Cricket Stat Snippets

How does it feel like reaching a summit, the highest point scaled so far? I don't look for answers here. But, more tricky, you have reached a level, or are nearing one. But then, there is someone else breathing down your neck, he can potentially overtake you. The scenario is more complicated, that you have to keep outscoring your opponent to stay on top. Cricket records have often seen such tussles between the (as people call them) legends of the era. Shane Warne and Muralitharan ran close to each other for a long time in a race to break record for the highest wicket taker until Warne retired. Tendulkar and Ponting had a run for the most centuries (I remember there was an article titled " Run Sachin, Run " because Pointing was quickly catching up). The four great all rounders from the seventies also had their bit in the run towards the highest wicket taker record. This article is about the progress of the four common man statistics, Most Runs , Most Wickets , Mo...

Ever thought what it would be like to be a Richard Hutton ? A Chris Cowdrey ? A Surinder Amarnath , a Shoaib Mohammad , a Sanjay Manjrekar , a Rohan Gavaskar , a Stuart Binny or an Arjun Tendulkar ? On one hand, you are a born celebrity, your friends recognize a "special you", the cricket lovers would smile at you when you are snapped alongside your father, you step into a cricket field and people immediately give you a chance. All the more of this would happen when you yourself are into cricket and you are good enough too. But then, there is a lot of weight pulling you down, especially when you are noticed at the international level. People expect you to emulate the great heights that your father has achieved. Their love turns to despair when you fail. And failed, did some. There were some good stories too. Yuvraj Singh, Chris Cairns, Mohinder Amarnath, Alec Stewart.... just to name a few. Some interesting father-son cricketers.  Note 1: Only players who have pl...