World Cup 2003

CRICKET LEGENDS

Full Name: Donald George Bradman
Birthday: 27 August 1908,
Place of Birth: Cootamundra, New South Wales
Died: 25 February 2001, Kensington Park, Adelaide, South Australia
Played for: New South Wales, South Australia, Australia.
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break

Test Debut: Australia v England at Brisbane, 1st Test, 1928/29
Last Test: Australia v England at The Oval, 5th Test, 1948

Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)Batting & Fielding
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
52 80 10 6996 334 99.94 29 13 32 0

Bowling
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
160 3 72 2 36.00 1-8 0 0 80.0 2.70

Profile:
Don Bradman is probably the best batsman to have played the modern game, His Test record was such that he needed to score only 4 in his final innings against England at The Oval in 1948 to average 100, but he was bowled by Eric Hollies second ball for a duck.
Bradman made 19 hundreds against England between 1928 and 1948, including two triple centuries and six double centuries. He was Australia's captain between 1936 and 1948, during which time his side won 11 tests to England's three.

Full Name: Sunil Manohar Gavaskar
Nickname: "Sunny"
Birthday: July 10th, 1949
Place of Birth: Bombay (Mumbai)
School: St. Xavier's

Played for: Bombay, West Zone, India, Somerset, Rest-of-India
Books written: "Sunny Days" - autobiography
"Runs 'n Ruins": - an account of the 1982-83 season
"Idols" - bios of several Test greats
"One-day wonders" - on India's ODI successes in 1984-85

Test Debut: India v West Indies at Port-of-Spain, 2nd Test, 1970/71
Last Test: India v Pakistan at Bangalore, 5th Test, 1986/87

ODI Debut: India v England at Leeds, Prudential Trophy, 1974
Last ODI: India v England at Bombay, World Cup, 1987/88

Career Statistics:
TESTS
Batting & Fielding (career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
125 214 16 10122 236* 51.12 34 45 108 0

Bowling
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
380 15 206 1 206.00 1-34 0 0 380.0 3.25

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
Batting & Fielding (career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
108 102 14 3092 103* 35.13 62.26 1 27 22 0

O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
3.2 0 25 1 25.00 1-10 0 0 20.0 7.50

World records:

Most 100s in Test cricket - 34
First batsman in Test history to score 10,000 runs
Most runs in debut Test series - 774 vs WI, 1970-71
Only batsman to score 2 separate 100s in a Test on three occasions
Only batsman to score 1000 Test runs in a calendar year on four occasions
Most Test runs in a 12-month period - 1,984 during 1978-79
Most 100 partnerships in Tests - 58
Dismissed on the first ball of a Test most often - 3 times
Most venues at which 100s scored - 19
Captained the most draws in Test cricket - 30!

Indian records:

Most Test runs by an Indian - 10,122
Highest Test innings by an Indian - 236*
Most Test innings played by an Indian - 214
Most successive Tests by an Indian - 106
Most 50+ scores in Tests by an Indian - 34+45 = 79
Most runs (2749) and 100s (13) vs WI in Tests

Profile:
Sunil Gavaskar was a complete opening batsman. He combined a solid defence with an ability to dispatch the bad ball for four.

Full Name: Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj
Birthday: 6 January 1959, Chandigarh
Played For: Haryana, Northamptonshire, Worcestershire, India.
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium

Test Debut: India v Pakistan at Faisalabad, 1st Test, 1978/79
Last Test: India v New Zealand at Hamilton, Only Test, 1993/94

ODI Debut: India v Pakistan at Quetta, 1st ODI, 1978/79
Last ODI: India v West Indies at Faridabad, 1st ODI, 1994/95

Career Statistics:
TESTS
Batting & Fielding(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
131 184 15 5248 163 31.05 8 27 64 0

Bowling
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
4623.2 1060 12867 434 29.64 9-83 23 2 63.9 2.78

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
Batting & Fielding (career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
225 198 39 3783 175* 23.79 95.07 1 14 71 0

Bowling
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
1867 235 6945 253 27.45 5-43 3 1 44.2 3.71

FIRST-CLASS
Batting & Fielding (career: 1975/76 - 1993/94)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
275 384 39 11356 193 32.91 18 56 192 0

Balls R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
48853 22626 835 27.09 9-83 39 3 58.5 2.77

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
Batting & Fielding (career: 1977/78 - 1994/95)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
310 270 47 5481 175* 24.57 2 23 99 0

Bowling
Balls R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
14947 9161 335 27.34 5-43 3 2 44.6 3.67

Profile:
Kapil Dev is one of the greatest all rounder in the history of Indian cricket, His career stretched from 1978 to 1994. He helped India to capture the first world cup in 1983. A skilful medium pace bowler, a hard hitting middle order batsman, a brilliant versatile fielder and an intuitive captain who led by personal example, Kapil Dev was a complete cricketer.

Full Name: Geoffrey Boycott
Birthday: 21 October 1940, Fitzwilliam, Yorkshire
Played for: Yorkshire, Northern Transvaal, England.
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium

Test Debut: England v Australia at Nottingham, 1st Test, 1964
Last Test: England v India at Calcutta, 4th Test, 1981/82

ODI Debut: England v Australia at Melbourne, One-off ODI, 1970/71
Last ODI: England v India at Jullundur, 2nd ODI, 1981/82

Career Statistics:
TESTS (career)
Batting & Fielding
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
108 193 23 8114 246* 47.72 22 42 33 0

Bowling
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
944 45 382 7 54.57 3-47 0 0 134.8 2.42

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(career) Batting & Fielding
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
36 34 4 1082 105 36.06 53.56 1 9 5 0

Bowling
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
28 1 105 5 21.00 2-14 0 0 33.6 3.75

Profile:
Boycott was a part of English cricket for 15 years. He played both for Yorkshire and England. He captained England three times and Yorkshire for a few seasons.