101 amazing and interesting facts about cricket.

 Today I will be telling 101 facts about cricket. 

1. The first international cricket match played was between Australia and England at Melbourne cricket ground, Australia in 1877.
2. Sachin Tendulkar has total of 100 centuries in international cricket most by any.
3. The longest cricket match played was the timeless test between England Vs South Africa at Durban in 1939.
4. Sachin Tendulkar has bowled more overs in one day cricket than sohaib akhtar and Dale steyn 
5. Chris Gayle is the only batsman in 134 years of history of cricket to ever hit a six on first ball of test match. 
6. The only cricketer to play international cricket for both England and India is saif Ali Khan grandfather, iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi.
7. Lala Amarnath is only bowler to dismiss Sir Donald Bradman hit wicket in test cricket 
8. India isnthe only cricketing nation to have won a 50 over, a 60 over and a 20 over world cup. 
9. Allan border played 153 test matches without missing any test in between it is the most by any player. 
10. Sachin Tendulkar played for Pakistan before playing for Team India 
11. Till date Sri Lanka have just won 1 test match against Australia including both home and away. 
12. Sir Jack Hobbs scored 199 centuries in First Class career
13. In a world cup match in 1979 while chasing 335 runs Sunil Gavaskar scorecard unbeaten 36 runs in 174 balls
14. Mahela Jayawardene is only batsman to score centuries in both semi final and final of a world cup. 
15. Jimmy Anderson have most not outs in history of test cricket 
16. Sourav Ganguly is only player to win four consecutive man of the match in one day cricket. 
17. Virendar shewag highest score in T20,ODI and test cricket is 119,219,319 respectively.
18. Graeme Smith is only player in history of test matches to captain a team in 100 matches. 
19. England is only team to lose a 60 over, a 50 over and a 20 over world cup. 
20. England have lost most number of international matches. 
21. England have played most number of international matches 
22. The cricket bowl weighs 163 grams. 
23. The fastest ball was bowled by sohaib akhtar in 2003
24. The first player to have known to have deadly accident while playing was Jasper Vinali of England 
25. The first century was scored by Charlie Bannerman of Australia. 
26. England was first country to play 1000 test matches
27. The most common injury between cricketers is the hamstring 
28. Cricket became an Olympic sport in 1896.
29. 1900 was the Year when cricket was played in Olympic for the first and last time 
30. Virat Kohli is fastest batsman to reach 10,000 one day international runs
31. 183 runs by Ms Dhoni is highest score by a wicket keeper and batting at number 6.
32. Cricket was originally a children's game in England during 16th century 
33. The first recorded cricket match was played in 1646
34. Sachin was first batsman to be given out by third umpire. 
35. Vivian Richard have played both cricket and football world cups. 
36. Ellyse Perry also played both women cricket world cup and women's football world cup.
37. Virendar Shewag is only batsman who have strike rate of more than 80 after playing more than 100 test matches.
38. Adam Gilchrist and Ricky pointing are only cricketers to win World Cup on 3 occasions .
39. Jim Laker and Anil kumble Are only bowlers to take 19 wickets in test match.
40. The first international one day match was played in 1971.
41. The first run in international cricket match was made by Charlie Bannerman 
42. England batsman Alec Stewart was born on 8-4-63 and he made total of 8463 runs in his test careers.
43. ICC Snatched 2011 world cup host from Pakistan due to attack on team Sri Lanka in 2009.
44. Sunil Gavaskar got out on first delivery of match 3 times the most. 
45. West Indies player Leslie Heylton was hanged in case of murder 
46. India was first team to win the world cup as host In 2811
47. Australia defeated England in the inaugural and the centenary test match by 45 runs. 
48. Shortest ever test match was between West Indies and England in 2009.
49. Sanath Jayasuriya has picked more ODI wickets than Shane Warne.
50. Virat Kohli is the first player to win top-3 ICC award in same year in 2018.
51. Shahid afridi had hit fastest 100 of that time with bat of Sachin Tendulkar. 
52. Ravi shastri was first Indian to hit 6 sixes in an over. 
53. Lala amarnath was the cricketer to score test  century for India 
54. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi of India became the youngest ever test Captain at age of 21.
55. Sachin got out for a duck only once in his entire Ranji career and the bowler was bhuvneshwar Kumar.
56. Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar got out stumped once in their entire test career both got out against Ashley Giles.
57. India was first Asian side to win test series against Australia in Australia
58. Virat Kohli has most test win among all Indian captains 
59. Graeme Smith has most number of test win as a Captain of all time. 
60. Ml Jaisimha And Ravi shastri are the only two Indians to bat on all 5 days of a test match. 
61. Chetestwar pujara has faced most number of deliveries by an Indian in test match against Australia in 2017.
62. Highest run in an over in international cricket is not 36 it is 77.
63. On the morning of 11/11/11 South Africa needed to win 111 runs at 11:11 against Australia. 
64. Peter Siddle is only bowler in international cricket match to take hat trick on his birthday. 
65. Indian spinner Bapu Nadkarni bowled consecutive 21 maiden in test match.
66. Chris Martin and Bs Chandrasekhar are only two players to have more wickets than runs. 
67. Wilfred Rhodes of England has picked 4204 wicket and also scored 39969 runs in his first class career.
68. Dirk Nannes has represented both Netherlands and Australia in international cricket. 
69. Sir Donald Bradman has just hit 6 sixes In his international career.
70. The first women world cup was played in 1973 2 year before men's world cup. 
71. Kapil dev 175* was not recorded anywhere due to strike of broadcaster. 
72. Ms Dhoni has captained India for 331 international matches the most by any captain. 
73. Brendon Mccullum blasted the fastest ever test century on just 54 balls in his last test. 
74. In the last test match of his career Jason Gillespie came as night watchman and scored not out 201.
75. Jason Gillespie is only nightwatchman to score a double century. 
76. Ms Dhoni and Ab De Villiers became the first pair of wicket keeper to get bowled in same test match. 
77. Pakistan gave total of 76 extras against India in 2007 test the highest in a match. 
78. Pakistan bowler Mohammed Sami bowled 17 ball over against Bangladesh in 2004 Asia cup. 
79. Shane warne missed his maiden test century in Perth in 2001 in which he got out on a wrong decision. 
80. New Zealand batsman Geoff Allot scored a 77 ball duck. 
81. Batting at no 11 Ashton Agar scored 98 in debut test which is highest by number 11.
82. Narendar Hirwani has record of best bowling figure in match on debut - 16/136.
83. The first cricket ball was made of wool. 
84. The first women's world cup was won by England. 
85. Cricket started with two stumps and not three. 
86. 111 is said to be an unlucky score. 
87. First 3 world cup were held in England and the fourth one was also going there but then it played in India. 
88. The longest cricket match was played for 9 days. 
89. South Africa is the most unlucky team in history of test cricket. 
90. Brain Lara has hit 400 two times in international cricket. 
91. Till 1983 world cup was called Predeuntial cup. 
92. There were only 15 matches in Inaugural world cup in 1975.
93. Mohammad Azharuddin is first Indian to score 6,000 runs in ODI. 
94. Sunil gavaskar is first batsman to score 10,000 runs in test cricket. 
95. First Asia cup was held in 1984.
96. Anil Kumble has most number of test wickets for India. 
97. Kapil dev has most number of test wicket as an fast bowler of India. 
98. Fastest bowl in international cricket was 100.4 mph. 
99. Ashes is said to be biggest test series in world cricket. 
100. Sachin Tendulkar has played for India for 24 years, the most. 
101. Till date Virat Kohli has not scored century in international cricket since November,2019.

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