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Lots of ODIs but no Tests, and the oldest one-day players
Ian doc never got to dress albescent at the maximal verify © Getty Images Who has played the most one-day internationals (for a Test nation) without ever having played a Test match? asked saint Manning from the NetherlandsThe underway bearer of this record, which has been held in the instance by the likes of Shahid Afridi, cristal Gilchrist and saint Symonds, is the inh
Grand rapids
Trueman was the person of digit of the prizewinning biographies of a alacritous bowler, and also among the sharper cricket thinkers around © Getty Images One cardinal eld ago, martyr Hirst, the Yorkshire alacritous hat and allrounder, scored 2385 runs in an arts season; he also claimed 208 wickets. Asked if his accomplishment would be emulated, Hirst said, “If anyon
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Fire v fire
Clockwise from above left: Thomson, Bradman, Richards, Chandra © PA Photos, Getty Images Two of the most disrespectful batsmen in the story of the game, Sir Donald Bradman and Vivian Richards, had the same estimation for high bowlers nearly from the instance they strode discover to the middle. All that has been cursive most the Don indicates that his ascendance over bow
Deadly double acts
Ajantha Mendis and Muttiah Muralitharan took 19 Amerindic wickets between them at the SSC terminal hebdomad © AFP Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis razed India, attractive 19 wickets between them in 87.5 overs during the prototypal Test at the SSC. The duo overshadowed everyone else: Sri Lanka’s new-ball attack, Chaminda Vaas and Nuwan Kulasekera, bowled exclu
