Rahul Dravid, former Indian captain and the fourth highest run-getter in Tests, holds the record of facing the most number of balls in Test Cricket. He is also the only cricketer to have played more than 30,000 balls in Test Cricket. Dravid, who started his Test career against England at Lord’s in 1996, played a […]
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Stat Attack: Most minutes spent at crease by a batsmen in Test Cricket
Rahul Dravid, ‘The Wall’ of Indian Cricket, holds the record of spending most minutes at crease by a batsmen in Test Cricket. He is also the only batsmen to have spent more than 42,000 minutes at crease in Test Cricket. Throughout his 16-year Test career, Dravid possessed the unmatchable ability of being at the crease […]
Which Asian side can win the ICC World Cup 2015?
In the era of 1970’s the cricketing world was dominated by the West Indies because of their strong pace bowling and strong batting line-up and from 1999 onwards till 2007 the Aussies dominated the cricket world having the number 1 rank for a long time. In the recent months, a great change is exhibited by […]
Stats: Batting pairs with most hundred run partnerships in Test cricket
Partnerships play a key role in any innings and when there is a pair, who can consistently score runs then that’s the best thing any team could ask for. Today we will take a look list of partners who have consistently scored runs and also kept wickets intact for the team. Things get better when […]
The current Indian team is ready to compete at the highest level: MS Dhoni
India’s skipper MS Dhoni is confident that the current team is almost ready to compete at the highest level. Currently, the Indians are down 2-0 after the end of first two matches of the 4 match Test series. India might face a 4-0 whitewash yet again but the current team has already put on a better […]
India’s slip fielding woes continues
First of all, it will be better if i bring this quote to light: “Catches wins you Matches”. Ever since the retirement of Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman, India’s middle order woes is not the only worry for India. Fielding in slips too has been exposed since the retirement of those four safest hands in […]
Murali Vijay gives credit for his feat against Aussies to past Indian greats
This appears very pleasant that four Test hundreds scored by Murali Vijay, out of the total five career tons, have come while playing against the Australians. So vibrant Indian opener Murali Vijay today expressed his special liking for the Aussies to the inspiration he got from the great knocks of legendary cricketers like Sachin Tendulkar. […]
Players with most number of innings before their first Duck
Faf du Plessis, before being dismissed by Kemar Roach in the first innings of the first Test at Centurion, has played 108 innings without getting out for a duck. He is the only batsman to play over 100 innings before being dismissed for his first duck in International cricket. Previously, his teammate and close friend […]
Stats: Players with 100 or More Consecutive International Innings Without A DUCK
Consistency in cricket is a measure of a cricketer’s performances in the game. A batsman is considered consistent if he is amongst runs and a bowler is considered consistent if he is amongst wickets. There is huge dip in a batsman’s performance graph when he gets dismissed at low scores especially at DUCKS. In this […]
Stat Attack: Most runs in a calendar year across all formats
Sri Lankan batting lynchpin Kumar Sangakkara on December 18th surpassed Ricky Ponting’s record of scoring the most runs in a calendar year across all formats (Tests, ODIs and T20s). Ricky Ponting, the former Australian captain, created this record in 2005 with 2833 runs in 46 international matches. But Sangakkara broke his record in an ODI […]