth-lowest by any team at the tournament.

171 – England became  the only team to have successfully defended a total of less than 175 twice at a World Cup. They scored just 171, but a South Africa batting collapse saw them dismissed for 165.

The Premier League week in numbers

Vela scored crucial goals from the bench twice

2 – On-loan Carlos Vela‘s late goal earned West Bromwich Albion a point at Stoke. It was the second time in as many games the Mexican striker had come off the bench to score an equaliser in the 87th minute or later.

27 – West Brom have now gone 27 matches without keeping a clean sheet in the Premier League. Leaky.

4 – Sunderland‘s 0-0 draw at Arsenal snapped a run of four consecutive defeats.

6 – Stoke’s 3-0 defeat at West Ham was their sixth consecutive away defeat.

3 – Ivan Klasnic has scored the winning goal in his last three appearances for Bolton. They beat Aston Villa 3-2.

Zamora scored the winner on his return after a six-month absence

89 – Fulham‘s Bobby Zamora scored a controversial 89th-minute penalty to seal a 3-2 win over Blackburn on his first appearance after recovering from a broken leg in September.

607 – In starting yesterday’s 3-1 defeat to Liverpool, Ryan Giggs made his 607th league appearance, breaking Bobby Charlton‘s Manchester United club record.

3 – Dirk Kuyt became only the third player to score a Premier League hat-trick against Manchester United, after Egil Ostenstad and David Bentley.

10 – Javier Hernandez, who scored United’s late consolation goal, has now scored 10 Premier League goals from only 14 shots on target.

323 – Jermain Defoe scored twice in Tottenham‘s 3-3 draw at Wolves. It had been 323 days since his previous league goal.

(Some statistics courtesy of Opta Sports, The Times, @InfostradaLive, Cricinfo and @StatManJon.)

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The week in numbers: w/e 18/7/10

July 19, 2010 Leave a comment

England captain Andrew Strauss (image courtesy of HNM_1977)

250 – Second-wicket partnership by Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott in the third and final one-day international against Bangladesh. It established a new England record as the highest stand for any wicket in ODIs. Strauss scored 154, Trott 110.

2 – Days after the World Cup final before the UEFA Champions League programme started. 17 qualifying matches were played on Tuesday and Wednesday.

13 – Australia‘s victory in the first Test at Lord’s was their 13th successive win over Pakistan.

63 – Rory McIlroy‘s first round of 63 at The Open at St Andrews equalled the lowest-ever round at any of golf’s four majors.

7 – Louis Oosthuizen‘s winning margin as he claimed his first major title at The Open with a 16-under par total of 272.

48,200 – A ball used in the World Cup final was bought by Spanish fans in an online charity auction for $74,000 (equivalent to£48,200).

Cadel Evans

8:07 – Time lost by yellow jersey Cadel Evans on Tuesday’s stage nine at the Tour de France, as he slipped from first to 18th in one day. Evans rode the entire stage with a cracked bone in his elbow, sustained in a crash the previous Sunday.

3 – The yellow jersey changed hands on three consecutive stages in the mountains of the Jura and the Alps. Fabian Cancellara lost it to Sylvain Chavanel on stage seven, who in turn relinquished it to Cadel Evans and then Andy Schleck on stages eight and nine.

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The week in numbers: w/e 11/7/10

July 12, 2010 Leave a comment

792 – Test wickets taken by Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, who announced his intention to retire from Test cricket after the first Test against India (which starts next Sunday). He needs eight more to reach 800 – expect him to bowl a lot.

Usan Bolt (image courtesy of José Goulão)

9.82 – The time clocked by Usain Bolt in the 100 metres in Lausanne on Thursday. It equals the fastest time in the world this year and only three other men (Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell and Maurice Greene) have ever run faster. For Bolt, though, it represented only his eighth-best time.

9.98 – The time clocked by Christophe Lemaître in winning the 100 metres at the French national championships. It is the first legal sub 10-second time recorded by a white athlete.

6 – Fabian Cancellara wore the yellow jersey at the Tour de France for six of the first seven days of the race. He has now worn the maillot jaune for a total of 21 days in his career, but has never come close to winning the overall race.

Mark Cavendish

12 – Sprinter Mark Cavendish won his 11th and 12th Tour de France stages. Of all the riders in this year’s race, only seven-time winner Lance Armstrong has more individual stage wins (22).

1 – Bangladesh‘s cricket team completed a five-run win in Saturday’s one-day international against England. It as their first win against England in 21 matches in all forms of the game.

1 - There was only one unbeaten teams at the 2010 World Cup – New Zealand.

2 – Having never previously won a major tournament, Spain have now been champions in the last two they have participated in: Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup.

3 – Holland have lost all three World Cup finals in which they have played (1974, 1978, 2010).

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