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Sir Garry SOBERS' career covered in unseen depth, using a single chart!

Even by the standards of an illustrious 20+ year career, it is unusually overloaded.

The accurate reflection of his workload & resulting challenges emphasise the true GREATNESS of this @windiescricket icon!

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Smith and Sobers reached their highest Test batting average of ~65 and ~64 after 9 and 14 years respectively.

Although Tendulkar never crossed 60, after same duration, his averages were similar to those of Smith and Sobers. His incredible longevity is illustrated here.

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Richie Benaud was one of the finest ever cricketers.

4 years following Keith Miller’s retirement, in 4 away series, Benaud took 100 wickets at an amazing bowling average of 19.9 and economy rate of 1.9, including 10 fifer in just 16 Tests.

Australia won 9, and lost just 1 Test.

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Benaud - Simpson was undoubtedly a great bowler - fielder partners.

#DYK that 2 other fielders took more catches off Benaud’s bowling in First Class #Cricket?

43 Davidson
40 Harvey
(38 Simpson)

Most dismissals by a wicket-keeper was 38: Wally Grout (21 catches & 17 stumpings).

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“MANCHESTER MIRACLE”

4th Test, Series 1-1,

Day 5 afternoon session,

England 20-0 (target 256) when Benaud brought himself on.

He bowled 32 overs straight for 6-70!

England went from 150-1 to 171-7 to 201 all out.

Simpson at slip🔥

1961 #Ashes #Cricket #RichieBenaud #Legend

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Head to head breakdown of Sir Garfield Sobers' glorious 160-ball 132 in the Tied Test.

36 off 38 (4x 4s) v Davidson
35 off 33 (6x 4s) v Benaud

28 off 37 (5x 4s) v Meckiff

14 off 16 (3x 4s) v Kline
14 off 16 (2x 4s) v Mackay

5 off 20 (1x 4s) v Simpson

“Revived Test #Cricket”

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Cricketing greats Allan Donald and Sachin Tendulkar featured against each other in 11 Tests.

Donald bowled to @sachin_rt in 15 innings and dismissed him 5 times.

Tendulkar scored 177 runs off 328 deliveries (28x4s).

SRT averaged 35.4 v AAD (SR 54.0); 150/3 Away & 27/2 in India

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Cricketing icons Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar featured against each other in 12 Tests.

Warne bowled to @sachin_rt in 16 innings and dismissed him 3 times (18 maidens).

Tendulkar scored 322 runs off 555 deliveries (40x4s and 4x6s).

SRT v SKW: Batting Average 107.3 (SR 58.0)

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7 or more wickets more than once in a Test innings for New Zealand:

3 Richard Hadlee
v Ind 7-23
v Aus 9-52
v Aus 7-116

2 Lance Cairns
v Eng 7-74
v Eng 7-143

2 Chris Cairns
v WI 7-23
v Ban 7-53

2 Daniel Vettori
v Aus 7-87
v SL 7-130

2 Matt Henry
v SA 7-23
v Aus 7-67

#NZvAUS

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#DYK

@amlahash has the record for most runs by a RHB representing a non-Asian team in Asia in 3 or fewer Tests?

All 6 ahead of Amla were LHBs:

B Lara
M Hayden
A Flower
J Adams
M Taylor
U Khawaja (in recently concluded #PAKvAUS Test series)

#Cricket #CricketTwitter #AUSvPAK

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England in 1973 and Australia in 1978 won the women's World Cup without finals.

List of winners since:

1982 Aus
1988 Aus
1993 Eng
1997 Aus
2000 NZ
2005 Aus
2009 Eng
2013 Aus
2017 Eng

Finals record:
Aus 5-1 (lost to NZ); and
Eng 3-2 (both losses to Aus).

Who will win #CWC22?

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In Tests held in West Indies, only twice the combined Top 7 aggregated < 300 runs after 1st 3 innings (where all 7 batted, i.e. 21 inns in total).

184 runs @ Bridgetown 1935

242 runs @ St. George's 2022

Guess the next lowest?

#Cricket #WIvsENG #CricketTwitter @windiescricket

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Interestingly out of these 41 pre-series #Ashes predictions, only 4 called 4-0 precisely: @NickHowson, @e_botcherby, @lachiegeleit & @mhussey393.

England were expected to lose by most; but from the predictions, there was more chance of a closely fought series than a train wreck.

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G Gooch on the perfect bowler

X was a truly aggressive fast bowler with the ability to bowl devastating inswingers around the wicket. He was deadly accurate as well...On a fast wicket, he was ~unplayable, could also get bounce and life out of the most docile of tracks.

Who's X?

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@aspitweets @GreigNorman2 @CaptArj “He managed to make it all look so easy, stroking the ball to the boundary with effortless shots that were perfect placed and beautifully timed. In Australia, cricket followers still recall the match in 1970/71 when he scored 325 runs in a day for South Australia v WA at Perth.”

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“To be perfect you would need to have the technique, concentration and competitive qualities of a Geoff Boycott; the power, grace and dashing strokeplay of a Viv Richards. The player who had a mixture of all those qualities is X.”

Who is player X that Kim Hughes is referring to?

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Some good guesses!

Answer is Barry Richards, who made a superlative 356 against a ~Test quality attack in his only appearance at Kim Hughes' home ground, @WACA_Cricket.

Well done to @elitecynic, @clanforgamers and @aspitweets for getting this 1st time.

#Cricket #CricketTwitter

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“To be perfect you would need to have the technique, concentration and competitive qualities of a Geoff Boycott; the power, grace and dashing strokeplay of a Viv Richards. The player who had a mixture of all those qualities is X.”

Who is player X that Kim Hughes is referring to?

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All-rounder @EllysePerry becomes only the 93rd woman to play 10 Tests.

Of the 22 Australian women to play 10+ Tests, only Perry and @AlexBlackwell2 made their Test debut in the 21st century.

Haynes, Healy and Lanning are currently on 6.

#Ashes #AUSvENG #Cricket #CricketTwitter

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Only 13 pace bowlers have taken 300+ Test wickets at a bowling average of <25.

First of these All Time Greats made his Test debut in 1952; and the last played his final Test in 2019.

@CuddyWalsh sent down an incredible 107,324 deliveries in Top-class #Cricket.

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Best Test batting streaks from Sir Garfield Sobers, by average.

10-Test: 115.1 (Duration: 1Y 6M)

20-Test: 88.5 (3Y 5M)

30-Test: 75.6 (5Y 10M)

40-Test: 71.8 (8Y 6M)

50-Test: 74.1 (10Y 2M)

PS: Last 3 highest by aggregates too.

#Cricket #Legend #CricketTwitter @windiescricket

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Best ODI streaks of the great @ivivianrichards.

By average:
10-match: 128 (SR 99.2)
20-M: 83.2 (91.1)
30-M: 73.4 (92.9)
40-M: 73.2 (97.9)
50-M: 63.4 (91.1)

By strike rate:
10-M: 143.8 (avg 90)
20-M: 120.1 (54.3)
30-M: 101.2 (45.2)
40-M: 102.3 (51.1)
50-M: 101.4 (47.1)

#Cricket

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“It was as though cricket was in his genes. He had that look of a good, solid batsman - an ideal number three. Everything about him seemed to have been cast in a batsman’s mould. His head position was impressive, very correct”

Which Indian schoolboy does this refer to?

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