The youngest bowler to capture five plus wickets in an innings is Nasim-ul-Ghani of Pakistan. He took 5 for 116 against West Indies at Georgetown 1957-58 at the age of 16 years 307 days.

The two cricketers to have registered a hundred and captured ten plus wickets in a test match are Ian Botham of England and Imran Khan of Pakistan. Both of them have performed the feat against India.

The only opening batsman in the world to have aggregated 2000 plus runs without a century is Chetan Chauhan of India

The only captain in the world to have taken nine wickets in an innings is Kapil Dev of India.

CA Walsh of West Indies holds the record for most wickets in a test match while leading a team.

The only two opening batsman who were dismissed by the first ball of a test match on three occasions are Sunil Gavaskar of India and Hannan Sarkar of Bangladesh

The only captain to score a double hundred and capture five wickets in an innings is DS Atkinson of West Indies. He scored 219 and 5 for 56 against Australia at Bridgetown in 1954-55

Mushtaq Mohammad of Pakistan, Garfield Sobers of West Indies and Imran Khan of Pakistan are the only three captains to have registered a hundred and captured eight wickets in a test match

The youngest test captain is T Taibu of Zimbabwe

Imagine a situation like this. In an one day game, the side batting first has scored 125 runs. The side batting second has scored 124 for nine. The bowler starts his run up and sees the non striker backing too much. He throws the ball at the non strikers end to have a run out. The ball misses the stumps and goes towards the striker. The striker hits the ball to the boundary. What is the result of the match ?

The oldest test cricketer to make a debut in a test match is J Southerton of England. He made his test debut at the age of 49 years and 119 days against Australia at Melbourne in 1876-77, which is also the first ever test match played

The oldest test cricketer is W Rhodes of England. He played his last test match at the age of 52 years and 165 days against West Indies at Kingston in 1929-30 {age being computed on the last day of the test match}

S Venkataraghavan of India remains the only cricketer to have played a test match at Lord’s, to have captained at Lord’s and officiated a game at Lord’s as an umpire

 Youngest test player is Mushtaq Mohammad of Pakistan. {Though Hasan Raja of Pakistan is claimed to be the youngest test player, his age is not confirmed}

Sachin Tendulkar is the youngest Indian test cricketer. He made his test debut at the age of 16 years and 205 days against Pakistan at Karachi in 1989-90.

The cricketers who have batted at all positions  {Number one to Eleven} is MH Mankad of India, SE Gregory of Australia and W Rhodes of England

Australia became the first team to score 400 runs for the first time in One day game. They amassed 434 for 4 in 50 overs against South Africa at Johannesburg on 12.03.06

Australia also became the first team to lose a match in one dayers after registering 400 plus runs. South Africa won the match by scoring 434-9 in 49.5 overs.

For the first time in one day games, five bowlers from South Africa conceded 70 plus runs – M Ntini {80}, A Hall {80}, van der waath {76}, Telemachus {87} and Kallis {70} against Australia at Johannesburg on 12.03.06

MJ Lewis become the first bowler in the annals of one day games to concede 100 plus runs without a wicket. He conceded 113 runs against South Africa at Johannesburg on 12.03.06.