Interesting Cricket Facts

The Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar

I found some amazing and interesting things happend in cricket, just wanted to share with ya all!

No one has completed an innings at the score of 228!

South Africans were the first to introduce TV run outs!

Graham Yallop, in 1978 was the first man to wear a helmet!

Wasim Akram is the first (an only?) man to perform a hat-trick in both one days and tests!

England and Australia played the first ever one day international at Melbourne in 1971!

Sachin Tendulkar was the first victim of the third umpire. In the Test match!

Hollywood actor Russell Crowe is Martin Crowe's cousin!

Vikram Solanki is the first ever SuperSub player in ODIs.

Sourav Ganguly is the only cricketer to have won four successive Man of the Match awards in One-day Internationals.

The first Twenty20 international was between Australia and New Zealand in 2005.

The Test match between England and South Africa at Durban in 1939 was finally abandoned as a draw on the tenth day because England players had to catch their ship home.

did you know there are "10 ways" a batsman can get out?

here we go:There are 10 ways a batsman can be declared "out" in cricket

1. Caught

2. Bowled

3. Leg Before Wicket

4. Hit Wicket

5. Timed Out

6. Handling the ball

7. Obstructing the field

8. Hit the ball twice

9. Run Out

10. Stumped

how many of u did know that?

The great Bowler From Australia Brett lee

Interesting facts :-

1. The Pipistrelle is Britain's smallest bat.There have been many arguments as to which batsman uses the heaviest bat. Sachin Tendulkar has one weighing 1.42 kg, which is around 2% of his body weight.The widest bat ever was used by Thomas White (dirty Surrey cheat) in 1771. He strode out to bat with one which was wider than the wicket.



2. Australia to bid for 2014 World Cup

____________________________________________________________________

↓↓↓↓↓Check More Blogs More Interesting in Older posts↓↓↓↓↓