The Cricket Cognoscenti

Delivering bouncers of banter and straight drives of delight! 🏏 Your go-to for cricket quips, memes, and the cheekiest of chirps.

[The Cricket Cognoscenti @wicketwit]

4 IPL teams will have multiple trophies after this season. #IPL26

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📈 Stat Alert: Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most World Cup runs (2,278). Let's delve deeper:

🏆 World Cup appearances: 6 (1992-2011)
🏏 Avg: 56.95 in World Cups
Comparison:
🔸 Ricky Ponting: 1,743 runs in 5 World Cups.
🔸 Kumar Sangakkara: 1,532 runs in 4 World Cups.

Sachin's monumental 673 runs in the 2003 edition remain the highest by any batsman in a single World Cup!
Truly, an evergreen legend! 🏏
#SachinInWorldCups #MasterBlaster

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The time when a fast bowler from England surpassed his opening batsman father's highest score in tests:
4th Test 2010, England vs Pakistan and England were in all sorts of trouble with 102-7 in the first innings of the test match. Stuart Broad and Trott stitched a world record 332 runs partnership for the 8th wicket with Broad scoring 169, surpassing his father (Chris Broad)'s highest score of 162 while opening for England.
The partnership turned the entire match on its head and even Pakistan couldn't surpass Stuart Broad's individual score and ended up scoring 74 and 147 respectively in the 2nd and the 3rd innings ensuring England an easy win in the end.
The father however wasn't so lucky and even after his contributions, the match ended up in a draw.

[The Cricket Cognoscenti @wicketwit]

📜 Did you know?
Cricket may be a Gentlemen's game but it was invented by Kids
The first recorded instance of cricket being played was by children in the 16th century in England. The adults caught on later! #CricketOrigins #ChildsPlay

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#Throwback to the fastest double hundred in tests by Nathan Astle wherein he also scored 28.2% of his test career's sixes!!
28.2% of sixes from 1 inning out of 137 innings!!

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Cricket. All day. Everyday. 😈😈😈

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

Which sport do you like most and why?

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Speaking of analogy: @ashwinravi99's mind is like a suspense novel...Full of twists, turns, and a gripping plot to trap the batsman. 📖🏏 #AshAnna