Records
In this article, we are going to take a look at 10 bowlers with outstanding strike rates in Test cricket and some of their best match performances. 1. Shane Bond In 18 Tests, Shane Bond has taken 87 wickets at 22.09 with a strike rate of 38.07. In other words, on average, he has […]
A good start in international cricket can often indicate that a player is destined to become great. This is true about most of the players included in this list of batsmen who have been the quickest to reach 2000 ODI runs. The list contains such batsmen as Hashim Amla, Kevin Pietersen and Vivian Richards who […]
In this article, we are going to take a look at the 10 fastest journeys – in terms of a number of innings – to 8000 ODI runs. The progression of the record went from 219 innings (Haynes) to 210 innings (Tendulkar) to 200 innings (Ganguly) to 182 innings (De Villiers) and eventually to […]
One of the most common ways to judge a bowler or reflect upon his numbers and overall career is to see how many wickets he has taken and how quickly it has been done. Thus, one of the popular records in cricket is being the fastest to a milestone of wickets taken. In this article, […]
Rohit Sharma equaled the record for the fastest T20I ton in 35 balls in the second match of a series during Sri Lanka’s tour of India held at Indore on 22 December 2017. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl first. Dananjaya Dampened Ironically, after four overs, India were only 26/0, giving […]
1. Yuvraj Singh, India vs England, Durban, 2007 | 12 balls India batted first. Yuvraj came to the crease when India’s score was 155/3. With Yuvraj on 14 off six balls, Broad came on to bowl the nineteenth over. Yuvraj carted the first ball over cow corner for six. On the second ball, he […]
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 […]
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 […]