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Weird facts down the road to Cricket

New Delhi: Since the time the very first all ball was bowled and batsman came onto the crease to bat in International Cricket, the record books with weird facts have been changing thier pages to

India TV Sports Desk India TV Sports Desk Updated on: January 11, 2015 11:19 IST

13. Alec Stewart was born on 8-4-63 and he scored 8463 Test runs

Alec Stewart, was a wicketkeeper-batsman and a former English skipper. He is the most capped English cricketer of all time in Test matches and 3rd most capped in One Day Internationals, having played in 133 Tests and 170 ODIs.

Apart from the above mentioned fact, there's another weird fact about, Alec Stewart was born on 8-4-63 and he scored 8463 Test runs.

This is another example of numerological coincidence.

14. Asif Karim of Kenya has played International cricket and Davis Cup (Tennis) for his country

Asif Karim holds a unique distinction of captaincy. Asif captained his country in Cricket (ODI's) and Tennis (Davis cup). He took retirement twice in his career. First, during 1999 World Cup but being an experience holder he was forced to take his retirement back and was again included in the squad for the 2003 World Cup, in which he performed extremely well and finally retired from all formats international cricket after that.

Karim represented Kenya in a Davis Cup tie against Egypt in 1988. He played two singles matches and one doubles rubber.

15. Wilfred Rhodes of England played Test cricket till he was 52!

16. Allan Border played 153 consecutive Test matches

Allan Border, former Australian cricketer and skipper who palyed 153 consecutive Test matches. Border also holds the world record for the most number of Tests captained by an Australian player.

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