Kane Williamson has a Great Series Against India

New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson has a great series against India; he became only the 2^nd batsman in ODIs to score five fifties in all five matches’ series. The other batsman is Yasir Hameed of Pakistan, to achieve this feat, who hit one century and four fifties in five matches’ series against kiwis in 2003-04. Kane Williamson is also fourth New Zealand batsman to hit five or more consecutive fifties in ODI’s. The other batsmen are Andrew Jones, Roger Twose and Martin Guptil to do the feat it. His five fifties are also the most fifty plus scores by a New Zealand batsman in a bilateral series. He managed 361 runs in the series are the highest by a New Zealand batsman in a bilateral ODI series, the previous record held by Nathan Astle who scored 351 runs against Zimbabwe in 1997-98. Ross Taylor made 343 runs in the series is the third highest in this list. 

Test debut on his birthday.

Pakistan left handed opening batsman Shan Masood celebrated his 24th birthday on the first day of Test against South Africa in Abu Dhabi. He gave himself a present the following day by making 75 in his maiden innings. Shan Masood was actually the 12th man to make his Test debut on his birthday, and the first since Sewnarine Chattergoon of West Indies, against Sri Lanka in Port-of-Spain in April 2008. The first man to do it actually did so in the first Test of all is Australian Bransby Cooper, against England in Melbourne in March 1877, was celebrating his 33rd birthday on the first day of Test cricket.

Defeat mere by 1 Run

South Africa's slight victory in Sharjah was the 27th occasion that a side had won an ODI by one run. It was the 3rd time it had happened to Pakistan, where they were on the wrong end of the first such result, against New Zealand in Sialkot in October 1976, and also in the most recent previous instance losing to West Indies in Bridgetown in May 2011. In between, Pakistan also managed to win one by a single run against West Indies in Sharjah in October 1991. Champions of the one-run finishes are Australia, who had won five ODIs by that slender margin; India, New Zealand and South Africa have all won four.

One Day Hundred at No. 7

Australian James Faulkner's express 116 in last ODI in Bangalore against India was actually the 10th century by a No. 7 in one-day internationals. The first batsman was Sir Lankan Hashan Tillakaratne's round 100 for Sri Lanka against West Indies in Sharjah in Oct 1995, whereas the highest runs remains MS Dhoni's unbeaten 139 for the Asia XI v Africa in Chennai in June 2007. James Faulkner's hundred, which came up in just 57 balls, actually is the fastest by a No. 7, beating Indian Yusuf Pathan's 68 balls against South Africa in Centurion in January 2011. For the record, there has not yet been a one-day hundred by anyone batting lower than No. 7.

Most Sixes hit by Any batsman

Opener Rohit Sharma's (209) 16 sixes was a new record in one-day internationals, shading Shane Watson's 15 for Australia against Bangladesh in Mirpur in April 2011. The T20 record was set in August by Aaron Finch, with 14 for Australia v England in Southampton, while the Test-best is 12, by Wasim Akram during his 257 not out for Pakistan against Zimbabwe in Sheikhupura in 1996-97. While in List A innings Gerrie Snyman's 196, hits 17 sixes over the ropes, for Namibia in a World Cricket League match against the United Arab Emirates at Windhoek in November 2007.