Is Sachin Tendulkar a real match winner?
Sachin Tendulkar is indisputably one of the best consistent player in cricket.Once Don Bradman said that “he reminds of myself”.So there is no doubt he is one of the best international cricket player in the history with most centuries in both ODI as well as test cricket.But Sachin’s contribution to winning matches takes a beating [...]
Garry Sobers smashing six sixes in an over video
This video will show you Gary Sobers of West Indies hitting six sixes in an over in cricket in a first class cricket.He is the first man to achieve this record in 1968.
players who hit six sixes in an over in cricket
Dramatic victory for the Lankans
The Galle test was the most exciting test in the recent days.The Pakistan batsmen collapsed in front of the Sri Lankan bowlers.They started the day requiring only 97 runs with eight wickets in hand.
Salman Butt and Mohammed Yousuf resumed the day but they were all tumbled in front of the left arm bowlers, Thilan Thushara and [...]
The Best Test Cricket Team Of 2008 By Wisden
The selection panel of the wisden test XI team are Ravi Shasthri of India,Ian Bishop of West Indies and Ian Smith of New Zealand.The selection panel unanimously selected Virender Sehwag and Graeme Smith as the opening pair since both were the leading run scorers of 2008.Ricky Ponting at no.3 was the choice of Shasthri and [...]
Historic Victory For India
India won a test series in New Zealand after a long 41 years.The last time they won a test series in New Zealand in the year 1968.The three test match series between India and New Zealand ended up with 1-0 in which India won one match and the other two test matches ended in a [...]
India’s Perfect Slip Fielder
Rahul Dravid,the present world record holder for the most number of catches in the test cricket has got all the qualities of a good slip fielder.He had got good anticipation,swift movement,perfect timing,soft hands and better reaction time (reflex action).
Rahul Dravid took the 182nd catch of Tim McIntosh of New Zealand which is bowled by Zaheer [...]
Cricketers Who Took Most Number Of Catches In Test Cricket
Rahul Dravid is the present world record holder for the most number of catches in test cricket.He took 183* catches from 134 matches
Cricketer
Team
Total Catches
Rahul Dravid
India
183
Mark Waugh
Australia
181
Stephen Fleming
New Zealand
171
Brian Lara
West Indies
164
Mark Taylor
Australia
157
Allan Border
Australia
156
Ricky Ponting
Australia
148
Jacques Kallis
South Africa
147
M Jayawardene
Sri Lanka
142
Matthew Hayden
Australia
128
Cricket Test Match Records-Most Number Of Double Centuries
Don Bradman of Australia is called as the best cricketer of all time.He had a batting average of 99.94.He scored 12 double centuries in just 52 tests.He is also in the top in the triple centuries category ever in which he scored two triple centuries which is also shared by West Indies legend Brian Lara [...]
Cricket Test Match Records-Highest Team Score
Sri Lanka is the top in this category since they scored 952 runs against India in the year 1997.It is an unbeaten test match record for the last 12 years.It took place in the sri lankan home ground in Colombo.
Sanath Jayasuriya is the hero of this match in which he scored 340 odd runs,his highest [...]
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