Friday, August 20, 2010

Pair of Brothers in ODI

Hameesh and James Marshall (Twins)
New Zealand’s Nathan McCullum made his One Day International debut while playing against Sri Lanka at Colombo in the opening match of the Tri-Series. He is the brother of wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum, who is also playing in this match.
This is the 38th pair (brothers) in the history of ODI cricket.
The most interesting part is, this is the seventh for New Zealand. Before McCullums, Brendon and John Bracewell, Jeff and Martin Crowe, Mathew and Phil Horne, Geoff and Hadlee Howarth, Hameesh and James Marshall (Twins) and John and Murrey Parker have donned the blackcaps.
However, the Bracewells and the Hornes have never played together. The Crowe brothers have played 60 ODIs together.
Australia’s Steve and Mark Waugh have played 214 ODIs together and Zimbabwe’s Andy and Grant Flower have played 194 ODIs together.
New Zealand’s Bary, Dayle and Richard Hadlee also played ODIs they are among the 5 trio of the brothers but still unbeatable family (in ODI) is Ranatungas.
Sri Lanka’s quartet - Arjuna, Dhamika, Sanjeeva and Mishantha Rantunga brothers hold the distinction of appearing for Sri Lanka.

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