Is it just me or does anyone else find this a bit annoying?

India reached 100 in 5 overs today, which is apparently the second fastest in all T20s. The record is held by Eswatini, who did it in 4.5 overs against Mozambique earlier this year (as per cric info)

I mean no disrespect to the players, but Eswatini vs Mozambique? 😭 How are we comparing these records directly with matches involving top international teams?

I feel there should be separate records for Test playing nations or at least associate nations that have taken part in the main ICC events such as World Cups. Because there's obviously a difference in the level of competition.

Not saying those other players don't deserve credit, but surely the opposition and level of competition should count for something when we talk about records?

Or am I the only one who feels this way?

PS - Another one below! No disrespect to Karanbir Singh.

"3 T20I innings with ten or more sixes for Abhishek, after he hit 11 in Wellington. Austria's Karanbir Singh (5) is the only other batter to do it more than twice"

Austria??

Players - Top scored/test career

Sachin Tendulkar - 9/24

Virat Kohli - 5/15

Devdutt Padikkal - 1*/3

Rahul Dravid - 5/17

Virender Sehwag - 3/13

Yashasvi Jaiswal - 1/4

Mayank Agarwal - 1/5

Vinod Kambli - 1/5

Shubman Gill - 1/6

Cheteshwaar Pujara - 2/15

Rishabh Pant - 1/8

Ajay Jadeja - 1/9

Murali Vijay - 1/11

Rohit Sharma - 1/12

Sourav Ganguly - 1/13

Manoj Prabhakar - 1/13

Ajinkya Rahane - 1/15

Mohammad Azharuddin - 1/17

Note : there's some unfairness in this list cause Rahane played his last test in 2023, but he retired in 2025 but still we are talking about test career so it has to be count same for Pujara

When will Abhishek Sharma finally make his ODI debut? With 2,000 T20I runs in just two years, split equally between India and overseas, and another breathtaking century against New Zealand, the question isn't whether he is ready for 50-over cricket, but how long India can keep him waiting!

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New Zealand fans. Any reason why
Maybe the 8 PM start is a problem?

There is a serious problem if T20 games can't attract a full house.

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To paraphrase one former Australian captain quoting another:
" If you win the toss, then nine times you bat first, and on the tenth occasion you think about it but still bat."

This has was for a long-time the prevailing wisdom; It took 82 years of Test cricket to match the 9 times this has occurred in the past 5 years, with a stretch from 1909 to 1951 where it didn't happen once.

All up, Australia has won the toss and elected to bowl first 93 times, 10.5% of all of their 887 Tests played. The situation this decade has seen 6 wins, 2 losses (+ this Test).

At time of writing (0/140ish), this is the 5th time Australia has conceded a 100 run opening partnership after choosing to bowl- the first since the infamous Edgbaston Test in 2005, and is currently the second highest opening partnership conceded in the first innings (the record being 171 in 1970 against the Poms)

Interestingly, Australia's win ratio being sent in to bat (2.192 W/L) is slightly better than when they elect to bowl (2.125)

As an Aussie, this is grim.

Edit: stumps day 1- forgot how good Starc is. What a bizarre scorecard

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https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/cwc-challenge-league/matches/275478/qatar-vs-papua-new-guinea

Who should I draw next?

Don’t remember when I saw this type of a graph.

NZ spent almost their entire innings looking like favourites, only for India to come out and turn the win probability graph into a vertical drop.

From around 70% for NZ to 99.89% for India in less than 10 overs.

I’ve seen batting collapses, but this might be the first time I’ve seen a probability collapse.

That blue line is absolutely brutal.