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A team game played with a bat and ball, with 11 players on each team, with one team bowling (a specific way of throwing the ball) at the batsman, of the other batting team, whose goal is to score runs, without getting out by many ways.

A circular field with a dia range of 130 to 150 mtrs. (450 to 500 feet). The dia varies in a small way in different grounds. Some of the cricket grounds are oval in shape.

Pitch is a rectangular area with a length of 22 yards (20.12 mtrs) and 10 ft (3.05 mtrs), where the game is actually played, with certain marking lines for various purposes, with 3 vertical wooden stick fixed at both ends. Those sticks are called "Stump" and small wooden pieces called "Bails" placed above them.

Length: 38 inches / 96.5 cm maximum; Width: 4.25 inches / 10.8 cm maximum; Made of "Willow" wood and thus often referred to as willow in commentaries.

Men: weight - 5.5 to 5.63 inches / 155.163 gm; Circumference: 8 13/16 to 9 inches / 224 to 229 mm;
Women: weight -140-151gm; Circumference: 4.15/16 to 5.15/16 inches / 221 mm.
The ball is made of a small round cork covered with leather pieces stitched together (called the seam) Red colored balls are used for Test matches and white balls for one days and 20:20 matches. "Kookaburra" and SG are the widely used balls.

3 vertically placed above the ground wooden sticks are called stumps, made of ashwood. Height: 28 inches / 71.1 cm above the ground. Width of placement: 9 inches in total (22.86 cms) Dia of each stump: 1.5 inches / 3.81 cms.

Bails: are two small wooden pieces, placed horizontally on the grooves provided for on the three vertical stumps. The thicker portion of the piece is called "Barrel" and the thinner extended portion on both sides of the barrels are called "Spigots". The Longer side of the spigot is to be 1 3/8 inches / 3.49 cm and the shorter side is to be 1 3/16 inches/2.06 cm.

A line drawn in line with stumps for a total of 8 ft 8 inches (on both sides).

A line drawn inside the pitch 1.22 mtrs from the bowling crease, which is the deciding line for "No balls" and "run outs"

Box.

ANCHOR: A batsman capable of playing longer innings and steady the innings and build a total for the team.
ARM BALL : A ball bowled by an off spinner that does not spin so and pass the bat in a straight path.
BEAMER: A ball bowled, that reaches the batsman at around head height, without bouncing. Normally declared as a No Ball.
BOUNCER : A ball bowled that after a bounce raises above the shoulder of the batsman. Sometimes called "Bouncer".                                                                                                                                                                                                BODY LINE : A tactic of bowling directly at the batsman's body with close in fielders. The body line series of 1932-33 between Australia. England captained by Douglas Jardine of England is famous for this term.
BRACE : Two wickets in consecutive balls.
BOWLER : A player who bowls. He normally bowls six times at the batsman, unless declared as a No Ball or Wide. The number of balls to bowl would increase depending upon the number of no balls or wides bowled.
BOWLING : The art of bowling a ball at the batsman in different speed and variations in a particular approved pattern .
BYE : A ball bowled leaves the batsman, eludes the wicket keeper and runs away behind, enabling the batsman to collect possible runs. The ball may even cross the boundary line for a four runs.
BOWLED: A batsman failing to meet the ball that is bowled at him, and the ball hitting the stumps, is called "bowled". It is collaquially called as "Castled".
CHEST ON : A body position in the process of bowling a ball.
CHIN MUSIC : Batsman facing a series of bouncers from the bowler.
CHINA MAN : Left handed bowler bowling a wrist spin.
CHUCKING : A ball that is not bowled in the proper and approved form by the judging authority.
COVER : A fielding position.
CUT : A way of slicing and playing the ball.
DEAD BALL : Is called so when: (1) A ball bounces twice before reaching the batsman;.(2) The ball getting lodged in batsman's clothing or any of the protective gears; (3) A ball is bowled when the batsman is not ready and (4) a bowler aborting his run up.
DEVIL' S NUMBER : (87) It is called so in Australian Cricket as it is 13 short of 100.
DUCK: A batsman getting out at "Zero".
DIAMOND DUCK: A batsman getting out at zero on the first ball of an innings.
DECLARATION: Voluntary closure of a batting side's innings by the captain. Only in test matches when the runs scored is large.
DOOSRA : A hindi/Urdu word for "Other" - A spin of the ball that is turning the other way than expected.
DOT BALL : A ball that is bowled and no runs scored of it.
DUCKWORTH LEWIS METHOD : A mathematical formula to derive the target to be scored by a team in a one day or 20:20 match that is affected by rain or otherwise.
EXTRAS : An illegal delivery like a no-ball, wide etc. (for which an extra ball is to be bowled) counted as a run to the batting side irrespective of the batsman scoring a run/runs of that delivery. Even a legal delivery, not played by the batsman, but results in run/s, is also considered as extra like the bye run.
FLIPPER : Leg spin with under spin - a ball bouncing lower than normal.
FOLLOW THROUGH : A run up after delivering a ball by the bowler or a batsman's arms and body position after hitting the ball.
GOLDEN DUCK : A batsman getting out/dismissed at zero of the first ball, first over and first innings.
GOOGLY: A leg spinner bowling an off spin with the same action. Also called "Wrong one".
GOLDEN PAIR : A batsman getting dismissed at zero of the first ball he faces in both innings.
HAWK EYE: A computer generated graphic picture showing the probable path of a ball bowled - normally used for Leg Before Wickets decisions.
IN DIPPER : A ball curving into the batsman even before pitching / bouncing.
LEG BEFORE WICKET : Ball hitting any part of a batsman's body, mostly legs, before hitting the bat, and would have gone to hit the stumps.
LEG SIDE/ON SIDE: The side of the field on the left hand side of a right hand batsman and vice versa. The other side is called the "off side".
MANHATTAN: A colloquial term in the commentaries. A Bar graph showing the runs scored off each over. This Bar graph is used for various purposes, in cricket it is named after the sky scrappers (tall buildings) of Manhattan.
MILITARY MEDIUM: Pace bowling that lacks the speed to trouble a batsman.
NO BALL : An illegal delivery.Called so on occasions like the bowler's front foot crossing the bowling crease, or bowling a ball that directly going above the waist of a batsman or going way above the head of a batsman after pitching.
OFF SIDE : The right side field of a right handed batsman and vice versa.
YORKER : A ball intended to be pitched at the bottom of the bat or at the toe of a batsman. It is so named as it was invented in the Yorkshire county, England.
NELSON EYE: Score of 111. When the score reaches the number, David Shepherd, the former umpire of UK, used to hop at his stance and he is best remembered for this act as well as for his umpiring skills.
OVER : A bowler, bowling 6 times, from a particular end is called so.

(1) Test matches,    (2) One day international,    (3) 20:20 Cricket. In Australia and England some tournaments are played for even 40 overs.

A game of cricket between two teams of 11 players each, one team batting and the other bowling, each team playing two innings of batting in the normal circumstances, spread over 5 days, at the rate of 90 over per day.

It can happen only when a team batting first scored a very high score and the team batting second fails to score the required runs even in two consecutive batting innings when they are asked to do so.

A team batting first scoring very high score is followed by the other team batting. If the team batting second gets out for less runs, with a difference of 200 or more, they may be asked to bat again. Such an arrangement is called "follow on" and it is optional.

Unofficial in 1833 - England Vs. Australia Official 15.3.1877 - England Vs. Australia, won by Australia.

It is the term used for Test match series between England and Australia. It is called so because, English journalist Reginald Broom wrote a mock obituary about England's loss to Australia in the Test Series of 1882.

1932. First Test on 25.06.1932 Vs. England.

25.6.1932 Vs. England.

1. England - Australia - The Ashes (Urn);
2. England - South Africa - Basil D'olivera Trophy;
3. England - West Indies - Wisden Trophy
4. Australia - West Indies - Frank Worrel Trophy;
5. Australia - New Zealand - Trans Tasman Trophy;
6. Australia -India - Border-Gavaskar Trophy;
7. South Africa - West Indies - Vivian Richards Trophy.

India, England, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies, Bangladesh.

A game of cricket played between two teams, within a day or day-night with each team playing 50 overs only.

In 1962 played between county teams in UK.

World Series Cricket also called Kerry Packer Series. Kerry Packer was a businessman of (news and TV magnate) Australia who revolutionized the game introducing colored attire playing under flood lights etc. The series was held between 1977-79. Initially it received huge criticisms and as years passed and received people's patronage, one day international came to stay in the big way finding regular itinerary between countries, and holding of World Cup etc., .

World Cup: Held once in four years, from 1975. Champions Trophy: Held once in two years, 1998. Asia Cup: Between Asian countries. Women's World Cup: Once in 4 years from 1998.

It is three five over spells (3 * 5 over) which the fielding team can employ to it's advantage, during any part of the 50 over, to prevent/curtail scoring of runs by the batting team, under certain conditions, viz: (1) It cannot be introduced in the middle of an over (2) Once introduced it has to be continuously employed for 5 overs . Normally used in the first 15 over and sometimes it may be deferred to later states. 3) Nowadays, the first five over is a compulsory "Power Play" and other two spells of Power Play is allotted one to the fielding side and the other to the batting side to be availed at the desired period of the times.

A.England - Four times in 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999.

1. 1983 - Kapil Dev; K.Srikanth - 38 runs, Mohinder Amarnath - who was also the Man of the match in the semi finals.
2. 2011 - Mahendra Singh Dhoni - Gautam Gambhir 97 - Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

A game of cricket played over 20 overs each side with almost the same rules as for 50 overs one day international, excepting the power play which is reduced to first six overs, and each bowler to bowl only 4 overs.

2007 - South Africa - India beating Pakistan.

The extra ball bowled against a No ball declared for over shooting the bowling crease alone is given as a "free hit" in which only run out is permissible.

1998 held once in 2 years initialy and later decided by ICC on the basis of various tournaments and schedules. The next Champions Trophy is likely to be held in 2017.

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner
1998	Bangladesh	South Africa	West Indies
2000	Zimbabwe	New Zealand	India
2002	Sri Lanka	India & Sri Lanka Joint Winners
2004	England	West Indies	England
2006	India	Australia	West Indies.
2009	South Africa	Australia	New Zealand.
2013	England	India	England
2017	England

(1) CAUGHT: A batsman hitting the ball which is caught by the fielders/ Wicket keeper before the ball touching the ground.

(2) BOWLED: A batsman failing to meet a ball bowled at him and the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails.

(3) LEG BEFORE WICKET : A ball bowled at the batsman hitting the pads (not the bat) and in the opinion of the umpire the ball is it's course would have gone to hit the stumps. There are certain conditions attached to it in making a decision.

(4) RUN OUT : A batsman hitting the ball to a distance and attempts for a run and before reaching the other end, the ball is collected and thrown at the stumps, either directly hitting the stumps or through another fielder, and the bails are dislodged before the batsman reaching the bowling crease, it is called Run Out. This can happen at the other end also where the non striker batsman trying to complete the run.

(5) STUMPED : A batsman, in the process of playing a ball bowled at him, leaves the crease, misses the ball and the wicket keeper collects the ball and dislodges the bail, before the batsman manages to returns within the crease either physically or through the bat, is called "Stumped".

(6) HIT WICKET : A batsman in the process of playing a ball bowled at him, (normally in back foot strokes) hits the wickets through his body or by any of the gears (cap, helmet etc) and the bails getting dislodged is called so.

(7) HANDLING THE BALL : The ball played by a batsman, may sometimes head towards the stumps threatening enough to dislodge the bails. At this point, the batsman may sometimes stop the ball through his hands, (authorized to stop it by the legs) and if such an occasion happens and the fielding teams claims for "Out" then he will be declared out.

(8) HITTING THE BALL TWICE : A batsman is authorized to hit a ball bowled at him only once. Hitting the ball second time or preventing the ball hitting the stumps after first hit, through his bat, will be considered as out.

(9) OBSTRUCTING THE FIELDER : A batsman in the process of running, intentionally preventing a fielder from taking a catch or run him out, then he will be declared as out.

(10) TIMED OUT : A batsman getting / declared out leaves the field and the next batsman to enter should be within a specified time (3 minutes). If he fails to do this, will be declared as Timed Out.

Timed out.

HANDLING THE BALL
Tests: 5 occasions:
1. Moshin Khan - Pakistan
2. Desmond Haynes - West Indies
3. Graham Gooch - England
4. Michael Vaugan - England
5. Steve Waugh - Australia

One Day International - 2 occasions:
1. Mohinder Amarnath - India
2. Daryll Cullinan - South Africa

B.OBSTRUCTION
Tests - One
1. Len Hutton - England.

One Day International : 3 occasions
1. Rameez Raja - Pakistan
2. Mohinder Amarnath - India
3. Inzamam Ul Haq - Pakistan

(1) RANJI TROPHY : Started from 1934-35. Named after Shri Ranjit Singji the Prince of Nawanagar - The trophy donated by Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala. Played in the test format over 4/5 days.
(2) DULEEP TROPHY: Started from 1993-94. Named after Duleep Singh.
(3) IRANI TROPHY: Started from 1959-60. Name after Shri J.R.Irani who was a long time treasurer of BCCI.
(4) DEODHAR TROPHY: Started from 1973-74 named after Prof. D.B. Deodhar.
(5) NKP SALVE TROPHY: Started from 1994-95. Former BCCI President, Member of Parliament.

ICC - International Cricket Council.

BCCI - Board of Control for Cricket in India - HQ at Mumbai.

Australia: Pura Cup, Ford Ranger Cup
England: Chettau Hau Trophy, Natwest Trophy
Bangladesh: Isphani Mirzapore Trophy
New Zealand: State Shield, State League
Pakistan: ABN Amro Cup, ABN Patron's Cup, ABN Amro 20/20 Cup
South Africa: Standard Bank Cup
West Indies: KFC Cup, Red Stripes Cup
Sri Lanka: Premier Limited Overs tournament.

16 wins by Australia.

Bangladesh - 21 losses.

(1) By an innings & 579 runs - By England against Australia in 1938. (2) By 675 runs - By England against Australia in 1928-29.

(1) By 1 wicket on many occasions. (2) By 1 run West Indies beat Australia in 1992-93.

All the wickets falling in both innings for both teams and also sum total of runs scored is the same at the end, it is called "Tie". In the case of a test match, irrespective of the difference in runs in the first innings, in the second innings, if the game ends with all wickets falling for the team batting last, at exactly the sum total of runs, it is called a tie. Similarly, in a one day match/20:20, if the total (irrespective of the number of wickets) remains exactly the same at the end of the stipulated overs, it is called a tie.
It has happened only twice in the history of test cricket. (1) West Indies Vs. Australia - 1960-61 (2) India Vs. Australia - 1986-87 at Chennai. (Maninder Singh was the last wicket to fall)

952 for 6 wickets by Sri Lanka against India.

28 runs by New Zealand against England in 1954-55.

(i) 418 runs by West Indies Vs. Australia in 2002-03
(ii) 406/4 by India Vs. West Indies - 1975-76
(iii) 404/3 by Australia Vs. England - 1924.

28 runs in an over by Brian Lara of West Indies against South Africa.

(1) 400 runs by Brian Lara Vs England 2003-04
(2) 380 runs by Mathew Hayden Vs Zimbabwe 2003-04
(3) 375 runs by Brian Lara Vs England 1993-94
(4) 374 runs by Mahela Jayawardane Vs. South Africa in 2006
(5) 365 runs by Gary Sobers Vs. Pakistan 1957-58.

(1) 624 runs by Sangakara & Mahela Jayawardane of Sri Lanka against South Africa in 2006.
(2) 576 runs by Sanath Jayasurya and Mahanama of Sri Lanka Vs. India in 1997-98.
(3) 467 runs by Andrew Jones & Martin Crowe of New Zealand Vs --- in 1990-91.
(4) 457 runs - Bradman & Ponsford of Australia Vs. UK 1934
(5) 451 runs - Mudassar Nazar & Javed Miandad of Pakistan Vs. India 1982-83.

(1) Sachin Tendulkar - India - 51 Centuries
(2) Jacques Kallis - South Africa - 40 Centuries
(3) Ricky Ponding - Australia - 39 Centuries
(4) Rahul Dravid - India - 35 centuries.
(5) Sunil Gavaskar - India - 34 Centuries
(6) Brian Lara - West Indies - 34 Centuries

Sunil Gavaskar.

Sachin Tendulkar (15470 runs as of June 2012)

(1)    Sachin Tendulkar - India - 15921 runs
(2)    Ricky Ponting - Austrlia - 13378 runs
(3)    Jacques Kallis - 13289 runs
(4)    Rahul Dravid - India - 13288 runs
(5)    Kumar Sangakkara - 11988 runs
(6)    Brian Lara - West Indies - 11953 runs
(7)    Allan Border - Australia - 11174 runs
(8)    Steve Waugh - Australia - 10927 runs
(9)    Sunil Gavaskar - India - 10122 runs                                                                                                                 (10)    Shivnaraine Chanderpaul -- West Indies -- 11867 runs                                                                                       (11)  Mahela Jayawardene -- Sri Lanka -- 11814 runs                                                                                                   (12) Alistair Cook -- England -- 11057 runs                                                                                                                 (13) Younis khan - Pakistan - 10099 runs 

(1) Muthiah Muralidharan - Sri Lanka - 800 wickets (67 times 5 wickets in an innings )
(2) Shane Warne - Australia - 708 wickets (37 times 5 wickets in an innings)
(3) Anil Kumble - India - 619 wickets (35 times 5 wickets in an innings )
(4) Glenn D McGrath - Australia - 563 wickets (29 times 5 wickets in an innings)
(5) Courtney Walsh - West Indies - 519 Wickets (22 times 5 wickets in an innings)

(1) Jim Laker - England Vs. Australia - 1956.
(2) Anil Kumble - India Vs. Pakistan - 1998-99.

Rahul Dravid (210 catches which includes stumpings as a wicket keeper)

MV Boucher - South Africa (521 catches)

Sachin Tendulkar. 188 test matches as of June 2012.

Hat trick: A bowler capturing three wickets in three consecutive balls, even if it is intervened by an over, innings or a match. The criteria is that it should be three consecutive balls by the bowler.
The first hattrick in test cricket was taken by Fred Spofforth of Australia against England on 2.1.1879 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia.
There are many instances of hattrick in test cricket.  
The Hat tricks in Tests by Indians are:
(1) Harbhajan Singh Vs. Australia in 2001 at Kolkata.
(2) Irfan Pathan Vs. Pakistan in January 2006 in Pakistan.
The first hattrick in one day internationa is by Jalaluddin of Pakistan versus Australia in September 1982
The first hattrick in One Day World Cup was taken by Chetan Sharma of India versus New Zealand in 1987. 

Jack

Farook Engineer (Wicket Keeper) For Brylcream

Mushtaq Ali.

In the 1974 tour of England by India, were all out for 42 runs in a test match, and thus the phrase came to be heard.

Mudasser Nazzer of Pakistan in 557 minutes.

443 by Sri Lanka Vs Netherlands at Amstelveen in 2006.

413 by India Vs. Bermuda in 2007 World Cup in West Indies.

South Africa chased 434 runs of Australia and scored 438 to win the match at Johannesburg in 2005-2006..

Australia - 21 consecutive wins.
Bangladesh - 23 consecutive loses.

35 runs by Zimbabwe Vs. Sri Lanka at Harare in 2003-2004..

1. New Zealand Vs Ireland 290 runs 403 1 Jul 2008
2. South Africa Vs Zimbabwe 272 runs 400 22 Oct 2010
3. South Africa Vs Sri Lanka 258 runs 302 11 Jan 2012
4. South Africa Vs West Indies 257 runs 409 27 Feb 2015
5. India Vs Bermuda 257 runs 414 19 Mar 2007
6. Australia Vs Naminia 256 runs 302 27 Feb 2003
7. India Vs Hong Kong 256 runs 375 25 Jul 2008
8. Australia Vs. Namibia. by 256 runs.

1. 264 runs* -- Rohit Sharma -- India Vs Sri Lanka - Kolkatta - November 2014
2. 237 runs -- Martin Guptil -- New Zealand Vs West Indies - Wellington - March 2015
3. 219 runs -- Virender Sehwag - India - Vs. West Indies at Indore in December 2011
4. 215 runs -- Chris Gayle -- West Indies Vs. Zimbabwe -- Canberra in February 2015
5. 209 runs -- Rohit Sharma -- India Vs Australia -- Bangalore -- November 2013
6. 200 runs* -- Sachin Tendulkar of India Vs. South Africa -- Gwalior - February 2010.
7. 229 runs -- Belind Clark -- Australian Women Cricketer - Australia Vs Denmark -- Mumbai - December 1997.
8. 194 runs – Saeed Anwar of Pakistan Vs India
9. 189* - Vivian Richards of West Indies Vs England
10. 189– Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka Vs India. (*not out)

Sachin Tendulkar 18426 runs as of June 2012..

Muthaiah Muralitharan - 800 wickets

(1)   Sachin Tendulkar - India - 18,426

(2)   Kumar Sangakkara - Sri Lanka -- 14234

(3)   Ricky Ponting - Australia - 13,704

(4)   Sanath Jayasuriya - Sri Lanka - 13,430

(5)   Mahela Jayawardene - Sri Lanka - 12650 

(6)   Inzamam Ul Haq - Pakistan - 11,739

(7)   Jacques Kallis - South Africa - 11579

(8)   Saurav Ganguly - India - 11363

(9)   Rahul Dravid -- India -- 10889

(10)  Brian Lara -- West Indies -- 10405

(11)  Tilakratne Dilshan -- West Indies - 10290 

 

Sachin Tendulkar - India - 49 Centuries. (as of June 2012)

1. Chetan Sharma - 1987 against New Zealand.
2. Kapil Dev - 1991-92 Vs. Sri Lanka.

Mark Boucher of South Africa - in Tests - catches/stumpings - 521/23 and Adam Gilchrist in ODIs - catches/stumpings - 417/55

Sachin Tendulkar - 188 matches as of June 2012.

No score or zero (and also out) in cricket is called so. Tests : Courtney Walsh - West Indies - 48 ducks. ODIs : Wasim Akram - Pakistan - 28 ducks.

Wisden Book of Cricket (Wisden Cricketers' Almanac) founded in 1864 by English cricker John Wisden..

15th March 1877 - England Vs Australia - Melbourne Cricket Ground - Australia.

Wilbur Rhodes England - 52 years 165 days. .

B.S.Chandrasekar - 28 ducks in Tests.

Lala Amarnath Vs. England in 1933-34.

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, (called Tiger Pataudi) (died on 22.9.2011)

Vijay Hazare in 1947 - 1948. He was also the first to score three centuries in three consecutive test matches, first to score century ineach of the innings of a test match in 1947-1948. Ironically, he was also the first Indian batsman to score a pair ( two ducks) in a test match.

28.11.1978 - Sydney - Australia.

An innings & 336 runs defeat at the hands of West Indies in 1958-59.

Eric Hollies of England. Incientally, he also holds the record of taking all the ten wickets without the assistance of any fielder. All his ten wickets were - 7 Bowled and 3 LBWs in country cricket against Nottinghamshire in 1946.

He officiated as umpire in 6 test matches and all the matches were won by India.

Sir Richard Hadlee - New Zealand - 400th wicket was Sanjay Manjrekar.

1. Tino Best of West Indies - 95 runs Vs. England in June 2012. The earlier record was held by Zaheer Khan - 75 runs vs. Bangladesh.

Ricky Ponting.

Col. C.K.Nayudu.

Ajit Wadekar.

Chandra Nayudu - daughter of Col C.K.Nayudu

Mohammed Nissar 1932 Vs. England. He was part of the undivided Indian Team led by Col. C.K.Nayudu and upon partitition migrated to Pakistan..

Maurice Tate - England.

All the three of them got out by their caps falling on the wickets and the bails got dislodged.

Greg Chappel - Australia, Mohammed Azaruddin - India.

Allergy to grass.

A method of deciding the winner in case of a tie in score, in that, each side will nominate five bowlers, to bowl alternatively at the empty stumps and the team that leads with two/one points (wickets) difference is declared the winner. It has happened once in English county and once in the league stages of the T20 World Championship between India & Pakistan in which India won in September 2007.

Chris Gayle - West Indies 117 Vs South Africa in September 2007 T20 Championship.

Gymkhana Grounds, Mumbai - 1933.

Allan Border, Australia.

Fidel Edwards - West Indies Vs. Zimbabwe - 6 for 22 in 2003-4 at Harare.

1. As a player Vs. West Indies in 1960. 2. As a manager of Australia in 1987 Vs. India.

Graham Anthony Richard Lock.

Lehman of England had a record haul of 9 for 28 runs against S.Africa in 1896, which remained for 61 years (1896 to 1956).

Reggie Duff, Bills Ponsford, Greg Chappel- Australia, Md. Azaruddin - India.

Saurav Ganguly - 183 Vs. Sri Lanka, 1999 at .....

501 by Brian Lara, Warwickshire Vs. Durham in the English county cricket in 1994. He was playing for Warwickshire.

Bowler : Joginder Sharma; Batsman out: Misbah-ul-Haq; Catcher: Shreesanth.

Sir Dickie Bird - UK, Umpire - Lords in 1996.

Tikolo and Odumbe brothers played for Kenya. Incidentally in the same world cup Steve and Mark Waugh played for Australia.

India in 2000.

Sumathi Hariharan Iyer.

20 runs by Ashraf Ali of Pakistan.

D.Y.Patil Staium, Navi Mumbai.

Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar.

Saurav Ganguly.

Sunil Gavaskar, Allan Border and Mark Waugh.

Harry Graham, John Hampshire and Saurav Ganguli of India.

Saurav Ganguly with 21 Test wins.

Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly, Jacques Kallis and Sanath Jayasuriya.

Shute Banerjee - Scored a century - 121, incidentally it was the only test match he played. Along with Chandu Sarwate, he shared a partnership of 249 runs.

Javed Mianded - Pakistan - 19 years 141 days. 206 runs Vs. New Zealand in 1976-77 at Karachi.

West Indies.

Judge: Douglas Jardine, captain of England for his "leg theory". Hangman: Harold Larwood, bowler for implementing the theory - in the famous body line series of England Vs. Australia.

He inherited two erstwhile princely states. One is "Pataudi" through his father Iftiqar Ali and the second is "Bhopal" through his mother Sajida Sultan.

Bhupinder Singh, Maharaja of Patiala.

Chail Cricket ground, built by Bhupinder Singh, Maharaja of Patiala.

In a club match, he took the wicket of the famous cricketer W.G.Grace.

By playing a practice match with the Duchess of Norfolk XI.

A practice match against Nicky Oppeheimer's Eleven.

Canada and USA.

Between 1 to 100, 93 was the only missing number in his scores.

A pitch conducive to spin bowling.

South Africa.

Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Yuvraj Singh.

Mankaded - running out the non-striker. Waqared - a batsman getting out "bowled" by Yorkers specially.

(1) Handling the ball, (2) Hitting the ball twice and (3) Obstructing a fielder.

Olympic Gold medalist in Boxing.

He never got run out.

1. Wilfer Rhodes, England, 2. Vinod Mankad, India.

Waqar Younis.

Wasim Akram.

Vinod Kambli.

Scotland, Ireland and Netherlands.

V.V.S. Laksman.

He was the first "Super Sub" to replace Simon Jones against Australia on 7.7.2005 at Leeds in England. Now the practice of Super-sub is discontinued.

Freddie Trueman of England.

Matt Prior - England Vs. West Indies at Lords - 127 not out in 2007.

Tatenda Taibu, Zimbabwe (Vs. Sri Lanka in May 2004 at the age of 20 years and 11 months)

He collected test cricket's fastest pair of ducks (zeros) inside 120 minutes for both innings, in the 3rd test against England at Old Trafford in 1954.

C.K.Nayudu - 1933.

Sachin Tendulkar.

443/4 by Sri Lanka Vs. Zimbabwe.

35 all out in 18 overs by Zimbabwe Vs. Sri Lanka.

The Sporting Times - 1882.

Dickie Bird and Barrie Meyer. India won.

MFA 1 - the car was Audi 100.

Steve Waugh and Mark Waugh, Australia.

Krishnamachari Srikanth - 38 runs.

"Proteas" is the native/native flower of South Africa. Earlier they were called "Spring boks" - a jumping antelope, which is the national symbol of South Africa.

Mike Smith, England.

331 runs - Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar in November 1999 at Hyderabad Vs. New Zealand.

James Southerton, England at the age of 49 years and 111 days in March 1877 Vs. Australia. The second oldest to make test debut was Miran Baksh of Pakistan at 47 years 275 days at Lahore Vs. India.

Mark Butcher.

Usman Khawaja (Pakistan) - Vth test Vs. England - January 2011.

Don Bradman, Australia.

Adam Gilchrist - 100 sixes.

She became the first woman cricketer to be chosen as "The Cricketer of the year" by Wisden.

A list of some of the leading players are given below:
1. Douglas Jardine - England - Born in Bombay
2. Colin Cowdrey - England - Bangalore
3. Bob Woolmer - South Africa - Kanpur
4. Nasser Hussain - England - Madras (Chennai)
5. Jitan Patel - New Zealand
6. Monty Panesar - England
7. Vikram Solanki - England - Udaipur
8. Ravi Bopara - England
9. Sunil Naraine - West Indies
10.Darren Ganga - West Indies
11. Rohan Kanhai - West Indies
12. Ravi Rampaul - West Indies
13. Hashim Amla - South Africa
14. Samit Patel - England

Don Bradman - 452, Haif Muhammad - 499, Brian Lara - 501

Ashley Giles, England.

Sir Richard Hadlee, New Zealand.

Bowler - Graham McKenzie, Batsman - Geoffrey Boycott.

Don Bradman.

Headingley, UK.

Ahmedabad.

B.S.Chandrasekar, India by Australian cricketers.

Zimbabwe.

17.2.2005, Australia - New Zealand - Eden Park, Auckland, NZ.

Virendra Shewag 309 Vs. Pakistan at Multan in 2004. His other triple century was 319 Vs. South Africa at Chennai in 2008.

Eden Garden, Kolkata.

Sir Jack Haywar - Owner of Wolverhampton Wanderer's Foot ball club.

Sachin Tendulkar.

Md.Ashraful, Bangladesh, 17 years 63 days vs. Sri Lanka.

Allan Border, Australia.

Michael Artherton - England - 17 ducks.

Ashes Series between Australia - England.

Tilekarathne Dilshan - His earlier name was Tuwas Muhammad.

Geoff Boycott.

Hugh Tayfield - South Africa bowled 137 dot balls (22.5 overs) against England in 1957 at Durban.

A physician who was member of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh and Royal College of Surgeons, London.

Bob Crisp of South Africa.

Ned Gregory of Australia in the first test series in 1877-78..

521 catches, 23 stumpings in 144 tests by Mark Boucher of South Africa.

It is an urn made of terracotta, now kept at the Marylebone Cricket Club, Museum at the Lords, England.

Aravinda de Silva - Sri Lanka.

Bourda Oval, George Town, Guyana. Incidentally, Ajit Wadekar led Indian team recorded its first win against West Indies in 1971.

Imperial Cricket founded in 1909 by UK, South Africa and Australia.

Vijay Hazare, 1952 at Chennai Vs. England.

Wasim Akram, Pakistan.

Mohammad Aamir, Pakistan Vs. Australia on 21.12.2009 at Melbourne, Australia.(unfortunately he is now under ban for match fixing scandal)

Don Bradman - 309.

Graham Gooch, England - 333 +123 = 456 runs in a single test match in July 1990.

26 all out by New Zealand in 1955 Vs. England.

Junior - Mark Waugh, Australia
Pigeon - McGrath, Australia
Colonel - Dilip Vengsarkar
Dada, Prince of Calcutta - Saurav Ganguly
Little Master, Master Blaster - Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar
Paaji, Turbanator - Harbhajan Sing
Haryana Hurricane - Kapil Dev
Sherry - Navjyot Singh Siddhu
Rawalpindi Express - Shoaib Akhtar
Jambo - Anil Kumble
Jammy, The wall - Rahul Dravid
Sarfraz` - Staurt Clark, Australia
Tiger - Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi.
Demon - Frederick Spofforts, Australia
Church - Adam Gilchrist, Australia
Roy - Andrew Symonds, Australia
Bear - Cameroon White, Australia
Punter - Rickey Ponting, Australia
Cultivated Stylist - M.L.Jaisimha
Sunny Bhai, Little Master  - Sunil Gavaskar