Cricket Facts - Do you know?

• Mike gatting had his nose broken by a ball from Malcolm Marshall while batting v West Indies at Kingston in 1986. The ball unfortunately dropped from his nose on to the wicket.
• There were no less than six ducks- plus one not out batsman, in the Pakistani innings v West Indies, at Cape Town in 1993.
• Two spectators were killed and several injured when a stand collapsed during the India v England game at Nagpur in January 1985.
• 25, 000 spectators turned up to watch England play its first ODI match at Chandigarh. Unfortunately a violent thunderstorm flooded the ground. In order to placate the crowd a 15 overs game was staged in unplayable conditions.
• Mark Waugh was run out 4 times in five innings in One day International matches in 1992.
• Desmond Haynes and Gordon Greenidge completed 15 century partnerships in ODI matches for West Indies.
• The first century in Test cricket was scored by Charlie Bannerman of Australia in 1877.
  The first batsman to twice score a hundred in each innings of a Test was England’s Herbert Sutcliffe in 1925 and 1929.
• 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 bowler to take 5 wickets in a Test innings was Australia’s Billy Midwinter in 1877.
• The first bowler to take 10 wickets in a Test innings was Jim Laker in 1956.
• The only two Test cricketers to play Davis Cup tennis were Cota Ramaswami of India and West Indies wicket-keeper Ralph Legall.
• The first player to score 100 runs and take 10 wickets in the same Test was Australia’s Alan Davidson in 1960.
• The first left hander to score a century on his test debut was John Mills of New Zealand in 1930.
• The first brothers to play Test cricket were Charlie (1877) and Alec (1879) Bannerman of Australia.
• The oldest Test Captain was WG Grace, aged 50 years 320 days in 1899.
• The first batsman to share in 50 century partnerships in Tests was India’s Sunil Gavaskar.
  Australia’s Allan Border played in more Test innings than any other batsman (265).