Top 15 Mind-Blowing Cricket Facts You Should Know

#5 Player who got Hat-trick on his birthday

Peter Siddle

Peter Siddle, the Australian pacer, is the only player who has taken a hat-trick on his 26th birthday, in the Ashes 2010. On the very first day of the series, Siddle dismissed Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood and Ian Bell in back to back three balls.

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#6 Player who hit a six off the first ball of a Test

Chris Gayle

Chris Henry Gayle is the only man who has smashed the very first ball of a Test match for an over-boundary.

It was the first Test match between West Indies and Bangladesh, at Mirpur in 2012. Gayle swung the first ball of the match, bowled by debutant Sohag Gazi, high over the long-on boundary. 18 runs came from the first over of that Test match.

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#7 Player who was out off the first ball of a Test match thrice

Sunil Gavaskar

The 'Little Master', Sunil Gavaskar is the man, who was out off the first ball of a test three times. He was dismissed by Geoff Arnold (Edgbaston, 1974), Malcolm Marshall (Kolkata, 1984) and Imran Khan (Jaipur, 1987).

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#8 Bowler who dismissed Don Bradman hit-wicket in Test Cricket

Lala Amarnath

Lala Amarnath was the only bowler, who dismissed Sir Donald Bradman hit wicket in the 1948 Brisbane Test match.