Cricket Test Match-Fielding Records

Cricket Player who took most number of catches (181) in the test cricket is Mark waugh of Australia.Sir Vivian Richards of West Indies took 122 catches in the test cricket and he is also one of the five wisden players.

Cricketer
Team
Total Catches

Mark Waugh
Australia
181

Mark Taylor
Australia
157

Allan Border
Australia
156

Stephen Fleming
New Zealand
149

Brian Lara
West Indies
148

Rahul Dravid
India
137

Vivian Richards
West Indies
122

Greg Chappell
Australia
122

Michael Cowdrey
England
120

Ian Botham
England
120

Cricket Players Who Smashed Most Number Of Sixes in their ODI Career

Cricketers who smashed more than 150 sixes in their ODI career are Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka,Shahid Afridi of Pakistan,Saurav Ganguly of India,Sachin Tendulkar of India and Chris Cairns of New Zealand.

Players
Matches
Innings
Sixes

Sanath Jayasuriya(SL)
432
420
270

Shahid Afridi(Pak)
271
254
248

Saurav ganguly(Ind)
311
300
190

Sachin Tendulkar(Ind)
425
415
173

Chris Cairns(NZ)
215
193
153

Sri Lankan Fast Bowler Lasith Malinga-A World Record Holder

In 2007 ICC world cup Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga is the first and the only cricketer who took four wickets from four balls.The great advantage of this player is that he has a round arm action which threatens the batsmen.

Lasith Malinga took the 4 wickets against South Africa in the world cup 2007 at [...]

Cricketers Who Scored Fastest Centuries In Test Cricket

The below shown is a test match record of cricketers who scored fastest centuries in their test career.Sir Vivian Richards of West Indies scored the fastest test century in just 56 balls.

Player
Team
Against
Venue
Balls
Year

Sir Vivian Richards
West Indies
England
St John’s
56
1985

James Gregory
Australia
South Africa
Johannesburg
67
1921

S.Chanderpaul
West Indies
Australia
Georgetown
69
2002

R.Fredericks
West Indies
Australia
Perth
71
1975

M.Azharuddin
India
South Africa
Calcutta
74
1996

Majid khan
Pakistan
New Zealand
Karachi
74
1976

Kapil Dev
India
Sri Lanka
Kanpur
74
1986

G.Jessop
England
Australia
The Oval
76
1902

Shahid Afridi
Pakistan
West Indies
Bridgetown
78
2005

Shahid Afridi
Pakistan
India
Lahore
78
2006

Cricketers Who Holds The Record Of Hitting Most Number Of Sixes In Their Test Career

Cricketers who smashed more than 75 sixes in their test career are Adam Gilchrist of Australia,Brian Lara of West Indies,Chris Cairns of New Zealand,Sir Vivian Richards of West Indies,Matthew Hayden of Australia and Andrew Flintoff of England.

Player
Span
Matches
Innings
Sixes

Adam Gilchrist
1999-2008
96
137
100

Brian Lara
1990-2006
131
232
88

Chris Cairns
1989-2004
62
104
87

Sir Vivian Richards
1974-1991
121
182
84

Matthew Hayden
1994-2009
103
184
82

Andrew Flintoff
1998-2009
75
123
81

The Most ODI Hat-Tricks By The Cricketers

Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq of Pakistan and Chaminda Vaas of Sri Lanka are the only three cricketers to take 2 ODI Hat-Tricks each.
Wasim Akram’s first Hat-Trick was against West Indies at 14th October 1989 in which he took the wickets of Jeff Dujon,Malcom Marshall and Curtly Ambrose.The 2nd Hat-trick was against Australia at 4th [...]

ECB Plans Coloured Clothing For D/N Test

English Cricket Board were planning on introducing coloured clothes for the Day And Night test match which is scheduled for 2010 May next year between England and Bangladesh.The ICC (International Cricket Council) supported this new venture and they also suggested to make a white cricket ball which can be used to play longer versions of [...]

Gautham Gambir Saved India From Losing The Game

Gautham Gambir’s knock of 137 from 436 balls saved the Indian cricket team from losing the game in the Napier test.New Zealand in the first innings put a huge score of 619 runs on the board with the help of Jesse Ryder’s double century and a century from Ross Taylor and Brendon McCullum.
Following on,after being [...]

The New Innings Had Started-Azharudheen

Mohammed Azharudheen had given a congress ticket to contest from Moradabad parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh on March 28th.He told to the media that he will seek the help of former cricket captain Kapil Dev for election campaigning.
The former Indian cricket captain Mohammed Azharudheen joined the congress party on February 18th.He met the congress party [...]

The Best Eight Balls In Cricket

The video below shows the eight best deliveries by the spin magician Shane Warne.

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