CricketDB
105 entries on the greatest cricket grounds, players and formats. From Lords and the MCG to Bradman, Sobers, Tendulkar and Muralitharan, a factual reference on Test history, one day internationals, T20 and the venues and legends of the world game.
Legendary Entries
Don Bradman
Bradman scored 6,996 Test runs in 52 Tests with 29 centuries from 80 innings. He made 974 in the 1930 Ashes, survived Bodyline in ...
Sachin Tendulkar
Tendulkar debuted for India at 16 in 1989 and played 24 years, compiling 15,921 Test runs, a record, and the first one day double ...
Shane Warne
Warne revived leg spin as a strike weapon, starting with the Gatting ball at Old Trafford in 1993. He took 708 Test wickets at 25....
Garfield Sobers
Sobers made 365 not out against Pakistan at Kingston in 1958 at 21 years old, then the highest Test score. In 1968 he hit six sixe...
Brian Lara
Lara made 375 against England at Antigua in 1994, the Test record for nine years, and 501 not out for Warwickshire the same season...
Muttiah Muralitharan
Muralitharan took more wickets than any bowler in Test history, 800, sealing the count with his final delivery in his last Test at...
Lords
The ground at St Johns Wood in London is the spiritual home of cricket, with the famous slope running across the outfield. It host...
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The MCG staged the first ever Test in 1877 and the first one day international in 1971, both against England. The Boxing Day Test ...
Virat Kohli
Kohli passed the 49 ODI hundreds of Tendulkar in the 2023 World Cup semi-final at his home Wankhede, the 50th a national festival....