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Stats: Instances of Number 11 top scoring in an innings of a Test

Ashton Agar celebrates his 50 against England in 2013 Ashes series

You don’t often see a number 11 batsman scoring much in a match, leave alone top scoring in an entire innings of a Test match. There are only 9 instances of such an event happening in the history of Test cricket, with the most recent being Australia’s Ashton Agar scoring a counter-attacking 98 off 101 balls before being dismissed caught at the midwicket boundary miscuing a pull off the bowling of England pace bowler Stuart Broad in an Ashes Test match last year. 

Here is a list of all the 9 such instances. 

Player Runs scored Team Opposition Match Date
Ashton Agar 98 Australia England 10 Jul 2013    
Bert Vogler 62* SouthAfrica England 30 Mar 1906
Frederick Spofforth  50 Australia England 21 Mar 1885
Steve Harmison 42 England   South Africa   2 Jan 2005    
Jayantha Amerasinghe 34 Sri Lanka  New Zealand 9 Mar 1984
Talha Jubair 31 Bangladesh India 17 Dec 2004
Asif Masood  30* Pakistan West Indies    15 Feb 1975    
Tom McKibbin 16 Australia England   10 Aug 1896    
Nathan Lyon 14 Australia South Africa 9 Nov 2011    

Note: Stats updated till June 10, 2014. 

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