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Rory Best admits reaching 100 caps could rank as the top achievement of his glittering Ireland career.Best will become Irelands fifth centurion in Saturdays autumn Test clash with Australia in Dublin, joining Brian ODriscoll, Paul OConnell, Ronan OGara and John Hayes in the exclusive set.The evergreen 34-year-old Ireland captain has no intentions of easing up, but conceded that hitting triple figures in Test caps is a milestone he never expected.I think its probably safe enough to say I didnt ever anticipate this, said Ireland captain Best. When you get your first cap for Ireland its like a dream come true and all you want to do is get the next one.After that every time you get picked you feel incredibly lucky. Then you tick quite close to 50 and you think imagine getting to 50. But now to be on the verge of 100 caps, its quite difficult to believe.I think it will probably be more important whenever I eventually do retire, which will hopefully be a while, and you sit back and look at everything youve achieved.But when I do look back this will rank up there as one of, if not the best achievements Ive had in the game. I feel Im playing well. Theres a lot made of turning 30, everyone then says youre done. But for me age is just a number.When youve never been overly fast and you lose a little bit of pace as you get older, hopefully it doesnt matter. Hopefully you make it up in your head.I dont see that Im playing any worse than I ever did, so I feel fit, happy with my game and the big thing for me is Im really enjoying it at the minute.Ireland now have the chance to become the first northern hemisphere team since England in 2003 to beat the southern hemispheres big three in a calendar year.Sir Clive Woodwards World Cup winners saw off South Africa and Australia en route to landing the William Webb Ellis Cup in Sydney in 2003.England had beaten New Zealand in Wellington earlier that year, in a feat that has yet to be repeated by a Test side from the north.Irelands superlative 40-29 win over New Zealand in Chicago on November 5 now sets up the chance for a rare clean sweep, following the 26-20 victory over South Africa in June.Australia have won four matches on the spin however, and arrive in Dublin on their best run of form since their seven-Test winning sequence that carried them to the World Cup final.Best will keep himself calm and collected from all the building clamour by sticking to his tried and tested routines.The gritty farmers son from Banbridge will seek out his shorts and socks from Irelands kit room for the 100th time on Friday night - then take any small moment to himself to reinforce his own role.I have a fairly set routine, Ill go and get the shorts and socks and that probably includes watching Conor Murray, Simon Zebo and Pete OMahony destroy the bag mans room, John Moore, said Best.Then its just trying to get as much sleep as you can, then probably sleep a little more tomorrow. 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This is only the fifth instance of overseas opening pairs batting for more than 30 overs in the second innings in India during this period, and four of them have involved Cook: with Andrew Strauss in 2006, with Nick Compton in 2012, and twice with Hameed in this series. 1.49 The partnership run rate between Cook and Hameed, Englands lowest for an opening stand lasting 100 or more balls in Tests (where balls-faced data is available). The previous lowest was 1.60, between Cook and Compton in Nagpur in 2012.11 Fifty-plus scores for Cook in the fourth innings of Tests; only four batsmen have more: Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle, Graeme Smith (13 each), and Gavaskar (122).dddddddddddd.171 Balls faced by Cook for his half-century, the slowest of his career; his previous slowest took 164 balls, against Australia at Trent Bridge in 2013, and against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2012.4 Openers under the age of 20 who have faced 100-plus balls in the fourth innings of a Test: Zahid Fazal (Pakistan), Nafees Iqbal (Bangladesh), Archie Jackson (Australia), and Hameed.13 Wickets for Adil Rashid in the series so far, the fourth best by any overseas legspinner in the last 50 years in India. Overall, there are only six instances of overseas legspinners taking more wickets in a Test series in India. 1959 The last time an England legspinner took more than 13 wickets in any series: Tommy Greenhough, who had a four-Test career, took 14 from three Tests in a home series against India in 1959. Before that, Roly Jenkins took 16 in South Africa in 1948.140 The most overs England have faced in the fourth innings in Asia, in Kandy in 2003. Their highest in any fourth innings is 218.2 eight-ball overs (291 six-ball overs), while their best in the last 60 years is 165 overs, in Johannesburg in 1995. With inputs from Shiva Jayaraman. ' ' '