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01. The first Indian cricketer to be kissed on a cricket pitch was Abbas Ali Baig.

02. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi was the first captain to win all the five tosses in a Test series.

03. Mushtaq Mohammad of Pakistan is believed to use the reverse sweep shot for the first time.

04. Gundappa Vishwanath is the only cricketer to score a Double hundred on first class debut and a hundred on T est debut

05. Wasim Akram is the youngest cricketer to have captured 10 wickets in a Test match. He was only 18 years and 257 days when he did so against New Zealand in 1984-85.


06. Lee Germon of New Zealand is the only player in cricket history to make his Test debut as the captain of the national team.

07. The highest partenership for the opening wicket in Test cricket is 413 by Pankaj Roy and Vinoo Mankad of India.

08. On Januay 14, 1964, Bapu Nadakarni of India played in a Test match against Engalnd. He created a world record by bowling 21 successive maidens. Run at last was taken on the last ball of his 22nd over. Thus he did not give any run for 131 balls. By then, his figures read:- 32-27-05-0.

09. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi created a world record when he captained India on 23rd of March 1962. He was 21 years and 77 days then. Thus he became the youngest captain in Test cricket.

10. Rodney Marsh of Australia holds an unique record of keeping to every delivery that Denis Lillie bowled in his entire career.

11. The first bowler to take a five wicket haul in a LOI (Limited Overs International) match was Denis Lillie of Australia. On June 7, 1974, He took 5/34 against Pakistan at Leeds.

12. The youngest centurion in LOIs is Shahid Afridi of Pakistan. He was only
17 years lod when he scored 102 against Sri Lanka at Nairobi.

13. Dr. Willium Gilbert Grace often known as W.G.Grace in cricketing cricles, is the only player to score 0 to 100 in first class cricket. He has got every score.

14. The most number of wickets in a single series is by Sydney Barnes of England. He took 49 wickets in a 5 Test series against South Africa in 1913-14.

15. The BOMBAY GYMKHANA Ground hosted the first ever cricket Test n India.



16. Jack Hobbs of England is the oldest player to score a Test century.

17. Allen Hill is the first man to take a catch in Test cricket.

18. The first player to get out LBW in LOIs was K.D.Walters of Australia and the bowler was Bob Woolmer of England.

19. Bill Mudroch of Australia was the first batsman to score a double century in Test cricket. He did so way back in 1884.

20. John Jamson of England faced the first ball of World Cup Cricket bowled by Madan Lal of India.
21. Geoffery Boycott of England faced the first ball of LOIs.

22. Roy Fredericks of West Indies hooked Denis Lillie of Australia for a six, but was out hitwicket in 1975 world cup.

23. Sachin Tendulkar of India is t he first victim of Third Umpire.

24. Fastest Century in a LOI is by Shahid Afridi of Pakistan against Sri Lanka at Nairobi. He scored 102 runs in a mere 37 balls. The knock included 11 sixes, the most todate.

25. Fastest Fifty in a LOI is by Sanath Jayasuriya who scored 50 runs in 17 balls.


26. Kapil Dev of India did not miss a single Test in his career spanning over 131 Test owing to injury.

27. Sajid Ali of Pakistan has an unique record of missing most LOIs before a comeback. He missed 154 LOIs.

28. The first substitue to do a stumping in cricket is N.C.Tufnell of South Africa. He did so against England in 1910.

29. Alex Tudor of Surrey was hit for 6,6,6,4,4,4,4,4 in an over by Andrew Flintoff of Lancashire. The over containing two no-balls totalled up to 38. This is a world record for the most runs in an over in First Class cricket.

30. Geoff Allott of New Zealand recorded the most unusual record. He batted for 101 minutes scoring a "DUCK". Thus he recorded the longest duck in Test cricket.

31. Rajeev Nayyar , the skipper of HImachal Pradesh batted for 1017 minutes recording the longest stay on wicket ever by a batsman. He did so against Jammu and Kashmir in 1999 season. He scored 271 runs during this stay.

32. The first ever International cricket match was rather alaramingly played between United States of America and Canada. The match took place on 25th September 1844.

33. Mark Ealham of England created a dubious world record while bowling against Zimbabwe in Kimberly, South Africa. He bowled a spell of 10-3-15-5. The unbelivable aspect of the spell was that he got all the victims LBW. Thus he became the first bowler to take five LBWs in an innings of a LOI.

34. Chris Cowdrey of England is the only player to take a wicket with his first ball in both the forms of cricket. In 1985 England tour to India, he bowled Mohammad Azharuddin at Nagpur and also Bowled Kapil Dev at Mumbai. The former in LOIs and the latter being in Tests.

35. Andy Roberts of West Indies is the only bowler to have bowled in three world cup finals.
36. Alfred Shaw bowled the first ball in Test cricket.