Sports Information: Fasted century in One day International

Sports Information: Fasted century in One day International: Fasted century in One day International Here reported only fasted century required minimum 60 balls. Shahid Afridi maximum 3 times ...

Fasted century in One day International


Fasted century in One day International

Here reported only fasted century required minimum 60 balls. Shahid Afridi maximum 3 times made century by minimum 60 balls. His record 102 runs by 37 balls, 102 runs by 45 balls and 124 runs by 53 balls. Two times Sanath Jayasuriya also made the same occurrence. Kevin O'Brien is the fasted centurian in world cup history.
Batsman (Country)
Score
Balls
Against
Venue
Year
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)
102
37
Sri Lanka
Nairobi
Oct 1996
Mark Boucher (South Africa)
147*
44
Zimbabwe
P'stroom
Sept 2006
Brian Lara (West Indies)
117
45
Bangladesh
Dhaka
Oct 1999
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)
102
45
India
Kanpur
April 2005
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
134
48
Pakistan
Singapore
April 1996
Kevin O'Brien (Ireland)
113
50
England
Bengaluru
March 2011
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)
124
53
Bangladesh
Dambulla
June 2010
Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
130
55
Bangladesh
Karachi
June 2008
AB de Villiers (South Africa)
102*
58
India
Ahmedabad
Feb 2010
Virendra Sehwag (India)
125*
60
New Zealand
Hamilton
Mar 2009

Sports Information: Grant Flower

Sports Information: Grant Flower: Grant Flower Grant Flower was the one of the two flower brothers who has enlighted Zimbabwe cricket for a long time while they we...

Zimbabwe

Grant Flower


Grant Flower

Grant Flower was the one of the two flower brothers who has enlighted Zimbabwe cricket for a long time while they were very new on Test arena.
He was one of the players who has represented Zimbabwe in their inaugural test Vs India in 1992 alike his elder brother Andy Flower.

Unlike his brother, he was not a wicketkeeper; he was a stylish opening batsman who was also handy with spin bowling which was very accurate in ODI format.
He has also kept himself out from the national team like his brother. After some years, he has been back to the team as coach plus player. He has played one ODI also near after 8 years interval.
Now he is the batting coach of Zimbabwe national cricket team.

 


Full name
Grant William Flower
Born
December 20, 1970
Nick

Height
5 ft 10 in
Batting style
Right-hand bat
Bowling style
Slow left-arm orthodox
Played as
Wicketkeeper


Test
ODI
Match
67
221
Innings
123
214
Run
3457
6571
Best
201*
142*
Average
29.54
33.52
100
6
6
50
15
40
Wicket
25
104
BBI
4/41
4/32
BBM
8/104






Sports Information: Australian open women champianship

Sports Information: Australian open women champianship: Australian open women champianship Steffi Graf is a four-time champion and won three times consecutively The annual tennis tourname...

Australian open women champianship


Australian open women champianship
Steffi Graf is a four-time champion and won three times consecutively
The annual tennis tournament Australian open was started from 1905 at Melbourne Park in Australia.But single women was started from 1922.Generally it started from mid January for every years and it also known as Grand Slam out of four grand slam.The venue of Australia Perth,Brisbane,Adelaide,Sydney and Melbourne are used.As a knockout format it has been contested and played by best three sets akhurst(1925-1926) are the player who wins this championship most time.
In the Australian Championships, Margaret Court (1960–1966) holds the records for most titles with seven wins, and most consecutive titles with seven from (1960–1966).
Joan Hartigan Bathurst is a three-time champion
During the Australian Open, since the inclusion of the professional tennis players, Serena Williams (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009–2010) has the most victories, with five. The record for most consecutive titles is three held by the following players: Margaret Court (1969–1971), Evonne Goolagong (1974–1976), Steffi Graf (1988–1990), Monica Seles (1991–1993), Martina Hingis (1997–1999).
Record of Australian Champianship
Year Champian Runner up
1922 Margaret Molesworth(Australia) Esna Boyd Robertson(Australia)
1923 Margaret Molesworth(Australia) Esna Boyd Robertson(Australia)
1924 Sylvia Lance Harper(Australia) Esna Boyd Robertson(Australia)
1925 Daphne Akhurst Cozens(Australia) Esna Boyd Robertson(Australia)
1926 Daphne Akhurst Cozens(Australia) Esna Boyd Robertson(Australia)
1927 Esna Boyd Robertson(Australia) Sylvia Lance Harper(Australia)
1928 Daphne Akhurst Cozens(Australia) Esna Boyd Robertson(Australia)
1929 Daphne Akhurst Cozens(Australia) Louise Bickerton(Australia)
1930 Daphne Akhurst Cozens(Australia) Sylvia Lance Harper(Australia)
1931 Coral Buttsworth(Australia) Marjorie Cox Crawford(Australia)
1932 Coral Buttsworth(Australia) Kathrine Le Mesurier(Australia)
1933 Joan Hartigan Bathurst(Australia) Coral Buttsworth(Australia)
1934 Joan Hartigan Bathurst(Australia) Margaret Molesworth(Australia)
1935 Dorothy Round Little(GBR) Nancy Lyle Glover(Australia)
1936 Joan Hartigan Bathurst(Australia) Nancye Wynne Bolton(Australia)
1937 Nancye Wynne Bolton(Australia) Emily Hood Westacott(Australia)
1938 Dorothy Cheney(Australia) Dorothy Stevenson(Australia)
1939 Emily Hood Westacott(Australia) Nell Hall Hopman(Australia)
1949 Nancye Wynne Bolton(Australia) Thelma Coyne Long(Australia)
1941-1945 Not held for world war Not held for world war(Australia)
1946 Nancye Wynne Bolton(Australia) Joyce Fitch(Australia)
1947 Nancye Wynne Bolton(Australia) Nell Hall Hopman(Australia)
1948 Nancye Wynne Bolton(Australia) Marie Toomey(Australia)
1949 Doris Hart(USA) Nancye Wynne Bolton(Australia)
1950 Louise Brough(USA) Doris Hart(USA)
1951 Nancye Wynne Bolton(Australia) Thelma Coyne Long(Australia)
1952 Thelma Coyne Long(Australia) Helen Angwin(Australia)
1953 Maureen Connolly Brinker(USA) Julie Sampson Haywood(USA)
1954 Thelma Coyne Long(Australia) Jenny Staley Hoad(Australia)
1955 Beryl Penrose Collier(Australia) Thelma Coyne Long(Australia)
1956 Mary Carter Reitano(Australia) Thelma Coyne Long(Australia)
1957 Shirley Fry Irvin(USA) Althea Gibson(USA)
1958 Angela Mortimer Barrett(GBR) Lorraine Coghlan Robinson(Australia)
1959 Mary Carter Reitano(Australia) Renee Schuurman Haygarth(ZAF)
1960 Margaret Court(Australia) Jan Lehane O'Neill(Australia)
1961 Margaret Court(Australia) Jan Lehane O'Neill(Australia)
1962 Margaret Court(Australia) Jan Lehane O'Neill(Australia)
1963 Margaret Court(Australia) Jan Lehane O'Neill(Australia)
1964 Margaret Court(Australia) Lesley Turner Bowrey(Australia)
1965 Margaret Court(Australia) Maria Bueno(Brazil)
1966 Margaret Court(Australia) Nancy Richey(USA)
1967 Nancy Richey(USA) Lesley Turner Bowrey(Australia)
1968 Billie Jean King(USA) Margaret Court(Australia)
1969 Margaret Court(Australia) Billie Jean King(USA)
1970 Margaret Court(Australia) Kerry Melville Reid(AUS)
1971 Margaret Court(Australia) Evonne Goolagong Cawley(AUS)
1972 Virginia Wade(GBR) Evonne Goolagong Cawley(AUS)
1973 Margaret Court(Australia) Evonne Goolagong Cawley(AUS)
1974 Evonne Goolagong Cawley(AUS) Chris Evert(USA)
1975 Evonne Goolagong Cawley(AUS) Martina Navrátilová(USA)
1976 Evonne Goolagong Cawley(AUS) Renáta Tomanová(TCH)
1977 Kerry Melville Reid(AUS) Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat(AUS)
1978 Chris O'Neil(AUS) Betsy Nagelsen(USA)
1979 Barbara Jordan(USA) Sharon Walsh(USA)
1980 Hana Mandlíková(TCH) Wendy Turnbull(AUS)
1981 Martina Navrátilová(USA) Chris Evert(USA)
1982 Chris Evert(USA) Martina Navrátilová(USA)
1983 Martina Navrátilová(USA) Kathy Jordan(USA)
1984 Chris Evert(USA) Helena Suková(TCH)
1985
Martina Navratilova is a three-time champion and won all of hers in consecutive odd years
Martina Navrátilová(USA)
Chris Evert(USA)
1986

1987 Hana Mandlíková(TCH) Martina Navrátilová(USA)
1988 Steffi Graf(GER) Chris Evert(USA)
1989 Steffi Graf(GER) Helena Suková(TCH)
1990 Steffi Graf(GER) Mary Joe Fernandez(USA)
1991
Monica Seles is a four-time champion and won three times consecutively
Monica Seles(YAG)
Jana Novotná(TCH)
1992 Monica Seles(YAG) Mary Joe Fernandez(USA)
1993 Monica Seles(YAG) Steffi Graf(GER)
1994 Steffi Graf(GER) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario(ESP)
1995 Mary Pierce(FRA) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario(ESP)
1996 Monica Seles(YAG) Anke Huber(GER)
1997
Martina Hingis is a three-time champion and won hers consecutively
Martina Hingis(SUI)
Mary Pierce(FRA)
1998 Martina Hingis(SUI) Conchita Martínez(ESP)
1999 Martina Hingis(SUI) Amélie Mauresmo(FRA)
2000 Lindsay Davenport(USA) Martina Hingis(SUI)
2001 Jennifer Capriati(USA) Martina Hingis(SUI)
2002 Jennifer Capriati(USA) Martina Hingis(SUI)
2003 Serena Williams(USA) Venus Williams(USA)
2004 Justine Henin(BEL) Kim Clijsters(BEL)
2005
American Serena Williams is a five-time champion, which is an Open Era record.
Serena Williams(USA)
Lindsay Davenport(USA)
2006 Amélie Mauresmo(USA) Justine Henin(BEL)
2007 Serena Williams(USA) Maria Sharapova(RUS)
2008 Maria Sharapova(RUS) Ana Ivanović(SER)
2009 Serena Williams(USA) Dinara Safina(RUS)
2010 Serena Williams(USA) Justine Henin(BEL)
2011 Kim Clijsters(BEL) Li Na(BEL)