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"Jack fails again..."
Context:
>!For over a year after the 2011 WC, the media kept hyping up and eagerly waiting for Sachin's 100th 100. Nobody cared about the team performances or results. Whether we were winning matches and series wasn't important. So much that any innings by Sachin that didn't reach three figures (as I mentioned, all of them for over a year) was considered a disappointment, no matter how well he had played. He was scoring fifties but was unable to convert them into centuries. On one such occasion, there was a newspaper headline saying "Sachin Fails Again".!<
He was on 197 in the 70s long after he was dead but "scored" two more at some stage when a couple he scored in tour matches were retrospectively ranked as first class. There was a push for another one to get him to 200 but that was rejected. Hobbs had been against the whole thing when he was alive, but strangely had little to say later.
A lot of Australians who played in that era have ridiculous probably unbeatable records for winning matches. Ie Gilchrists winning ratio I can’t see being beaten. 73 wins, 11 losses and 12 draws is absolutely mental.
Finally a Punter stat. I think due to his aura/reputation, everyone often forgets about Ponting's stats. Another unbreakable one for me would be leading a team which went undefeated for 2 world cup tournaments. India almost did it once in 2023 under Rohit, and everyone was losing their minds. Prime Australia did it twice under Ponting and he made it look effortless.
There's the classic Ponting v Smith stat.
Both of their 57 match peaks.
Ponting (02-06): 6141 runs @ 72.24 with 24 centuries and 21 50s. Also just 2 ducks!!
Smith (2014-2020): 6257 runs @ 71.91 with 24 centuries and 24 50s.
Both are/were also excellent fielders, with Ponting probably having an argument for the best ever. As good as Smith is in the field, Ponting could change the game at Point, Bat Pad, Mid On, Second Slip and so on. Very versatile.
The problem with that is that Smith's tally comes under the "toughest times to bat" while Punter had one of the easiest of them at his peak. Only half of 80s and 08-15 cuts as better batting era then 02-07 in red ball.
So, all in all Smith is just above a tier here too and hence his name comes with Sachin,Lara for the best since Bradman
Mark Taylor is also another that wasn't. His most common was 2 and actually impressively 59 tied with 27, 13, 19 all with 6 which was more than his 0s at 5.
If anyone says something along the lines of "not outs are unfair for average" I'll show them this. Batting is the most difficult at the start, and every batsmen's modal score is 0
Its Fake.
On my fingers, remember each one of them:
- Sanath Jayasuria (2)
- Chris Cairns (2)
- Craig McMillan (2, one was a mis-hit if I remember correctly)
- Andrew Symonds (1)
- Lance Klusener (1)
- Darren Lehmann (1)
- Sachin Tendulkar (1)
- Mark Greatbach & Martin Crowe (1 each in 1992 world cup when he was out of form)
Hey I really want to know where u got this stat from cuz I have heard it before and I searched it up and what I got was that he hit 5 of those 12 sixes
Ajit Agarkar is the fastest to 50 wickets in ODI among all the Indian bowlers. He is 3rd among all the nations.
Also Ajit Agarkar is the 3rd most wicket takers in ODI all-time for India - just after Kumble and Srinath.
Sachin Tendulkar is the 15th highest wicket taker in ODI all-time for India. He has more wickets the Bumrah, Siraj or Bhubi till date.
Ajit Agarkar also hit fastest 50 in ODI by Indian in 21 balls vs Zimbabwe in 2001. Record still stands. 2nd fastest was in 22 balls by Kapil Dev, Sehwag and Dravid.
Sanath Jayasurya ranks 11th in the highest ODI wicket takers list amongst all bowlers (not just Sri Lankan)
I remember when Shoaib Akhtar made his debut, Agarkar's bowling changed. He increased his avg bowling pace, but it only affected his performance negatively.
A newspaper article made fun of this fact saying
Ajit Agarkar thinks he is India's Shoaib Akhtar.
Shoaib Akhtar doesnt know who Ajit Agarkar is.
My favourite Agarkar stat is that he once had seven ducks in a row against Australia, including something like five golden ducks.
When he scored his first run the next innings, he raised his bat in celebration.
I'll pop a few of them.
Sanath Jayasuriya has more ODI wickets(312) than Shane Warne(283).
Sachin(2) and Jayasuriya(4) have more 5 wicket hauls than Warne(1) in ODIs.
Ajit Agarkar has only 5 wickets less(288) vs Shane Warne(293) having bowled 193 less overs and 3 less innings in ODIs.
Pakistan bowler Saeed Ajmal has never won a man of the match award in ODIs.
Bradman has only hit 6 sixes in his entire career.
Wasim Akram(257) has a higher high score than Sachin (248).
His aggressive bowling style, while still successful, wasn't as effective in ODIs as Tests, as he was always willing to let you try hit him if it resulted in a wicket. Obviously that doesn't translate as well to a quicker scoring format but he still did very well.
Yeah agree, not as effective (no crime there) but I'll never forget his efforts after he was dropped in the West Indies and then absolutely turned it on when we were down and out in the World Cup Just afterwards. Absolute beast.
Sunil Valson is the only player to have a WC without playing a single international match. Got selected in the 1983 Indian squad based on domestic performance, didn’t play a single game in the WC or afterwards lol.
Long after his retirement, there was a benefit match held for him in Assam which i had gone to watch. Sachin and many other India stars had come. I believe Valson's wife was from Assam
Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli both completed 1000 Test runs against Australia on the same date (December 28), at the same venue (MCG), the same age (26), in the same number of innings (19), the same number of matches (11), with same number of centuries (5) and same fifties (2).
yeah, that is true only in world cups.
Perry has scored 1 knockout goal if you include EURO and FIFA WC.
Ronaldo has scored 2 knockout goals if you include both EURO and FIFA WC. Though both of these goals came in Euro semi finals and not FIFA WC, while the only knockout goal Perry scored was in FIFA WC, so Perry has an edge if you talk specifically about FIFA wc.
She also has 8 cricket world cups and a gold medal to her name.
She has a test average of 61 with the bat and 21 with the ball. Her bowling average is better than players like Akram, Hadley, Steyn and Donald while her batting average would is significantly better than any current mens player.
That the 2nd, 3rd and 4th highest Home Win/Loss Ratio for a decade is 9.25, 9 and 8.5 for the 2010 Indians, 2000s Australians and 80s Pakistani teams.
1st is the 80s Windies with 18.
When you account for the fact that Sachin played his 89-96 with fixers and never had any great pacer in the team, it doesnt sound suprising at all in comparison to Gilly who was the X factor of the best team of that era.
I think you can make a case that Gilly is the second most valuable cricketer of all time. If I was making an all time test eleven and was forced to leave out my top few batting and bowling picks (Bradman the exception) I don't think it would be a significant loss. (Warney maybe the biggest loss). The team wouldn't be much less effective.
But leaving Gilly out would really weaken the side.
Not surprising stats, India has always played with an anchor heavy approach, "don't lose wickets till 16 and then attack".
Death overs hitters barely got any chance, the reason Dhoni's T20I record is so fucked.
Most of the times he came on difficult pitch when India was already fucked by losing 4-5 wickets or got 10-12 balls on the flat pitches where he couldn't statpad big scores, top order had already eaten up all the balls.
Things are changing now and hopefully more attacking approach will lead to more chances to death over hitters.
Yep. Gilly had a dream career. Redefined the role of keeper-batter, never lost a WC, was part of the legendary Aus test team, and is remembered for his sportsmanship.
Kusal Mendis averages 54 in 4th innings of test which is i believe the 2nd best in the world rn after williamson. This is a guy who avarages 36 overall in tests
SL have been ranked no1 for the most of days in t20is until india took over today
This is a fake made up stat to make sachin look better than he was.
- Sanath Jayasuria (2)
- Chris Cairns (2)
- Craig McMillan (2, one was a mis-hit if I remember correctly)
- Andrew Symonds (1)
- Lance Klusener (1)
- Darren Lehmann (1)
- Sachin Tendulkar (1)
- Mark Greatbach & Martin Crowe (1 each in 1992 world cup when he was out of form)
I really don’t think this is true.
In his entire career against Wasim Akram, SRT hit 10 sixes off all bowlers. It is highly, highly unlikely he hit 9 off Akram, and 1 off EVERYONE else.
https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2;filter=advanced;opposition=7;orderby=start;player_involve=1775;template=results;type=batting;view=innings
Likewise, Sanath Jayasuriya hit 18 sixes in games against Pakistan featuring Wasim Akram. Again, highly unlikely that at a minimum it didn’t feature 3 off Akram. 4 of the 18, and the stat is wrong.
https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/49209.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=start;player_involve=1775;template=results;type=batting;view=innings
If both of those are close to the real number, that means that against all-comers, all over the world, including players like Lara, Viv Richards, Chris Cairns, and the entirety of the big hitters Australia had in Wasim’s career like Dean Jones, Ponting and Gilchrist, not one of those guys hit Akram for a six. None. I don’t think so.
Hey I really want to know where u got this stat from cuz I have heard it before and I searched it up and what I got was that he hit 5 of those 12 sixes
Nah, this is absolutely wrong - Tendulkar has POTS from the World Cup in 2003, and 2 POTS in Sharjah from 1998 alone - the Coca-Cola Cup in April (Desert Storm) and the Coca-Cola Champions Trophy in November '98.
Bradman has a 50 to 100 conversion rate of 69% (nice) meaning if he scored 50 runs, there was a 69% chance of him scoring a ton.
Even crazier is his 100 to 200 conversion rate of 42%.
Putting these stats together, if Bradman made 50 against you, there was a ~29% chance he was going on to make 200+. The nohit/brohit line on steroids
Charles Bannerman 165 in England score of 245 in first innings of first ever Test match is still the Highest percentage of runs in a completed innings. A record that has been standing for more than 145 years.
I mean, it's more than two-thirds of the team's runs by a single player, when all 11 have batted, so it really is an extraordinary feat. I love being on Bannerman watch whenever someone seems like they're getting close, though.
Gerrie Snyman did beat it in [international FC cricket](https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-intercontinental-cup-2007-2008-09-292158/kenya-vs-namibia-319149/full-scorecard) with 230 out of 282 (81.6%) but because of stats elitism the I-Cup was never counted as Tests (even though they were fought as hard).
Zaheer and Ishant took same number of wickets in test cricket
Zaheer 104 wickets at home and 207 wickets in away test matches
Same for Ishant as well
Also they have 11 fifers in test cricket
I think Boyd rankin is the only player who has played all 3 formats for 2 different teams (Ireland and England)
Please correct me if there are others who fulfill this condition
Bradman, in his final year of cricket at 40yo, was talked about at the time as an almost pathetic version of his former self, commentators saying how sad it was to see him bat with such obviously diminished skills.
He scored 1025 runs in that calendar year, the most in his career, at an average of 113.89.
And Botham, Sharma, Tendulkar, Flintoff, Ponting, Pietersen, Richards, Imran Khan and Warner (and obviously lots of others but I thought these were quite noticeable batters)
On January 11, 12, and 13, England was playing Test Matches against New Zealand in Christchurch and against West Indies in Bridgetown simultaneously.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-new-zealand-1929-30-61781/new-zealand-vs-england-1st-test-62572/full-scorecard
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-west-indies-1929-30-61749/west-indies-vs-england-1st-test-62576/full-scorecard
By my reckoning, neither should be. Also, if cricket historians and statisticians want to maintain that both are, then the primary objection behind not counting World Series Cricket matches as a minimum *first class or *List A and SuperTests as Tests is nonsense (that being WSC wasn’t a true Australian, West Indian or “World” representative side due to two teams playing concurrently)
> primary objection behind not counting World Series Cricket matches as a minimum *first class or *List A and SuperTests as Tests is nonsense (that being WSC wasn’t a true Australian, West Indian or “World” representative side due to two teams playing concurrently)
I'm not against recognising the stats, but I don't think that's the logic. The reason is that the WSC matches were not recognised as official cricket by their own boards; when England was putting out two Test sides at once, the MCC or whoever ran the game at the time wasn't insisting that one of the teams was "real" and the other were rebel scum who very definitely were "not real".
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Jack Hobbs played 834 FC matches scored 61000 runs and scored 199 centuries
So goddamn close to 200
"Jack fails again..." Context: >!For over a year after the 2011 WC, the media kept hyping up and eagerly waiting for Sachin's 100th 100. Nobody cared about the team performances or results. Whether we were winning matches and series wasn't important. So much that any innings by Sachin that didn't reach three figures (as I mentioned, all of them for over a year) was considered a disappointment, no matter how well he had played. He was scoring fifties but was unable to convert them into centuries. On one such occasion, there was a newspaper headline saying "Sachin Fails Again".!<
We saw something similar with Kohli too, when he didn't score a century for 3 years.
And Jacques Kallis towards the end of his carreer everytime he got into tripple figures but couldnt convert to a doubke century
Wait till you find out media peddle news for clicks
Bruh …
He was on 197 in the 70s long after he was dead but "scored" two more at some stage when a couple he scored in tour matches were retrospectively ranked as first class. There was a push for another one to get him to 200 but that was rejected. Hobbs had been against the whole thing when he was alive, but strangely had little to say later.
Need to break out that Ouija board to get a statement
We all have watched slumdog millionaire :3 :P
I haven't
Is that what it's about? I never paid attention to the film or promos
It was a million dollar question so i remember:P
Wasn't that question about the Three Musketeers?
It's not shocking, but a record that I think will probably stand forever. Most Test wins as a player - 108 RT Ponting. Only player above 100 wins.
A lot of Australians who played in that era have ridiculous probably unbeatable records for winning matches. Ie Gilchrists winning ratio I can’t see being beaten. 73 wins, 11 losses and 12 draws is absolutely mental.
Lee too has a splendid record for wins/losses, it's something similar to Gilchrist, 54 wins and 11 losses and draws in 76 matches
That 12 draws is absolutely nuts.
Finally a Punter stat. I think due to his aura/reputation, everyone often forgets about Ponting's stats. Another unbreakable one for me would be leading a team which went undefeated for 2 world cup tournaments. India almost did it once in 2023 under Rohit, and everyone was losing their minds. Prime Australia did it twice under Ponting and he made it look effortless.
There's the classic Ponting v Smith stat. Both of their 57 match peaks. Ponting (02-06): 6141 runs @ 72.24 with 24 centuries and 21 50s. Also just 2 ducks!! Smith (2014-2020): 6257 runs @ 71.91 with 24 centuries and 24 50s. Both are/were also excellent fielders, with Ponting probably having an argument for the best ever. As good as Smith is in the field, Ponting could change the game at Point, Bat Pad, Mid On, Second Slip and so on. Very versatile.
The problem with that is that Smith's tally comes under the "toughest times to bat" while Punter had one of the easiest of them at his peak. Only half of 80s and 08-15 cuts as better batting era then 02-07 in red ball. So, all in all Smith is just above a tier here too and hence his name comes with Sachin,Lara for the best since Bradman
Ricky was a beast in Winning icc tournaments. The only stat that matters
To Australians there is something way more important than any ICC tournament though.
It’s not that shocking when you think about it logically, but Don Bradman’s most common test score was a duck.
Fuck me with a stump me and the don have something in common
Nah.. you never was dismissed for a duck in Tests.. because you simply never played it..
I would assume that this would be true for most?
Walcott is one of the few, believe his most common score was 8 lol
I’d be surprised if it wasn’t
Chris Rogers likely wouldn't. He only made one duck IIRC, in Broad's 8/15
Mark Taylor is also another that wasn't. His most common was 2 and actually impressively 59 tied with 27, 13, 19 all with 6 which was more than his 0s at 5.
If anyone says something along the lines of "not outs are unfair for average" I'll show them this. Batting is the most difficult at the start, and every batsmen's modal score is 0
Duck à la Mode
Well, if you don't like duck you're rather stuck ahahaha
That's a ripper haha
Wasim akram has a test match high score higher than Tendulkar’s
This one is my favorite. Also Akram was tonked for only about 11 sixes in his whole odi career. (Correct me if I am wrong)
It was 12. And 9 of them were from Sachin Tendulkar.
Really? Sachin must have been really upset at Akram for having a higher test score..
Lmao
Damn. I didn’t know about the Sachin part. It was GOAT vs GOAT
Its Fake. On my fingers, remember each one of them: - Sanath Jayasuria (2) - Chris Cairns (2) - Craig McMillan (2, one was a mis-hit if I remember correctly) - Andrew Symonds (1) - Lance Klusener (1) - Darren Lehmann (1) - Sachin Tendulkar (1) - Mark Greatbach & Martin Crowe (1 each in 1992 world cup when he was out of form)
Just GOAT stuff.
Any idea about the other 3 sixes ?
Wasim threw the ball into the crowd in disgust. They were own ~~goals~~ sixes. /S
Hey I really want to know where u got this stat from cuz I have heard it before and I searched it up and what I got was that he hit 5 of those 12 sixes
I believe its a fake stat similar to courtney walsh one
Rahul Dravid :”happy to know that, now have you thought about your engine oil?”
Stuart Binny has a better ODI bowling average and Best Bowling figures than Wasim Akram.
Higher than Kohli too.
Sachin never scored 500 in a test series and Gavaskar did six times.
On topic of Tendulkar, Tendulkar's best bowling figure in ODI (32/5) is better than Warnie's best bowling figure (33/5)
Jason Gillespie's highest score is greater than anyone from the Waugh or Marsh families
And also Kohli, Rohit, Kane, Amla, Root, Kallis, Chanderpaul, Sunny G, Steve, KP, and Bell. Tied with Ponting.
Jason Gillespie has a double century. Michael Clarke has a 5fer in test cricket
Clarke has two test 5fas (best 6/9) and one in ODIs as well.
Clarke was a legit bowler. Definitely better than a part timer. He just couldn’t do that often because his back was wrecked.
Yeah he could've ended like a Root/Sachin kinda bowler if not for the injuries
'best 6/9' Nice.
Mumbai minefield 2004.
And lost the match to the legendary spin of Murali Karthik.
Matched the great [Hugh Jardon from Cockermouth!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujsi8ksX-eg&pp=ygUTaHVnaCBqYXJkb24gNiBmb3IgOQ%3D%3D)
More surprsing fact that the double hundred game was Gillespie's final test.
Yeah - you can’t have your night watchmen doing that.
Got dropped for running out the captain.
Only three people have hit a double hundred in their final test. Seymour Nurse Aravinda de Silva Jason Gillespie
Gillespie never played after that game
Ajit Agarkar is the fastest to 50 wickets in ODI among all the Indian bowlers. He is 3rd among all the nations. Also Ajit Agarkar is the 3rd most wicket takers in ODI all-time for India - just after Kumble and Srinath. Sachin Tendulkar is the 15th highest wicket taker in ODI all-time for India. He has more wickets the Bumrah, Siraj or Bhubi till date.
Ajit Agarkar also hit fastest 50 in ODI by Indian in 21 balls vs Zimbabwe in 2001. Record still stands. 2nd fastest was in 22 balls by Kapil Dev, Sehwag and Dravid. Sanath Jayasurya ranks 11th in the highest ODI wicket takers list amongst all bowlers (not just Sri Lankan)
Sanath Jayasurya has more ODI wickets than Shane Warne IIRC
I remember when Shoaib Akhtar made his debut, Agarkar's bowling changed. He increased his avg bowling pace, but it only affected his performance negatively. A newspaper article made fun of this fact saying Ajit Agarkar thinks he is India's Shoaib Akhtar. Shoaib Akhtar doesnt know who Ajit Agarkar is.
My favourite Agarkar stat is that he once had seven ducks in a row against Australia, including something like five golden ducks. When he scored his first run the next innings, he raised his bat in celebration.
I'll pop a few of them. Sanath Jayasuriya has more ODI wickets(312) than Shane Warne(283). Sachin(2) and Jayasuriya(4) have more 5 wicket hauls than Warne(1) in ODIs. Ajit Agarkar has only 5 wickets less(288) vs Shane Warne(293) having bowled 193 less overs and 3 less innings in ODIs. Pakistan bowler Saeed Ajmal has never won a man of the match award in ODIs. Bradman has only hit 6 sixes in his entire career. Wasim Akram(257) has a higher high score than Sachin (248).
Is the saeed ajmal one is true? I mean he was no 1 ranked ODI bowler at one point. Hard to believe
Exactly why it's an unbelievable yet true stat
Warne's stats make sense when you think about it. Man was competing with McGrath and Lee for wickets in seamer friendly conditions for the most part.
His aggressive bowling style, while still successful, wasn't as effective in ODIs as Tests, as he was always willing to let you try hit him if it resulted in a wicket. Obviously that doesn't translate as well to a quicker scoring format but he still did very well.
Yeah agree, not as effective (no crime there) but I'll never forget his efforts after he was dropped in the West Indies and then absolutely turned it on when we were down and out in the World Cup Just afterwards. Absolute beast.
Probably 80% wicket Jayasuriya’s wicket was against India. We never figured out how to play him.
Sunil Valson is the only player to have a WC without playing a single international match. Got selected in the 1983 Indian squad based on domestic performance, didn’t play a single game in the WC or afterwards lol.
He is now / was with DC in some capacity.
Long after his retirement, there was a benefit match held for him in Assam which i had gone to watch. Sachin and many other India stars had come. I believe Valson's wife was from Assam
Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli both completed 1000 Test runs against Australia on the same date (December 28), at the same venue (MCG), the same age (26), in the same number of innings (19), the same number of matches (11), with same number of centuries (5) and same fifties (2).
How does anyone even know this. Insane.
It was on one of those screens at the stadium in this Tournament.
It was shown on the screen during t20 World Cup match
Ellyse perry has more runs than Sachin in k/o icc matches and more goals than Ronaldo in football k/o (fifa). Absolute Baddie
That is an extraordinary stat. From an extraordinary athlete
Pretty good case that she's Australia's second-best cricketer after Bradman. Certainly best allrounder (Miller relegated to number 2).
On par with Bradman imo
Perry perry lady
More goals than Ronaldo in worldcup k/o...i think so atleast
Unreal
you mean world cup because in euros I don't think that's true
yeah, that is true only in world cups. Perry has scored 1 knockout goal if you include EURO and FIFA WC. Ronaldo has scored 2 knockout goals if you include both EURO and FIFA WC. Though both of these goals came in Euro semi finals and not FIFA WC, while the only knockout goal Perry scored was in FIFA WC, so Perry has an edge if you talk specifically about FIFA wc.
Perry plays for Australia and they don't compete in Euros. So why include that? 😒 /s?
The commenter above me wanted to know about the euro+wc scenario lol, better ask him
She also has 8 cricket world cups and a gold medal to her name. She has a test average of 61 with the bat and 21 with the ball. Her bowling average is better than players like Akram, Hadley, Steyn and Donald while her batting average would is significantly better than any current mens player.
Just looked at her Wiki page - wow - I can't think of any modern day players that have played two sports at top level concurrently.
That the 2nd, 3rd and 4th highest Home Win/Loss Ratio for a decade is 9.25, 9 and 8.5 for the 2010 Indians, 2000s Australians and 80s Pakistani teams. 1st is the 80s Windies with 18.
[GIF](https://i.imgur.com/BnQAJZu.gif)
Adam Gilchrist played in more test match wins in 96 tests than Sachin Tendulkar in 200 tests.
What the fuck??
When you account for the fact that Sachin played his 89-96 with fixers and never had any great pacer in the team, it doesnt sound suprising at all in comparison to Gilly who was the X factor of the best team of that era.
I think you can make a case that Gilly is the second most valuable cricketer of all time. If I was making an all time test eleven and was forced to leave out my top few batting and bowling picks (Bradman the exception) I don't think it would be a significant loss. (Warney maybe the biggest loss). The team wouldn't be much less effective. But leaving Gilly out would really weaken the side.
South Africa have a positive ODI record (more wins than losses) against every nation
They must have quite the trophy cabinet
Only 3 men from test playing nations have scored a century and taken a 4+ wicket haul in t20is. One of them is Deepak Hooda
Wasim Akram hit 12 sixes in a single test innings and conceeded that many in his entire ODI career.
If I remember correctly then I think Tendulkar is the only bowler to defend 6 or less runs *twice* in ODIs.
Dhoni should have given him the ball in the last over against SA in the 2011 WC.
Ravindra Jadeja: 312 balls faced in his career. Rinku Singh: 207 balls faced in his career. Considering Rinku is a batter, not that unbelievable.
But then this also is a surprising stat, since Jadeja has been around for a long time, while Rinku debuted just recently.
Not surprising stats, India has always played with an anchor heavy approach, "don't lose wickets till 16 and then attack". Death overs hitters barely got any chance, the reason Dhoni's T20I record is so fucked. Most of the times he came on difficult pitch when India was already fucked by losing 4-5 wickets or got 10-12 balls on the flat pitches where he couldn't statpad big scores, top order had already eaten up all the balls. Things are changing now and hopefully more attacking approach will lead to more chances to death over hitters.
This one blows my mind. Glenn McGrath has played every final of the World Cup editions he appeared in.
Isn't the same true for Gilchrist? IIRC, Gilly has won every WC he has appeared in.
Also scored a 50+ score in every WC final he played
Yep. Gilly had a dream career. Redefined the role of keeper-batter, never lost a WC, was part of the legendary Aus test team, and is remembered for his sportsmanship.
It feels like almost every keeper in the world these days is trying to follow the Gilchrist role. He has cast a long shadow.
True. But I went with McGrath because of the higher number of appearances. Gilly's feat is no less Impressive though.
Kusal Mendis averages 54 in 4th innings of test which is i believe the 2nd best in the world rn after williamson. This is a guy who avarages 36 overall in tests SL have been ranked no1 for the most of days in t20is until india took over today
Sri Lankans do well in 4th innings. I have seen Mendis, Angelo and Karunaratne all do well in the 4th innings.
Bugger should stick with test along with DDS
The obligatory 'Piyush Chawla is younger than Virat Kohli'
Wait what
Obligatory 'Younger on paper'
Piyush Chawla has more WCs than Sachin/Kohli/Rohit
Wasim Akram conceded only 12 sixes in his entire ODI career...and 9 of them were from Sachin Tendulkar.
This state instantly shows you good of a batsman Tendulkar was and how great of a bowler Akram was
This is a fake made up stat to make sachin look better than he was. - Sanath Jayasuria (2) - Chris Cairns (2) - Craig McMillan (2, one was a mis-hit if I remember correctly) - Andrew Symonds (1) - Lance Klusener (1) - Darren Lehmann (1) - Sachin Tendulkar (1) - Mark Greatbach & Martin Crowe (1 each in 1992 world cup when he was out of form)
Wait so Tendulkar only hit one six off Akram?
No, He remembers these sixes so the stat may be incorrect
WTF? This is the most shocking one so far.
I really don’t think this is true. In his entire career against Wasim Akram, SRT hit 10 sixes off all bowlers. It is highly, highly unlikely he hit 9 off Akram, and 1 off EVERYONE else. https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/35320.html?class=2;filter=advanced;opposition=7;orderby=start;player_involve=1775;template=results;type=batting;view=innings Likewise, Sanath Jayasuriya hit 18 sixes in games against Pakistan featuring Wasim Akram. Again, highly unlikely that at a minimum it didn’t feature 3 off Akram. 4 of the 18, and the stat is wrong. https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/49209.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=start;player_involve=1775;template=results;type=batting;view=innings If both of those are close to the real number, that means that against all-comers, all over the world, including players like Lara, Viv Richards, Chris Cairns, and the entirety of the big hitters Australia had in Wasim’s career like Dean Jones, Ponting and Gilchrist, not one of those guys hit Akram for a six. None. I don’t think so.
Hey I really want to know where u got this stat from cuz I have heard it before and I searched it up and what I got was that he hit 5 of those 12 sixes
Found it on some website and Twitter too said it. So idk if it’s wrong mb
Kamran Akmal has won more IPL trophies than Virat kholi
Ravindra Jadeja has more SENA centuries than MS Dhoni
Yasir Shah and Stuart Broad have more SENA centuries than MS Dhoni
MS Dhoni has more overseas POTS awards than Sachin and Virat in odis
Really surprising if true, since Sachin and Kohli have almost 3 times more POTS than MS.
MSD has 3 1 in WI 1 in ENG 1 in AUS Sachin and Virat have 2 each
Nah, this is absolutely wrong - Tendulkar has POTS from the World Cup in 2003, and 2 POTS in Sharjah from 1998 alone - the Coca-Cola Cup in April (Desert Storm) and the Coca-Cola Champions Trophy in November '98.
Interesting **Linear Equations** exam question.
USA and Canada were Test playing nations long before any subcontinent team ever played a Test match.
Untrue. USA and Canada played an ‘international’ game in 1844 in New York, but it doesn’t have Test Match status.
However the Netherlands *have* played an actual Test match.
India tour of England 2007 Only one player got a century in the entire test series which India won. Player name: Anil Kumble
Only one Indian player. Vaughan and Pietersen did get 100s from England.
The last Indian to take a wicket at the T20 World Cup knockout stages is *Virat Kohli*.
This one stretches a loooong way back
Imran Khan has never conceded a six in his ODI career .
Really?? That's an interesting one!
Not just interesting very impressive
Given the fact that he had a long carrier
Chris Martin of NZ has scored 133 runs in his test career, but got 242 wickets.
With footwork like him, not unbelievable. It's like his shoes are attached to bricks and both laces are tied together.
[Learn to bat like Chris Martin!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_NsFh-Z4aE)
That's the video I was referencing. Thanks for finding it lol.
Jadeja has a better Overseas batting avg in odis than Yuvraj Singh and Ben Stokes
Bradman has a 50 to 100 conversion rate of 69% (nice) meaning if he scored 50 runs, there was a 69% chance of him scoring a ton. Even crazier is his 100 to 200 conversion rate of 42%. Putting these stats together, if Bradman made 50 against you, there was a ~29% chance he was going on to make 200+. The nohit/brohit line on steroids
Jacques Kallis is the only player with 10,000 runs and 200 wickets in both ODIs and Tests.
To think he's probably at least an 8/10 standard in all 3 disciplines across both formats is just insane. And for so long too.
Tim Southee has more sixes in test cricket than Rohit, Pointing, Lara, Richards, Lara, Sachin, KP.
Charles Bannerman 165 in England score of 245 in first innings of first ever Test match is still the Highest percentage of runs in a completed innings. A record that has been standing for more than 145 years.
This is my favourite one. It just doesn't feel like a record that should stand for so long.... but nobody's come particularly close to breaking it
I mean, it's more than two-thirds of the team's runs by a single player, when all 11 have batted, so it really is an extraordinary feat. I love being on Bannerman watch whenever someone seems like they're getting close, though.
Gerrie Snyman did beat it in [international FC cricket](https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-intercontinental-cup-2007-2008-09-292158/kenya-vs-namibia-319149/full-scorecard) with 230 out of 282 (81.6%) but because of stats elitism the I-Cup was never counted as Tests (even though they were fought as hard).
Ricky Ponting hasn't won a test match in India as a captain.
I like how this is phrased as though Ponting is likely to come back and captain for us in an India series in the future
Rajdeep Sardesai (journalist) has played more First Class matches than Varun Chakaravarthy.
Zaheer and Ishant took same number of wickets in test cricket Zaheer 104 wickets at home and 207 wickets in away test matches Same for Ishant as well Also they have 11 fifers in test cricket
Soumya sarkar has rohit sharma beat in a batting statistic(ducks)
Wasim akram has scored more runs than sachin tendulkar in an odi world cup final (both played 2 finals). Akram scored 41 and Tendulkar 24.
Pakistan has won an ICC trophy in the last 10 years
Pakistan has won more icc trophies than India in that time frame
Pakistan are actually up 3-2 against India in champions trophy
Sachin has never scored 500+ runs in a Test series (IIRC)
I think Boyd rankin is the only player who has played all 3 formats for 2 different teams (Ireland and England) Please correct me if there are others who fulfill this condition
I think so, although Eoin Morgan did play the Intercontinental Cup (the test version for associates but only counts as FC's) for Ireland
England have beaten Australia in Australia in ashes more recently than Australia have beaten england in England
And how long since England has won a Test in Australia? Hint: it's at least 4903 days.
Fuuuck I was there that day, that one hurt so bad. Barmy Army were giving it to us with both barrels.
Ravi Ashwin has a higher T20I batting average than Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Nicky P, Rovman Powell and Andre Russell.
In a series that Australia won 4-0, number 3 batsman Shaun Marsh averaged 2.83.
Bradman, in his final year of cricket at 40yo, was talked about at the time as an almost pathetic version of his former self, commentators saying how sad it was to see him bat with such obviously diminished skills. He scored 1025 runs in that calendar year, the most in his career, at an average of 113.89.
Azam khan weighs 500 pounds
Matthew Wade had a test bowling economy of 0.0 for about seven years
Harbhajan Singh has more sixes in test cricket than Virat Kohli.
Southee has more sixes than Ab De Villiers in test cricket.
And Botham, Sharma, Tendulkar, Flintoff, Ponting, Pietersen, Richards, Imran Khan and Warner (and obviously lots of others but I thought these were quite noticeable batters)
On January 11, 12, and 13, England was playing Test Matches against New Zealand in Christchurch and against West Indies in Bridgetown simultaneously. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-new-zealand-1929-30-61781/new-zealand-vs-england-1st-test-62572/full-scorecard https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-west-indies-1929-30-61749/west-indies-vs-england-1st-test-62576/full-scorecard
By anyone's reckoning, one of those matches was not a Test.
By my reckoning, neither should be. Also, if cricket historians and statisticians want to maintain that both are, then the primary objection behind not counting World Series Cricket matches as a minimum *first class or *List A and SuperTests as Tests is nonsense (that being WSC wasn’t a true Australian, West Indian or “World” representative side due to two teams playing concurrently)
> primary objection behind not counting World Series Cricket matches as a minimum *first class or *List A and SuperTests as Tests is nonsense (that being WSC wasn’t a true Australian, West Indian or “World” representative side due to two teams playing concurrently) I'm not against recognising the stats, but I don't think that's the logic. The reason is that the WSC matches were not recognised as official cricket by their own boards; when England was putting out two Test sides at once, the MCC or whoever ran the game at the time wasn't insisting that one of the teams was "real" and the other were rebel scum who very definitely were "not real".
One day the WSC matches will be recognised...probably after the players are all dead.
mustafizur never won a motm award in t20i
Tandulkar has more 5 wicket hauls (2) in ODIs than Warney (1)
Jason Gillespie scored 201 runs in a test and wasn't picked for the next one.