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𝗢𝗹𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝟭𝟬𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁

If Noman Ali, with 93 Test career wickets [10 wkts in the latest match at Lahore], crosses 100 mark at Rawalpindi next week, he will become the fourth oldest at 39y 13d.

Here are the oldest bowlers [age on the day of match start in which they crossed 100th wkt milestone]:

39y 180d: Bobby Peel

39y 30d: Ray Illingworth

39y 22d: Clarrie Grimmett

IND-W 247 all out at Colombo is the highest such team total with no individual fifty and/or no 50-run partnership in W-ODIs.

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗧𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝟮𝟬 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀, 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝟮𝟱𝟬+ 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗔𝗴𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗼 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝟱𝟬 𝗢𝗿 𝟱𝟬-𝗥𝘂𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽

308: WI: Ahmedabad, 2 Oct 22025: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/west-indies-in-india-2025-26-1479561/india-vs-west-indies-1st-test-1479569/full-scorecard

298: ENG: Chennai: 13 Feb 2021: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-india-2020-21-1243364/india-vs-england-2nd-test-1243385/full-scorecard

264: SA: Delhi: 3 Dec 2015: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-tour-of-india-2015-16-903573/india-vs-south-africa-4th-test-903609/full-scorecard
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* 420 match runs by ZIM vs SL: Colombo(SSC), 27 Dec 2001 is the highest such aggregate by a Test team: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/zimbabwe-tour-of-sri-lanka-2001-02-62011/sri-lanka-vs-zimbabwe-1st-test-63969/full-scorecard

IND vs WI Cricket Scorecard, 1st Test at Ahmedabad, October 02 - 06, 2025 Get cricket scorecard of 1st Test, IND vs WI, West Indies in India 2025/26 at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad dated October 02 - 06, 2025.

𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝗦 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗨𝗣 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝟯𝟯 𝗥𝗨𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗥 𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗦

28: SL 1/100--128/10 v AUS: Colombo[RPS], 20/6/22

30: SL: 140/1--170/10 v IND: Pallekele, 27/7/24

33: PAK 1/113--146/10 v IND: Dubai, 28/9/25

[Only instances involving ICC full membership status teams queried]

𝗦𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗞𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱:

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟰 𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗿𝗶 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. 𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱?

Ans: Great spot! With last night's tied T20I match in Dubai, IND-SL have played their first match of the current calender year. The two teams have faced one another in int'l formats at least once each year between 1984 and 2025 [42 calender years inclusive, back-to-back].

Here are other opposition pairs who did this over 20 consecutive calender years or more:

27: AUS-NZ [1985-2011]
23: PAK-SL [1982-2004]
20: AUS-IND [2006-2025].

𝗡𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱:

𝗜𝘀 𝗕𝗔𝗡 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗞/𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀?

Ans: In T20Is, Dilshan and Sangakkara have done this on 19 Feb and 8 Jun 2009 respectively at Colombo[RPS] and Nottingham.

Buttler[Providence, 27 Jun '24] and Salt[Southampton, 11 Sep '24] have done this as well.

So Litton Das and Jaker Ali[Dubai, 20 & 24 Sept '25] make it the third instance in T20Is.

𝑺𝒐𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒍 𝑲𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅:

𝑯𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕-𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒂?

𝐀𝐧𝐬: 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭-𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬, 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝/𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐮𝐩:

𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐢 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐢--𝐐𝐋𝐃[𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟖/𝟔𝟗--𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟐/𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟑]

𝐄𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧--𝐓𝐀𝐒[𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟏/𝟖𝟐]

[Surti also played ListA cricket for QLD(1969/70-1971/72)--his only ListA team in career].

𝗢𝗗𝗜: 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗔𝗚𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗡𝗢 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗨𝗔𝗟 𝟭𝟬𝟬

656: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-tour-of-south-africa-2001-02-61368/south-africa-vs-australia-6th-odi-64763/full-scorecard

𝟲𝟱𝟱: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-in-england-2025-1448336/england-vs-south-africa-2nd-odi-1448355/full-scorecard

651: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-india-2020-21-1243364/india-vs-england-3rd-odi-1243395/full-scorecard

ENG vs SA Cricket Scorecard, 2nd ODI at London, September 04, 2025 Get cricket scorecard of 2nd ODI, ENG vs SA, South Africa in England 2025 at Lord's, London dated September 04, 2025.

𝗢𝗗𝗜 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗙𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗗𝗘𝗕𝗨𝗧

5:
Matthew Breetzke (2025)

4:
Navjot Sidhu (1987)

3:
Max O'Dowd (2021)
Tom Cooper (2010)

𝗧𝗪𝗢 𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗪𝗞-𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗔 𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗞 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛

Shai Hope(c)† 120*; Mohammad Rizwan(c)† 0: WI v PAK: Tarouba, 12 Aug '25:

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WI vs PAK Cricket Scorecard, 3rd ODI at Tarouba, August 12, 2025 Get cricket scorecard of 3rd ODI, WI vs PAK, Pakistan tour of West Indies 2025 at Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad dated August 12, 2025.

𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗡 THEIR 𝗗𝗘𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗦 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡

Shubman Gill: IND in ENG[5 matches], 2025

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[ALL SERIES PLAYED IN ENG HAVE ONE OPPN PoS [NOMINATED BY ENG COACH] & ONE HOME PoS NOMINATED BY OPPN COACH].

𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠𝗦 𝗟𝗢𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝟮 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗨𝗔𝗟 𝟭𝟬𝟬𝘀 𝗜𝗡 𝟰𝗧𝗛 𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗦

ENG v IIND Oval, 2025
IND v ENG Oval, 2018
AUS v ENG Manchester, 1981
NZ v ENG Nottingham, 1973
WI v AUS Sydney, 1968/69
IND v ENG Manchester, 1959
ENG v AUS Sydney, 1924/25