Three lesser-known cricket facts and stories that will blow your mind

#1 Retired Not Out in a Test innings

On 30 April 1983, West Indies' Gordon Greenidge was able to create a unique and a rather tragic, record after he became the first and only cricketer to retire 'not out'.

The unique record was created in the India-West Indies clash in 1983 when he got the news of his ailing daughter, while batting at 154*. The opener, soon after getting the news, rushed to visit his two-year-old daughter, Ria Greenidge, who unfortunately passed away due to serious kidney illness, two days later.

After the unfortunate and shocking incident, it was unanimously decided that Gordon Greenidge should be adjusted as retired not out in the game. Thus, Greenidge became the first and the only cricketer to retire not out in Test cricket.