COOL 29 Cricket Facts :
1. Sanath Jayasuriya has more ODI
wickets than Shane Warne.
2.Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla stadium and Bangabandhu
stadium have hosted more ODIs than Lord’s.
3. The highest number of runs scored in an over is not
36. It’s 77.
4. Adam Gilchrist holds the record for playing the
most number of Tests straight after debut.
5. Ishant Sharma is responsible for all the three
highest scorAlistair Cook – 294 Runs, Edgbaston 2011; Michael Clarke – 329
Runs, Sydney 2012; Brendon McCullum – 302 Runs, Wellington 2014. They were all dropped by Ishant Sharma early on
in their innings.
6. On 12th January 1964, Indian spinner Bapu
Nadkarni bowled 21 consecutive maiden overs vs England at Chennai.
His figures were
32-27-5-0 which is an economy rate of 0.15 per over which is the lowest of all
bowlers where 10 or more overs were bowled.
7. Chris Martin and B.S Chandrasekhar have taken more
Test wickets in their career than the test runs they scored.
In 71 Tests, Martin
has scored 123 runs, while he has 233 wickets to his credit, on the other hand
Chandrasekhar has 167 runs to his name along with 242 wickets.
8. Wilfred Rhodes took 4,204 wickets in First Class
cricket.
No, it’s not a typo.
He actually did take more than Four Thousand wickets. He also happened to score
39, 969 runs.
9. Sir Jack Hobbs scored 199 centuries in his First
Class career.
10. In a World Cup Match, chasing 335, Sunil Gavaskar
scored an unbeaten 36 off 174 balls.
In the Prudential
World Cup of 1975, in the match between India and England, England set the
target of 335 runs in 60 overs. Sunil Gavaskar batted throughout the
innings and scored only 36 runs of 174 balls. India managed to score
only 132 runs in 60 overs with 7 wickets in hand.
11. Jim Laker once took 19 wickets in a Test
match.
12. Saurav Ganguly is the only Indian player to score
a century in the knock out stages of a World Cup.
13. After Virat Kohli’s debut, India has chased down
300+ targets five times.
14. Mahela Jayawardene is the only batsman to have
scored centuries in both the Semi-Final and Final of a World Cup.
15. The player with the most number of not outs in
Test cricket is not Rahul Dravid, but Courtney Walsh.
16. Saurav Ganguly is the only player to win four
consecutive Man of the Match awards in ODIs.
17. Dirk Nannes has represented both Australia and
Netherlands in International Cricket.
18. Shahid Afridi used a bat borrowed from Waqar Younis
to score the fastest century in a ODI match.
19. In 1989, along with Sachin Tendulkar, 23 other
cricketers made their International debuts. The last one to retire before
Sachin, was New Zealand's Chris Cairns, who retired in 2004.
20. Inzamam Ul Haq took a wicket off the very first
ball he bowled in International Cricket.
21. Sir Don Bradman has just hit 6 sixes in his entire
career.
22. Virender Sehwag’s highest scores in T20, ODI and
Tests are 119, 219 and 319 respectively.
23. Wasim Akram’s highest Test innings score of 257 is
higher than that of Sachin Tendulkar's (who has 248 n.o. to his credit).
24. The England Cricket Team is the only team in ODI
history to lose a 60 over ODI Final (1979 World Cup), a 50 over ODI Final (1992
World Cup and 2004 Champions Trophy) and a 20 over ODI Final (2013 Champions
Trophy) in ICC tournaments.
25. Lance Klusener, Abdur Razzaq, Shoaib Malik and
Hashan Tillakaratne are the only players to have batted in 10 different batting
positions in ODIs.
26. MS Dhoni and
have never scored an ODI ton outside of Asia.
27. Graeme Smith is the only player in the history of
cricket to have captained a team for more than 100 Test matches.
28. Sachin Tendulkar got out for a duck only once in
his Ranji career. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar got him.
29. Saeed Ajmal has never won a Man of the Match award
in One Day International Cricket.
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FEW QUOTES ON MS DHONI...
“Dhoni is my hero. We talk a lot about Sachin Tendulkar,
Virender Sehwag, but this boy has as much as talent as anyone in the game” –
Kapil Dev
"Dhoni is one of the finest leaders in the game in the last
30 years and is at par with the likes of Imran Khan, Mark Taylor and Arjuna
Ranatunga."-Ian Chappel
...
"Dhoni has the respect of all other playing nations. I've found him to be a really strong leader" - Glenn McGrath
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"Dhoni has the respect of all other playing nations. I've found him to be a really strong leader" - Glenn McGrath
"He has evolved as a leader, not just as a cricketer. In my
opinion, if you see his records, he is definitely the best captain India ever
had" - Wasim Akram
"He(MS Dhoni) has done a pretty good job for the team,
Leading a team to such a triumph just after taking over as captain is a great
achievement" - Ricky Ponting
"The coolest man in world cricket MS Dhoni delivers when it
most matters... Incredible innings against the Aussies... Dhoni,"
- Michael Vaughan.
“The best compliment for me is when someone says they’ll pay to
watch me play, And I can say that I’ll pay to watch MS Dhoni bat. MS is not the
next Gilchrist. He’s the first MS Dhoni" - Adam Gilchrist
"He is a very smart man and intelligent captain and manages
his resources perfectly. India is blessed to have someone as level-headed as
him at the helm" - Shoaib Akhtar
"India lucky to have him as captain" - Tom Moody
"MS Dhoni still the best bet as Test, ODI captain. No
calmer finisher than Dhoni" -Harsha Bhogle
"MS Dhoni is a clever Captain I have ever seen" -
Kevin Pietersen
“I am really gifted to play under the leadership of MSD” –
Micheal Hussey
"When you compare the icons of the game, you have Sunil
Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar and Dhoni in the same bracket." -
Ravi Sastri
" He is a great leader by example. Someone whom I have
always admired for his ability to remain balanced and have the sense of
equanimity about his captaincy,"- Rahul Dravid
"I don’t think one can question MS’ leadership"- Virat
Kohli
“If i am supposed to select a team sachin will be the opener and
Dhoni will be the captain” – Steve Waugh
"MS Dhoni should continue as captain till 2019 World
Cup" -Sunil Gavaskar
“I would go to war with Dhoni by my side” – Gary Kirsten
“Dhoni is one of the greatest captain I have ever seen. Dhoni's
record is praiseworthy. Twenty-two Test wins is not a small achievement. And
the success against Australia has come against the backdrop of the not-so-good
times he went through in the last two years” – Sourav Ganguly
“MSD should continue as captain till 2019 World Cup” – Sunil
Gavaskar
“Dhoni the best captain I have played under” – Sachin Tendulkar
“Dhoni can take India forward” – Rahul Dravid
“Dhoni is a great captain” – Anil Kumble
“Dhoni empowers his players” – Stephen Fleming
“I am learning the ropes of captaincy from MS Dhoni” – DJ Bravo
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