100 Cricket Facts That one should know – Part 1

Sachin Tendulkar, Salil Ankola, Waqar Younis and Shahid Saeed debut together in India vs Pakistan 1989 test.

Cricket is one of the most prestigious games in the world. There are lots of interesting, amazing and funny incidents happened in the history of cricket and we have listed top 100 facts about cricket. Today we’ll see first part of 100 cricket facts one should know series.

10. Four debuts in 1989 India-Pakistan series

In the first test match of Pakistan vs India 1989 series, 2-2 players from each team made debut in the international test cricket. From India Sachin Tendulkar and Salil Ankola whereas Pakistan’s Waqar Younis and Shahid Saeed played their first test matches for respective countries at National Stadium in Karachi from 15 to 19 November, 1989.

The fact is two players out of these 4 reach at the height of sport whereas two failed completely. Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Younis shine like sun in their respective fields whereas Shahid Saeed and Salil Ankola career went into the darkness.

Sachin Tendulkar 15,921 runs in played 200 test cricket matches. This is the most number of runs by any cricketer in the history of game. On the other hand Waqar Younis took 373 wickets in played 87 matches.

9. Rahul and Sachin’s test century record

Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid share the record of scoring most test centuries for India playing against England. Both cricketers scored 7 centuries each against England team.

The amazing fact about this record is that both players have got same figures while scoring these hundreds against England. The only difference is that their highest score is not same.

Player	Matches	Innings	Not Out	Runs	Hundreds	Average	Highest
Sachin Tendulkar	7	7	2	982	7	196.40	217
Rahul Dravid	7	7	2	982	7	196.40	193

8. Suresh Raina’s Twenty20 centuries

India’s Suresh Raina scored two T20 hundreds on the same date 2 May in 2010 and 2013. He scored first T20 international hundred against South Africa in ICC world Twenty20 match on May 2, 2010 whereas he scored his first IPL ton on 2 May, 2013 against Kings XI Punjab.

Date	Match	T20 hundred	Batting team score	Man of the Match
2 May, 2010	India vs South Africa	Raina hit 1st T20I ton	India score – 186	Suresh Raina
2 May, 2013	CSK vs KXIP	Raina hit his 1st IPL ton	CSK score – 186	Suresh Raina

7. Double ton in 99th test

Cricket legends Sunil Gavaskar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman scored double centuries while playing their respective 99th test for India.

Year	Player	Opposition	Score	Venue
1983	Sunil Gavaskar	West Indies	236*	Chennai
2007	Sourav Ganguly	Pakistan	239	Bangalore
2008	VVS Laxman	Australia	200*	New Delhi

6. Clark, Cook test records conflicts that of Sachin

When Australia’s Michael Clarke and England’s Alistair Cook completed their 100 test cricket matches respectively, it was found that adding their runs and hundreds we get the test career stats of Master Blaster Sachin Tendkular.

	Matches	Runs	Centuries
Michael Clarke	100	7966	26
Alistair Cook	100	7955	25
Total	200	15921	51
Sachin Tendulkar	200	15921	51

5. India-Pakistan Asia Cup matches similarities

India vs Pakistan Australia-Asia Cup 1985-86 and Asia Cup 2014 matches have quite similarities.

Australia-Asia Cup 1985-86	Asia Cup 2014
Neutral Venue	Neutral Venue
Pakistan chose to field first	Pakistan chose to field first
India scored 245	India scored 245
K Srikkanth (opener) hit 2 sixes	Rohit Sharma (opener) hit 2 sixes
3 Indian batsmen scored fifties	3 Indian batsmen scored fifties
2 run outs in Pakistan innings	2 run outs in Pakistan innings
10 number Pak batsman Zulqamain bowled by C Sharma on the first ball.	10 number Pak batsman Ajmal bowled by R Ashwin on the first ball.
11 number Pak batsman Tauseef took needed single to give Miandad the strike.	11 number Pak batsman Junaid took needed single to give Afridi the strike.
C Sharma took 3 wickets and bowled last over	R Ashwin took 3 wickets and bowled last over
Match ended in the last over	Match ended in the last over
Javed Miandad hit six to win the match.	Shahid Afridi hit six to win the match.
Miandad hit total 3 sixes in the innings.	Afridi hit total 3 sixes in the innings.
Pakistan won by 1 wicket	Pakistan won by 1 wicket

4. Batsmen got “Retiring out” decision

This was one of the most mind blowing events in the history of test cricket when two batsmen were given retiring out. Former Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya made Marvan Atapattu and Mahela Jayawardene retiring out. It was Asian Test Championship’s second test match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh played at Colombo in 2001.

Atapattu 201(259) retired out.

Jayawardene 150(115) retired out.

3. c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan

Muttiah Muralitharan and Mahela Jayawardene is the most successful pair in the fall of wicket attribute of test cricket history. It means “c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan” happened on 77 occasions in the test history.

77 times Sri Lankan bowler Muttiah Muralitharan took wicket when the catch was taken by fielder Mahela Jayawardene. (Note: here wicket-keeping pair is not considered)

2. 10 February, 2009 (Brotherhood Day)

This was the first occasion when two teams won matches because of the crucial partnership between two brothers present in their respective rosters.