1) Chamida Vaas has the biggest name in the cricketing world. His name starts like this 'Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chamida Vaas'. His desire is to become a priest in a church after his cricketing career.
2) Sandeep Patel once hit Bob Willis for six fours in an over in a test match.
3) Gavin Larsen is known as 'Postman' of NewZealand Cricket as he has always delivered whenever it mattered the most
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4) Know your field postions
a) Straight hit - Field position near the boundary directly behind the bowler
b) Long stop - One who is set to stop balls which pass the wicket keeper.
5) Sachin was the first victim of third umpire. No prizes for guessing the fielder. It was none other than Jonty Rhodes.
6) On 2001 December, Michael Vaughan was given out for Handling the ball. That was the last time a batsman was given out for Handling the ball
7) In 130 years of cricket no batsmen has got out by Hitting the ball twice & Timeout.
8 ) Sunil Gavaskar's autobiography is 'Sunny Days' while Kapil's is 'Straight from the Heart'.
9) When Sachin scored a hundred in the match against kenya in 1999 world cup played in England, it was his first hundred as a non opener.
10) MA Chidambaram Cricket ground aka 'Chepauk' in Chennai and Gabba in Brisbane has hosted the two tied test matches.
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