The amazing cricket trivia thread

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!!!!

Yeah...Inzi is really lazy...but somehow he managed to stay out of this list.....and now there is no chance of his making to that list.....Inzi had called it a day....

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

priya wrote

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!!!!

There have been 3 people who have ever been 'Timed out' in cricket. Most recent of which from Andrew Harris for Nottinghamshire vs Durham University. Hope this helps

Some more interesting cricket facts:
1.Mohammed Azharruddin is the only player in the history of Test cricket to score a century in each of his first three test matches.
2.M.L.Jaisimha of India was the first batsman to bat on all five days of a Test.
3.India had to wait for a period of 19 years & 230 days before registering its first victory.
4.The legendary captain of the West Indies, Clive Lloyd was the first captain to win 25 Test Matches.
5.Narendra Hirwani took 16 wickets on his debut versus West Indies.
6.Allen Hill was the first player to hold a catch in Tests.
7.India is the only international team to be dismissed twice in a single day of test match.
8.Clem Hill’s scores in his first three Test innings was 99,98 and 97 runs.
9.Sunil Gavaskar has featured in a record 52 century partnerships.
10.Greg Chappell hit a century on debut and his last match.

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India is the only international team to be dismissed twice in a single day of test match.

WOW! That's extreme. I can't believe that is possible! Must have been a good bowling team.
Really interesting thread guys, it's a pity I have nothing to add to it.. hmm i'll hunt around...

I just had a poke around, and found out a bit more about that whole "India being dissmissed twice in a day" thing. Turns out it was against England in 1952. They were dissmissed for 58, and 82.!

Zimbabwe has also managed to do this in 2005 or 06. they were dissmissed for 50, and 99!

Hi,

Regarding time out. AL Street was the first umpire to declare time out against the batsman Harold Heygate(sussex) when playing against Somerset @ taunton

I don't wish to be pedantic, but come on this is cricket the home of pedantry, the Timed Out rule is: - "the incoming batsman must be at the crease to face the next ball within three minutes of the previous wicket falling" not five minutes. BTW this is very rarely envoked

Has anyone ever been out "obstructing the field" - If so, Who, Where, How and...Why?

Inzamam ul haq was given obstructing the field by umpire Simon taufel in an Indo-Pak match. Inzi played a defensive stroke and then just a little bit he walked out of his crease and Suresh Raina threw the ball straight at the stumps but Inzi put his bat in the middle.Therefore he was given obstructing the field. Hope it helps XD

Tony Lewis of England is I think, the first and last player who has captained his national side on his test Debut. He made his debut and captained the English side against India in 1972.