Lets add one less know fact about cricket

[Engle]

The holder of the highest 6s to Runs ratio in Tests is : Michael Holding

 

[trundler]

The holder of the highest 6s to Runs ratio in Tests is : Michael Holding

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Tim Southee 73/1690 and Shoaib Akhtar 22/544 are ahead

 

[Engle]

Tim Southee 73/1690 and Shoaib Akhtar 22/544 are ahead

I stand corrected. Should have said ' unless things have changed ', which they have.
Good spot

 

[Magrat Garlick]

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

Yuzvendra, S. Chahal

ratings.fide.com

also that was his rating at 13, he hasn't played a rated game in 17 years

 

[AndrewB]

You need some extra qualifications, on the sixes/runs record, otherwise it's presumably Brandon Mavuta (9 runs: 1 six, 1 two, 1 single).

 

[Chewie]

Tim Southee 73/1690 and Shoaib Akhtar 22/544 are ahead

Trent Boult is too 30/668

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

also that was his rating at 13, he hasn't played a rated game in 17 years

Checkmate?

 

[Naheed]

Shahid Afridi is the only Test cricketer to obtain a 5-fer in his 1st Test (5/52 vs Aus) and a century in his 2nd Test (141 vs India)
Someone correct me if this has changed

No, it was Om Kendall who managed to get 5 wickets in his 1st test match.

 

[Naheed]

Gavaskar captured only 1 wkt in ODI's and only 1 wkt in Tests

In both instances it was that of the renowned Zaheer Abbas for 48 in ODI and 96 in Test

Such a nice piece of information that most of us are unaware of.
Thanks for sharing the video too about it.

 

[ataraxia]

No, it was Om Kendall who managed to get 5 wickets in his 1st test match.

Try reading the post you're quoting again.

 

[Starfighter]

The current record for highest ODI score without having passed 50 in any other innings is 179 by John Campbell, though he has a good chance of playing more matches.

Reminded of this because I was just watching highlights of the match with the previous record, Dave Callaghan's 169* against NZ in 1994. He may still hold it if Campbell plays more.

 

[sunilz]

Most Man of the series in all formats

Sachin 19 in 183 series
Kohli 17 in 129 series

 

[Engle]

Alec Stewart was born on 8/4/63 and scored 8,463 Test runs

 

[Daemon]

Alec Stewart was born on 8/4/63 and scored 8,463 Test runs

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**** this is good

 

[tony p]

KL Rahul, is I think the only player to have scored a hundred in his maiden innings as an opener in both ODIs & Test Cricket

 

[honestbharani]

Alec Stewart was born on 8/4/63 and scored 8,463 Test runs

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Evidently, the thing of his tally matching his birthday was so important for him that he did not even care to get his average up to 40.

 

[Victor Ian]

Good thing Stewart wasn't born early. Curiously, how much would he have averaged if he was born on the 9th.

 

[Victor Ian]

46.38

 

[Victor Ian]

If he was born on the 9th is actually 44.21
To pass 50 average - 11th 53.56
To do a Smith - 13th 62.91
To better Bradman 21st 100.29

 

[ankitj]

Alec Stewart was born on 8/4/63 and scored 8,463 Test runs

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