CricketBuffOne Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 You might know who scored the fastest hundred in IPL, but do you know who scored the slowest? Watch this video to know the Top 10 Slowest Hundred Scorers in IPL. Enjoy! WC2011INDIA, New guy, sourab10forever and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
express bowling Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) What a strange format ! A hundred in 67 balls is the slowest ! 35 years back there were batsmen who could barely score 10 runs in the first 67 balls they faced. Edited May 20, 2016 by express bowling CricketBuffOne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New guy Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 (edited) How any total 100s have been there in IPL to date? Anyways nice thread as always Edited May 20, 2016 by New guy CricketBuffOne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CricketBuffOne Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 18 hours ago, express bowling said: What a strange format ! A hundred in 67 balls is the slowest ! 35 years back there were batsmen who could barely score 10 runs in the first 67 balls they faced. express bowling, very well phrased. Even 8 years ago when IPL started, 67 ball hundred was considered a very good effort. But now the benchmark is 30. In fact, there's a guy in West Indies who scored a 21/22 ball hundred in the domestics a few weeks ago. express bowling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CricketBuffOne Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 16 hours ago, New guy said: How any total 100s have been there in IPL to date? Anyways nice thread as always New guy, I am glad you enjoyed the video! The answer to your question is 42. New guy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CricketBuffOne Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 @WC2011INDIA, @maniac, thanks so much for appreciating the video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CricketBuffOne Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 @sourab10forever, thank you! sourab10forever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 20 hours ago, express bowling said: What a strange format ! A hundred in 67 balls is the slowest ! 35 years back there were batsmen who could barely score 10 runs in the first 67 balls they faced. 67 balls out of 120 balls is about the maximum you are going to get to face in an innings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sourab10forever Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 46 minutes ago, randomGuy said: 67 balls out of 120 balls is about the maximum you are going to get to face in an innings. exactly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CricketBuffOne Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 (edited) 1 hour ago, randomGuy said: 67 balls out of 120 balls is about the maximum you are going to get to face in an innings. randomGuy, @sourab10forever you are nearly right. Watson faced the max. balls (71) against India in the recent Ind-Aus T20 series in Aus. He scored 124* in that game. Edited May 21, 2016 by CricketBuffOne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
express bowling Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 1 hour ago, randomGuy said: 67 balls out of 120 balls is about the maximum you are going to get to face in an innings. I know. It was more of a tongue in cheek comment about the tremendous rate at which runs can be scored in T20s nowadays courtesy much improved bats, rules that castrate bowlers and flat pitches. 67 balls maybe the maximum that you may get to face but scoring at an SR of 135 to 400+ is something that is happening in cricket in the last 8 years or so. It is a huge change from what cricket was even a few years back. I was just reflecting on that. CricketBuffOne and randomGuy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 2 hours ago, CricketBuffOne said: randomGuy, @sourab10forever you are nearly right. Watson faced the max. balls (71) against India in the recent Ind-Aus T20 series in Aus. He scored 124* in that game. In domestic T20s, there's been more balls aa batsman has faced. I think it was a domestic T20 in Pak where one opener faced some 77 balls or so and the other opener and him chased down a total with 10 wickets in hand. I will see if I can find that match CricketBuffOne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 There you go: http://m.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/781029.html CricketBuffOne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CricketBuffOne Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 30 minutes ago, Texan said: There you go: http://m.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/781029.html Texan, thank you for enriching the conversation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomGuy Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 1 hour ago, Texan said: There you go: http://m.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/781029.html I am wondering how did this happen yar... Both batsmen are playing at same SR (so no one is give other the strike) and one gets to play 77balls and the other less than half! Texan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sourab10forever Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 16 minutes ago, randomGuy said: I am wondering how did this happen yar... Both batsmen are playing at same SR (so no one is give other the strike) and one gets to play 77balls and the other less than half! Maybe because the target was less in the end,the other guy decided to give strike to his partner so that he can score a century... And also depends on luck...maybe he got easy single of the last ball of most overs. randomGuy and CricketBuffOne 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 (edited) On May 21, 2016 at 11:18 AM, randomGuy said: I am wondering how did this happen yar... Both batsmen are playing at same SR (so no one is give other the strike) and one gets to play 77balls and the other less than half! If you follow the commentary, you will see that the guy who played more balls took lots of singles off the last ball of the over. What's more - they only played 19 overs and the guy got a single off the last ball of the previous over. So had they played the full 20 overs, it is likely that he would have played 83 balls in a 20 over match. Edited May 22, 2016 by Texan sourab10forever and CricketBuffOne 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CricketBuffOne Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 (edited) 5 hours ago, Texan said: If you follow the commentary, you will see that the guy who played more balls took lots of singles off the last ball of the over. What's more - they only played 19 overs and the guy got a single off the last ball of the previous over. So had they played the full 20 overs, it is likely that he would have played 83 balls in a 20 over match. Admire the patience of the batsman at the other end. Any other batsman might have easily thrown away his wicket. Thanks for the details, Texan. Edited May 23, 2016 by CricketBuffOne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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