Facts About Cricket

Amazing Cricketing Facts #1

1. Cricket is Originated in England.
2. The first ever international cricket game was between the USA and Canada in 1844.
3. Vinod Kambli’s test match average is better than that of his childhood friend Sachin Tendulkar.
4. The English right hand batsman and left arm spinner Wiffred Rhodes holds the record for maximum wickets in first class cricket with 4204 wicket in total
5. Virender Sehwag’s highest scores in T20, ODI and Test are 119, 219 & 319.
6. The First ever Test in 1877 Australia beat England by 45 runs 100 years later in the Centenary Test, the result was exactly same.
7. Bapu Nadkarni hold record for most consecutive Maiden Overs in Test Inning, He Bowled a 21 consecutive maiden overs ( 131 dot balls in a row).
8. Chris Gayle is the only batsman to hit a Six of the first ball of a Test Match.
9. India is the only country to win the 60-Over, 50-Over & 20-Over World Cup.
10. The Highest Number of Runs Scored in an Over is not 36, it’s a 77.
11. Sachin Tendulkar was the First Player to be dismissed by Third Umpire using Television.
12. Viv Richard played both Cricket and Football World Cup.
13. Virat Kohli takes a wicket of 0^th Ball.
14. Bhuvneshwar kumar is the only bowler in cricket history to get his first wicket in all three formats of the game as bowled.
15. MS Dhoni holds the record of closing out match with six, on Nine occasion of India in ODI Cricket.