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Essay On Cricket Facts

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Shocking Cricket Facts That You Should Know
Over the years, the game of cricket is meant to be the game of facts. Every game of cricket creates some mind blowing facts. From the day one when it was played, till today, there are many cricketers who created history by scoring runs, taking wickets and catches. But, there are some other shocking facts which every cricket lover would like to know. Here we are today with some of the unknown cricket facts that can really make you think twice. Have a look: When duck followed ‘Little Master’ Sunil Gavaskar thrice in his test career on the first ball
The people of 70’s and 80’s better understand the beauty of this Indian batsman. Of course, they do, because it was not easy to bat without helmet especially …show more content…

On the other hand, Australia’s pacer Peter Siddle is the only man to take a hat-trick on his birthday. The unlucky batsmen were Alistair Cook, Matt Prior and Stuart Broad. The match was held at Gabba in 2010. That was really a huge gift he gave himself!

Sachin played for Pakistan before
Can you imagine India’s greatest batsman ‘Sachin Tendulkar’ played for Pakistan before? This actually happened! In 1987, Tendulkar came on the field as a substitute fielder for Pakistan. Javed Miandad and Abdul Qadir left the field at lunch time and Tendulkar was asked to field. He was standing at long-on and soon Kapil Dev hit a skier in his direction. Despite running 15 metres, Tendulkar could not reach the ball. It was a practice match between India and Pakistan at Brabourne Stadium.

Sachin Tendulkar stats against Shoaib Akhtar is interesting
Although the two are good friends off the field but we all know what competition we got to see when they both used to play against each other. Sachin hammered Akhtar many a times in his career, but the Rawalpindi Express was always ready to take the

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