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.