What are some mind-blowing facts about cricket?

 

• The master blaster of 20th century, Sir Vivian Richards, is the only player to play in the football and cricket World Cups. The West Indian cricketer represented Antigua in the qualifying rounds of the 1974 football World Cup.
  Edit : Ellyse Perry from Australia also has represented her country in both the Cricket and Soccer World Cups. But She represented in Women Cricket world cup and not World cup.

• Sir Donald George Bradman was never stumped in Test matches.

• In 2007, Australia and Sri Lanka Cricket decided to name the Australia- Sri Lanka Test cricket series, as the “Warne-Muralidaran Trophy” in honour of Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralidaran.

• Graeme Smith is the only player in the history of cricket to have captained a team for more than 100 Test matches.

• Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar holds the record of most ‘Man of the Match’ and ‘Man of the Series’ together in all formats.

• Sahid Afridi holds the record of most sixes together in all formats. He hit 476 sixes in his career.

• India is the only nation to have won the 60-Over, 50-Over and 20-Over World Cups.
• Lasith Malinga is the only player to have picked up three hat-tricks in ODI cricket, also the only player to have picked up four wickets in four balls.

• The record of most number of dismissals by a wicket keeper goes to Mark Boucher. He in his 15-year career in South African cricket dismissed 999 batsman.