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We are going to look at the top 10 batsmen who have scored the most runs in Champions Trophy matches. Chris Gayle of the West Indies leads the pack. 1. Chris Gayle (WI) Gayle has scored 791 runs in 17 matches at 52.73 with 3 tons and one fifty, including his top score of […]
In this article, we are going to look at 10 batsmen with the most first-class runs. Sir Jack Hobbs of England leads the pack which consists only of English players, a fact that is not surprising given the number of county matches held in England every year. 1. Sir Jack Hobbs English opening batsman […]
India has a rich history of cricket. It is the most popular sport of the nation with 1.35 billion people. Everyone wants to see a live cricket match at least once in their life. To accommodate such a cricket-loving crowd, BCCI have built and upgraded cricket stadiums over the last few decades. Here is […]
Developments within one-day cricket over the past decade or so have seen it become very much a batsmen-friendly game. The introduction of the batting powerplay coupled with big-hitting influenced by the popularity of Twenty 20 cricket has made bowlers look for alternative means to restrict batting sides. Opening the bowling with spin, slower ball […]
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 […]
In this article, we are going to find out the best wicket-taker in T20 international cricket and consider who are the next nine among the top 10 T20I wicket-takers. 1. SL Malinga Sri Lankan paceman Lasith Malinga has played 84 T20Is in which he has taken 107 wickets at 20.79. He achieved his best […]
Motera Stadium, also known as Sardar Patel Stadium, is the largest cricket stadium in the world located on the banks of the Sabarmati river in Gujarat, India. With a seating capacity of 110,000, it is also the world’s second-largest sports stadium, behind Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea with a capacity […]
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 […]
First-class cricket is the highest standard of international or domestic cricket. A match is considered first-class if it lasts three or more days, follows cricketing rules, is played on an international standard ground and most importantly, is recognised by a national governing body or the ICC (International Cricket Council). In fact, Test matches are […]
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 […]
In this article, we are going to take a closer look at the top 10 richest cricketers, find out the source of their wealth and pay attention to their successful careers that were the key to their fortunes. The record these players established on the field of play contributed to making them legends of […]
In this article, we are going to look at the longest six in the IPL 2019 and discuss the 4 longest shots during the competition that fetched the respective batsmen maximum runs. 4 Longest Sixes in the IPL 2019 1. MS Dhoni (111m) In the league match against Chennai Super Kings in Bengaluru on […]
In this article, we are going to take a look at the European Cricket League T10 tournament featuring club cricket champions of various European countries. About European Cricket League T10 In 2019, the inaugural year of the league, clubs from 18 European nations competed to qualify for the tournament which eventually featured club champions […]
In this article, we are going to talk about bowlers who worked hard in Test cricket to bowl the most number of overs. The list consists of various players from the 1970s star Kapil Dev to recent players like James Anderson and Stuart Broad. The following list has been arranged in descending order of […]