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Worst economy rate by a bowler taking 4 or more wickets in an ODI: 10.25 JC Tredwell (4-0-41-4), England vs Scotland, Aberdeen 2014 9.33 JNT Seales (9-0-84-4), West Indies vs England, Birmingham 2025

Harry Brook is the first non-keeper to do the double of 50 and 5 catches in an ODI; Jonty Rhodes is the only other to take 5 catches, and he scored 40 in that match. Only five keepers have achieved it; Adam Gilchrist did so twice, including one instance of 50 and six catches.

Number 11 top scoring in an ODI is very rare. Not sure of the exact number of cases, but Peter Ongondo did it for Kenya v WI in 2001 and Shoaib Akhtar v England in the 2003 WC. There are at least two further cases, by Joel Garner and Naseem Shah, where they were joint top scorer.

A 19th century cricket ball showing the three seams used to sow together the four quarters ... more options for the bowlers or more confusion?!

Today, we have the first 345/6 total in international cricket. 123/4 - happened 11 times 234/5 - happened 7 times 345/6 - England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 v WI, Today (women's ODI) 456/7 - never 567/8 - England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 v NZ, 1994 (men's Test) 678/9 - never

Number of catches in an ODI equal to number of letters in surname (exc keepers): 5 HC Brook 4 Y Khan*2, M Kaif, HM Amla, JE Root 3 B Lee, JM How, MM Ali, L Das*4 There has been no men's international with a two-letter surname, but R Oa once took 2 catches in a women's T20I.

Cricket Archive Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians The fastest women's T20 fifty record for Fran Wilson appears to be a transcription error, judging by the details on the original Playcricket scorecard. cricketarchive.com/Archive/Record… …bwcountychampionship.play-cricket.com/website/result… x.com/_hypocaust/sta…

It is 40 years today since the great Viv Richards scored 322 for Somerset Cricket v Bears 🏏 becoming the first West Indian cricketer to score more than 300 runs in a day. He scored 300 off 244 balls & he went from 100 to 300 in 130 balls. #masterblaster #cricketcounts

1st June 1899 saw the start of WG Grace’s last Test match as England took on Australia at Trent Bridge. It marked the beginning of the Test careers of 2 great cricketers, Wilfred Rhodes & Victor Trumper. Grace scored 28 & 1, Rhodes took 7 wickets but Trumper recorded a duck.

On 1st June 1978 England’s Chris Old took 4 wickets in 5 balls in the Test match v Pakistan at Edgbaston. His 4 wickets were interspersed with a no ball in the middle. Maurice Allom & Wasim Akram are the only other Test match bowlers to take 4 wickets in 5 balls. #cricketcounts

Amy Jones scored her first ever international century on 30th May 2025 when she tallied 122 for England v West Indies at Derby. She had played 225 internationals & batted 190 times before being pushed up to open the innings, where she duly delivered. #cricketcounts

In 1929 a law change saw the size of the stumps increased by 1" in height and width in an attempt to redress the balance between bat and ball. The lbw law was also amended. The larger (28"x 9") stumps were used in Championship matches that summer and in Tests from 1932

2nd June is some day in Australia. Born on that day were 3 of the country’s finest players, Steve Waugh, his twin, Mark Waugh in 1965 & Steve Smith in 1989. Smith averages 56.74 in Test matches whilst Steve Waugh averaged 51.06. Mark Waugh averaged a mere 41.81. #cricketcounts

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International umpire Anna Harris and her mother, Yolanda, are working together to give women and girls a chance to take their first steps in officiating. Interested in officiating? Find your next ECB Umpire Course today via link in story.

Joe Root's 166* is the highest ODI score by a number 3 after both openers made ducks - beating 148 by Kane Williamson for NZ vs WI in the 2019 World Cup, after Sheldon Cottrell had dismissed both Martin Guptill and Colin Munro first ball.

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