Bizarre cricket world records

by NiketanTeam Sports

Take a look at some of the most bizarre world records in Cricket.

 

1. Most outs in the nineties

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar may have scored 100 centuries in international cricket, but he too couldn’t handle nerves in the nineties especially in One Day Internationals. The Mumbaikar, who ended his career with 49 ODI tons, got out in the nineties on 18 occasions, 9 more times than Zimbabwe’s Grant Flower who too had a dismal record when facing balls in between a score of 90 and 100.

2. Diamond Duck

Imagine getting out without facing a single ball, and it’s not a run-out. That’s a diamond duck. There have been only two instances of it in One-Day International cricket. Bhuvneshwar Kumar became the second victim of it when he was stumped off a wide from Ajantha Mendis against Sri Lanka in an Asia Cup match at Fatullah. Henry Osinde, Canada’s medium pacer, holds the ‘honour’ of the first diamond duck in ODIs, being stumped of a wide down the leg side from Alex Cusack.

3. Team lost by an innings after scoring 450 in Tests

On Dec. 20, 2016, England lost the Chennai Test despite making 477 in the first inning. It was the first time when a team lost by an innings after scoring 450 or more in the first innings of a Test. There are three instances of teams losing by an innings after scoring 400 or more in the first innings of a Test. In 1930, England lost to Australia by an innings and 39 runs at The Oval, and in 2011, Sri Lanka lost in Cardiff by an innings and 14 runs against England.The last time was in the previous Test match at Mumbai when England lost to India by an innings and 36 runs.

4. Most runs conceded without bowling a single bowl

Pakistani spinner Abdur Rehman set this bizarre record of conceding eight runs without bowling a single legitimate ball. Rehman was taken off the attack, in Pakistan’s Asia Cup 2014 encounter against the hosts Bangladesh, after the left-armer sent down a hat-trick of illegal full tosses to finish with bowling figures of 0-0-8-0.

5. Most expensive over in ODIs

Australian Mick Lewis turned out to be the most expensive bowler in ODI history when he gave away 113 runs in his quota of 10 overs against the South Africans at the Wanderers in 2006. Chasing the then world record 434, the Proteas led by the swashbuckling Herschelle Gibbs and a steady Graeme Smith, took Lewis to the cleaners on that particular day, striking an impressive 13 fours and 4 sixes on his bowling.

6. Given out for both handling the ball and obstructing the field

Mohinder Amarnath is the only cricketer to have been given out for both handling the ball and obstructing the field in ODIs. Amarnath was declared out for handling the ball in 1986, while he was dismissed for obstructing the field against Sri Lanka in 1989.

7. Worst start in ODI Cricket

4/1, four wickets for one run, that’s what the scoreboard read as Pakistan set the new for the worst start in ODI cricket, on Feb. 21, 2015. Opting to chase after winning the toss, and set a massive target of 311, Pakistan never stood a chance to win the game after losing their top order for virtually no runs. Opener Nasir Jamshed, veteran Younis Khan and Haris Sohail were all dismissed for ducks by Jerome Taylor while Ahmed Shehzad managed a single before getting out to Holder. The previous worst, in case you are curious, was 4/4 by minnows Canada in 2006.

8. Maximum number of extras in Tests

Pakistan holds the Test record for giving away maximum number of runs – 76, as extras in a single innings, against India in Bangalore in Dec. 2007.

9. Both wicket keepers bowling

Remember the Johannesburg Test between India and South Africa in 2013, where both AB de Villiers and MS Dhoni tried their hand with the ball? That is, in fact, the only occasion in Test history when wicketkeepers from both sides had bowled at least an over each.

10. Most number of bowls bowled in an over

The 2004 Asia Cup encounter between Bangladesh and Pakistan saw Mohammad Sami bowling a 17-ball over, with seven wides and four no-balls! Batsmen Habibul Bashar and Rajin Saleh scored 22 runs.

11. Most number of bowled outs in Test Cricket

For the most part of his career, Rahul Dravid was considered to be the best No. 3 batsman ever to grace the cricket field. However, by the time he retired from the game the pundits were having second thoughts about it as Dravid ended up being the batsman to be bowled the most number of times in Test cricket, which is 54 times.

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12. Most Test runs without a century

Shane Warne has scored 4,172 runs in his cricketing career, all three formats combined, and never hit a century. He holds the record for most Test runs without a century. Unfortunately, Warnie missed his maiden one when he was caught on 99 off a no-ball from Daniel Vettori during the third Test of the bilateral series in 2001.

13. Retired out in Test match

We’ve seen players getting retired out in practice or warm-up games. But a Test match? Marvan Atapattu and Mahela Jayawardene are the only two batsmen in Test cricket to have retired out. In the second Test of a three-Test series, Bangladesh were shot down for 90 in their first innings. Atapattu (201) and Jayawardene (150) piled on the misery and took Sri Lanka to 555 for 5 declared. The home team won the Test by an innings and 137 runs.

14. Slowest Innings (longest time taken to score a duck in Test cricket)

New Zealand’s Geoff Allott holds the record for the slowest innings. Allott consumed 77 deliveries, occupied the crease for 101 minutes and eventually got out for a duck, against South Africa in 1999.

15. Top score by the last batsman in an innings

The first test between South Africa vs Australia, held in Cape Town in 2011, saw a dubious record where Australia’s no. 11 batsman Nathan Lyon top scored for his side. Lyon made 14 in the second innings while his side was reduced to 47 all out.

16. Most number of ducks

He might have taken the highest number of Test wickets, but here is a dubious record Murali would like to erase. In his 495-match career, across the three formats of the game, Murali has been dismissed for a duck on 59 occasions — a world record.

17. Most runs conceded in an over

In Wellington’s Shell Trophy match, Bert Vance had a bowler’s worst nightmares come true. Canterbury had slipped to 108 for 8, when the captain decided to throw the ball to Vance to tempt the remaining batsmen to go for the big shots. And they did. Vance bowled 17 no-balls and was hit for six fours and eight sixes. Lee Germon scored 70 of those runs, bringing up his century in the process. Presumably stunned at the turn of events, the scorers and umpires lost track of the balls and only five legitimate balls were bowled in that over.
The over went: 04*4466461410666660*0*40*1* (The balls followed by * are the legitimate ones).

18. Most number of pairs in Test cricket

For starters a pair in Test cricket is accomplished when a batsman gets out without getting on board in both the innings. At present, Chris Martin who represented New Zealand in 71 matches holds the record with seven pairs. Martin also got out on a duck 36 times overall in a career spanning 14 years from 2000-2013.

19. Most Test ducks and most ‘not outs’

The lanky West Indian fast bowler holds the record for the most Test ducks (43), but also for the most “not outs” – 61 times in an international career spanning nearly 17 years from 1984 to 2001. Walsh, once the world record holder for the most wickets taken in Tests remained a mediocre batter throughout his playing days. In the 132 Tests and 185 innings that he got to play for the Caribbean side, he could only accumulate a total of 936 runs. His highest score in an innings was a poor 30* and his batting average was a miserable 7.54.

20. Slowest fifty in Test cricket

England all-rounder, Trevor Bailey best known for his obdurate defensive batting scored the slowest fifty in Test cricket, in 357-minutes and 350 balls to be precise. However, Bailey’s marathon innings wasn’t enough for England as the Australians eventually won the Test match by 8 wickets.

21. Best bowling figures in a losing cause in Tests

Javagal Srinath is the holder of one of the most unfortunate world records in whites. Srinath, who was widely considered as one of the fastest Indian bowlers, grabbed 13 wickets for just 132 runs against arch-rivals Pakistan at Kolkata in February 1999 – the best-ever figures accomplished by a bowler in a losing cause in Tests.

22. Shortest Test match

The fifth and final Test between hosts Australia and South Africa in 1932 lasted just five hours and 53 minutes. Choosing to bat at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, South Africa surrendered to the home team. They scored just 36, with Jock Cameron, the captain, top-scoring with 11. The South African bowlers did well to keep the hosts to 153, but the batting failed in the second innings as well. They were again shot down for 45, handing Australia a win by an innings and 72 runs. This is the shortest Test match ever played that has produced a result.
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