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Cricket Trivia from the Web

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Making his debut for England against Bangladesh in 2005, Chris Tremlett took two wickets in two balls. On his hat trick ball Mohammed Ashraful defended the ball which bounced on the ground, then actually landed on the stumps but the bails did not fall, and so Tremlett was denied a hat trick.

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English Test cricketer Alan Hill dismissed Nat Thomson for 1 to take the first test wicket.

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New Zealand played their first ever Test Match in 1930 not long before India played her first Test match in 1932.

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Sri Lanka used different wicket keepers in each Test match when they hosted the India-Sri Lanka 3 test series in 1994 - Ashley de Silva, Pubudu Dassanayake, and Romesh Kaluwitharna

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2009 India Vs Australia ... ODI ... 2

October 28 2009 ... India Vs Australia at Jamtha Stadium, Nagpur - India won by 99 runs

• India 354 for 7 wickets in 50 overs
• Australia 255 all out in 48.3 overs
• Scoreboard
• Photos

Analytics Behind Australia's Chase
Target of 355 runs to be scored in 50 overs

Score at end of 17 overs ... 81 for the loss of 3 wickets

Batting Resources still available was 64 % ... Remaining Chase Target % was 77 %
Hence at end of 17 overs ... Resource Clock strongly is against Australia

Score at end of 34 overs ... 156 for the loss of 5 wickets

Batting Resources still available was 35 % ... Remaining Chase Target % was 56 %
Hence at end of 34 overs ... Resource Clock now clearly favors India and Australia is way behind

During the Opening Overs and Middle Overs the "Resource Clock" clearly indicated that that India was defending the target and Australia was well behind the Resource Clock and was liklely to lose.

India dominated the defense and put Australia under pressure during the entire match and were ahead of the "Resource Clock" for all but 4 overs, to win the game by 99 runs.

2009 India Vs Australia ... ODI ... 1

October 25 2009 ... India Vs Australia at Reliance Stadium, Vadodara - Australia won by 4 runs

• Australia 292 for 8 wickets in 50 overs
• India 288 for 8 wickets in 50 overs
• Scoreboard
• Photos

Analytics Behind India's Chase
Target of 293 runs to be scored in 50 overs

Score at end of 17 overs ... 87 for the loss of 2 wickets

Batting Resources still available was 71 % ... Remaining Chase Target % was 70 %
Hence at end of 17 overs ... Resource Clock marginally favors India

Score at end of 34 overs ... 167 for the loss of 3 wickets

Batting Resources still available was 42 % ... Remaining Chase Target % was 43 %
Hence at end of 34 overs ... Resource Clock now marginally favors Australia

During the Opening Overs and Middle Overs the "Resource Clock" clearly indicated that that both the teams were neck and neck with regard to Resource Clock and a close match was likely.

Australia dominated the defense and put India under pressure during the End Overs and were ahead of the "Resource Clock" for all but 10 overs, to win the game by 4 runs. At the the end of 49 overs India were 284 for 7 and were slightly ahead of the Resource Clock, but India scoring only 4 runs during the last over put Australia ahead.

Amit's ... Did You Know ........... (1)

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The first laws of cricket were written in 1774. Since then they have been modified on numerous occasions. Pretty much everything has changed. The early versions of the cricket bat were long curved pieces of wood, resembling a thick hockey stick. The stumps consisted of two wickets and one bail in between. The only law of the game that has remained constant is the length of the pitch at twenty two yards.

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Sachin Tendulkar, Waqar Younis, and Salil Ankola all made their Test Match debut at Karachi in 1989.

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Sri Lankan ex-skipper Marvan Atapattu's first six Test innings scores were 0,0,1,0,0,0.

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There are ten ways in which a batsman can dismissed or get out: Caught, Bowled, LBW, Run-Out, Stumped, Handling The Ball, Obstructing The Field, Hit The Ball Twice, Hit-Wicket, Timed Out

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In the 1997-98 Test Match at Faisalabad, Mushtaq Ahmed was bowling to Pat Symcox. Symcox missed the ball, which went between the stumps , knocking back the middle stump. However the heat had fused together the bails, which did not fall. The middle stump bounced back into place, and Symcox continued on his way to 81 - his second highest Test score.

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2009 Champions Trophy...Australia Vs Pakistan

September 30 2009 ... Champion's Trophy - Australia Vs Pakistan at Supersport Park, Centurion - Australia won by 2 wickets

• Pakistan 205 for 6 wickets in 50 overs
• Australis 206 for 8 wickets in 50 overs
• Scoreboard
• Photos

Analytics Behind Australia's Chase
Target of 206 runs to be scored in 50 overs

Score at end of 17 overs ... 85 for the loss of 2 wickets
Batting Resources still available was 71 % ... Remaining Chase Target % was 59 %
Hence at end of 17 overs ... Resource Clock favors Australia

Score at end of 34 overs ... 144 for the loss of 3 wickets
Batting Resources still available was 42 % ... Remaining Chase Target % was 30 %
Hence at end of 34 overs ... Resource Clock still favors Australia

During the Opening Overs and Middle Overs the "Resource Clock" clearly indicated that Australia was ahead of the Resource Clock and was likely to win.

Overall Australia dominated the chase and were ahead of the "Resource Clock" for all but 2 overs, to win the game by 2 wickets. At the the end of 46 overs Australia were 188 for 8 and were behind the Resource Clock, but scoring 14 runs during overs 48 and over 49, put them ahead.