Consecutive Triple Centuries in County Championship

Former Australian opener Justin Langer is the only person to score consecutive triple-centuries in the County Championship. In 2006, Justin Langer had two matches for Somerset, as a replacement overseas player, and in the second of them hit... 342 against Surrey in Guildford (the highest score ever made there). Not surprisingly, perhaps, Somerset signed Langer up full time for the 2007 season - he'd just retired from Test cricket then - and in his first match as their captain (nine months after his previous innings for them) he scored 315 against Middlesex in Taunton as Somerset made their way to 850 for 7, their high-ever total (the 688 for 8 in Langer's previous match in Guildford slipped down to third). For the record, only eight other men have scored two or more Championship triple-centuries: Wally Hammond, Graeme Hick and Michael Hussey each scored three, while Bill Ashdown (Kent), Jack Brown (Yorkshire), John Crawley (Hampshire), Murray Goodwin (Sussex) and Percy Holmes (Yorkshire) all made two.

 

Derbyshire's opener Chesney Hughes scored 270 not out but lost.

Derbyshire's 22 years old opener Chesney Hughes scored 270 not out but lost. This the highest score to result in defeat as he carried his bat for 270 not out in that County Championship match against Yorkshire but his side st...ill ended up losing by an innings. Only eight higher scores have been made in a defeat - and the one at the top of the list was also in a Derbyshire match, although they actually won that one: Percy Perrin made 343 not out for Essex in Chesterfield in 1904, but Derbyshire won by nine wickets after Essex were all out for 97 in their second innings. And I discovered from Andrew Samson's online statistical blog that only one higher individual score than Hughes' has been made in an innings defeat: Vijay Hazare's 309 for the Rest against Hindus in Bombay in 1943-44 (Hazare shared a stand of 300 in a follow on with his brother Vivek, whose contribution was 21).

 

 

Andrew Strauss dismissed four times by Nathan Hauritz

Andrew Strauss was dismissed four times running in one-day internationals by Nathan Hauritz in 2009. This is a record in ODIs? Andrew Strauss is one of nine batsmen to have been dismissed in four successive one-day international innings by... the same bowler. Devon Smith of West Indies is on that list twice - he fell four times in a row to Elton Chigumbura of Zimbabwe in December 2007, and again to Pakistan's Mohammad Hafeez early in 2011. The latest addition to the list is Yuvraj Singh, who fell four times running to England's James Tredwell earlier this year. But two men have been out to the same bowler five times in a row in ODIs: Gary Kirsten fell to Dominic Cork five times in January 1996, while Collins Obuya of Kenya had similar trouble against his fellow legspinner Graeme Cremer of Zimbabwe early in 2009.

 

Asif Iqbal Lovely Batting Style

Asif Iqbal is a former Pakistani cricketer. Soft spoken, gentle yet compelling, graceful and elegant are some phrases which describe his personality and his batting style

The Australian cricket team in England, 1878

From left, standing: Fred Spofforth, J. Conway (manager), F.E. Allan; Seated, center: G.H. Bailey, Tom Horan, T.W. Garrett, D. Gregory, A. Bannerman, H. Boyle; Front: C. Bannerman, W. Murdoch, J. Blackham.

 

Australian cricket team in England 1882

From left, standing: Tom Garrett, George Bonnor, Harry Boyle, Hugh Massie, George Palmer, C.W. Beale (manager), John Blackham. Sitting: George Giffen, Fred Spofforth, Tom Horan, Percy McDonnell, Billy Murdoch, Alec Bannerman.

 

Stan McCabe rubs his chest after being struck by a ball in body line series between England v Australia in 1930's

Len Hutton's 364 against Australia remains the longest Test innings in terms

Sid Barnes, traps Lala Armanath lbw in the first official Test between Australia and India at the MCG.in Feb 1948

Shoaib Akhter become first bowler to cross 100 mile barrier

On April 27, 2002, Shoaib Akhtar became the first man in the history of international cricket to cross the 100-mile barrier, but the International Cricket Council refused to recognise the feat, stating it wasn’t picked off a standard measuring tool.

 

 

Zimbabwe legspinner Graeme Cremer 4 for 4 in the first Test against Bangladesh

Zimbabwe legspinner Graeme Cremer 4 for 4 in the first Test against Bangladesh in Harare is the cheapest four-wicket haul in a Test: there were two previous instances of 4 for 5, by Pervez Sajjad for Pakistan against New Zealand in Rawalpin...di in 1964-65, and Ken Higgs for England v New Zealand in Christchurch in 1965-66. So far in 11 Test matches he has taken 24 wickets.

Full name Alexander Graeme Cremer

Born September 19, 1986, Harare

Current age 26 years 226 days

Major teams Zimbabwe, Mid West Rhinos, Northerns (Zimbabwe), Zimbabwe A, Zimbabwe Board XI, Zimbabwe Select XI, Zimbabwe Under-19s

Playing role Bowler

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak googly

 

Ernie Toshack was one of the game's most captivating characters

Ernie Toshack was one of the game's most captivating characters. Tall, with striking, rugged features, he was known to his team-mates as The Black Prince (Sid Barnes enviously dubbed him The Film Star), having earlier, in his boxing days, b...een called `Johnson' for his swarthiness (the American black heavyweight Jack Johnson ruled the boxing world just before Toshack was born). He has hold the record of best 5 wickets haul in Test cricket, when he took 5 wickets for only 2 runs against India at Brisbane 28 November 1947. Toshack, who made his Test debut for Australia against New Zealand at Wellington, in 1946, played 12 Tests for Australia between 1945-46 and 1948, taking 47 wickets at an average of 21.04. A valued member of the Don Bradman's 1948 Invincibles, Toshack also enjoyed a successful career with NSW, making 48 first-class appearances between 1945-46 and 1949-50 when a troublesome knee forced his retirement.

Full name Ernest Raymond Herbert Toshack

Born December 8, 1914, Cobar, New South Wales

Died May 11, 2003, Bobbin Head, Sydney, New South Wales (aged 88 years 154 days)

Most Often by the Same bowler in ODI's.

Pakistani fast bowler Waqar Younis has been dismissed Sanath Jayasuriya most often by the same bowler in one-day internationals. Sanath Jayasuriya was dismissed on 13 occasions by Waqar Younis, while Waqar's long-time sparring partner Wasim Akram removed Desmond Haynes 12 times.