Who has scored the fastest double century in a Test?
On February 23, 2002, Australia's Adam Gilchrist pulverised the South African bowlers at the Wanderers to break the record for the fastest Test double century that had stood for almost 20 years. Gilchrist reached 200 in 212 balls, surpassing Ian Botham's 220-ball effort against India in 1982.
Who has scored the fastest century in a Test?
New Zealand's Brendan McCullum holds the record for the fastest test cricket century of all time - he took just 54 balls to reach the milestone in a match against Australia in Christchurch in the 2015/16 season.
Who scored fastest double century in ODI?
Chris Gayle scored the fastest 200 in ODI. Gayle's knock of 215 off just 147 balls consisted of 10 fours and a record 16 sixes which he shares with Rohit Sharma. He became the first non-Indian and the fifth batsman overall to score a double-century in the 50-over format.
What is the slowest Test century?
Slowest Century in Test Cricket History
- Thilan Samaraweera – 408 balls.
- Jimmy Adams – 365 balls.
- Clive Radley – 396 balls.
- Sanjay Manjrekar – 397 balls.
Who scored fastest 150 in ODI?
Ex-South Africa cricketer AB de Villiers holds the records for scoring the fastest fifty, hundred and 150 in ODIs. De Villiers slammed ODI's fastest-ever century off 31 balls against Windies in January 2015.
33 related questions foundWho made 100 runs in 22 balls?
And then there was Sir Donald Bradman, who scored an incredible 22-ball 100 during the course of a village game on November 2, 1931.
Who is the most Test winning captain?
Graeme Smith- 53 Wins
He currently holds the record for most wins as captain in Test cricket. In 109 matches, he has won 53 Tests while losing 28 games and drawing 27 games. He is also the only test captain to play in excess of 100 test matches. (109 – 108 as captain for South Africa, and 1 for ICC).
Who played the most test matches as a captain?
Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a former Indian international cricketer. MS Dhoni holds the Indian record for the most test matches as captain as of December 2020. He captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2017 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. M S Dhoni captained India in 60 Tests.
Who scored 5 consecutive centuries in Test?
The man in question was Gautam Gambhir, who scored centuries in successive Tests in New Zealand early in 2009, later in the year added two more against Sri Lanka, and then early in 2010 made another against Bangladesh.
Who scored 4 consecutive centuries in Test?
In two separate consecutions, Donald Bradman scored centuries in 4 consecutive matches.
Does 200 runs count as two centuries?
Scores of more than 200 runs are still statistically counted as a century, although these scores are referred to as double (200–299 runs), triple (300–399 runs), and quadruple centuries (400–499 runs), and so on.
Who scored 300 runs in one day cricket?
Don Bradman is international cricket history's only player to score 300+ runs in one day, accomplishing the feat on July 11, 1930.
Who scored 500 runs in Test cricket?
Ex-Windies captain Brian Lara scored 501*(427) in a county match in 1994, becoming the first and the only player to score 500-plus runs in an innings in professional cricket. Lara hit 62 fours and 10 sixes during his innings, while representing Warwickshire against Durham.
Who hit 6 sixes in an over?
Herschelle Gibbs hits six sixes in an over in ODI cricket
While Shastri and Sobers were the first two batsmen to reach the milestone, it is former South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs who was the first to hit six sixes in an over in international cricket.
Who is the fastest 100 in IPL cricket?
Chris Gayle holds the record for smashing the fastest hundred in IPL. In an IPL 2013 game against Pune Warriors, Gayle played a blistering knock of 175 runs off 66 balls. Gayle hit 17 sixes and 13 fours in his memorable innings.
