1. 10 Little Known Facts
about Cricket
10 Little Known Facts
about Cricket
2. 1. Swing Sultan - Wasim Akram also has his highest Test
innings score of 257, which is higher than Sachin
Tendulkar's highest Test score of 248*.
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3. 2. Pakistani magician spinner, Saeed Ajmal
surprisingly has never won a single award for the ‘Man
of the Match’ in ODIs.
http://www.cricketnewsworld.com/img/875/saeed-ajmal-is-happy-with-his-progress-and-wants-to-play-2015-world-cup.jpg
4. 3. In the entire history of recorded Cricket, only four
players have played on all ten batting positions for a
team; names include Lance Klusener, Abdur Razzaq,
Shoaib Malik and Hashan Tillakaratne.
http://images.supersport.com/2010/KlusenerLance041109PhocallGLbg.jpg
http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Abdul+Razzaq+2011+ICC+World+Cup+Pakistan+Portrait+GjwDQGdj2DYl.jpg
5. 4. The cricket lord, Sir Don Bradman hit a total of 6
sixes in his entire career.
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6. 5. South Africa's Gary Kirsten has the highest score in a
World Cup match, making 188 not-out against UAE in
1996.
http://cricwizz.com/files/uploads/2014/10/Gary-Kirsten.jpg
7. 6. In all of 400 years history of Cricket, the fastest
(electronically measured) speed for a cricket ball
bowled by any bowler, ever, is precisely 161.3 km/h
(100.23 mph) by Shoaib Akhtar of Pakistan to Nick
Knite of England, on the 22nd February 2003 in the
World Cup hosted by South Africa.
http://sportzwiki.com/uploads/featuredImg/Shoaib-Akhtar.jpg
8. 7. Shoaib Akhtar handed Sachin Tendulkar a Golden Duck the
first time these two came head to head, it was a late reverse
swinging delivery that knocked Tendulkar’s middle wicket off
the ground. He had also bowled Dravid, with a similar reverse
swing, one ball before Sachin. These two deliveries are called,
‘Double jeopardy’ when Shoaib Akhtar made his first
International impact
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9. 8. Clive Lloyd of West Indies and Ricky Ponting of
Australia are the only captains to win the ICC Cricket
World Cup trophy twice.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/28/article-1202763-05DE4857000005DC-937_468x446.jpg
http://www.cricketdawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Ricky-Ponting-with-ICC-Cricket-World-
Cup-Trophy.jpg
10. 9. Australia's Glenn McGrath has the most wickets, 71
in 39 matches. McGrath also has the best bowling
figures of 7-15 against Namibia in 2003.
http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2012/12/31/1226525/205692-mcgrath.jpg
11. 10. Melbourne will become the second ground to host
more than one World Cup finals. Only Lord's have
hosted more number of finals (4).
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