Chasing down a mammoth score unshackles the batsmen.

If the stroke makers keep their nerve to the end, it is a spectacular occasion that is enjoyed by the cricket crowd as boundaries are intermingled with the "will they/wont they" nervous tension of a record run chase.

[Last updated: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 20:06:35 AEDT]

Rohit Sharma was the first man to hit 250 in a one-day international when he smashed 264 in the fourth ODI against Sri Lanka in 2014. Rohit beat the previous record of 219 made by fellow Indian Virender Sehwag against West Indies in 2011.

[Last updated: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 20:05:26 AEDT]

Chris Gayle hit the fastest century in World Twenty20 history as West Indies crushed England by six wickets in Mumbai in 2016. Where does Gayle sit on the list of all time fastest centuries?

In Test cricket, Brendon McCullum broke the joint record of Viv Richards and Misbah with a 54 ball century against Australia in the 2nd Test in 2016.

AB de Villiers took 31 balls to smash the fastest century in one-day internationals.

In T20s, Namibia’s Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton set a new world record with the fastest ever century, taking just 33 balls to reach triple figures and fire his nation to victory over Nepal in 2024.

[Last updated: Sun, 23 Nov 2025 20:04:26 AEDT]

Ricky Ponting and James Sutherland, take note. This story is representative of a growing phenomenon in Australian cricket. It was penned by a typical Australian fan who hits out hard at its current team’s lack of sportsmanship and the resulting drop in interest to follow cricket.

[Last updated: Tue, 07 Oct 2025 03:40:38 AEDT]

The term ‘Match Fixing’ is used as a catch-all for a whole range of things and is usually an inaccurate term as the result of a match certainly isn’t always involved. It is likely to be a particular event, or series of events, within a match which are manipulated rather than an entire match. Are we doing enough to stamp out this menace in cricket?

[Last updated: Tue, 07 Oct 2025 03:39:39 AEDT]

Cricket’s law-makers are prone to act on controversial decisions such as the no balling of Steve Finn after he had dislodged the bails at the non-striker’s end during the England-South Africa series in 2012. But what are the impacts of these knee-jerk changes to the laws of cricket on club cricketers? Alan Flook examines this thorny issue from the perspective of those that play the game for recreation at the grass-roots.

[Last updated: Tue, 07 Oct 2025 03:38:02 AEDT]

It has been many years since it was automatic for a batsman to walk when a ball was taken off an edge.

This was largely a British thing surrounding the concept of ‘Sportsmanship’. It was never a part of the general Aussie approach or, indeed, in the UK at the professional level.

Was Stuart Broad doing the right thing to stand his ground during a crucial period in the 1st Ashes Test at Trent Bridge?

[Last updated: Tue, 07 Oct 2025 03:35:27 AEDT]

A new ‘star’ has emerged in the Sri Lankan cricketing scene. Well, experts on the game and statistics certainly seem to indicate that Dinesh Chandimal, the right-handed batsman/wicket-keeper, qualifies for this often-misquoted title of ‘star’. Indeed one should be cautious when making such predictions.

[Last updated: Tue, 07 Oct 2025 03:33:58 AEDT]

Quite a furore was created in the current CB series game between India and Sri Lanka played in Brisbane when Sri Lankan batsman Lahiru Thirimanne, at the non-striker’s end, was run out by Indian off-spinner Ashwin when the batsman was found to have left the crease before the ball had been delivered.

[Last updated: Tue, 07 Oct 2025 03:31:37 AEDT]

Sam Loxton was the oldest living Australia cricketer at the time of his demise at the age of 90.

[Last updated: Tue, 07 Oct 2025 03:28:16 AEDT]