Absurdly Awesome Cricket Stats

[Coronis]

Most total and least total wickets taken in a series:

2 test series
80/80 - 1886/87 Ashes, 1898/99 England vs South Africa, 1998/99 Pakistan vs India, 2005 Pakistan vs West Indies, 2016/17 England vs Bangladesh, 2017/18 Pakistan vs Sri Lanka, 2022/23 Sir Vivian Richards Trophy, 2024/25 West Indies vs Pakistan
28/80 - 2015 South Africa vs Bangladesh
3 test series
120/120 - 2017/18 Freedom Trophy
50/120 - 1995/96 New Zealand vs India
4 test series
157/160 - 2017 Basil D’Oliveira Trophy
88/160 - 1929/30 England vs New Zealand
5 test series
197/200 - 1907/08 Ashes
96/200 - 1926 Ashes
6 test series
224/240 - 1978/79 Ashes
133/240 - 1982/83 India vs Pakistan

 

[Coronis]

Unsure if this is correct or not, but I believe the players with the most consecutive series with a century are Bradman (11) and most with a 5’fer Barnes (9) who hit these milestones every series.

Some others I noticed (I’m sure I missed many, I didn’t really check that many bowlers)

Gavaskar (10), Tendulkar (8)
Murali (7), Hadlee (7)

 

[sayon basak]

Found this one from reddit.
At 11:11 on 11/11/11, South Africa needed 111 runs to win against Australia.
@SillyCowCorner1

 

[ataraxia]

@ashley bach

 

[SeamUp]

South Africa now have more Test wins than West Indies.

Australia 419
England 401
South Africa 186
West Indies 185
India 181
Pakistan 151
New Zealand 119
Sri Lanka 106

2nd best Win% to matches played
AUS 47.94
SAF 39.32
ENG 36.99
SRL 32.61
PAK 32.47
WIN 31.67
IND 30.73
NZL 24.89

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Uganda (81) has more wins in T20I cricket than Bangladesh (72), Ireland (72), and Zimbabwe (56)

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

And guess how many they've lost?

23!

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Their win/loss ratio is 3.521. Only Spain's is better: 4.375

 

[SeamUp]

I don't know if this is the best thread for these types of stats but hope so.

Most test wickets by non-Asian country spinners;

Warne 708
Lyon 553*
Vettori 362
Gibbs 309
Underwood 297
Swann 255
Benaud 248
Grimmett 216
MacGill 208
Moeen 204
Maharaj 199*

 

[Coronis]

Uganda (81) has more wins in T20I cricket than Bangladesh (72), Ireland (72), and Zimbabwe (56)

lol. Have they ever played a top team though?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

lol. Have they ever played a top team though?

In the last T20I World Cup, they were in the same group as Afghanistan, PNG, New Zealand, and the West Indies.

They beat PNG

 

[SeamUp]

There is tradition in their cricket. Great to see Tanzania qualified for the next U19 CWC too.

East Africa at the 1975 CWC had 7 Kenyans, 3 Zambians, 2 Ugandans & 2 Tanzanians.

 

[Ali TT]

I don't know if this is the best thread for these types of stats but hope so.

Most test wickets by non-Asian country spinners;

Warne 708
Lyon 553*
Vettori 362
Gibbs 309
Underwood 297
Swann 255
Benaud 248
Grimmett 216
MacGill 208
Moeen 204
Maharaj 199*

May not quite be absolutely awesome but interesting nonetheless.

England play enough tests that if we stumble upon someone even remotely competent they could play 60+ games and pass 200 wickets but other than that, struggle to see anything coming from WI, SA or NZ to pass those in that list.

 

[SeamUp]

May not quite be absolutely awesome but interesting nonetheless.

England play enough tests that if we stumble upon someone even remotely competent they could play 60+ games and pass 200 wickets but other than that, struggle to see anything coming from WI, SA or NZ to pass those in that list.

I know for SA having great spinners means one thing (I love Kesh) but when you play the majority of games on SA pitches, our quick bowlers will always remain interested and favoured. Even on the coastal wickets like CT, PE & Durban that bring spinners more into play, it still brings our quicks into play as well.

It's why i guess Vettori deserves a bit of respect too. He played in home conditions that didn't favour and had to share wickets with Bond & Martin? Got a bit of Boult and Southee I think.

 

[Coronis]

May not quite be absolutely awesome but interesting nonetheless.

England play enough tests that if we stumble upon someone even remotely competent they could play 60+ games and pass 200 wickets but other than that, struggle to see anything coming from WI, SA or NZ to pass those in that list.

That’s really insulting to call Moeen Ali remotely competent.

 

[Ali TT]

That’s really insulting to call Moeen Ali remotely competent.

He fits right into this thread as he is absurdly awesome

 

[Silver Silva]

May not quite be absolutely awesome but interesting nonetheless.

England play enough tests that if we stumble upon someone even remotely competent they could play 60+ games and pass 200 wickets but other than that, struggle to see anything coming from WI, SA or NZ to pass those in that list.

Someone from West Indies could get 200 + wickets if they had patience, Cornwall was handled badly , Motie got dropped with a bowling average of 27 ahead of the Aussie series

 

[Johan]

The number of children Billy Bedhlam had was almost twice as high as his batting average! Bedhlam was regarded as one of the best batsmen ever at his time.

Bedhlam had 39 children while his batting average was 21.

 

[ankitj]

Uganda (81) has more wins in T20I cricket than Bangladesh (72), Ireland (72), and Zimbabwe (56)

Their win/loss ratio is 3.521. Only Spain's is better: 4.375

All of @cnerd123's favourite teams

 

[Silver Silva]

It took 30 years for Sri lanka to field two right handed openers in tests!