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1. Charles Bannerman: 165 not out Charles Bannerman was the top scorer in the first-ever Test match played between Australia and England in Melbourne in March 1877. Australia batted first and Bannerman, who opened for the hosts, enjoyed the privilege of facing the first ball bowled in a Test match. Australia lost wickets at […]
It was back in 2007 when the International Cricket Council (ICC) introduced a new ICC title. It was the ICC T20 World Cup. Since then, there have been six editions played and as many as five different teams have won the ICC World T20 title. India, Pakistan, England, the West Indies and Sri Lanka […]
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 […]
In this article, we are going to take a look at the lowest scores recorded by a team in ODI cricket. This dubious record is currently held by Zimbabwe who registered a score of 35 against Sri Lanka in April 2004, breaking the record of 36 previously held by Canada. We will also provide […]
Back in September 2007, Stuart Broad would’ve never imagined what he was running into. India were facing England in the Super Eight game in the 2007 World T20. After a good start from Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh got going and struck a couple of fluent boundaries. However, Yuvraj Singh got into […]
In this article, we are going to take a look at the record for the highest opening partnership for the first wicket in Test matches currently held by South African openers Neil McKenzie and Graeme Smith. We will also look at the nine next best stands for the first wicket and the progression of […]
With the start of the 21st century, cricket boards came up with new strategies to cope with a decline in popularity of the game. The root of the problem was closely related to money. The game was losing the interest of sponsors as the crowd coming to watch the game was dwindling. A new […]
Test cricket is a real challenge that cricketers face to prove their skills as it takes talent, patience, determination and perseverance to play long innings in Tests. A true connoisseur of the game enjoys intricate battles and subtleties of Test cricket compared to the boisterous crowd that loves the ‘Wham bam, thank you ma’am’ […]
Despite being a part of recreational cricket, one-day cricket didn’t make its way into the professional cricketing arena until the early 1970s. Seen as very much the understudy to Test cricket, one-day internationals only really started to come into the limelight in the mid-1980s with the introduction of the ICC Cricket World Cup central […]
In this article, we are going to take a closer look at how the legendary Sachin Tendulkar brought down the curtain on a glittering career after 24 glorious years. Sachin Tendulkar’s Last Match in International Cricket It was the second Test of a series on the West Indies tour of India in November 2013. […]
The correct answer to this question: a batsman can score a maximum of 1653 runs from 300 balls (or fifty overs). Now, let’s see how: in every over from the first to the forty-ninth, the batsman must hit sixes off the first five deliveries and take three off the last. In other words, in each […]
In this article, we are going to look at the top 10 players with the most T20I appearances. Pakistan’s Shoaib Malik leads the pack. Malik made his T20 debut in 2006 and is yet to retire from T20 internationals and could feature in the next ICC World T20. 1. Shoaib Malik The record for most […]
In this article, we are going to take a look at the top 10 highest opening partnerships in ODI cricket. The world record has passed through the hands of Ganguly and Tendulkar, Tharanga and Jayasuriya, Haq and Zaman to be currently owned by Campbell and Hope. JD Campbell, SD Hope: 365 John Campbell and […]
The Rajasthan Royals (RR for short) are a franchise team in the IPL (Indian Premier League) which is based in Jaipur and plays at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium located there. RR is considered by many pundits as the IPL’s “moneyball” team. It has unearthed a lot of obscure yet top-performing players and has been […]
The IPL, also knows as the Indian Premier League, is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India. It is one of the most successful T20 cricket leagues across the globe. In the IPL, the Purple Cap is awarded to a player who takes the most number of wickets in an IPL season. In the […]