Nathan Hauritz
Australian twirler Nathan Hauritz finished his career with 63 Test wickets and a matching tally in ODIs.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5593.html
Does anybody have a higher matching pair?
Michael Carberry
Former England opening bat Michael Carberry’s career best batting stats are as follows:
First Class: 300 not out
List A: 150 not out
T20: 100 not out
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/10656.html
Neat, very neat!
Paul Harris
South African spinner Paul Harris’ Test career began and ended as follows…
Test debut: South Africa vs. India, Cape Town, January 2nd-6th 2007
Last Test: South Africa vs. India, Cape Town, January 2nd-6th 2011
http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/45568.html
Symmetry!
Napoleon Einstein
Not so much a statistical quirk but his name alone merits a mention.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/279540.html
To be fair, in regards to his statistics, he did score 92 on List A debut but only ever played one more List A match and one T20.
Greg Loveridge
New Zealand leg-spinner Greg Loveridge holds a place in the hearts of many cricket tragics the world over. On Test debut against Zimbabwe in Hamilton, he retired hurt on four not out, didn’t bowl and never played again.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/37609.html
A First Class bowling average of 53.23 didn’t exactly scream “Recall!”.
Mohammad Sami
There are players with worse Test bowling averages than Pakistan’s Mohammad Sami…
http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/41324.html
But to win 36 caps with a bowling average of 52.74 is mightily impressive!
Disclaimer: There’s probably some far more interesting stats that I’ve previously stumbled upon only to forget about and admittedly there’s some recycled material in here!
Love the stats – a curous assortment
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