The week in numbers: w/e 14/8/11

Cook's 294 is more than the entire Indian team have scored in any single innings

294 – Alastair Cook scored a career-high 294 in England‘s third Test victory over India, more than the tourists have managed as a team in any of their six innings to date in the series. (Their highest score is just 288.) Victory guarantees England the world number one ranking at the end of the series, regardless of the result of the fourth and final Test. They currently lead 3-0.

2 – India’s Virender Sehwag was out first ball without scoring in both innings.

710 – England‘s total of 710/7 declared was their third-highest Test total ever (and their highest against India).

3 – India‘s margin of defeat (an innings and 242 runs) was their third-worst ever in Tests.

Imogen Bankier and Chris Adcock won an unexpected silver at the World Badminton Championships (image courtesy of Badminton England.co.uk)

18 – World ranking of British mixed doubles badminton pair Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier, who reached the final of the World Badminton Championships at Wembley Arena, beating the number eight, four and two seeds en route. They lost to world number ones Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei 21-15 21-7 in the final.

77 – Tiger Woods‘ first round score at the US PGA championship, his worst ever opening round at a major. He followed it with a second round 73 to miss the cut by six shots.

3 – Keegan Bradley won the US PGA after a three-hole play-off against Jason Dufner, making him only the third player in golfing history to win the first major he has entered (Francis Ouimet, 1913 US Open and Ben Curtis, 2003 Open Championship).

5 – Dufner had led by five shots after the 15th before a bogey-bogey-par finish.

13 – Bradley became the 13th different winner in the last 13 majors, and the seventh consecutive first-time winner.

5 – World number one Novak Djokovic beat Mardy Fish 6-2 3-6 6-4 in the final of the Montreal Masters to become the first player ever to win five Masters events in the same season (in addition to the Australian Open and Wimbledon).

2 – Serena Williams won the final of the Rogers Cup in Toronto, her second consecutive tournament win since returning after a year’s absence through injury.

Ainslie was in dominant form in the Finn class event (image courtesy of Wikipedia)

5 – Three-time Olympic champion Ben Ainslie won five out of six races to ease to overall victory in the Finn class at the Olympic regatta test event at Weymouth.

1 – Britain’s Mark Cavendish took victory in the London-Surrey Cycle Classic – the test event for the Olympic cycling road race – winning the final sprint on The Mall.

10 – Durham’s Phil Mustard has won the toss on all ten occasions he has captained the County Championship first division leaders this season.

11 – Darren Stevens took match figures of 11/70 in Kent’s 265-run win over Surrey at Canterbury.

557,000,000 – Amount in pounds for which the London 2012 Olympic Village was sold to a partnership including the Qatari Royal Family’s company. It will be developed as private housing after the Games.

The Premier league in numbers

1 – Wolves‘ 2-1 win at Blackburn was the first time they have ever won a Premier League away match after conceding the opening goal.

36 – Arsenal‘s 0-0 draw at Newcastle was the first time their opening game of the season ended goalless since 1975 (vs Burnley), a gap of 36 years.

Gervinho was sent off on his Arsenal debut (image courtesy of arsenal.com)

2 – For the second straight season, Arsenal had a player sent off on debut on the opening weekend of the season after signing from a French Ligue 1 club. Last season it was Laurent Koscielny (Lorient) – this year it was Gervinho (Lille). It was also the third straight league meeting between the two sides in which Arsenal have been reduced to ten men.

31 – Norwich‘s 1-1 draw at Wigan marked their 31st consecutive Premier League away game without a win.

5 – Bolton‘s 4-0 win at QPR ended a run of five straight losses and was only their second away win in 19.

8 – Manchester United‘s 2-1 win at West Bromwich Albion was their eighth consecutive top-flight win at the Hawthorns, equalling the top division record for consecutive wins at an opponent’s ground.

13 – Chelsea only drew 0-0 at Stoke, but this was nonetheless their 13th consecutive opening day fixture without defeat since a 2-1 loss at Coventry in 1998.

5 – With two games still to play, there have been five draws in the opening round of Premier League fixtures. Last season there were only four draws in the first seven rounds combined.

(Some statistics courtesy of Opta Sports, The Times, StatManJon and Infostrada.)

The week in numbers: w/e 22/5/11

Gilchrist bludgeoned 106 off 55 balls in a record T20 stand

206 – Australians Adam Gilchrist and Shaun Marsh recorded the highest partnership in Twenty20 history, as they put on 206 runs for the second wicket as Kings XI Punjab beat Royal Challengers Bangalore. Gilchrist scored 106 off 55 deliveries, while Marsh had an unbeaten 79 off 49 balls.

6 – Just nine years after their formation, AFC Wimbledon earned their sixth promotion in nine seasons after beating Luton on penalties in the Conference playoff final to gain a place in the Football League.

27 – Unanswered points scored by Leinster as they recovered from 22-6 down at half-time to defeat Northampton 33-22 to win rugby union’s Heineken Cup final.

2 – Mark Cavendish became the first – and so far only – rider to win twice at this year’s Giro d’Italia, taking victory on stages 10 and 12. He retired from the race immediately after his second win to begin preparations for July’s Tour de France.

4:20 – With six of 21 stages to go, Alberto Contador leads the Giro by 4:20. He is also currently first in the points competition.

André Villas-Boas - a treble-winning manager at only 33 (image courtesy of Wikipedia)

33 – Age of André Villas-Boas, the manager who led has Porto to a treble of league, cup and Europa League this season. He is the youngest ever manager to win a European trophy. The treble was completed with a 6-2 win over Vitória de Guimarães in the Portuguese Cup final yesterday.

10 – Sussex‘s Rana Navad claimed match figures of 10/161 – taking five wickets in each innings – as Sussex defeated Somerset by eight wickets in their County Championship match.

3 – Gordon Muchall (175), Ian Blackwell (134) and Phil Mustard (101) each scored centuries in Durham‘s first innings total of 587/7 declared as they beat Worcestershire by an innings and 25 runs.

46 – At the age of 46, Bernard Hopkins became the oldest ever world champion as he beat Jean Pascal on points to claim the WBC light-heavyweight title.

13 – Number of people, including four jockeys, who have been charged by the British Horseracing Authority with conspiracy to commit a corrupt or fraudulent practice after a BHA investigation into suspicious betting activity on 10 races in 2009.

Warne retired with 1,001 international wickets

1,001 – International wickets taken by Shane Warne (708 in Tests, 293 in one-day internationals), who retired from professional cricket last week.

0.63 – In seconds, Sebastian Vettel‘s winning margin over Lewis Hamilton at the Spanish GP in Barcelona. Vettel has now won four of the five F1 races so far this season, collecting 118 out of a maximum possible 125 points.

40 – Real Madrid‘s Cristiano Ronaldo finished the season with a record 40 goals in La Liga, surpassing the previous record of 38 jointly held by Telmo Zarra and Hugo Sánchez.

43 – Deportivo La Coruña went down despite accumulating 43 points, the highest ever total for a relegated club in a 38-game La Liga season.

The Premier League in numbers

9 – Zoltan Gera‘s red card against Arsenal made him the ninth opponent to be sent off against the Gunners this season, highest in the Premier League. All nine dismissals were straight red cards.

Van Persie scored in each of his last nine away games (image courtesy of arsenal.com)

9 – Robin van Persie extended his own record of scoring in consecutive Premier League away games to nine matches in the 2-2 draw at Fulham.

5 – No team has conceded more own goals than Blackpool‘s five this season. Ian Evatt put through his own net to put Manchester United 3-2 up. Blackpool eventually lost 4-2 and were relegated.

55 – Blackpool scored the most goals of any side which has been relegated from the Premier League.

2 – Relegated Blackpool finished the season by repeating the scoreline of two of their three FA Cup final appearances. The 4-2 defeat against Manchester United (1948) followed the 4-3 victory over Bolton (1953).

14 – Blackburn scored 3 away goals in the first half of an away match for the first time in 14 years, since going 3-0 up at Aston Villa in August 1998.

Kalinic netted just five times all season

5 – Blackburn’s top goalscorer Nikola Kalinić scored just five league goals.

19 – West Bromwich Albion‘s 3-3 draw at Newcastle meant they conceded in all 19 away matches this season, becoming the first side in Premier League history to do so twice.

3 – There were 3 matches this season in which teams came back from at least three goals down – all of these involved either or both of Newcastle and West Brom. In addition to yesterday’s game: Newcastle 4 Arsenal 4, West Brom 3 West Ham 3.

17 – Somen Tchoyi‘s hat-trick for West Brom was the 17th of the season, a record in a 20-team Premier League campaign.

14 – Wigan Athletic, who escaped relegation and finished 16th, lost 14 league games in 2010/11 – the same number as Liverpool in sixth.

6 – Birmingham‘s relegation following their 2-1 defeat at Tottenham means they will be the sixth English club from outside the top flight to play in European competition. Millwall were the last (2004/05).

5 – Birmingham have been either relegated from or promoted to the Premier League in five of the last six seasons.

1,063 – Total goals in the 2010/11 campaign, a record for a 38-match Premier League season.

16.9% – Champions Manchester United had the best shots-to-goals conversion rate in 2010/11, while bottom side West Ham the lowest (10.2%).

25 – There were only 25 0-0 draws (out of 380 total games) in the season – a rate of 6.6%.

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