Trivia which makes me happy ...

[Gambit]

I bet Canada has never fielded an XI in which all players were born in Canada. :D

[Mr. Wicket]

Fascinating, chamatkar. A year later, Yorkshire broke their sacred rule and began picking players who weren't born in Yorkshire - Sachin Tendulkar was the first non-Yorkie-born man to wear a white rose.

Mods' date=' please move if you think it's not relevant to crictalk.[/quote'] Yeah, right... this sort of stuff is far more interesting than the umpteenth "Who should be dropped today" poll or the latest bit of nakra over the [self censored] IPL and the latest big buy. Keep posting more of this please!

[Lurker]

I bet Canada has never fielded an XI in which all players were born in Canada. :D

Speaking of Canada, the first Indian Limited overs win(and till 1983 WC the ONLY world cup win) came against an Associate Nation East Africa. Which actually makes me wonder what country East Africa is these days?? :nervous: Bedi took 12-8-6-1 wickets in the game Still Farokh Engineer was MOM :hysterical:

[Gambit]

Speaking of Canada, the first Indian Limited overs win(and till 1983 WC the ONLY world cup win) came against an Associate Nation East Africa. Which actually makes me wonder what country East Africa is these days?? :nervous: Bedi took 12-8-6-1 wickets in the game Still Farokh Engineer was MOM :hysterical:

East Africa is Kenya.

[Kartikey]

Dravid's hit 40 sixes in ODI's.

[chamatkar]

Junk Info v3.0 The first recorded Indian cricket club was the Oriental Cricket Club by the Parsi community in 1848, even though there had been a few informal matches before that. In the next 2 decades, more than 30 clubs were formed by the Parsis.. and they were mainly named after British Viceroys, statesmen and roman gods. Around 1866, the first "Hindu" clubs started getting formed. All these clubs were formed along the lines of caste and religion and place of origin. Only in the 1890s, did the British allot land for to each of the three factions - Parsi, Hindu, Muslim - for their own gymkhanas. Starting off as a two-team tournament with only the Parsi and the European gymkhanas, the Bombay Quadrangular was finally set up in 1917 when the Muslim Gymkhana joined. The Hindu gymkhana had joined up in 1907 to make it a triangular tournament.

[Gambit]

Junk Info v3.0 The first recorded Indian cricket club was the Oriental Cricket Club by the Parsi community in 1848, even though there had been a few informal matches before that. In the next 2 decades, more than 30 clubs were formed by the Parsis.. and they were mainly named after British Viceroys, statesmen and roman gods. Around 1866, the first "Hindu" clubs started getting formed. All these clubs were formed along the lines of caste and religion and place of origin. Only in the 1890s, did the British allot land for to each of the three factions - Parsi, Hindu, Muslim - for their own gymkhanas. Starting off as a two-team tournament with only the Parsi and the European gymkhanas, the Bombay Quadrangular was finally set up in 1917 when the Muslim Gymkhana joined. The Hindu gymkhana had joined up in 1907 to make it a triangular tournament.

MKG wasn't a big fan of the Pentangular Cup because it divided teams based on religion(in name atleast). Actually, that is the only recorded opinion of his on cricket.

[Ram]

I am bit curious. Is the MS Dhoni 50 against Lanka in the previous one of the rare instances when a batsman made a 50 in ODIs without scoring even a single boundary ?

[chamatkar]

I am bit curious. Is the MS Dhoni 50 against Lanka in the previous one of the rare instances when a batsman made a 50 in ODIs without scoring even a single boundary ?

MM, cricinfo has the detailed stats.. but if I remember correctly it's the 4th highest score with a boundary... two of the top three scores belong to Azhar (62 being the highest).

[varun]

I am bit curious. Is the MS Dhoni 50 against Lanka in the previous one of the rare instances when a batsman made a 50 in ODIs without scoring even a single boundary ?

Here's the list of batsmen scoring 50+ in ODI's without hitting a single 4 or 6.

+------------------+------+------------+----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| Player           | Runs | Date       | Match                      | Scorecard                                             |
+------------------+------+------------+----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
| AC Parore        |   96 | 1994-10-28 | New Zealand vs India       | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65999.html  | 
| KJ Barnett       |   84 | 1988-09-04 | Sri Lanka vs England       | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64992.html  | 
| Zaheer Abbas     |   84 | 1982-01-09 | Pakistan vs Australia      | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65327.html  | 
| DL Haynes        |   76 | 1985-02-12 | Australia vs West Indies   | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65390.html  | 
| A Bagai          |   74 | 2007-01-30 | Canada vs Netherlands      | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/267378.html | 
| MJ Greatbatch    |   68 | 1993-03-28 | Australia vs New Zealand   | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64430.html  | 
| DC Boon          |   64 | 1993-01-12 | Australia vs Pakistan      | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65503.html  | 
| Saeed Anwar      |   62 | 1996-03-06 | Pakistan vs New Zealand    | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65185.html  | 
| Javed Miandad    |   59 | 1992-12-04 | West Indies vs Pakistan    | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65493.html  | 
| MG Bevan         |   58 | 1998-04-19 | Australia vs India         | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65770.html  | 
| DSBP Kuruppu     |   58 | 1988-11-02 | Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka    | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65679.html  | 
| MS Atapattu      |   58 | 1996-11-12 | Sri Lanka vs Pakistan      | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65870.html  | 
| RT Ponting       |   53 | 1996-08-26 | Australia vs Zimbabwe      | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65981.html  | 
| DR Martyn        |   53 | 2005-02-04 | Australia vs Pakistan      | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65666.html  | 
| M Azharuddin     |   52 | 1997-09-13 | India vs Pakistan          | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66035.html  | 
| BC Lara          |   52 | 1992-03-08 | West Indies vs New Zealand | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65138.html  | 
| Shoaib Mohammad  |   51 | 1989-10-20 | Pakistan vs India          | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65851.html  | 
| M Amarnath       |   51 | 1982-12-03 | Pakistan vs India          | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64197.html  | 
| DPMD Jayawardene |   51 | 2003-06-11 | Sri Lanka vs West Indies   | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64829.html  | 
| Ijaz Ahmed       |   51 | 1999-05-28 | Pakistan vs New Zealand    | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65216.html  | 
| IA Healy         |   50 | 1996-01-18 | Australia vs Sri Lanka     | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65539.html  | 
| Shoaib Malik     |   50 | 2005-12-10 | England vs Pakistan        | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/226352.html | 
| RS Mahanama      |   50 | 1994-09-05 | India vs Sri Lanka         | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65975.html  | 
| Saleem Malik     |   50 | 1999-04-13 | Pakistan vs India          | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65780.html  | 
| KC Wessels       |   50 | 1984-02-05 | Australia vs West Indies   | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65369.html  | 
| M Azharuddin     |   50 | 1986-11-27 | Sri Lanka vs India         | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65835.html  | 
| DB Vengsarkar    |   50 | 1988-11-04 | Sri Lanka vs India         | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65680.html  | 
| MS Dhoni         |   50 | 2008-02-19 | Sri Lanka vs India         | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/291366.html | 
+------------------+------+------------+----------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+

[Ram]

Wow, Thumbs up to Varun and Chamatkar. Adam Parore scored 96 without a SINGLE boundarry !?! He must have run a marathon that day... :giggle:

[varun]

For completeness, here's the list of players who've hit 50+ scores without a four or a six in Tests:

+-------------+------+------------+---------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| Player      | Runs | Date       | Match                     | Scorecard                                            |
+-------------+------+------------+---------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+
| EAB Rowan   |   67 | 1939-01-20 | England vs South Africa   | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62655.html | 
| FM Engineer |   59 | 1971-08-19 | England vs India          | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63078.html | 
| WM Woodfull |   58 | 1931-01-01 | Australia vs West Indies  | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62586.html | 
| W Bardsley  |   56 | 1912-08-05 | South Africa vs Australia | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62393.html | 
| R Peel      |   53 | 1894-12-29 | England vs Australia      | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62438.html | 
| CPS Chauhan |   52 | 1978-12-01 | India vs West Indies      | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63226.html | 
| IT Botham   |   52 | 1982-01-13 | India vs England          | http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63302.html | 
+-------------+------+------------+---------------------------+------------------------------------------------------+

Disclaimer: The older pre 1900 scorecards are a bit iffy so take that one with a grain of salt.

[chamatkar]

Thanks Varun.. my number was only for Indian batsmen....(which I conveniently forgot)... Here's the stats from cricinfo... http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=batted_score;qualmax1=0;qualmax2=0;qualmin1=0;qualmin2=0;qualval1=fours;qualval2=sixes;runsmin1=50;runsval1=runs;template=results;type=batting;view=innings

[chamatkar]

MKG wasn't a big fan of the Pentangular Cup because it divided teams based on religion(in name atleast). Actually' date=' that is the only recorded opinion of his on cricket.[/quote'] Gambit, was it a Pentagular cup? Who were the 5th team? I also forgot to mention that the communal divide was only in Bombay cricket. The rest of the development of cricket clubs wasn't along communal lines. Is Bombay still communal in terms of its cricket? Or has the city's diversity spread into its cricket?

[umpire]

I have watched that Parore Innings. I think Ken Rutherford scored hundred in this game. Parore was run out. India won that game easily.

[Mr. Wicket]

Bombay stopped being as communal in its cricket a long time ago - it's now very much school and club based. The Bombay Pentangular was originally 'The Presidency Match' - Europeans vs. Parsis, then became a Triangular when there was a Hindus side. Then two more teams were gradually added over time - first the Muslims (and for several years it was the Quadrangular) and then The Rest.

[Mr. Wicket]

I have watched that Parore Innings. I think Ken Rutherford scored hundred in this game. Parore was run out. India won that game easily.

Yes. Rutherford scored a hundred almost as boring as Parore's knock. India were given a big target to chase and Tendulkar failed and ran away as usual because he can't perform in big run chases made a stunning ton.

[umpire]

Tendulkar was coming off bad run off form and he was asked to come one down. He had string of 0's and 1's before this innings. It was in baroda. He was dropped, tough caught and bowled chance IIRC