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10 Amazing and Surprising Cricket Records to Note

In all sports, the players get famous for their playing style and records they make. Cricket is no exception. Furthermore, you tend to select your daily fantasy cricket team based on the records of the players and also on their performances.

There are some cricketers who will be forever remembered for their unusual records, whether these cricketers are in performance during recent times or you choose them for your fantasy cricket game. Let’s know them: 

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1. Some Cricket Records To Remember

Cricket appearance in Olympics 

Cricket has only ever appeared in the Olympic Games twice. The first time was in 1896 in Athens; but, there had not enough teams to compete hence the competition never happened. Once again, in 1900, cricket reappears in the Paris Olympics but just 2 teams were able to compete. 

First face-off 

Geoff Boycott was the first cricketer to face a ball in the one day cricket history. The bowler was Graham McKenzie. 

Ill-tempered Sunil 

Sunil Gavaskar parents had to take him to a psychiatrist once for check-up for his ill temperament. It has stated that Sunil was very ill-tempered in the past. 

Century using a borrowed bat 

The epic 1996 37-ball century of Shahid Afridi, the fastest in one-day history at the time, actually scored off using the borrowed bat of Waqar Younis! 

Mankad madness 

A special style of dismissal is in trend at the cricket matches. The style is known as Mankad, named after Indian bowler Vinod Mankad. It involves the running out of the non-striking batsman when he leaves his crease by the bowler before the ball has been delivered. Vinod used this method often, instead of warning the batsman as was custom at the time, so the name stuck.  

TV wickets 

In 1992, Sachin Tendulkar turned to be the first ever batsman to be run out after the third umpire consulted TV replays–Jonty Rhodes was the fielder. The next day, in the same test match, Rhodes was run out in the precise same way by Sachin. 

Snail-slow Sunil 

In a World Cup match of 1975, Sunil Gavaskar batted through the 60 overs and scored just 36 runs. There is a huge doubt about this record ever getting broken. 

Long-lasting battery power 

West Indian fast bowler Courtney Walsh nicknamed Duracell for his ability to bowl very long spells. 

Sydney magic 

After scoring 277 runs at the SCG in 1993 vs. Australia Brian Lara named his own daughter Sydney! 

Stumped by a whacko wicket 

English shepherds, considered to be the first to discover cricket, used to play in front of a tree stump. So the origins of the term “stump.” As the game developed, they moved to sometimes playing in front of a wicket-gate, which led to the term “wicket” coined. 

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