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Name: uday cheruvu
Message: what proportion of his wickets, have Glenn Mcgrath and Shane Warne got at home and at abroad (How many matches were played by them for Australia at home and abroad) ??

Answer: McGrath at Home: 32 matches - 157 wkts (avg. 20.86) abroad: 32 matches - 145 wkts (avg. 22.65) Warne at home: 41 matches - 188 wkts (avg. 24.65) abroad: 43 matches - 178 wkts (avg. 27.36)



Name: kalyan
Message: who is the first person to score acentury in one day international match.

Answer: English opener Dennis Amiss scored 103 runs (in 134 balls, 9 fours) against Australia at Manchester on 24-8-1972 - has the distinction of scoring the first ODI hundred.



Name: iftekhar
Message: when did wasim akram got his first hat-trick in test series?

Answer: Wasim Akram claimed his first Test hat-trick against Sri Lanka at Lahore in March 1999.



Name: Rajesh
Message: Could you please give details of Mike Hendrick's(England) test stats.

Answer: Michael (Mike) Hendrick (born 22-10-1948) appeared in 30 Test matches for England from 1974 to 1981 as a right arm fast medium bowler. He captured 87 wickets (avg. 25.84) with a best of 4-28 against India at Birmingham in 1974.



Name: Rhea
Message: Now that Azhar has played his last test match, he is one of a few players-Greg Chappell is the only other player I remember who scored a hundred in his first and last test match....are there any more players who achieved this feat.

Answer:
RA Duff Australia
1st Test 32 & 104 v England at Melbourne 1901-02
Last Test 146 v England at The Oval 1905 (his 22nd Test match)

WH Ponsford Australia
1st Test 110 & 27 v England at Sydney 1924-25
Last Test 266 & 22 v England at The Oval 1934 (his 29th Test match)

GS Chappell Australia
1st Test 108 v England at Perth 1970-71
Last Test 182 v Pakistan at Syney 1983-84 (his 87th Test match)

M Azharuddin India (assuming he will not play again)
1st Test 110 v England at Calcutta 1984-85
Last Test 9, 102 v S Africa at Bangalore 1999-00 (his 99th Test match)

Note: Chappell and Azhar are the only batsmen to do in their first and last innings.



Name: Vikram Kewalramani
Message: This question relates to the best ODI opening pairs. Greenidge/Haynes have an avg. of 52.55/inn v/s Sachin/Saurav 's avg of 47.35/inn. I am curious to know the strike rate of these partnerships ?

Answer: I can provide their batting strike rates as openers. From this you will able to draw your own conclusions: Tendulkar 89.48, Ganguly 74.28 Greenidge 64.84, Haynes 63.35



Name: Tushar
Message: How players in world cricket today have best against india in both bowling & batting department?

Answer: Pakistani Saeed Anwar's 194 and Sri Lankan M Muralitharan's 7-30 - both against India are the best batting and bowling performances in ODIs.



Name: Ravi Kanth Pandrangi
Message: When was the last time India played a five test series at home? How many 5 (or more) test series did India play at home and how many did the other countries play?

Answer: The last 5-match Test series in India was the 1986-87 series against Pakistan (incidentally Gavaskar's last Test series). Out of the 48 Test series held in India - 15 five-match Test series & 5 six-match Test series were played in India.
While India has not hosted any 5-match Test series since 1986-87, Australia has hosted 7 such series - only against England and West Indies (and once against India). England has hosted 10 series (incl 4 six match series). South Africa has 3 five-match series - twice v England and once v WI). WI has hosted 4 five match Test series.



Name: sesha agnihotram
Message: name the top three in terms of "maximum runs scored in a session in test match".

Answer: England scored over 200 runs in 125 minutes against Pakistan at Nottingham in 1954 - which is believed to be the maximum runs scored by a Test team in a session.



Name: yogesh kalantre
Message: Since the debut of sachin Tendulkar, please list all the Tendulkar's performances and the result of the match, when India chased a score of 250+ in a one day international.

Answer: India has chased successfully targets of 250-plus - on 12 occasions - when Tendulkar was in the team

Victories for India while batting second, chasing a target of 250+
Margin Winner Ttl Wkts Loser Ttl Wkts Date Venue Tendulkar
3 Ind 316 7 Pak 314 5 18/01/98 Dhaka 41 (26)
3 Ind 302 7 SA 301 3 9/03/00 Cochin 26 (25)
4 Ind 283 6 SA 282 5 17/03/00 Baroda (IPCL) 122 (138)
5 Ind 282 5 Eng 281 10 20/07/90 Trent Bridge 31 (26)
6 Ind 275 4 Aus 272 9 24/04/98 Sharjah 134 (131)
7 Ind 271 3 NZ 269 4 28/10/94 Baroda (IPCL) 115 (137)
4 Ind 267 6 Eng 265 4 5/03/93 Gwalior 34 (30)
4 Ind 266 6 Pak 265 4 30/09/97 Karachi (NS) 21 (18)
3 Ind 257 7 Eng 256 10 4/03/93 Gwalior 5 (6)
3 Ind 255 7 Zim 253 7 2/12/00 Cuttack 44 (49)
8 Ind 256 2 WI 251 9 9/11/94 Cuttack 88 (120)
5 Ind 252 5 Aus 250 6 22/02/95 Dunedin 47 (40)
Note: The figures in parentheses indicates balls faced



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