Five of cricket's weirdest scorecards

Sport360 staff 14:05 17/12/2016
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  • Earlier this week, Shania-Lee Swart made news around the cricketing world for having scored 160 for the Mpumalanga Under-19 women’s team with all the other batters in her team scoring zero runs.

    One look at the scorecard and it’s hard to believe, but it’s certainly not the first time that we have witnessed such a weird scorecard in the game of cricket.

    From two teams made up entirely of Patels to a team all-out for 6, there are plenty to choose from.

    Here are five of the weirdest scorecards in the history of cricket.

    The Bs vs England – 1810

    The Bs

    Courtesy – ESPNCricinfo

    Ever wondered what is the lowest total ever scored in the history of first-class cricket? Here’s your answer.

    The Bs were bowled out for just six in a match against England’s main team at the Old Lord’s Ground in 1810 and 216 years later, the record still stands.

    Incredibly, The Bs had got a first-innings lead of 37 runs and were looking to set a challenging fourth innings target. But they were embarrassed as England’s right-arm slow bowler John Hammond picked up six wickets.

    England would end up winning the match by six wickets.

    PAKISTAN RAILWAYS vs DERA ISMAIL KHAN – 1964

    Pakistan Railways

    Courtesy – ESPNCricinfo

    Dera Ismail Khan

    Courtesy – ESPNCricinfo

    Back in 1964, in a first-class match in Pakistan, perhaps the most one-sided match ever in the history of the game took place.

    Batting first, Pakistan Railways put up a mammoth score of 910/6 declared thanks to a triple century from Pervez Akhtar and a double century from Javed Babar. The score is currently the ninth highest innings total in a first-class match.

    In reply, Dera Ismail Khan were bowled out for a mere 32 in the first innings before they were asked to follow on. In the second innings, they did not do any better – getting all out for 27 as Pakistan Railways registered a win by an innings and 851 runs.

    This was incidentally the only first-class match played by all eleven players that represented Dera Ismail Khan which explains a thing or two.

    YORKSHIRE LPS vs AMARMILAN – 2001

    Courtesy - BBC

    Courtesy – BBC

    Most of the scorecards on this list are here because of the right-hand columns, but this match between Yorkshire LPS and Amarmilan is here for an altogether different reason.

    In this match played in Bradford in 2001, all 22 players shared the same surname – Patel. This is probably the only instance in cricketing history where all the players in one match have shared one surname.

    A lot of dismissals would read: ‘Patel, caught Patel, bowled Patel’.

    In the end, the Patels of Yorkshire LPS would win the game by 31 runs.

    BERMUDA WOMEN vs SOUTH AFRICA WOMEN – 2008

    Bermuda 13 all out

    Courtesy – ESPNCricinfo

    It’s very, very rare that you see extras outscoring all the batters combined in a match, but that is what happened in the World Cup qualifying encounter between the Bermuda women’s team and the South Africa women’s team in 2008.

    Batting first, Bermuda were all out for just 13. What made the scorecard even more fascinating was the fact that seven of Bermuda’s batters were out for a duck, while three of them scored one run each. The remaining 10 runs came from extras.

    In reply, South Africa just needed four deliveries to complete the win with extras again outscoring the batters. Out of South Africa’s 15 runs, nine came from extra and one run from a no-ball.

    In total, 28 runs were scored in this match with 20 runs coming in extras and just 8 runs off the bat.

    MPUMALANGA U-19 WOMEN v EASTERNS UNDER-19s WOMEN

    Swart

    Courtesy – ESPNCricinfo

    The latest entrant on this list happened earlier this week in a women’s T20 match between Mpumalanga U-19s and Easterns U-19s in South Africa.

    You need to have a second look at this scorecard to believe it’s true. We have one batter scoring 160 runs, while the other nine of her team-mates contributing zero runs to the total.

    Teenager Shania-Lee Swart hogged most of the strike, scoring 160 not out from 86 deliveries. Her innings included 18 fours and 12 sixes. On the other hand, her partners couldn’t score a run off the 37 deliveries they faced, with extras accounting for nine runs as Mpumalanga U-19s ended their innings on 169/8.

    Swart’s knock was enough to guide her team to victory as the Easterns U-19s could manage only 127/6 in their 20 overs.

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