History
In Australia, cricket is being played for over 200 years. Along with other sports like Australian football, rugby, soccer and hockey, cricket is extremely popular in Australia, so much that they have declared cricket as their national sport. Including men, women and children, approximately 10 to 15 million Australians engage in various cricket competitions and […]
When a country with a population of 1.5 billion stops to watch the World Cup final, one can only imagine the popularity of cricket and how it has grown its roots across India. It is like football in Argentina and basketball in the USA. Over the years, the Indian cricket team have achieved great heights […]
In this article, we discuss the history of the cricket bat. The first mention of a cricket bat was made by the media in 1624 when a batsman killed a fielder with his bat. The subsequent inquest revealed that the batsmen had done so to prevent the fielder from taking the catch that would have […]
Most hundreds Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0 4s 6s SR Tendulkar (INDIA) 1989-2012 463 452 41 18426 200* 44.83 21368 86.23 49 96 20 2016 195 V Kohli (INDIA) 2008-2021 254 245 39 12169 183 59.07 13061 93.17 43 62 13 1140 125 RT Ponting (AUS/ICC) 1995-2012 375 365 39 […]
Teams with Most Titles in Caribbean Premier League Ever since its inception in 2013, the Caribbean Premier League has been extremely popular and it ended up replacing the Caribbean Premier Twenty20 to become the flagship T20 event in the Caribbean. In the list below we’ll take a look at the teams with the most CPL […]
Top Records in BBL History Most Runs There are seven players who have got in excess of 2000 runs in the BBL. But it is Chris Lynn who leads the BBL run charts with 2790 runs. Aaron Finch is placed second with 2431 runs. Glenn Maxwell (2205), Shaun Marsh (2196), Marcus Stoinis (2137), D’Arcy Short […]
Currently, team India is placed 2nd in the ICC ODI men’s cricket ranking. India’s ODI side has gone through so many ups and downs to build such a quality team that exists at current times. However, while developing into a great cricket-playing nation, team India struggled a few times which resulted in some of the […]
In this article, we are going to take a look at the 10 lowest scores in international cricket. In compiling this list, we have limited ourselves to matches involving at least one full member of the ICC. 1. New Zealand – 26 (Test) New Zealand set the dubious record for the lowest score in a […]
Have you ever wondered about the longest six in the history of T20? In this article, we are going to look at some of the longest hits-for-the-maximum witnessed in T20 cricket over the years and at the batsmen who registered those shots. 1. Aiden Blizzard – 130m (BBL) In the KFC Twenty20 Big Bash final […]
If you are a team from the Indian subcontinent, then one of the most important things you should take care of are the spinners. All subcontinental teams have a rich history of spinners and India is not an exception. Laxman Shivramkrishnan, Bishan Singh Bedi and Anil Kumble are a few of those who have […]
The record for the T20 highest run chase is held by Australia who chased down a target of 245 in February 2018. In this article, we are going to take a look at that chase and the nine other highest chases in the history of T20 cricket. While Australia and England have featured in […]
For the first few decades of ODI cricket, a target of 300 was a winning one. As the game evolved, so did the scores. In this article, we will talk about the highest successful run chases in ODIs. Here is the list of these encounters. South Africa vs Australia – 438 South Africa vs […]
Few sports can compete with cricket when it comes to history and the game’s origins as a whole are often seen as folklore. Originally played in public schools of England, cricket took on many forms before becoming an integral part of society in the UK. Cricket used to be played between professionals (known as […]
15 March 1877 was surely the date to remember. The first-ever Test match was played between Australia and England in Melbourne. So far 2393 Tests have been played since then. Out of them, 1623 showed results while 768 were drawn. Two Tests ended up as a tie. England has played a whooping 1028 Tests. […]
ODI (one-day international) or the 50-50 format has lost its importance after the introduction of the T20 format. However, it still is immensely popular. Unlike T20, ODI is both a batsman’s and a bowler’s game. Nevertheless, there are some matches in which bowlers are at the receiving end. These are the matches that create […]