Cricket
FASTEST TIME FOR A BOWLER TO TAKE
100 WICKETS IN ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
In dismissing Dhananjaya de Silva (LKA)
during a match at Colombo in Sri Lanka on
21 Aug 2016, Mitchell Starc (AUS) claimed his
100th One-Day International (ODI) victim in
only his 52nd match. The fastest time for a
bowler to take 100 wickets in ODIs (female)
is Cathryn Fitzpatrick (AUS), achieved in
64 matches between Jul 1993 and Feb 2003.On 12 Dec 2016, Shania-Lee Swart (ZAF) scored 160 of her
team’s total of 169. None of her team-mates scored a single run!Highest team score in a
Twenty20 International
On 6 Sep 2016, Australia scored 263 for 3
from their 20 overs against Sri Lanka at the
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in
Kandy, Sri Lanka. Their innings was built
around a destructive 65-ball 145 not out
from opener Glenn Maxwell.Most consecutive balls faced
without scoring a run in a Test match
As they battled to save a draw against Sri
Lanka on 30 Jul 2016, Australia faced
154 balls – or 25.4 overs – without
troubling the scorers. Their efforts
were in vain, however, as they lost the match.Most consecutive days
of Test match cricket
Between 21 Jul and 20 Aug 2016, there were
31 consecutive days of Test cricket. The run
came to a soggy end when the last three days
of South Africa’s Test against New Zealand
were abandoned because of rain.Most wickets taken in
home Test matches (male)
As of Dec 2016, English fast bowler James
Anderson had taken 296 wickets in 69 Test
matches played on home soil.MOST MATCHES AS CAPTAIN IN
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS (FEMALE)
Charlotte Edwards (UK) retired in 2016, having
captained England in 117 One-Day Internationals
since 1997. Over the course of a glittering
career in the Test, ODI and Twenty20 arenas,
Edwards was responsible for a number of records
including the most runs scored in ODI cricket
(female) – 5,992. Her nine ODI hundreds are also
the most hundreds in an ODI career (female).There was one
consolation for
Pakistan during their
record-breaking ODI
defeat against England.
Mohammad Amir scored
58 off 28^ balls to record
the highest ODI score
by a No.11 batsman.
YOUNGEST PLAYER TO SCORE
10,000 TEST MATCH RUNS
Ex-England captain Alistair Cook (b. 25 Dec 1984)
was aged 31 years 157 days when he scored his
10,000th run during his innings of 47 not out
against Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street in County
Durham, UK, on 30 May 2016. Cook beat the mark
set by Sachin Tendulkar (IND), who was 31 years
326 days when he hit 10,000 on 16 Mar 2005.Youngest batsman to score hundreds
against all Test-playing nations
Born on 8 Aug 1990, Kane Williamson (NZ) was
aged 25 years 364 days when he plundered
113 runs against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo,
Zimbabwe, on 6–7 Aug 2016. With centuries
against all nine Test-playing rivals to his name,
Williamson beat the record of 30 years 38 days
set by Kumar Sangakkara (LKA) in 2007.Most matches between Test appearances
On 20 Oct 2016, English spinner Gareth Batty
returned to the national side to face Bangladesh.
The 39-year-old’s previous Test appearance
had been on 3–5 Jun 2005 – 142 Tests earlier.
Upon his return, Batty took four wickets,
helping England to a 22-run victory.Most runs conceded by opening
bowlers in a One-Day International
On 5 Oct 2016, South Africa and Australia
contested an ODI at Kingsmead in Durban,
South Africa, in which the four opening bowlers
conceded a total of 325 runs in 39 overs. Dale
Steyn and Kagiso Rabada (both ZAF) and Chris
Tremain and Daniel Worrall (both AUS) took just
four wickets between them.Most runs scored in the
Indian Premier League (IPL)
Named player of the tournament
in 2016, Virat Kohli (IND) has
scored 4,110 runs for Royal
Challengers Bangalore since
the IPL’s inception in 2008.
Lasith Malinga (LKA) has taken
the most IPL wickets – 143 in
98 innings. Malinga’s feat is
even more remarkable for the
fact that he missed two IPL
tournaments owing to injury.HIGHEST TEAM SCORE IN A
ONE‑DAY INTERNATIONAL (MALE)
On 30 Aug 2016, England scored 444 for 3 against
Pakistan at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, UK. Alex
Hales (left) top-scored with 171, supported by
Jos Buttler (90 not out from 51 balls) and captain
Eoin Morgan (57 not out). The mammoth total took
England past the previous ODI best of 443, achieved
by Sri Lanka for the loss of nine wickets against the
Netherlands in Amstelveen on 4 Jul 2006.SPORTS