Cricket History and Facts

Sir Donald Bradman's Test batting average is 99.94, widely regarded as the greatest statistical achievement in any sport. He scored 6996 runs in 52 Tests (80 innings) with 29 centuries. Had he scored just 4 more runs in his final innings, his average would have been 100. Option A is correct.

Brian Lara is the only player to score a quintuple century (500+ runs) in any form of cricket. He scored 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham in 1994, setting a first-class cricket record. This remains the highest individual score in top-level cricket. Option B is correct. Neither Tendulkar, Bradman, nor Richards have achieved a quintuple century.

Andre Russell is known for his aggressive batting and has hit among the most sixes in T20 cricket globally. Lendl Simmons, Rohit Sharma, and Praveen Kumar are not in the same category for six-hitting records.

Anil Kumble became only the second bowler in Test cricket history (after Jim Laker) to take all 10 wickets in a single innings. He achieved this feat against Pakistan in 1999, returning figures of 10/74 at Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla ground.

Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most Man of the Match awards in ODI cricket. He received 62 Man of the Match awards during his ODI career, which is the highest by any player. The other legends listed - Dhoni, Gavaskar, and Kapil Dev - all have fewer MOM awards.

In a standard inning of baseball, both teams get to bat. Each team bats until they record 3 outs. Therefore, a full inning consists of 3 outs for the top half and 3 outs for the bottom half, totaling 6 outs.

Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the most Man of the Match awards in One Day Internationals (ODIs) with 62. He also has 14 in Tests, but 62 is the standard figure cited for his world-record ODI dominance.