4 mind-boggling cricket facts you probably did not know

It is said that records are meant to be broken. While one may wonder about the uncertainties of the game, cricket has been a sport that has never failed to surprise its audience. While most of the records are well known and are often a part of the natural discourse about cricket, there are so many instances which are never talked about. That for the game brings the uniqueness and curiosity about the figures that have baffled every cricket fan.

Cricket as a major sport has witnessed many spectacles. These records have time and again proved one player's dominance over the sport. Sachin Tendulkar's 100th 100 or Don Bradman's record average in Test Cricket. Some of these records are famous and well acquainted to every cricket fan.

Some of the facts and figures, though, always remain on the back seat. These stats are often uncompromisable and promise different outlook for a player has he played more matches. Vinod Kambli's career, for example, is rightly laid out as an example of a player who could have been a legend in the game.

Here, we talk about other such figures which might not be well known to you, but will surely challenge your cricket knowledge.

Wilfred Rhodes took 4204 wickets in First Class Cricket

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Wilfred Rhodes, England First Class player is known to have taken 4 thousand wickets in his career. Rhodes, who appeared for 58 test matches for England Cricket Team, took 127 wickets and followed it up with 2,325 career runs. He also became the first Englishman to complete the double of 1000 runs and 100 test wickets in Test Cricket.

Wilfred Rhodes holds the record for maximum appearances in First Class cricket, with a total tally of 1,110 matches and also the record holder of most wickets in First Class Cricket. Wilfred Rhodes has completed the double figures of 100 wickets and 100 0 runs a record 16 times and is the oldest player to play test Cricket at the age of 52 years and165 days.

Most sixes in a Test innings

There is no denying the fact that Sachin Tendulkar was a run-machine at his best. But Sachin's test highest score was always shy of that triple ton that others managed to achieve. Not just that, Sachin's highest score in Test Matches is less than Wasim Akram's scintillating innings of 257 vs Zimbabwe.

Wasim Akram's 257 not out came in Zimbabwe's tour of Pakistan in 1996 where Akram scored an unbeaten 257 from 363 deliveries where he went on to become to record holder for most sixes in a Test innings. A record which still stands tall in his name. He hit 22 boundaries and 12 sixes in that match.

Sanath Jayasuriya has more ODI wickets to his name than Shane Warne

Sanath Jayasuriya

Arguably, the best spinner to have graced the cricket field, Shane Warne's stories of cricket are well known and every cricketer is aware of the dominance he had over the game. But this is not it. While Shane Warne was a deathly combination of both spin and aggression, he was very shy of wickets as compared to Sri Lankan legend, Sanath Jayasuriya, in ODIs.

Sanath Jayasuriya, a Sri Lankan opener, and a legendary cricketer had more ODI wickets on his tally than the Australian legend, Shane Warne. Warne's 293 wickets in his One Day International career falls very short of Jayasuriya's 323 wickets.

#1 Sachin Tendulkar has only gotten out once for a duck

Sachin Tendulkar, the little master, has only gotten out on duck once in his Ranji Career. In the 38 games that he has played in Ranji, Sachin has scored 18 centuries and 19 half-centuries with a whopping average in the excess of 85. Sachin's remarkable feats in cricket are unparalleled.

Sachin Tendulkar's record of no ducks in Ranji was broken when the star bowler of current Indian Team, Bhuvneshwar Kumar ensured a catch to Mohammed Kaif in the Mumbai vs Uttar Pradesh Ranji match. Bhuvneshwar Kumar lived his dream of picking up Sachin's wicket in a Ranji match and on top of that being the only bowler to have gotten him on duck, this record will never be shared by anybody else.