The Ashes Series stands for one of the cricket’s highest trophies. The term got birth after England was defeated by Australia on English soil on August 29, 1882. The following day “Sporting Times” supported a mock obituary of English cricket which stated that the body of English cricket will be cremated and the ashes will […]
Australian cricketer Don Bradman has the record of scoring most number of double centuries in test cricket. In his entire career he scored 12 double centuries. Sri Lankan player Kumar Sangarkara stands in second place with 11 double centuries. Brian Lara of West Indies stands in third with 9 double centuries.
Melbourne cricket ground popularly known as MCC which is in Australia is the largest cricket ground in the world. It has the seating capacity of 100,024. Eden Gardens of Kolkata which is in India stands in second place with the seating capacity of 76,000.
West Coast Eagles is a professional Australian Rules football club. It is based in Perth Australia and plays Australian Football League (AFL). Here are some interesting facts about West Coast Eagles: West Coast Eagle is one of the two Australian Football League clubs of Western Australia. Other one is Fremantle Football Club. It was established in 1986 and it […]
In 2007 Australian fast bowler Brett Lee became the first bowler to take first ever hat-trick in Twenty-Twenty International Cricket. He achieved this feat in T20 match against Bangladesh by dismissing Shakib Al Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza and Alok Kapil consecutively.
Till date 263 runs is the highest innings total score in T20 Cricket. It was scored by Australian team against Sri Lanka in 2016. Second Highest innings score in T20 is 260 which was scored by Sri Lanka against Kenya in 2007. Lowest innings total in T20 International cricket is 39. It was scored by […]
Former Australian Wicket Keeper Bert Oldfield holds the record of highest number of stumpings in test cricket. He did 54 stumpings in his career which is highest till date. With 46 Stumpings England Wicket keeper Godfrey Evans stands in second place. Indian wicket keepers MS Dhoni and Syed Kirmani stands in third place with 38 […]
Indian Player Sachin Tendulkar played 200 test matches in his career which is highest number of test matches played by any cricketer. He started his test career in 1989 and played up-to 2013. Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting of Australia stands in Second place with 168 test matches played. South African Player Jacques Kallis stands […]
Sri Lankan Bowler Muttaiah Muralitharan holds the record of highest wicket-taker in Test cricket. In a total of 133 matches he took 800 wickets with an average of 22.72. Shane Warne of Australia stands in second position with 708 wickers in 145 matches. Indian Bowler Anil Kumble stands in Third position with 619 wickets. Rank […]
Australian Cricket teams holds the record of winning most consecutive matches in One Day International Cricket. Australia won 21 consecutive matches in 2003. South Africa and Pakistan stands in second place by winning 12 consecutive One Day matches in 2005 and 2007 respectively.