Amazing Cricket Facts

The first game on cricket in India was played almost 150 years ago. And its almost impossible to live in India and not get affected by cricket fever. Even one who are not interested in game gets glued to TV screen during India-Pakistan match. When our team wins a big event the whole country starts celebrating it like a festival. On the other hand if the team loose one can see all kind of defamatory statements spoken and published in their names.

If you are a cricket crazy person then you must know these amazing cricket facts:

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1. Vinod Kambli’s Test match average is better than his childhood friend Sachin Tendulkar.

Vinod Kambli’s Test average is 54.20 (in 17 test matches) while that of Sachin is 53.78 after 200 Tests.

Vinod Kambli And Sachin Tendulkar
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2. Sunil Gavaskar was out of the first ball of a Test match thrice in his career.

The member of the 10000 runs club; Sunil Gavaskar has three ducks to his account on the very first ball of the match. Geoff Arnold (Edgbaston, 1974), Malcolm Marshall (Kolkata, 1984) and Imran Khan (Jaipur, 1987) were the reason for his return to pavilion without scoring.

Sunil Gavaskar Batting
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3. The only cricketer to play Test cricket for India and England is Saif Ali Khan’s grandfather, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi.

Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi_Cricket Facts
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4. Chris Gayle is the only batsman to hit a six off the first ball of a Test match.

Gayle achieved this feat against Bangladesh in 2012.

Chris Gayle have a record to hit six on 1st ball of the Test Match
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5. Shahid Afridi used Sachin Tendulkar’s bat to hit 37 ball century in an ODI.

During a match in 1996 young Afridi didn’t have a proper bat during a match. That’s when Waqar Younis gave Sachin Tendulkar’s bat to Afridi. And a history was made that day, Afridi hit 11 sixes and six boundaries scoring a 37 ball century against Sri Lanka which remained record of fastest ODI century for eighteen years. In 2014 the record was broken by New Zealand’s Corey Anderson(36 balls), and in 2015 South Africa AB de Villiers (31 balls).

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6. Abbas Ali Baig was the first Indian cricketer to be kissed during a Test.

It was when Abbas Ali Baig reached the mark of scoring 50 runs against Australia at the Brabourne Stadium in 1960, a girl who came running towards him and kissed him on his cheeks.

abbas ali baig kissed by fan
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7. ML Jaisimha and Ravi Shastri are the only Indians to bat on all five days of a Test

Test Cricket is not about how much boundaries you hit in an over but it is all about for how long you can stay on the pitch. Recently Pujara was also added in the list.

Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravi Shastri and ML Jaisimha bat on all five days of a Test
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8. Sanath Jayasuriya has taken more ODI wickets than Shane Warne.

Sri Lankan All-Rounder Sanath Jayasuriya has picked 323 wickets while Australia’s Legendary Spinner Shane Warne has picked 293.

Sanath Jayasuriya has more ODI wickets than Shane Warne
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9. The only country to win the 60-Over, 50-Over and 20-Over World Cup is India.

60-overs in the captaincy of Kapil Dev (1983) and 50-over (2011) and 20-over (2007) format in the captaincy of the captain cool MS Dhoni.

India is the only country to win the 60-Over, 50-Over and 20-Over World Cup
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10. Alec Stewart was born on, 8th April 1963 and he scored 8463 Test runs.

The number of runs one can score is not fixed and cannot be determined but in the case of Alec Stewart it was written in the books of God. He scored the same number of runs in Test as his birth date.

Alec Stewart Cricket Facts
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11. The only bowler to dismiss Don Bradman hit wicket in Test cricket is Lala Amarnath.

It happened in Brisbane in 1948.

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Lala Amarnath Bowling Fact_Bradman
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12. Aasif Karim has represented his country Kenya in International cricket and Davis Cup (Tennis).

Aasif Karim represented Kenya in both Cricket and Tennis
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13. Highest runs scored in an over is not 36. It’s 77.

In 1990, a match between Canterbury and Christchurch of Shell Trophy in New Zealand’s Wellington RH Vance gave 77 runs in a single over. Full toss, no balls and many weird deliveries were bowled by Vance. and over went like this – 0 4 4 4 6 6 4 6 1 4 1 0 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 4 0 1.

Highest runs scored in an over is 77
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14. Allan Border played 153 consecutive Test matches.

Recently the record was broken by England opener batsman, Alastair Cook.

Allan Border Test record
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15. English player Wilfred Rhodes played Test cricket till the age of 52.

There’s only one person who witnessed Jim Laker and Anil Kumble taking 10 wickets in an innings.

Wilfred Rhodes played till age of 52
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16. Adam Gilchrist holds the record for playing the most number of Tests matches from Debut without been dropped.

Gilchrist played 96 matches from 5th November 1999 to 24th January 2008 without being dropped.

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Adam Gilchrist_Interesting cricket facts
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17. When all four innings of a Test match was played on the same day.

A test is played for five days and a team plays two innings each that makes it four innings. The numbers of balls you can face is not defined, you can bat even for all five days. But it was when the world saw all the four innings on the same day. The 2000 Lord’s Test between England and West Indies saw all four innings on the same day. In 2011 the feat was repeated in Cape Town between Australia and South Africa.

All four innings of a test on the same day_Amazing cricket facts
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18. On the morning of 11/11/11 South Africa needed 111 runs to win at 11:11.

The match was against Australia.

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19. Peter Siddle of Australia is the only bowler in international cricket to take a hat-trick on his birthday.

This happened in 25th November, 2010, during the Brisbane Test against England.

Peter Siddle took a hat-trick on his birthday
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20. Leslie Hylton of West Indies is the only cricketer to be hanged for murder.

Leslie Hylton crickter hanged
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21. Indian spinner Bapu Nadkarni bowled 21 consecutive maiden overs against England at Chennai.

Nadkarni acheived this feat on 12th January 1964. His bowling figures were 32-27-5-0 with economy rate of 0.15.

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Bapu Nadkarni maiden over record
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22. Sachin Tendulkar played for Pakistan before making his international debut for India.

During Pakistan tour of India in 1987, Sachin was sent in as a substitute fielder for Pakistan team during a festival match with India at Brabourne stadium, Mumbai. Abdul Qadir and Javed Miandad had left the field at lunch time and Tendulkar was asked to field. Imran Khan deployed him at long-on.

when Sachin Tendulkar played for Pakistan
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23. Chris Martin of New Zealand and India’s BS Chandrasekhar have taken more test wickets than the runs they have scored.

Chris Martin has taken 233 wickets and scored 123 runs while Chandrasekhar picked 247 wickets and scored 167 runs.

Chris Martin BS Chandrasekhar_ Awesome cricket Facts
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24. There is a strange similarity between the India Pakistan match in the Austral-Asia Cup of 1986 and Asia Cup of 2014.

Strange Cricket Facts
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25. Wilfred Rhodes of England has picked 4204 wickets and has also scored 39969 runs in his first class career.

Wilfred Rhodes Amazing cricket record
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26. Sir Jack Hobbs of England holds the record of scoring 199 first class century.

Sir Jack Hobbs_199 First Class Century
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27. Sunil Gavaskar scored an unbeaten 36 off 174 balls, in a Prudential World Cup.

In 1975 Prudential World Cup, England set the target of 335 for India in 60 overs. Gavaskar opened for India and stood unbeaten till the end with 36 runs off 174 balls. India scored 132 runs after losing 3 wickets in 60 overs.

Sunil Gavaskar 36 off 174 balls
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28. Jim Laker of England once picked 19 wickets in a test match against Australia.

Jim picked 9 wickets in 1st innings and 10 in the second.

Jim Laker 19 wickets haul
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29. Mahela Jayawardene is the only player to score century in Semi-Final and Final of a World Cup.

Mahela Jayawardene Mind Blowing Cricket facts
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30. West Indies Courtney Walsh has the most number of not-outs in Test cricket.

Walsh has 61 not-outs.

Courtney Walsh cricket record
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31. Saurav Ganguly holds the record for grabbing four consecutive man of the match awards in ODIs.

Sourav Ganguly man of the match record
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32. Dirk Nannes has represented both Netherlands and Australia in International Cricket.

dirk nannes netherlands australia
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33. Sir Don Bradman has just hit 6 sixes in his entire cricket career.

Sir Don Bradman Unique record
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34. Virender Sehwag’s highest scores in each format ends with 19.

Sehwag Test highest is 319, ODI is 219 and in T20s in 119 (in IPL).

Virender Sehwag Ming Boggling Cricket Facts
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35. Wasim Akram’s highest test score is greater than that of Sachin Tendulkar.

Wasim’s highest is 257 against Zimbabwe and Sachin’s highest is 248 not-out against Bangladesh.

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sachin tendulkar with wasim akram
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36. Lance Klusener, Shoaib Malik, Hashan Tillakaratne and Abdur Razzaq are the only players who have batted at 10 different batting positions in ODIs.

Lance Klusener, Shoaib Malik, Hashan Tillakaratne and Abdur Razzaq
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37. Graeme Smith is the only player to be captaining a team for more than 100 Test matches.

Graeme Smith played most test matches as a captain
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38. Sachin Tendulkar got out for a duck only once in his Ranji career.

And the bowler was Bhuvaneshwar Kumar.

Sachin Tendulkar only duck in ranji
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39. A wall has been built using in honor of Rahul Dravid at Chinnaswamy Stadium after after he completed 10,000 test runs.

It was inaugurated by Sachin Tendulkar.

Rahul Dravid wall at chinnaswamy
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40. The only law which has not changed in cricket history is the length of the pitch.

Pitch is always a rectangular area of 22 yards (20.12m).

Bizzare cricket facts_Cricket pitch size is 22 yards
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41. Pravin Tambe of India and Isuru Udana of Sri Lanka are the only 2 bowlers to claim a 2-ball hat-trick in the history cricket.

Udana achieved this feat in the Champions League T20 2010, epresenting Wayamba against Central Districts at Port Elizabeth. And Tambe achieved this feat in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2014 while playing for Rajasthan Royals against Kolkata knight Riders.

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Pravin Tambe of India and Isuru Udana hattrick in 2 balls
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42. In a test match between South Africa and West Indies at Centurion, all 11 players of South Africa were jointly named Man of the Match.

When 11 played were names man of match in cricket
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43. Jonty Rhodes is the only player to receive man of the match award playing as a substitute played.

It happened while Rhodes was playing a school level match and was not included in playing 11. He went as a substitute fielder and took 7 catches.

Jonty Rhodes Got Man of match award as substitute player
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