May 26 2012 ... Day's Play

May 26 2012 ... Day's Play

1999 -- India beats Sri Lanka by 157 runs at ICC World Cup in England, with Saurav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid scoring superb centuries.

1920 -- Birthday of Jack Cheetham batsman from South Africa. He skippered the Springboks in the fifties and was notable for drawing a series in Australia with a very young team. Ray Lindwall had tremendous praise for him in his book Flying Stumps.

1947 -- Birthday of  Kiwi Glenn Turner, prolific opening batsman and was the mainstay of the New Zealand team for a long time, with a high score of 259. At a personal level made news when he married an Indian Sukhinder Kaur Gill.

1977 -- Birthday of Paul Collingwood  of England, he played all forms of the game, but is notably remembered for leading England to the T20 World Championships in 2010 in the Caribbean , their first .


Did You Know ... Melbourne  in Australia witnessed the most centuries in the fourth innings, 14 of them to be precise. Adelaide and Lords are not far behind with 13.

Did You Know ... Murali Vijay  of the Chennai Super Kings is the fourth batsman to score two hundreds in the IPL, others being Adam Gilchrist, David Warner, and Chris Gayle.

Did You Know ... Varun Aaron of the Delhi Daredevils has the dubious record of the most expensive  bowling figures in the IPL conceding 63 runs while taking two wickets in his quota of four overs.   

Did You Know ... Rohit Sharma  currently with the Mumbai Indians has the most catches 42, in the IPL.