5 cricket records that you may not know

Undoubtedly, like many other sports, cricket is also a game of numbers and records. There are many well-known records that most of us have heard of. Many of us know about Bradman’s 99.94 Test average or Sachin’s 100 international centuries.Every cricket fan has an idea about Murali’s international wicket haul or Sir Jack Hobbs first class records. But there are few records that we may have not observed of certain players or teams.It is often said that “Cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties”. One cannot really predict the outcome of a game until the last ball has been bowled. Often we get to see quite a few unpredictable performances that really bring a whole new level of excitement to the game This further stimulates the interest of fans in the game.When these unpredictable performances amalgamate with the numbers that are such an integral part of cricket, we get a few less observed records. Let’s take a look at 5 of the most less observed cricket records.

#5 Most consecutive matches as a captain including all formats

Azhar was one of the most successful captain of India

Any guesses for this stat? You might say Ricky Ponting or Greame Smith or even MS Dhoni, but Mohammed Azharuddin, who has captained India in 128 consecutive matches from 29 Nov 1991 to 4 July 1996. Amongst those were, 30 were test matches and 98 were ODI matches.

Here is a table that shows the top five captains:

Player as a captain	Team	Matches	From	Until
M Azharuddin	India	128	29 November 1991	4 July 1996
Mahela Jayawardena	Sri Lanka	100	19 March 2006	10 October 2008
H Cronje	South Africa	99	25 Novemebr 1994	30 January 1998
A Campbell	Zimbabwe	95	26 August 1996	29 October 1999
H Cronje	South Africa	83	26 February 1998	27 March 2000