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1. Pat Cummins (Australia) – 29 Wickets Pat Cummins emerged the most successful bowler of all in the Ashes series held in England in 2019. At Edgbaston, Cummins took 3/84, including the wickets of Buttler, Stokes and Broad, to restrict England to a first-innings lead of 90. When England chased 398 in the second […]
In this article, we are going to take a look at 10 bowlers with the most wickets in Test cricket and pay attention to their best bowling performances in a match. Top 10 Bowlers with Most Wickets in Test Matches 1. Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) Muttiah Muralitharan holds the world record with 800 wickets taken […]
It’s a bowler’s job to take wickets. However, snaring hundreds of wickets in a demanding format such as ODI takes supreme skills combined with exceptional form. Top 10 Highest Wicket-Takers in ODI Matches In this article, we are going to provide you with information about the top 10 wicket-takers in ODIs. We are going […]
It is indeed an achievement to take 100 wickets in Tests and doing fast is considered something more special. There have been quality bowlers who have started their career on a bright, going on to quickly claim 100 Test wickets. In this article, we will reveal details and stats of the top 10 fastest […]
Yuvraj Singh played his last season of the IPL in 2019. It was the end of a long journey that had begun in 2008 with Kings XI Punjab, a team he was representing for three years up to the 2010 season. He was bought by Pune Warriors franchise in the 2011 season. After being […]
Team Records 1. Highest Team Score Batting First: 481/6 The record was set at Nottingham by England, playing against Australia on 19 June 2018. Batting first, England made 481/6, helped by innings of 82 by Jason Roy, 139 by Jonny Bairstow, 147 by Alex Hales and 67 by Eoin Morgan. 2. Highest Team Score […]
Developments within one-day cricket over the past decade or so have led to it becoming 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, […]
1. Rashid Khan Afghanistan’s Rashid Khan became the fastest to take 100 wickets in ODI cricket when he got his hundredth victim in his 44th game, breaking the record of 52 matches set by Australian bowler Mitchell Starc in 2016. Khan got to the magic mark in the final of the World Cup qualifier […]
As many as 781 players have scored a hundred in the history of Test cricket but only 85 of them have got it in less than a run-a-ball i.e. with a strike rate in excess of 100. That is just 10.88%. Thus, it isn’t easy to score fast hundreds in Test cricket and hence, […]
The world has seen quite a few impactful bowlers, especially in white-ball cricket. They are measured and judged based on the wickets they take and how quickly they take them. In this article, we are going to take a look at 10 bowlers who were the fastest in terms of the number of matches […]
New Zealand’s Nathan Astle scored a 153-ball double hundred in 2002, setting a record that has stood the test of time. Since then, several players have come close without being able to beat the record. 1. Nathan Astle – 153 Balls Nathan Astle set the record for the fastest double century in Test cricket […]
Test cricket is the longest and oldest format of cricket. It is comparatively slower than the one-day and T20 formats but is seen as a true challenge for a cricketer. In Test cricket, batsmen are not always worried about the number of balls faced, yet this format has seen some fierce batsmen over the […]
In the first five years of his Test career, Virat Kohli had no double centuries. In the last 5 years, he has scored as many as 7 double centuries – 6 at home and 1 away. He made his first double century against the West Indies in mid-2016. A year and a half later, by […]
Mumbai Indians Rohit Sharma (captain), Aditya Tare, Anmolpreet Singh, Anukul Roy, Chris Lynn, Dhawal Kulkarni, Digvijay Deshmukh, Hardik Pandya, Ishan Kishan, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Kieron Pollard, Krunal Pandya, Lasith Malinga, Mitchell McClenaghan, Mohsin Khan, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Prince Balwant Rai Singh, Quinton de Kock, Rahul Chahar, Saurabh Tiwary, Sherfane Rutherford, Suryakumar Yadav, Trent Boult. […]
The IPL 2019 season had eight teams competing: Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Rajasthan Royals, Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Kolkata Knight Riders, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kings XI Punjab. Chennai Super Kings MS Dhoni (captain), Ambati Rayudu, Chaitanya Bishnoi, David Willey, Deepak Chahar, Dhruv Shorey, Dwayne Bravo, Faf du Plessis, Harbhajan Singh, Imran Tahir, […]