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1. Muttiah Muralitharan, who has taken the highest number of wickets (534) in ODIs, has conceded the highest number of runs in ODIs (12326).


2. A double century in test matches means a batsman is in form. Jason Gillespie scored 200* against Bangladesh as a night-watchman. This is a world record which still stands today. Incidentally, the knock became the last of his career.


3. Chris Martin, every bowler’s bunny, is not the easiest batsman to get out. He has 52 not outs in 104 innings in test matches. Incidentally, he has 36 ducks in his 52 dismissals.


4. Gary Sobers’ maiden test hundred stood as a world record for almost four decades. He scored 365*against Pakistan in 1958. Unfortunately, he couldn’t better his record in the next 25 tons he scored.

5. Courtney Walsh has the highest number of ducks at 43 in Test matches. Incidentally, he has the highest number of not outs too at 61.


6. Wasim Akram (257) has a better highest test score than Sachin Tendulkar (248*).


7. Irfan Pathan became the first bowler in a test match to take a hat-trick of the first three balls of the Test match. India went on to lose the test match by 340 runs.

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Cricketers and their nicknames
Mohammad Ashraful – Matin


Brendon McCullum – Bazz


Ian Bell – The Sherminator
Richie Benaud – Diamonds


Stuard Broad – Westlife
Brett Lee – Bing, Binga


Stuart MacGill – Magilla , Stuey, Macca


Angelo Mattews – Kaluwa, Jocka


Shaun Marsh – SOS


Allan Donald – White lightening (justified indeed)


Khalid Mashud – Pilot
Sean Ervine – Slug, Siuc


Glenn McGrath – Pigeon
Mashrafe Mortaza –
Farveez Maharoof – Fara


Makhaya Ntini – George


Herschelle Gibbs – Scooter


Nathan Hauritz – Horry, Ritzy


Monty Panesar – The Python


James Hopes – Catfish


Mark Waugh – Afghan


Umar Gul – Peshawar Rickshaw

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Horror-scopes – Indian Cricket Team


Gambhir (Libra): Play pakda pakdi (tag) with 10-year olds daily. Hire Usain Bolt as your running coach. Stay away from Inzamam.


Sehwag (Libra): Bat longer than an Airtel ad. While fielding, avoid looking for hot chicks in the crowd, there are none at Test Matches.


Virat Kohli (Scorpio): Use a lot more of BC’s and MC’s to motivate the players. Carry a green towel to the field to wipe the ball and for luck.


Pujara (Aquarius): Have a kaju katli (sweets) before coming out to bat. While batting, crack Sardar jokes to piss off Monty Panesar.


Tendulkar (Taurus): If you under perform, compare yourself with your fellow Rajya Sabha members. Bowl more overs than Harbhajan Singh.


Yuvraj (Sagittarius): Stop buying those Rs. 20 shades from Kandivali station, they bring bad luck. Play Cricket 07 on the PS2 daily.


Dhoni (Cancer): Get Joginder Sharma back in the team. Get Poonam Pandey to strip at the lunch break. Call ‘tails’ during the toss.


Ashwin (Virgo): Crack a nariyal (coconut) on the pitch before bowling, for luck. Keep the carom ball for the game of carom only. Mock Sehwag.


Zaheer Khan (Libra): Do the Gangnam Style after every wicket. Knock out Cook with a beamer. Put extra sugar in Kohli’s tea during the break.


Ishant Sharma (Virgo): Bowl faster than you run. Wear pink shoes for good luck. Avoid tips from Gautam Gambhir while bowling.


Pragyan Ojha (Virgo): Do not rub the ball on your crotch every 6 seconds. Sledge in Gujarati, take tips from Parthiv Patel.


Duncan Fletcher (Libra) : Dress up as Santa Claus and watch the India vs Pakistan hockey match. Then do what the British did in 1947.

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