5 Cricket facts that sound fake but are actually true

5. South Africa vs Australia- All four innings of a Test on the same day

In November 2011, Australia and South Africa were involved in a Test that lasted only 167.5 overs at the Newlands in Cape Town. It translates to less than two days’ play. However, due to rain, only 55 overs took place on the opening day and the game went into the third day.

On the second day, all of four innings were played. To start with, the Aussies played 20 overs, being bowled out for 284. Then it took only 42.3 overs for the next two innings to finish. The Proteas and Australia were shot out for paltry 96 and 47 runs respectively.

In the end, the home team was set with a target of 236, which seemed daunting in the fourth innings going by the previous three innings. But skipper Graeme Smith and Hashim Amla scored tons and made sure that South Africa won the game by eight wickets.