Cricket is a sport that has been played for more than a century now. It has evolved over the years and has adapted to three different formats that hold a plethora of records. A lot of number churning is also done these days. On that note, let us have a look at five shocking and unbelievable stats.
Chris Gayle is the only batter in the history of Test cricket to hit the first ball of the match for a six. He achieved this unique feat in the Test match against Bangladesh off Sohag Gazi in Dhaka. However, the same bowler got him out soon after scoring 24 runs off 17 balls with two sixes and as many fours. Gayle still remains the only batter to smash the first ball of a Test match for a six.
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Nathan Lyon of Australia has not a single no-ball in his Test career. Yes, he has delivered 34502 deliveries in the longest format of the game so far and has not crossed the line even once. He has picked up 562 wickets in the whites for Australia in 139 Test matches at an average of 30.14 with 24 five-wicket hauls to his name.
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Chris Martin of New Zealand has picked up more wickets than he scored runs in his entire Test career. The fast bowler played 71 Tests for Kiwis and accounted for 233 wickets. However, with the bat, Martin scored only 123 runs at an average of 2.36 which is also the worst among any batter (who played more than 20 Tests) in the history of Test cricket.
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MS Dhoni is arguably the best Indian captain ever, having won 50-over World Cup, T20 World Cup and Champions Trophy. However, he never scored a single century in international cricket outside. All of Dhoni's 16 centuries in 538 matches he played at the international level came in Asia.
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This might raise a lot of eyebrows but Pakistan's Wasim Akram has a career best Test score higher than Virat Kohli, Steve Smith and Kane Williamson. Akram's career best score in Tests is 258. Kohli's career best Test score is 254* while Smith and Williamson boast of 239 and 251 as their best scores in the longest format.
