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INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE 2009 TIMINGS IN INDIA
April 18 Mumbai vs Chennai Cape Town 4 PM -
April 18 Rajasthan vs Bangalore Cape Town 8 PM
April 19 Delhi vs Punjab Cape Town 4 PM
April 19 Kolkata vs Hyderabad Cape Town 8 PM
April 20 Bangalore vs Chennai Port Elizabeth 8 PM
April 21 Kolkata vs Punjab Durban 4 PM
April 21 Rajasthan vs Mumbai Durban 8 PM
April 22 Banglore vs Hyderabad Cape Town 8 PM
April 23 Delhi vs Chennai Durban 4 PM
April 23 Kolkata vs Rajasthan Cape Town 8 PM
April 24 Punjab vs Banglore Durban 8 PM
April 25 Hyderabad vs Mumbai Durban 4 PM
April 25 Kolkata vs Chennai Cape Town 8 PM
April 26 Banglore vs Delhi Port Elizabeth 4 PM
April 26 Rajasthan vs Punjab Cape Town 8 PM
April 27 Chennai vs Hyderabad Durban 4 PM
April 27 Kolkata vs Mumbai Port Elizabeth 8 PM
April 28 Delhi vs Rajasthan Pretoria 8 PM
April 29 Kolkata vs Banglore Durban 4 PM
April 29 Mumbai vs Punjab Durban 8 PM
April 30 Delhi vs Hyderabad Pretoria 4 PM
April 30 Rajasthan vs Chennai Pretoria 8 PM
May 1 Mumbai vs Kolkata East London 4 PM
May 1 Banglore vs Punjab Durban 8 PM
May 2 Rajasthan vs Hyderabad Port Elizabeth 4 PM
May 2 Chennai vs Delhi Johannesburg 8 PM
May 3 Punjab vs Kolkata Port Elizabeth 4 PM
May 3 Mumbai vs Banglore Johannesburg 8 PM
May 4 Hyderabad vs Chennai East London 8 PM
May 5 Punjab vs Rajasthan Durban 4 PM
May 5 Delhi vs Kolkata Durban 8 PM
May 6 Mumbai vs Hyderabad Pretoria 8 PM
May 7 Banglore vs Rajasthan Pretoria 4 PM
May 7 Punjab vs Chennai Pretoria 8 PM
May 8 Delhi vs Mumbai East London 8 PM
May 9 Hyderabad vs Punjab Kimberley 4 PM
May 9 Chennai vs Rajasthan Kimberley 8 PM
May 10 Banglore vs Mumbai Port Elizabeth 4 PM
May 10 Kolkata vs Delhi Port Elizabeth 8 PM
May 11 Hyderabad vs Rajasthan Kimberley 8 PM
May 12 Banglore vs Kolkata Pretoria 4 PM
May 12 Punjab vs Mumbai Pretoria 8 PM
May 13 Hyderabad vs Delhi Durban 8 PM
May 14 Chennai vs Banglore Durban 4 PM
May 14 Mumbai vs Rajasthan Durban 8 PM
May 15 Punjab vs Delhi Bloemfontein 8 PM
May 16 Chennai vs Mumbai Port Elizabeth 4 PM
May 16 Hyderabad vs Kolkata Johannesburg 8 PM
May 17 Punjab vs Hyderabad Johannesburg 4 PM
May 17 Rajasthan vs Delhi Bloemfontein 8 PM
May 18 Chennai vs Kolkata Pretoria 8 PM
May 19 Delhi vs Banglore Johannesburg 8 PM
May 20 Rajasthan vs Kolkata Durban 4 PM
May 20 Chennai vs Punjab Durban 8 PM
May 21 Mumbai vs Delhi Pretoria 4 PM
May 21 Hyderabad vs Banglore Pretoria 8 PM
May 22 Semi Final 1 Pretoria 4 PM
May 23 Semi Final 2 Johannesburg 4 PM
May 24 FINAL Johannesburg 8 PM
Friday, April 10, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
CRICKET INTRESTING FACTS
Douglas Jardine the captain of England in the (in) famous “Bodyline series” was born in Bombay in a small place called Malabar Hill.
Mohammed Azharruddin is the only player in the history of Test cricket to score a century in each of his first three test matches.
Mike Hendrick of England in a Test vs. India clean-bowled Madan Lal leaving his middle stump upright and uprooting his off and leg stumps.
M.L.Jaisimha of India was the first batsman to bat on all five days of a Test.
Lala Amarnath holds the unique distinction of being the only bowler to dismiss Don Bradman courtesy of a hit-wicket.
India had to wait for a period of 19 years & 230 days before registering its first victory.
Tom Graveney of England and Australia’s Barry Jarman captained their respective sides in just one Test and never led again.
The legendary captain of the West Indies, Clive Lloyd was the first captain to win 25 Test Matches.
Alec Bedser the former England fast bowler is the only bowler to dismiss Bradman for a duck on more than one occasion.
Narendra Hirwani took 16 wickets on his debut versus West Indies.
In his debut series against West Indies in1974, Sunil Gavaskar scored a
mammoth 774 runs including 4 centuries in which one being a double
century.
M.A.K.Pataudi was captain in 40 of the 46 Tests he played for India.
Bapu Nadkarni sent down 131 deliveries (21.5 overs) without conceding a single run vs. England at Madras in 1964.
Allen Hill was the first player to hold a catch in Tests.
The first Test Match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between England and Australia from 15th –19th March 1877.
India is the only team to be dismissed twice in a single day of test match.
Javed Miandad the former Pakistani captain holds the record for the youngest double centurion.
G.R.Viswanath is the only Indian player to score a duck and a century on debut.
Clem Hill’s scores in his first three Test innings was 99,98 and 97 runs.
5,028 out of 6,996 runs of Don Bradman were scored against England.
Geoff Boycott, Kim Hughes & M.L Jaisimha are the only 3 batsman to bat on all five days of a Test.
Wally Hammond of England became the first batsman to score a triple century.
Anil Dalpat Sonavaria was the first Hindu to play Test Cricket for Pakistan.
The 6 balls over were first introduced in 1900.
The famous Indian spin quartet of yesteryears, Bedi, Prassanna, Venkataraghavan & Chandrashekhar played together in only a single Test.
The first Indian to play Test Cricket was K.S.Ranjitsinjhi who represented England between 1896 and 1902.
The great Indian all-rounder Kapil Dev is the youngest to take 200 wickets.
Jim Laker took 19 of the 20 Australian wickets to fall in a single Test.
When Jim Laker took 19 wickets in a single Test, Tony Lock took the only other wicket to fall to a different bowler.
Graham Corling of Australia and Geoff Boycott the former English opening batsman made their debut in the same Test. Corling dismissed Boycott in his first three Test innings and each time had him caught in the slips by Bobby Simpson.
Sunil Gavaskar has featured in a record 52 century partnerships.
The most 100’s vs West Indies hit by any player is Sunil Gavaskar who struck 13 centuries defying the mighty Caribbean pace attack.
The lowest score in an inning by any team is 26 by New Zealand vs England at Auckland in 1955.
Greg Chappell hit a century on debut and his last match.
Chetan Chauhan scored over 2000 runs without ever reaching the three-figure mark even once. His highest score being 97.
Allan Border’s Australian team was the first team to score over 400 runs in 8 successive first innings of a Test.
Gul Mohammad, Amir Elahi & and Abdul Kardar played Test Cricket for India and Pakistan before and after independence respectively.
Don Bradman was never out in nineties. His highest double figure score was 89.
England’s David Gower and Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi both hit their first ball they faced in Test Cricket for a boundary of the bowling of Liaqat Ali & Glenn McGrath respectively.
Charles Bannerman faced the first ball bowled in Test Cricket history from England’s Alfred Shaw.
Lala Amarnath was sent back home from the tour of England in1936 due to disciplinary reasons.
Vijay Hazare is the only batsman to score two separate centuries on two successive days.
Javed Miandad scored record 504 runs in his first five Test innings including a century on debut vs New Zealand.
The spin quartet of yesteryears, Bedi, Prassanna, Venkataraghavan & Chandrasekhar took a total of 853 Tests wickets between them.
India’s Yajurvindra Singh & Greg Chappell of Australia share the world record of taking the most catches in a Test match i.e. 7 catches.
The honour of scoring the first double hundred at Lord’s by an Asian goes to Pakistan’s former opening batsman Mohsin Khan.
Sunil Gavaskar & Allan Border hold the record for most number of 100`s and 50`s respectively in Test Cricket.
Allan Border appeared consecutively in a record 106 Tests.
Wilfred Rhodes and Vinoo Mankad batted in all positions from 1-11.
India’s Abbas Ali Baig was the first batsman to hit a century on debut against England in England.
Javed Burki, Majid Khan & Imran Khan are all cousins who were captain of Pakistan in Test Cricket.
Ellis Edgar Achong who played Tests for West Indies is the only player of Chinese descent.
Frank Chester a former English cricketer, lost an arm in the First World War and went on to become a very reputed umpire from 1924-55, a career spanning over three decades and 48 Tests.
Lala Amarnath the first Indian centurion was also the first to do it on debut for India.
C.A.Reid and R.B.Terry were the two umpires in the very first Test Match ever.
In the history of Test Cricket only four batsmen have scored centuries in their 100th Test - Colin Cowdrey, Javed Miandad, Gordon Greenidge & Alec Stewart.
Marvan Atapattu scored five ducks in his first six Test innings, which included two pairs.
Sri Lankan wicket-keepers Brendon Kuruppu & Romesh Kaluwitharana both scored hundreds on their Test debut.
Manoj Prabhakar against Australia at Brisbane in 1991 was the first bowler to be given no balled under the new law prohibiting any bowler from bowling more than one bouncer at one batsman in the same over.
West Indies did not lose even one of the twelve Test Series which was leaded by Viv Richards as Captain.
Against Australia in 1990 Martin Snedden remained scoreless for 94 minutes.
Just before the 5th Test vs Australia in 1991 at his hometown Antigua, Viv Richards had announced, that would be his last Test, in the Caribbean and he made 0 & 2 runs respectively.
A veteran of 50 Tests, the former English Captain, Mike Smith at Brisbane in the first Test between Australia and India in 1991-92 became the first match referee ever in Tests.
Sachin Tendulkar at 18 years and 256 days is the youngest to score a Test century in Australia.
Edward Grace, Frederick Grace & William Grace, representing England provided Test Cricket with the first instance of three brothers playing Tests.
James Lillywhite who was the captain of England in the inaugural Test eventually went on to become the first cricketer turned umpire.
William Midwinter started his career playing eight Tests for Australia and subsequently went on to represent England in a further four making him the first player to play Test Cricket for two countries.
Richard Barlow & George Ulyett of England featured in the first ever century stand for opening batsman in Test Cricket.
Edmund Tylecote of England was the first wicket-keeper to score a 50.
Four different pitches were use in a Test between England and Australia at Sydney in 1883.
Frederick Spofforth a tall right hand fast medium bowler from Australia claimed 13/110 at Melbourne in1879 making him the first to take 10 wickets or more in a Test.
William Bates achieved the first hat-trick for England and in the same match became the first ever to score a 50 and take 10 wickets .A unique treble.
William Murdoch of Australia became the first substitute fielder to take a catch in Tests. The interesting thing is that he did so while fielding for the opposition.
Percy McDonnell the former captain of Australia was the first to score two 100`s successively.
Charlie Turner and John Ferris of Australia were the first pair of bowlers to dismiss the opposition on their own.
William Murdoch of Australia became the first to score a double ton in Tests.
Charles Bannerman was the first centurion in Test Cricket.
Australian Frederick Spofforth recorded the first ever hat-trick in Tests. His victims were Royle , MacKinnon & Emmett- the first 2 clean bowled and the latter caught.
Hits out of the ground in early Tests accounted only for 5 runs and only 4 in England instead of 6.
Hits out of the ground in early Tests accounted only for 5 runs and only 4 in England instead of 6.
Test #25 saw an unique occurrence of two brothers in a Test where Charles Bannerman was the umpire and his brother Alexander Bannerman as a player.
Charles Smith of England, John Anderson and Henry Taberer of South Africa were all captains of their respective sides in the sole Test they played.
John Briggs of England once took 15 South African wickets unaided. He got 14 batsman bowled and 1 Lbw including 8 all bowled in the 2nd innings.
The first 30 Tests played from 1877-88 were only between England and Australia. The 31stTest in 1889 saw the advent of South Africa being the third nation to play Test Matches.
The first batsman to carry his bat through out a completed innings was The first batsman to carry his bat through out a completed innings was.
Umpire James Philips of Australia was the first to officiate in more than one country.
Andrew Stoddart a former England captain was the first to declare an innings closed.
Stanley Jackson of England was the first to reach a ton without a hit over the boundary which was then worth only 4.
The bowler/wicket keeper combination of Dennis Lillee & Rod Marsh realized a record 88 dismissals.
Graham Yallop was the first to wear a helmet .vs West Indies at Bridgetown on 17th March 1978 and later England’s Dennis Amiss popularized it in Test Cricket.
December 29, 1894 saw the first instance of a batsman falling to the first ball of the match. Archibald Maclaren of England was bowled by debutant Arthur Conningham’s first ball of the Melbourne test.
England’s John Briggs in his 25th Test became the first bowler to reach the landmark of 100 wickets.
The 1896 Port Elizabeth Test between England and South Africa saw SA dismissed for their lowest total ever. They were all out in just 94 balls in the 2nd innings.
The 1896 Port Elizabeth Test between England and South Africa saw a total of 23 batsmen out bowled.
India’s K.S. Ranjitsinjhi was England’s second player to hit a century on debut after W.G. Grace.
At least one of the illustrious set of the 4 Mohammad brothers represented Pakistan in 100 out of their first 101Test Matches in 27 yrs starting from 1952-80.
George Giffen of Australia who was known as the W.G Grace of Australia played 31 Tests and all against England.
K.S. Ranjitsinjhi scored a ton on his first appearance in England and Australia.
Debutant Arthur Conningham was the 1st bowler to get a wicket of his very first ball he delivered in Tests by clean bowling opening batsman Archibald Maclaren of England.
The 1000th Test in Test annals was played at Hyderabad in the Sindh province of Pakistan from 25th–30th November 1984 , in which the hosts got the better of New Zealand by seven wickets.
Chris Cowdrey of England got Kapil Dev with his fourth ball in Tests. His father Colin Cowdrey who was in London listening to the commentary while driving was so surprised he drove into the wrong direction of a one way road.
The oldest debutant for India was Rustomji Jamshedji Dorabji Jamshedji aged 41 years & 27 days.
Kapil Dev`s only break of one Test in his 131 Test career came after 65 Tests.
Only in their 13th Test did Sri Lanka manage to dismiss the opposition twice , dismissing India at Colombo in 1985.
Former Australian wicket-keeper Tim Zoehrer was the first night-watchman in both innings of a Test.
Kapil Dev`s first win as Captain came vs England at Lord`s on 10th June 1986 in his 21st Test as Captain.
Ravi Shastri was the first Indian to hit 6 sixes in an innings.
Dilip Vengsarkar was the first batsman to score three centuries at Lord`s.
David Gower was the first English bowler at home to be called for throwing. He deliberately chucked the last ball of a Test vs New Zealand when the Kiwis needed just one run to secure victory at Trentbridge in 1986.
Imran Khan’s last Test innings was a duck against Sri Lanka in 1991-92. Ironically in his previous Test innings he had declared when he was 7 short of his 7th Test hundred.
Arjuna Ranatunga, former SriLankan captain was dismissed for a pair in the first Test after being relieved of Captaincy.
England was the first team to win successively 3 tests against three different oppositions – namely WI, Sri and NZ in 1991-92.
Andrew Hudson who was South Africa’s 238th player in Tests was the 1st South African batsman to hit a century on debut.
Aamir Sohail & Wasim Akram are the only Left handed batsman to score double hundreds from Pakistan.
Zimbabwe who achieved Test status in 1992 recorded the highest total by any team in its inaugural Test.
John Traicos who initially played Tests for South Africa before their ban had to wait for 22 years & 222 days for his next Test which he did so for Zimbabwe.
Joe Darling of Australia was the first left handed batsman to make a century in Tests , thus ending a sequence of 43 tons by right handers.
The first bowler to be no-balled for throwing was Australia`s Ernest Jones and the umpire to call him was James Philips.
England`s Archibald Maclaren was the first batsman to reach a century with a 6.
W.G.Grace played his last Test aged 50, as captain and the oldest to do so.
Former English cricketer Bernard Bosanquet a bowler from Middlesex invented the googly.
The captains of England and Australia in the 1905 series , Francis Jackson and Joe Darling interestingly shared the same date of birth-21st November 1870.
John MacBryan of England in his only Test appearance at Old Trafford neither batted , bowled nor took a catch.
William Oldfield of Australia was the first wicket-keeper to effect 5 dismissals in an innings of which 4 were stumpings.
All the 4 century makers in the Lord`s Test between England and Australia in1926 were aged above 35.
George Gunn of England was recalled at the age of fifty to tour West Indies after an interval of 17 years.
Eiulf Peter Nupen a former South African captain born of Norwegian parents was totally blind in one eye since the age of four.
The 2nd Test of England vs South Africa at Newlands, Capetown in 1931 was the first Test to be played on a turf wicket in South Africa. All the previous 40 Tests were played on matting wickets.
Don Bradman was the youngest to score a triple century in Tests.
Don Bradman`s scores in his first and final Tests were 18,1 & 0 respectively.
Don Bradman in his first three innings as captain made 38, 0, 0 vs England.
Herbert Wade was the captain in all 10 Tests he played for South Africa.
The start of the 5th Test of England vs South Africa at Kingsmead, Durban in 1931 was delayed by 20 minutes due to the unavailability of the correct size of the bails.
Mohammed Azharruddin is the only player in the history of Test cricket to score a century in each of his first three test matches.
Mike Hendrick of England in a Test vs. India clean-bowled Madan Lal leaving his middle stump upright and uprooting his off and leg stumps.
M.L.Jaisimha of India was the first batsman to bat on all five days of a Test.
Lala Amarnath holds the unique distinction of being the only bowler to dismiss Don Bradman courtesy of a hit-wicket.
India had to wait for a period of 19 years & 230 days before registering its first victory.
Tom Graveney of England and Australia’s Barry Jarman captained their respective sides in just one Test and never led again.
The legendary captain of the West Indies, Clive Lloyd was the first captain to win 25 Test Matches.
Alec Bedser the former England fast bowler is the only bowler to dismiss Bradman for a duck on more than one occasion.
Narendra Hirwani took 16 wickets on his debut versus West Indies.
In his debut series against West Indies in1974, Sunil Gavaskar scored a
mammoth 774 runs including 4 centuries in which one being a double
century.
M.A.K.Pataudi was captain in 40 of the 46 Tests he played for India.
Bapu Nadkarni sent down 131 deliveries (21.5 overs) without conceding a single run vs. England at Madras in 1964.
Allen Hill was the first player to hold a catch in Tests.
The first Test Match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between England and Australia from 15th –19th March 1877.
India is the only team to be dismissed twice in a single day of test match.
Javed Miandad the former Pakistani captain holds the record for the youngest double centurion.
G.R.Viswanath is the only Indian player to score a duck and a century on debut.
Clem Hill’s scores in his first three Test innings was 99,98 and 97 runs.
5,028 out of 6,996 runs of Don Bradman were scored against England.
Geoff Boycott, Kim Hughes & M.L Jaisimha are the only 3 batsman to bat on all five days of a Test.
Wally Hammond of England became the first batsman to score a triple century.
Anil Dalpat Sonavaria was the first Hindu to play Test Cricket for Pakistan.
The 6 balls over were first introduced in 1900.
The famous Indian spin quartet of yesteryears, Bedi, Prassanna, Venkataraghavan & Chandrashekhar played together in only a single Test.
The first Indian to play Test Cricket was K.S.Ranjitsinjhi who represented England between 1896 and 1902.
The great Indian all-rounder Kapil Dev is the youngest to take 200 wickets.
Jim Laker took 19 of the 20 Australian wickets to fall in a single Test.
When Jim Laker took 19 wickets in a single Test, Tony Lock took the only other wicket to fall to a different bowler.
Graham Corling of Australia and Geoff Boycott the former English opening batsman made their debut in the same Test. Corling dismissed Boycott in his first three Test innings and each time had him caught in the slips by Bobby Simpson.
Sunil Gavaskar has featured in a record 52 century partnerships.
The most 100’s vs West Indies hit by any player is Sunil Gavaskar who struck 13 centuries defying the mighty Caribbean pace attack.
The lowest score in an inning by any team is 26 by New Zealand vs England at Auckland in 1955.
Greg Chappell hit a century on debut and his last match.
Chetan Chauhan scored over 2000 runs without ever reaching the three-figure mark even once. His highest score being 97.
Allan Border’s Australian team was the first team to score over 400 runs in 8 successive first innings of a Test.
Gul Mohammad, Amir Elahi & and Abdul Kardar played Test Cricket for India and Pakistan before and after independence respectively.
Don Bradman was never out in nineties. His highest double figure score was 89.
England’s David Gower and Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi both hit their first ball they faced in Test Cricket for a boundary of the bowling of Liaqat Ali & Glenn McGrath respectively.
Charles Bannerman faced the first ball bowled in Test Cricket history from England’s Alfred Shaw.
Lala Amarnath was sent back home from the tour of England in1936 due to disciplinary reasons.
Vijay Hazare is the only batsman to score two separate centuries on two successive days.
Javed Miandad scored record 504 runs in his first five Test innings including a century on debut vs New Zealand.
The spin quartet of yesteryears, Bedi, Prassanna, Venkataraghavan & Chandrasekhar took a total of 853 Tests wickets between them.
India’s Yajurvindra Singh & Greg Chappell of Australia share the world record of taking the most catches in a Test match i.e. 7 catches.
The honour of scoring the first double hundred at Lord’s by an Asian goes to Pakistan’s former opening batsman Mohsin Khan.
Sunil Gavaskar & Allan Border hold the record for most number of 100`s and 50`s respectively in Test Cricket.
Allan Border appeared consecutively in a record 106 Tests.
Wilfred Rhodes and Vinoo Mankad batted in all positions from 1-11.
India’s Abbas Ali Baig was the first batsman to hit a century on debut against England in England.
Javed Burki, Majid Khan & Imran Khan are all cousins who were captain of Pakistan in Test Cricket.
Ellis Edgar Achong who played Tests for West Indies is the only player of Chinese descent.
Frank Chester a former English cricketer, lost an arm in the First World War and went on to become a very reputed umpire from 1924-55, a career spanning over three decades and 48 Tests.
Lala Amarnath the first Indian centurion was also the first to do it on debut for India.
C.A.Reid and R.B.Terry were the two umpires in the very first Test Match ever.
In the history of Test Cricket only four batsmen have scored centuries in their 100th Test - Colin Cowdrey, Javed Miandad, Gordon Greenidge & Alec Stewart.
Marvan Atapattu scored five ducks in his first six Test innings, which included two pairs.
Sri Lankan wicket-keepers Brendon Kuruppu & Romesh Kaluwitharana both scored hundreds on their Test debut.
Manoj Prabhakar against Australia at Brisbane in 1991 was the first bowler to be given no balled under the new law prohibiting any bowler from bowling more than one bouncer at one batsman in the same over.
West Indies did not lose even one of the twelve Test Series which was leaded by Viv Richards as Captain.
Against Australia in 1990 Martin Snedden remained scoreless for 94 minutes.
Just before the 5th Test vs Australia in 1991 at his hometown Antigua, Viv Richards had announced, that would be his last Test, in the Caribbean and he made 0 & 2 runs respectively.
A veteran of 50 Tests, the former English Captain, Mike Smith at Brisbane in the first Test between Australia and India in 1991-92 became the first match referee ever in Tests.
Sachin Tendulkar at 18 years and 256 days is the youngest to score a Test century in Australia.
Edward Grace, Frederick Grace & William Grace, representing England provided Test Cricket with the first instance of three brothers playing Tests.
James Lillywhite who was the captain of England in the inaugural Test eventually went on to become the first cricketer turned umpire.
William Midwinter started his career playing eight Tests for Australia and subsequently went on to represent England in a further four making him the first player to play Test Cricket for two countries.
Richard Barlow & George Ulyett of England featured in the first ever century stand for opening batsman in Test Cricket.
Edmund Tylecote of England was the first wicket-keeper to score a 50.
Four different pitches were use in a Test between England and Australia at Sydney in 1883.
Frederick Spofforth a tall right hand fast medium bowler from Australia claimed 13/110 at Melbourne in1879 making him the first to take 10 wickets or more in a Test.
William Bates achieved the first hat-trick for England and in the same match became the first ever to score a 50 and take 10 wickets .A unique treble.
William Murdoch of Australia became the first substitute fielder to take a catch in Tests. The interesting thing is that he did so while fielding for the opposition.
Percy McDonnell the former captain of Australia was the first to score two 100`s successively.
Charlie Turner and John Ferris of Australia were the first pair of bowlers to dismiss the opposition on their own.
William Murdoch of Australia became the first to score a double ton in Tests.
Charles Bannerman was the first centurion in Test Cricket.
Australian Frederick Spofforth recorded the first ever hat-trick in Tests. His victims were Royle , MacKinnon & Emmett- the first 2 clean bowled and the latter caught.
Hits out of the ground in early Tests accounted only for 5 runs and only 4 in England instead of 6.
Hits out of the ground in early Tests accounted only for 5 runs and only 4 in England instead of 6.
Test #25 saw an unique occurrence of two brothers in a Test where Charles Bannerman was the umpire and his brother Alexander Bannerman as a player.
Charles Smith of England, John Anderson and Henry Taberer of South Africa were all captains of their respective sides in the sole Test they played.
John Briggs of England once took 15 South African wickets unaided. He got 14 batsman bowled and 1 Lbw including 8 all bowled in the 2nd innings.
The first 30 Tests played from 1877-88 were only between England and Australia. The 31stTest in 1889 saw the advent of South Africa being the third nation to play Test Matches.
The first batsman to carry his bat through out a completed innings was The first batsman to carry his bat through out a completed innings was.
Umpire James Philips of Australia was the first to officiate in more than one country.
Andrew Stoddart a former England captain was the first to declare an innings closed.
Stanley Jackson of England was the first to reach a ton without a hit over the boundary which was then worth only 4.
The bowler/wicket keeper combination of Dennis Lillee & Rod Marsh realized a record 88 dismissals.
Graham Yallop was the first to wear a helmet .vs West Indies at Bridgetown on 17th March 1978 and later England’s Dennis Amiss popularized it in Test Cricket.
December 29, 1894 saw the first instance of a batsman falling to the first ball of the match. Archibald Maclaren of England was bowled by debutant Arthur Conningham’s first ball of the Melbourne test.
England’s John Briggs in his 25th Test became the first bowler to reach the landmark of 100 wickets.
The 1896 Port Elizabeth Test between England and South Africa saw SA dismissed for their lowest total ever. They were all out in just 94 balls in the 2nd innings.
The 1896 Port Elizabeth Test between England and South Africa saw a total of 23 batsmen out bowled.
India’s K.S. Ranjitsinjhi was England’s second player to hit a century on debut after W.G. Grace.
At least one of the illustrious set of the 4 Mohammad brothers represented Pakistan in 100 out of their first 101Test Matches in 27 yrs starting from 1952-80.
George Giffen of Australia who was known as the W.G Grace of Australia played 31 Tests and all against England.
K.S. Ranjitsinjhi scored a ton on his first appearance in England and Australia.
Debutant Arthur Conningham was the 1st bowler to get a wicket of his very first ball he delivered in Tests by clean bowling opening batsman Archibald Maclaren of England.
The 1000th Test in Test annals was played at Hyderabad in the Sindh province of Pakistan from 25th–30th November 1984 , in which the hosts got the better of New Zealand by seven wickets.
Chris Cowdrey of England got Kapil Dev with his fourth ball in Tests. His father Colin Cowdrey who was in London listening to the commentary while driving was so surprised he drove into the wrong direction of a one way road.
The oldest debutant for India was Rustomji Jamshedji Dorabji Jamshedji aged 41 years & 27 days.
Kapil Dev`s only break of one Test in his 131 Test career came after 65 Tests.
Only in their 13th Test did Sri Lanka manage to dismiss the opposition twice , dismissing India at Colombo in 1985.
Former Australian wicket-keeper Tim Zoehrer was the first night-watchman in both innings of a Test.
Kapil Dev`s first win as Captain came vs England at Lord`s on 10th June 1986 in his 21st Test as Captain.
Ravi Shastri was the first Indian to hit 6 sixes in an innings.
Dilip Vengsarkar was the first batsman to score three centuries at Lord`s.
David Gower was the first English bowler at home to be called for throwing. He deliberately chucked the last ball of a Test vs New Zealand when the Kiwis needed just one run to secure victory at Trentbridge in 1986.
Imran Khan’s last Test innings was a duck against Sri Lanka in 1991-92. Ironically in his previous Test innings he had declared when he was 7 short of his 7th Test hundred.
Arjuna Ranatunga, former SriLankan captain was dismissed for a pair in the first Test after being relieved of Captaincy.
England was the first team to win successively 3 tests against three different oppositions – namely WI, Sri and NZ in 1991-92.
Andrew Hudson who was South Africa’s 238th player in Tests was the 1st South African batsman to hit a century on debut.
Aamir Sohail & Wasim Akram are the only Left handed batsman to score double hundreds from Pakistan.
Zimbabwe who achieved Test status in 1992 recorded the highest total by any team in its inaugural Test.
John Traicos who initially played Tests for South Africa before their ban had to wait for 22 years & 222 days for his next Test which he did so for Zimbabwe.
Joe Darling of Australia was the first left handed batsman to make a century in Tests , thus ending a sequence of 43 tons by right handers.
The first bowler to be no-balled for throwing was Australia`s Ernest Jones and the umpire to call him was James Philips.
England`s Archibald Maclaren was the first batsman to reach a century with a 6.
W.G.Grace played his last Test aged 50, as captain and the oldest to do so.
Former English cricketer Bernard Bosanquet a bowler from Middlesex invented the googly.
The captains of England and Australia in the 1905 series , Francis Jackson and Joe Darling interestingly shared the same date of birth-21st November 1870.
John MacBryan of England in his only Test appearance at Old Trafford neither batted , bowled nor took a catch.
William Oldfield of Australia was the first wicket-keeper to effect 5 dismissals in an innings of which 4 were stumpings.
All the 4 century makers in the Lord`s Test between England and Australia in1926 were aged above 35.
George Gunn of England was recalled at the age of fifty to tour West Indies after an interval of 17 years.
Eiulf Peter Nupen a former South African captain born of Norwegian parents was totally blind in one eye since the age of four.
The 2nd Test of England vs South Africa at Newlands, Capetown in 1931 was the first Test to be played on a turf wicket in South Africa. All the previous 40 Tests were played on matting wickets.
Don Bradman was the youngest to score a triple century in Tests.
Don Bradman`s scores in his first and final Tests were 18,1 & 0 respectively.
Don Bradman in his first three innings as captain made 38, 0, 0 vs England.
Herbert Wade was the captain in all 10 Tests he played for South Africa.
The start of the 5th Test of England vs South Africa at Kingsmead, Durban in 1931 was delayed by 20 minutes due to the unavailability of the correct size of the bails.
M.S.DHONI MAY BE ELECTION COMMISSION'S POLL AMBASSADOR
RANCHI: The Election Commission is keen to rope in film stars and popular sportspersons like cricketer M S Dhoni with "non-political background" as Poll Ambassadors to motivate young voters to exercise their right to franchise.
"People should know that exercising their franchise is not only their right but also their duty so the Election Commission has mooted the idea to seek the help of stars to attract young voters," Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi said here on Saturday.
Asked whether the Indian cricket captain is one of the stars whose help the EC has sought, Quraishi said, "If Dhoni offers to become one, we will be very happy".
"Dhoni is our hero, and the youth voters will be influenced by him (to cast votes). But he has to offer first," Quraishi quickly added when asked whether the EC would make him as its poll ambassador.
"The voters should be told to elect good candidates," the Election Commissioner said.
Dhoni has been enrolled in electoral rolls recently, Quraishi said. He, however, expressed disappointment with the average coverage of electoral photo identity roll in Jharkhand.
"It (the average) is less than compared to other states," he added.
"People should know that exercising their franchise is not only their right but also their duty so the Election Commission has mooted the idea to seek the help of stars to attract young voters," Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi said here on Saturday.
Asked whether the Indian cricket captain is one of the stars whose help the EC has sought, Quraishi said, "If Dhoni offers to become one, we will be very happy".
"Dhoni is our hero, and the youth voters will be influenced by him (to cast votes). But he has to offer first," Quraishi quickly added when asked whether the EC would make him as its poll ambassador.
"The voters should be told to elect good candidates," the Election Commissioner said.
Dhoni has been enrolled in electoral rolls recently, Quraishi said. He, however, expressed disappointment with the average coverage of electoral photo identity roll in Jharkhand.
"It (the average) is less than compared to other states," he added.
Monday, March 30, 2009
NEW SHEDULE OF IPL
The opening match and final of the second edition of IPL, shifted overseas to South Africa, are to be held at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town and the Wanderers in Johannesburg respectively on April 18 and May 24.
The semi-finals are to be held on May 22 and 23 in Pretoria and Johannesburg respectively, as per the full schedule of the Twenty20 League.
April 18: Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore (4 pm) at Cape Town; Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings (8 pm) at Cape Town
April 19: Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers (4 pm) at Cape Town; Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab (8 pm) at Cape Town.
April 20: RCB V CSK (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth. April 21: RR v MI (4 pm) at Durban; KKR v KXIP (8 pm) at Durban
April 22: DD v CSK (4 pm) at Durban; RCB v DC (8 pm) at Cape Town
April 23: KKR v RR (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth April 24: KXIP v RCB (4 pm) at Johannesburg April 25: KKR v CSK (4 pm) at Cape Town; DC v MI (8 pm) at Durban.
April 26: RR v KXIP (4 pm) at Cape Town; RCB v DD (8 pm) Port Elizabeth
April 27: KKR v MI (4 pm) at Cape Town; CSK v DC (8 pm) at Durban.
April 28: DD v RR (4 pm) at Pretoria April 29: MI v KXIP (4 pm) at Durban; KKR v RCB (8 pm) at Durban
April 30: DD v DC (4 pm) at Pretoria; RR v CSK (8 pm) at Pretoria.
May 1: RCB v KXIP (4 pm) at East London; MI v KKR (8 pm) at Durban
May 2: RR v DC (4 pm) at Johannesburg; CSK v DD (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth
May 3: MI v RCB (4 pm) at Durban; KXIP v KKR (8 pm) at East London
May 4: DC v CSK (4 pm) at Port Elizabeth May 5: DD v KKR (4 pm) at Durban; KXIP v RR (8 pm) at Durb
May 6: MI v DC (4 pm) at Pretoria May 7: KXIP v CSK (4 pm) at Pretoria; RCB v RR (8 pm) at Pretoria
May 8: DD v MI (4 pm) at East London May 9: DC v KXIP (4 pm) at Bloemfontein; CSK v RR (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth
May 10: KKR v DD (4 pm) at East London; RCB v MI (8 pm) at Johannesburg
May 11: DC v RR (4 pm) at Bloemfontein May 12: RCB v KKR (4 pm) at Pretoria; KXIP v MI (8 pm) at Pretoria.
May 13: DC v DD (4 pm) at Durban May 14: MI v RR (4 pm) at Durban; CSK v RCB (8 pm) at Durban.
May 15: KXIP v DD (4 pm) at Kimberley May 16: CSK v MI (4 pm) at Johannesburg; DC v KKR (8 pm) at Port Elizabeth
May 17: RR v DD (4 pm) at Kimberley; KXIP v DC (8 pm) at Johannesburg
May 18: CSK v KKR (4 pm) at Pretoria May 19: DD v RCB (4 pm) at Johannesburg May 20: CSK v KXIP (4 pm) at Durban; RR v KKR (8 pm) at Durban
May 21: DC v RCB (4 pm) at Pretoria; MI v DD (8 pm) at Pretoria
May 22: Semi Final 1 at Pretoria May 23: Semi Final 2 at Johannesburg
May 24: Final at Johannesburg.
Friday, March 27, 2009
RECORDS HELD BY MASTER BLASTER SACHIN TENDULKAR
1. Highest Run scorer in the ODI
2. Most number of hundreds in the ODI 41
3. Most number of nineties in the ODI
4. Most number of man of the matches(56) in the ODI's
5. Most number of man of the series(14) in ODI's
6. Best average for man of the matches in ODI's
7. First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI
8. First Cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI
9. He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007)
10. Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup
11. Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of
87.16
12. Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup
13. He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
14. Most number of Fifties in ODI's 87
15. Appeared in Most Number of ODI's 407
16. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.
17. Most number of 100's in test's 39.
18. He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so
19. He is thus far the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honor
20. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player
21. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.
22. he was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli,
23. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts
24. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire
25. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them.
26. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI's 7 times
27. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI's most by any batsman
28. He is the highest earning cricketer in the world
29. He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 56 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost.
30. Tendulkar most number man of match awards(10) against Australia
31. In August of 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.
32. In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.
33. In December 2006, he was named "Sports person of the Year
34. The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others.
35. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket
36. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket:79 centuries
37. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.
38. Is second on the most number of runs in test cricket just after Brian Lara
39. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches
40. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly are a world record
41. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999
42. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid
43. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998
44. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties)(as of 18th Nov, 2007)
45. the only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 and 15,000 run marks IN ODI.
46. Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999).
47. The score of 186* is listed the fifth highest score recorded in ODI matches
48. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations.
49. Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs
50. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds
51. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185
52. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world
53. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century
54. Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record
55. Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side
56. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations.[7] He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten
57. Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs - 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs).[6] Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs
58. He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world.
59. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara's (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home
60. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings
61. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches
62. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.
63. Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more games than Tendulkar
64. Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches(144) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances).
65. First to 25,000 international runs
66. Tendulkar's 25,016 runs in international cricket include 14,537 runs in ODI's, 10,469 Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.
67. On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.
68. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in ODI
69. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests
70. Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the first class cricket
2. Most number of hundreds in the ODI 41
3. Most number of nineties in the ODI
4. Most number of man of the matches(56) in the ODI's
5. Most number of man of the series(14) in ODI's
6. Best average for man of the matches in ODI's
7. First Cricketer to pass 10000 run in the ODI
8. First Cricketer to pass 15000 run in the ODI
9. He is the highest run scorer in the world cup (1,796 at an average of 59.87 as on 20 March 2007)
10. Most number of the man of the matches in the world cup
11. Most number of runs 1996 world cup 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of
87.16
12. Most number of runs in the 2003 world cup 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup
13. He was Player of the World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
14. Most number of Fifties in ODI's 87
15. Appeared in Most Number of ODI's 407
16. He is the only player to be in top 10 ICC ranking for 10 years.
17. Most number of 100's in test's 39.
18. He is one of the three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in Test cricket, and the first Indian to do so
19. He is thus far the only cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honor
20. In 2003, Wisden rated Tendulkar as d No. 1 and Richards at No. 2 in all time Greatest ODI player
21. In 2002, Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after Sir Donald Bradman.
22. he was involved in unbroken 664-run partnership in a Harris Shield game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli,
23. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts
24. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire
25. Tendulkar has been granted the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award and Padma Shri by Indian government. He is the only Indian cricketer to get all of them.
26. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 runs in a calendar year in ODI's 7 times
27. Tendulkar has scored 1894 runs in calendar year in ODI's most by any batsman
28. He is the highest earning cricketer in the world
29. He has the least percentage of the man of the matches awards won when team looses a match. Out of his 56 man of the match awards only 5 times India has lost.
30. Tendulkar most number man of match awards(10) against Australia
31. In August of 2003, Sachin Tendulkar was voted as the "Greatest Sportsman" of the country in the sport personalities category in the Best of India poll conducted by Zee News.
32. In November 2006, Time magazine named Tendulkar as one of the Asian Heroes.
33. In December 2006, he was named "Sports person of the Year
34. The current India Poised campaign run by The Times of India has nominated him as the Face of New India next to the likes of Amartya Sen and Mahatma Gandhi among others.
35. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 50 centuries in international cricket
36. Tendulkar was the first batsman in history to score over 75 centuries in international cricket:79 centuries
37. Has the most overall runs in cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), as of 30 June 2007 he had accumulated almost 26,000 runs overall.
38. Is second on the most number of runs in test cricket just after Brian Lara
39. Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,271 runs in 128 matches
40. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair with Sourav Ganguly are a world record
41. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999
42. Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid
43. Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998
44. Only player to have over 100 innings of 50+ runs (41 Centuries and 87 Fifties)(as of 18th Nov, 2007)
45. the only player ever to cross the 13,000-14,000 and 15,000 run marks IN ODI.
46. Highest individual score among Indian batsmen (186* against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999).
47. The score of 186* is listed the fifth highest score recorded in ODI matches
48. Tendulkar has scored over 1000 ODI runs against all major Cricketing nations.
49. Sachin was the fastest to reach 10,000 runs taking 259 innings and has the highest batting average among batsmen with over 10,000 ODI runs
50. Most number of Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds
51. Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185
52. On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant in the world
53. When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century
54. Tendulkar's record of five test centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record
55. Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side
56. Tendulkar has scored centuries against all test playing nations.[7] He was the third batman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten
57. Tendulkar has 4 seasons in test cricket with 1000 or more runs - 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs).[6] Gavaskar is the only other Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs
58. He is second most number of seasons with over 1000 runs in world.
59. On 3 January 2007 Sachin Tendulkar (5751) edged past Brian Lara's (5736) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home
60. Tendulkar and Brian Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings
61. Second Indian after Sunil Gavaskar to make over 10,000 runs in Test matches
62. Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara.
63. Tendulkar is fourth on the list of players with most Test caps. Steve Waugh (168 Tests), Allan Border (158 Tests), Shane Warne (145 Tests) have appeared in more games than Tendulkar
64. Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches(144) for India (Kapil Dev is second with 131 Test appearances).
65. First to 25,000 international runs
66. Tendulkar's 25,016 runs in international cricket include 14,537 runs in ODI's, 10,469 Tests runs and 10 runs in the lone Twenty20 that India has played.
67. On December 10, 2005, Tendulkar made his 35th century in Tests at Delhi against Sri Lanka. He surpassed Sunil Gavaskar's record of 34 centuries to become the man with the most number of hundreds in Test cricket.
68. Tendulkar is the only player who has 150 wkts and more than 15000 runs in ODI
69. Tendulkar is the only player who has 40 wkts and more than 11000 runs in Tests
70. Only batsman to have 100 hundreds in the first class cricket
