11.   Goodwin, who turned down an offer to play Test cricket for his native Zimbabwe, was the only Western Australian batsmen to have any answer to Dale.

12.   Guy Whittal was the only specialist batsman to find touch.

13.   He was not the only batsman to get out playing one shot too many on a pitch of variable bounce.

14.   Former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin, also playing here, is the only batsman in test history to achieve the feat.

15.   The three wickets all fell early to left-arm seamer Mike Smith with Alun Evans, who made just four, the only batsman to miss out.

16.   Wessels who has now scored Test hundreds for two countries against England, the only batsman to have achieved that feat.

17.   Opener Al Sahariar was the only batsman to fall to a seamer, caught behind while trying to drive Waqar Younis.

18.   Rutherford was the only batsman with experience against the West Indies before the first test and by surviving in Christchurch they are now better prepared for the series decider.

19.   Sri Lanka struggled from there, with Aravinda de Silva the only batsman to show determination against the New Zealand bowers.

20.   The only other batsman is Venkata Laxman but strangely he has never played a limited overs international for India despite being a fairly competent batsman.