Amazing facts!!

Did you know that ? 

• South Africans were the first to introduce TV run outs! 

• No one has completed an innings at the score of 228!

• Graham Yallop, in 1978 was the first man to wear a helmet! 

• Wasim Akram is the first (an only?) man to perform a hat-trick in both one days and tests! 

• England and Australia played the first ever one day international at Melbourne in 1971! 

• Sachin Tendulkar was the first victim of the third umpire. In the Test match! 

• Hanif Mohammed (Pakistan) batted for 16 hours and 10 minutes - nearly 3 full days - against the West Indies, scoring 337*. 

• Sourav Ganguly is the only cricketer to have won four successive Man of the Match awards in One-day Internationals. 

• The first Test match began on 15 March 1877 and had a timeless format with four balls per over. It ended on 19 March 1877 with Australia winning by 45 runs. 

• The first Twenty20 international was between Australia and New Zealand in 2005. 

• The Test match between England and South Africa at Durban in 1939 was finally abandoned as a draw on the tenth day because England players had to catch their ship home.                                                    

• There are 10 ways a batsman can be declared "out" in cricket:        
• Caught.  
• Bowled.    
• Leg Before Wicket.
• Hit Wicket. 
• Timed Out (wonder what is this?).  
• Handling the ball.    
• Obstructing the field.  
• Hit the ball twice.      
• Run Out.
• Stumped                                     
• "Timed Out (wonder what is this?)                                                                                          Timed out means a batsman can be declared out if he fails to come to the crease in 5 mins. After a batsman is out, if the next batsman takes more then 5 mins to come to the crease and the fielding team appeals, he can be declared out.