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Simha Marni Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 On the opening day of second test against Bangladesh in 2007, a rare instance had occurred when four Indian batsmen took part in an opening stand of 408!!! Openers Wasim Jaffer(138) and Dinesh Karthik(129) suffered cramps due to extreme heat and had to be carried off the field. Rahul Dravid(129) and Sachin Tendulkar(122*) then added remaining to the first wicket partnership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Simha Marni Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 If a batsman is dismissed without scoring, he is said to have scored a duck. If he is out twice in a test match for "Zero" he is said to have scored a Pair. So far in test cricket, whopping 470 such instances had happened!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Simha Marni Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 Chasing 282 in 4th innings, Australia lost 9 wickets for 220, and then came the biggest fight back. The last pair Brett Lee(43 not out) and Michael Kasprowicz(20) revived hopes in Aussie camp, but Steve Harmison shattered it with a beautiful delivery when score board read 279!!! This humdinger was the 2nd test of Ashes, 2005, in which England won 2-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Simha Marni Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 Sanath Jayasuriya who amassed 6973 runs in 110 test matches, had terrible time in his last 2 ½ years, in which he made just 508 at an avg. of 21.16. In December 2007, in the first test of 3 test series against England, he hit 6 consecutive fours in James Anderson's over on his way to 78, the only fifty in that bad patch. He then decided it as a right time to retire from tests respectfully which also helps to prolong his ODI career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Simha Marni Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 In the final of inaugural World Cup tournament, at Lords, 1975, chasing a stiff target of 292(in 60 Overs), Australia gave a strong reply to WI as they raced along to 81 for one, but inevitably poor running ended their resistance with eight balls remaining. The last pair Jeff Thomson and Dennis Lillee revived hopes with a stand of 41, but Thomson joined the five batsmen who were run-out in chasing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Simha Marni Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 There are 21 instances in total of a batsman getting out on 99 in ODIs. Dashing Sri Lanka opener Sanath Jayasuriya did it twice. But Sachin Tendulkar leads the list as he was one short of three figures thrice and surprisingly all of them came in span of just 6 months in 2007(vs South Africa in Jun, vs England in Aug, vs Pakistan in Nov)!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Simha Marni Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 In the first test in Galle, 2003, at tea on the final day, Sri Lanka were just three wickets away from victory. England 's tail enders then launched one of the most improbable fought back in Test history. Ashley Giles was the chief architect who defended 107 balls to make unbeaten 17 runs. He along with other two batsmen scored just 6 runs in last 15 overs to shore England to safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Simha Marni Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 In test cricket, there are two instances of five batsmen scoring centuries in an innings. Australia posted huge first innings 758/8 decl. against West Indies and won by innings & 82 runs in the fifth test of Australia tour of WI, 1955. The latest is by Pakistan (Saeed Anwar(101), Taufeeq Umar(104), Inzamam-ul-Haq(105), Yousuf Youhana(102), Abdul Razzaq(110)) against Bangladesh in first test match of Asian Test Championship, 2001. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Simha Marni Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 The fielding team is not allowed to change the field on the free hit ball, if the same batsman (who received the original no ball) is on strike. However if the wicketkeeper is standing up at the stumps he is allowed to move back to a more traditional position for safety reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Simha Marni Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 Free-Hit: Part-II If the immediate next delivery following a foot-fault no ball is any kind of no ball or a wide ball, then the free hit carries over to the next ball also for whichever batsman is facing it. Even if the free hit ball is judged as a wide ball, the striker can only be out 'under the circumstances that can apply for a no ball'. Such an incident first happened in a T20 match between India and South Africa in 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Simha Marni Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 Free-Hit: Part-I Free hit is referred to the delivery following a no-ball(only foot-fault). The striker can be dismissed only under the circumstances that apply for a no ball. This freedom enables the batsman to play a powerful shot without the fear of getting out caught, bowled or leg before and thus it is termed so. It is first introduced into International Cricket in October 2007 and is applicable only in ODIs and T20s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Simha Marni Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 There are 69 instances in total where a wicket-keeper involved in five or more dismissals(either catches or stumpings) in an ODI innings. Surprisingly 2000s alone have 45 times in which Adam Gilchrist tops the list with 10 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Simha Marni Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 The unwelcome record of most ducks for a genuine batsman is held by Sri Lanka former skipper Marvan Atapattu. He made 22 ducks in his 156 outings(14.1%) which is also a record. N.B.: Qual. of 3500 test career runs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Simha Marni Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 "List-A cricket" is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket. Much as domestic first-class cricket is the level below international Test match cricket, so List A cricket is the domestic level of one-day cricket below One Day Internationals. Most cricketing nations have some form of domestic List-A competition. The number of overs in List-A cricket ranges from forty to sixty overs per side. Matches that qualify as List-A: # One-day Internationals (ODIs) # Other international matches # Premier one-day tournaments in each country # Official matches of a touring Test team against main first-class teams Matches that do not qualify as List-A: # Twenty20 cricket including internationals # World Cup warm-up matches # Other Tourist matches (for example, against first-class teams that are not part of the main domestic first-class competition, such as universities) # Festival and friendly matches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Simha Marni Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 A rarity of a test match that completed in just 2 days was the fifth test of South African tour of Australia in 1931/32 in which Don Bradman topped the run-getters (809 at an Avg. of 201.5). In fact, it is the shortest completed match in terms of balls bowled(109.2 Overs), in which Australia won by innings and 72 runs. In brief, South Africa 1st innings: 36 all out in 23.2 Overs Australia 1st innings: 153 all out in 54.3 Overs South Africa 2nd innings: 45 all out in 31.3 Overs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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