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Some interesting facts about cricket :
1) Sanath Jayasurya has more Odi wickets than Shane Warne.
2) Highest test score of Wasim Akram is higher than Sachin Tendulkar.
3) Agarkar & Kumble has overseas hundreds but Dhoni doesnt have a overseas hundred.
4) Mohammad Azharuddin doesn't have a double hundred in tests but Gillespie has scored a double hundred.
5) Fastest Fifty by a Indian batsman in Odi cricket Agarkar.
6) The best bowling figure by an Indian Odi cricket is Stuart Binny.
7) In Odi's, only bowler who has defended six or less than six twice is Sachin Tendulkar.
8) The best bowling performance by an Indian in Odi's against Pakistan is Ganguly.
9) Only Indian captain to loss a series against Bangladesh is Dhoni.
10) Sachin haven't scored a International hundred in Lords.
11) In Odi's, Afridi has 9 five wicket haul & Warne has 1 five wicket haul.
12) Anjali Tendulkar is "6" years older than Sachin Tendulkar.
13) Martin Guptill has only two toes in his left foot. At the age of 13, Guptill was involved in a forklift accident and unfortunately lost three toes.
14) Rohit Sharma has a IPL Hat-trick against Mumbai Indians in 2009.
15) B.S Chandrasekhar and Chris Martin have taken more Test wickets in their career than the Test runs they have scored.
16) Saeed Ajmal has never won a Man of the match award in ODIs.
17) Chaminda Vaas has took Odi Hat-trick in the first three balls of the match.
18) Mark Boucher has 999 dismissals for Southafrica in International cricket.
19) Faf du Plessis is the first bowler to take consecutive T20 five wicket haul. https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/faf-du-plessis-becomes-first-bowler-to-take-consecutive-t20-five-fors-447378/amp/
20) Misbah-ul-Haq has no Odi hundreds after playing 162 matches and scoring 5122 runs.
21) Lee Germon of Newzealand was captain in his debut test. Germon was one of the most renowned captains in the domestic circuit and when the national side were marred by disciplinary problems. On his debut test against India he scored 48 & 41 runs in Banglore.
22) Cook 294 runs, Edgbaston 2011.
Clarke 329 runs, Sydney 2012.
McCullum 302 runs, Wellington 2014.
They were all dropped by Ishant Sharma early in their innings.
Clarke 329 runs, Sydney 2012.
McCullum 302 runs, Wellington 2014.
They were all dropped by Ishant Sharma early in their innings.
23) Only Saurav Ganguly & Rohit Sharma have scored hundreds in knockouts of Odi worldcup for India.
24) Shahid Afridi used Sachin Tendulkar's bat to hit the fastest ever ODI century during 1996 then it was broken by Corey and now it is holded by Ab Devilliers.
25) Chris Gayle is the only batsman to hit a six off the first ball of a Test match.
26) The only cricketer to play Test cricket for India and England is Saif Ali Khan’s grandfather, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi.
27) Lala Amarnath is the only bowler to dismiss Don Bradman hit wicket in Test cricket.
28) Alec Stewart was born on 8-4-63 and he scored 8463 Test runs.
29) Sachin Tendulkar played for Pakistan before debut for India.
This happened during a practice match between India and Pakistan at the Brabourne Stadium in 1987 where Tendulkar came on the field as a substitute fielder for Pakistan.
This happened during a practice match between India and Pakistan at the Brabourne Stadium in 1987 where Tendulkar came on the field as a substitute fielder for Pakistan.
30) Australia is the first team to win 50 over Odi worldcup.
31) India is the last team to win 60 over Odi world cup.
32) India is the only team to win 50 over, 60 over & 20 over world cup.
33) Mahela Jayawardene is the only batsman to score hundred in semis & finals of Odi World cup.
34) Dhoni as a captain hasn't lost a single test against Australia at home and haven't won a single test against Australia in Australia.
35) Ricky Ponting as a captain hasn't won a single test as captain in India.
36) Rashid Khan has taken 174 international wickets as teenager.
37) Dhoni was the first Indian cricketer to win a IPL trophy as a captain.
38) Peter Siddle is the only bowler in international cricket to have taken a hat-trick on the same day as his birthday.
39) Pujara, ML Jaisimha and Ravi Shastri are the Indian batsman to bat on all five days of a test match.
40) Dirk Nannes has represented both Australia and Netherlands in International Cricket.
41) Sir Jack Hobbs has 199 first class hundreds.
42) Dinesh Karthik is the first Indian to win a MoM award in a T20I match.
43) Indian spinner Bapu Nadkarni bowled 21 consecutive maiden overs vs England at Chennai.
44) Sachin Tendulkar has only one Duck in his Ranji Career. Bhuvi was the bowler.
45) Ganguly's highest Odi score - 183*
Dhoni's highest Odi score - 183*
Kohli's highest Odi score - 183
Dhoni's highest Odi score - 183*
Kohli's highest Odi score - 183
46) In 2006, Kohli was playing a Ranji match against Karnataka when his father passed away but he batted on the next day and scored 90 runs.
47) Sachin Tendulkar was involved in only one loss for Mumbai in 38 games which he has played, it was in the 1991 Ranji Trophy final against Haryana. Mumbai lost the match by two runs. He has been part of 23 wins and 14 draws.
48) Jayasuriya beat India by 135 runs. http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8537/scorecard/65900/india-vs-sri-lanka-final-coca-cola-champions-trophy-2000-01
49) Dravid scored 50 runs off just 22 balls against New Zealand in 2003, making him the the second cricketer to score the fastest fifty in an ODI by an Indian, after Ajit Agarkar.
50) Sachin & Dravid were stumped in tests only once, Ashely Giles was the bowler in both times.
51) The oldest cricketer to have ever played was Wilfred Rhodes. His last match was on 12th April 1930 when he was 52 years old.
52) Mark Waugh & Steve Waugh are twins, the twins were born four minutes apart from each other with Mark being the late arrival.
53) Hanif Mohammad spent 970 minutes at the crease during his marathon innings of 337 against West Indies in 1957-58. This is by far the longest time spent by any cricketer in the field in a single innings.
54) GI Allott - 0(77).
This happened against Southafrica on 1999, Allott & Harris faced 27.2 overs for the 10th wicket.
Score card link : http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/15856/scorecard/63834/new-zealand-vs-south-africa-1st-test-south-africa-tour-of-new-zealand-1998-99
This happened against Southafrica on 1999, Allott & Harris faced 27.2 overs for the 10th wicket.
Score card link : http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/15856/scorecard/63834/new-zealand-vs-south-africa-1st-test-south-africa-tour-of-new-zealand-1998-99
55) Indian spinner Bapu Nadkarni bowled 21 consecutive maiden overs vs England at Chennai.
56) VVS Laxman is the only Indian cricketer to have played 100 Tests and didn't play a single World Cup match.
57) The Grand-Father of @thecompdog has played in Ranji Trophy, his name was Denis Compton, a legendary England batsman who played for Holkar in Ranji Trophy.
58) Sachin Tendulkar was the bowler when MS Dhoni made his first ODI stumping.
Rajin Saleh st Dhoni b Sachin - 82(114)
Rajin Saleh st Dhoni b Sachin - 82(114)
59) Shane Warne has 3 four-wickets in ICC World Cup Knock-outs.
1996 WC Semi-Final: 9-0-36-4
1999 WC Semi-Final: 10-4-29-4
1999 WC Final: 9-1-33-4
1996 WC Semi-Final: 9-0-36-4
1999 WC Semi-Final: 10-4-29-4
1999 WC Final: 9-1-33-4
60) Waqar Younis doesn't have the little finger in his left hand, he was injured during childhood while trying to jump over a canal and doctors decided to cut off the finger part.
61) Steyn and Devilliers made test debut together.
Pollock and Kallis made ODI debut together.
Ganguly and Dravid made test debut together.
Tendulkar and Waqar Younis made test debut together.
Pollock and Kallis made ODI debut together.
Ganguly and Dravid made test debut together.
Tendulkar and Waqar Younis made test debut together.
62) In 1999-00 Ranji season, Rajeev Nayyar from Himachal Pradesh batted for 1,015 minutes against Jammu & Kashmir and scored 271 from 728 balls including 26 fours and 1 six.
63) In 2007, Hogg got the wicket of Sachin in an ODI match. Later, Hogg went to Sachin with the photo of that dismissal and asked him to sign and Sachin wrote " Never again mate "
Since then Hogg bowled 194 balls to Sachin and went for 174 runs without getting the wicket.
Since then Hogg bowled 194 balls to Sachin and went for 174 runs without getting the wicket.
64) Brendon Mccullum is the only Kolkata Knight Riders batsman to score a hundred in the IPL history and the second individual score for KKR is by Dinesh Karthik with 97*.
65) Performance of Adam Gilchrist in ODI World Cup finals:
1999 WC final - 54(36)
2003 WC final - 57(48)
2007 WC final - 149(104)
1999 WC final - 54(36)
2003 WC final - 57(48)
2007 WC final - 149(104)
66) Steve Smith was the second-highest wicket-taker in the 2010 T20 World Cup. (Shared with 2 other bowlers)
He took 11 wickets from 7 matches at an economy rate of 7.08 and an average of 14.81.
He took 11 wickets from 7 matches at an economy rate of 7.08 and an average of 14.81.
67) Ramnaresh Sarwan was the leading wicket-taker in the 1998 U-19 World Cup, he had more wickets than Anderson, Harbhajan, Tahir, Razzaq, Kyle Mills.
68) Abbas Ali Baig was the first Indian cricketer to get a kiss from the fan during a Test match.
69) Imran Tahir made his debut for South Africa in the 2011 World Cup against West Indies in Delhi. ( Tahir story is similar to Archer, he was eligible to play for South Africa just one month ago before in WC) In 1998, he played for Pakistan in the U-19 World Cup
70) Rohit Sharma is the first Indian to score a T20 hundred, he scored unbeaten 101 runs from 45 balls including 13 fours and 5 sixes against Gujarat in the Inter-State T20 tournament at Mumbai.
71) Vikram Solanki was the first Super-Sub in cricket, he replaced Simon Jones in the ODI match against Australia in 2005.
72) Muralitharan and Jayasuriya have the most number of wickets for Sri Lanka in the 1996 World Cup, both took 7 wickets each from 6 matches and Sri Lanka went on to win the World Cup beating Australia in the final.
73) Chris Gayle took the most number of Wickets for West Indies in 2004 Champions Trophy and they won the title by beating England in the final.
74) Rahul Dravid was a regular bowler in U-19 days, he got @SPFleming7 twice in three Youth ODI matches:
Performance of Dravid in three Youth ODI against New Zealand U-19 in 1992:
10-0-28-3
10-1-27-1
10-0-34-1
Performance of Dravid in three Youth ODI against New Zealand U-19 in 1992:
10-0-28-3
10-1-27-1
10-0-34-1
75) Jos Buttler, James Vince, Adil Rashid and David Willey has played for Mumbai Cricket Association Eleven in the practice match against England ahead of the 2016 T20 World Cup. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8466/scorecard/971707/mumbai-cricket-association-xi-vs-england-world-t20-warm-up-matches-2015-16
76) Phil Simmons bowling performance vs Pakistan in the 1992 Benson & Hedges World Series:
- 10 overs
- 8 maiden
- 3 runs
- 4 wickets
- 0.30 economy rate
Wickets of Aamer Sohail, Asif Mujtaba and Saleem Malik.
- 10 overs
- 8 maiden
- 3 runs
- 4 wickets
- 0.30 economy rate
Wickets of Aamer Sohail, Asif Mujtaba and Saleem Malik.
77) Jos Buttler was in the stadium when Ganguly & Dravid added 318 runs partnership against Sri Lanka in the 1999 World Cup at Taunton.
