Interesting Facts And Records About Cricket !!!

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the runs scored by the batting team. Here are some interesting facts about this game

1. The game of cricket is the second most popular game in the world, second only to soccer. Cricket in its early days in England was considered a child's game, not to be played by serious adults.

2. The longest cricket match in history occurred in 1939 between England and South Africa. The match lasted for 14 days and finally ended in a tie.

3. Finally in the year 1788 the "Laws of Cricket" were born. The Laws were written by the Marylebone Cricket Club.

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Brian Lara  The first batsman to score 400 runs in a Test Innings

Jim Laker  First bowler to take all 10 wickets in an innings

BOWLING Records 


First Wicket and Hauls

The first wicket was taken by Allen Hill (Eng) to dismiss Nat Thomson for 1 run as bowled.

The first 5-Wicket Haul in an innings is by Billy Midwinter (Aus). He had figures of 5/78 in the first innings of the inaugural test.

The first bowler to take 10 wickets in a match is Fred Spofforth (Aus). He finished with figures of 13/110 vs England at Melbourne on 2 January 1879.
 
The first bowler to take 15 wickets in a match is Johnny Briggs (Eng). He finished with 15/28 vs South Africa at Cape Town on 25 March 1889.

The first bowler to take all 10 wickets in an innings is Jim Laker (Eng). He took 10/53 vs Australia at Manchester on 26 July 1956

Charles Bannerman – Faced the first ball, scored first run, boundary, fifty and century in Test Cricket


BATTING Records

First Ball in Test Cricket 

The first ball in Test Cricket was faced by Charles Bannerman of Australia.
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First Run
The first run was scored by Charles Bannerman of Australia.

First Four
The first four was hit by Charles Bannerman of Australia.

First Six
The first six in Test Cricket was hit by Joe Darling (Aus) vs England at Adelaide Oval on 14 January 1898.

First Milestones
The first Half century (50) in Test Cricket was scored by Charles Bannerman(Aus) on 15th March 1877 vs Eng at MCG.

The first Century (100) in Test Cricket was scored by Charles Bannerman(Aus) on 15th March 1877 vs Eng at MCG.

The first 150 in Test Cricket was scored by Charles Bannerman (165*) on 16th March 1877 vs Eng at MCG.

The first Double Century (200) in Test Cricket was scored by Billy Murdoch (Aus). He scored 211 runs vs England at The Oval on 12 August 1884.

The first 250 was scored by Tip Foster (Eng). He scored 287 vs Australia at Sydney on 14 December 1903 (On debut)

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The first player to play 125 Test Matches is Sunil Gavaskar (Ind) on 13 March 1987. He played 125 test matches.


The first player to play 150 Test Matches is Allan Border (Aus) on 3 December 1993. He finished his career with 156 Test Matches.


The first player to play 175 Test Matches is Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) on 16 December 2010. He has played 198 test matches so far and is on the way to become the first ever player to play 200 Test Matches.

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Len Hutton  Only player to be dismissed Obstructing the field in Test Cricket









The first batsman to be dismissed Caught was Tom Horan (Aus). He was caught by Allen Hill for 12 runs off the bowling of Alfred Shaw in the first test match on 15 March 1877.

The first batsman to be dismissed as Run Out was Dave Gregory (Aus). He was run out at the score of 1 run in the first ever Test match on 15 March 1877.

The first batsman to be dismissed LBW was Harry Jupp (Eng). He was out LBW by Tom Garrett (Aus) for 63 runs in the first test match on 16 March 1877.

The first batsman to be dismissed Caught & Bowled was James Lillywhite Jnr (Eng). He was dismissed on 10 runs by Tom Kendall in the first test match on 17 March 1877.

The first batsman to be dismissed Stumped was Alfred Shaw (Eng). He was stumped on 2 by Jack Blackham (Wicketkeeper) in the first test on 19 March 1877.

The first batsman to be dismissed Hit Wicket was George Bonner (Aus). He was dismissed by the England bowler Ted Peate on score of 6 runs at Old Trafford on 11 July 1884

The first batsman to be dismissed Handled the Ball was Russell Endean (SA) vs Eng at Cape Town on 5 January 1957

The first and the only batsman to be dismissed Obstructing the Field was Sir Len Hutton (Eng) vs SA at the Oval on 18 August 1951.

The first batsman to be dismissed Retired Out was Marvan Atapattu (SL). He left the field after scoring 201 vs Bangladesh at Colombo on 7 September 2001.

No batsman has been dismissed as “Timed Out” or “Hitting the ball twice” in Test Cricket.
* Caught & Bowled is not one of the dismissal types in Cricket.