Cricket and Statistics

Cricket and Statistics are like bread and jam, which complements each other if they are in right proportion, but sometimes the jam is too much.
Media and commentators are trying too much to bring out some of the weirdest statistics.

It is common to hear commentators saying
In worldcup cricket 2007
This is the first boundary
This is the first Duck
This is the first Century
This is the first No ball or wide and what not

The statistics ranges for both the extremes
Batsmen with highest no. of century and Batsmen(mostly Bowler) with highest no. of Ducks
Bowler with highest wickets and Bowler(mostly Batsmen) with least wickets
Highest and least partnership between all combination of order of batsmen, Whoo..

Don't be surprised to hear some statistics like
This is the fifth time that fifth wicket falls in the 5th ball of the 5th over

I remember my friend has forwarded to many a mail in which the big coloured text "06/06/06 06:06:06" never comes again pass this on to your friends. Without thinking logically about this he has forwarded it to many guys and I don't know how much of them have forwarded it.

Time once gone is gone and is unique, similarly each ball that is bowled is unique and trying to find a statistics out of it sucks.

I think this is the right time to say this about the Cricket, let us watch cricket as a sport and not to get emotional or try to publicize and get money out of it.