AMAZING CRICKET FACTS

1)Vikram Solanki is the first ever SuperSub player in ODIs.

2)Hanif Mohammed (Pakistan) batted for 16 hours and 10 minutes - nearly 3 full days - against the West Indies, scoring 337.

3)England and Australia played the first ever one day international at Melbourne in 1971!

4)Sachin Tendulkar was the first victim of the third umpire. In the Test match!

5)South Africans were the first to introduce TV run outs!

6)Graham Yallop, in 1978 was the first man to wear a helmet!

7)Sourav Ganguly is the only cricketer to have won four successive Man of the Match awards in One-day Internationals.

8)The first Test match began on 15 March 1877 and had a timeless format with four balls per over. It ended on 19 March 1877 with Australia winning by 45 runs.

9)The first Twenty20 international was between Australia and New Zealand in 2005

10)The Test match between England and South Africa at Durban in 1939 was finally abandoned as a draw on the tenth day because England players had to catch their ship home.

11)The First Test between Young Sri Lanka and Young England at Columbo in 1987 was held up when a large iguana crept across the wicket.

12)Pakistan Railways beat Dera Ismail Khan by an innings and 851 runs in 1964. In reply to the Pakistan Railways 910 for 6 declared, Dera Ismail Khan were bowled out 32 and 27.

13)Cricket World Cup: Australia is the only Country who manage to win three successive Worldcup in world of cricket.

14)NE Clarke Makes his debut in the age of 47 years in Netherlands v New Zealand 17 Feb 1996.

15)ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) Hits maximum Sixes in ODI the sixes are 245+.

16)ST Jayasuriya in Sri Lanka v Pakistan match hit fastest fifty in just 17 balls in which he hits 5 sixes and 8 fours.

17)Shahid Afridi in Pakistan v Sri Lanka match hit fastest ever hundred injust 37 balls with the help of 11 sixes and 4 fours.

18)SR Tendulkar, R Dravid made 331 runs partnership in India v New Zealand match. which is the hieghest ever partnership in cricket history.

19)Wasim Akram is the first (an only?) man to perform a hat-trick in both one days and tests!