History of International Cricket

History of International Cricket

Year     Events
  1844The first-ever international cricket game was between the US and Canada
1859A team of leading English professionals set off to North America on the first-ever overseas tour
1862the first English team toured Australia.
1868team of Australian Aborigines toured England in what was the first Australian cricket team to travel overseas
1877an England touring team in Australia played two matches against full Australian XIs that are now regarded as the inaugural Test matches.
1878the Australians toured England for the first time and the success of this tour ensured a popular demand for similar ventures in future
1882Ashes is born in Oval, Australia’s first win on English soil
1883England regained the ashes.
1889South Africa became the third Test nation
1900cricket made its one and only appearance at the Olympics, England played France and won. 
1909The Imperial Cricket Conference was formed to administrate the game, primarily from an English perspective, with England, South Africa and Australia being its founder members.
1912First and only triangular Test series played in England, involving England, Australia and South Africa.
1926Victoria scores 1,107 v New South Wales at Melbourne, the record total for a first-class inning.
1928West Indies first international test match
1930New 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.
1932India’s first test match
1934First women’s test, England vS Australia
1948First 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.
1952Pakistan’s first test match
1953England regain ashes after 19 years
1960First tied test. Australia vs West Indies
1970South Africa excluded from international cricket
1971 First one-day international: Australia v England at Melbourne.
1975First 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
1983India 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.
1999Pakistan 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.
2007India creates history by beating Pakistan and lifting the inaugural T-20 World Cup
2008IPL was founded. Monkey gate scandal.
2009Terror attack on Sri Lankan cricket team at Lahore, Pakistan. International Cricket boycotted ever since on Pakistan.
2010The 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
2012The God, Sachin Tendulkar hangs his boots after 23 years at the top.IPL spot-fixing scandal.
2017Afghanistan and Ireland got Full-Member status
2019England for the first time lifts the 50 over World cup. Zimbabwe Cricket Board got banned.

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