35 moments in cricket that will make you feel old
In cricket, or indeed any sport, sometimes there is so much going on that it is easy to lose track of time.
So freshly imprinted are they in our minds that moments which took place years ago seem like they happened only yesterday.
On that note, we bring you 35 moments in cricket that will make you feel old and question Father Time himself.
In the last 7 years…
35 – Muttiah Muralitharan became the first bowler to claim 800 Test wickets. Pragyan Ojha was his 800th victim, off the last ball of his last Test match, at Galle.
34 – In August 2009, Zimbabwe’s Charles Coventry broke Saeed Anwar’s record of the highest score in ODIs. Coventry scored 194* in a match against Bangladesh. This record was subsequently broken by Sachin Tendulkar (200*) against South Africa and Virender Sehwag (219*) against West Indies.
33 – In January 2008, Harbhajan Singh was banned for three matches after he was alleged to have called Andrew Symonds “monkey” in a Test match at SCG. The ban was later overturned following a tribunal hearing.