9. Leslie Hylton is the only cricketer to be hanged for murder
West Indies' Leslie Hylton is the only cricketer to be hanged for murder. He was a fast bowler.
He's mainly known for his execution. Leslie Hylton murdered his wife and was sentenced to death by judiciary.
10. Sunil Gavaskar was out off the first ball of a Test match thrice in his career
Sunil Gavaskar was the first batsman to reach 10,000 Test runs and he ended his career scoring 34 Test centuries. But did you know he was out three times off the first ball of a Test? The bowlers to dismiss him were: Geoff Arnold (Edgbaston, 1974), Malcolm Marshall (Kolkata, 1984) and Imran Khan (Jaipur, 1987).
11. There's an uncanny similarity between the Indo-Pak match at the Australasia Cup of 1986 and Asia Cup 2014
12. On the morning of 11/11/11 South Africa needed 111 runs to win at 11:11
Now this is called numerological coincidence. At 11:11, on 11/11/11, South Africa were 125 for 1 needing a further 111 runs for a win. This coincidence occurred during the first Test between South Africa and Australia at Cape Town. It is one of the numerological coincident that occur rarely.
