The longest recorded game of cricket was the Test match between England and South Africa held at Durban. It holds the Guinness world record for the same. It was the last 'timeless Test' — meaning there was no limitation on time, and the match was played until there was a result — and abandoned after nine days of play.
What is the shortest Test match ever?
With just 842 balls bowled, England's defeat to India in Ahmedabad was the shortest completed Test match since 1935.
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- England crumble to 10-wicket defeat inside two days.
- Rob Key: Pitch was not fit for Test cricket.
- Joe Root: We can't have batting scars for final Test.
What is the longest Test match innings?
1. Hanif Mohammad - 337, 970 minutes, v/s West Indies, Bridgetown, 1958: Hanif Mohammad, Pakistan's greatest opening batsman of the older era holds the record for the longest innings in the history of test cricket.
Who is the fastest Test century?
New Zealand's Brendan McCullum holds the record for the fastest test cricket century of all time - he took just 54 balls to reach the milestone in a match against Australia in Christchurch in the 2015/16 season.
Who faced most balls in ODI?
So , let's see which are the Top 10 players who have played the most number of balls in ODI cricket.
- Sachin Tendulkar (21368 Balls): ...
- Kumar Sangakkara (18048 Balls): ...
- Ricky Ponting (17046 Balls): ...
- Mahela Jayawardene (16020 Balls): ...
- Jacques Kallis (15885 Balls): ...
- Inzamam-Ul-Haq (15812 Balls): ...
- Sourav Ganguly (15416 Balls):
Who won the fastest Test match?
#1 Australia beat South Africa, Melbourne, 1932
This was the quickest Test match win in the history of the sport. This happened during the South Africa tour of Australia in 1932.
Who Scored fastest 50 in Test cricket?
Former Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq leads the list for the fastest fifty in Test cricket, with his record 21-ball half-century against Australia in an Abu Dhabi Test in 2014.
Who scored the fastest 50 in ODI?
South African batsman AB de Villiers holds the records for making the fastest fifty, hundred and 150 in ODIs. De Villiers scored ODI's fastest-ever century, off 31 balls, against West Indies on January 18, 2015. In the same innings, he made the fastest ODI fifty, taking 16 balls.
What is the slowest Test century?
Slowest Century in Test Cricket History
- Thilan Samaraweera – 408 balls.
- Jimmy Adams – 365 balls.
- Clive Radley – 396 balls.
- Sanjay Manjrekar – 397 balls.
What is the slowest 50 in Test cricket?
- 1) Trevor Bailey (England) – 350 Balls: ...
- 2) Allan Border (Australia) – 262 Balls: ...
- 3) Evan Gray (New Zealand) – 238 Balls: ...
- 4) Chris Tavare (England) – 236 Balls: ...
- 5) Peter May (Australia) – 235 Balls: ...
- Slowest Test Fifties in Terms of Time Spent at the Crease.
What's the longest cricket game ever played?
The longest test cricket match ever lasted 9 days with 680 overs bowled. The teams of South Africa and England endured, and the match earned the name The Timeless Test.
Who scored slowest fifty in ODI?
Dhoni scores slowest ODI fifty by an Indian in 16 years. MS Dhoni recorded the slowest ODI half-century by an Indian in the past 16 years, after reaching the half-century mark in 108 balls against Windies in the fourth ODI on Sunday. Dhoni's fifty included just one boundary which came in his innings' 103rd ball.
Who scored slowest century in T20?
Five slowest centuries in the Indian T20 League
- Manish Pandey vs Deccan – 67 balls (2009) ...
- David Warner vs Kolkata – 66 balls (2010) ...
- Sachin Tendulkar vs Kochi – 66 balls (2011) ...
- Kevin Pietersen vs Deccan – 64 balls (2012) ...
- Virat Kohli vs Gujarat – 63 balls (2016)
Who is the slowest batsman in the world?
1. Geoff Allott (New Zealand vs South Africa, Auckland 1999)
- Geoff Allott (New Zealand vs South Africa, Auckland 1999) 0 runs from 77 balls, strike rate: 0.00. Geoff Allott made his mark during the 1999 Cricket World Cup. ...
- 0 runs from 77 balls, strike rate: 0.00. Geoff Allott made his mark during the 1999 Cricket World Cup.
Who scored slowest hundred in IPL?
The slowest century was scored by Manish Pandey while playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore. He scored 100 runs in 67 balls. 30 centuries have come from 19 different Indian batsmen.
Who scored India's first century in ODI?
Kapil Dev was the first Indian to score an ODI century. Kapil Dev was the first Indian to score an ODI hundred, after he hit 175*(138) against Zimbabwe during the 1983 World Cup, which India went on to win. Dev, who turned 58 on Friday, achieved the feat in what was India's 45th ODI.
Who hit 6 sixes in an over?
Herschelle Gibbs hits six sixes in an over in ODI cricket
While Shastri and Sobers were the first two batsmen to reach the milestone, it is former South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs who was the first to hit six sixes in an over in international cricket.
Who is the fastest 100 in IPL cricket?
Chris Gayle holds the record for smashing the fastest hundred in IPL. In an IPL 2013 game against Pune Warriors, Gayle played a blistering knock of 175 runs off 66 balls. Gayle hit 17 sixes and 13 fours in his memorable innings. The left-hander ran to a three-figure mark in only 30 balls during his superb knock.
Who scored fastest 150 in ODI?
Ex-South Africa cricketer AB de Villiers holds the records for scoring the fastest fifty, hundred and 150 in ODIs. De Villiers slammed ODI's fastest-ever century off 31 balls against Windies in January 2015.
