5 less noticed cricket records that may surprise you

Undoubtedly, like many other sports, cricket is also a game of numbers and records. There are many well-known records that most of us have heard of. Many of us know about Bradman’s 99.94 Test average or Sachin’s 100 international centuries.Every cricket fan has an idea about Murali’s international wicket haul or Sir Jack Hobbs’ first class records. But there are few records that we may not come across or we have not noticed.Here are five unknown records that may surprise you on any given day:

#1 Sachin Tendulkar - More five wicket hauls than Shane Warne in ODIs

Sachin and Warne are good mates off the field

Can you believe this? Yeah, it is hard to believe that Sachin has more five-wicket hauls than Warne. Sachin Tendulkar had two five-wicket hauls; one against Australia and the other against Pakistan. Shane Warne, on the other hand, has only one fifer which he took against West Indies in the year 1996.

We know that Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne were always rivals on the field and many times Sachin did get the better of Warne; this time around Tendulkar has beaten him by taking more five-wicket hauls than him.

Sachin had taken 154 wickets for India in 463 matches as a part-timer while Warney had taken 293 wickets in 194 ODIs for Australia.

#2 Jacques Kallis - Only two 200s in his entire test career

Kallis had made his career best 224 runs against Sri Lanka in Test cricket in 2012

Jacques Kallis, one of the greatest all-rounders in cricket, has made 45 centuries in Test cricket, which is the second most in the format after Sachin Tendulkars 51 centuries. But there is a massive surprise here he has only scored two double hundreds in his Test career.

He made 201 against India in 2010 and 224 runs against Sri Lanka in 2012. Being an all-rounder, he had scored 13289 runs and taken 292 wicktes in 166 Test matches for South Africa. Currently, he is the head coach of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL.

#3 MS Dhoni - Only player to score two ODI hundreds at no.7

He is always known for doing special things on cricket field

Indias ODI captain and wicket-keeper batsman MS Dhoni holds this unique record in ODI cricket. No batsman other than him has achieved this feat in this format till this date. It is not always easy to score a century for your team after coming to bat at no.7,but he has done that twice one time against Africa XI in 2007 and the second time against Pakistan in 2012.

Dhonis two centuriesat no.7 in ODI cricket:

Against	Runs	Balls	Venue	Year
ACA Africa XI	139*	97	Chennai	2007
Pakistan	113*	125	Chennai	2012

#4 Wasim Akram - Most sixes in a Test innings

Waz was more than a handy batsman

You may think that probably Gilchrist or Sehwag or may be Brendon McCullum has hit most sixes in an innings in Test cricket, but it is Wasim Akram who had once smashed 12 sixes in an innings against Zimbabwe in 1996, who has this record.

In this innings, he had made 257* runs in 363 balls by hitting 22 boundaries and 12 sixes, thereby overtaking the record of Wally Hammonds 10 sixes still that record has not been brokenby any one. He was known as one of the greatest swing bowlers of world cricket.

Here is a list of 10 players who have scored most no.of sixes in a Test innings till this day.

Player Name	Country	No.of sixes	Against	Venue	Year
Wasim Akram	Pakistan	12	Zimbabwe	Sheikhpura	1996
Nathan Astle	New Zealand	11	England	Christchurch	2002
Matthew Hayden	Australia	11	Zimbabwe	Perth	2003
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	11	Pakistan	Sharjah	2014
Brendon McCullum	New Zealand	11	Sri Lanka	Christchurch	2014
W Hammond	England	10	New Zealand	Auckland	1933
Chris Cairns	New Zealand	9	Zimbabwe	Auckland	1996
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	9	New Zealand	Lahore	2002
Tim Southee	New Zealand	9	England	Napier	2008
Chris Gayle	West Indies	9	Sri Lanka	Galle	2010

#5 Virat Kohli - Only player to have an average above 40 in all three formats

Virat is rated as one of the greatest no.3 batsman of ODIs

Probably, many of you have not noticed this but Virat Kohliis the only player in the history of cricket to have an average above 40 in all three formats, and that shows his consistency as a player of Team India, something which hashelped India in winning many matches in the last four years or so.

The second batsman who could have achieved this had he played more t20 matches is Micheal Hussey, whose average in T20 cricket is 37.94, and he had an average of more than 40 in both ODI and Test formats.

Virat Kohlis average in all three formats:

Format	Average
Test	44.02
ODI	50.6
T20	44.17