Showing posts with label Matches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Matches. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Which brothers have played cricket the most matches together?

#5 Steve Waugh and Mark Waugh

Unarguably, Steve Waugh and Mark Waugh remain the best pair of brothers to ever play the game. Amassing more than 18000 Test runs and 52 centuries between them, the twins were instrumental to Australia's dominance during the late 90s and early 2000s.

By the time Mark made his Test debut, Steve had already bagged 42 caps and proved his utility as a seam all-rounder. However, a sudden dip in form resulted in the latter facing the axe during the 1990/91 season. Ironically, Steve was replaced in the lineup by his twin brother.

Eventually, the duo established themselves in the Australian set-up and featured in a whopping 108 Tests together. Mark was captained by his twin brother in 40 of those matches.

#4 Ian Chappell and Greg Chappell

When captain Greg Chappell instructed his younger brother Trevor to bowl under-arm to prevent New Zealand's attempt at scoring six runs off the final ball during an ODI in 1981, his elder brother Ian overcame familial bond and condemned the incident on air. However, there was much more to the legacy of the Chappell brothers than that infamous episode.

All three brothers played Test cricket for Australia with varying degrees of success. While Ian was renowned as a master tactician, Greg established himself as one of the finest batsmen of all-time. The duo played together in 43 Tests with the Aussies winning as many as 22 of those matches. On the other hand, Trevor could only manage three appearances in whites.

#3 Andy Flower and Grant Flower

Often carrying the hopes of the entire Zimbabwean batting lineup on their able shoulders, Andy Flower and Grant Flower played together in 61 Tests. However, their team was able to win only six of those matches. Nevertheless, the brothers scored more than 8000 runs between them at the highest level of the game.

While Andy also managed to account for 151 dismissals behind the stumps, Grant's gentle left-arm spin fetched him 25 Test wickets too. Even though it has been some time since they have retired from the game, their affection and respect for one another can be perceived from the fact that Grant convinced his elder brother to tour Pakistan as part of the World XI team.

#2 Mohinder Amarnath and Surinder Amarnath

Mohinder Amarnath, younger to Surinder by two years, was the first of the two brothers to represent India in Tests. One of the most courageous batsmen of his time, Mohinder's inspirational record against the menacing West Indies attack stands as a testament to his willpower.

Unlike his younger brother, Surinder was a left-handed batsman. Even though he had a brilliant start to his Test career, the Kanpur-born cricketer could only manage ten appearances in the game's traditional format with Mohinder also featuring in eight of those matches. Rajinder, youngest of the three brothers, also played first-class cricket. It is pertinent to note that their father Lala Amarnath was the first Indian batsman to score a Test century.

#1 Shaun Marsh and Mitchell Marsh

Shaun and Mitchell Marsh are probably the most recognizable pair of brothers in the present-day international circuit. While the elder one has featured in 23 Tests and scored four centuries, the latter has bagged 21 caps without making any discernible impact thus far. Together, the Marsh brothers have featured in seven Tests with Australia winning four of those matches.

Sorry for deviating from the question..

Coming to it it must obviously be Steve-Mark Waugh Brothers..

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Tuesday, June 9, 2026

What are some worst ever matches by any cricket team?

 Not just the match, I would say that the series was one of the worst series I have ever seen in my life in terms of the batting display.

India vs NZ, 2003. This series was played just before the world cup. And both the team struggled badly to score runs. Especially Indian team played like amateurs scoring totals of 120, 125 in most of the matches. In the 7 ODI’s Indian team crossed 200 only twice. And in the two tests Indian team couldn't score 200 even once in the 4 innings. And here I will consider the second test match one of the worst display of cricket.

India batted scored and were all out for 99. Only 2 players scored in double digits (Laxman scored 23 and Harbhajan Singh scored 20). Extras were the third highest contributors with 16. The team was bundled out in 38.2 overs.

In reply, Newzealand fared even worse. They got out for 94 giving India a lead of 5 runs. Zaheer Khan, took 5 wickets to give India some hope. But the Indian batting order quashed those hopes by their poor batting display in the second display in the 2nd innings as they were all out for 154 in the second innings. This time 5 players got double digits scores (Dravid scored 39, Sachin 32, Nehra 10, Harbhajan 18 and Sehwag 25).

Newzealand batted better (it was still poor batting display but better in the context of the series) as they chased down 160 losing six wickets and won by 4 wickets.

Now look at the figures of this match-

Rahul Dravid’s 39 was the highest score of the match for both the sides combined!!

3 sixes were hit in the whole match by both the sides with 2 of them but by tailenders (from India the only six was bit by Ashish Nehra, and from Newzealand Darryl Tuffel no 10 player and Craig McMilan)

507 runs at the loss of 36 wickets was the cumulative score of the match. Which means the average score of the match was 127 runs. And everage for runs per wicket was 14 runs.

The series was nightmare for both the teams and particularly for India for lost 7 out of 9 matches.