ODI Cricket
ODI cricket started in 1971 with a match between Australia and England in Melbourne, Australia. More than 4000 ODI matches have taken place since, including 12 ODI World Cups. The below list is arranged based on the number wins by a team in ODI cricket. Australia India Pakistan West Indies Sri Lanka South Africa […]
The general tendency is to think that the batting average in cricket would be the total number of runs scored per match or per innings. However, that isn’t the case. In cricket, the batting average is the total number of runs scored per dismissal of that particular player. The number of runs scored and the […]
ODI cricket kicked off internationally in 1971 and it was in 1972 that Denis Amiss registered the first-ever hundred in ODI cricket. However, it took nearly four decades for a player to go on and scale 200 in an ODI game. It was the great Sachin Tendulkar who achieved the feat in 2010. Since […]
There are only two players in the history of ODI cricket who have made it past 14000 runs. Those two players are Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara. The first and the fastest to get to 14000 ODI runs was none other than Sachin Tendulkar. He got there in 350 innings in 359 matches at […]
The first ODI match was played in 1971 in Melbourne between England and Australia. Since then, the format has flourished and attracted many new followers to the game. Even though T20 cricket offers more excitement, ODIs are a combination of the best features of Test and T20 formats. Batsmen get more time to settle […]
In this article, we are going to review various rules as per the Laws of cricket that are related to balls used in cricket, including the weight and size of balls used in men’s, women’s and youth cricket, the standard that defines materials and specifications as well as rules defining the rights of umpires and […]
Sachin Tendulkar is the only batsman to score 15,000 runs in ODIs which automatically makes him the fastest to reach the landmark. In this article, we detail the important facts and stats of this legendary Indian batsman. Tendlya reached 15,000 runs in his 377th innings in his 387th match which was against South Africa […]
As many as 14 players have scored 10000 runs in the history of One Day Internationals. However, there are only four players who have gone past 13000 runs. And each of these four players did so in the 21st century. Hence, here we are going to look back at the four players who have […]
With the spread of T20 and white-ball cricket, batting has improved by leaps and bounds with batters having found new ways to innovate and new areas to hit. Hitting sixes has become a vital part of the modern game. Players are becoming fitter and stronger and some of them hit sixes with ease. There […]
In this article, we are going to take a look at various types of shots that batsmen use in cricket. Some shots are played with a vertically held bat while others involve the use of a bat held horizontally. Batsmen can choose to go forward or back from their stance at the crease, depending […]
The advent of T20 and ODI cricket across the world has revolutionised the way in which the game is played. As a result of this, no areas of the game have progressed more in the last couple of decades than the batting department. The need to have a good strike rate coupled with the […]
With the advent and revolutionisation of white-ball cricket, there has been a constant need for innovation. Be it the batters, bowlers or even the fielders, there has always been the urge to adapt and change according to the changing demands of the game. With the batters finding new ways to score, the boundaries getting […]
A free hit is given to a batsman after a bowler delivers a no-ball. The batsman can score runs off the free delivery and add them to the team’s score. He can get out only in three cases: obstructing the field, hitting the ball two times and run out. Rules of Free Hit in […]
The DRS or the Decision Review System was trialed in Test cricket in 2008 during a Test series played between India and Sri Lanka. It was called UDRS then, short for the Umpire Decision Review System. It was officially introduced in Test cricket in 2009 in a Test match between Pakistan and New Zealand in […]
In this article, we are going to take a look at 10 players with the most fours in ODI cricket. We have also reviewed teams’ penchant to score fours in ODIs and are ready to share with you many interesting findings based on the carried out analysis of the data. Most Fours in ODIs […]