Facts about Cricket
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Over 2.2 billion people worldwide watched the 2015 Cricket World Cup final between Australia and New Zealand, making it one of the most viewed sporting events globally.
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Each cricket pitch measures exactly 22 yards or 20.12 meters between the two sets of stumps, a standardized distance established in the sport's earliest codified rules.
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Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka holds the record for most Test cricket wickets with 800 dismissals across 133 matches from 1992 to 2010.
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Twenty-two players take the field in cricket, with 11 fielders per side positioned strategically to prevent runs and dismiss batsmen through various methods.
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The longest Test match cricket innings lasted 545 minutes when Brian Lara scored 400 not out for the West Indies against England in 2004.
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A cricket ball weighs between 155.9 and 163 grams and consists of a cork-rubber core wrapped in 65 to 70 layers of wool yarn, then covered in white or red leather.
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Sachin Tendulkar scored 100 international centuries across Test and One Day International cricket between 1989 and 2013, a record unmatched by any player.
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In 1882, Australia defeated England by 7 runs in cricket's first Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, establishing the Ashes rivalry.