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The HowSTAT Quiz has had a Major Upgrade!
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The HowSTAT Quiz has been upgraded. The database now contains nearly 1500 questions in a number of different categories.
You can choose to answer questions from a specific category, e.g. Test Cricket, Batting, Bowling, ODI/Twenty20, etc., or you
can answer questions from all categories. Test your cricket knowledge now.
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Current and Recent Matches [Updated: 08:45 Mar 14, 2010 (UTC+0930)]
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Bangladesh v. England - 1st Test - Day 2 - Bangladesh trail by 445 runs with 5 first innings wickets in hand.
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New Zealand v. Australia - 5th ODI - New Zealand won by 51 runs but Australia won series 3-2.
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West Indies v. Zimbabwe - 4th ODI - West Indies won by 4 wickets to extend series lead to 3-1.
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New Zealand v. Australia - 4th ODI - Australia won by 6 wickets under Duckworth-Lewis method to take an unbeatable 3-1 lead in 5 match series.
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West Indies v. Zimbabwe - 3rd ODI - West Indies won by 141 runs to take a 2-1 lead in 5 match series.
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New Zealand v. Australia - 3rd ODI - Australia won by 6 wickets to take a 2-1 lead in 5 match series.
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Has India Ever Been Top Ranked Test Nation Before 2009?
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A regular visitor, Dave Wilson, has written a very interesting article where he has taken
the current ICC criteria for ranking Test sides, and applied it retrospectively going
back to the very first test match.
NOTE that the article is in Adobe Acrobat format (.PDF) and requires
that Acrobat Reader 4.0 or higher is installed on your computer.
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Milestones & Recent Records
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Observations from the Statistician
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Muttiah Muralitharan recently became the leading ODI wicket taker. I have compiled some of his statistical higlights in this review. (12/02/2009)
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Approaching Milestones [Updated: 10:45 Mar 14, 2010 (UTC+0930)]
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Tests: Ricky Ponting nears 12,000 runs, while Jacques Kallis nears 11,000 runs. Graeme Smith nears 7,000 runs while Kevin Pietersen nears 5,000 runs. Muttiah Muralitharan nears 800 wickets, while Dale Steyn nears 200 wickets. Umar Gul and Lasith Malinga near 100 wickets. Daniel Vettori near 100 Tests. Mark Boucher nears 500 dismissals, while Rahul Dravid nears 200 catches. Zaheer Khan nears the 1,000 runs/200 wickets milestone.
ODI's: Ricky Ponting nears 13,000 runs, while Ramnaresh Sarwan nears 5,000 runs. Aftab Ahmed, Shahriar Nafees, Daniel Vettori, and Owais Shah, near 2,000 runs. Stephen Tikolo, Stuart Broad, Lasith Malinga, Shakib Al Hasan, and Jerome Taylor near 100 wickets. Shahid Afridi nears 100 catches. Brendon McCullum nears 200 dismissals milestone. Jacques Kallis and Shahid Afridi near the 300 matches, while Ashish Nehra, Andrew Strauss, and Kevin Pietersen, near 100 matches. Mahela Jaywardene nears 300 innings. Shakib Al Hasan nears the 1,000 runs/100 wickets milestone.
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Recent Records and Achievements [Updated: 10:45 Mar 14, 2010 (UTC+0930)]
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Tests: Alistair Cook records his highest score and eleventh century. Paul Collingwood scores his tenth century, and averages 56.7 in the first innings of the match. Kevin Pietersen becomes the fourteenth England player to be dismissed on 99. Shakib Al Hasan scores his maiden century and averages 88.7 in the fourth innings. Harbhajan Singh takes five wickets in an innings for the twenty fourth time and is the leading wicket taker at Eden Gardens. Hasim Amla becomes the fifth South African player to score a century in each innings. Vangipurappu Laxman scores his fifteenth century, and has the highest run aggregate and second highest average at Eden Gardens.
ODI's: Shane Bond takes four wickets in a match for the eleventh time, and has the best strike rate by a New Zealand player. Timothy Southee takes four wickets in a match for the second time. Dwayne Bravo takes four wickets in a match for the fourth time. Darren Sammy takes four wickets in a match for the first time. Bradley Haddin becomes the third Australian wicket keeper to score a century. Ricky Ponting and Bradley Haddin set a new 2nd wicket partnership record for Seddon Park. Mitchell Johnson takes four wickets in an match for the sixth time, while Nikita Miller takes four wickets in a match for the first time.
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