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Question: Which batsman in ODIs in have highest strike rate in the last 5 years? Condition: he must have played at least 50 matches and scored 1500 runs in the last 5 years.
Spider says: Taking the last 5 years as starting on the 9th of September 2003 (the start of the 2003/04 season), the top ten are:
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan, Asia XI and ICC World XI) - 145.25
Adam Gilchrist (Australia and ICC World XI) - 104.87
Virender Sehwag (India, Asia XI and ICC World XI) - 100.76
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka and Asia XI) - 96.90
Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) - 96.10
Andrew Symonds (Australia) - 93.92
Abdur Razzaq (Pakistan and Asia XI) - 91.30
Shaun Pollock (South Africa, Africa XI and ICC World XI) - 90.75
Mark Boucher (South Africa and Africa XI) - 90.64
Of these, Dhoni has the best average (47.41) - only Symonds (44.34) comes within 10 runs of that.
Q: What is the fewest number of wickets lost by a Test side which subsequently lost the Test?
A :South Africa were 248 for 8 declared in the first-innings, then forfeited their second innings, in the infamous "Cronje's Test" (
at Centurion Park) in 1999/2000.
Q: What is Kevin Pietersen's ODI jersey number?
A: In recent times Pietersen has worn 24.
Q: I intend to know the latest position of total runs scored by the following cricket player individually in ICC Test cricket: 1. B. Lara of West Indies; 2. S. Tendulkar of India.
A: Lara notched 11,954; Tendulkar stands on 12,027 going into his probable second-innings against Australia at Mohali.
Q: How many times has a batsman been run out on 99 in Tests?
A: This has happened on 13 occasions, most recently by Neil McKenzie for South Africa against Australia
at Newlands in 2001/02.
Q: Continuing the subject of unlucky run-outs, has anyone been run out for 199 more than once?
A: Unbelievably, this happened to
Jason Gallian twice in the same County Championship season for Notts in 2005, first vs. Sussex in April then vs. Kent in September. No-one else has been run out for 199 more than once.
A: This has happened on 13 occasions, most recently by Neil McKenzie for South Africa against Australia at Newlands in 2001/02. "
comment:
This is wrong the last time a batsman was run out on 99 was Asim Kamal of Pakistan in 17 Oct 2003 against South Africa
Comment by Asad | 23 Oct 2008