TOP 10 COINCIDENCES IN CRICKET
Cricket is one of the popular games in the world. There are plenty of facts, records, and coincidences which have taken place in the long history of cricket.
Here’s a look at the top 10 coincidences that happened in cricket:
1)3 Double hundreds: Same margin of victory
Sachin Tendulkar scored the first-ever double century of men's ODI cricket 200* against South Africa in 2010; Virendar Sehwag scored 219 against the Windies in 2011, and Rohit Sharma scored 264 against Sri Lanka in 2014. Interestingly, India won each of these matches by a margin of 153 runs.
2) Coincidence between Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli
Sachin Tendulkar completed 1000 test runs against Australia in 19 innings at the age of 26 in 1999 in the 19th over of the Melbourne Test match. Virat Kohli completed 1000 test runs against Australia in 19 innings at the age of 26 in 2014 in the 19th over of the Test match in Melbourne.
3)Michael Clarke + Alastair Cook = Sachin Tendulkar
At the end of 100 tests, Alastair Cook scored 7955 runs with 25 hundred, and Michael Clarke scored 7966 runs with 26 hundred. When you add them up, it comes up to 200 Tests, 15921 runs, 51 hundred. Sachin Tendulkar had 15,921 runs and 51 centuries in his Test cricket career.
4) First and Centenary Test: Same result
The first-ever Test match was played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket ground in 1877, where Australia won the game by 45 runs. One hundred years later, marking the centenary of Test cricket, a match was played between Australia and England again at the MCG. Australia won the game by 45 runs, the same result as the first-ever test a century earlier.
5)1st and 1000th Test century:165
The first century in Test cricket was scored by Charles Bannerman, who scored 165 (before retiring hurt) in the first-ever Test between Australia and England in 1877. Ian Chappell's 165 against the Windies in 1968 brought the total of all Test cricket centuries to 1,000, and his 165 was the same score as the first Test cricket century.
6)At 11:11 am on 11/11/11, South Africa needed 111 runs to win
On 11 November 2011, in a Test match between South Africa and Australia at Capetown at 11:11, South Africa needed further 111 runs to win.
7) Different venues, but the same results
England beat South Africa in the first two Test matches at Edgbaston and Lord's in 1924. On both tests, England won by a margin of an innings and 18 runs, and in each game, South Africa's top scorer was Bob Catterall with 120 runs.
8)Same totals and winning margin
In the first ODI between Zimbabwe and Afghanistan in 2018, Afghanistan scored 333, bowled Zimbabwe out for 179, and won the match by 154 runs. In the second ODI, Zimbabwe scored 333 runs, bowled Afghanistan out for 179, and won the game by 154 runs.
9) Alec Stewart was born on 8-4-63, and he scored 8463 test runs
Former English batsman Alec Stewart was born on 8-4-63 (8 April 1963) and smashed 8463 test runs in his career.
10) Identical numbers between siblings
Former England captain Tony Greig took 4/53 in the second innings on his debut test against Australia in 1972.10 years later, his younger brother Ian Greig took 4/53 in the first innings on his debut test against Pakistan.
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