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Each game of cricket has a vital lesson to learn. From Sachin Tendulkar single-handedly carrying India, even as ‘Desert Strom’ raged on, into the finals of the 1998 Coca-Cola cup to the defining images of Brian Lara becoming the first man to score 400 runs in a single test, the game teaches how hard work and a lot of effort will eventually pay off.
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A boy Richard Stokes was there to see
Jim Laker take 10/53 against Australia in
1956. Then in 1999 he saw Anil Kumble
grab 10/74 vs Pakistan as a man.
New Zealand tail-ender Geoff Allott was dismissed without scoring a run after facing 77 balls against South Africa in 1999, making the record for the longest duck in Test cricket history
Do you know Rohit Sharma has an unparallel and unprecedented record of scoring highest ODI individual score for 8 consecutive years for India? List of Rohit Sharma highest ODI scores from 2013 to 2020 when Rohit Sharma was the highest scorer for India
English cricketer Graham Gooch holds this record of most runs scored in test cricket match. Graham Gooch scored a total of 456 runs against India at Lords in July 1990. He scored 333 runs in first innings and scored a brilliant 123 runs in second innings.
Ajaz Patel holds the record of Best figures in a Match when on the losing side. 14/225
Most runs scored in a single day without loss of any wicket is 357 runs. And interestingly, this same highest total is achieved by two teams at two different occasions.
Most wickets fell in a single day in a test match is 27 wickets and it’s more than 133 years old record!!
Record of Fewest runs in a full day’s play is 95 runs
588 Runs in a single day of a test match. Record of Maximum runs in a single day
In a match between England and South Africa back in Jan’2000, both England and South Africa declared their 1st and 2nd inning respectively