The amazing cricket trivia thread
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Hey guys, let's share some interesting fun facts about cricket here. Add your own trivia and fun facts about cricket in this thread!
Did you know that:
No one has completed an innings at the score of 228!
South Africans were the first to introduce TV run outs!
Graham Yallop, in 1978 was the first man to wear a helmet!
Wasim Akram is the first (an only?) man to perform a hat-trick in both one days and tests!
England and Australia played the first ever one day international at Melbourne in 1971!
Sachin Tendulkar was the first victim of the third umpire. In the Test match!
Hollywood actor Russell Crowe is Martin Crowe's cousin!
If you guys know of any more trivia, add to this thread! I will add more later, thanks.
Posted Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:57 am
Just saw this in cricinfo:
Vikram Solanki is the first ever SuperSub player in ODIs.
i knew about that about martin crowes cousin.but i never knew about the 1st man to wear a helmet
Hanif Mohammed (Pakistan) batted for 16 hours and 10 minutes - nearly 3 full days - against the West Indies, scoring 337*.
There are 10 ways a batsman can be declared "out" in cricket:
1. Caught
2. Bowled
3. Leg Before Wicket
4. Hit Wicket
5. Timed Out (wonder what is this?)
6. Handling the ball
7. Obstructing the field
8. Hit the ball twice
9. Run Out
10. Stumped
"Timed Out (wonder what is this?) "
Hey Crickman, timed out means a batsman can be declared out if he fails to come to the crease in 5 mins. After a batsman is out, if the next batsman takes more then 5 mins to come to the crease and the fielding team appeals, he can be declared out.
Till date no one has been Timed Out in cricket 
Hey Tamanna,
U sure abt no one being given Timed Out in cricket???
Why do i hve this nasty feeling that Inzi was out sometime ago like this!!!! 
Now Inzi will never be Timed Out..... 
Sourav Ganguly is the only cricketer to have won four successive Man of the Match awards in One-day Internationals.
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.
The first Twenty20 international was between Australia and New Zealand in 2005.
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.
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.
Pakistan Railways beat Dera Ismail Khan by an innings and 851 runs in 1964. In reply to the railwaymen’s 910 for 6 declared, Dera Ismail Khan were bowled out 32 and 27.
Sussex batsman H.J. Heygate was given out in a match with Somerset in 1919 because he didn’t reach the crease within two minutes of the fall of the previous wicket. Poor Heygate was crippled with rheumatism.
Great Job done. Bring some more cricketing facts dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
please give me man of the match records in test cricket 
Answering the question posted about a month and a half ago. Has anyone ever been timed out?
Well.... there has! A.E Street in 1919 - for Somerset vs Sussex was timed out with the scores tied. The match was tied because Mr.Street was timed out batting at 11.
Hope this helps 
