30 Mind Boggling Cricket Facts You Did Not Know: Cricket is a funny game. Sometimes it throws up numbers which make us jump off our seats and on other occasions it’s the unexplored cricket facts which leave us surprised. So get ready to enhance your cricket knowledge many folds.

Here is a collection of 30 Mind Boggling Cricket Facts You Did Not Know:

1. First person to score 200 is not Sachin Tendulkar:

Yup! Long before Sachin blew away South Africa with his double hundred, Aussie cricketer Belinda Clarke had already scored the first double century of International limited overs cricket when she scored 229 against Denmark in Mumbai, 1997.

2. Brendan Taylor got paid only USD 250 for the entire World Cup 2015 tournament.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/03/Brendon-Taylor-ICC-Cricket-World-Cup-2015.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-13932" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Brendon-Taylor-ICC-Cricket-World-Cup-2015.jpg" alt="Brendan Taylor" width="650" height="433" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-13932" class="wp-caption-text">Brendan Taylor got paid only USD 250 for the entire World Cup 2015 tournament.(© Getty Images)</figcaption>

3. To put it into perspective, all Australian cricketers got an average of USD 5000 for each match at the World Cup. And guess what, this brilliant sportsman finished the tournament as the highest run getter before the knockout stages began.

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4. Kapil Dev’s 175 was the first century by an Indian in ODIs:

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/11/Kapil-Dev.jpeg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-7024" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Kapil-Dev.jpeg" alt="Kapil Dev 175" width="650" height="789" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7024" class="wp-caption-text">Kapil Dev’s 175 was the first century by an Indian in ODIs. (Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption>

Kapil Dev’s exploits when he came in to bat at 17/5 against Zimbabwe is part of Cricketing folklore now. But did you know that this fabulous knock was the first century by an Indian in ODIs?

5. Mahela Jayawardene is the only batsman to have scored centuries in both the semi final and final of a World Cup. He scored century in 2007 World Cup semi-final against New Zealand and in 2011 World Cup final against India.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/11/Mahela-Jayawardene-e1424866039162.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-6874" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Mahela-Jayawardene-e1424866039162.jpg" alt="Mahela Jayawardene" width="384" height="522" sizes="(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-6874" class="wp-caption-text">Mahela Jayawardene in odi. (Photo Source: BCCI)</figcaption>

6. Since 2008 to 2017 no bowler was able to replace Dale Steyn as the number 1 Test bowler. Now that is what you call dominance.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/12/Dale-Steyn.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-7488" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Dale-Steyn.jpg" alt="Dale Steyn Test" width="411" height="523" sizes="(max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7488" class="wp-caption-text">Dale Steyn is No. 1 test bowler.(Photo Source : AFP)</figcaption>

7. Wasim Akram’s highest test innings score of 257 is higher than that of Sachin Tendulkar (who has the highest score of 248)

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/12/Sachin-Tendulkar-241.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-7992" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sachin-Tendulkar-241.jpg" alt="Sachin Tendulkar 241" width="650" height="317" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7992" class="wp-caption-text">Sachin Tendulkar&#8217;s highest test score is 248.(Photo Source: AFP)</figcaption>

8. The Bangabandhu stadium of Bangladesh has hosted more One dayers than Lord&#8217;s.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/04/Lords-Cricket-Ground.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-16909" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Lords-Cricket-Ground.jpg" alt="Lords Cricket Ground" width="650" height="433" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-16909" class="wp-caption-text">Lords Cricket Ground. (© Getty Images)</figcaption>

9. Shahid Afridi scored the fastest ODI century of that time (37 balls) with a bat he borrowed from pacer Waqar Younus.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/12/Shahid-Afridi.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-7461" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Shahid-Afridi.jpg" alt="Shahid Afridi" width="420" height="592" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7461" class="wp-caption-text">Shahid Afridi scored his 37-ball century with waqar younis&#8217; Bat.(Photo Source : AFP)</figcaption>

10. India does not stand undefeated against Pakistan in ICC tournaments. Though, the Men in Blue never lost a World Cup match they have lost to Pakistan thrice in the Champions Trophy.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/04/India-vs-pakistan-CT-2009-Harbhajan-Singh.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-16910" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/India-vs-pakistan-CT-2009-Harbhajan-Singh.jpg" alt="India vs Pakistan Champions Trophy 2009" width="650" height="453" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-16910" class="wp-caption-text">India lost to Pakistan in the group stage of the Champions Trophy, 2009. (© Getty Images)</figcaption>

11. The only law of Cricket that has not had any changes or modifications is the length of the pitch (22 yards).

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/04/Lords-Cricket-Ground.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-16909" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Lords-Cricket-Ground.jpg" alt="Lords Cricket Ground" width="650" height="433" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-16909" class="wp-caption-text">The length of pitch is 22 yards. (© Getty Images)</figcaption>

12. Nayan Mongia (former Indian wicket-keeper) has played most consecutive ODIs (140) without winning the Man of the Match award.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/04/Nayan-Mongia.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-16911" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Nayan-Mongia.jpg" alt="Nayan Mongia" width="323" height="485" sizes="(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-16911" class="wp-caption-text">Nayan Mongia was former wicket-keeper of India.(Photo Source:AllSport UK Ltd)</figcaption>

13. Sunil Gavaskar named his son after Rohan Kanhai: The little master named his son after the famous batsman Rohan Kanhai of the 60s era. Kanhai is widely considered as the greatest batsman of his era.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/04/Sunil-Gavaskar-Rohan-Gavaskar.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-16912" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sunil-Gavaskar-Rohan-Gavaskar.jpg" alt="Sunil Gavaskar with Rohan Gavaskar" width="650" height="524" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-16912" class="wp-caption-text">Sunil Gavaskar with his son Rohan Gavaskar.(Photo Source:Google)</figcaption>

14. Former South African skipper Graeme Smith is the only player in the history of cricket to have captained a team for more than 100 test matches.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/12/Greame-Smith-e1418188673289.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-7687" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Greame-Smith-e1418188673289.jpg" alt="Graeme Smith" width="650" height="490" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7687" class="wp-caption-text">Graeme Smith captained 100+ Tests.(Photo Source: PA Photos)</figcaption>

15. Kapil Dev did not miss a single match in his entire career of 16 years due to an injury. He was also never run out during the 184 innings. The only player close to him is South Africa’s AB De Villiers who has not missed a game during his carrier spanning close to 10 years.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/03/Sachin-Tendulkar-Kapil-Dev-Mohammad-Azharuddin.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-14086" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sachin-Tendulkar-Kapil-Dev-Mohammad-Azharuddin.jpg" alt="Kapil Dev with Sachin Tendulkar" width="650" height="822" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-14086" class="wp-caption-text">Kapil Dev did not miss a single match in his entire career of 16 years due to an injury. (Photo Source:AllSportUK)</figcaption>

16. Chris Martin and BS Chandrashekhar have taken more test wickets in their career than the number of test runs scored by them.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/04/Chris-Martin.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-16916" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Chris-Martin.jpg" alt="Chris Martin" width="413" height="619" sizes="(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-16916" class="wp-caption-text">Chris Martin has more test wickets than runs. (© Getty Images)</figcaption>

17. Wilfred Rhodes has 4204 wickets to his credit in first class cricket.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/04/Wilfred-Rhodes.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-16919" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Wilfred-Rhodes.jpg" alt="Wilfred Rhodes" width="330" height="610" sizes="(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-16919" class="wp-caption-text">Wilfred Rhodes has 4204 wickets in First Class cricket. (Photo Source:The Cricketer International)</figcaption>

18. Sir Jack Hobbs scored 199 centuries in his first class career.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/04/Sir-Jack-Hobbs-e1433574685276.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-16921" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sir-Jack-Hobbs-e1433574685276.jpg" alt="Sir Jack Hobbs" width="471" height="344" sizes="(max-width: 471px) 100vw, 471px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-16921" class="wp-caption-text">Sir Jack Hobbs. (Photo Source: AllSport UK Ltd)</figcaption>

19. Sanath Jayasurya has more ODI wickets than the legendary Aussie leg spinner Shane Warne.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/11/Sanath-Jayasuriya.jpeg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-7028" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sanath-Jayasuriya.jpeg" alt="Sanath Jayasuriya" width="419" height="609" sizes="(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7028" class="wp-caption-text">Sanath Jayasuriya has more wickets than Shane Warne in ODIs.(Photo Source: Getty Images )</figcaption>

20. Former Pakistan skipper Inzamam Ul Haq took a wicket off the very first ball he bowled in international cricket.

21. In 1870s there was an Australian cricketer named George Bailey, who is great- great grandfather of current Australian batsman George Bailey.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/04/George-Bailey.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-15870" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/George-Bailey.jpg" alt="George Bailey" width="650" height="443" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-15870" class="wp-caption-text">George Bailey Australia. (©Getty Images)</figcaption>

22. The England cricket team is the only team in ODI history to lose a 60 over ODI final (1979 world cup), 50 over’s ICC tournament final (1992 WC and 2004 Champions Trophy) and a 20 over final (2013 Champions Trophy) in ICC tournaments.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/12/England-Team.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-7556" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/England-Team.jpg" alt="England Team" width="650" height="435" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-7556" class="wp-caption-text">England team after loss.(Photo Source : Getty Images)</figcaption>

23. Lance Klusener, Abdur Razzak, Shoaib Malik and Hasan Tilakratne are the only players to have batted in 10 different batting positions in ODIs.

24. MS Dhoni has never scored an ODI ton outside the sub-continent.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/03/MS-Dhoni-CWC-15.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-14866" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/MS-Dhoni-CWC-15.jpg" alt="MS Dhoni" width="650" height="499" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-14866" class="wp-caption-text">MS Dhoni has never scored a century outside Asia. (© Getty Images)</figcaption>

25. Saeed Ajmal has never won a Man of the Match award in his ODI career.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/01/MushtaqAhmed-SaeedAjmal.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-8847" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/MushtaqAhmed-SaeedAjmal.jpg" alt="Saeed Ajmal" width="650" height="436" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-8847" class="wp-caption-text">Saeed Ajmal has never won a MoM. (Photo Source: AFP)</figcaption>

26. Sachin Tendulkar got out for a duck only once in his Ranji Career. Indian pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar got him out.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/07/Sachin.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5774" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sachin.jpg" alt="Sachin Tendulkar" width="650" height="391" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-5774" class="wp-caption-text">Sachin Tendulkar got out n duck only once in Ranji Trophy. (Photo Source: thehindu.com)</figcaption>

27. Most runs scored in an over is not 36, in fact its 77.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/09/RH-Vance-77-runs-over.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-31142" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/RH-Vance-77-runs-over.jpg" alt="RH Vance 77 Runs in an over" width="650" height="419" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-31142" class="wp-caption-text">RH Vance 77 Runs in an over. (Scorecard Source: Cricinfo)</figcaption>

28. Hitesh Modi and Subhash Ranchhoddas Modi:

Hitesh Modi and Mubhash Ranchhoddas Modi are the only father son duo to play/officiate in an international cricket match as batsman and an umpire respectively. The father adjudged his son out leg before wicket!

29. Courtney Walsh holds a mind boggling batting record: Courtney Walsh holds a very unlikely record as a batsman. He has the most number of ducks in test cricket i.e. 43. And also has the most number of not outs 61. This is simply amazing.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2015/01/Courtney-Walsh.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-9936" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Courtney-Walsh.jpg" alt="(Photo Source: Getty Images)" width="414" height="607" sizes="(max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-9936" class="wp-caption-text">(Photo Source: Getty Images)</figcaption>

30. Sri Lanka has beaten Australia only once in a test match.

<a href="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/2014/12/Sri-Lanka-Team1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-8803" src="https://media.crictracker.com/media/attachments/Sri-Lanka-Team1.jpg" alt="Sri Lanka test team" width="650" height="505" sizes="(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-8803" class="wp-caption-text">Sri Lanka has just won once against Australia in Tests.(Photo Source: AFP)</figcaption>

30 Mind Boggling Cricket Facts You Did Not Know

30 Mind Boggling Cricket Facts You Did Not Know: Cricket is a funny game. Sometimes it throws up numbers which make us jump off our seats and on other occas