THE NEW ZEALAND tail-ender, Geoff Allott, broke the world record for the longest innings without scoring a run yesterday when he faced 77 balls before being out for a duck against South Africa in Auckland.
Who wasted more balls in Test cricket?
Most Balls Faced by a Player in Test Matches
Rahul Dravid has played 164 tests for India and has faced 31,258 balls to score 13,288 Test Runs at an average of 52.31 with 36 centuries.
Who played 500 balls in Test cricket?
By facing 505 balls in the innings, Pujara broke the Indian record for most balls faced in a Test inning and became the first Indian player to face 500 deliveries in an innings in Test cricket. He went past his idol Rahul Dravid's 495-ball record knock that he had played against Pakistan in Rawalpindi in 2004.
Who Faced 30000 balls in Test cricket?
3️⃣1️⃣,2️⃣5️⃣8️⃣ – Rahul Dravid has faced more balls than anyone else in Test cricket. No other batsman has even crossed 30,000 deliveries!
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):
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.
Who made 1 run in 100 balls?
No, Rahul Dravid did not faces 100 balls to make his 1st run. Moreover, During the 2008 Sydney Test between Australia and India, Dravid took 40 deliveries to score his first run. This was the same match in which the infamous Monkeygate incident occurred.
Who has the slowest 50 in Test cricket?
1) Trevor Bailey (England) – 350 Balls:
In 1958, on a Brisbane wicket where batting was incredibly difficult, Trevor Bailey showed utmost concentration and resilience by scoring the slowest 50 in Tests.
Who is the slowest Test cricketer?
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 faced most balls in IPL?
Here are the batters who have faced the most deliveries in IPL history:
- Virat Kohli - 5,028 balls. 1/4. On Wednesday, Virat Kohli became the first batsman in the history of Indian Premier League (IPL) to face at least 5,000 balls. ...
- Shikhar Dhawan - 4,863 balls. 2/4. ...
- Rohit Sharma - 4,429 balls. 3/4. ...
- David Warner - 4,120 balls.
How many balls did Rahul Dravid faced?
Dravid holds a unique record of never getting out for a Golden duck in the 286 Test innings which he has played. He has faced 31258 balls, which is the highest number of balls faced by any player in test cricket.
Who is the slowest bowler in the world?
Majid Haq, who is Pakistani descent and had played for Scotland is the slowest bowler ever played in the world.
Which is the slowest ball in cricket history?
Kasperek bowled perhaps the slowest delivery in the history of international cricket as her delivery clocked at 38 kmph. She bowled the delivery during the ongoing third ODI against Australia in Mount Maunganui.
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 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.
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 is the most not out batsman in ODI?
It is very little surprise that Mahendra Singh Dhoni is at the top when it comes to the most number of not outs in the history of ODI cricket. He is regarded as arguably one of the best finishers in the history of the game. Dhoni played a total of 350 games and scored 10773 runs at an average of 50.57.
Who take most wicket in one over?
Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) took 4 wickets in an over in an ODI match against South Africa in 2007.
Will any batsmen face more than 50 balls in this game?
Batsman Must Retain Strike
In theory, at least, it is possible for a batsman to face all 300 balls of a 50-over game. To make such thing possible, we must assume that the batsman retains strike after every over. In other words, he must score an odd number of runs on the last ball of every over.
