Share Interesting and Strange Facts about cricket!

**vish111** · #1 (**permalink**) 01-11-2008

galbatrox9 · #2 (**permalink**) 01-11-2008

let me think... well.........

**baggtara** · #3 (**permalink**) 01-11-2008

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Originally Posted by galbatrox9

let me think... well.........

doesnt look like a strange fact for me...

**maax_0** · #4 (**permalink**) 01-11-2008

Good Work Visg

imran666 · #5 (**permalink**) 01-11-2008

do you know wich team scored most fiftes in an inning one by players pakistan agenst india 2006 in peshawer 7 players scored over 50 runs

**baggtara** · #6 (**permalink**) 02-08-2008

No one has completed an innings at the score of 228!

South Africans were the first to introduce TV run outs!

Graham Yallop, in 1978 was the first man to wear a helmet!

Wasim Akram is the first (an only?) man to perform a hat-trick in both one days and tests!

England and Australia played the first ever one day international at Melbourne in 1971!

Hollywood actor Russell Crowe is Martin Crowe's cousin!

Vikram Solanki is the first ever SuperSub player in ODIs.

Sourav Ganguly is the only cricketer to have won four successive Man of the Match awards in One-day Internationals.

The first Twenty20 international was between Australia and New Zealand in 2005.

The Test match between England and South Africa at Durban in 1939 was finally abandoned as a draw on the tenth day because England players had to catch their ship home.

Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed 'hitwicket' for the first time in his international career during the Brisbane ODI.

There are 10 ways a batsman can be declared "out" in cricket:

1. Caught
2. Bowled
3. Leg Before Wicket
4. Hit Wicket
5. Timed Out
6. Handling the ball
7. Obstructing the field
8. Hit the ball twice
9. Run Out
10. Stumped

tejen · #7 (**permalink**) 02-08-2008

India were all out for 54 in October 2000, their lowest ever total in One Day Internationals against Sri Lanka.

England's John Jameson, who was born in India, made his highest Test score( 82 ) against India.

Paul Strang is the only Zimbabwean batsmen to score 100 runs and take 5 wickets in an inings of a test match

Mike gatting had his nose broken by a ball from Malcolm Marshall while batting v West Indies at Kingston in 1986. The ball unfortunately dropped from his nose on to the wicket.

There were no less than six ducks- plus one not out batsman, in the Pakistani innings v West Indies, at Cape Town in 1993.

Mark Waugh was run out 4 times in five innings in One day International matches in 1992.

The first century in Test cricket was scored by Charlie Bannerman of Australia in 1877.

The first batsman to be dismissed for 99 on his Test debut was Australia’s Arthur Chipperfield at Tent Bridge in 1934. He was 99 not out at lunch.

The highest score by a player in his last Test as captain was Ian Chappell’s 192 against England in 1975.

Wilfred Rhodes had the longest ever Test career : 30 years 315 days from 1899 to 1930.

The first bowler to take 10 wickets in a Test innings was Jim Laker in 1956.

The first player to score 100 runs and take 10 wickets in the same Test was Australia’s Alan Davidson in 1960.

The first left hander to score a century on his test debut was John Mills of New Zealand in 1930.

The first batsman to share in 50 century partnerships in Tests was India’s Sunil Gavaskar.