Alastair Cook, hold the record of playing most number of consecutive Test matches
Alastair Cook holds the incredible record of having played 159 Test matches without missing a single one
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Jason Gillespie, holds the record of scoring the highest ever score by a player in his last test match
Jason Gillespie holds the record of scoring the highest ever score, 201* by a player in his last test match
Sunil Gavaskar : In a World Cup Match, chasing 335, he scored an unbeaten 36 off 174 balls
Sunil Gavaskar Slowest 36 Runs in ODI, India first ever World Cup Match.
Adam Gilchrist : Most number of Tests straight after debut
Adam Gilchrist holds the record for playing the most number of Tests straight after debut. 96 Test Matches
Shivnarine Chanderpaul : Player Remains Unbeaten Even After Playing 1051 balls
Shivnarine Chanderpaul, the only player Remains Unbeaten Even After Playing 1051 balls in 4 innings
Caught Jayawardene Bowled Muralitharan : Most successful Bowler and Catcher pair in Test Cricket
Together Muttiah Muralitharan and Mahela Jayawardene took 77 wickets in test cricket. Most by a Bowler/Catcher pair in Test Cricket.
Cameron Cuffy, Man of the Match award without scoring a run or taking wicket or taking a catch
Cameron Cuffy strange Man of the Match award without scoring a run or taking wicket or taking a catch
Bapu Nadkarni : Most Consecutive Maiden Overs
Bapu Nadkarni most consecutive maiden overs record. 21 consecutive maiden overs in Test cricket Bapu Nadkarni, who played for India has the record for most consecutive maiden overs. When India played against England in 1964, he bowled 21 maiden overs one after the other. This is surely an amazing fact in Cricket which is worthy … Read more
Jimmy Matthews, Two Hat-Tricks In A Day, only such incident in test cricket history
On May 28th, 1912 Jimmy Matthews
playing for Australia took not
just one but 2 hat-tricks on the
same day.
When Australia was playing against
South Africa, Matthews took a hat-trick
in each inning of South Africa which
were played on the same day.”
Sachin Tendulkar, First Ever TV Replay Out
Sachin Tendulkar was the first cricketer in the world to be dismissed by the 3rd Umpire using a Television replay.
It was 14th November 1992, when Sachin was given run out by Karl Liebenberg against South Africa