Lets add one less know fact about cricket

[Lillian Thomson]

Sunil Gavaskar and Hannan Sarkar are the only batsman to be out to the first ball of a Test more than once. Both three times. In the case of the latter it was same bowler - Collins from the West Indies.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Sunil Gavaskar and Hannan Sarkar are the only batsman to be out to the first ball of a Test more than once. Both three times. In the case of the latter it was same bowler - Collins from the West Indies.

At least 2 out of those 3 dismissals were LBWs: Collins to Sarkar

 

[Immenso]

Something something Ambris hit wicket on test debut and second test. Can't remember the detail.

 

[Bijed]

Something something Ambris hit wicket on test debut and second test. Can't remember the detail.

Think he's the only one to be out hit wicket in consecutive tests (can't be many who got out hit wicket more than once in general). Pretty sure he must be the only person to get out hit wicket to the first ball in their test career.

 

[fredfertang]

South African Jackie McGlew took a first class hat trick, although he never did better than a two-fer

 

[Prince EWS]

South African Jackie McGlew took a first class hat trick, although he never did better than a two-fer

Haha that's fantastic.

 

[AndrewB]

Think he's the only one to be out hit wicket in consecutive tests (can't be many who got out hit wicket more than once in general).

Denis Compton was 5 times, Mohinder Amarnath 3 times, and 11 other players twice each.

 

[BoyBrumby]

South African Jackie McGlew took a first class hat trick, although he never did better than a two-fer

The hat trick straddled two innings, I guess?

Adam Gilchrist is, statistically speaking, the greatest T20 bowler ever.

He has the perfect record of taking a wicket with every ball he bowled in the format.

1 ball, 1 wicket.

 

[ataraxia]

South African Jackie McGlew took a first class hat trick, although he never did better than a two-fer

This is so great, need more information about it.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Asad Shafiq has played the most consecutive tests for Pakistan. Alistair Cook, Allan Border, Sunil Gavaskar, AB De Villiers, Mahela Jayawardene, Brendan McCullum and Gary Sobers hold that record for their respective teams.

Lmao this one's pretty good

 

[Daemon]

fun Rubel stats

Averages 249 against India
Yet to take a wicket against Pakistan after 47 overs
His best figures of 5/166 came against NZ at an economy of nearly 6
If you take out Zimbabwe he has 22 wickets in 26 Tests @ 101
Averages 316 at a strike rate of 498 in drawn matches

Will take any chance to bring these up

 

[AndrewB]

Kevin Pietersen played his entire Test career (104 matches) between Gareth Batty's 7th and 8th Tests.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Will take any chance to bring these up

Oh are these are the fake Daemon stats again

 

[Daemon]

Oh are these are the fake Daemon stats again

Nah they were accurate (at the time)

 

[sunilz]

Misbah has scored most ODI runs without a century.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Sunil Gavaskar and Hannan Sarkar are the only batsman to be out to the first ball of a Test more than once. Both three times. In the case of the latter it was same bowler - Collins from the West Indies.

IIRC Sarkar was also out first ball of the match in Chaminda Vaas' World Cup hatrick. Not a fan of left-armers it seems.

sounds like a pretty terrible opening batsman tbh

 

[Dendarii]

Granted there was a period of 20-odd years where no test cricket was played there, but for 40 years the highest successful 4th innings chase at the Wanderers was 1.

 

[NotMcKenzie]

Could have been more if not for some running worthy of Alan Donald by a fast-bowling predecessor of his.

 

[Teja.]

Yuzi Chahal has a chess ELO rating of 1956 on the FIDE website.

Yuzvendra, S. Chahal

ratings.fide.com

 

[mr_mister]

Michael Slater is the only person to score 3 centuries in a test series yet average under 50 during said series, in the 98/99 ashes, where he averaged only 46

nvm, Allan Lamb did it too in the 84 series against West Indies. He actually hit 3 tons yet only 386 runs from 10 digs, averaging 42