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@Stu_F He tried - but he got stuck in traffic and didn't quite make it to the ground in time!

@ACScricket I thought I'd read that Mushtaq (who'd been playing when his brother got 499) was working in Birmingham in 1994 and rushed to Edgbaston when it became clear that Lara might break record.

Woolmer is the owner of a cricketing coincidence as they only person known to have watched both the two highest FC innings. His father was working in Karachi, and dropped the 11 year old Woolmer at the ground where he reported at the end of the day's play "Someone got 499, Dad". 35 years later, he was coaching Warwickshire when Brian Lara was 285* at lunch on the last day, in a dead match with no reason not to let him bat on. Lara casually asked Woolmer what the FC record score was, to which the coach replied "499. You're not going for that?"

Bollywood star & pop singer Haardy Sandhu was well qualified to play Madan Lal (see last post) in the film ‘83’ as he began life as a cricketer. He played 3 matches for Punjab in 2005 taking 12 wickets at 26.00 with a best of 6/134. He was a right arm paceman. #cricketcounts

Happy 75th Birthday to Indian seamer, Madan Lal. He played 39 Test matches & 67 ODI’s taking 71 Test & 73 ODI wickets. A useful bat he averaged 22.65 in Tests. He was a member of India’s World Cup winning team in 1983 & in the Bollywood film ‘83’ he was played by #haardysandhu

@ACScricket I remember his debut for Kent. I’m getting old !

@ACScricket ‘s auction ends at 10.00pm GMT on Monday 23rd March. Demand has been high but you can bid right up to deadline time. Several @TheCricketerMag Facts & Figures are for sale along with @CricketSociety Yearbooks 1948-60. Go to acscricket.com & register interest.

What this irrefutably shows is that you have to go back to the 1890s and the first decade of last century to find lower batting averages.

Here is another take: strike-rates in the Sheffield Shield were heading up BEFORE the advent of the BBL:

@LordRic52 This tweeter grew up as a Glamorgan fan in the 1990s, so Robert Croft captains my Faves.

@ACScricket Bob bats No.2 in my Alltime Faves XI Greigy bats No.6 No.11 Phil captains

Ekki as he was fondly called, came from a very humble family. He learnt his basics of cricket at Hindu Gymkhana, Mumbai. His brother Anant was also a cricketer and played Ranji Trophy. Ekki's humility showed in the way he played the game, the way he interacted with everyone and even as a coach in later years. His maiden and only Test Century came in 1976 at Wankhede Stadium. He was the first Indian centurion at Wankhede. Our childhood icon esp because of the exceptional fielding on Chandrasekhar's bowling that won us our first series victory in England 1971. My humble tributes to a wonderful cricketer and human being 🙏🏽

@ACScricket He broke his arm in the nets the day before the start of the 1975 Prudential World Cup and was replaced. He was in good form that year. See with me here in Delhi in 2003.

On 18th March 1948, India’s great short-leg fielder Eknath Solkar was born. He took 53 catches in 27 Tests the best ratio for any non wicket-keeper playing over 20 Tests. Virtually all of them were at short-leg. He sadly died in 2005, at 57 years of age. #cricketcounts

Bob Woolmer died on 18th March 2007. He had been a successful coach for South Africa and Pakistan & he played 19 Test matches for England scoring 1,059 runs at 33.09. His batting average in ODI’s was a mere 5.25. In all 1st class cricket he took 420 wkts & scored 15,772 runs.

Rod Bransgrove, a former resident of Awbridge, near Romsey and the financial saviour of Hampshire County Cricket Club, will be talking about his time as its chairman in a question and answer session in Awbridge village hall, Romsey Road, Awbridge, Romsey SO51 0HG on Saturday 28 March. This will include a two-course supper and the chance to win a copy of the biography of his life and career, which takes in building the Rose Bowl, battles to stage Test matches and securing a first-ever Ashes contest in the county, to be held next year. Tickets are £25 and all proceeds go towards renovating Awbridge Church. The event starts at 7pm. Please contact Ivo Tennant of The Times, who will be introducing him. ivostennant@gmail.com

Happy St Patrick's Day! Here is what I believe to be (one) of the earliest account of cricket in Ireland, a match between the Garrison of Dublin and All Ireland in Phoenix Park in 1792

It is 30 years ago today that Sri Lanka won the 1996 ODI World Cup beating Australia by 7 wickets in Lahore. They had schooled England & India on the way. Aravinda de Silva was Man of the Match with 107*, 3 wickets & 2 catches. It was if it was yesterday. #cricketcounts

16 March 1937. Tory politician Austen Chamberlain died (aged 73). Cabinet posts included Chancellor of the Exchequer (1903-1905) and Foreign Secretary (1924-1929). He was half-brother of Neville Chamberlain and son of Joseph Chamberlain a dominant political figure before WW1.

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