Brod's Cricket Stats (it interests me anyway)

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17 - TD Paine - 4th lowest score to be the highest individual score by an Australian batsman in an innings in which all 11 players bat (All three lower were against England in the 1800s, with 10 the lowest)

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88 - Australia v Pakistan
- 2nd lowest score v Pakistan (only second time below 100 - lowest 80 Karachi 1956)
- Last time Australia made less then 90 was v WI Perth, 1984 (76)

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10 - SM Katich - First time in 10 Test matches Katich has not scored a half century

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800 - M Muralitharan - Test wickets

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800 - M Muralitharan - Test wickets

i've got one I think could stump you!!!

How many no-balls (not counting the 800 wickets)?

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800 - M Muralitharan - Test wickets

i've got one I think could stump you!!!

How many no-balls (not counting the 800 wickets)?

15 no balls (for chucking) (8 in test cricket)

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12,000 - R Ponting - Test Runs (achived when he passed 40 in the 2nd innings).
247 - R Ponting/S Tendulkar - Test Innings to achieve 12,000 runs (amazingly, the only two players to ever sore 12,000 runs both passed the milestone in their 247th innings)

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12,000 - R Ponting - Test Runs (achived when he passed 40 in the 2nd innings).
247 - R Ponting/S Tendulkar - Test Innings to achieve 12,000 runs (amazingly, the only two players to ever sore 12,000 runs both passed the milestone in their 247th innings)

what did lara end up with?

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12,000 - R Ponting - Test Runs (achived when he passed 40 in the 2nd innings).
247 - R Ponting/S Tendulkar - Test Innings to achieve 12,000 runs (amazingly, the only two players to ever sore 12,000 runs both passed the milestone in their 247th innings)

what did lara end up with?

11953 in 232 innings, but lowest average of the three

Tedulkar 55.48
Ponting 54.66
Lara 52.88

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God you're good... I could've sworn he'd passed 12K

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God you're good... I could've sworn he'd passed 12K

Call him Doctor Smooth...

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18 - SR Tendulkar - Most Test scores over 150 (broke the record of DG Bradman)
9- M Jayawardene - Most Test centuries at Test Venue (broke the record of DG Bradman)
2nd - SK Raina - 2nd Indian to score Test century on debut (other- V Sehwag)

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God you're good... I could've sworn he'd passed 12K

Call him Doctor Smooth...

Dr Smooth?

With Randiv conceding 200+ on debut, how many blokes have done it before him...? I know Krejza did, but is there any more?

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God you're good... I could've sworn he'd passed 12K

Call him Doctor Smooth...

Dr Smooth?

With Randiv conceding 200+ on debut, how many blokes have done it before him...? I know Krejza did, but is there any more?

Randiv is the third player to conceed 200 runs on debut.
8/215 JJ Krejza
2/212 S Randiv
3/204 OAC Banks (WI v Aus May 2003)

There have been 18 players conceed 150 plus, including......SK WARNE 1/150

Randiv also delivered the equal 4th most deliveries on debut

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How did Randiv end up on the "most deliveries on debut" after bowling again in the morning...

72 overs wasn't it?

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222 - S Randiv - Most run conceeded on debut (took the record from JJ Krezja)
73 - S Randiv - 2nd most deliveries on debut (Most TW Cartwrght Eng v Aus, 1964)

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96.5 - SR Tendulkar - Average in 2010 (772 runs)
56.63 - KC Sangakkara - Test Average, the highest of current players

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Sachin... just doesn't stop, does he?

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20 - Mohammad Asif - Took his 100th Test wicket in just his 20th test (equal 9th fastest, the only two players to achieve it in less Tests in the last 60 years are Andy Roberts and Ian Botham, both 19 tests)

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65* - Umar Gul - First FC half century in his 60th FC match