18th & 19th March
- South Africa posted their 50th Total of 300 in ODIs. 4th most by a team after 71 by India, 67 by Australia and 54 by Pakistan
- AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla break the 3rd Wicket Partnership of 237* by SRT/R Dravid (vs Ken, Bristol,1999)
- Most 100s by ODI Wicketkeepers: 16-A Gilchrist, 12-K Sangakkara, 9-AB DE VILLIERS, 8-MS Dhoni, 5-K Akmal
- Most ODI 100s for SA: 21-H Gibbs, 17-J Kallis, 14-AB DE VILLIERS, 13-G Kirsten, 11-H AMLA, 10-G Smith, 4-B Dippenaar
- Most DUCKS as INDIAN CAPTAIN: 7-MAK Pataudi, 6-MS DHONI/Kapil Dev, 4-S Ganguly,3-B Bedi/V Hazare/A Wadekar
- Only E Weekes, S Gavaskar, A de Silva and K SANGAKKARA have scored 3 100s in consecutive Innings, TWICE in their Career
- SA's Innings consisted of 2 100s. It is 102nd such occasion in ODIs.. ! More than 2 100s in an innings have never happened
- W Riaz's figures of 10-0-93-2 is the Most Runs given by a Pakistani Bowler in an ODI. Overcoming Naved-ul-Hasan's 92 vs SA in 2007
- SA's 343/5 vs Pak is the 6th Highest total for any team vs Pak in ODIs. Highest is 392/4 by SA at Centurion in 2007..
- Most TEST 100s vs Bangladesh: 5-K SANGAKKARA/S Tendulkar, 4-T Dilshan/M Jayawardene
- Hashim Amla & AB de Villiers complete their 11th & 14th ODI 100s respectively.. !
- Top INDIAN innings on DEBUT vs AUS:185* SDhawan, 137 GViswanath, 72 CPujara, 51 DGPadhkar, 45 HKanitkar, 41 MVijay, 38 Bhuvneshwar
- Only ONE occasion when 2 batsmen OUT on 99 in an innings.Majid Khan/Mushtaq Mohammad for Pak vs Eng1973,Karachi
- Most 4's on DEBUT: 37-Tip Foster(287), 33-Shikhar Dhawan(187), 29-Jacques Rudolf(222*), 26-Romesh Kaluwitharana(132*)
- S Afridi scores his first ODI fifty since his last fifty vs Eng at Dubai on 18th Feb 2012
- Last Time AFRIDI hit more than 3 sixes in an ODI was vs NZ at Christchurch on 29 Jan 2011
- This is the 6th Time in his ODI career, AFRIDI has hit 7 or more SIXES in a Match.. !
- 88 off 48 balls is Afridi's 7th Highest ODI score after his 6 Hundreds.. ! His last 100 was (124 vs Ban at Dambulla in 2010)
- This is the 73rd time a Team has scored over 300 in the Second Innings while Chasing. And on 45 occasions the chasing team won.. !
- Most Test Wins vs Australia: 12-C Lloyd(WI). 11-J Bearley(Eng), 8-WG Grace(Eng), 7-MS DHONI(Ind), 6-P Chapman(Eng
- MSD's 23 Test Wins: 7 vs Aus, 4 vs NZ, 3 vs WI/SL/SA, 2 vs Eng, 1 vs Ban
- Happy Birthday ASHLEY GILES. He is the only bowler to Dismiss SACHIN STUMPED in Tests. st Foster b Giles on 90 at Bangalore in 2001
- Most Wickets by Indian Bowlers in #IndvsAus Series: 32-Harbhajan(2000/01), 31-B Bedi(1977/78),28-Kapil(1979/80)/B Chandrasekhar(1977/78)
- Most Runs by Indian Batsmen in a #IndvsAus Series: 619-R Dravid(2003/04), 518-G Viswanath(1979/80), 503-VVS Laxman(2000/01),494 in 2003/04
- #Update of #IndvsAus Series: Most Wickets: 22-R Ashwin, 17-R Jadeja, 8-J Pattinson/P Siddle, 6-Bhuvneshwar/N Lyon
#Update of #IndvsAus Series: Most Runs: 362-M Vijay, 290-MS Dhoni, 286-M Clarke, 285-C Pujara, 242-V Kohli - MoM In DEBUT Test for IND: Pravin Amre (vs SA,1992), RP Singh (vs Pak,2006), R Ashwin (vs WI,2011) & Shikhar Dhawan (vs Aus,2013)
- MICHAEL CLARKE becomes ONLY the 2nd OVERSEAS CAPTAIN to Lose 3 Tests in a Series in India after A RANATUNGA in 1994
- Rangana Herath is now the 40th Bowler in Test Cricket to grab 3 10-wkt hauls in career.. !
- Best Bowling in a Match at RPS: 12/157-R HERATH, 9/60-Murali, 9/226-S Mushtaq, 9/227-Murali, 7/35-J Silva
- Best Bowling in an innings at RPS,Colombo: 7/89-R HERATH, 6/18-Murali, 6/98-Murali, 5/33-Murali, 5/68-R HERATH, 5/82-P Wiseman
- Bowlers to take 10-wicket hauls in BIRTHDAY matches: Tony Lock, G Lawson, M Marshall, T Aldermann,A Kumble, J Anderson & R HERATH
- Top 10 Test Batsman: #1 H Amla 903, #2 de Villiers 879, #3. S Chanderpaul 872, #4 M Clarke 869, #5 K Sangakkara 850, #6 A Cook 817, #7 J Kallis 756, #8 R Taylor 750, #9 Younis Khan 748, #10 J Trott 733
- KUMAR SANGAKKARA got his 3rd Man of the Series Award in his Test Career. Previous 2 vs Pak in Nov 2011 and July 2012 #SLvsBan
- Most MoS Awards for Sri Lanka: 11 M Muralitharan, 4 A de Silva, 3 K SANGAKKARA/M Jayawardene, 2 C Vaas/S Jayasuriya #SLvsBan
- RANGANA HERATH got his 5th Man Of The Match Award in his Test Career.. ! #SLvsBa
- Most MoS Awards: 11 M Muralitharan, 9 Kallis, 8 Imran Khan/R Hadlee/S Warne, 7 W Akram/Chanderpaul, 6 M Marshall/S Waugh/C Ambrose
- R HERATH is the 62nd player to take 200 wickets in Test Career. 3rd Lankan after M Muralitharan(800) & C Vaas(355)
- Rangana Herath is the 9th Left Arm Bowler to take 200 Test Wickets.. ! And 4th Left Arm Spinner to do so.
- 200 or More Wickets by Left Arm SPINNERS: 360 D Vettori (NZ), 297 D Underwood (Eng), 266 B Bedi (Ind), 200 R HERATH (SL)