Sehwag’s fifty to Kallis’ unbeaten 90: Here are the stats of first-ever Ice Cricket Tournament

Let's have a look at the statistics of this 2-match rubber held on February 8 and 9 held in St Moritz, in Switzerland’s Engadin valley

By: Aakash Biswas |
February 10, 2018 3:38 pm

For the first time in the history of international cricket, the game was played on ice instead of a lush green ground with a turf. Switzerland’s St Moritz was the venue where a total of 25 players arrived to play the first-ever game of cricket on a frozen lake. Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag led the Badrutt’s Palace Diamonds while former Pakistani skipper Shahid Afridi captained Team Royals.

After a long period of time, it was very exciting to witness veterans like Sehwag, Mohammad Kaif, Jacques Kallis, Graeme Smith batting like the old days, while the clash between Shoaib Akhtar and Sehwag was probably the best pick from this entire tournament.

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Since it was the first cricket tournament of its own kind, let’s have a look at the statistics of this 2-match rubber held on February 8 and 9.

First Ball Bowled: Shoaib Akhtar

First Ball Played: Virender Sehwag

First Boundary: Virender Sehwag [to Shoaib Akhtar]

First Six: Virender Sehwag [to Jacques Kallis]

First Wicket: Abdul Razzaq [TM Dilshan c Elliott b Abdul Razzaq (8)]

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First Fifty: Virender Sehwag [62 off 31 balls]

Highest Run Getters:

Sl No	Player	Teams	Runs
1	Jacques Kallis	Royals	126
2	Owais Shah	Royals	117
3	Virender Sehwag	Palace Diamonds	108
4	Andrew Symonds	Palace Diamonds	107
5	Graeme Smith	Royals	81

Highest Wicket Takers:

Sl No	Player	Team	Wickets
1	Abdul Razzak	Royals	7
2	Ramesh Powar	Palace Diamonds	3
3	Shoaib Akhtar	Royals	2
4	Daniel Vettori	Royals	1
5	Grant Elliot	Royals	1

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Most Sixes:

Sl No	Player	Team	Sixes
1	Owais Shah	Royals	7
2	Virender Sehwag	Palace Diamonds	5
3	Andrew Symonds	Palace Diamonds	5
4	Mohammad Kaif	Palace Diamonds	5
5	Jacques Kallis	Royals	4

Highest Individual Scores:

Sl No	Player	Team	Runs
1	Jacques Kallis	Royals	90*
2	Owais Shah	Royals	74*
3	Andrew Symonds	Palace Diamonds	67*
4	Virender Sehwag	Palace Diamonds	62
5	Graeme Smith	Royals	58

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Squads:

Badrutt’s Palace Diamonds Squad: Virender Sehwag (c), Mohammad Kaif, Lasith Malinga, Michael Hussey, Mahela Jayawardene, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar, Tillakaratne, Andrew Symonds, Joginder Sharma, Ramesh Powar, Rohan Jain

Royals Squad: Jacques Kallis (c), Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Akhtar, Nathan McCullum, Daniel Vettori, Grant Elliott, Monty Panesar, Graeme Smith, Owais Shah, Abdul Razzaq, Jacques Kallis, Matt Prior, Aidan Andrews