Pavilion Tales - Cricket Stories and Trivia

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Rohan Kanhai used to field in the slip and whenever Gavaskar played a loose shot, if Rohan was not within earshot of the keeper, he would whisper "Concentrate! Don’t you want a 100? What’s the matter with you?".

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#SunilGavaskar #RohanKanhai

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The wicket-keeper batsman Adam Parore is the only Test cricketer who climbed the Mount Everest.

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#AdamParore

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Kane Williamson scored 40 centuries before he left school. Josh Syms, his coach at school said “He is an absolute star in world cricket. But for us in New Zealand, he is just Kane, laidback, modest, and a bloody-good bloke.”

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#KaneWilliamson

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Dominic Cork played with his brothers in family outings during childhood. Dad often became an umpire and all the three boys played fiercely. They all played under their father's captaincy in the Betley Cricket Club Second Eleven.

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#DominicCork

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Srikkanth overlooked the stairs in Adelaide Oval dressing room and fell multiple times. Kapil placed a bet on him and agreed to give a treat to the entire team, if he didn’t fall. However, Srikkanth fell again and Kapil won the bet.

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#Srikkanth

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During Sachin’s first international tour to Pakistan in 1989, Abdul Qadir approached Sachin and told him. “if you have guts then try to hit me six”. Sachin smashed Qadir for 28(6,0,4,6,6,6)runs in the next over.

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#SachinTendulkar

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Once Craig McDermott ignored Allan Border’s instructions during Ashes in 1993. AB told McDermott ”You do that again mate, and you’ll be on the next plane home”. Wow strong words from skipper.

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#AllanBorder #CraigMcDermott

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Atapattu knew Jayasuriya since school days and enjoyed batting with him because all the bowlers focused on Jayasuriya’s wicket and he could play his game without being noticed.

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#Atapattu #Jayasuriya

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Extras are also called ‘Sundries’ in Australia. Next time, if you are in Adelaide oval and the scoreboard displays ‘Sundries’, please smile and thumbs up.

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#Sundries #Extras

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Viv Richards used to wear a tricolor wristband to support Rastafari movement. The Green represented the land of Africa, Gold for the wealth that was stripped away and the Red for the blood that was shed.

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#VivRichards

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Windies team was at Birmingham. Ambrose & Richardson were roommates. Curtly decided to buy a bass guitar. Curtly never played bass before and learned a few notes from Richie. Later he learned from his friends.

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#CurtlyAmbrose #RichieRichardson

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Jimmy Anderson started as a quick bowler. He tried to bowl as quick as possible during his early days. However, the biggest influence of Jimmy’s career was Mike Watkinson. Mike taught him, how to swing the ball.

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#JimmyAnderson

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77 runs scored in an over of a first-class match. It happened at Christchurch, New Zealand in 1990. The match was played between Canterbury and Wellington. Bert Vance purposefully gave 77 runs in penultimate over.

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#BertVance #LeeGermon

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Andy Roberts had 2 different bouncers. The first one was a slower, followed by a quick one. Batsmen tried to play in similar fashion like the slower one and deceived by the extra pace, resulting either injuries or getting out.
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#AndyRoberts

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Once Sachin blocked a delivery and the ball landed near his feet. Sachin bent down to pick the ball. Allan Border shouted from gully “Don’t touch the ball”. Sachin was surprised by AB's shout.

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#AllanBorder

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The era of the dibbly-dobblies eventually came to an end with the retirement of Gavin Larsen in 99. He was part of the ‘dibbly-dobbly-wibbly-wobbly’ quartet along with Chris Harris, Willy Watson and Rod Latham.

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#GavinLarsen

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Kent cricket ground is always special. They had a supporter who always appreciated the glowing drives or an outstanding catch from the deep. It was a 27-metre-high lime tree which was located within the boundary ropes.

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#StLawrenceLime

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Gavaskar was born on 10/07/49. Uncle Narayan saw a hole top of Sunil’s left earlobe. Next day, he found the baby was replaced as the hole was gone. They searched the hospital and found Sunil was sleeping next to a fisher woman.

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#SunilGavaskar

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Once Dickie Bird was umpiring in a Test match between England and West Indies. Suddenly he stopped the match and shouted “I’m very sorry gentlemen, but nature calls” then rushed to the restroom. All the players were perplexed.

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#DickieBird

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Jason Gillespie scored 201* in his last Test innings against Bangladesh as a night-watchman. He was the only Test cricketer who scored a double century as a night-watchman.

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#JasonGillespie