Which is the hardest ball to play in cricket?

A fast yorker is one of the most difficult types of delivery in cricket to play successfully, as the bat must be swung down right to the pitch to intercept the ball—if any gap remains between the bat and the pitch, the ball can squeeze through and potentially go on to hit the wicket.
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Which is the most powerful shot in cricket?

The hook is one of the most spectacular and also one of the most dangerous shots in cricket. It is a response to a short, high ball which involves the batsman striking the ball close to its apex, on a level somewhere between his head and his chest.
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What is the hardest ball to bowl?

Carrom Ball or knuckle ball. This is the reason only handful of bowlers can bowler. Both of them requires lot of practice and fingers of steel!! Every time you deliver the ball you feel the pain in your fingers!!
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Who is the deadliest bowler?

Top 10 Most Lethal Fast Bowlers Of All Time
  • Lasith Malinga. Malinga is widely known as Yorker King, because of his ability to nail the yorkers with precision. ...
  • Brett Lee. ...
  • James Anderson. ...
  • Glenn Mcgrath. ...
  • Shoaib Akhtar. ...
  • Malcolm Marshall. ...
  • Courtney Walsh. ...
  • Dennis Lilee.
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Who is the fastest ball in cricket?

Shoaib Akhtar - 161.3kmph (100.2mph) | Pakistan vs England, 2003. Nicknamed the Rawalpindi Express, Shoaib Akhtar bowled the fastest delivery in cricket - 161.3 km/h (100.2 mph) - in a One-Day International (ODI) game against England during the 2003 Cricket World Cup at Cape Town in South Africa.
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Top ten toughest Ball in cricket history



Who is the hardest hitter in cricket?

Here are 7 of the hardest hitters of the cricket ball today:
  • MS Dhoni: ...
  • Chris Gayle: ...
  • Adam Gilchrist: ...
  • Shahid Afridi: ...
  • Sanath Jayasuriya: ...
  • Brendon McCullum: ...
  • Sir Viv Richards: ...
  • Notable mentions: Virender Sehwag, Hardik Pandya, David Warner, Andrew Symonds, Chris Cairns, Alex Hales, Kieron Pollard.
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Who takes most hattricks in cricket?

Lasith Malinga with the most hat-tricks in international cricket, breaks a tie with Wasim Akram on 4!
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What are the hardest cricket shots?

Hook. One of the technically most difficult shots to execute, this is also one of the most majestic. Used to tackle the dangerous short ball (when bowled between chest and head height), the hook, when played effectively, is that batsman stamping his authority over the bowler.
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Which is the easiest shot in cricket?

Which is the easiest shot to play in cricket? It is not the drive, cut, hook, pull or flick. All of these take some amount of skill and practice to execute. The easiest one to play is the 'lappa'.
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What is the slowest 100 in cricket?

Note: The slowest hundred for any Test in England is 458 minutes (329 balls) by KWR Fletcher, England v Pakistan, The Oval, 1974. The slowest double-hundred in a Test was scored in 777 minutes (548 balls) by DSBP Kuruppu for Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (CCC), 1986-87, on his debut.
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Who is the best revenge in cricket?

Here are five instances where Indian cricketers exacted sweet, sweet revenge:
  • Venkatesh Prasad Sends Off Aamir Sohail.
  • S Sreesanth Smells Blood.
  • Sourav Ganguly Tosses T-Shirt At Lords.
  • Sachin Tendulkar Shows Why 'Baap Baap Hota Hai.
  • Yuvraj Singhs Six Sixes After 'Spat With Andrew Flintoff.
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Who holds maximum records in cricket?

Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in ODIs with a total of 18,426. Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is the highest ODI wicket-taker with a total of 534 wickets.
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What is the longest hat-trick in cricket?

The most complex hat-trick in Test cricket was completed by Australian pacer Merv Hughes on December 4, 1988. The bowler took a wicket with the last ball of his 36th over and dismissed West Indies' last batsman with the first ball of his next over.
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Who can hit six in Yorker?

Russell's main strength is the muscle or power he possesses and the bat swing he manages to generate. More often than not, even if he top ends, toe edges it or mishits one, the balls go sailing for six. That's because – hit the ball, hit it so hard that even mistimed shots travel all the way.
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Who is the weakest batsman in the world?

Chris Martin (cricketer)
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Which cricket Records Cannot be broken?

Cricket Records That are Nearly Impossible to Break
  • Captaining at the age of 50. The first superstar the game of cricket saw was Dr. ...
  • 50+ runs in three WC Finals. ...
  • 199 first-class centuries. ...
  • 19 wickets in one match. ...
  • A 30-year career. ...
  • Most first-class wickets. ...
  • 3-over century. ...
  • International wicket without bowling.
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Who hit longest six in cricket history?

The longest six in cricket history was hit by English cricketer Albert Trott recorded during a Test match against Australia in 1899 at the Lord's, when he had smashed Monty Noble for a six that travelled nearly 120-125 meters.
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Which is the lowest score in cricket history?

Lowest Score in T20 Internationals and Domestic 2023. On 16th December 2022, Sydney T recorded the lowest T20 score of all time. The team got bowled out for just 15 runs in the Australia T20 Bash League 2022-23 against Adelaide S. Chasing 140 runs to win, the Sydney batters were dismissed in just 5.5 overs.
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Who plays best helicopter shot in cricket?

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the man who made it his signature shot. Is it MS Dhoni who invented the helicopter shot? To know more about the first helicopter shot in cricket, or probably one should say the Dhoni helicopter shot.
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Who is the most destructive batsman?

5 most consistently destructive Test batsmen of all time
  • Brendon McCullum (Runs - 6453, Avg - 38.64, S/R - 64.6)
  • Sanath Jayasuriya (Runs - 6973, Avg - 40.07, S/R - 65.13)
  • Tillakaratne Dilshan (Runs - 5492, Avg - 40.99, S/R - 65.55)
  • Adam Gilchrist (Runs - 5570, Avg - 47.61, S/R - 81.96)
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Who is best captain in cricket?

  • Table of Contents.
  • Best Captain in the World - From MS Dhoni to Ricky Ponting. Top 10 World Best Captains in Cricket History. MS Dhoni | 178 wins in 332 matches (India) Ricky Ponting | 220 wins in 324 matches (Australia) Graeme Smith | 163 wins in 286 matches (South Africa) Steve Waugh |108 wins in 163 matches (Australia)
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Who scored 1 run in 100 balls?

Rahul Dravid 100 balls and 1 run #shorts #viralvideo #viratkohli.
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Who scored fastest 300 in cricket?

The quickest Test triple-century was scored in 4 hours 48 minutes, by Wally Hammond for England against New Zealand at Auckland in 1932–33.
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