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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

34 wkts at just 22.82. 9 of 15 Tests were overseas, got 31 @ 15.35 in them, a hat-trick at Cape Town. Often forgotten by writers when left-arm wrist spinners are listed, but remembered for facing the final ball of the Brisbane Tie Lindsay Kline born #onthisday 1934 #cricketcounts

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Born #onthisday 1981 Brendon McCullum hit 6453 runs @ 38.64 incl NZ's 1st 300 & fastest Test 100. 52 of 101 Tests were as wk. 6083 ODI runs,158* off 73 in the 1st ever IPL game Bazball started with a big bang, but then lost its way, ending with heavy Ashes defeat #CricketCounts

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

40 Tests, avg 30. But 22 of those Tests were vs WI. Whenever openers were to face fast men, Anshuman Gaekwad was sent for. Nothing stands out like 81 vs Holding-Daniel barrage at Jamaica in 1976. Later scored what was then slowest 200 in f-c. Born #onthisday 1952 #cricketcounts

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Colourful patka, beautiful action, ball on a string, immediately recognisable & immensely popular Born #onthisday 1946 Bishan Bedi took 266 wickets with his left-arm spin Led Ind in the mid-70s & managed Ind team of early 90s, courting controversies in both roles #cricketcounts

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A fallen hero who died tragically early Born #onthisday 1969 Hansie Cronje was the very face of a relentless South African side as he led them in 53 Tests with 27-11 w-l. Then came disgrace & ban. Tests 3714 runs, 43 wkts ODIs 5565, 114 Died in a plane crash at 32 #cricketcounts

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

5345 Test runs at 42.42 with 14 hundreds. Won 15 of 30 Tests as captain, losing 5. A driving force behind World Series Cricket, which transformed players' pay and conditions. Later a sharp, fearless voice in the commentary box. Ian Chappell, born #OnThisDay 1943 #CricketCounts

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denismoore.bsky.social @denismoore.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

OG Robinson and KL Aldridge set a FC partnership record for Durham v Lancashire by adding 87 for the 6th wicket, beating the 81* set by DM Benkenstein and ID Blackwell at Liverpool in 2011. @acscricket.bsky.social

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We'd need to check, but with Kadowaki-Fleming, Yamamoto-Lake, Ito-Davis, Shirai-Patmore, Sakurano-Thomas, Hara-Hinze and Sugaya-Slater, Japan may have international cricket's most hyphen-laden line-up. They put the Dutch trio of Dulfer-Keijzer, Batenberg-Venturini and Koppe-V-Dishoek in the shade.

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

England's 3-0 series victory takes their sequence of consecutive wins over Sri Lanka to 15 - equal second on the list, with the record in sight.

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The pace-heavy nature of SA's attack in their first few years after readmission gave Richardson a curious record: he is the only wicketkeeper in Test history whose first 100 dismissals were all catches. Jos Buttler came close to equalling him - he took 91 keeper catches before his only stumping.

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denismoore.bsky.social @denismoore.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

RS Vasconcelos equalled the highest FC individual innings of 187 for Northamptonshire v Durham, previously set by MEK Hussey at Northampton in 2003. @acscricket.bsky.social

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denismoore.bsky.social @denismoore.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

WMH Rhodes and BA Stokes set a FC partnership record for Durham v Northamptonshire by adding 153 for the 4th wicket, beating the 107 set by MA Roseberry and PD Collingwood at Chester-le-Street in 1996. @acscricket.bsky.social

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denismoore.bsky.social @denismoore.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

DG Bedingham and CN Ackermann set a FC partnership record for Durham v Northamptonshire by adding 189* for the 5th wicket, beating the 187 set by SG Borthwick and PD Collingwood at Chester-le-Street in 2014. @ACScricket

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denismoore.bsky.social @denismoore.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

JA Haynes and LA Patterson-White set a FC partnership record for Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire by adding 257 for the 6th wicket, beating the 201 set by AW Carr and W Walker at Leicester in 1925. @acscricket.bsky.social

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denismoore.bsky.social @denismoore.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The lowest all-out FC team score by Northamptonshire v Durham is now 50, beating the 83 set at Chester-le-Street in 2014. @acscricket.bsky.social

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denismoore.bsky.social @denismoore.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

TAR Scriven and JH Davey set a FC partnership record for Leicestershire v Nottinghamshire by adding 106 for the 10th wicket, beating the 89 set by BWM Mike and WS Davis at Leicester in 2022. @acscricket.bsky.social

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denismoore.bsky.social @denismoore.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

BA Raine and CF Parkinson set a FC partnership record for Durham v Middlesex by adding 90 for the 10th wicket, beating the 44 set by SG Borthwick and G Onions at Lord's in 2012. @acscricket.bsky.social

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denismoore.bsky.social @denismoore.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

C Overton and M Pretorius set a FC partnership record for Somerset v Yorkshire by adding 90 for the 9th wicket, beating the 86 set by GR Langdale and WHR Andrews at Taunton in 1946. @acscricket.bsky.social

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denismoore.bsky.social @denismoore.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

AJ Hose and Brett L d'Oliveira set a FC partnership record for Worcestershire v Durham by adding 179 for the 4th wicket, beating the 134 set by TM Moody and GR Haynes at Worcester in 1994. @acscricket.bsky.social

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denismoore.bsky.social @denismoore.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

MS Crane and T van der Gugten set a FC partnership record for Glamorgan v Surrey by adding 129 for the 8th wicket, beating the 121 set by HAG Anthony and NM Kendrick at The Oval in 1995. @acscricket.bsky.social

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A permanent fixture behind the stumps for SA on their re-entry into int'l fold Dave Richardson (born #onthisday 1959) was already 32 by then. But he did go on to play 42 Tests & 122 ODIs with distinction A qualified lawyer, became general manager & later CEO of ICC #cricketcounts

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Suzie Bates (born #onthisday 1987) played basketball for NZ in the Beijing Olympics & for Christchurch Sirens in Aus WNBL She also has the most runs in WT20I, 3rd highest no of 100s in WODI, led NZ in 79 WODIs & 72 WT20Is A pity NZ played no Tests during her days #cricketcounts

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

England have won their last 13 men's T20Is against Sri Lanka. This is the third longest sequence of consecutive wins in a bilateral fixture: Pakistan won their first 15 T20Is against Zimbabwe, while Uganda won their first 17 against Rwanda (who eventually broke the sequence with a win by 2 runs).

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Of England's seven most productive partnerships in T20Is, six involve Jos Buttler as one of the pair - with Phil Salt, Jason Roy, Dawid Malan, Eoin Morgan, Alex Hales and Harry Brook. The odd one out is Hales and Michael Lumb in fourth.

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Dame Agatha Christie (born #onthisday 1890) loved cricket. The 1976 tour of the England Young Cricketers Club to the West Indies was financed by Agatha Christie Ltd according to the provisions made by the writer in the her will. #cricketcounts #Caribbeanmystery

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Donald is also the first person with his forename to play any format of international cricket (the most famous achievement by anyone of that name is founding the UK's National Health Service). He is not the first with his surname... another A Donald was the first to take 300 Test wickets for SA.

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

While he left the county of his birth in 2018, Aneurin Donald is the first player to have represented both Glamorgan and England at any point in his career since Simon Jones, and the first ever to play T20 for both. Phil Salt was born in Wales but has never played for Glamorgan.

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

When Emilio Gay (seen here at 2nd slip for Northants in 2021) was LBW in the 2nd innings of England’s 3rd Test v Pakistan it was the 1st time that 2 wickets had fallen in the 1st over of an innings twice in a Test. Ayub & Shafique to Ollie Robinson & Duckett & Gay to Mo Abbas.

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Manav Suthar (seen bowling for Warks in June) became only the 2nd man in all 1st class cricket history to pick up at least 1 wicket in both innings of a match without conceding a run. The other was Tom Hayward (14 wickets in his career) in 1895 for Surrey v Leics. #cricketcounts

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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Wicket off the first ball of consecutive innings in a Test: Aus v SA Melbourne 1932 (2nd & 3rd inns) Ban v SL Mirpur 2007 (2nd & 3rd inns - follow on) SL v Aus Galle 2011 (3rd & 4th inns) Eng v Pak Birmingham 2026 (3rd & 4th inns)

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Andrew Samson @awsstats.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Best Test bowling average in a season: 35 @ 5.80 GA Lohmann (Eng) 1895/96 in SA 34 @ 7.47 GAR Lock (Eng) 1958 v NZ 28 @ 9.32 OE Robinson (Eng) 2026 v NZ & Pak 31 @ 9.54 H Ironmonger (Aus) 1931/32 v SA 46 @ 9.60 JC Laker (Eng) 1956 v Aus Min 25 wickets

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Wrong-footed action earned him the nickname Tangles Max Walker born #onthisday 1948 was the supporting act for the deadly Lillee-Thomson duo. But he could lead the attack as well, as 138 Test wkts @ 27.47 show Just 17 ODIs but econ rate second only to Joel Garner #cricketcounts

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Pace like fire, crucifix dangling, running in from far far away. A terrifying sight Fast, devastating, but could also bowl long spells - as he did for 3 and 1/2 hrs at Lord's 1963. 192 wkts @ 26.38, Wes Hall was born #onthisday 1937 Later a minister in two senses. #cricketcounts

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The Irishman man from Dublin is the first -& until now only -England captain to lift the 50-over World Cup Eoin Morgan born #onthisday 1986 also got 7701 runs ODI runs with 14 100s No one's written a biography yet (They will yeah ?!) pic source: Wikimedia Commons #cricketcounts

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

1st-ever to score 200 in an ODI (male or female). Ave 45+ in both Tests & ODIs. Belinda Clark born #onthisday 1970 led Australia to 2 World Cup titles, & captained them in 58 consecutive ODIs. Her bronze statue at SCG stands alongside Richie Benaud & Steve Waugh #cricketcounts

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

48 & 104 on debut, 161 & 168 on Eng tour 1957. 100 & 5/90 at Delhi 1958-9 (bowling mainly donkey drops) 1331 runs, 48 wkts in 26 Tests A flourishing career & life got nipped in the bud when Collie Smith died from injuries sustained in a car crash #onthisday 1959 #cricketcounts

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

6/55 on debut @ Brisbane, 78 & 81 @ Sydney. But Abid Ali born #onthisday 1941 was used to take the shine off the ball before spinners took over. Winning hit in 1971 Oval Test, a square cut to point fence - that gets finer and streakier with each Engineer retelling #cricketcounts

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

1213 runs & 60 wkts for Eng, enormous workload for Derbyshire. However, Geoff Miller, born #onthisday 1952, is most famous for holding the catch parried by Chris Tavare that won the Boxing Day Test at MCG by 3 runs. An entertaining after-dinner speaker. #cricketcounts

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Born #onthisday 1871, George Hirst did the double in 14 Eng summers, reaching the pinnacle in 1906 - 2385 runs & 208 wkts. It hasn't been repeated Didn't do as much in Tests, but he & Rhodes did get the 15 reqd at Oval 1902 Later coached a lad called Len Hutton #cricketcounts

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

@ACScricket has published 2 new books: @lonsdale_jeremy writes a riveting account of Richard Letby who did so much to make York cricket club a force & help pave the way for Yorkshire CCC. Whilst Julian Lawton Smith scribes the history of Oxfordshire CCC. shop.acscricket.com

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

We also launch ‘Richard Letby: Ebor’s Champion & early Yorkshire cricket’ in the ‘Lives in Cricket’ series. Letby was a major force in York Cricket Club in 1830/40’s on & off the pitch paving the way for a wider development of cricket in Yorkshire. Buy at shop.acscricket.com

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

@ACScricket publishes today ‘A History of Oxfordshire County Cricket’ by Julian Lawton Smith. This covers Oxfordshire’s cricket history from 1779 to the present date including the successes in 2021 & 2022, as well as the links with Gloucestershire CCC & Sussex CCC. Buy at shop.acscricket.com

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Towhid Hridoy's 350* is the highest individual score in A team "Tests", beating the previous mark of 306* by Cheteshwar Pujara for India A v West Indies A 2013. It's also the highest FC score by a Bangladeshi, surpassing Tamim Iqbal's 334* for East Zone v Central Zone 2020.

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Passionate about cricket history and/or stats? Why not become an @ACScricket member? There are great benefits as laid out below. You can see @ZaltzCricket also agrees. To become a member simply go to acscricket.com and follow the link 'Join the ACS' #cricketcounts

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Embodiment of the amateur captain, Percy Chapman, born #onthisday 1900, was a large man & often larger than life. An avg of 28.9 - plenty of low scores, but the one ton sparkled despite a Bradman 254 & a Duleep 173. A very successful captain with a 9-2 record. #cricketcounts

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

An efficient wk & a hard-hitting bat, he played just 4 Tests for Eng. Son Johnny has played a lot more. But David Bairstow, born #onthisday 1951, finished with 13,961 runs, 961 ct & 138 st in f-c. A much-loved character, he died by his own hands at the age of 46. #cricketcounts

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Only 7 bowlers have taken 100+ wickets at an average below 20 - and only one of them, Jasprit Bumrah, has played in the last 100 years. Robinson, currently with 99 at 19.53, looks set to join them.

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Since being recalled to the England side, Ollie Robinson has taken 23 wickets in 3 matches at an average of just 8.34. There are 13 bowlers with 15 or more Test wickets in 2026, and Robinson's average is less than half the next best (Manav Suthar, also 23 from 3 but at 17.34).

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Hundred in each innings for Sri Lanka: LRD Mendis v Ind 1982 AP Gurusinha v NZ 1991 PA de Silva v Pak 1997 PA de Silva v Ind 1997 TM Dilshan v Ban 2009 KC Sangakkara v Ban 2013 KC Sangakkara v Ban 2014 DM de Silva v Ban 2024 PHKD Mendis v Ban 2024 (same match) GS Dinusha v Ind 2026

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Association of Cricket Statisticians & Historians @acscricket.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Margin of defeat equal to fourth innings total: England vs Australia, Brisbane 1974 (166) England vs Pakistan, Abu Dhabi 2012 (72) Sri Lanka vs West Indies, Port of Spain 2018 (226) Pakistan vs England, Lord's 2026 (194)

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