CRICKET

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ABOUT CRICKET

• Cricket is very popular game.• Cricket is also known as

‘Gentlemen’s Game’• There are three umpires in a

match.• There are eleven players in each

team.• The match starts with a coin

toss.• The match is played by two

teams.

Interesting Facts (Batting) in Cricket

Charles Bannerman Scored 165* the first test Century in the match played between Australia and England at Melbourne Cricket Ground in 15-19 March 1887

First test century partnership was put on by W.G.Grace and A.P.Lucas batting for England against Australia , played at the Kennington Oval in 1880

W.G.Grace was the first batsman to Score 100 first class centuries in 1895

The First ODI Century was Scored by Denis Amiss (103) against Australia at Old Trafford in 1972

The First ODI Double Century was Scored by Sachin Tendulkar against South Africa at Gwalior in 2010

Interesting Facts(Bowling) in Cricket

Billy Midwinter was the first Bowler to take a five wicket haul in test cricket against Australia in 1877 Billy Voce was the first Bowler to take a five wicket haul in ODI Cricket

Courtney Walsh holds the best(economy rate) five wicket haul 5/1 against Sri Lanka in ODI Cricket in 1986 Jim Laker with a 10 wicket haul against Australia at Old Trafford in 1956 Courtney Walsh became the first bowler to take 500 wickets in the history test Cricket

HISTORY OF INDIAN CRICKET• India played its first match in 1932.• India’s first match was against

England.• India won its first world cup in 1983.• India has became champion twice.

Achievements by Indians

India achieved its first ever Test victory in 1951-52 against England

Poly Umrigar scored 233 against New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1955/56 and became the first Indian to score a Double Century Kapil Dev 175* knock against Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells in 1983 India became the world champion in 1983 after defeating the defending champion West Indies by 43 runs at Lord’s,London

Anil kumble with a 10 wicket haul against Pakistan at Ferozeshah kotla in 1999 and becoming the second bowler to do so in the history of test cricket

Sunil Gavaskar is the first Indian with four seasons of 1000+ runs 

Indian Team (Current)

• Virender Sehwag• Gautam Gambhir• Virat Kohli• Sachin Tendulkar• Suresh Raina• MS Dhoni ©• Yusuf Pathan

Harbhajan SinghZaheer KhanPraveen KumarMunaf Patel

Bats Used in Cricket

Laver & WoodBradbury

Bellingham & Smith AS Sports

Do you Know ?

Karsan Ghavri introduced bouncer during the 1978-79 series against West Indies in which he took record making 27 wickets , most by a left arm fast bowler

How Cricket Changed ?

18th Century Cricket Early 19th century Cricket

Late 19th century Cricket 20th Century Cricket

Kerry Packer’s Contribution to Cricket

Kerry Francis Packer was best known for founding World Series Cricket. As top players from several countries rushed to join World Series most notablyTony Greig , Clive Lloyd , Greg Chappell ,Ian Chappell ,Imran Khan , Dennis Lillee , Michael Holding, Andy Roberts .

All time Great (Top 5 Batsman)

All Time Great (Top 5 Bowler )

All time Great (Top 5 fielders)