10 Little Known Facts about Cricket

1. Swing Sultan - Wasim Akram also has his highest Test innings score of 257, which is higher than Sachin Tendulkar's highest Test score of 248*.

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2. Pakistani magician spinner, Saeed Ajmal surprisingly has never won a single award for the Man of the Match in ODIs.http://www.cricketnewsworld.com/img/875/saeed-ajmal-is-happy-with-his-progress-and-wants-to-play-2015-world-cup.jpg

3. In the entire history of recorded Cricket, only four players have played on all ten batting positions for a team; names include Lance Klusener, Abdur Razzaq, Shoaib Malik and Hashan Tillakaratne.http://images.supersport.com/2010/KlusenerLance041109PhocallGLbg.jpghttp://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Abdul+Razzaq+2011+ICC+World+Cup+Pakistan+Portrait+GjwDQGdj2DYl.jpg

4. The cricket lord, Sir Don Bradman hit a total of 6 sixes in his entire career.http://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/93500/93544.2.jpg

5. South Africa's Gary Kirsten has the highest score in a World Cup match, making 188 not-out against UAE in 1996.http://cricwizz.com/files/uploads/2014/10/Gary-Kirsten.jpg

6. In all of 400 years history of Cricket, the fastest (electronically measured) speed for a cricket ball bowled by any bowler, ever, is precisely 161.3 km/h (100.23 mph) by Shoaib Akhtar of Pakistan to Nick Knite of England, on the 22nd February 2003 in the World Cup hosted by South Africa.

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8. 7. Shoaib Akhtar handed Sachin Tendulkar a Golden Duck the first time these two came head to head, it was a late reverse swinging delivery that knocked Tendulkars middle wicket off the ground. He had also bowled Dravid, with a similar reverse swing, one ball before Sachin. These two deliveries are called, Double jeopardy when Shoaib Akhtar made his first International impacthttp://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/82100/82172.jpg?alt=2http://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/130600/130688.jpg

8. Clive Lloyd of West Indies and Ricky Ponting of Australia are the only captains to win the ICC Cricket World Cup trophy twice.http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/28/article-1202763-05DE4857000005DC-937_468x446.jpghttp://www.cricketdawn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Ricky-Ponting-with-ICC-Cricket-World-Cup-Trophy.jpg

9. Australia's Glenn McGrath has the most wickets, 71 in 39 matches. McGrath also has the best bowling figures of 7-15 against Namibia in 2003.http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2012/12/31/1226525/205692-mcgrath.jpg

10. Melbourne will become the second ground to host more than one World Cup finals. Only Lord's have hosted more number of finals (4).http://www3.hilton.com/resources/media/hi/MELHITW/en_US/img/shared/video_asset/main/HL_aerialview01_746x420_FitToBoxSmallDimension_Center.jpg

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