1. Is it the first time
that three players ageing over 40 are playing in a World Cup? – Asked by Jigar Mehta, Mumbai, India
In the ICC World Cup 2015, Misbah-ul-Haq for Pakistan and
Mohammad Tauqir and Khurram Khan for United Arab Emirates are players ageing
over 40. This is not the first time that three players with age of more than 40
appearing in the World Cup. It has happened in two World Cups in the past. In
1975 World Cup, Lance Gibbs for West Indies and Prabhu Nana and Donald Pringle
for East Africa were the players with age of more than 40. There were three
players with more than the age of 40 in 1996 World Cup, all from Netherlands –
Flavian Aponso, Nolan Clarke and Steven Lubbers.
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2. Which captain has
taken most number of wickets in World Cups? –
Asked by Aravinth JV, India
It is Imran Khan with 24 wickets in the 13 innings he bowled
in World Cups as captain. He is followed by two more Pakistan cricketers –
Shahid Afridi (21 wickets in eight innings) and Wasim Akram (18 wickets in 14
innings). Next best is 17 wickets by Kapil Dev in 15 innings.
In this World Cup the skippers who are regular bowlers among
the test playing teams are: Mashrafe Mortaza (Bangladesh), Angelo Matthews (Sri
Lanka), Jason Holder (West Indies) and Elton Chigumbura (Zimbabwe). We shall
hope they pick some wickets as captain.
3. 26 wickets fell on
the first day of the Ranji Trophy match between Gujarat and Haryana at
Ahmedabad. What is the maximum number of wickets on the first day of a Ranji
Trophy
match and overall? – Anonymous
On February 6, 2015 at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Staidum
in Ahmedabad in the Ranji Trophy
match between Gujarat and Haryana, 26 wickets
fell on the first day of the match. Haryana batting first were dismissed for
129 runs in 31.5 overs and then Gujarat were all out for 125 in 29.2 overs. By
the end of the day, Haryana lost another six wickets in their second inning (71
for 6 in 24 overs). The next day, Gujarat won the match by nine wickets.
The record for most number of wickets to fell on the first
day of a Ranji Trophy match is 30. It was on the first day of the first ever
Ranji Trophy match between Madras and Mysore at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in
Chennai on November 4, 1934; Mysore 48/10 (27.2), Madras 130/10 (43) and Mysore
59/10 (39.3). The match was over on the first day itself with Madras winning it
by an inning and 23 runs.
In overall First-Class cricket, there are seven occasions of
all the 40 wickets of the match felling on the first day of the match. All the
occasions were in the 18th and 19th century. Since World
War II, the record is 32 wickets on the first day of the match between
Griqualand West and Easterns at Kimberly in South Africa in 2010/11.
4. Mumbai were defeated
by an innings for the first time in the last about 64 years. This should be the
record for most years between two innings defeats. Which team has the next best
sequence? – Asked by Vigneshwar, Chennai, India
The defeat by an innings and 44 runs for Mumbai against
Tamil Nadu at Chepauk is only the fourth innings defeat for Mumbai in their
history of Ranji Trophy. Their last such defeat was way back in 1950/51 against
Gujarat at Ahmedabad by an innings and 166 runs. The next most number of years
between two innings defeats is for Wellington in New Zealand for about 35 years
from December 1904 to February 1939. Hyderabad was without an innings defeat
for 32 years from 1964/65 to 1996/97. Delhi had such a streak for 28 years
while Tamil Nadu/Madras and Baroda had for about 25 years. Auckland was without
an innings defeat for about 23 years.
Has any wicketkeeper
bowled in World Cup? – Asked by Poun Raj,
India
Well, there has been no instance of a wicketkeeper giving
away his gloves and bowled in a World Cup match. Overall in ODIs, there have
been only seven occasions when a designated wicketkeeper bowled in a match. The
best figures by a designated wicketkeeper in an ODI are 2/11 by Devon Thomas
for West Indies against Bangladesh in 2009 and 2/42 by Tatenda Taibu for
Zimbabwe against Sri Lanka at Harare in 2004. MS Dhoni has bowled in two ODIs,
picking a wicket in one of them. Hashan Tillkaratne and Andrew Hall also bowled
as wicketkeepers in ODIs.
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