A brief history of cricket


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  1. 1849 First Yorkshire v Lancashire coordinate.
  2. 1850 Wicket-keeping gloves initially utilized.
  3. 1850 John Wisden bowls each of the ten batsmen in an innings for North v South.
  4. 1853 First say of a champion province: Nottinghamshire.
  5. 1858 First recorded occasion of a cap being granted to a bowler bringing three wickets with back to back balls.
  6. 1859 First visiting group to leave England, captained by George Parr, attracts eager group the US and Canada.
  7. 1864 Overhand knocking down some pins approved by MCC.
  8. John Wisden's The Cricketer's Almanac initially distributed.
  9. 1868 Team of Australian natives visit England.
  10. 1873 WG Grace turns into the principal player to record 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in a season.
  11. To begin with directions confining area capabilities, frequently viewed as the official begin of the County Championship.
  12. 1877 First Test coordinate: Australia beat England by 45 keeps running in Melbourne.
  13. 1880 First Test in England: a five-wicket win against Australia at The Oval.
  14. 1882 Following England's first thrashing by Australia in England, an "eulogy see" to English cricket in the Sporting Times prompts the convention of The Ashes.
  15. 1889 South Africa's first Test coordinate.
  16. Statements initially approved, however just on the third day, or in a one-day coordinate.
  17. 1890 County Championship formally constituted.
  18. Exhibit Lord's structure opened.
  19. 1895 WG Grace scores 1,000 keeps running in May, and achieves his 100th hundred.
  20. 1899 AEJ Collins scores 628 not out in a lesser house coordinate at Clifton College, the most elevated individual score in any match.
  21. Selectors pick England group for home Tests, rather than have club issuing solicitations.
  22. 1900 Six-ball over turns into the standard, rather than five.
  23. 1909 Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC - now the International Cricket Council) set up, with England, Australia and South Africa the first individuals.
  24. 1910 Six runs given for any hit over the limit, rather than just for a hit out of the ground.
  25. 1912 First and just triangular Test arrangement played in England, including England, Australia and South Africa.
  26. 1915 WG Grace passes on, matured 67.
  27. 1926 Victoria score 1,107 v New South Wales at Melbourne, the record add up to for a top notch innings.
  28. 1928 West Indies' first Test coordinate.
  29. AP "Tich" Freeman of Kent and England turns into the main player to take more than 300 top notch wickets in a season: 304.
  30. 1930 New Zealand's first Test coordinate.
  31. Donald Bradman's first voyage through England: he scores 974 keeps running in the five Ashes Tests, still a record for any Test arrangement.
  32. 1931 Stumps made higher (28 inches not 27) and more extensive (nine inches not eight - this was discretionary until 1947).
  33. 1932 India's first Test coordinate.
  34. Hedley Verity of Yorkshire takes ten wickets for ten runs v Nottinghamshire, the best innings examination in top of the line cricket.
  35. 1932-33 The Bodyline voyage through Australia in which England bowl at batsmen's bodies with a stuffed leg-side field to kill Bradman's scoring.
  36. 1934 Jack Hobbs resigns, with 197 centuries and 61,237 runs, the two records. To start with ladies' Test: Australia v England at Brisbane.
  37. 1935 MCC censure and bandit Bodyline.
  38. 1947 Denis Compton of Middlesex and England scores a record 3,816 keeps running in an English season.
  39. 1948 First five-day Tests in England.
  40. Bradman finishes up Test vocation with a moment ball duck at The Oval and a batting normal of 99.94 - four runs shy of 100.
  41. 1952 Pakistan's first Test coordinate.
  42. 1953 England recapture the Ashes following a 19-year hole, the longest ever.
  43. 1956 Jim Laker of England takes 19 wickets for 90 v Australia at Manchester, the best match investigation in top of the line cricket.
  44. 1957 Declarations approved whenever.
  45. 1960 First tied Test, Australia v West Indies at Brisbane.
  46. 1963 Distinction amongst beginner and expert cricketers canceled in English cricket.
  47. The primary significant one-day competition starts in England: the Gillette Cup.
  48. 1969 Limited-over Sunday association introduced for top of the line provinces.
  49. 1970 Proposed South African voyage through England wiped out: South Africa rejected from global cricket on account of their administration's politically-sanctioned racial segregation approaches.
  50. 1971 First one-day worldwide: Australia v England at Melbourne.
  51. 1975 First World Cup: West Indies beat Australia in last at Lord's.
  52. 1976 First ladies' match at Lord's, England v Australia.
  53. 1977 Centenary Test at Melbourne, with indistinguishable outcome to the primary match: Australia beat England by 45 runs.
  54. Australian media head honcho Kerry Packer, signs 51 of the world's driving players in resistance of the cricketing specialists.
  55. 1978 Graham Yallop of Australia wears a defensive protective cap to bat in a Test coordinate, the main player to do as such.
  56. 1979 Packer and authority cricket concur peace bargain.
  57. 1980 Eight-ball over canceled in Australia, making the six-ball over widespread.
  58. 1981 England beat Australia in Leeds Test, in the wake of following on with bookmakers offering chances of 500 to 1 against them winning.
  59. 1982 Sri Lanka's first Test coordinate.
  60. 1991 South Africa return, with a one-day universal in India.
  61. 1992 Zimbabwe's first Test coordinate.
  62. Durham turn into the main province since Glamorgan in 1921 to accomplish firstclass status.
  63. 1993 The ICC stops to be controlled by MCC, turning into a free association with its own CEO.
  64. 1994 Brian Lara of Warwickshire turns into the main player to pass 500 out of a firstclass innings: 501 not out v Durham.
  65. 2000 South Africa's skipper Hansie Cronje prohibited from cricket for life in the wake of conceding getting influences from bookmakers in coordinate settling embarrassment.
  66. Bangladesh's first Test coordinate.
  67. Area Championship split into two divisions, with advancement and assignment.
  68. The Laws of Cricket reexamined and changed.
  69. 2001 Sir Donald Bradman bites the dust, matured 92.
  70. 2003 Twenty20 Cup, a 20-over-per-side night competition, initiated in England.
  71. 2004 Lara turns into the main man to score 400 of every a Test innings, against England.
  72. 2005 The ICC presents Powerplays and Supersubs in ODIs, and hosts the inaugural Superseries.
  73. 2006 Pakistan relinquish a Test at The Oval subsequent to being blamed for ball altering.
  74. Assets identifying with the historical backdrop of cricket
  75. General

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