Miscellaneous Cricket Trivia:

The first ever test match was held between England and Australia, at Melbourne, from the 15th to the 19th of March, 1877. Australia won by 45 runs. Exactly 100 years later(15th-19th March, 1977) a match between England and Australia was held at Melbourne to commemorate the 100 years of test cricket. Remarkably Australia won....... by 45 runs!!!

The first one-day international was also held between England and Australia at Melbourne in 1971. Actually the first four days of a test match had been rained out, so on the final day the first ever one-day international was organized. Australia won the match.

David Houghton(Zimbabwe) is the only player cum coach in world cricket today.

The first two twins to play in the same test match were not Steve and Mark Waugh of Australia, but Rosemary and Elizabeth Signal of New Zealand, versus England in 1984; in women's cricket!!

There are 10 ways in which a batsman can get out in cricket:

1. Caught

2. Bowled

3. Leg Before Wicket

4. Run Out

5. Stumped

6. Handling the ball

7. Obstructing the field

8. Hit the ball twice

9. Hit Wicket

10. Timed out

The shortest ever test was between Sri Lanka and India in Colombo, in 1996. All but 50 minutes of the match was rained out.

Sir Len Hutton(England) is the only batsman to have been given out obstructing the field.

In the 1996 world cup West Indies bowled out Kenya for 166. Kenya came back to bowl out West Indies for 93, and take home a very memorable victory.

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the youngest ever test captain, and a very fine batsman played for a long time with a glass eye.

Along with the nine test playing nations Bangladesh, Scotland and Kenya will also play in the 1999 world cup to be held in England.

India played her first test match in 1932. New Zealand played their first in 1930.

The first cricketer to be knighted was Sir Pelham Warner of England. Sir Neville Cardus was the first cricket writer to be knighted.

The first international cricket match ever was held between Canada and the U.S.A.

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