25 quirky and nerdy cricket stats from 2025

Cricket in 2025 delivered its fair share of numbers that stood out for how unusual, improbable or simply fascinating they were.

1 in 1,048,576 – The probability of losing 20 consecutive tosses, an unwanted record which India now holds in ODIs. The run started with the 2023 World Cup final and ended in their final ODI of the year in Visakhapatnam. The next worst toss-losing streak in ODIs is 11.

2 – Tests in the ongoing 2025/26 Ashes ended within two days. That's the first instance of two or more Tests in the same series finishing within two days post World War I.

3 – India Women won the 2025 ODI World Cup (their maiden title) despite losing three matches in the tournament—the first such instance in the competition's history.

4 – Chennai Super Kings fielded four players aged under 22 in a league fixture against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 25. That's the most players from that age group they have ever fielded in an IPL or CLT20 match.

5 – Indonesia all-rounder Gede Priandana became the first bowler to take five wickets in an over in T20Is, achieving the feat against Cambodia on December 23. His figures of 5/1 are the least expensive five-for in Men's T20 history.

6 runs – India's victory-margin at The Oval in the decider of a thrilling Test series. It is their narrowest win in Tests and the first instance of any team winning by fewer than 10 runs while defending a 300-plus target.

7 – MI New York won the MLC 2025 despite losing seven of their 10 league matches—a remarkable feat. No other team has won a five-plus team T20 tournament with such a low win-loss ratio (0.43) in the first round.

8 wickets taken by Bhutan's Sonam Yeshey in a T20I against Myanmar on December 26, the most by any bowler in a professional Men's or Women's T20 game.

9 out of 9 away matches won by RCB during their victorious IPL 2025 campaign, including the Qualifier 1 and final—the first such instance in 18 editions of the tournament.

10 consecutive Test wins for South Africa between August 2024 and July 2025, the third-longest streak in Tests. The highlight was their World Test Championship final victory over Australia at Lord's.

11 days taken for Australia to secure the 2025/26 Ashes—the joint second-least time taken to do so in a five-match Ashes series.

12 years, 2 months and 26 days was the duration between Virat Kohli's two List-A appearances for Delhi, before he featured in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy.

13 – With a century against New Zealand in November, Shai Hope became the first batter to score hundreds against 13 different opponents in international cricket—the most for anyone.

14 years, 272 days – Vaibhav Suryavanshi's age when he struck his maiden List-A hundred, making him the youngest to do so in the format.

15 – Italy confirmed their qualification for the 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup by finishing runners-up at the Europe Qualifiers in July. They became the 15th Associate team to make it to the T20 World Cup.

16 – India lost a wicket roughly once every 16 runs during their 0-2 Test series loss to South Africa earlier this season. That's their lowest average runs per wicket ratio in any home Test series.

17-0 – India's unbeaten record in Men's T20I tournaments since 2023, including wins at the Asian Games 2023, the 2024 T20 World Cup, and the 2025 Asia Cup.

18 – It took 18 editions of the IPL for two consecutive finals without MS Dhoni, who had featured in 11 finals until 2023.

19 sixes struck by Finn Allen for San Francisco Unicorns against Washington Freedom in the MLC 2025, the most in any Men's or Women's T20 match.

20 – Spain, ranked 30th in Men's T20Is, are on a 20-match winning streak in the format—the longest for any team and joint-longest winning streak in international cricket alongside Australia's 2003 run.

21 years and 279 days – Shafali Verma's age when she won the Player of the Match award in the Women's World Cup final, making her the youngest to do so in a World Cup final (Men's or Women's).

22 – England's opening pair of Zak Crawley and Ben Duckett have lasted roughly 22 balls on average in the ongoing Ashes so far, the lowest for any pair that has opened at least seven times in a Test series.

23 innings in which Mitchell Starc has struck in the first over in Tests, accounting for 26 wickets. Eight of his first-over wickets have come in 2025, the most for anyone in a calendar year.

24 – Yashasvi Jaiswal has five 150-plus scores in Tests before turning 24, the second-most for anyone in Test history behind Don Bradman's eight.

25 300-plus totals were recorded in Women's ODIs in 2025—the most by a distance in the format. India Women led the way with nine.