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honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
Molehill said:
I've just read that Jadeja, Kamboj and Bumrah all have the same birthday (Dec 6th) playing in the same Test side. But it becomes even more bizarre that both Nair (dropped for this game) and Shreyas have the same day too.

So what goes on 9 months before that date then (March 6th or thereabouts) in India????
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Spring cleaning. :p
 
h_hurricane

h_hurricane

International Vice-Captain
Molehill said:
I've just read that Jadeja, Kamboj and Bumrah all have the same birthday (Dec 6th) playing in the same Test side. But it becomes even more bizarre that both Nair (dropped for this game) and Shreyas have the same day too.

So what goes on 9 months before that date then (March 6th or thereabouts) in India????
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A few couples were on moan hill.
 
sayon basak

sayon basak

International Coach
Found this About Alfred Shaw, the bowler who bowled the first ball in Test cricket.

Christopher Martin-Jenkins reckons that in all classes of cricket, Alfred Shaw had bowled the equivalent of one ball less than 25,700 (6-ball) overs, conceding 24, 873 runs in all, therefore sending down more overs than runs conceded, in itself, a remarkable statistic, and an outstanding tribute to his accuracy as a bowler.
 
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peterhrt

State Regular
sayon basak said:
Found this About Alfred Shaw, the bowler who bowled the first ball in Test cricket.

Christopher Martin-Jenkins reckons that in all classes of cricket, Alfred Shaw had bowled the equivalent of one ball less than 25,700 (6-ball) overs, conceding 24, 873 runs in all, therefore sending down more overs than runs conceded, in itself, a remarkable statistic, and an outstanding tribute to his accuracy as a bowler.
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During his first-class career Alfred Shaw bowled 101,971 deliveries. There were mainly four-ball overs then, which would have been 25,492.3 overs. He conceded 24,577 runs. Some matches have gained or lost first-class status over time. Shaw sometimes bowled a form of off-theory, wide of off stump to a packed off-side field.

Seven bowlers have conceded fewer than 30 runs per 100 balls during their first-class careers. Qualification 20,000 deliveries.

Alfred Shaw (1864-97) 24.10
Bapu Nadkarni (1951-71) 27.46
Dick Attewell (1881-1900) 27.60
Alexander Watson (1871-93) 27.96
Trevor Goddard (1952-70) 28.97
Horace Snary (1921-33) 28.72
Tufty Mann (1939-51) 29.22

Three from the 19th century and two from the 1950s/1960s which was a very defensive period. Horace Snary was a slow-medium operator for Leicestershire. South African Tufty Mann lost half his career to the war.

A couple of medium-pacers in New Zealand were even more miserly than Shaw. Joseph Lawton conceded 21.03 runs per 100 balls during his 11 matches between 1891 and 1894, and Charles Firth 23.50 in 14 games 1877-90. Historian Tom Reese said that Firth was the best New Zealand bowler from the country's pre-Test era.
 
Cricket Bliss

Cricket Bliss

State 12th Man
Not a stat…but felt like sharing
The idea of Limited Overs Cricket was not found in England, but in Kerala, India in 1951.
It was the idea of K V Kelappan Thampuran.
The first ever Limited Overs game was played in Tripunithura, Kochi, Kerala named as the Pooja Cricket Tournament.
This is K V Kelappan ThampuranIMG_1241.jpeg
 
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the big bambino

the big bambino

Cricketer Of The Year
Really? Never heard about this. Fred Root the England in swing bowler mentioned cricket be played over limited overs if it was to maintain its attractiveness to the public, in his book written after he retired.
 
Cricket Bliss

Cricket Bliss

State 12th Man
the big bambino said:
Really? Never heard about this. Fred Root the England in swing bowler mentioned cricket be played over limited overs if it was to maintain its attractiveness to the public, in his book written after he retired.
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Didn’t know that.
The Wikipedia mentions that Limited Overs was first played in 1951 under the banner Pooja Cricket Tournament.
Also read some Articles about Sri. K V Kelappan Thampuran addressing him as the founder or brain of limited overs!
 
the big bambino

the big bambino

Cricketer Of The Year
Cricket Bliss said:
Didn’t know that.
The Wikipedia mentions that Limited Overs was first played in 1951 under the banner Pooja Cricket Tournament.
Also read some Articles about Sri. K V Kelappan Thampuran addressing him as the founder or brain of limited overs!
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Yes that is interesting to find out when and where the 1st LO tournament was played. I never knew it originated there. Root's comments were just his ideas of how cricket should change and he came up with some good suggestions including "games of limited overs and time designed to produce a result" and the ending of the class structure represented by pros and amateurs. These thing did occur but not in his day or even life time. Credit to him for his comments and the Pooja Tournament for their innovation.
 
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