Cricket History and Facts

Courtney Walsh of West Indies indeed holds the record for one of the most economical bowling spells in ODI cricket - 5 wickets for just 1 run. This incredible performance came against Sri Lanka in 1986 and remains a landmark in bowling statistics.

JP Duminy is the correct answer as he did not score a century in his first Test innings. Azhar Mahmood scored 128 on debut, Mohammad Azharuddin scored 100+ in his first three innings, and Ali Naqvi scored 134 on his Test debut. Duminy scored a fifty but not a century.

Nathan Astle scored the most ODI centuries for New Zealand with 9 centuries. Stephen Fleming had 5, Martin Crowe had 4, and Ross Taylor has more centuries but accumulated them later in his career. At the time this question was likely written, Astle held the record.

Sean Ervine is the youngest Zimbabwean to score an ODI century at 18 years and 284 days (against Kenya in 2001). This record makes him the correct answer among the options provided.

BDT is the ISO 4217 currency code for Bangladeshi Taka. BAN is not a valid country or currency code, TAK is the currency name in romanized form, and BAT is incorrect (it's not the standard code).

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar holds the record for most ODI runs in a career with 18,426 runs (at retirement). This record stood for years and is one of cricket's most celebrated achievements. Ponting, Jayasuriya, and Inzamam are all great batsmen but none surpassed Tendulkar's ODI run tally.

Charles Coventry (Zimbabwe) scored 194* against Bangladesh in 2009, which was the joint-highest individual score in ODI history at that time. While this record has since been broken (first by Sachin's 200*, then by Rohit Sharma's 264), Coventry was indeed among the record holders for highest individual innings score during his era.

Greg Chappell (GS Chappell) holds the record for most runs in an ODI series, scoring 464 runs in the 1981-82 World Series Cup in Australia. This long-standing record speaks to Chappell's exceptional form in that single series. Tendulkar, Hayden, and Richards, while legendary accumulators, did not surpass this specific series benchmark.

Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands) has one of the highest ODI batting averages in cricket history at approximately 67.00 (with minimum qualification criteria). His average, compiled primarily against Associate nations, stands out in cricket statistics. Bevan, Hussey, and Dhoni all have excellent averages but not as high as ten Doeschate's.

Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for most ODI centuries in a career with 49 hundreds (at retirement). This was a long-standing record that stood for years before being surpassed. Ganguly, Ponting, and Jayasuriya are all prolific century-makers but did not reach Tendulkar's century count.

Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for most ODI hundreds in a calendar year, scoring 9 centuries in 1998. This remarkable achievement demonstrates his dominance in that single year. Ganguly, Gayle, and Kirsten have all had prolific years but did not match Tendulkar's 9-hundred record in a single calendar year.