History of International Cricket
| Year | Events |
| 1844 | The first-ever international cricket game was between the US and Canada |
| 1859 | A team of leading English professionals set off to North America on the first-ever overseas tour |
| 1862 | the first English team toured Australia. |
| 1868 | team of Australian Aborigines toured England in what was the first Australian cricket team to travel overseas |
| 1877 | an England touring team in Australia played two matches against full Australian XIs that are now regarded as the inaugural Test matches. |
| 1878 | the Australians toured England for the first time and the success of this tour ensured a popular demand for similar ventures in future |
| 1882 | Ashes is born in Oval, Australia’s first win on English soil |
| 1883 | England regained the ashes. |
| 1889 | South Africa became the third Test nation |
| 1900 | cricket made its one and only appearance at the Olympics, England played France and won. |
| 1909 | The Imperial Cricket Conference was formed to administrate the game, primarily from an English perspective, with England, South Africa and Australia being its founder members. |
| 1912 | First and only triangular Test series played in England, involving England, Australia and South Africa. |
| 1926 | Victoria scores 1,107 v New South Wales at Melbourne, the record total for a first-class inning. |
| 1928 | West Indies first international test match |
| 1930 | New Zealand’s first Test match.Donald Bradman’s first tour of England: scores 974 runs in the five Ashes Tests, still a record for most runs in a Test series. |
| 1932 | India’s first test match |
| 1934 | First women’s test, England vS Australia |
| 1948 | First five-day Tests in England.Bradman concludes Test career with a second-ball duck at The Oval and a batting average of 99.94 – four runs short of 100. |
| 1952 | Pakistan’s first test match |
| 1953 | England regain ashes after 19 years |
| 1960 | First tied test. Australia vs West Indies |
| 1970 | South Africa excluded from international cricket |
| 1971 | First one-day international: Australia v England at Melbourne. |
| 1975 | First World Cup: West Indies beat Australia in final at Lord’s. |
| 1976 | First women’s match at Lord’s, England v Australia. |
| 1978 | Graham Yallop of Australia wears a protective helmet to bat in a Test match, the first player to do so |
| 1980 | Eight-ball over abolished in Australia, making the six-ball over universal. |
| 1981 | England beat Australia in Leeds Test, after following on with bookmakers offering odds of 500 to 1 against them winning. |
| 1982 | Sri Lanka’s first Test match |
| 1983 | India lifted the world cup stunning mighty West Indies |
| 1991 | South Africa return, with a one-day international in India. |
| 1993 | The ICC ceases to be administered by MCC, becoming an independent organisation with its own chief executive. |
| 1994 | Brian Lara of Warwickshire becomes the only player to pass 500 in first-class innings: 501 not out v Durham. |
| 1999 | Pakistan beat England and won the WorldCup against the odds |
| 2000 | South Africa’s captain Hansie Cronje banned from cricket for life after admitting receiving bribes from bookmakers in the match-fixing scandal. Darkest days for the game.Bangladesh’s first Test match.T-20 cricket was born. |
| 2003 | Twenty20 Cup, a 20-over-per-side evening tournament, inaugurated in England. |
| 2004 | Lara becomes the first man to score 400 in a Test inning, against England. |
| 2006 | Pakistan forfeits a Test at The Oval after being accused of ball-tampering. |
| 2007 | India creates history by beating Pakistan and lifting the inaugural T-20 World Cup |
| 2008 | IPL was founded. Monkey gate scandal. |
| 2009 | Terror attack on Sri Lankan cricket team at Lahore, Pakistan. International Cricket boycotted ever since on Pakistan. |
| 2010 | The spot-fixing scandal happened in August, during Pakistan’s tour of England and then captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were banned by the ICC for their involvement |
| 2012 | The God, Sachin Tendulkar hangs his boots after 23 years at the top.IPL spot-fixing scandal. |
| 2017 | Afghanistan and Ireland got Full-Member status |
| 2019 | England for the first time lifts the 50 over World cup. Zimbabwe Cricket Board got banned.
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