9+9 Must Know Cricket Trivia

• South Africans were the first to introduce TV run outs.
• Graham Yallop, in 1978 was the first man to wear a helmet.
• Wasim Akram is the first man to perform a hat-trick in both one days and tests.
• England and Australia played the first ever one day international at Melbourne in 1971.
• Sachin Tendulkar was the first victim of the third umpire. In the Test match.
• Hollywood actor Russell Crowe is Martin Crowe's cousin.
• Hanif Mohammed (Pakistan) batted for 16 hours and 10 minutes - nearly 3 full days - against the West Indies, scoring 337.
• A batsman can be declared out if he fails to come to the crease in 5 mins.
• India was dismissed twice in a day against England in a test match in 1952. They were dismissed for 58, and 82! Zimbabwe has also managed to do this in 2005 where they were dismissed for 50 and 99.
• Only four test series have ended 0-0 with all five matches being drawn. India was involved in three of them, including two in a row against Pakistan.
• There were no less than six ducks,plus one not out batsman, in the Pakistani innings v West Indies, at Cape Town in 1993.
• The first century in Test cricket was scored by Charlie Bannerman of Australia in 1877.
• The first batsman to be dismissed for 99 on his Test debut was Australia’s Arthur Chipperfield at Tent Bridge in 1934. He was 99 not out at lunch.
• The highest score by a player in his last Test as captain was Ian Chappell’s 192 against England in 1975.
• Wilfred Rhodes had the longest ever Test career: 30 years 315 days from 1899 to 1930.
• The first player to score 100 runs and take 10 wickets in the same Test was Australia’s Alan Davidson in 1960.
• Australia’s Allan Border played in more Test innings than any other batsman (265).
• The first batsman to share in 50 century partnerships in Tests was India’s Sunil Gavaskar.