What are some mind-blowing facts about cricket?

 

• India the only country to win 20,50,60 over world cup

• Ms Dhoni has not scored a century outside Asia
• Only 4 players in odi have batted at 10 different positions

1. Lance klusner
2. Abdur razzaq
3. Shoaib malik
4. Hashan tilakaratane

• All four innings of a test match on the same day

Source : Which is the only test match to feature all four innings on the same day. i.e. the end of one, the next two fu?

• Alec stewart born on 8–4–63 and scored 8463 runs in test cricket
• Leslie hylton is the only cricketer to be hanged for murder
• Peter siddle is the only bowler who takes hat-rick on his birthday
• Wasim Akram best score(257) in test cricket is higher than Sachin Tendulkar(248)
• Chris Gayle the only player to hit six of the first ball in test cricket
• Mahela jayawardene the only cricketer who scored century in both wc semi and final match
• South Africa required 111 runs at 11:11 on 11/11/11

Source : http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-australia-2011/content/story/540090.html

• Sir Donald Bradman had hit only 6 sixes in his entire career
• Jai simha and Ravi shastri the only indians to bat on all 5 days

Source : 25 unknown cricket facts that will surprise you

What are some the least known facts about cricket?

 Some facts which I found interesting are :

1.) THIRD UMPIRE

The first cricketer who was given out by the third umpire (TV replays) was our very own SACHIN TENDULKAR!! It happened during India v/s South Africa game in 1992. Jonty Rhodes was the fielder.

Next day, Jonty Rhodes was run out in a similar fashion by Tendulkar.

Tit for Tat!!

2.) HELMET

The first cricketer who used helmet in international cricket was Graham Yallop (Australia), who used it against West Indies in 1978.

The first Indian cricketer who used helmet was Mohinder Amarnath, who used it against Pakistan in 1982.

3.) CRICKET IN OLYMPICS

Cricket has been a part of Olympics only two times, in the Summer Olympics 1896 and in the Summer Olympics 1900.

In 1896, the event was cancelled due to insufficient number of entries. In 1900, the only match that was played was between Great Britain and France, which was won by Great Britain by 158 runs. Great Britain was given the Gold Medal.

4.) ONE DAY INTERNATIONALS

Geoffrey Boycott was the one who faced the first ball in the history of one day internationals and he was also the first person to be dismissed in the one day internationals.

5.) MANKAD DISMISSAL

This is a special type of dismissal named after Indian bowler VINOO MANKAD in which the non striker batsman can get run out if he leaves the crease before the bowl is delivered.

Few cricketers think that this type of dismissal is against the spirit of the game while others believe that since this is a law of cricket, it is sporting to exercise it.

What are some mind-blowing facts about cricket?

 We have heard about about the Laras, Bradmans and Tendulkars dominating the International Test circuit with scores of consistent performances and amassing centuries and beyond better than any player could.

But let me introduce to one player who has achieved something none of these players could: A stunning median score.

Meet Ken Barrington.

One of England’s forgotten legends in batting, this test player represented the county in 82 tests and while the statistics of 20 International hundreds at an average of 58.67 might not seem the most flashy, he has been Test Cricket’s most consistent batsman ever.

An analysis by ESPNCricinfo on What median scores tell us about batting careers

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 talks about how various test stalwarts have failed in achieving the distribution of scores achieved by this batsman over his career.

The prime statistic used here is Median and Pearson Skew Coefficient -2

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(PSC-2 Coefficient Explained: lower the value, the less positively skewed is the data)

While Barrington’s score distribution was insane with extremely low skewness and getting out on 0–4 a mere 17 times, his PSC-2 Score and the median are right up there with the best.

Let’s look at other stalwarts of the game.

Don Bradman

Sachin Tendulkar

Brain Lara

The best performers

And the worst

Notice how batsmen like Ijaz Ahmed, Nasser Hussain, Zaheer Abbas, Cheteshwar Pujara and Alastair Cook have tremendous skewness in their batting performance: driven primarily by the tendency to go big or go home. Having tremendously high scores and a lot of mid ranged scores cause the following: a performance similar to Alastair Cook’s dismal performance in Ashes 2017–18 with a solitary 244.

Ken Barrington’s career was known of a person who could be that brick wall of defence to traumatise a bowling unit, and while we can not really compare his style of game with the batsmen of today, it is an interesting way to look at the game.

What are some mind-blowing facts about cricket?

 Have you ever seen a married couple batting together in international cricket ?

The Answer on 11 November,2018 would have been

None OR What a stupid question!!!!

But the answer and facts have changed in the span of a day .

As of 12 November,2018 the answer is South African captain Dane van Niekerk and South African All rounder Marizanne Kapp .

South Africa captain Dane van Niekerk and her wife Marizanne Kapp became the first ever married pair to bat together in an ICC tournament, achieving the feat against Sri Lanka in Women's World T20 on Monday.

The duo shared a third-wicket stand of 67 to help South Africa win.

They also took their respective 50th T20I wickets in the match.

Congratulations to the couple and Jaw drop for others (“including me) who thought that this “was” impossible.

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Have you ever seen a married couple awarded the best player at the World cups?

This answer is updated today i.e. 25th Novemeber 2018 as Alyssa Healy has won the best player award by scoring 225 runs this world cup .

• Alyssa Healy scored 225 runs at the 2018 Women's WT20
• Mitchell Starc had taken 22 wickets at the 2015 World Cup
• Healy and Starc have been married since April 2015

What are the most amazing facts you know about cricket?

 Here we go, Some amazing facts about cricket,

1. Sachin Tendulkar once happened to play for Pakistan before he started playing for India!!! Yes, it is true. This incident took place during a practice match between the rival nations India and Pakistan at the Brabourne Stadium in 1987. Tendulkar came onto the field as a substitute fielder for Pakistan.

2.India is the only nation to have won the 60-Over, 50-Over and 20-Over World Cups.

60 over – 1983

50 over – 2011

20 over – 2007

3.Australia's Peter Siddle is the only bowler in the history of cricket to take a hat-trick on his birthday. He did so during a Test match against England at Brisbane on November 25, 2010.

4.Richard Stokes watched only two Tests in his life. At the age of 10, he witnessed Jim Laker taking all 10 wickets against Australia at Old Trafford in 1956. Forty-three years later, he was at the Feroze Shah Kotla ground in Delhi where Anil Kumble took all the 10 wickets against Pakistan.

5.Simply coincidence. It happened during the first Test between South Africa and Australia at Cape Town. At 11:11am on November 11, 2011, the Proteas were 125 for 1, needing 111 more runs to win the match

6.West Indian opener Chris Gayle is the only player in the history of cricket who hit a six off the very first ball of a Test match.

7. Lala Amarnath holds the unique distinction of being the only bowler in the history of Test cricket to dismiss Sir Don Bradman courtesy of a hit-wicket. It happened at Brisbane in 1948.

8. Pranav Dhanawade, a school cricketer in Mumbai, rewrote the record books on January 5, 2016 as he became the first batsman to score 1,009 runs in an innings.

9.12,400 -That’s the number of runs Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar have added together in their partnerships, across all formats of the game.

10.The 2004 Asia Cup encounter between Bangladesh and Pakistan saw Mohammad Sami bowling a 17-ball over, with seven wides and four no-balls!

What are some mind-blowing facts about cricket?

 

• MS Dhoni has never scored a century outside Asia. ( Both in Tests and ODIs)

• Jonathan Trott has never hit a six in his test career!!

• England is the only team to have lost a 60-over final (1979 WC Final), 50-over Final (1992 world cup) and 20-over ODI final (2013 Champions trophy).

• Ishant Sharma is responsible for all the three highest scores made by a batsman against India in 21st century.

A) Edgbaston 2011- Ishant Sharma drops

Alastair Cook scored 294 in that match.

B) Sydney 2012- Ishant Sharma drops Michael Clarke.

Michael Clarke scored 329*

C) Wellington 2014- Ishant Sharma drops Brendon McCullum- He Scored 302.

• Sachin Tendulkar- A Bowling Feat.

Sachin is the only bowler who defended 6 or lesser runs in a last over of a match two times.

A) 1993 vs SA, SA required 6 runs in last over, India won by 2 runs.

B) 1997 vs Aus, Aus required 6 runs in last over, India won by 5 runs.

A wonderful as this is, it was his first and only over in both the matches.

• Longest career without Man of the Match.

Nayan Mongia (140 ODIs) and Syed Kirmani (88 Tests) never received Man of the Match in their Long Career.

• Deja Vu: India won the World Cup in 1983 and three years later, in 1986 the Indian side also won it's first ever test match at Lord's. This pattern repeated 28 years later, when India won their Second World Cup in 2011. They also won their second ever test match at Lord's three years later in 2014.
• Is Cricket a truly gentleman's game:

The only cricketer who was hanged for murder Leslie

• Steve Waugh has more wickets in ODI (195) then Jason Gillespie, Dale Steyn!!!

• Johnty Rhodes is the only player to take 5 catches in a single ODI.

• Glenn McGrath has more international wickets than Runs Scored. (Amazing isn't it)

He has scored 756 runs in both test and ODIs, taken 944 wickets combining both ODI and Test Matches.!!!

What are some lesser known amazing facts about cricket?

 1- One of the most dangerous and fastest bowlers Brett Lee with more than 300 test wickets never took a 10 wicket haul.

2- Glenn McGrath took the wicket off the last ball of his career in both ODI and Test.

3- Alok Kapali, a Bangladeshi leg-spinner, took a hat-trick against Pakistan and the total no. of wickets he has taken in his entire career, which consists of 17 test matches, are 6

4- Chris Tremlett of England missed a hat-trick on debut. Ball hit the stump but unfortunately, bails did not come off.

5- Jimmy Matthews of Australia took two hat-tricks in his career and both came in the same match (one in each inning).

6- Sanath Jayasuriya has more ODI wicket than Shane Warne.

7- Have you watched the test match against SA when Ravindra Jadeja bowled 17 consecutive maiden overs?

You might be thinking it is a record.

No! Indian spinner Bapu Nadkarni bowled 21 consecutive maiden overs vs England.

8- Can you guess how many consecutive overs a fast bowler can bowl in test cricket?

I think you have guessed. But I don’t think you are even near the consecutive over Kapil Dev had bowled against West Indies.

He bowled 30.3 consecutive overs.

9- Sri Lanka has never won a test match in Australia.

Sources: 1- youtube

2- cricbuzz

3- cricinfo