10 Little Known

Facts about Cricket

1. Swing Sultan - Wasim Akram also has his

highest Test innings score of 257, which is
higher than Sachin Tendulkar's highest Test
score of 248*.

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2. Pakistani magician spinner, Saeed Ajmal

surprisingly has never won a single award
for the Man of the Match in ODIs.

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3. In the entire history of recorded Cricket,

only four players have played on all ten
batting positions for a team; names include
Lance Klusener, Abdur Razzaq, Shoaib Malik
and Hashan Tillakaratne.

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4. The cricket lord, Sir Don Bradman hit a

total of 6 sixes in his entire career.

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5. South Africa's Gary Kirsten has the

highest score in a World Cup match, making
188 not-out against UAE in 1996.

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6. In all of 400 years history of Cricket, the

fastest (electronically measured) speed for a
cricket ball bowled by any bowler, ever, is
precisely 161.3 km/h (100.23 mph) by
Shoaib Akhtar of Pakistan to Nick Knite of
England, on the 22nd February 2003 in the
World Cup hosted by South Africa.

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Shoaib Akhtar handed Sachin Tendulkar a Golden

Duck the first time these two came head to head, it
was a late reverse swinging delivery that knocked
Tendulkars middle wicket off the ground. He had
also bowled Dravid, with a similar reverse swing,
one ball before Sachin. These two deliveries are
called, Double jeopardy when Shoaib Akhtar made
his first International impact
7.

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8. Clive Lloyd of West Indies and Ricky

Ponting of Australia are the only captains to
win the ICC Cricket World Cup trophy twice.

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9. Australia's Glenn McGrath has the most

wickets, 71 in 39 matches. McGrath also has
the best bowling figures of 7-15 against
Namibia in 2003.

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10. Melbourne will become the second

ground to host more than one World Cup
finals. Only Lord's have hosted more number
of finals (4).

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