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"Test match" Definitions
  1. a cricket or rugby match played between the teams of two different countries, usually as part of a series of matches on a tour
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Christmas, weddings, funerals and the Test match are all fine.
On air during the third Test match, Maxwell fought back tears.
In the traditional Boxing Day Test match in Melbourne that started Dec.
The two countries competed in the first-ever Test match, in 1877.
Instead they want to talk about cricket, especially the historic Test match.
It dates from 1903, when the team played its first test match.
The most recent new country to play a Test match was Bangladesh, in 233.
His own Test match record as a batsman was, in his own word, poor.
The Test match, the game's five-day format, is the most gruelling challenge in team sport.
In a Test match, the single worst thing that a batsman can do is get out.
His career went off course in a Test match at the Lord's Cricket Ground that year.
At this year's auction, England's Tymal Mills, who has never played a Test match, fetched $1.75 million.
Only one side, Australia in the very first Test match in 218, has ever won their first game.
"For us, it is another test match tomorrow, we will just give our all to win," he said.
In another rare piece of good news, Afghanistan's cricket team made its Test match debut Thursday against India.
In Afghanistan's inaugural Test match last year, the national team was routed by India in just two days.
The squad of 23 that Mr Gatland has picked for today's test match gets the best of both worlds.
In fact, I start the chapter with him and his 10-wicket performance in the '99 Delhi test match.
England's fast bowler Stuart Broad was also hit in the face during a Test match against India in 2014.
The test match, which had been scheduled to start on Saturday, was canceled after the shooting and Bangladesh's tour abandoned.
First, that brash young T20 cricket has outgrown its stately forefathers, the one-day international (ODI) and five-day Test match.
Our man with the bashed nuts is Hilton Cartwright and he was on the field for Australia's test match against Pakistan.
It was no Victory test match, but the West Indies win in the Twenty20 cricket championships surprised us and the bookmakers.
But it wasn't until 21999 years after the first Test match that a fourth, the West Indies, joined the exclusive club.
Injury-ravaged Ireland had a difficult Six Nations, but it forced Coach Joe Schmidt to give new players test-match experience.
Look closer:  According to BBC Test Match Special commentator Dan Norcross, the bolt landed between two players, around 10m from the strip.
It's a unique test match; you can't switch off for one second, so we'll recover well and get ready for next week.
Either way, if Gulliver can wangle a week in Perth in 2018 to watch the Test match, his strategy will be clear.
"Test match cricket remains a key priority for the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB)," Tom Harrison, ECB Chief Executive Officer, said Monday.
How can we make the life cycle [of a test] match up a little better with the materials that are being used?
We want to win the test match and see how the plans of the last three or four weeks have come together.
"This is a little bit like a (cricket) test match - you stay on the pitch and the runs will come," Kenghe said.
The win, against Ireland at a Test match in northern India, is an increasingly rare commodity: a good news story in Afghanistan.
The first test match of this series, on June 24th, is perhaps the most anticipated game since the World Cup final in 2015.
Even cricket, a sport notorious for its draws, has a tiebreaking mechanism for level test-match series: the holder of the trophy retains it.
Imagine saying to cricket fans you could only see the last day of a test match and they would think that you are mad.
The ATP Men's Tennis Finals take place in London and India take on South Africa in Ranchi in their third and final Test Match.
Outside of the biannual tournaments, international games have remained something of an exhibition, tacked onto the end of long Test-match and ODI tours.
He earned an invitation to the World Cup with only one test match to his name but will not play due to postconcussion symptons.
We had much to discuss in the recent test match series between England and India — India won, but they were very magnanimous about it.
Of the West Indian XI that won last year's T20 world championship, just two have subsequently played a Test match, and none has this year.
"Both teams, staff and match officials are safe and the ICC fully supports the decision to cancel the test match," chief executive David Richardson said.
"We had a good chat yesterday when we did the jersey presentation and he had his 50th test match running out in front," he said.
Cricket, which has also been hit by match-fixing, had another major betting company&aposs logo appear on the boundary ropes in an Australian test match.
When India first toured Pakistan in 1955, the Wagah border crossing was left open and 10,000 Indian fans travelled to watch a Test match in Lahore.
Afghanistan: The country's beloved cricket team won its first-ever Test match, against Ireland, providing a rare bit of good news for the war-torn nation.
WHEN the England cricket team travelled to play Australia in the first ever Test match in 1887, the journey down under took around 50 days by steamship.
DURING the Australian cricket team's tour of England in 1981, Ian Botham and Bob Willis were both hopelessly out of form when the third Test match began.
Do you think his innings of 212 in the very first test match at Kingston against the West Indies was a turning point of the 1971 series?
In March 220 Islamic militants armed with guns attacked Sri Lanka's team bus while it was travelling to the third day of a Test match in Lahore.
He was also stripped of his match fee by the International Cricket Council, the global organization that oversees the sport, and was banned for one Test match.
The Bangladesh cricket team recounted their escape from an active shooter situation in Christchurch before calling off the final Test match of their tour in New Zealand.
While the West Indies was losing its Test match in Australia, six Caribbean players, including five who have played Test cricket, were playing in the B.B.L. One player, the top batsman Chris Gayle, will earn $1.25 million during six weeks of the I.P.L. in 2016; as a category A contracted player for the West Indies, he would earn $140,203 a year, plus $5,000 for every Test match appearance.
In 2006, Justin Langer of Australia was struck on the head by the first ball he saw in a five-day Test match and left with a concussion.
The Bangladesh cricket team recounted their escape from a "frightening" active shooter situation in Christchurch before calling off the final Test match of their tour in New Zealand.
In December, the sport underlined its growing popularity after three Pro Kabaddi League games enjoyed higher TV ratings than the Indian cricket team's recent Test match win against Australia.
David Warner, then captain Steve Smith and Cameron Bancroft were all banned from top level cricket for ball tampering during a Test match against South Africa in March 2018.
England would go on to win that particular Test match in the most dramatic of circumstances, triumphing by just two runs to ignite one of cricket's most memorable series.
During a recent Test match between South Africa and rival Australia, a poignant picture of Rabada, Philander, Ngidi, and Maharaj was taken as they left the field of play.
Elsewhere, the first day of England Cricket's test match against Pakistan at Lord's has a "captain's table" package which looks pretty cheap by comparison, prices start from £629 per head.
The arrest came just two days before his brother, Usman, is expected to play for Australia in the first test match of a four-game series against India in Adelaide.
Adil Rashid, another Pakistani-origin cricketer who recently became a regular on the England Test match squad, speaks in a broad Yorkshire accent, while Mr. Ali has a Midlands accent.
The decision on whether to stop play at the test match would rest with ICC match referee Richie Richardson and the umpires as they closely monitor air quality and visibility.
This is best illustrated by the West Indies team that won the ICC World Twenty0003 Cup last year: just three of the 15-man squad have subsequently played a Test match.
He was booed and jeered mercilessly during the World Cup in England, and his presence at Edgbaston in this Test match was met with loud derision from a partisan home crowd.
In February, the Australian national cricket team will play two matches in 242 hours on different continents: a Twenty2800 match at home against Sri Lanka and a Test match in India.
Image 2 of 203 BENGALURU, India – When Afghanistan plays its inaugural cricket test match against top-ranked India starting Thursday, it&aposs an event that has been 17 years in the making.
India won the toss and chose to bat, making a strong start in the maiden five-day test match in the Indian city of Bengaluru, attended by top government officials from both sides.
But after a public spat with the West Indies cricket federation over an excused absence from a 2014 test match against New Zealand, Powell stepped away from international cricket and has not returned.
Bangladesh were due to reach Karachi on March 29 to play the one-dayer on April 1 and the second test match which was to begin four days later at the port city.
The ceasefires, which follow months of deteriorating security, especially in the capital, Kabul, have coincided with the start of the soccer World Cup and the Afghan cricket team's test match debut against India.
Of the West Indies' squad that won the WT20 last year, just three players have subsequently played a Test match, and leading players have only spasmodically been available in one-day international (ODI) cricket.
DEHRADUN, India — On Thursday, Afghanistan's national cricket team will play India in a Test match, a form of the game — taking place over five seven-hour days — reserved for a select group of nations.
In January, Matt Renshaw of Australia was struck on the head twice in three days — first while batting, then while fielding — and was withdrawn from the remainder of a Test match with a concussion.
Just look at the huge City sponsorship of the Chelsea Flower Show, the Cricket Test Match at Lord's and, of course, Wimbledon and you can see how integral a part of doing business it's become.
Shaw is the fourth youngest player in the history of cricket to hit a debut century, and also became the second youngest Indian player to score a Test match century after the legendary Sachin Tendulkar.
The pressure was mounting as it was the final test match of the series and a failure again could have shut the door of the Indian dressing room on him, at least for a while.
Admitted as a full member of the International Cricket Council in 2017, Afghanistan won its first five-day Test match against Ireland last month after making steady progress in the lower levels of the international game.
They will be joined at Carnoustie in July by young American Sean Crocker (seven-under), whose Zimbabwean father Gary played in that country's first ever cricket test match in 1992, and Australia's Lucas Herbert (six-under).
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The Bangladesh cricket team narrowly avoided being caught up in a shooting at a mosque in Christchurch on Friday that left 30 dead and forced the cancellation of a test match against hosts New Zealand.
Banished from the international arena after being found guilty of ball tampering during a Test match in South Africa in March of last year, Smith resigned the Australian captaincy and was suspended from cricket for a year.
All of them learned to play in the dusty outskirts of Peshawar, the home in exile of Afghan cricket, and are now preparing to step into the limelight of a five-day test match for the first time.
Sports Briefing | Cricket Sri Lanka suspended its fast-bowling coach, Anusha Samaranayake, for two months over allegations of an attempt to bribe players to underperform in a Test match to ensure a surprise win for the West Indies.
In 24, Channel 24 ran the first British series of "Big Brother," broadcasting reality television in a manner—for hours and hours a day—that had previously been reserved for royal occasions, test-match cricket, and international disasters.
In cricket, switching nationalities is as old as the international game itself: Billy Midwinter, an Australian who played in the inaugural Test match, in 1877, later played for England against Australia, and then returned to playing for Australia.
On Tuesday, two cricketers threw up on the field during an India-Sri Lanka Test match as a toxic haze blanketed the stadium and Sri Lanka, whose players wore masks, said it had complained to the International Cricket Council.
Amir, a 23-year-old left-arm fast bowler, will resume an international career interrupted in 2010, when he was caught spot-fixing during a five-day test match against England in Lord's, the storied cricket stadium in London.
Nothing captured more attention in a nation of cricket fanatics, however, than the sight of a smog-sickened Sri Lankan player doubled over and vomiting on the grass during a nationally televised test match in Delhi in early December.
"When I went with my mother to see a test match my cousin was playing, and he scored a century, I told my mother I wanted to be a test cricketer," Khan told William and Kate during their meeting.
When Pakistan toured Australia recently, it did not have a traveling team doctor, and after a player was hit on the head during a Test match, it was left to the player to decide whether to return to the game.
Given that the winning franchise reportedly gets just $3m in prize money, the ability of household Test-match names to sell tickets and replica shirts is probably more important than their productivity on the pitch, which is not much different from non-veterans.
The memory of women bowed by the all-enveloping burqa, enforced under Taliban rule, trudging past destroyed homes is also fading amid talk of possible further Taliban ceasefires, upcoming elections, the national cricket team's first "test" match against India - and the World Cup.
A significant portion of that figure can be attributed to the cancellation of matches against India, which has not played Pakistan in any Test match since a terrorist attack in Mumbai in November 2008 conducted by a militant organization based in Pakistan.
JOHANNESBURG/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia coach Darren Lehmann said on Thursday he would step down after this week's test match against South Africa, as he took ultimate responsibility for the culture of a team embroiled in a ball-tampering scandal that has rocked the sport.
When its leading spin bowler Saeed Ajmal was banned in 22015 because of questions about his bowling action, the team called up Yasir Shah, who had no test match experience but has since taken 21 wickets in 16 matches and briefly topped world bowling rankings.
The Ireland cricket team toured England in July 2019 to play a one-off four- day Test match at Lord's. It was the first Test match to be played between the two sides, and was England's first four-day Test match since they toured New Zealand in 1971. It was Ireland's third Test match, and their twelfth international fixture against England. The Test match was part of England's preparations for the 2019 Ashes series.
DRS was used in the Test match. Ahead of the Test match, there was a two-day tour match between India A and Bangladesh.
Men's international cricket started with Pakistan's tour of Ireland, which included a one-off Test match that Pakistan won. The Test match was Ireland's first ever.
Bangladesh's captain Mushfiqur Rahim downplayed the historic nature of the tour saying "we want to play in such a way that India invites again and again. This to me is just another Test match". India won the Test match by 208 runs. During the Test match, India set several individual and team records.
The Zimbabwe cricket team toured South Africa in December 2017 to play a four- day Test match as a day/night fixture which started on Boxing Day. Zimbabwe last played a Test match in South Africa in March 2005. Ahead of the Test match, there was also a three-day day/night match between Zimbabwe and a Cricket South Africa Invitation XI. The Test match finished inside two days, with South Africa winning by an innings and 120 runs. Despite being a four-day match, Cricket South Africa sought approval from the International Cricket Council (ICC) to grant the fixture Test match status.
The All Blacks lost the Sydney test match, but won the return test match later in the month, during the subsequent Australian tour of New Zealand to retain the Bledisloe Cup.
The traditional method of the tossing of a coin in test match cricket has been practiced in the 141 years of Test cricket history from the inaugural test match in 1877.
He has refereed 4 Australia v New Zealand Anzac Test in 2009Anzac Test Match 2009 & 2010Anzac Test Match 2010 & 2011Anzac Test Match 2011 & 2012Anzac Test Match 2012 He has also refereed Australia v New Zealand in the 4 Nations in 20102010 Match Officials for the Final of the Four Nations Cup He has refereed the 2013 Rugby League World Cup final.Sat 30th Nov 2013, 14:30 - Final He was International Referee of the Year in 2010.
Ireland played their first men's Test Match against Pakistan in May 2018, losing by 5 wickets. Ireland's women played a test match prior to full membership in 2000, coincidentally also against Pakistan.
India's national team visited Bangladesh in 2000–01 to take part in the inaugural Test match played by the Bangladesh national cricket team. The tour consisted of a one off test match.
She later served as a Test match selector for England.
Australia won the only test match played and the Bledisloe Cup.
Bangladesh also continued to do well in test cricket. They have beaten England and Sri Lanka in 2016-17 session. The win against Sri Lanka was the 100th test match and 9th winning test match for Bangladesh.
In a Test match against New Zealand, he registered his highest Test match bowling figures of 3–93. This and the next Test in the series (subsequently his last so far) brought his bowling action into question.
This was the first ever Test match to be played at The Rose Bowl. Sri Lankan batsman Lahiru Thirimanne made his Test Match debut. Chris Tremlett made his best Test figures to date with 6 for 48.
Three ODIs were played, one before and two after the Test match.
Australia vs England in the second women's Test match in Sydney, 1935.
In November 2019, the first Test match was played on the ground.
Unlike in cricket, where the ICC tightly controls the application of "Test match" status, World Rugby's regulations do not define a "test match". They define an "international match" as "a Match played between National Representative Teams selected by Unions".World Rugby Handbook, 2018 In rugby union, test match status and caps may be awarded by either team's governing body regardless of the decision of their opponents. Although both teams' governing bodies do not need to recognise the match as a test match for caps to be awarded, it is rare that they should disagree.
He died in Chichester, the last English survivor of the first Test match.
His elder brother Gus played in South Africa's inaugural Test match in 1889.
In November 2013, he refereed his first test match between Spain and Japan.
George Edward Downs (25 July 1856 – 2 April 1936 at Adelaide, South Australia) was a cricket Test match umpire. He umpired one Test match between Australia and England in Adelaide on 24 March to 28 March 1892, standing with Bill Whitridge, also in his only Test match. England won easily by an innings and 230 runs – the largest victory margin to that date – in Jack Blackham’s last match.
The Bangladesh cricket team toured Zimbabwe from 4 to 21 August 2011. The tour consisted of one Test match and five One Day Internationals (ODIs) played against the Zimbabwean national team and one first-class match played against a Zimbabwean representative team. The Test match was Zimbabwe's first since India toured Zimbabwe in 2005. Zimbabwe won the Test match by 130 runs and also won the one-day series 3–2.
The Zimbabwe national cricket team played their first Test match in South Africa in October and November 1999. South Africa won the Test match, which was the first to be held at Springbok Park in Bloemfontein, easily as well as a return match played immediately afterwards at Bulawayo in Zimbabwe.Manthorp N (2001) Test Match, South Africa v Zimbabwe, 1999-2000, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2001. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
Played as a curtain raiser to the Samoa-Tonga Pacific Rugby League test match.
Played as a curtain raiser to the Samoa-Fiji Pacific Rugby League test match.
A total of 40 Test match five- wicket hauls were taken on the ground.
Played as a curtain raiser to the Samoa- Tonga Pacific Rugby League test match.
Played as a curtain raiser to the Samoa-Fiji Pacific Rugby League test match.
Thanks, Johnners. p. 56 While covering the 1990–91 Ashes series for Today, he was approached by Peter Baxter about joining Test Match Special.Agnew. Thanks, Johnners. p. 61 Unhappy at certain editorial decisions that had been taken during his time with the newspaper, Agnew agreed to attend an interview after the tour. Agnew joined Test Match Special in 1991, in time for the first Test match of the summer.Agnew. Thanks, Johnners. p. 66 He was initially a junior member of the Test Match Special team, learning at close quarters from figures such as Brian Johnston, Henry Blofeld and Bill Frindall.
Test match at Lord's, May 2004 Over one hundred Test matches have been played at Lord's, the first in 1884 when England defeated Australia by an innings and 5 runs. Australia's first win was in 1888 by 61 runs. South Africa played their first Test match at Lord's in 1907 and the ground was the host to an Australia v South Africa Test match in 1912. The West Indies appeared in a Test match at Lord's for the first time in 1928, to be followed by New Zealand (1931), India (1932), Pakistan (1954), Sri Lanka (1984), Zimbabwe (2000), Bangladesh (2005) and Ireland (2019).
The India women's national cricket team toured South Africa in 2001–02, playing one Test match and four women's One Day Internationals. South Africa won the ODI series by 2–1 and India won the only Test match played between the sides.
The South Africa cricket team toured Zimbabwe from 9 to 21 August 2014, playing one Test match and three One Day International (ODI) matches against the Zimbabwean team. South Africa won the one-off Test match and won the ODI series 3-0.
National Stadium, Karachi. The National Stadium is a cricket ground in Karachi, Pakistan. The first Test match played at the National Stadium was in 1955 between Pakistan and India. The most recent Test match hosted by the ground, was played in February 2009.
Simon Mann (born 1963 at Bristol) is a BBC radio sports commentator, most notable for being a member of the Test Match Special teamBBC Test Match Special and who also reports on football matches for Radio Five Live. Supports Bristol Cty FC.
The first Test match five-wicket haul was taken by Pakistan's Tanvir Ahmed in the ground's first Test. Tanvir took six wickets for 120 runs on his Test match debut.We handled the pressure well - Misbah, CricInfo, 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
Tetley was made New Zealand captain in 1937 for the second Test match against Australia.
In the second Test match against the West Indies, Vihari scored his maiden Test century.
Played as a curtain raiser to the Australia-New Zealand end of year Test match.
It has been announced as the host its first test match in 2021/22 season.
Played as a curtain raiser to the Australia-New Zealand end of year Test match.
In October 2014, Naiqama captained Fiji in their Hayne/Mannah Cup test match against Lebanon.
The Australian cricket team toured India in October 1996 for a one-off Test match.
He scored 11 tries for the All Blacks, two of which were test match tries.
The 1st test match was held from 11-15 December 2019 in Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
In April 2013, Asotasi captained Samoa in their test match against fierce pacific rivals Tonga.
And future New Zealand tours of England, from 1931 onwards, were full Test match tours.
Retrieved 2018-04-17. Immediately before Zimbabwe travelled to South Africa they had played a Test and ODI series against Australia who had toured Zimbabwe for the first time. The matches saw Zimbabwe defeated heavily. After the single Test match in South Africa the South Africans travelled to Zimbabwe and played a return Test match at Harare South Africa won the Test match convincingly and Zimbabwe finished last in the ODI tournament.
Rennie's younger brother, Gavin, also played for Zimbabwe, the pair playing in the same Test team in 1997, John Rennie's final Test match. This was the first time that three sets of brothers had played for the same side in the same Test match, the Rennie brothers playing alongside Grant and Andy Flower and Paul and Bryan Strang.First Test match, Zimbabwe v New Zealand, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1999. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
They went on to win the test match by 22–10. Fiji's Marika Koroibete won the man of the match award, scoring 2 tries in the match. Papua New Guinea's defeat means that they still haven't won a test-match on away soil since the 2000 Rugby League World Cup. Fiji picked 6 débutantes for the test match, while PNG also featured six players making their first ever International appearance for their country.
Ireland's Isobel Joyce took the first Test match five- wicket haul in Ireland women's only Test match in 2000. Joyce took 6/21against Pakistan, also at College Park.Only Test, Pakistan Women tour of Ireland at Dublin, Jul 30-31 2000, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
Samoa hosted New Zealand in Apia for the first time as an official test match, the first Pacific nation to do so. Kenya played 2 test matches, against Portugal and Spain. Portugal became the first European side to visit Kenya for an official test match.
Having not hosted a test match since playing Fiji in June 2009, Tonga was given the go-ahead to host a test match with World Rugby's approval of the revamped Teufaiva Sport Stadium. Fiji retained their title to win for the third consecutive year.
Watkins was selected for the All Blacks in 1905 for a test match against Australia. The match occurred while "The Originals" were in transit to Great Britain and thus unavailable for selection but was still given test match status by the New Zealand Rugby Union.
As there was not enough time left for a result either, Zimbabwe slowly batted out a draw. In so doing, Zimbabwe became the first team to avoid losing their first Test match since Australia in 1876/77, when the first Test match was played.
On 14 June 2000, Sri Lanka played their 100th Test match. It was against Pakistan, at SSC, Colombo, under the leadership of Sanath Jayasuriya. Pakistan won by 5 wickets. On 4 August 2016, they played their 250th Test match when they played Australia in Galle.
He made his debut for Samoa in a test match against Tonga, at Tokyo on April 11, 1990. He was part of the 1991 Rugby World Cup roster. His last international match was in a test match against Fiji, at Suva, on June 20, 1992.
His debut with Western Samoa was during a test match against Korea at Tokyo, on April 8, 1990. He was part of the 1991 Rugby World Cup roster. His last international appearance was in a test match against Fiji at Apia, on June 5, 1993.
To date, Sri Lanka have played just a single Women's Test match, against Pakistan in 1998.
Fourth Test Match, Australia v England 1920–21], Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1922. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
Scotland, after a loss in the first test match, won the second and drawn the series.
The 2014 Hayne/Mannah Cup was a rugby league test match played between Fiji and Lebanon.
During the Afghanistan's inaugural test match he along with Wafadar set a new record for becoming the first pair of teenagers to concede more than 100 runs each in nation's inaugural Test match. In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Ireland in India. In the second innings, he took five wickets for 82 runs, becoming the first bowler for Afghanistan to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match.
A test match in rugby league football is a representative match between teams representing members of the Rugby League International Federation. The definition of a test match differs from that of an international match. An international match can be played "between senior/open age or restricted age- level teams from different countries". As in Test cricket, a rugby league test match is a "test of strength and competency" between the sides involved, both fielding their strongest possible teams.
He made his Test debut against Pakistan in April 2015. Soumya Sarkar also played in Bangladesh's 100th Test match, where they defeated Sri Lanka on their home soil. He played a key role in that historic Test match, scoring 61 in the first innings and taking five catches, the most by any player for Bangladesh in a single Test match. Sarkar also set the record for taking the most catches for Bangladeshi in a Test innings (4).
The Wankhede Stadium underwent renovation between 2008 and Brabourne hosted international and first-class matches in Mumbai during that period. It was scheduled to host a Test match (BCCI's and CCI's Platinum Jubilee Test) against England in December 2008 but the match was switched to the PCA Stadium in Mohali following the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Though the Test match took place at Mohali, the Platinum Jubilee celebrations were shelved. The ground did finally host another Test match in 2009.
The test match against South Africa took place on 2 September at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. This was a week after the sport was declared "open" with restrictions on payments to players removed, making it the first test match of rugby union's professional era. This was the ninth test match between the countries, but only the second match since 1970. South Africa had won seven of the previous encounters, with one draw between the sides.
On the first day of the match, Rahmat Shah became the first batsman to score a century for Afghanistan in a Test. During the one-off Test match, Afghanistan's Mohammad Nabi announced his retirement from Test cricket, to allow him to focus on white-ball cricket. Afghanistan won the one-off Test match by 224 runs. It was Afghanistan's second win in Test cricket, their first overseas, and Rashid Khan became the youngest captain to win a Test match.
A Test match being played between India and Pakistan at M.Chinnaswamy Stadium,Bengaluru,India in 2007 This is a list of Indian Test cricketers. A Test match is an international cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test cap. Where more than one player won his first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname.
The Type-C ‘ice-cream van’ broadcast Any Questions? and sport, i.e. Test Match Special and athletics.
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Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 9 June, the first test match of the tour.
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Campese played his first professional Test match for Australia in the first Test against Wales in 1996.
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Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 7 June, the first test match of the tour.
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Arthur George Jenkins (7 February 1887 – 19 May 1963) was a South Australian cricket Test match umpire.
"FIFTH TEST MATCH: A NEW UMPIRE CHOSEN." – The Advertiser. Published 26 February 1929. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
Prior to that he had only lead Bangladesh in one Test match in 2017 against New Zealand.
The first stage of the tournament was a test match in Bendigo at the Bendigo Hockey Complex.
Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 18 June, the first test match of the tour.
Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 11 June, the first test match of the tour.
And future New Zealand tours of England, from this 1931 tour onwards, were full Test match tours.
The Pakistan innings of 708 is the highest in Test match history not to feature a wide.
India women's national cricket team toured New Zealand in February 1995. The tour included a Women's Test match, a Women's ODI match and a Women's ODI tri- angular tournament among Australia, India and New Zealand. India won the WODI match and the tournament, whereas the Test match was drawn.
MCG a yellow seat marks the biggest six hit at the ground. The record for the most sixes in a Test match is 27, which occurred during a 2006 Test match between Pakistan and India at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad. In their first innings, Pakistan hit eleven sixes.
Tayfield was the first South African to take nine wickets in an innings.Fourth Test match, England v South Africa 1956–57, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1958. Retrieved 2020-03-10. The only five-wicket haul in a women's Test match was taken by South African Lorna Ward in 1972.
In Sydney, the scores were 10–1, 6–2, 6–1 and 4–2. In 2007, the Australians hosted New Zealand for a test match in Canberra where Australia won. In early 2012, the junior national team played a test match against the senior open men's team in Canberra.
In January 1979 he umpired one women's Test match. Altogether, he umpired 14 first-class matches in his career between 1973 and 1980, the Test match being his last. Off the field Copeland was a member of the Victorian police force. Copeland died on 18 September 2011, aged 82.
Arthur Edwin Wyeth (3 July 1887 at Melbourne, Victoria – 18 October 1971 at Brisbane, Queensland) was a cricket Test match umpire. He umpired one Test match in 1931 between Australia and the West Indies at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground on 16 January to 20 January 1931. Australia won by an innings with Don Bradman scoring 223, Bill Ponsford a century, and Clarrie Grimmett taking 9 wickets for the match. Wyeth's partner, James Orr, was also standing in his only Test match.
James Patrick Orr (18 July 1868 at Brisbane, Queensland – 26 December 1940 at Brisbane, Queensland) was a cricket Test match umpire. He umpired one Test match in 1931 between Australia and the West Indies at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground on 16 January to 20 January 1931. Australia won by an innings with Don Bradman scoring 223, Bill Ponsford a century, and Clarrie Grimmett taking 9 wickets for the match. Orr's partner, Arthur Wyeth, was also standing in his only Test match.
In May 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for their inaugural Test match, played against India. He made his Test debut for Afghanistan, against India, on 14 June 2018. Mujeeb became the sixth player, and first for Afghanistan, to make his first-class debut in a Test match. He became the first player born in the 21st century to play Test cricket and also became the youngest player to feature in their country's inaugural Test match (17 years and 78 days).
Alfred Percy Williams (died 22 May 1933) was an Australian cricket Test match umpire. He umpired one Test match, between Australia and England, played at Sydney on 19 to 27 December 1924. This match was notable for being the first Test match in which the 8-ball over was used, for Bill Ponsford's century on debut, and for the 127 run partnership for the 10th wicket between Johnny Taylor and Arthur Mailey, still Australia's best for this wicket. Williams' colleague was Alfred Jones.
Additionally, former AFL defender Ciarán Sheehan was drafted into the Irish squad prior to the second test match.
His partnership with Morrison helped New Zealand secure a draw and prevented England from winning the test match.
He was again picked for the New Zealand side in 1989 and played one test match against Australia.
On 8 October, Lino made his international debut for Samoa in their test match against Fiji in Apia.
Louise Clough (born 1937) is a former New Zealand cricketer. She played in one Test match in 1969.
He finished his career as the Australian coach with a test match winning record of just below 80%.
Ellison featured only in the first Test match of the series, taking a single wicket for 80 runs.
Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 10 June 2017, the first test match of the tour.
His brother Rakesh Shukla, who was also a batsman and leg-spinner, played one Test match for India.
His 100th, and last test match was in his team's defeat by Fiji in the 2007 World Cup.
This is a list by country of every woman cricketer who has played at least one Test match.
The 2016 Samoa vs. Fiji rugby league test match was played between Samoa and Fiji at Apia Park.
1976 ~ 1995: The Bank sponsored the First ever official Test Match played by the National side against England.
The third Test of the series, at Lahore, was the 600th Test match to be played by England.
Zimbabwe have never beaten Sri Lanka in a Test match. Zimbabwe last played a home Test match in November 2017, against the West Indies. In December 2019, Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed that the tour would take place following their tour of India. In January 2020, Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed the tour schedule.
The Australian national cricket team visited Pakistan in October 1956 and played a single Test match against the Pakistani national cricket team. Pakistan won the Test series 1–0. Australia were captained by Ian Johnson and Pakistan by Abdul Hafeez Kardar. The Test match was the first between the two teams.
India's efforts went in to saving the Test match, but India once again lost Pathan early in the innings. India finished 4th day at 45–1. Sehwag went on to score 151. Even though other batsmen fell cheaply, his innings made sure that India would not lose the test match.
The Boxing Day Test match is a cricket Test match held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia involving the Australian cricket team and an opposing national team that is touring Australia during the southern summer. It begins annually on Boxing Day (26 December) and is played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
Joseph John Hills (14 October 1898 — 1969) was an English first-class cricketer, Test match umpire and professional footballer.
During the tour one Test match was played against AustraliaNew Zealand's first everand Nicholson was selected for the side.
Lord's was the venue of the 2000th test match when England hosted India from 21 to 25 July 2011.
Pala returned to the international scene in 2016, playing in a one-off test match against England in Avignon.
He played a second Test match four years later at the Adelaide Oval, but did not take a wicket.
Springer played in France's lone international fixture of 2016, an end of year test match against England in Avignon.
David "Dai" Davies (26 August 1896 – 16 July 1976) was a Welsh first-class cricketer and Test match umpire.
The first stadium to host a Test match in India was also the Gymkhana Ground in Bombay in 1933, the only Test it ever hosted. The second and third Tests in the 1933 series were hosted at Eden Gardens and Chepauk. The Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi was the first stadium to host a Test match after independence, a draw against the West Indies in 1948, the first of a 5-Test series. 21 stadiums in India have hosted at least one official Test match.
The Afghanistan cricket team were scheduled to tour Australia in December 2020 to play a one-off Test match. The Test match would have been the first one between the two teams, and was scheduled to take place at the Perth Stadium. On 28 May 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed that the one-off Test match would be a day/night match. In July 2020, Cricket Australia also confirmed they were doing everything to ensure that the match goes ahead, despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first five-wicket haul taken in an international match on the ground was taken by England bowler Trevor Bailey who took five wickets for the cost of 20 runs (5/20) against South Africa in the ground's first Test match in 1956.First Test match, England v South Africa 1956–57, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1958. Retrieved 2020-03-11. South Africa's Hugh Tayfield's innings bowling figures of 9/113 in 1957 against England are the best innings bowling figures in a Test match on the ground.
The Great Britain side toured New Zealand in July. They opened the tour by defeating Northern Districts, who featured Russell Stewart before losing the first Test match against the New Zealand national rugby league team 0-12. They then defeated the New Zealand Māori side 19-8 and Central Districts, who included Sam Stewart, 38-6 before losing the second Test match, and the series, 12-28. They defeated the South Island 36-14 before losing the third and final Test match 16-32.
He made his Test match debut in Hobart on 14 January 2010, in the third Test match against Australia, replacing Kamran Akmal who suffered an "error-ridden performance" in the second Test. His unimpressive batting saw him dropped from the team after just one match. He was dropped again after one match.
The List of Canada national rugby union players lists all those who played in an International Test Match for Canada.
Samoa was victorious, winning 32-23 in Sydney, the first time Manu Samoa had won a test match against Australia.
As of 2013, it remains the second highest score by a player in the fourth innings of a Test match.
Delwyn Brownlee (born 10 January 1969) is a former New Zealand cricketer. She played in one Test match in 1995.
On his Test Match debut, he took five wickets in the second innings against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 1998.
Caroline Sinton (born 23 January 1938) is a New Zealand former cricketer. She played in one Test match in 1957.
On 4 July 2020, Burns was named in England's thirteen-man squad for the first Test match of the series.
Jack Badley was a West Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, West Indies vs. England, in 1930.
Mohammad Gulzar Mir is a former Pakistani cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, Pakistan vs. England, in 1969.
C. Saunders was a South African cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, South Africa vs. England, in 1928.
He played in the test match against Georgia, when Georgia toured the Pacific nations in their 2016 mid-year tour.
John Smeaton (born 31 August 1948) is a former Australian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match in 2001.
Josephine Batson (23 February 1929 – 7 March 2000) played a Test match for the English women's cricket team in 1958.
The Test match was the first to be played at Springbok Park in Bloemfontein and only the second between the two countries.Manthorp N (2001) Test Match, South Africa v Zimbabwe, 1999-2000, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2001. Retrieved 2018-04-14.Chesterfield T (1999) Bacher injury mishap on eve of Test, CricInfo, 1999-10-29.
She made her Test match debut in November 1995 against England in Calcutta. She was sent in as a nightwatchman against the English team in her very first Test match for India. Living up to her coach's confidence in her she successfully batted till the next morning till lunch scoring 27 runs for her team.
USA Rugby was formally organized in June 1975 and fielded its first men's national team on January 31, 1976 in a test match against Australia—a 24–12 defeat. Robbie Bordley served as team captain in this first match, and in the team's first modern-era test match against France on June 12, 1976.
On 4 October 2014, the Niue rugby league team record their first ever international test match win defeating the Philippines 36–22. In May 2015, Niue Rugby League recorded their second international test match win against the South African Rugby League side, 48–4. Niue now sit 31st in the Rugby League World Rankings.
The final match of the series saw the only Test match appearance by Douglas Carr at the age of 37. Carr became the first man to play for England having made his first-class debut earlier in the same season.England v Australia 1909 – Fifth Test Match, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1910. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
W A Young (dates unknown) was a cricket Test match umpire. He umpired one Test match, between Australia and England, played at Melbourne on 9 February to 13 February 1912 and won easily by England, following a record first-wicket partnership of 323 between Jack Hobbs and Wilfred Rhodes. Young's colleague was Bob Crockett.
Hair umpired his first Test match in January 1992, between Australia and India in Adelaide. In 1994 the International Cricket Council (ICC) introduced a policy of appointing one umpire to each Test match from a non-participating country, and since 2002 both umpires have been appointed from non-participating nations. Since 2002 the majority of Hair’s Test matches have been played outside Australia, and did not involve Australia. His last Test match involving Australia was against South Africa at Melbourne on 26 to 29 December 2001. Hair’s colleague was the West Indian umpire, Eddie Nicholls.
The Pakistan cricket team visited Ireland in May 2018 to play a Test match against the Ireland cricket team. It was the first Test match played by the Ireland men's team since they were awarded Test status by the International Cricket Council (ICC) in June 2017. The Ireland women's cricket team had previously played a Women's Test match, also against Pakistan, in July 2000. Pakistan won the one-off fixture by five wickets, with Ireland's Kevin O'Brien named as the man of the match, after he scored the first century for Ireland in Test cricket.
Rodríguez played his first Test match for Argentina against New Zealand 1979 and his last Test match for the Argentine team was against Australia on 7 August 1983 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. In March 1984, he emigrated with his family to Sydney, Australia. Warringah RC organised his settlement in Sydney's Northern Beaches. Rodriguez played his first Test match for the Wallabies against Fiji on 9 June 1984 (barely 10 weeks after arrival) then a three-test series against New Zealand in Australia and the 1984 Grand Slam tour of UK and Ireland.
This was the biggest win for India in Test match cricket excluding an innings victory. It was a historical match for India with Sachin Tendulkar who became the highest run scorer in Test match history surpassing record of 11,957 runs marks and on the way becoming the first man to score 12000 runs in Test cricket history. It was a historic outing for Sourav Ganguly too, as he passed 7000 runs in Test cricket and scored a century in the process. The Third Test Match was played at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi.
Cockrell made his provincial debut for Western Province in 1972 and played in 102 matches for the union. He made his test debut for the Springboks on 23 November 1974 at Stade Municipal in Toulouse against France. Cockrell scored his first and only test try during his third test match on 21 June 1975 in Bloemfontein against the touring French team captained by Richard Astre. His last test match, was the Springboks’ first ever test match against the USA on 20 September 1981 at the Owl Creek Polo ground in Glenville, New York.
In 1992, South Africa played a rugby union test match against New Zealand, which later became known as the Return Test. It was a rugby union test match between the South African national rugby union team (colloquially known as the Springboks) and New Zealand national rugby union team (colloquially known as the All Blacks) at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg on 15 August 1992. It was named as the Return Test as it was South Africa's first test match since the International Rugby Board (IRB) had banned them due to apartheid.
Controversy occurred late in the match as the game had to be called off before Langi had the chance to convert the final try due to fans invading the pitch. Both teams selected a number of débutantes, with the most experienced players only appearing between 3-8 times. The most experienced players that played in the test match were Tonga's Richard Fa'aoso and Etu Uaisele who both made 8 appearances for their country before this test match. Samoa's most experienced player was Ben Roberts who made 3 appearances before this test match.
A total of seven five-wicket hauls have been taken at Malahide Cricket Club Ground, including one in a Test match.
Nancy Browne (5 September 1913 - 10 October 1996) was a New Zealand cricketer. She played in one Test match in 1935.
Dot Bailey (6 December 1916 - 30 November 2009) was a New Zealand cricketer. She played in one Test match in 1949.
Esther Blackie (29 January 1916 - 9 March 1991) was a New Zealand cricketer. She played in one Test match in 1949.
Billie Fulford (21 August 1914 - 28 May 1987) was a New Zealand cricketer. She played in one Test match in 1948.
Merle Hollis (22 May 1915 - 31 August 1980) was a New Zealand cricketer. She played in one Test match in 1935.
Peg Taylor (19 February 1917 - 22 July 2004) was a New Zealand cricketer. She played in one Test match in 1935.
Hilda Thompson (26 March 1919 - 16 June 2004) was a New Zealand cricketer. She played in one Test match in 1948.
Daphne Robinson (16 February 1932 - 7 February 2008) was a New Zealand cricketer. She played in one Test match in 1961.
South Africa and Pakistan played in the inaugural Blind cricket test match in 2000 when Pakistan recorded a 94 run victory.
He played the first official match of the France national rugby union team in 1906, and a test match in 1907.
J. G. Blackman was a West Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, West Indies vs. England, in 1935.
G. Williams was a former West Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, West Indies vs. Pakistan, in 1958.
K. Woods was a former West Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, West Indies vs. England, in 1954.
R. Cole is a former West Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, West Indies vs. India, in 1962.
He was also a more than useful hard-hitting lower order batsman, as Test match fifties against Pakistan and England testify.
After this obvious exploitation of the rules the league scrapped the test match system in favour of automatic promotion and relegation.
After this obvious exploit of the rules the league scrapped the test match system in favour of automatic promotion and relegation.
The West Indies won the one-off Test match by nine wickets, with the game finishing early on the third day.
Messent was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and made her senior international debut in a test match against Argentina in August 2006.
A total of 150 Test match five-wicket hauls have been taken at the Oval, including five taken in Women's Tests.
The Australian women's cricket team toured England between 25 June and 13 July 2009, playing one Test match, five One Day Internationals and a Twenty20 International. Australia won the Twenty20 International, while England won the One Day International series 4-0\. The Test match, which was for the Women's Ashes, was drawn; ensuring that England retained them.
The Indian national cricket team visited Bangladesh in November 2000 to take part in the inaugural Test match played by the Bangladesh national cricket team, which India won by nine wickets. The tour consisted of the one-off Test match only. Bangladesh's Aminul Islam became the third batsman to make a century in their country's inaugural Test.
Arthur F. Cocks was an Australian cricket Test match umpire. He umpired one Test match between Australia and England at Adelaide on 2–8 February 1951. Australia won comfortably with Arthur Morris scoring 206, Jim Burke scoring a century in his first Test, and Bill Johnston taking 7 wickets. Cocks' partner in his only match was Andy Barlow.
Hirji Kenia Jayantilal (born 13 January 1948) is a former Indian cricketer who played in one Test match in 1971. On his Ranji Trophy debut, he scored 153 runs against Andhra. He only played one Test match in 1971 against West Indies, where he scored five runs. He was a substitute for Sunil Gavaskar as the latter was injured.
The Pakistan women's cricket team played its first ever Test match in the series. Playing in her first Test match, Baluch made top-scored for her team with 76 in the first innings. However, the hosts won the match by 309 runs. In her next match against Ireland in 2000 she was out for a duck.
While on-field Test match umpires have been able to refer some decisions to a third umpire since November 1992, the formal DRS system to add Player Reviews was first used in a Test match in 2008, first used in a One Day International (ODI) in January 2011, and used in a Twenty20 International in October 2017.
The England cricket team toured Sri Lanka in February 1982. The tour included two One Day International (ODI) matches and one Test match. Sri Lanka had become a Test playing nation the year before, and this was their inaugural Test match. Many celebrations had been prepared in Sri Lanka, include the issuing of commemorative stamps and coins.
The 1928–29 season was the 29th season of competitive football in Belgium. R Antwerp FC won their first Premier Division title, after a test match they won 2–0 to rival Beerschot AC. The test match was played because both teams ended up the season with the same number of points at the top of the Premier Division.
The first ever interstate deaf cricket match was held in 1895 in Australia between South Australia and Victoria. The first ever deaf cricket test match was played between Australia and England in 1992. In the inaugural test match Australia defeated England by 10 wickets. Australia then wen onto whitewash the England team 5-0 in the test series.
Throughout July and August 2011, various teams played Test match and non-test match fixtures for the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. The matches were primarily in the Northern Hemisphere involving the Six Nations Championship teams. Although Tier 2 European sides did play some fixtures against domestic clubs from the Aviva Premiership and Pro12.
Frank Mortimer played , and scored three conversions in Great Britain’s 21-10 victory over Australia in the first 1956 Ashes Test Match at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 17 November 1956, and scored three goals in Great Britain’s 9-22 defeat by Australia in the second 1956 Ashes Test Match at Odsal Stadium, Bradford on Saturday 1 December 1956.
A total of seven five-wicket hauls have been taken at Warner Park, one in a Test match and six in ODIs.
He umpired one women's Test match in 1985. Altogether, he umpired 67 first-class matches in his career between 1981 and 1995.
His second-innings 68 at Lord's a couple of months later laid the foundation for New Zealand to save the Test match.
Although Poland's women have not yet played test match rugby, they have been playing international sevens rugby since 2005. (Current playing record).
On 22 October 2016, Navarrete made his international début for France in their end of year test match against England in Avignon.
Although Bulgaria's women have not yet played test match rugby, they have been playing international sevens rugby since 2003. (Current playing record).
Mabel Cecilia Corby (25 October 1913 - 1 October 1993) was a New Zealand cricketer. She played in one Test match in 1935.
Although Moldova's women have not yet played test match rugby, they have been playing international sevens rugby since 2007. (Current playing record).
Lima played at prop forward for the Samoa national rugby league team in their 2013 one-off test match loss against Tonga.
Pearl Hannah Savin (20 June 1914 - 19 November 2000) was a New Zealand cricketer. She played in one Test match in 1935.
Magrin made his representative début for Malta in 2012. In 2017, he also played for Jamaica in their test match against France.
India's first innings is still the highest innings in Test match history that does not feature an individual century by a batsman..
The Indian Cricket team wore black armbands for a day during the test match with the West Indies, to condole Jaitley's death.
Although Malta's women have not yet played test match rugby, they have been playing international sevens rugby since 2004. (Current playing record).
The South Africa national women's cricket team toured the Netherlands in 2007, playing one Test match and three women's One Day Internationals.
Although Chile's women have not yet played test match rugby, they have been playing international sevens rugby since 2004. (Current playing record).
Arthur William Seccull (14 September 1868 – 20 July 1945) was a cricketer who played one Test match for South Africa in 1896.
Although Croatia's women have not yet played test match rugby, they have been playing international sevens rugby since 2003. (Current playing record).
Gordon Beves (15 March 1862 - 22 March 1927) was a South African cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match in 1896.
J. Da Silva is a former West Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, West Indies vs. England, in 1948.
R. D. R. Hill was a West Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, West Indies vs. England, in 1930.
This is a test match before the beginning of the second edition of the Unity Cup. Lions were defeated by 62-18.
Although Argentina's women have not yet played test match rugby, they have been playing international sevens rugby since 2004. (Current playing record).
On 4 July 2020, Foakes was named as one of the nine reserve players for the first Test match of the series.
Adelaide Oval was the host of the first ever day/night Test match, when Australia played New Zealand on 27 November 2015.
A total of seven five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground in international matches, including one in a Test match.
On 19 September, he was selected in the Tonga 29-man squad for their Test match against Australia, but did not play.
On 6 November 2019, the venue hosted its first ODI match. On 27 November 2019, the venue hosted its first Test match.
Although Poland's women have not yet played test match rugby, they have been playing international sevens rugby since 2005. (Current playing record).
Although Tunisia's women have not yet played test match rugby, they have been playing international sevens rugby since 2004. (Current playing record).
At the time of his death he was Australia's oldest living Test player and the last survivor of the first Test Match.
Altogether, he umpired 82 first-class matches in his career between 1977 and 1992 the Test match noted above being his last.
David Alexander Elder (29 April 1865 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia – 22 April 1954 at Deepdene, Victoria) was a cricket Test match umpire.
Poole toured with England again in 1994 when they traveled to South Africa. But again was not selected for either test match.
Afridi helps Pakistan draw first blood, CricInfo, 2009-04-22. Retrieved 2020-03-18. The first Test match five-wicket haul was taken by South African Morné Morkel in the grounds first Test match in 2010. Morkel took 5/54 against Pakistan.Morkel warns his best is yet to come, CricInfo, 2010-11-14. Retrieved 2020-03-19. The best Test match bowling figures on the ground are the eight wickets for 41 runs taken by Yasir Shah against New Zealand in 2018. Yasir went on to take another six wickets in New Zealand's second innings of the match and his match figures of 14/184 are the best in a Test match on the ground.Rasool D (2018) Yasir Shah bags 14 as Pakistan wrap up innings win, CricInfo, 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
Although St Lucia's women have not yet played test match rugby, they have been playing international sevens rugby since 2005. (Current playing record).
Australia crushed South Africa by an innings and 259 runs to seal a 4–0 series victory. This was Begbie's final Test match.
They also cover a wide variety of sporting events, including taking BBC's Test Match Special, the Australian Open, and international and domestic cricket.
Although Burkina Faso's women have not yet played test match rugby, they have been playing international sevens rugby since 2006. (Current playing record).
Badge Menzies (1901 - December 1965) was a West Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, West Indies vs. England, in 1954.
He is the father of the Ireland Test cricketer Stuart Thompson, who featured in Ireland's first ever Test match against Pakistan in 2018.
Pakistan and South Africa played in the inaugural Blind cricket test match in 2000 and Pakistan recorded a 94 run victory over them.
In February 2020, in the first Test against Bangladesh, he became the youngest bowler to take a hat-trick in a Test match.
The Village, Malahide (pictured here in 2013), was chosen as the venue for Ireland's first Test match. In July 2000, the Ireland and Pakistan women's teams faced each other in a Women's Test match at College Park, Dublin. Ireland women won the match by an innings and 54 runs, with Isobel Joyce named as the player of the match. It was the first Test match played by the Ireland women's cricket team. On 22 June 2017, at the ICC's annual conference, the Ireland and Afghanistan men's teams were awarded Test status, becoming Full Members of the ICC in the process.
This is also the best bowling performance by any visiting bowler in Asian sub-continent. Devendra Bishoo also set the record for becoming the first ever bowler to take 10 wicket haul in a day night test match and was also the only spinner as well as a legspinner to achieve this milestone. He was also the first bowler to take a 7 wicket haul as well as an 8 wicket haul in an innings of a day/night test match. He was also the only spinner to take a 6 wicket haul in an innings of a day/night test match.
The system was used again in the 2013–14 women's Ashes in Australia, with England winning 10–8, despite winning fewer matches; England won the test match, one ODI and one T20I, while Australia won two ODIs and two T20Is. For the 2015 Women's Ashes series, the points system was changed, so that four points were awarded for a test match win, rather than six. Australian coach Matthew Mott described this updated system as fairer, as "Whether you win or lose the Test match, it doesn't really disadvantage or advantage you." Australia won the series 10–6.
On 21 May 2009, Today on BBC Radio 4 ran a short feature on the album, asking "Why aren't there more songs about cricket?" in which entertainment reporter (and 2006 Daily Telegraph Fantasy Cricket champion) Colin Paterson interviewed Hannon and Walsh about the album. On 16 July 2009 the band appeared on the BBC's Test Match Special during the lunch break on the first day of the second Ashes Test match against the Australian team at Lord's. They sang a new song named "Test Match Special". "The Age of Revolution" was released as a download-only single on 28 June 2009.
In the Test series in South Africa later that year, Dhoni's scores of 34 and 47 were not sufficient to save the second Test against the Proteas, as India lost the series 2–1, squandering the chance to build on their first ever Test victory in South Africa (achieved in the first Test match). Dhoni's bruised hands ruled him out of the third Test match. On the fourth day of the first Test match at Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua during India's tour of West Indies, 2006, Dhoni's flick off Dave Mohammed to the midwicket region was caught by Daren Ganga.
Prior to 1957, BBC radio covered every home Test match, with Arlott normally one of the commentators, but it did not broadcast uninterrupted ball-by-ball commentary. Test Match Special (TMS) was launched on 30 May 1957, providing a full ball- by-ball Test Match commentary service on the medium wave service of the BBC Third Programme. The first match covered was the first Test between England and the West Indies at Edgbaston. The TMS commentators that day were Arlott, Rex Alston and E. W. Swanton, with summaries provided by Ken Ablack, from the West Indies, together with Norman Yardley and Freddie Brown.
South African cricketers Faf du Plessis and Dean Elgar expressed their concerns about a four-day Test match. Captain du Plessis said that "I believe the great Test matches have gone to the last hour of the last day on day five" and opening batsman Elgar said "I don't think you should tinker with something that's not broken". Zimbabwe's captain Graeme Cremer was more positive saying "everyone is excited to be part of the historical Test match". A day before the Test match, Faf du Plessis picked up a viral infection, putting him in doubt for the match.
In 1994, the International Cricket Council introduced a policy of appointing one umpire to each Test match from a non-participating country. Ten of Randell’s matches were played outside Australia, and did not involve Australia. His last Test match involving Australia was against South Africa at Adelaide on 30 January to 3 February 1998, finishing in a draw, with captain Mark Taylor dominating the first innings with 169 and Mark Waugh scoring a century in the second innings. Randell’s colleague was the New Zealander, Doug Cowie. Randell’s last Test match was between Zimbabwe and Pakistan at Harare on 21-25 March 1998.
The 2015 International Rules Series (officially the 2015 EirGrid International Rules Test) was contested between Gaelic footballers from Ireland and Australian footballers from Australia. The 19th series of International rules football since the concept's inception in 1984, Australia entered the test as defending champions, following their 10-point victory in the solitary test match in 2014. The match was played at the headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association, Croke Park, on Saturday, 21 November. As per the previous year, the series was a single one-off test match, with the winner of the test match claiming the Cormac McAnallen Cup.
John Richard (Jack) Collins (born 1 August 1932) was an Australian cricket Test match umpire. He umpired five Test matches between 1972 and 1975. His first match was between Australia and Pakistan at Melbourne on 29 December 1972 to 3 January 1973, won by Australia by 92 runs. Collins' partner in this match was Peter Enright, also standing in his first Test match.
He made his Twenty20 International debut in the same series on 23 June 2015. On 27 November 2015, Santner debuted in his first Test match against Australia. That match was also the first day/night Test. He also became the first player in history to make his test debut in a Day Night Test Match, where he made his debut against Australia.
Kubo was first capped for the Japan national team on 11 November 2000, during the test match against Ireland, at Lansdowne Road. He also was called up in the Japanese roster for the Rugby World Cup 2003 in Australia, playing two matches in the tournament. His last international cap was on 4 July 2004, during the test match against Italy, in Tokyo.
He won his first Test match with the Pakistan team during his 5th Test match, as Pakistan won comprehensively by 141 runs, he managed to take three wickets in the match including the wicket of Ross Taylor, who scored 97 runs in the second innings. He shone brightly with the bat as well and showed a solid technique for a lower order batsman.
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan test match at Galle The Galle International Stadium is a 17,000 capacity cricket stadium situated in Galle, Sri Lanka. The first Test match was between hosts Sri Lanka and New Zealand on 3 June 1998. Basically it is used for Test matches. In total the ground has been the venue for 31 Test matches, 9 One-Day International matches.
The second and third Tests in the 1933 series were hosted at Eden Gardens and Chepauk. The Feroz Shah Kotla Ground in Delhi was the first stadium to host a Test match after independence, a draw against the West Indies in 1948, the first of a 5-Test series. 21 stadiums in India have hosted at least one official Test match.
In 2009 Vaughan joined Test Match Special as an expert summariser during the England vs Australia ODI series. His first Test match was during England's series in South Africa. He appeared on the Sport Panel Show "Fighting Talk" on BBC Radio 5 Live. Vaughan is also a commentator on Channel Five's Cricket on Five television highlights package from the 2010 season.
For 22 years, the total of 36 stood as the lowest total in a Test match in England.Wisden – 1924 – First Test Match: England v South Africa, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 December 2006 However, more rain followed. Twelve hours of unbroken rain during Friday night left the wicket unplayable, and though the afternoon was fine no play was possible until quarter past five.
MacDonald, a halfback from Auckland, was part of Auckland's original 1908 rugby league team. He first represented New Zealand during the 1909 tour of Australia, playing in all three Test matches. MacDonald scored a try in the first Test match. MacDonald was again selected for New Zealand for the first Test match in New Zealand, against the 1910 Great Britain Lions.
George Gibbons Hearne (7 July 1856 – 13 February 1932) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club between 1875 and 1895. He also played in one Test match for England against South Africa in 1891/92. Hearne was part of the famous cricketing Hearne family. His brothers Alec and Frank also played Test match cricket.
Three bowlers took five-wicket hauls in the first Test match played on the ground. England's Billy Bates took five wickets for 31 runs (5/31) in the first innings of the match in 1884. His team-mate Bobby Peel and Australia's Joey Palmer also took five-wicket hauls during the match.First Test match, Australia v England 1884-85, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1886.
On 4 July 2020, Robinson was named as one of the nine reserve players for the first Test match of the series. Robinson was then named in England's squad for the second Test match of the series, his maiden call-up to the senior team. On 12 August 2020, Robinson was also named in England's squad for the second Test against Pakistan.
In September 1965, Moyle wrote to The Times to urge that one cricket test match in each tour should be allocated to South Wales."Test match For Wales?", The Times, 1 September 1965. In the Queen's Birthday honours list of 1966, he was given a life peerage, being created Baron Moyle, of Llanidloes in the County of Montgomery on 23 June 1966.
Teixido began his career with the Limoux Grizzlies. In 1994 he was selected by France and played in a test match against Great Britain.94 Test Match: France 4 Great Britain 12 Cherry and White He was subsequently selected to play for France in the 1995 World Cup. In 1996 Teixido moved to the Super League, joining the Paris Saint Germain club.
Clement Lecky Johnson (31 March 1871 – 31 May 1908) was an Irish cricketer who represented South Africa in a single Test match in 1896.
The Lions, however, scored three further tries to win 41–16, thus recording the most points by a Lions side in a test match.
In his fourth and final Test match he made a disappointing 4 and 13, and took 1/40 before being dropped from the team.
Charles King Pullin (1838-1894) was a cricket Test match umpire. He stood in 10 tests between 1884 and 1893. He died in Bristol.
Qais Ahmad (; born 15 August 2000) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his Test match debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in September 2019.
Muriel Ethel Haddelsey (7 August 1894 – 1983) was an English cricketer who played one test match for the England women's cricket team in 1937.
At the end of the year, Nofoaluma made his international debut for Samoa, playing fullback in an historic test match against Fiji in Apia.
The Kiwis beat France in the final test match of the tour 22–16 giving captain Roy Asotasi his first win as Kiwi captain.
S. V. Kumaraswamy (born 17 February 1918) was a former Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, India vs. England, in 1961.
This stand ranks as only the second instance where fourth innings of a Test match in Asia scored more than 150 run opening partnership.
Sunil Banerjee (19 December 1919 - 2 August 1986) was an Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, India vs. England, in 1964.
Cleophas Paynter (1943 - 27 April 1983) was a West Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match and one ODI game in 1977.
V. Rajagopal (born 1 July 1927) is a former Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, India vs. New Zealand, in 1969.
Buster Henderson (1911 - 6 March 1988) was a West Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, West Indies vs. England, in 1948.
Arthur Jones was the first substitute to keep wicket in a Test match, when he did so against Australia at The Oval in 1905.
Several fans were left angry at the inability to purchase tickets for the God of Cricket's 200th and final Test match in November 2013.
Wolfgramm played for Tonga in the 1999 test match against New Zealand. He was then part of the squad for the 2000 World Cup.
Billy Williams represented Wales XV (RU) while at Newport RFC in the 'Victory International' non-Test match(es) between December 1945 and April 1946.
Ibrahim Zadran (; born 12 December 2001) is an Afghan cricketer. He made his Test match debut for the Afghanistan cricket team in September 2019.
On 27 January 2019 during the fourth test match against England, he broke the record for the fastest wicketkeeper to effect 200 dismissals (47).
Group winners went to the final. Bottom clubs were relegated, while penultimate clubs went to a test-match against two clubs of the Second Division.
West Indies made its first Test Match tour of England and were hopelessly outclassed by the hosts, who won all three Tests by an innings.
1st Test: England v Australia, Birmingham, 27-29 May 1909, Cricinfo.comFirst Test Match, England v Australia 1909, Wisden Cricketers Almanack Parris died in Cuckfield, Sussex.
Williams played in the test match at Centurion Park, but the match was made unofficial due to Indian protests over the suspension of Virender Sehwag.
The Sri Lankan second innings is the lowest Test match total to include all four types of extras (no-ball, leg bye, bye and wide).
On 1 June, Head Coach Milton Haig finalised a 32-man touring squad for the Pacific Nations Cup and their June test match against Japan.
Gaston Lane was first selected for the French national team for the 1 January 1906 match against the All-Blacks, the first French Test match.
Group winners went to the final. Under original regulations, bottom clubs went to a test-match against the two best clubs of the Second Division.
M. M. Naidu (28 October 1911 - 13 December 1991) was an Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, India vs. England, in 1951.
He stood in one Test match, the First Test of the series between Pakistan and West Indies in 1959, played at the National Stadium, Karachi.
Basil Vine (1908 - 2 November 1965) was a New Zealand cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, New Zealand vs. West Indies, in 1952.
Walter Page (1875 - 23 September 1958) was a New Zealand cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, New Zealand vs. South Africa, in 1932.
Okey McCabe (1904 - 19 November 1977) was a South African cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, South Africa vs. New Zealand, in 1953.
Nelson Gooneratne (born 28 October 1934) is a former Sri Lankan cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, Sri Lanka vs. India, in 1985.
The Test Match was between Liverpool and the bottom team in the First Division. They beat Newton Heath to move up to the First Division.
28 December 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2009. Cameron supports Aston Villa. He is also a keen cricket fan and has appeared on Test Match Special.
Chirică is also selected for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut in a test match against the Canucks on 19 November 2016.
Cojocaru is also selected for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut in a test match against the Tupis on 24 June 2017.
In 2018 the U.S. men beat a Tier 1 national team for the first time in a test match when they defeated Scotland 30–29.
He made his debut test match with the Springboks 8 July 2000 against the Australian Team. He played in the World Cup 2003 (4 matches).
In 2011, the Bill Kelly Memorial Trophy was not played for in the Anzac Test, but instead in a one-off post-season test match.
He played for Fiji against Australia during the Super League war. He later played one more test match for Fiji, against Great Britain in 1996.
After leaving Lancashire, Fowler played for Durham and coached at their academy, setting up a Cricket School of Excellence in 1996. Among the players he coached were Andrew Strauss and Robin Martin-Jenkins. Since 1987, he has been a cricket broadcaster, sometimes with Test Match Special, and also with Test Match Sofa. He also held the post of Senior Cricket Coach at Durham University until May 2015.
The ICC confirmed that a single Test match would be played between Ireland and Pakistan during their meeting in Auckland in October 2017. Cricket Ireland confirmed the date of the Test match at their board meeting in October 2017, with The Village, Malahide, announced as the venue the following month. The match took place ahead of Pakistan's Test series against England and their T20I series against Scotland.
In the first Test match in Dubai, Smith made 22 runs in the first innings and 55 runs in the second innings but collectively lost the Test match by 221 runs. In the second Test, Smith made a duck and 97 runs but Australia's woes against spin continues as Australia lose by 356 runs. In the series he made 174 runs at an average of 43.5 runs.
National Stadium, Karachi. The National Stadium is a cricket ground in Karachi, Pakistan. The first Test match played at the National Stadium was in 1955 between Pakistan and India. The most recent Test match hosted by the ground, was played in February 2009. The ground has also hosted 46 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of these was in 1980 between Pakistan and the West Indies.
Fonua was first capped for Tonga during a test match against Samoa on 15 June 2002, in Nuku'alofa. He was later called up for the 2003 Rugby World Cup, where he played four matches in the tournament. Fonua also played Rugby sevens for Tonga sevens during the 2006 Commonwealth Games. His lastinternational test cap was during a test match against Samoa, on 23 June 2007, in Apia.
Ireland played their first ever Test match in 2000, beating Pakistan by an innings inside two days in Dublin. This is still their only Test match however. They also dominated the ODI series against Pakistan, winning 4–0 with a fifth game rained off. They still could only finish seventh in the World Cup later that year though, their only win coming against The Netherlands.
Ben Austin Blair (born 26 March 1979 in Westport, New Zealand) is a rugby union footballer. He played four tests for New Zealand. He scored 37 points on his All Blacks debut against Ireland A in 2001 at Ravenhill in Belfast, however as this was not a test match he was not capped. His first Test match appearance came in November that year against Scotland.
Ahead of the third fixture, the ICC suspended him for one Test match, with Chandimal appealing against the decision. The ICC dismissed Chandimal's appeal, and the one-match ban was upheld. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) named Suranga Lakmal as the captain for the third Test of the series in Chandimal's absence. He became the sixteenth player to captain Sri Lanka in a Test match.
In 2017, Skosan was named to the South Africa team contesting a 3-match series against France. He started the first game and was awarded a penalty try after a French player held him back illegally at the goal line. He scored his first try in a test match on 19 August 2017 in the Rugby Championship test match between South Africa and Argentina.
In May 2018, he was named in a fourteen-man squad for Ireland's first ever Test match, which was played against Pakistan later the same month. He made his Test debut for Ireland, against Pakistan, on 11 May 2018. The Test match commenced on 12 May 2018, after the first day was washed out. However, he was dismissed for a duck in the first innings.
Then, in a hitherto unprecedented sequence, he scored 0, 0, 8 and 0 in the next four innings. He returned to form in the last Test scoring 41 and 86, one half century. However, India lost the series. In this period, in the third Test match against England in August 2002, Sachin scored his 30th Test century to surpass Bradman's haul, in his 99th Test match.
Robin made his début for France in October 2015, scoring a try in a victory over Ireland.Ireland fall to France in Rugby League Robin would go on to make two more tournament appearances, scoring one more try in the process. Robin was also a part of France's mid-tournament test match against England. He played in the 2016 end of year test match against England in Avignon.
In 1996, the ground hosted a low-scoring Test match against South Africa, where the visitors lost 105–170. Javagal Srinath took six wickets in the fourth inning of the match. South Africa won in a rematch game when they bowled India out for 76 runs in the first session of the Test match in 2008 and won the game by an inning and 90 runs.
The Gabba during Test match between Australia and South Africa in 2012. The Gabba, also known as Brisbane Cricket Ground, is an Australian sports stadium located in the Brisbane, Queensland suburb of Woolloongabba. It was first used in 1895 and is the home ground of the Queensland cricket team. It has been used for international cricket since 1931 when the ground hosted its first Test match.
Indian women's cricket team toured Australia and New Zealand in month February–March 2006. The tour included one Women's Test match against Australia, series of 3 Women's One Day Internationals against Australia and series of 5 Women's One Day Internationals against New Zealand. India lost the test match by an inning, ODI series by 3-0 against Australia and 4-1 against New Zealand.
The incident occurred in a cricket Test match between Australia and Pakistan at Bellerive Oval in Hobart in 1999. This was Muller's second and last appearance in a Test match and his bowling had been below his best. Muller made an inaccurate throw from the outfield, and the words "He can't bowl, and he can't throw"rec.sport.cricket discussion, USENET, 24 November 1999 went to air.
Bangladesh won the first match of the tour, first T20I at Delhi by 7 wickets and lost the remaining 2 matches by 8 wickets and 30 runs respectively. Bangladesh lost both the test matches by innings margin as their batsmen failed to capitalize. Wheres the second test was first ever Day/night test match played by both teams. In February 2020, when Zimbabwe toured Bangladesh, the home team won the one-off test match by an innings and 106 runs, which is Bangladesh's first test win since Domingo took charge as the head coach of the team as well as it was their only second test match win by innings margin.
In 1969 and during his final year at school, Veldsman was selected to represent the Western Province schools team at the annual Craven Week tournament that was held in Pietermaritzburg. During the early seventies Veldsman played for the Western Province under–20 side and he made his senior provincial debut for Western Province in 1976. Veldsman made his test match debut, which was also his only test for the Springboks, on 27 August 1977 against the World XV team at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria. Along with Veldsman, there were seven other debutants in the 1977 test match, of whom five also played in only one test match for the Springboks.
The Test match at North Sydney Oval Ellyse Perry receiving her player of the match award from Mel Jones at the conclusion of the Test match at North Sydney Oval. The England women's cricket team toured Australia in October and November 2017 to play the Australia women's national cricket team to contest the Women's Ashes. The teams played one Test match, three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and three Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is). The Women's Ashes were held by Australia prior to the start of the series. Since 2013, the series has consisted of a multi-format series with points awarded for each of the matches.
Two five-wicket hauls were taken during the first Test match played on the ground, both by Australian bowlers. Bert Ironmonger took five wickets for a cost of 42 runs (5/42) in South Africa's first innings of the match before his team-mate Tim Wall took 5/14 in their second innings.First Test match, Australia v South Africa 1931-32, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1933. Retrieved 2020-02-19. The best Test match bowling figures at the Gabba are the 9/52 taken by New Zealander Richard Hadlee in 1985, the only time that a bowler has taken nine wickets in an innings in international cricket on the ground.
Bolton & District Cricket Association, Bolton League and Central Lancashire. BBC radio test match special commentary team at Old Trafford in England on 9 August 1990 during the second test match England vs India. With him are (on his left) Godfrey Evans, Christopher Martin- Jenkins, Brian Johnston (and on his right) David Lloyd and Bill Frindall (Scorer). After 17 years of hard work, sacrifice, loads of patience and, refusal to bow down to pressure and change his ways to please anyone at the centre, Perera, at the age of 36, made his way to the Six-member Sri Lanka Test-Match-Panel of Cricket Umpires on 10 November 1992.
Duffie played the full match and the All Blacks went on to win 28–23, however this match does not count as an official test match.
Lock was no-balled for throwing, the first such instance in a Test match since Ernie Jones at Melbourne for Australia against England in 1897–98.
In his second Test, Kanitkar score 10 and 8 as India was defeated by an innings and 141 runs and Kanitkar never played Test match again.
Patricia Alfred is a former West Indies woman cricketer. In 1979 she played for West Indies in a single test match and in a solitary WODI.
An innings-by- innings breakdown of Trott's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last 10 innings (blue line).
He is the only cricketer to score a double century on debut in a first-class match and a century on debut in a Test match.
An innings-by-innings breakdown of Sangakkara's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).
Lewis Johnston (19 July 1917 - 12 March 1993) was a New Zealand cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, New Zealand vs. England, in 1963.
Lămboiu is also selected for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut in a test match against the Los Cóndores on 8 June 2019.
An innings-by-innings breakdown of Bashar's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).
The 1980 match was badly affected by rain on the first two days, and was drawn. This was the last Test match commentated by John Arlott.
In 1974–75 Edwards scored his second century against England when he hit 115 in the Perth Test match. He made 99 at Lord's in 1975.
George Ayling (14 November 1919 - 9 October 1964) was an English-born Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, India vs. Australia, in 1956.
Charles Bain (15 March 1913 - 8 April 2007) was a West Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, West Indies vs. Australia, in 1965.
Oscar Montgomery (25 June 1895 - 6 June 1967) was a New Zealand cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, New Zealand vs. England, in 1947.
John Reid (13 April 1874 - 14 January 1948) was a South African cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, South Africa vs. England, in 1923.
Qamaruddin Butt (1914 - 8 June 1974) was a Pakistani cricket player, writer and umpire. He stood in one Test match, Pakistan v New Zealand, in 1965.
T. A. Ramachandran (12 September 1912 - 13 April 1951) was an Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, India vs. West Indies, in 1948.
Charles Thomas (18 March 1840 - 29 November 1923) was a South African cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, South Africa vs. England, in 1892.
Gustave Verheyen (6 August 1880 - 9 March 1951) was a South African cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, South Africa vs. England, in 1928.
Edward Brook (31 May 1895 - 5 November 1954) was a New Zealand cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, New Zealand vs. England, in 1954.
Edward Page (9 March 1889 - 12 December 1939) was a South African cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, South Africa vs. England, in 1928.
Edward Ward (11 July 1896 - 10 August 1966) was a West Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, West Indies vs. England, in 1935.
William Creese (15 January 1870 - 23 October 1918) was a South African cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, South Africa vs. Australia, in 1902.
Campbell Foster (2 November 1914 - 17 December 1978) was a West Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, West Indies vs. England, in 1948.
Henry Gourlay (16 October 1895 - 17 August 1970) was a New Zealand cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, New Zealand vs. Australia, in 1946.
Smith married Leanne Snowdon in October 2013. Smith missed a test match in Sydney for the birth of their first child, a boy, in August 2014.
Peter Baxter (born Derby 1947) was a producer for BBC radio, best known as the producer of the programme of live cricket commentary, Test Match Special.
The Lithuanian Rugby Federation (Lietuvos Regbio Federacija) administers rugby union in Lithuania Lithuania also holds the records for most test match wins in a row, 17.
An innings-by- innings breakdown of Jones' Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).
Another Pacific Island nation that does not compete in these matches, Cook Islands, organised a test match with Lebanon at Belmore Sports Ground on May 8.
The second game against India was Perera's last Test match, with two ODIs during the 2001 LG Abans Triangular Series his last matches at international level.
Rupanu is also selected for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut in a test match against the Los Cóndores on 8 June 2019.
Roll of Honour nzrl.co.nz He is one of currently two hundred and twenty seven players who have played in only one Test match for the Kiwis.
Curran became the first Australian player to score on French soil in a Test match in 1938. Frank's son, Declan Curran, played rugby union for Australia.
The overwhelming possibility in a Test match that has seen over 1,000 runs being scored in four days, on an irresponsive wicket, was always a draw.
The Pakistani women's cricket team toured Ireland in between 23 July and 2 August 2000 to play against the Irish women's national cricket team in a 5 match WODI series and in a one-off Test match, which was also the first ever test appearance for Ireland women's cricket team and also marked the first ever test match to have held in Ireland. Originally, the ODI series between the two teams were initially scheduled to be held as a 3 match series but later both Pakistan and Ireland agreed to play in further two WODI matches after the solitary test finished only within a space of 2 days. Ireland won the WODI series 4-0 and the only test match. Irish women's cricket team managed to win the WODI series after winning the first three ODI matches (3-0) just prior to the start of the only test match, with Ireland winning the 4th One Day International on the next day (on 1 August 2000) after the conclusion of the test match which ended on 31 July 2000 and the fifth being abandoned due to rain.
Another of the victories of official cricket was to ban WSC from using the term "Test match". The five-day matches were therefore retitled "Supertests" in WSC.
Oancea is also selected for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut during the 2014 IRB Nations Cup in a test match against Emerging Ireland.
Ilie is also selected for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut during the 2014 IRB Nations Cup in a test match against Emerging Ireland.
This Test match holds the record for the highest match aggregate (1764) without a partnership of 150 runs or more as well as no wides being bowled.
Lazăr was also selected for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut during the 2014 IRB Nations Cup in a test match against Los Teros.
This list is correct to the end of the Test against Pakistan in 2000, which as of November 2006 is the last Test match Ireland had played.
Envis Rebecca Williams (born 8 October 1962, in Tobago) is a West Indian cricketer who has played one women's Test match and 21 women's one-day internationals.
There have been a total of 168 five-wicket hauls taken at the MCG in Test matches, one of which was taken in a women's Test match.
Stumped has three presenters: Alison Mitchell from the BBC's Test Match Special, ABC Grandstand commentator Jim Maxwell, and Charu Sharma commentator in English for All India Radio.
Donald Burns (14 August 1921 - 20 February 1987) was a New Zealand cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, New Zealand vs. South Africa, in 1964.
Frederick Payne (12 January 1908 - 31 July 1992) was a South African cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, South Africa vs. New Zealand, in 1954.
Stanley Collins (6 March 1909 - 2 June 1993) was a South African cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, South Africa vs. New Zealand, in 1954.
Alma Vogt (born 25 February 1925 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian former cricket player. Vogt played one Test match for the Australia national women's cricket team.
The day has also become a significant sporting day. Melbourne hosts the Boxing Day Test match; the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race also starts on this day.
During that season he represented Canterbury and was selected to play for New Zealand in a Test match against the Great Britain Lions. Button later joined Linwood.
In 2019 Pia Maertens made her debut for the Germany U–21 side in a test match against the United States junior national team in Viersen, Germany.
The Niue national rugby league team represents Niue in rugby league football. The team played their first match in 1986, and their first Test match in 2013.
He took 130 Test Match wickets and 89 ODI wickets. He took ten wickets in New Zealand's first ever win on English soil, at Headingley in 1983.
Bailhache also umpired 27 One Day International (ODI) matches between 1975 and 1989. He umpired one women’s Test match in 1991 and one women’s ODI in 1988.
In October, Watkins was named in England's 24-man squad for the 2016 Four Nations. Before the tournament began, Kallum played in England's test match against France.
Jean Clark (26 September 1936, London, England -- 25 November 1970, City of London, England) played a test match for the England women's cricket team in 1968/69.
He was unavailable for selection for the 2015 European Cup. Garcia played in France's lone international fixture of 2016, an end of year test match against England.
In December, however, Bangladesh bounced back from the previous lackluster performances by threatening to win the first Test match against Sri Lanka at home by chasing down the highest fourth innings total of 513. Though they fell 107 runs short, their performances were praised. But in the second test match of this home series in January, Bangladesh succumbed to a 465 runs defeat, conceding the series 2–0 to Sri Lanka.
The win in the second Test was their highest winning margin against any opposition in their history. Also in the same match, Misbah equaled the then fastest Test match century off 56 deliveries. Against New Zealand, who toured Pakistan for 3 Test match series. After winning the first Test, Misbah became Pakistan's most successful Test captain win 15 wins, taking over Imran Khan and Javed Miandad's joint 14 win record.
Australia – Test Match Rugby League Project. Retrieved 9 May 2008 He was then selected in every match of Australia's 2–1 Ashes triumph over Great Britain. With Anasta coming off the bench in each game, Australia fought back from a 1–0 deficit, with Anasta helping the cause by scoring a try in Australia's 40–12 win in the second Test.Great Britain vs Australia – Test Match Rugby League Project.
Joseph Richards was an Australian cricket Test match umpire. He umpired one Test match in 1931 between Australia and the West Indies at the Melbourne on 13 February to 14 January 1931, Australia taking just two days to win by an innings, with Don Bradman scoring 152 and Bert Ironmonger taking 11 wickets. Richards' partner in this match, Andy Barlow, was standing in the first of his 11 Test matches.
Twice, du Plessis has been found guilty of ball tampering during his international career. The first time was during The Oval Test match in 2013 against Pakistan. In 2016, du Plessis was caught again ball tampering during the Hobart Test match against Australia. The first incident against Pakistan involved du Plessis rubbing the ball against a zip on his trousers in order to change the nature of the ball.
He played in both of the matches on the tour which were later given Test match status, making his Test debut at St Elizabeth. After emigrating to South Africa he played for South Africa against England when Walter Read took a team to the country in 1891/92, making his debut for South Africa at Cape Town in March 1892 in the only Test match on the tour.
Cricket: Swalec Test match loss is confirmed The ground was originally set to host a Test match against New Zealand in 2013, but this was given up in exchange for the 2013 Champions Trophy. The ground was chosen as the venue for the first Test of the 2015 Ashes series. The ground was one of 11 venues for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. It was host for four group matches.
Houghton and Andy Flower scored 165 runs in 68 overs for the sixth wicket, which took Zimbabwe to stumps on the second day, but all five remaining wickets fell quickly on the morning of the third day. Zimbabwe's first innings total was 456 all out, which easily beat 245 (scored by Australia in their first Test match) to become the highest ever score by a team in their inaugural Test match.
He also switched to using Kookaburra equipment. Additionally, Khawaja set a record for becoming the first ever batman to score Test century in an innings of a Day- Night Test match at home soil and still has the record for the second highest individual score in a Day-Night Test innings. Khawaja played his first Test match against the country of his birth, Pakistan, on 15 December 2016 at the Gabba.
Rhodes announced his retirement from Test match cricket in 2001 in order to allow him to continue playing until the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa. His last Test match was on 6 August 2000 at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo against Sri Lanka. Rhodes made scores of 21 and 54 in the two innings. Sri Lanka went on to win the match by six wickets.
Trescothick's partnerships with Strauss were to average 52.35 in 52 innings."The Trescothick factor, and Kumble's profligacy" ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved on 25 August 2007. His first century against the West Indies followed in the second Test, and Trescothick became the first player to make centuries in both innings of a Test match at Edgbaston, and the ninth England player to score a century in each innings of a Test match.
The ground is notable for its brass band that plays during major matches, adding a unique flavour to its atmosphere. The ground hosted its first Test match in March 1889 when England defeated South Africa by 8 wickets. This was South Africa’s first Test match. , there have been 21 Test matches played at the ground of which South Africa has won 8 and their opponents 9 with 4 draws.
France's national rugby union team is the nation's representative side. The team has played Test match rugby since 1906, when they played New Zealand national rugby union team in Paris. The record for most Test match appearances, or caps, is held by Fabien Pelous with 118. Serge Blanco played for France between 1980 and 1991, and has scored 38 Test tries for France – more than any other player.
This is a list of England Test cricketers. A Test match is an international two-innings per side cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test cap by playing for the England cricket team. Where more than one player won his first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by surname.
The last occurrence of a Test match being won in two days also featured South Africa and Zimbabwe, when South Africa won by an innings and 21 runs in Cape Town in March 2005. South Africa took all 20 wickets with 436 deliveries, the fewest balls bowled by them to do this in a Test. Their previous record was 440 deliveries against India in 1996, also a Boxing Day Test match.
The Sri Lankan cricket team toured the West Indies in June 2018 to play three Test matches. The series was played for Sobers–Tissera Trophy. The tour featured Sri Lanka's first Test matches in the West Indies since April 2008 and included their first Test match at the Kensington Oval. The Test match at the Kensington Oval also became the first day/night Test to be played in the West Indies.
Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level. A Test match is scheduled to take place over a period of five days, and is played by teams representing full member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Bangladesh became a full-member in 2000 after playing there first Test match against India at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. They have played a total of 119 matches.
Since Sawai Mansingh Stadium hosted its first Test match in 1987 and first ODI match in 1983, 3 Test and 15 ODI centuries have been scored at the ground. The Sawai Mansingh Stadium is a cricket stadium in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. The Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur has hosted a solitary Test match, in February 1987. It has also hosted 19 One Day International (ODI) matches since 1983.
To'omalatai made his debut for Western Samoa on June 1, 1985, in a test match against Fiji at Apia. He was part of the Samoan team in the 1991 Rugby World Cup and in the 1994 Samoa rugby union tour of Australia. He was not present in the 1995 Rugby World Cup team. His last international match was during a test match against Fiji at Apia, on July 1, 1995.
James Phillips (1 September 1860, Pleasant Creek, now Stawell, Victoria – 21 April 1930 at Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada) was a Victorian first-class cricketer and Test match umpire.
Jenny Olson (born 28 January 1945) is a New Zealand former cricketer. She played one Test match in 1969, and four Women's One Day International matches in 1973.
Robert Burnard Stewart (3 September 1856 – 12 September 1913) was a British and South African soldier and cricketer who played in South Africa's first Test match in 1889.
The centre's only opening window is in the broadcasting box used by BBC Test Match Special. The building was awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize for architecture in 1999.
Barnes took his 150th test match wicket in only his 24th test, which is a world record. Next best are Waqar Younis and Yasir Shah (27 tests each).
In this match, George Gregan plays his 115 test match, beating the world record of Jason Robinson France: 15.Julien Laharrague, 14.Aurelien Rougerie, 13.Florian Fritz, 12.
Louis Riesterer was referee for many years. The earliest noted game with Riester as referee was the test match FC Basel against Stuttgarter Kickers on 30 August 1913.
In October 2016, Cooper was selected in England's 24-man squad for the 2016 Four Nations. Before the tournament began, he featured in England's test match against France.
Harold Binnie Cassie (9 December 1918 - 26 September 1978) was a New Zealand cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, New Zealand vs. South Africa, in 1964.
Camillus Perera (12 November 1937 - 15 July 2002) was a Sri Lankan cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match in 1986 and one ODI games in 1985.
Ikram Rabbani is a former Pakistani cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka, in 1991 and six ODI games between 1984 and 1995.
Kevin Rayne played left-, i.e. number 11, in Great Britain's 24-10 victory over France in the Test match at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 1 March 1986.
Smith played nine test matches for South Africa. He made his debut on 6 December 1997 against and his last test match was on 7 August 1999 against .
Where more than one player won their first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by last name at the time of debut.
Phillips again no-balled him once in the 2nd Test of that series, Jones thus becoming the first bowler to be called for throwing in a Test match.
After the tour to Pakistan, the Australians went to England to play the second Centenary Test match at Lord's. Laird scored 24 and 6 in a drawn match.
Heather Mary Dewdney (born February 17, 1947) is a test cricketer.Heather Dewdney at Cricinfo She played one test match for the England women's cricket team in 1968/69.
A total of 88 five-wicket hauls have been taken in Test matches at Trent Bridge, including one in the only women's Test match held on the ground.
These remained the best Test bowling figures at the Riverside until 2013 when Australia's Ryan Harris took 7 wickets for 117 runs in the fourth Test against England. Stuart Broad is the only bowler to have taken two five-wicket hauls in Test matches at the ground, doing so in the same Test match, also making him the only bowler to have taken ten wickets in an international match at the Riverside. , nine bowlers have taken ten Test match five-wicket hauls at the ground; every Test match in which a five-wicket haul has been taken at the Riverside Ground has resulted in an England victory.International five-wicket hauls at the Riverside Ground, Statsguru, CricInfo.
At the end of the 2018 season Rudge was named captain of the England team for the test match against and in 2019 was named as England captain for the World 9s tournament in Australia in October 2019 and also the two-match test series against in November 2019. In the first test match against Papua New Guinea on 9 November 2019 Rudge became the first England player to score four tries in a test match as England won 24–10. Rudge was one of the three nominees for the 2019 Telegraph Woman of Steel award but lost out to Leeds' Courtney Hill. Away from rugby Rudge is a PE teacher at a high school in St Helens.
The first stadium to host a Test match in India was also the Gymkhana Ground in Bombay in 1933, the only Test it ever hosted. The second and third Tests in the 1933 series were hosted at Eden Gardens and Chepauk. The Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi was the first stadium to host a Test match after independence, a draw against the West Indies in 1948, the first of a 5-Test series. 21 stadiums in India have hosted at least one official Test match. In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of world-class cricket stadiums in India, with multiple Test venues in Lucknow , Chandigarh (PCA & Sector 16), Chennai, Kanpur, Mumbai and Nagpur.
The redevelopment plans led to the ECB awarding the Ageas Bowl Test status and a Test match between England and Sri Lanka in 2011, with the redevelopment scheduled to be completed before the Test match. The redevelopment was beset with a number of problems. During the construction of the new stands, a construction worker was crushed to death in February 2009, while prior to the Test match the new access road still had not been constructed. Meanwhile, legal action by local hoteliers led to the construction of the hotel at the Northern End being put on hold, with the hoteliers objecting to the possible impact on competition and to the use of public funds from Eastleigh Borough Council.
Having won the inaugural Second Division title in 1892–93 but missed out on promotion via the test match system, in 1893–94 they finished second in the division and were promoted to the First Division by defeating Darwen 3–1 in the test match. The club had been in financial difficulty during the season, and the Birmingham Daily Post speculated that failure in the test match "would in all probability have meant the disbanding of the club". The accounts showed income of £1,816 and expenditure of £2,039, a deficit of £222 on the year. Nevertheless, in preparation for the new season, the club began work on a grandstand and relaid the pitch.
This occurred in his 97th Test Match, which at the time was a record for the most number of Tests before scoring a maiden century (since overtaken by Anil Kumble). Soon after in November 2007, Vaas played his 100th Test match against England, in what was also Sanath Jayasuriya's final Test match for Sri Lanka. During the historic 2007–08 tour of the West Indies, Sri Lanka's first ever Test win on Caribbean soil, he took twelve wickets overall and was also named Man of the Match of the first test. He notably dismissed all-rounder Chris Gayle for a record seventh time in as many tests, bowling him out for a duck during the first test.
On England's December 2007 Test match tour of Sri Lanka he was a summariser on the BBC's Test Match Special, and a commentator for the ODI series against the West Indies in 2009. In 2010 he again joined the Test Match Special team commentating on the tour of Bangladesh and the One Day Series against Australia. He has commentated on many home and overseas series for the BBC since and was the analyst for ITV4's coverage of the 2010 Indian Premier League up to the 2015 Indian Premier League. Until 2018 he was The Analyst on Channel 5's evening highlights programme when he was replaced by Alison Mitchell who was not able to do the analysis.
The first women's Test match was played by England women and Australia women in December 1934, a three-day contest held in Brisbane which England won by nine wickets.
His brother, Roy Palmer, also played for Somerset, and equally became a first-class and Test match umpire. Ken's son Gary also played as an all-rounder for Somerset.
Hilda Evelyn Buck (27 December 1914 - 10 May 1990) was a New Zealand cricketer. She played in one Test match in 1935. She married the Wellington cricketer Jimmy Ell.
John McKeown represented Great Britain while at Whitehaven in 1956 against France (non-Test match).Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 [Page-110]. Rugby League Journal Publishing.
Gordon Haynes represented Great Britain while at Swinton in 1956 against France (non- Test match).Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 [Page-110]. Rugby League Journal Publishing.
Tarogi debuted for Fiji against Japan at Suva on July 3, 2009. He last played for Fiji in a test match against Romania at Bucharest on November 28, 2009.
Test matches. Cricketarchive.com. Retrieved on 22 May 2018. His last Test match was in December 2004, when he had played 71 Tests, making eight centuries and averaging over 34.
Breedon Books. By 1913 Byrne had returned to New Zealand and was selected to be part of the tour of Australia, playing in his seventh and final test match.
Earlier that summer he toured South Africa with Scotland but did not play in either Test match. Overall he won eight international caps. In 2009 Fullarton represented the Barbarians.
Raman Sharma (5 September 1945 - 6 January 1999) was an Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match in 1994 and eleven ODI games between 1993 and 1997.
Macdonald made his international debut on 20 November 1993 at Murrayfield in the Scotland vs New Zealand match. He was on the losing side in his only test match.
In the course of his short Test career Jarvis took over the Test match record for the most wickets in a complete career (11) with all dismissals being caught..
Brian Johnston joined the BBC in January 1946 and began his cricket commentating career at Lord's for BBC Television in June 1946 at the England v India Test match.
Dave Valentine also represented Great Britain while at Huddersfield between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match).Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 Page-110.
His last test match was the fourth test against the All Blacks in 1976. Kritzinger played seven tests, scoring one try and also five tour matches for South Africa.
On October 8, 2016, Maumalo made his International debut for Samoa in their historical test match against Fiji in Apia. He scored two tries in Samoa's 18–20 loss.
On 8 October 2016, Faitala-Mariner represented Samoa in the Samoa vs. Fiji test match, where he started at second-row in the 20-18 loss in Apia, Samoa.
Kathleen Smith (born 1921) is a former Cricket player. Smith played one test match for the England women's cricket team in 1960/61. She was born in Sheffield, England.
In 1960, playing in South Africa's first Test match, she claimed the first wicket of the match, making her the first South African woman to take a Test wicket.
His first international cap was during a test match against Germany, at Heidelberg, on 26 April 1998. He was in the 1999 Rugby World Cup roster, playing two matches.
James D'Arcy-Evans (born 26 July 1935) is an International cricket umpire. He has umpired in 1 Women's Test match, 14 First-class matches and 3 List A matches.
After a big absence from international cricket, on 8 October 2016, Gambhir was recalled for the Test-Match series against New Zealand, after showing good form in domestic cricket.
She lost that contract in October 2019, but in June 2020 became one of the first 25 English women cricketers to be retained under a regional retainer contract. Hartley featured as part of the BBC's Test Match Special coverage for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup. She was also part of the Test Match Special commentary team for the England men's T20 matches against Pakistan. Hartley captained Thunder in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.
Walter G French (died 1961) was a cricket Test match umpire. He umpired two Test matches in 1931 between Australia and the West Indies. He made his debut in the second Test match played at Sydney on 1 January to 5 January 1931, won by Australia by an innings with Bill Ponsford scoring 183. In this match, French was partnered by another debutant umpire, George Borwick, who went on to umpire 24 Test matches.
Henry James Armstrong (died 23 March 1945 at Sydney, New South Wales) was an Australian cricket Test match umpire. He umpired one Test match in 1931 between Australia and the West Indies at Sydney on 27 February to 4 March 1931. In this match, in which the West Indies gained their first win over Australia, he was partnered by Walter French. He umpired 12 Sheffield Shield matches in Sydney between 1930 and 1937.
The England national cricket team visited Australia in January 1988 and played one Test match at the Sydney Cricket Ground against the Australia national cricket team. The Test match was drawn and the teams also played a Limited Overs International (LOI) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, won by Australia. England were in Australia as part of the country's Bicentenary celebrations of 1988. The Ashes were not at stake in the one-off Bicentennial Test.
Leslie Hyde Townsend (born 4 October 1914 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died 30 January 1986) was an Australian cricket Test match umpire. He umpired one Test match between Australia and England at Melbourne on 13 February to 18 February 1959, won by Australia by 9 wickets with a century to Colin McDonald and 5 wickets each to Alan Davidson and Richie Benaud. Townsend’s partner in this match was Ron Wright.
The hundredth Lord's Test match was in 2000, England v West Indies. As of 18 August 2019 England have played 137 Test matches at Lord's, winning 55, losing 32 and drawing 50. Lord's often hosts two Test matches each summer, one match for each visiting team. In 2010, the ground hosted three Test matches: as well as England's matches against Bangladesh and Pakistan, a Test match between Australia and Pakistan was held there in July.
This is a list of Irish women Test cricketers. A Test match is an international cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won her Test cap. Where more than one player won her first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by the surname the player was using at the time of the match.
This is a list of Sri Lankan women Test cricketers. A Test match is an international cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won her Test cap. Where more than one player won her first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by the surname the player was using at the time of the match.
While playing the second Test match of the series in Mohali, Ganguly scored his final test century. In the final test match he played at Nagpur against Australia he scored 85 and 0 in his first and second innings respectively. In the Fourth and final Test, with India needing one wicket to secure a victory, the Indian captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, invited Ganguly to lead the side in the field for the final time.
During the second Test at Lord's Boycott was dismissed 40 short of a hundred by Dennis Lillee, and was "crushed" given that, as it was his hundredth Test match, he wished to score a century.Meher-Homji, p. 21. Forever keen on the England captaincy, Boycott's hopes were cut short when Botham's 149 not out secured victory in Boycott's 101st Test match, and Mike Brearley's position as captain was made secure.Meher-Homji, p. 22.
The first Test match in the series was played in late November after a series of warm-up matches. The second and third Tests were played between 26 December and 6 January after the Mandela Trophy ODI series. South Africa were without their leading fast bowler Allan Donald throughout the series due to injury. Donald had played in every Test match since the reintegration of South Africa into international cricket in 1992.
On Sunday 27 October 1991, the first ever Test match involving the Soviet Union took place at the Stade Georges Lyvet, Villeurbanne, near Lyon, France. The Bears were beaten 26-6 by France. The Papua New Guinea national team wound up their 1991 tour of Europe with a World Cup rated Test match against France, which was played on Sunday 24 November at the Stade Albert Domec, Carcassonne. France defeated their visitors 28-14.
It would host its first Test match on 8 July 2009 as the opening match of an Ashes series between England and Australia.SWALEC Stadium awarded more international cricket This made Sophia Gardens the 100th Test match venue. In July 2011, the ECB stripped the ground of its right to host the 2012 West Indies Test because of Glamorgan's late payment of the £2.5 million fee it owed for hosting the 2011 Sri Lanka Test.
They lost a test match against Morecambe, the bottom club in the First Division, however, and failed to gain promotion. They were eventually promoted at the end of the 1899–1900 season, by defeating Tyldesley in the test match. In 1908, the club nearly doubled their attendance record to 12,000 in a third round Challenge Cup match against Hunslet. In 1914, Cavendish Park was requisitioned by the authorities for the war effort.
He played his last Test match at the age of only 24[11] while he played his last ODI in the year 2000 and formally announced his retirement from first-class cricket on 22 September 2011.[12] An innings-by-innings breakdown of Kambli's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line). He played for Boland province in the South African domestic circuit.
The first Australian team to travel overseas consisted of Aboriginal stockmen who toured England in 1868. In 1876–77, an England team took part in what was retrospectively recognised as the first- ever Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground against Australia.Reg Hayter, "The Centenary Test Match", Wisden 1978, pp. 130–32. The rivalry between England and Australia gave birth to The Ashes in 1882, and this has remained Test cricket's most famous contest.
Azharuddin became the captain of the Indian team succeeding Krishnamachari Srikkanth in 1989. He led the Indian team in 47 Test matches and 174 One Day Internationals. He led the team to victory in 90 ODIs, the highest until surpassed by M.S. Dhoni on 2 September 2014. His 14 test match wins as captain was a record until it was beaten by Sourav Ganguly, who has 21 test match wins to his name.
Zimbabwe's captain, David Houghton top- scored for his side in their first innings, scoring the country's maiden Test century of 121. Zimbabwe established a 149-run first innings lead, but the match ended as a draw. By drawing the match, Zimbabwe became the first team to avoid defeat in their inaugural Test match since Australia won the very first Test match in 1877. In the solitary ODI, India won by 30 runs.
This was the first Test match to have three appointed umpires. British company National Grid sponsored English umpire Dickie Bird so that he could fly to Zimbabwe for the match, the 48th Test match he had umpired. This equalled the world record for the most Test matches umpired. As a result, Bird umpired the whole match while the two Zimbabwean umpires present, Kantilal Kanjee and Ian Robinson, took to the field on alternate days.
The WACA Ground during a Test match between Australia and England in December 2010. The WACA Ground is a sport ground in Perth, Western Australia. The ground was established in 1893 and operated by the Western Australian Cricket Association. It hosted its first Test match in 1970 when Australia played England. The first One Day International (ODI) on the ground was played in 1980 and its first Twenty20 International (T20I) was played in 2007.
In September 2016 the BCCI moved the second ODI from 19 October to 20 October because of Karva Chauth. The first Test in Kanpur was India's 500th Test match and the second Test in Kolkata was India's 250th Test match at home. The first ODI in Dharamshala was India's 900th ODI match. Following the conclusion of the second Test, there were reports that the Lodha Committee had frozen the BCCI's bank accounts.
He also publicly lent his support to England's Jonathan Trott during the latter's departure from the 2013–14 Ashes series, empathising with Trott's stress-related illness in a statement to Sky Sports which recalled his own experiences, recalling that "you just can't take any more, you just can't get through the day let alone go out there and play a Test match and win a Test match." Trescothick began the 2014 season strongly.
Jullien was a member of the France squad for the 2014 European Cup, but did not feature. He made his France début the following year in a victory over Serbia. He also participated for France in the 2015 European Cup where he played all 3 matches as well as in a test match against England. The following year he made another appearance for France in their end of year test match against England in Avignon.
George Eric Borwick (2 April 1896 at Pyrmont, New South Wales - 1 August 1981 at Hornsby, New South Wales) was a cricket Test match umpire. He umpired twenty-four Test matches, between 1931 and 1948. He made his debut in the second Test match played between Australia and the West Indies, played at Sydney on 1 January to 5 January 1931. In this match Borwick was partnered by another debutant umpire, Walter French.
England vs New Zealand in rugby league is a rivalry between the England national rugby league team and the New Zealand national rugby league team in the sport of rugby league. The first test match between the two sides was in 1975, with a 17–17 draw being the result. New Zealand also played England in a tour match in 1908, however that isn't counted as a test match and is noted as so below.
The show had been running on BBC Radio 5 Live since starting in January 2010. Zaltzman is also an occasional guest on the on-line cricket radio commentary station Test match Sofa and on TalkSPORT's cricket show Howzat. More recently he has appeared on Test Match Sofa's successor www.guerillacricket.com and was an occasional member of the team when they broadcast the programme from a central London sports bar for the 2015 Ashes.
Sri Lanka were awarded Test cricket status in 1981 by the International Cricket Conference. They played their first Test match against England at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, on 17 February 1982. Bandula Warnapura was the captain for Sri Lanka in that match, which England won by 7 wickets. Sri Lanka won their first Test match under the leadership of Duleep Mendis on 11 September 1985 against India, winning by 149 runs at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium.
A couple of hours before the Pacific test-matches began, discussions were made and confirmed between the RLIF Deputy Chairman, John Grant, alongside Rugby League Samoa Chairman/Asia-Pacific Rugby League Confederation Chairman, Tagaloa Faafouina Su'a, and the Fiji Rugby League Chairman, Filimoni Vosarogo, that Samoa's city of Apia will host a test-match between Samoa and Fiji on October 8, 2016. This test-match will mark 30 years of Rugby league in Samoa.
Clement Garing (17 December 1873 – 1951 at Melbourne, Victoria) was a cricket Test match umpire. He umpired one Test match, between Australia and England, played at Melbourne on 1 January to 8 January 1925. This match was won by Australia in spite of a 283 run opening partnership by Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe, the latter scoring centuries in each innings, the first time this had occurred against Australia. Garing’s colleague was Bob Crockett.
The best innings figures in a Test match on the ground are Jim Laker's 10 wickets taken for the cost of 53 runs for England against Australia in 1956. Laker was the first player to take ten wickets in a Test match innings and followed his nine wickets taken in the first innings of the match.Chalke S (2006) Climbing Everest in a short-sleeved sweater, CricInfo, 2007-07-28. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
This article details the five-wicket hauls taken on the ground in official international Test and One Day International matches. The first five-wicket haul in international cricket on the ground was taken during the ground's first Test match in 1899, Australian Ernie Jones taking five wickets for 88 runs (5/88) in a drawn match against England.First test Match, England v Australia 1899, 'Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1900. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
He also featured in the 16-all draw against Wales. Peltier also featured in the test match against France in a warm up before the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.
No obituary appeared in Wisden. Frank holds the record for the lowest career aggregate of runs scored in a complete Test match career (236) that includes a score of 150..
Bentham was the main freelance presenter for BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra covering Champions League, Premiership football, Rugby league, Rugby Union, Wimbledon Tennis and Test Match Cricket until 2009.
Ironically, of the Division Two sides, it was only the champions Small Heath who failed to gain promotion after they lost their test match replay against Newton Heath 5–2.
Australia won the ODI match series (2–1) and the sole Test match. England won the T20I match series (2–1). Overall Australia won the Ashes (10 points to 6).
McKinstry, p. 228. He became the leading Test run-scorer. In his last Test match, the fourth of the tour, taking place in January 1982, he scored 18 and six.
Paula Bernadette Flannery (born 27 May 1974) is a former international cricketer. She played one Test match and 17 One Day Internationals for New Zealand women between 1991 and 2004.
Maliepo also plays for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut during the Week 3 of 2020 Rugby Europe Championship in a test match against the Los Leones.
In May 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for their inaugural Test match, played against India. He made his Test debut for Afghanistan, against India, on 14 June 2018.
The School Roll resolves this issue. It shows 21 July 1938. As a lock, he made 15 test match appearances for the Australia national rugby union team from 1962–1967.
Tariq Ata (1943 - 24 July 1989) was a Pakistani cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, Pakistan vs. Australia, in 1988 and six ODI games between 1982 and 1988.
Andy Macdonald is a former a rugby union international who represented Scotland in 1993. He also represented the Barbarians 8 times including a drawn test match against Scotland in 1991.
The Peshawar Club Ground is a cricket ground in Peshawar, Pakistan, used for one Test match between India and Pakistan. It staged first class cricket matches from 1938 to 1987.
Watkins was selected in the Australian Rugby team, the Wallabies, and was a reserve in the three Test match Bledisloe Cup series against New Zealand in 1980 held in Australia.
The Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium is a cricket stadium at Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. The first ever Test match hosted in this ground was in 2010, held between Pakistan & South Africa.
Wafadar Momand, (born 1 February 2000) is an Afghan cricketer. He was one of the eleven cricketers to play in Afghanistan's first ever Test match, against India, in June 2018.
He never played a Test match. Eventually he turned to wrist spin and continued to take significant numbers of wickets. In 1903, he captained Essex. In retirement, he played golf.
The Sri Lanka cricket team toured England in the 1991 season to play an itinerary that included one test Test match against England. England won the test by 137 runs.
On 25 September 2020, Cricket Australia confirmed that the one-off Test match against Afghanistan, and the limited- overs series against New Zealand had both been postponed due to the pandemic.
He is a former member of BBC Radio 4 Test Match Special commentary team, retiring in 2020. Boycott was President of Yorkshire County Cricket Club between March 2012 and March 2014.
Burtilă is also selected for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut during the Week 2 of 2020 Rugby Europe Championship in a test match against the Os Lobos.
He was also selected to represent Australia in the 1972 Rugby League World Cup. Harris played in just the one test match for Australia, that was against New Zealand in 1972.
Mahbubur Rahman (born 6 January 1957) is a former Bangladeshi cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, Bangladesh vs. Pakistan, in 2002 and 17 ODI games between 2002 and 2006.
Compte rendu France Nouvelle-Zélande de 1906 sur ffr.fr . retrieved 31 July 2009.. Henri Lacassagne played his last test match on 5 January 1907, against the England national rugby union team.
S. R. Ramchandra Rao (16 September 1931 - 11 June 2017) was an Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match in 1987 and three ODI games between 1983 and 1987.
His highest innings in a test match was 149 against South Africa at Trent Bridge in 1935. He captained Warwickshire from 1930 to 1937 when he was replaced by Peter Cranmer.
Showkatur Rahman (born 12 January 1954) is a former Bangladeshi cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, Bangladesh vs. Zimbabwe, in 2001 and two ODI games between 2001 and 2002.
It contains batting and bowling Honours Boards, unveiled during the 2004 Test match. The pavilion underwent redevelopment at the start of 2012 and was reopened for the YB40 game against Scotland.
The following April, the team undertook its first ever tour to the West Indies, where they played South Africa's first test match since the fourth test against Australia in March 1970.
He kept his place in the team for the 2017-18 Ashes Series and made his Ashes debut in the opening Test match in Brisbane on 23 November 2017, partnering Cook.
Sobota is also selected for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut during the Week 2 of 2020 Rugby Europe Championship in a test match against the Os Lobos.
The England innings of 464 is the lowest innings in Test match history to feature a 350+ run partnership - Graham Gooch and David Gower added 351 runs for the 2nd wicket.
In the first Test match he became the first New Zealander to win a test cap as a replacement when he came of the bench to replace an injured John Colman.
Zaltzman was the statistician on Test Match Special for the three-match Wisden Trophy series between England and West Indies in July 2020 and between England and Pakistan a month later.
He made his test debut for the Springboks on 14 November 1992 against England at Twickenham. He played in one test match, as well as three tour matches for the Springboks.
In women's cricket, only Enid Bakewell has taken a five-wicket haul on the ground, taking 7 wickets for 61 runs against the West Indies in a Test match in 1979.
He eliminated the need for a long-stop, and Pollard says that "... in England on one of his trips there a group of clergymen complained that he was a danger to the wellbeing of cricket, encouraging as he did the abolition of long-stop, the clergy's traditional fielding spot in village teams." Blackham was selected for the very first Test match, held at Melbourne in March 1876/77. Australia's leading bowler Fred Spofforth refused to play in the match, because Blackham was preferred to Spofforth's New South Wales teammate Billy Murdoch. In the Test match, Blackham took three catches and made the first Test-Match stumping, when he dismissed Alfred Shaw off the bowling of Tom Kendall in England's second innings.
The Test series was played first and the first Test match was scheduled on 4 December in Brisbane, but was later postponed because of the death of Phillip Hughes. The first Test was later rescheduled to the Adelaide Oval on 9 December and Brisbane would be hosting the second Test on 17 December. In the first Test match in Adelaide, the Australian players wore Hughes' Test cap number 408 on their playing shirts for the match as well as black armbands in honour of their former teammate. In the first Test match in Adelaide, Smith scored 162 runs in 298 balls in the first innings and made 53 runs in the second innings, defeating India by 48 runs into day five.
Following the training at ICC's Cricket Academy Centre in Dubai, Smith began the tour of India with a century in their maiden warm-up match in Mumbai. He replicated his ton in the first Test in Pune where he produced his first century in the Indian Subcontinent, accompanied by the support of his bowlers to win their first Test match in India since 2004 and breaking India's 19 match undefeated streak, stretching back from 2012. In the 3rd Test match in Ranchi, which is the first-ever Test match hosted at this venue, Steve Smith scored yet another century, 178 not out. This is the third-highest score by an Australian cricketer in Test matches played in India and the highest by an Australian Captain.
During the 1997 Ashes series, McGrath "humiliated" England, taking eight wickets in a single innings at Lord's and restricting England to 77, the lowest total in any Test match at the ground since 1888. A month later, he dismissed seven English batsmen in the first innings at The Oval but despite these performances, Australia did not win either Test match. The 2001 Ashes series saw McGrath make four five-wicket hauls in consecutive matches. He twice took five-wicket hauls in both innings of a Test match – in March 1999 he dismissed five West Indian batsmen in each innings of the first Test of the Frank Worrell Trophy; in the following year, he took ten wickets against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
James Lillywhite led a subsequent England team which sailed on the P&O; steamship Poonah on 21 September 1876. They played a combined Australian XI, for once on even terms of 11-a-side. The match, starting on 15 March 1877 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground came to be regarded as the inaugural Test match. The combined Australian XI won this Test match by 45 runs with Charles Bannerman of Australia scoring the first Test century.
The 2017–18 international cricket season was from September 2017 to April 2018. 28 Test matches, 93 One Day Internationals (ODIs), and 44 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) were played during this period. Out of the 30 Test matches that were played four were day/night matches. The day/night Test match between South Africa and Zimbabwe was scheduled to last for only four days in duration, with the last such four-day Test match being played in 1973.
In 1995, Blofeld was censured for an allegedly antisemitic comment made live on- air on Test Match Special, when broadcasting from Headingley. He referred to onlookers watching a match from the balcony of a tall building outside the ground at Headingley as being at "the Jewish end". Blofeld and the BBC apologised for a comment that was "not spawned by malice". On 23 June 2017, Blofeld announced his retirement as a BBC Test Match Special commentator.
This is a list of Ireland Test cricketers. Ireland were granted full membership and therefore Test status at the International Cricket Council's annual conference held on 22 June 2017, after having been one of the leading associate members for many years. Ireland played their first Test match in May 2018 against Pakistan at the Malahide Cricket Club Ground in Dublin. A Test match is an international cricket match between two representative teams that are full members of the ICC.
O'Reilly described it as the best delivery he ever witnessed in a Test match. Bradman wrote, "If ever the result of a Test match can be said to have been decided by a single ball, this was the occasion." After the match, thousands of spectators gathered in front of the pavilion and chanted his name until he came out to greet them. Later, he was given a civic reception in his home town of Stawell to celebrate his achievement.
The West Indies cricket team toured Sri Lanka from 1 to 18 December 1993. The tour consisted of three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and a one off Test Match. This was the first time the West Indies toured Sri Lanka, which hosted the first ever Test Match between the two countries. A three-day tour match between West Indies and Sri Lanka Board President's XI was also played at the Galle International Stadium from 3–5 December.
The South Africa national cricket team toured the West Indies in April 1992. The tour marked the first-ever official Test and One Day International matches between the two teams. It was also South Africa's first Test match since their reintroduction to the sport after being suspended in 1970 due to the apartheid regime, and their first Test against a non-white team. The tour consisted of three One-day Internationals and one Test match against the West Indies.
John McCarthy Blackham (11 May 1854 – 28 December 1932) was a Test cricketer who played for Victoria and Australia. A specialist wicket-keeper, Blackham played in the first Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 1877 and the famous Ashes Test match of 1882. Such was his skill in the position that he revolutionised the art of wicket-keeping and was known as the "prince of wicket-keepers". Late in his career, he captained the Australian team.
In the 2006 New Year Honours Hoggard was awarded the MBE for his role in the successful Ashes tournament. He was also named as one of five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in April 2006. On 6 March 2006, Hoggard was officially ranked the 4th best Test match bowler in the world. This was as a result of his Man of the Match performance for England against India in the First Test match at Nagpur in March 2006.
The Qatari network Al Jazeera, a documentary claimed that the groundsmen deliberately altered the nature of the pitch in order to produce results that favoured the home team especially during Sri Lanka's test match against Australia in Galle. The news reports claimed that two of the four-pitch fixing offences occurred in Galle, with the groundsmen at Chennai being accused of pitch-fixing charges after hosting the final Test Match of the series between India and England in 2016.
In February 2019, Gayle announced that he would retire from ODIs after the 2019 Cricket World Cup. However, in June 2019, during the Cricket World Cup, Gayle expressed his desire to play in the ODI matches against India in August, and possibly a Test match as well. Gayle last played in a Test match in September 2014, against Bangladesh. In July 2019, he was named in the West Indies' ODI squad for their series against India.
International cricket in South Africa between 1971 and 1981 consisted of four private tours arranged by English sports promoter Derrick Robins, two tours by a private team called the "International Wanderers", and one women's Test match. The apartheid policy followed by the South African Governments of the day meant that no Test match playing nation was willing to tour, thereby depriving world cricket of leading stars such as Graeme Pollock, Barry Richards, Clive Rice and Eddie Barlow.
In 2006, Irfan Pathan of India achieved a hat-trick in the first over of a Test match against Pakistan. Australian fast bowler Peter Siddle took a hat-trick in an Ashes test match against England on 25 November 2010, Siddle’s 26th birthday. The event became a well-renowned part of Australian cricket culture, being known as "Siddle’s hat-trick on his birthday", subsequently achieving cult status and being referred to by some as an internet meme.
Sri Lanka had obtained Full Member status of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1981, making them the eighth Test playing nation. The Test match against England in February 1982 was to be their inaugural Test match. Therefore, the tour was met with much enthusiasm, and Sri Lanka had even issued commemorative stamps and coins to mark the event. Celebrations were organized, and even shops and businesses were planned to be closed on the day of the match.
The Indian cricket team toured Zimbabwe between 15–25 October 1992. The series was played as a prelude for India's tour of South Africa, and included just one Test match and one One Day International (ODI). The tour began with a 50-over warm-up match, which the touring Indians won by 16 runs over the "Zimbabwe Cricket Union President's XI". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack criticised the "lifeless pitch" in the Test match, saying "both [bowling] attacks were rendered innocuous".
In March 2019 against Ireland, Afghanistan achieved their first Test match victory in their only second Test match, becoming only the third team after England and Pakistan to do so. In September 2019, Afghanistan beat hosts Bangladesh by a big margin in a one-off Test tour. Rain affected, the match almost drew, but finally the weather cleared, allowing the spin-unit of Afghanistan to take the final 4 wickets, making a historic win against a top Test team.
One charge was dismissed against Butt from the third Test match (batting out a maiden over), but the other charges (failing to report an advance from the third Test match and ordering Asif and Amir to bowl no-balls in the fourth Test) were proved, and Butt was banned from the sport of cricket for ten years, five of which were suspended should he not commit any further offences and participate in a Pakistani Cricket Board anti- corruption program.
Hearne was chosen to tour South Africa as part of Walter Read's XI in 1891–1892. The tour took place at the same time as another team, captained by W G Grace, were representing England against Australia. The sole first-class match on the tour was against a South African XI and this match was retrospectively given Test match status. He scored just nine runs in the Test match but acquitted himself well on the tour in general.
Sri Lanka's international debut came in 1997 with a three match ODI series against The Netherlands, which they lost 2–1. This was part of their preparation for the World Cup in India the following month, in which they reached the quarter finals, losing to England. The following year they hosted a tour by Pakistan, winning the three ODIs as well as what was the first Test match for both countries. It remains Sri Lanka's sole Test match.
Denness found Sachin Tendulkar guilty of ball tampering charges and handed him a one Test match ban. The incident escalated to include sports journalists accusing Denness of racism, and led to Denness being barred from entering the venue of the third Test match. The ICC revoked the status of the match as a Test as the teams rejected the appointed referee. The charges against Tendulkar and Sehwag's ban for excessive appealing triggered a massive backlash from the Indian public.
His first Test Match commentary on radio was on West Indies v Australia in 1965. He was a member of the BBC's Test Match Special commentary team from 1966,Tony Cozier: A Voice And Vision, Caribbean Beat, May 2003 and also commentated on television for Channel Nine in Australia and Sky Sports. During his commentating career, Cozier covered every Wisden Trophy series except one. Despite health problems, he commentated on the 2014/15 England tour of the West Indies.
In December 2017, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In May 2018, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for their inaugural Test match, played against India. He made his Test debut for Afghanistan, against India, on 14 June 2018. During the match, he along with Rashid Khan, set a new record for becoming the first pair of teenagers to concede more than 100 runs each in their nation's inaugural Test match.
It was the first cricket ground in West Pakistan to host a Test match, when it hosted the second Test of Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1954–55, India's inaugural tour of Pakistan. However, this was the only Test match to be held at this ground. As of 2002, 155 first class matchesFirst-Class Matches played on Bahawal Stadium, Bahawalpur (155), from cricketarchive.com, retrieved 16 March 2006 and 23 List A matches have been played at this ground.
His innings bowling analysis was the fourth best in any Test match at the timeEnglish P (2007) International man of mastery rocks the Gabba, CricInfo, 2007-12-08. Retrieved 2020-02-19.Gollapudi N (2015) Hadlee's greatest hits, CricInfo, 2015-11-08. Retrieved 2020-02-19.First Test match, Australia v New Zealand 1985-86, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1987. Retrieved 2020-02-19. and his match figures of 15/123 are the best in international cricket on the ground.
Pervez MA (2001) A Dictionary of Cricket, p.31. Hyderabad: Sangam Books (India). This article details the five-wicket hauls taken on the ground in official international Test, One Day International and Twenty20 International matches. The first five-wicket haul in international cricket on the ground was taken during the ground's first Test match in 1884, Australian Harry Boyle taking six wickets for 42 runs (6/42) in the first innings of a rain-affected Test match.
Hyderabad: Sangam Books (India). This article details the five-wicket hauls taken on the ground in official international Test and One Day International matches. The first five-wicket haul on the ground in international cricket was taken by Australian bowler Joey Palmer in the ground's first Test match. Palmer took seven wickets for a cost of 68 runs (7/68) from 58 four-ball overs.Second Test match, Australia v England 1881–82, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1883.
He made his Test debut against West Indies cricket team at Kingston in June 2011. He took a five wicket haul in the first Test match of India tour of England, 2011.
In his other match, the fifth of that series, in which the West Indies gained their first win over Australia, he was partnered by Henry Armstrong, standing in his only Test match.
In their first season, 1894–95, they won the Second Division title by a nine-point margin and beat Liverpool, the First Division's bottom club, in the test match to gain promotion.
Cecil "Sam" Cook (23 August 1921 – 4 September 1996) was an English first- class cricketer who played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club and in one Test match for the England cricket team.
Conganage Edmond Basil Anthony (11 August 1937 - 16 April 2014) was a Sri Lankan cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match in 1983 and two ODI games between 1982 and 1983.
Sukha Bose (1 November 1930 - 12 October 2008) was an Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, India vs. Pakistan, in 1983 and two ODI games between 1983 and 1984.
Douglas Gibbon (8 January 1913 - 20 September 1962) was a South African cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, South Africa vs. New Zealand, at Port Elizabeth 16-20 February 1962.
Beca is also selected for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut during the 2009 season of European Nations Cup First Division in a test match against the Los Leones.
In November 2018, he was called for Romania's national team, the Oaks, making his international debut during the 2018 end- of-year rugby union internationals in a test match against Los Teros.
Gottlieb Häusselmann was a Swiss footballer who played for FC Basel. He played as Striker. Häusselmann joined Basel's first team in 1921. In his first season he played only one test match.
Jolet Caroline Hartenhof (born 23 September 1979 in s-Gravenhage, Netherlands) is a Dutch former cricketer. She played in one Test match, 28 One Day Internationals (ODIs) and 4 Twenty20 (T20Is) matches.
Anne-Maria Suzanne Tanke (born February 27, 1978 in Velsen, Netherlands) is a Dutch former cricketer. She played in one Test match, 39 One Day Internationals (ODIs) and 5 Twenty20 (T20Is) matches.
Retrieved 2020-03-09.Newlands, Cape Town, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-03-09. The ground's first Test match was played between a South African representative XI and an English side touring South Africa.
The 1984 Fiji rugby union tour of Australia was a series of matches played between March and April 1984 by Fiji national rugby union team in Australia. No test match were played.
The Second Test in Bombay was the only time that Lindwall was to captain Australia in a Test match. Captain Johnson and his deputy Miller were both injured, leaving the bowling depleted.
A total of 68 five- wicket hauls have been taken in Test matches on the ground, 67 in men's Tests and one in the only women's Test match played at Sabina Park.
The first Test match at this venue was played on 10 November 1948 when India took on the West Indies. It is owned and operated by the DDCA (Delhi District Cricket Association).
He returned to the field in 2002 and showed tremendous ability to again represent NSW and Australia in a Test match against Great Britain. He was named the Dragon's best player in 2002.
Altogether, he umpired 30 first-class matches in his career between 1971 and 1985, the Test match against India being his last. Off the field Isherwood was a manager for an electrical retailer.
Agnes Elizabeth Ell (married name Hurcomb, 19 January 1917 - 30 July 2003) was a New Zealand cricketer. She played in one Test match in 1935. She was the sister of cricketer Jimmy Ell.
The Australian medical team's decision to let him play was criticised by the brain injury charity Headway, as "incredibly dangerous". Smith's replacement, Marnus Labuschagne, became the first concussion substitute in a Test match.
His last test match, was the drawn test against New Zealand on 6 August 1994 at Eden Park in Auckland. Andrews played nine test matches and twenty–two tour matched for the Springboks.
This was the onny test- match won by Wallabies. Without Stephen Larkham, the Wallabies won easily. The match was played in Lansdowne Road, with reduced capacity to 42,000 after a fire. Ireland: 15.
George Malcolm Emmett (2 December 1912 – 18 December 1976) was an English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. He also played one Test match for England in 1948.
Sudhakar Kulkarni (16 June 1937 - 30 May 2011) was an Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, India vs. Sri Lanka, in 1990 and five ODI games between 1986 and 1988.
During the 1932 season, Clark played for Auckland against the touring Great Britain Lions. He then played for New Zealand in his only test match, which was lost 18–20 at Carlaw Park.
Since 2003, Tufnell has appeared as a summariser on BBC Radio's Test Match Special. He has also hosted The Phil Tufnell Cricket Show and Tuffers and Vaughan Cricket Show on BBC Radio 5.
Said Ahmed Shah (born 28 April 1940) is a former Pakistani cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, Pakistan vs. West Indies, in 1984 and five ODI games between 1984 and 1997.
A. L. Narasimhan (born 27 April 1940) is a former Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, India vs. Sri Lanka, in 1994 and four ODI games between 1983 and 1993.
Feroze Butt (27 January 1942 - 5 September 2014) was a Pakistani cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, Pakistan vs. New Zealand, in 1990 and four ODI games between 1985 and 1994.
Where more than one player won her first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by the surname the player was using at the time of the match.
It has hosted one Test match, in October 2002, and hosted a number of One Day Internationals. It was also known as Mercedes- Benz Park, thanks to sponsorship from the German motor manufacturer.
Jacobus Ferdinand 'Cabous' van der Westhuizen (born 11 January 1965) is a former South African rugby player. He never played in a test match, but played for South Africa in 11 tour matches.
Matthew Henderson (2 August 1895 – 17 June 1970) was a New Zealand cricketer who played for Wellington from 1922 to 1932 and played in New Zealand's first- ever Test match in January 1930.
Between 1921 and 1937, Butler umpired eighteen first-class matches in New Zealand and two Test matches. He umpired the first Test match ever played by New Zealand, in Christchurch in January 1930.
Walter made his debut for the senior national team in March 2015 in a test match against Great Britain. In December 2018, he was nominated for the FIH Goalkeeper of the Year Award.
Paul Chue is a Papua New Guinean rugby league player who represented Papua New Guinea. Chue captained Papua New Guinea in their first ever test match. He is regarded as Kumul number one.
Cricket is the most popular summer sport in New Zealand, second only in total sporting popularity to rugby. New Zealand is one of the twelve countries that take part in Test match cricket.
House later became a rugby league referee. In 1919 he became the first, of only four Kiwis test players, to referee a test match when the Kiwis played Australia at the Basin Reserve.
Pakistan displaced India as number 1 after rain caused the final test match between India and West Indies to end in a draw. Pakistan became the 1st Asian team and 2nd team overall to win a day-night test match, which was against the West Indies in Dubai. In a later T20 series in Sep 2016, Pakistan's National Cricket Team won the series with World T20 Winner team West Indies with 3–0. They won by 9 wickets, 16 runs, 8 wickets consecutively.
Retrieved 13 December 2011 In a Test match against Australia at Bellerive Oval, Hobart Bracewell ran through the Australian batting line-up and took figures of 6/40 in only his third Test, the best bowling by a New Zealander in Tests in nearly 5 years. He bowled Nathan Lyon to seal the win by 7 runs. It was also 26 years since New Zealand last won a Test match in Australia. Black Caps bask in the glory of rare victory Stuff.co.nz.
Following the 2019 Cricket World Cup, Rashid was appointed as captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all three formats. His first Test match as captain was against Bangladesh in September 2019. Afghanistan won the match by 224 runs. Rashid Khan became the first bowler for Afghanistan to take a ten- wicket haul in Tests, and was the first cricketer to score a fifty and take a ten-wicket haul in his debut match as captain in a Test match.
He appeared in the France test match where England went on to rout their opponents. He made history in the opening test-match of the series against New Zealand as he officially became the most capped England international, making his 28th appearance for England, since their re-inauguration from Great Britain. He expressed his pride and joy after realising he had now officially beaten Kevin Sinfield's record. In October 2016, Graham was selected in the England squad for the 2016 Four Nations.
Barnes remains the only bowler other than Laker to take seventeen in a Test match. Two common factors link Laker and Barnes. They are the only two bowlers who have taken seventeen or more wickets in a Test match and they both played for Saltaire in the Bradford League, Barnes from 1915 to 1923, Laker from 1938 to 1940.Hill, 20 to 22 Laker remains the only bowler to have taken more than seventeen wickets in a first-class match.
The Philippines national rugby union team, nicknamed the "Lady Volcanoes" first played international sevens in 2010 at the Asian Championships, and in the same year played their first XVs rugby in a non-test match developmental tournament involving Laos and Thailand. Their first test match was in 2011. They competed in the 2011 and 2012 editions of the Asian Championship. They went on a hiatus from full 11-a-side rugby until 2018, when they competed in the Division I Asian Championships.
McShane is rare in that he was a Test match umpire before he played in a Test match. He officiated in one match between Australia and England in Sydney on 14 March 1885 to 17 March 1885, won by Australia by eight wickets after George Bonnor scored a century in 100 minutes, the fastest in Test matches to that time. McShane’s colleague was Ted Elliott. He was then selected for the Test in Melbourne the following week, making 9 and 12 not out.
Southern Punjab was dismissed for 22 which was the lowest total in the competition for 76 years.Cricket ArchiveLowest teams totals in first class cricket Jilani played his only Test match in England in 1936 during a tour wrecked by infighting between two factions supportive of the captain Vizzy and the former captain C. K. Nayudu. Jilani belonged to the former group. A few days before the Test Match at the Oval, Jilani publicly insulted Nayudu while coming down to breakfast.
McKinstry, p. 341. Boycott was also the first player to score 99 not out, and the first to score 99 and then a century in a Test match. The forty-eight century partnerships he was involved was a record for any England player, but has again been surpassed by Alastair Cook. In 1977 against Australia, Boycott became the first England player to bat on all five days of a Test match on his return to international cricket at Trent Bridge.
South African Johan Botha has been reported for his version of the doosra after the 3rd Test match against Australia in January 2006. Botha was playing in his maiden test match at the time, taking 2 wickets. His bowling was later ruled illegal, and he was banned, though this ban was lifted in November 2006.cricinfo: Botha's action passed by the ICC However, in April 2009, he was called for a re-assessment of his bowling action after the series in Australia.
His first match for Fiji was during a test match against Hong Kong, in Hong Kong, on 5 December 1990. Baleiwai also played during the test match against England, in Lautoka, on 16 July 1991, where Fiji defeated England 27-13.Fijians conquer the Englishmen He was also part of the 1991 Rugby World Cup roster, where he played all of the three pool stage matches, with the match against Romania, at Brive-la- Gaillarde being his last international cap.
In 1928, the West Indies played its first Test match at The Oval, followed by New Zealand in 1931. In 1936, India became the fifth foreign visiting Test side to play at The Oval, followed by Pakistan in 1954 and Sri Lanka in 1998. Zimbabwe and Bangladesh have yet to play a Test match at The Oval. Cricket, WG Grace, 1891– Kennington Oval The Oval is referenced by the poet Philip Larkin in his poem about the First World War, "MCMXIV".
In February 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's Test squad for their one-off match against Ireland in India. In April 2019, he was named in Afghanistan's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer for Afghanistan, with 254 runs in nine matches. In September 2019, he scored a century in the one-off Test match against Bangladesh, becoming the first batsman for Afghanistan to score a century in a Test match.
Mpofu played in Zimbabwe's comeback Test match against Bangladesh, and took 5 wickets as Zimbabwe recorded their first victory since 2004 by a major 130 runs. Bangladesh in Zimbabwe Test Match ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2011 Chris Mpofu continued his good wicket-taking form in the next Test against Pakistan, by taking 2 wickets in the only innings he bowled. Another highlight being his six in the Zimbabwean first innings off Pakistan's stalwart spinner Saeed Ajmal that brought up the Zimbabwean 400.
Consequently, Row was selected at centre for the first Test of the tour - Australian rugby union's inaugural Test match - played at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 24 June 1899. The players in those days elected their captain and chose Row, Queensland-born but a New South Wales resident.Howell p. 18 Few New South Welshman were sent north to Queensland for the second Test match of the tour a month later and although he was the incumbent skipper, Row was not selected.
Both the 1877 and 1977 matches were played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia. Remarkably, Australia won both matches by exactly the same margin, 45 runs. A second Centenary Test was played in 1980 at Lord's in London, to commemorate the first Test match in England, at The Oval in 1880. The 1880 match was the fourth to be considered a Test match, and followed three earlier matches played between England and Australia in Australia (including the 1877 Test).
It was a winter in which two England sides toured (the other one to Australia), but later the representative games on each tour were raised to Test match status, which meant that Chatterton played one Test match. He was the team's outstanding batsman on the tour, scoring 955 runs in all matches at an average of 41.52.Cricket, 14 April 1892, p. 51. Chatterton was considered to be almost single-handedly responsible for Derbyshire regaining first-class status in the 1894 season.
The format of a test match series varies; for instance it can be a head-to-head between one of the worse finishers of the higher league and one of the better finishers of the lower league, or it can be a mini league where all participants play each other or teams only play those from the other league. The winner of the test match series play in the higher league the following season, and the loser in the lower league.
Before the series, England played a Test match against France, New Zealand and Australia played a test in Newcastle before heading to Great Britain, and Wales played Ireland in Neath.England to face France in Avignon gillette4nations.co.uk, 15 July 2011Wales to take on Ireland in pre-Four Nations game walesrugbyleague.co.uk, 21 July 2011 New Zealand were originally scheduled to play a Test match against the Cook Islands on 7 October, however this was called off due to the unavailability of 29 frontline players.
Geddes played one test match for the All Blacks in 1913. He played for the Auckland provincial team from 1911 to 1914, and won a total of 13 caps for the side. As well as playing in four Ranfurly Shield matches, he also played in the Auckland side that defeated Australia in 1913. After being selected for the North Island team that same year, he was selected to play for New Zealand – the All Blacks – for their test match against Australia in Dunedin.
White made his Test Match Special debut in Multan for the first Test match between Pakistan and England in 2005. He was presented with his TMS tie by Vic Marks during the first day's play and was reported to be "pleased to survive his commentary spells with Geoffrey Boycott". He commentated on England's Ashes tour of Australia 2006–07, and in 2007 the Cricket World Cup, the West Indies and India tours of England, as well as the World Twenty20 (including the final).
Widdop scored in all three matches with six, two and one goals respectively. Widdop played in all 3 Test matches against New Zealand at stand off and kicked 10 goals in England's 2-1 Baskerville Shield series win. At the conclusion of the club season, Gareth was selected for England for their test match against France and test series against New Zealand. In the test match against France, Widdop kicked 12 goals in a record 84-4 rout win of the 'Les Tricolores'.
Reidy played for the Marist club and represented Auckland. He made his debut for the New Zealand national rugby league team in 1959, becoming Kiwi #383, but did not make his test match debut until 1961, against Australia at Carlaw Park. Between 1959 and 1966, Reidy played 65 games for New Zealand, including 19 tests, scoring 34 tries in all. He could play anywhere in the backline, but turned out on the wing in all but one of his test match appearances.
Amos is an enthusiast of cricket and talked about her love of the game with Jonathan Agnew on Test Match Special during the lunch break of the first day of the England v. New Zealand test match at Old Trafford in May 2008. After resigning from the cabinet, Baroness Amos took up a directorship with Travant Capital, a Nigerian private equity fund launched in 2007. In the House of Lords Register of Members Interests she lists this directorship as remunerated.
The Zimbabwe cricket team toured Bangladesh in February and March 2020 to play one Test match, three One Day International (ODI) and two Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. On 26 January 2020, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed the itinerary for the tour. It was the first time that a tour between the two sides featured a one-off Test match. Zimbabwe last toured Bangladesh in October and November 2018, and last won a series in the country during their tour in November 2001.
Joyce made her debut for Ireland in a One-Day International (ODI) against India in Milton Keynes in June 1999.Cricinfo profile She then played in the Women's European Championship the following month.Squads for the 1999 Women's European Championship at CricketEurope In 2000, she played four ODIs against PakistanWomen's ODIs played by Isobel Joyce at CricketArchive and played her only Test match, also against Pakistan.Women's Test matches played by Isobel Joyce at Cricket Archive This is Ireland's only Test match to date.
Kahts made his test debut for the Springboks on 31 May 1980 at Newlands in Cape Town against the touring British and Irish Lions team, captained by Bill Beaumont. He scored his first and only test try during his sixth test match and first at his home ground, Loftus Versveld, on 8 November 1980 against the touring French team. His last test match, was the losing test against the South American Jaguars of Hugo Porta in Bloemfontein on 3 April 1982.
The Afghanistan cricket team played the West Indies cricket team in India in November and December 2019 to play one Test, three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. It was the first Test match that Afghanistan played against the West Indies. The two teams had played each other ten times before, with the majority of matches in the Caribbean, with this being Afghanistan's fourth Test match. All the matches were played at the Ekana International Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.
Serg Simon (born July 3, 1967) is a former French rugby union player. He previously played for Union Bordeaux Begles, AS Merginac, Stade Bordelais and Stade Francais in France before playing for English side Gloucester Rugby Simon made his debut for France in 1991 where he scored his only try in a Test match against Romania won at 33-21. He represented France in another Test match against the United States in the same year, where there were victorious 41-9.
In August 2018, he was called up to India's Test squad for the final two Tests against England. He made his Test debut against England on 7 September 2018, in the 5th Test match of India tour of England 2018, and scored his maiden half-century (56 off 124 balls) in the first innings. In that match he also became the final bowler in test cricket to dismiss England’s highest ever test run scorer Alastair Cook . On 25 August 2019, against the West Indies, Vihari made 93 runs off 128 balls in the 2nd innings of the 1st Test match, which was labelled as a crucial knock for India as they gave the Windies a target of 419 runs with only 1 day remaining of the Test match.
Charles Russel Deare (1852 - 4 October 1921) was a South African who umpired one Test match in South Africa. Deare was born in Port Elizabeth in South Africa's Cape Province. After umpiring a match between an eleven from Robert Warton's touring English side against a twenty-two from Port Elizabeth in January 1889, and a second match between eleven of the tourists and a fifteen from Eastern Province on 8, 9 and 11 March, he made his debut as a Test match in the 1st Test played between South Africa and England at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, on 12 and 13 March 1889. This match between representative sides from England and South Africa was later accorded Test status, making it the first Test match played by South Africa.
In November 2001, Sehwag was involved in controversy in the Second Test match between India and South Africa at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, when he was given a one Test ban for "excessive appealing" by ICC Match referee Mike Denness. He was one of six Indian players to receive bans, four of which were suspended bans. The unprecedented severity of the bans precipitated an international cricketing, political and administrative crisis, with the Indian cricket establishment threatening to call off the tour unless Mike Denness was removed as match referee from the third test match. ICC backed Mike Denness and the South African board backed the Indian cricket establishment and did not allow Mike Denness to enter the stadium on the first day of the third test match.
Richards' older brothers, Dicky and Joseph, also played for Western Province and Dicky appeared in one Test match in 1888–89. He died at Harare, Zimbabwe (then Salisbury, Rhodesia) after he contracted typhoid fever.
He toured with the 1956-57 Kangaroos. While he failed to play a Test match against Great Britain, he played in 14 tour matches in England and France, captaining the Australian team many times.
Boston also played in the 1962 tour, scoring a further 22 tries. Billy Boston also represented Great Britain while at Wigan between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match).Edgar, Harry (2007).
At the age of twenty four Carroll played in his first test match in New Zealand against the New Zealand Māori rugby union team. He retired from representative rugby due to a knee injury.
Deon Eugene Oosthuysen (born 4 December 1963 in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa) is a former South African rugby player. He never played in a test match, but played for South Africa in 12 tour matches.
Shaun Young (born 13 June 1970) is an Australian Football administrator and former professional cricketer who played in a single Test match for Australia in 1997. He played for Tasmania in Australian domestic cricket.
Bruce Bricknell (11 July 1935 - 16 October 1982) was a New Zealand cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, New Zealand vs. Australia, in 1982 and two ODI games between 1981 and 1982.
Wilf Diedricks (6 March 1945 - 18 August 2009) was a South African cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, South Africa vs. India, in 1992 and 31 ODI games between 1992 and 2001.
Ian Higginson (born 10 May 1947) is a former New Zealand cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, New Zealand vs. Sri Lanka, in 1983 and two ODI games between 1983 and 1984.
Mahendra Gupte (11 April 1931 - 7 May 2017) was an Indian cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, India vs. England in 1985 and one ODI game, India vs. West Indies, in 1983.
Then there were some other postponements making the stadium finally wrap up on 10 November 2019, waiting for the first time a test match between women's football teams of KF Vllaznia and KF Apolonia.
Jack Wilkinson won caps for Great Britain while at Halifax between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match).Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 Page-110. Rugby League Journal Publishing.
June James (married name Morey) (born 22 April 1925 in South Perth, Western Australia) was an Australian cricket player. James played one women's test match for the Australia national women's cricket team in 1951.
Hearne then toured England with South Africa in 1924, playing his last Test match in the final Test of the series at The Oval. Hearne died in Barberton, South Africa in 1978, aged 90.
The last time two English umpires stood in the same Test match in England was for the sixth Ashes Test in August 1993, when Mervyn Kitchen and Barrie Meyer were the on-field umpires.
A few days later, Killeya-Jones saw action for the first time and scored 9 points vs Israel in a closed international test match. He played for Great Britain at FIBA EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers.
The youngest All Black in a test match was Jonah Lomu, capped at age 19 years, 45 days, whilst the oldest test player was Ned Hughes at 40 years, 123 days.Palenski (2003), p. 286.
It is traditionally played at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban. For the 2017 Boxing Day Test, South Africa played a four-day Test match against Zimbabwe. From 2018 it was played at SuperSport Park, Centurion.
Whitehead umpired 14 One Day International (ODI) matches between 1979 and 1983. In 1979 he umpired one women’s Test match. Altogether, he umpired 15 first-class matches in his career between 1979 and 1983.
Cricket: England v Australia, The Times, 1884-07-12, p.12. (The Times Digital Archive. Retrieved 2020-01-31. )First Test match, England v Australia 1884, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1885. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
The best innings figures in a Test match on the ground are Stuart Broad's 8/15 taken against Australia in 2015.Hopps D (2015) Broad and Root bury feeble Australia, CricInfo, 2015-08-06.
Rain washed out the third Test match in 1890 although Martin was not included in the team for the match with Briggs fit once again.Cricket – England v Australia], The Times, 1890-08-26, p.4.
Before the series, Australia and New Zealand organised to play the first ever International rugby league test-match in Perth, Scotland took on a Cumbrian rugby league team and England took on France in Avignon.
Marge Bishop (3 January 1910 - 26 January 1960) was a New Zealand cricketer. She played in one Test match in 1935, and was awarded with the first Test cap for the New Zealand women's team.
Indomatie Goordial-John (born 9 August 1985 {in Guyana} ). is a former West Indies cricketer who played 1 women's Test match and ten One Day International in an international career spanning from 2003 to 2005.
Helmets began to be widely worn thereafter. The last batsmen at the highest (Test match) level to never wear a helmet throughout his career was Viv Richards, who retired from the international game in 1991.
His last amateur fight was a test match against Ulf Olsen of Norway; Christensen won, but was later stripped of his victory because he had signed his first written professional contract just before the fight.
Ghauri was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Ghouri's only Test match appearance came against Australia in 1990. He had the unfortunate record of scoring neither a run nor taking a wicket in his Test career.
The full phrase is thought to have originally been "to bat on a sticky wicket." Such pitches were commonplace at all levels of the game (i.e. up to Test match level) until the late 1950s.
Ruth Evelyn Martin (née Symons, 3 October 1913 - 11 September 2004) was a New Zealand cricketer. She captained New Zealand in their first women's Test match, which they lost. She died in Christchurch in 2004.
This victory made Clarke the first player to win three of the four WCF Open World Titles. He finished his career having won 9 World titles and never having lost a major International Test Match.
This match was given retrospective Test match status in 1897.Major J (2007) More Than A Game, p.201. London: HarperCollins. Williamson M (2009) The ignorant internationals, CricInfo, 2009-11-28. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
The Reverend Vernon Peter Fanshawe Archer Royle (29 January 1854 – 21 May 1929) was an English first-class cricketer who played in a single Test match for England in Australia and later became a schoolmaster.
In 2013, the International Origin returned to its one-game format. England would play the Exiles RL in a one-off Test match at Warrington Wolves home ground Halliwell Jones Stadium on 14 June 2013.
As in recent seasons, New Zealand and Australia played the third and final Bledisloe Cup Test match for the year, with New Zealand having already secured the cup 2–0 during the 2016 Rugby Championship.
Some famous Wykes' include Walter Wykes (American playwright and actor), Thomas Wykes (English chronicler), Ted Wykes (Australian cricket Test match umpire), Sarah Wykes (British human rights activist) and Andrew Paul Wykes (British painter and professor).
In later life, Bailey wrote a number of books and commentated on the game. He was particularly known for the 26 years he spent working for the BBC on the Test Match Special radio programme.
His first match for Western Samoa was in the test match against Tonga at Moamoa, on 4 June 1994. His last match for Samoa was against the New Zealand at Napier, on 7 June 1996.
Saibh Young (born 5 September 1967) is an Irish former cricketer. She played in one Test match and 36 One Day Internationals (ODIs). She took a hat-trick in an ODI against England in 2001.
Retrieved 3 October 2014Murnane, Matt, "Joel Selwood joins list of Geelong greats", The Age, 2 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014 During the off-season, Selwood was appointed as the national team captain of Australia for the 2014 International Rules Series against Ireland. Playing in the midfield, Selwood kicked one over in the lone test match and led Australia to a 56–46 win against Ireland. In winning their 20th test match against Ireland, Australia reclaimed the Cormac McAnallen Trophy for the first time since 2010.
Although the United States is only an associate member of the ICC and has never played a Test match, two Test cricketers have been born in the USA. Ken Weekes was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1912 and played in two of the Tests on the West Indies' tour of England in 1939. Weekes scored 137 at The Oval in the last Test match before the Second World War. Weekes eventually returned to the United States from Jamaica, and died in Brooklyn in 1998.
Reinach made his Springbok test debut on 10 May 1986 against the New Zealand Cavaliers at Newlands in the first Springbok test match captained by Naas Botha. The other debutants in the Springbok team that day were Uli Schmidt, Gert Smal, Christo Ferreira, Jannie Breedt and Wahl Bartmann. On 31 May that year he played in his fourth and last test match against the Cavaliers. He played on the wing and scored two tries in four rugby test matches for the Springboks in 1986.
The ICC appointed three English officials for the match. Richard Illingworth and Nigel Llong were the onfield umpires, with Chris Broad named as the match referee. The Umpire Decision Review System (DRS) was not used for the Test match, as Cricket Ireland decided they could not afford the cost of using the system. Warren Deutrom, CEO of Cricket Ireland, said that he was "delighted" that Ireland's debut Test match will be played at home and thanked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in being Ireland's first Test opponent.
Peter Robert Enright, (born 18 January 1925 - died in Brisbane, Queensland on 18 August 2015 aged 90) was an Australian cricket Test match umpire. He umpired three Test matches between 1972 and 1974. His first match was between Australia and Pakistan at Melbourne on 29 December 1972 to 3 January 1973, won by Australia by 92 runs with Ian Redpath, Greg Chappell, Paul Sheahan, and John Benaud all scoring centuries. Enright’s partner in this match was Jack Collins, also standing in his first Test match.
George Parsons represented Wales XV (RU) while at Abertillery RFC in the 'Victory International' non-Test match(es) between December 1945 and April 1946, won a cap for Wales (RU) while at Newport RFC in 1947 against England, won caps for Wales (RL) while at St. Helens, and Salford. Parsons also represented Great Britain (RL) while at St. Helens in 1951 against Australasia, and between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match).Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 [Page-110].
Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level. A Test match is scheduled to take place over a period of five days, and is played by teams representing Full Member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Pakistan obtained Full Member status of the ICC in 1952, becoming the seventh nation eligible to play Test cricket. The Pakistan national cricket team played their first Test match on 16 October 1952 against India which they lost by an innings and 70 runs.
He played his first test match for the Springboks on 3 July 1993 against France at Ellis Park. He toured with the Springboks to Australia and Argentina in 1993, playing in all the test matches during the tours. In 1994 he played only one test match and in 1995 was a member of the World Cup squad and also played in the World Cup final. He continued to represent South Africa during the 1996 and 1997 seasons, including the test series against the 1997 British Lions.
An innings-by-innings breakdown of Trumble's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last 10 innings (blue line). The blue dots indicate an innings where he was not dismissed. "The first of the great off spinners of the Test-match age", in 32 Tests, Trumble took 141 wickets at an average of just over 20 runs per wicket. He took 5 wickets in an innings on nine occasions and 10 wickets in a match three times.
He played his first test match for the Springboks on 17 October 1992 against France at the Stade de Gerland in Lyon. He was a member of the South African squad that won the 1995 Rugby World Cup, captaining the Springboks in their victory over Romania, during the pool matches. His last test match was on 10 June 1995 against Samoa, during the 1995 World Cup quarter-finals at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. Richter also played in nineteen tour matches, scoring seven tries for the Springboks.
His first test match for the Springboks was in 1992 against the All Blacks at Ellis Park in Johannesburg and he scored a try on debut. Muller played 33 test matches for the Springboks and was a member of the 1999 World Cup squad. His last test match for South Africa was the third place playoff at the 1999 World Cup against New Zealand at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Muller also played in 19 tour matches for the Springboks and scored 7 tries.
Bangladesh batted first and he recorded 15 in his first Test match innings. A decent start but he failed to take a wicket in Australia's only innings and he registered a golden duck in an innings defeat. His next test appearance took place a year afterwards against Sri Lanka where he got first test wicket having Chamara Silva caught. He got Graeme Smith in a Test against South Africa and he got his highest Test match score of 33 in both innings, once finishing unbeaten.
Tahir was left out once again after one bad Test with the ball against India and was replaced by Robin Peterson, but he continued to do well in the shorter forms of the game. He continued to be a regular member of the South African side in all formats and played Test matches in spin-friendly conditions. In November 2012 Tahir bowled 37 overs in a Test match against Australia, with no wickets for 260 runs – the worst bowling figures in Test match history.
This was also his best bowling performance in a Test match. The following year, during the Pakistan tour Bangladesh, Kaneria achieved his career-best performance in an innings against the same team taking seven wickets for 77 runs at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka. In October 2003–04, he was part of the Pakistan team during the South Africa tour of Pakistan. In first Test match played at the Gaddafi Stadium, he took seven wickets for 111 runs including a five-wicket haul in the first innings.
He started to play for Samoa during a test match against Fiji, at Suva, on August 22, 1987. His last match for Samoa was during a test match against Fiji, at Apia, on June 4, 1988. Two years later, Luaiufi started to play for Japan in the match against Fiji, at Tokyo, on March 4, 1990. He was part of the Japan team at 1991 Rugby World Cup, where he played three matches and scored a try in the match against Zimbabwe, at Belfast, on October 14.
Pagel played his first test match for the Springboks as a replacement in the opening match of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, on 25 May 1995 against Australia at Newlands in Cape Town. During the World Cup final, he replaced Balie Swart after 68 minutes at tighthead, allowing him to play the rest of the match, including the extra time. After the World Cup, he only played in one further test match for the Springboks. He also played in three tour matches for the Sringboks.
Papua New Guinea has not won a test-match on away soil since the 2000 Rugby League World Cup. Fiji picked 6 débutantes for the test match, while Papua New Guinea also featured six players making their first ever International appearance. Both teams had NRL, Queensland or New South Wales Cup, and domestic club players. Papua New Guinea's most experienced players were Nene MacDonald, Ray Thompson, and Tyson Martin making their 4th appearance, while Fiji's most experienced player was captain Jason Bukuya making his 10th appearance.
He toured Australia and New Zealand with the British Isles rugby union team in 1904, playing one Test match against Australia at Sydney. The following year he played a second Test match, this time for England against Ireland at Cork in the 1905 Home Nations Championship. Stanger-Leathes also played cricket at minor counties level for Northumberland, making 99 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship between 1903-1929. By profession he was a managing director at the ship ventilation manufacturers and sheet iron engineers Brown and Hood.
New Zealand lost a series against the touring Australian side 0-2. Coached by Ces Mountford, New Zealand included; Michael O'Donnell, Kevin Fisher, Olsen Filipaina, James Leuluai, captain Dane O'Hara, Gordon Smith, Shane Varley, Mark Broadhurst, Howie and Kevin Tamati, Paul Te Ariki, Barry Edkins, Mark Graham, Graeme West, Lewis Hudson, Dennis Williams and Tony Coll. The second Test match was controlled by referee John Percival, his twenty sixth and last Test match. The Kiwis then toured Great Britain and France, drawing both series 1-all.
Fourie played provincial rugby for South Eastern Transvaal and was the first player from the union that was selected to play for the Springboks in a test match. Fourie played in only one test match for the Springboks, the third test against the 1974 Lions at the Boet Erasmus Stadium in Port Elizabeth. He then toured with the Springboks to France at the end of 1974 and one of his fellow tourists was his brother, Carel. Fourie played in four tour matches, scoring three tries.
According to the Indian Express, shopkeepers had kept away from the flower market in Mehrauli, the blast site. Following the blast, the security arrangements for the Australian cricket team, currently on a tour of India, was tightened. Cricket Australia was reported to be reviewing security arrangements in Delhi where it is scheduled to play a test match against Indian cricket team in late October 2008. However, in a statement Cricket Australia said that the test match in Delhi will go ahead as per schedule.
Hodges was born in Knightsbridge, London, on 11 August 1855 and is believed to have died on 17 January 1933 in Melbourne, Victoria. The exact details of his death remain unconfirmed but this date is generally accepted by the sport's historians. He is one of the least-known Australian players, so meteoric and short was his career. He had the unusual distinction of playing in a Test match (and not just any Test match, the first ever given such status) before playing for his colony.
On September 8, 2018, Trafalgar Park hosted its first All Blacks test match when New Zealand played Argentina. The All Blacks won 46-24. The match was a sell-out, with more than 21,000 people attending.
Lodewikus Theodorus "Theo" Oosthuizen (born 24 February 1964 in Mossel Bay, South Africa) is a former South African rugby player. He never played in a test match, but played for South Africa in four tour matches.
On 18 June 2009, Hayes was called up to the British and Irish Lions squad in South Africa as a replacement for the injured Euan Murray. He played in the final test match of the tour.
Alane Felsinger (born 10 July 1937) is a former Sri Lankan cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan in 1986. His brother Herbi was also an international umpire for Sri Lanka.
Cadell's great-uncle Vernon Royle represented Lancashire, Oxford University and the Marylebone Cricket Club in first-class cricket. Royle also represented England in a single Test match against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1879.
Evans' sons John and Ralph both played first-class cricket, John captaining Kent in 1927 and playing one Test match for England in 1921. His nephews, Dudley, William and Alfred also all played first-class cricket.
The first ever day/night Test Match took place between Australia and New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on 27 November 2015, 36 years to the day from the first ICC sanctioned day night match.
In 2002 Rugby League World Magazine sponsored the Great Britain team against Australia in the first Test Match played in Sydney for a decade, and has also sponsored the England team in the European Nations Cup.
The 1992 France rugby union tour of Argentina was a series of match played by France rugby union team in June and July 1992, in Argentina. France won both the official test match against the Pumas.
Glenn captained the Broncos in 3 matches while regular captain Sam Thaiday was on origin duty. Glenn played in the October 2012 test match against the Australia in New Zealand's 20–12 loss at 1300SMILES Stadium.
He was selected for Australia in the one-off test match against New Zealand on 8 May 2009. He was also an Italian international. Laffranchi signed a two-year deal with St. Helens starting in 2012.
After retiring as a player, Marks became a cricket journalist. He writes match reports and opinion pieces for The Guardian and The Observer newspapers, and frequently appears on BBC Radio's Test Match Special as a summariser.
The tsunami affected several leading cricketing nations. India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh were the affected Test match playing nations, as were Malaysia, Thailand, the Maldives and Indonesia among the other associate & affiliate members of the ICC.
The Craig Oval is a cricket ground in Wembley Downs, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. It is owned by, and part of, Hale School. It hosted the first Women's Test match between Australia and India.
The tour by Argentina was only the second visit to Australia by the Pumas since 1983 and once again the athletic and tall Campbell stamped his authority on the line-outs in all of these matches. During the same year, coach Alan Jones took the Wallabies into the Bledisloe Cup series following his mantra "KISS" - Keep It Simple Stupid. The Wallabies won the first Test match 13 to 12, the All Blacks won the second Test Match 13 to 12, with the Wallabies coming out on top after the third Test match, winning 22 to 9. This marked the first time the Australian Wallabies won the Bledisloe Cup on Kiwi soil since 1949. The coach presented an inscribed photograph of Campbell, reaching for the ball in a line-out, thanking him for playing ‘such a big role in our Bledisloe Cup victory’.
After the Queensland rugby league team played its first two matches ever against the touring New Zealanders, who also played a match against Brisbane, the Second Test match against Australia was played in Brisbane and 6,000 spectators turned up to watch the first test match to be held in the state. The All Blacks, still grieving over the loss of Baskiville, could only field a skeleton team and did not perform a pre-match haka. As they did in the first test New Zealand dominated early in the match, with Harold Rowe scoring early, and by half time the New Zealanders led 15–2. The Second half was no easier for the Australians, and the All Blacks ran out winners 24–12 in one of the most decisive test match displays ever put on by a New Zealand side.
The tour was part of a very full England schedule for 2015, which saw them playing international cricket in every month of the year. England were coming to the West Indies immediately after the 2015 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand and Australia, and they were then scheduled to play an ODI against Ireland in Dublin three days after the final Test match. The schedule for the Test series was announced in August 2014, with the three Test matches scheduled to be played at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, the National Cricket Stadium in Grenada and Kensington Oval in Barbados. Sir Vivian Richards Stadium hadn’t hosted a Test match since 2009, when a Test match between England and the West Indies was cancelled after just ten deliveries had been bowled due to an unsafe outfield.
She played in the first women's Test match in 1934, and was one of the best-known women cricketers of her day, famous for making high scores against the Australians. She scored the first Test century in women's cricket on 4 January 1935, when she made 119 for England against Australia at Sydney Cricket Ground. In that same historical women's test match, she notched another record for becoming the first woman cricketer to open the batting as well as to open the bowling in a same test match. The English men's team had lost the Ashes a few months earlier, and the Morning Post praised Maclagan's batting prowess with the quatrain: :What matter that we lost, mere nervy men :Since England's women now play England's game, :Wherefore Immortal Wisden, take your pen :And write MACLAGAN on the scroll of fame.
On 18 January 2016 he was added to South Africa's Test squad, and became the 6th South African (and 102nd Test player) to score a century on debut coincidentally at Centurion Park, which was a historical moment, during the first day of the fourth Test against England. Cook was the first South African to face the pink ball as well as the first ever delivery in a day-night Test match and co-incidentally his father Jimmy Cook was also the first ever South African to have faced the white ball in an ODI. Cook is the first ever batsman to score a test century in the 3rd innings of a Day/Night test match, when he scored 104 in that innings. His 104 is still the highest individual score for any batsman in the 3rd innings of a day-night test match.
A multi-format points system was first introduced for the 2013 Women's Ashes series in England; the series consisted of one Test match, three One Day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals. Six points were awarded for winning the Test match, with two points each if drawn, and two points for winning a limited overs match, and one point each if the match was drawn. Talking about the points system, then England captain Charlotte Edwards said " It preserves Test cricket, which is the most important thing, but equally we get to play the more popular formats which are one day and Twenty20 which the media and the public has a huge demand for." England won the series 12–4 after the test match was drawn, Australia won one ODI and England won two ODIs and all three T20Is.
In May/June 2000, Bangladesh had hosted the 2000 Asia Cup, won by Pakistan. In November of that year, Bangladesh played their first-ever Test match against India at the National Stadium, India winning by 9 wickets.
He made his Test match debut for Zimbabwe against Bangladesh on 3 November 2014. In June 2018, he was named in a Board XI team for warm-up fixtures ahead of the 2018 Zimbabwe Tri-Nation Series.
His last match was between Australia and England at Melbourne on 13 February to 18 February 1959, where the home team won comfortably. Les Townsend, officiating in his only Test match, was Wright's partner in this match.
Felicia Gail Cummings (born 20 February 1968) in Trinidad. She is a former West Indies cricketer who played one women's Test match and 14 One Day Internationals including the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup in South Africa.
Tancred became the first batsman to carry his bat in a Test match in scoring 26 not out. South Africa were obliged to follow on, but were again quickly dismissed. Briggs' second innings wickets were all bowled.
He has played one Test match, in March 2001 against New Zealand and five One Day International matches for Pakistan. He is the only wicketkeeper to have played Test cricket who has not recorded a single dismissal..
An innings-by-innings breakdown of Darling's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line). The blue dots indicate an innings where he was not dismissed.
He won 9 caps with the Springboks, with his debut test match against Western Samoa on 13 April 1995 at Ellis Park in Johannesburg. Rossouw represented South Africa at the 1995 and the 1999 Rugby World Cups.
Lamine Moro playing the test match against TP Mazembe in March 2017 in Ndola Stadium Moro Lamine (born 13 February 1994) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays professionally for Young Africans S.C. in the Tanzanian Premier League.
Sharpe has also refereed the 2019 Women's State of Origin and has been a touch judge in several international games including the 2017 Rugby League World Cup tournament and the Tonga v Fiji test match in 2017.
Charlie Pollard won a cap for Great Britain while at Wakefield Trinity, he played in Great Britain's 11-13 defeat by New Zealand in the 2nd test match at Basin Reserve, Wellington on Wednesday 6 August 1924.
Toby Rollox (born 19 January 1913) was a former West Indian cricket umpire and player. He stood in one Test match, West Indies vs. India, in 1953. He also made five first-class appearances for British Guiana.
Umar Khan (1919 - 4 August 1990) was a Pakistani cricketer and umpire. He played in twenty-one first-class matches between 1935 and 1946. He also stood in one Test match, Pakistan vs. New Zealand, in 1969.
He made his second Test century in the second Test match, making 107 before being bowled by Dhananjaya De Silva in a drawn match, Zimbabwe's first home draw since 2017. Sri Lanka won the series 1-0.
Union Saint-Gilloise won the first ever "double" in Belgian football history by winning the Division I (in a test match against holder Daring Club de Bruxelles) as well as the second edition of the Belgian Cup.
The man who changed the game from CricInfo. Retrieved 27 November 2011. At the end of his final Test match, Waugh was carried by his teammates in a lap of honour around the Sydney Cricket Ground.Engel, Matthew.
In June 2007 Langley was called up to the Great Britain squad for the Test match against France He was also called up for the Great Britain Train on Squad for the test series with New Zealand.
He played in England for two off-seasons, playing for Workington Town in 1981-82 and Leigh in 1983-84. Varley's last test match for New Zealand was in 1984.VARLEY, Shane (1978 - 81, 1983 - 84) nzleague.co.
Horne's Testimonial match for Barrow took place in 1955. Horne also represented Great Britain while at Barrow between 1952 and 1956 against France (1 non-Test match).Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 Page-110.
The best Test match innings bowling figures are the 6/25 taken by Pakistani Abdur Rehman against England in 2012.Saad Shafqat (2012)A victory fashioned by the unsung, CricInfo, 2012-01-29. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
Yet, he made 140 in the first innings and (going in late) 111 in four and a half hours in the second. He was the first batsman to score a century in both innings of the same Test match for England. He is still the only batsman to score centuries in both innings of his final Test match. However, illness severely affected Russell's performance in 1923: only after a rest of two weeks in late June did he recover anything like his best form, and his average fell from 52 to 29.71.
In one match against Victoria he took 8 wickets for 10 runs, though there were occasional rumblings about his action verging on a "throw". He represented South Australia on the Australian Cricket Board in the 1890s along with John Creswell and Mostyn Evan. He umpired one Test match between Australia and England in Adelaide on 24 March to 28 March 1892, standing with George Edward Downs, also in his only Test match. England won easily by an innings and 230 runs – the largest Test victory margin to that date – in Jack Blackham's last match.
Tom Harrison, chief executive of the ECB, said that "we are excited by the prospect of staging our first ever day-night Test match". Following the Edgbaston Test match, both England's Alastair Cook and Neil Snowball, CEO of Warwickshire County Cricket Club, said that the "jury is out" with regards to holding another day/night Test in England. The ECB considered it a success, with the possibility of having a day/night Test as an annual fixture. England won the Test series 2–1, with James Anderson taking his 500th wicket in the third match.
There have been over 750 rugby league footballers who have played for the New Zealand national rugby league team since the national side started competing internationally in 1907. Players are listed according to the date of their first international test match. The below list is the official roll of honour and only lists players who have played a test match for the Kiwis or have gone away on a tour with the squad. The list does not include players who only played non-tests in New Zealand or who were unused substitutions in test matches.
In Jones's first season as secretary-manager Small Heath won the inaugural Second Division championship, though this did not bring automatic promotion; the club were unsuccessful in a test match against the bottom club in the First Division, Newton Heath. The following season the club were promoted via a test match victory over Darwen. Their stay in the top flight was brief, and with relegation came the loss of top players, falling attendances and consequent reduced income. Despite the financial difficulties the club found itself in, Jones was responsible for some excellent players joining.
In addition to the Pacific Nations Cup, Georgia faced Japan in a one-off test match, in what was a historic biggest loss for Georgia against Japan, losing 28–0. The November test widow saw the much anticipated test between Georgia and Italy take place, which the Italian side won 28–17. Georgia replied with a 20–9 victory over Tonga, their only other test match in the November window. At the start of the World Cup year, Georgia convincingly won the 2019 Rugby Europe Championship, winning all five matches.
The second test was the first time that rugby league had been played in London, and as a result the match was deemed to be important for the Northern Unions chances of expanding into the rest of England. In the second test match New Zealand completely outplayed Great Britain, with the home side being held score less until the last five minutes. The tourists' win set up the series at 1-all and the spotlight then moved to Cheltenham, the scene of the third and deciding test match.
Black & Blue – The First Test of 1908 RL1908.com, Accessed 8 August 2009 Messenger's kicking had been off all game, he had only kicked two despite having fourteen attempts. Albert Baskiville on the other hand had played in his first test match and won much praise with his performance, deserving his try. It would also turn out to be the only test match he ever played. Precisely 100 years later this match was commemorated on 9 May 2008 in the Centenary rugby league test at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
International cricket has been played in New Zealand since 1930 when the New Zealand national cricket team played their first Test match against England at Christchurch. The New Zealand Women cricket team played its first Test match in 1935 at the same venue and both sides continue to play internationals at a range of venues across new Zealand. In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement.
In February 2019, Chris Gayle announced his retirement from ODI cricket, and he last played in a Test match in September 2014, against Bangladesh. However, in June 2019, during the Cricket World Cup, Gayle expressed his desire to play in the ODI matches for the West Indies, and possibly a Test match as well. In July 2019, Cricket West Indies named the ODI squad for the series, with Gayle included in the team. India's MS Dhoni elected to miss the tour to serve with his army regiment, and Hardik Pandya was rested for the series.
Led by England's Doug Prentice and managed by James Baxter the tour took in 28 matches, seven in Australia and 21 in New Zealand. Of the 28 games, 24 were against club or invitational teams, four were test matches against New Zealand and one was a test match against Australia. The test match results saw the Lions lose to Australia, and win only one of the four New Zealand tests. As with earlier trips, the selectors had a difficult time putting together the final team that made up the British Isles tour.
Retrieved 2020-02-21. The best bowling figures in a Test match innings on the ground are the nine wickets for the cost of 86 runs (9/86) taken by Pakistan's Sarfraz Nawaz against Australia in 1979 in what was described by Wisden as "one of the greatest bowling feats in the history of Test cricket".First Test Match, Australia v Pakistan, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1980. Retrieved 2020-03-01. The best bowling on the ground by an Australian is the 9/121 taken by Arthur Mailey against England in 1921.
He made four test match appearances in the New Zealand season as substitute against Argentina, South Africa and Australia, scoring his only test match try against Argentina. Selected for his second All Black tour of the UK, Allen made an appearance as substitute against Wales, and was selected for the starting line-up for the final match against England. This is commonly considered to have been the peak of Allen's rugby career. In 1998 Allen was devastated by a serious back injury when he was diagnosed with a prolapsed disc in his back.
Former captain Alastair Cook, pictured in 2016, holds several England Test cricket records. Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level. A Test match is scheduled to take place over a period of five days, and is played by teams representing full member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC). England was a founding member of the ICC, having played the first Test match against Australia in March 1877 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. They have played a total of 1,022 matches, the most by any Test playing team.
In January 2011, Jupp was a team member with Goldie, and team captain Phill Jupitus on the music quiz Never Mind The Buzzcocks. In May and November 2011, and in April 2012, he appeared as a panellist on both Have I Got News for You and Would I Lie To You? (BBC). On 22 August 2011, he appeared as the lunchtime guest on Test Match Special, where he revealed a love of cricket and that he had worked with the Test Match Special team, who had no idea who he was.
In May 2018, he was one of 33 cricketers to be awarded a national contract by Sri Lanka Cricket ahead of the 2018–19 season. The following month, he was named the captain of Sri Lanka's Test side, for the third and final match against the West Indies, after Dinesh Chandimal was handed a one-match ban for ball tampering. He became the 16th player to captain Sri Lanka in a Test match. Sri Lanka won the match and became the first Asian team to win a Test match at Kensington Oval.
Jonathan Marc Bairstow (born 26 September 1989) is an English cricketer, who plays internationally for England and domestically for Yorkshire. Bairstow was part of the England squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup. A right-hand batsman, he is the only England wicket-keeper to twice claim nine dismissals in a Test match, against South Africa in January 2016, and against Sri Lanka in May 2016. Only Jack Russell (11 dismissals versus South Africa, 1995), and Bob Taylor (10 dismissals versus India 1980) have claimed more in a single Test match.
A tall, left-handed opening batsman, Smith is regarded as one of the best test match openers of all time. During South Africa's tour of England in 2003, he made double centuries in consecutive Test matches: 277 at Edgbaston, and 259 at Lord's. His 259 at Lord's still holds the record for being the highest score made by a foreign player at this prestigious venue. On 24 October 2013, Smith became the second South African and 12th overall to complete 9,000 runs in test cricket in his 112th test match.
Robin Morris, along with Dubai based business person Gaurav Rajkumar, Galle groundsman Tharanga Indika, and Sri Lankan first-class cricketer Tharindu Mendis have also been investigated by the ICC for attempting another pitch tampering at Galle in Sri Lanka's first test match against England as part of the England's series against Sri Lanka in November 2018. Concerns were raised by the English Cricket Board whether to play the series against Sri Lanka over the planned pitch tampering at the Galle Cricket Stadium for the first Test match or not.
Despite being written off as underdogs before the Australian tour began, England drew the one-day international series against Australia, two all, and retained the Ashes with a six wicket victory in the one-off test match at Bowral. Isa Guha took nine wickets in the test match, and won the player of the match award, while long serving middle order batsman, Claire Taylor scored two gritty fifties. Captain Charlotte Edwards hit the winning runs, as she had at the Sydney Cricket Ground in her 100th one day international.
Strauss managed to keep his place for the India tour and immediately rewarded the selectors by making 123 in the first innings of the first Test match with the rest of the batting lagging behind. He followed it up by holding the batting order together after a collapse that saw England 43–3 and shared a 200 run partnership with Paul Collingwood in which Strauss and Collingwood both made 108. He became just the 10th Englishman to make two hundreds in the same Test match, with Marcus Trescothick being the last in 2004.
Ireland previously toured India in February and March 2019 to play Afghanistan, a series that included the first Test match to be played between the two teams. Afghanistan won the one-off Test match by seven wickets to record their first victory in Test cricket. Prior to the tour, Asghar Afghan was reappointed as Afghanistan's captain across all three formats of international cricket. The first fixture of the tour was the 1,000th match played by Ireland across all formats, since they played a two- day match in September 1855.
Alfred German Archer (6 December 1871 in Richmond, Surrey, England – 15 July 1935 in Seaford, Sussex, England) was a cricketer who played for Worcestershire in 1900 and 1901. Archer also played one Test match for Lord Hawke's XI England on their 1898-99 tour to South Africa: this was his first appearance in first-class cricket. He also played for Incogniti (1897-1900), and I Zingari (1903). Although Archer was a wicket-keeper, he did not keep wicket or bowl in the Test match in which he played, and he batted at number 10.
Members of the Hearne family, with Alec Hearne second right Hearne was chosen to tour South Africa as part of Walter Read's XI in 1891–1892. The tour took place at the same time as another team, captained by W G Grace, were representing England against Australia. The sole first-class match on the tour was against a South African XI and this match was retrospectively given Test match status. He scored just nine runs in the Test match but acquitted himself well on the tour in general.
The Afghanistan cricket team toured Bangladesh to play the Bangladesh cricket team in September 2019 in a one-off Test match. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) confirmed the schedule for the tour in August 2019. Following the 2019 Cricket World Cup, where Aghanistan lost all of their matches, Rashid Khan was named as the new captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all three formats. Khan was 20 years and 350 days old when he led the side in the one- off Test, becoming the youngest cricketer to captain a team in a Test match.
In October 2019, the PCB proposed hosting the two Test matches in Pakistan, instead of the UAE, at venues in Rawalpindi and Karachi. Sri Lanka Cricket said that they were "very positive" with regards to the progress of playing Test cricket in Pakistan. In November 2019, the PCB confirmed the dates and venues for the Test series, with the first test match taking place in Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium from 11 to 15 December. It was the first test match played at this venue after 15 years and first International match after 13 years.
Compton's performance in India was enough to maintain his place in England's Test squad for the tour to New Zealand in March 2013. Following a duck in the first innings of the first Test of the series Compton responded with his maiden Test century, scoring 117 as England drew the Test match. He proceeded to make a more fluent second century, scoring exactly 100, in the second Test match. Compton finished the drawn series as England's third highest run-scorer with 232 runs at an average of 46.40.
In September 2017, Cricket Australia confirmed that the first match, the WODI at Allan Border Field, Brisbane, had sold out, the first time a Women's Ashes fixture had done so. The Test match was played as a day/night fixture, the first time a Women's Test has been played as such. The WODIs were part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship, with Australia winning the WODI series 2–1. The Test match ended as a draw, with Ellyse Perry of Australia scoring the first double century in a Women's Ashes Test.
This was the first time an all-Welsh front row was selected for a Lions test match since Billy Williams, Bryn Meredith and Courtney Meredith on the 1955 Lions tour. Jones was sent home after the 2nd test match with South Africa in which they lost 28–25 after dislocating his right shoulder. Jones was sidelined for six months with the injury and had surgery on torn shoulder ligaments. During the two Tests, Jones was on the field for 81 minutes, during which the British Lions scored 30 points and conceded 15.
On 1 February 1930, the Queen's Park Oval hosted its first Test match. The second Test of the MCC 1929–30 tour of the West Indies saw England under Les Ames defeat the West Indies under Errol Hunte thanks largely to a century by the England captain and a double-century by Patsy Hendren. The ground also hosted the Second Test of the 1935 tour, which started on 24 January. This time the West Indies recorded its first Test match victory at the ground, defeating Bob Wyatt's England by 217 runs.
It was the first time that South Korea has left the Asian region for a test match since playing Tonga in 2007, and their first non-qualifying test match since playing Australia in 1987. Several invitational teams were in action during the window, where the Barbarians played three national sides; South Africa, competing for the Killik Cup, Fiji and Czech Republic. The Czech Republic were the first team outside the elite 20 nations since Belgium in May 2008. It will serve as a celebration match for the 90th anniversary of the Czech Rugby Union.
Krantz played his senior provincial rugby for the Free State and Northern Transvaal. He was a member of the Free State team that won the Currie Cup in 1976 as well as the Northern Transvaal team that won in 1980. Krantz made his test match debut for the Springboks against the touring New Zealand side captained by Andy Leslie, on 24 July 1976 at the Kings Park Stadium in Durban and scored a try on test debut. He played one further test match for the Springboks, against the 1981 touring team from Ireland.
Naseem Abbas Shah (; born 15 February 2003) is a Pakistani cricketer. In October 2019, at the age of 16, he was called up to the Pakistan cricket team for their Test series against Australia. He made his international debut for Pakistan in November 2019 against Australia, becoming the ninth-youngest player to make their debut in Test cricket. In December 2019, in the second Test match against Sri Lanka, he became the second-youngest bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match, and also the youngest pace bowler to do so.
On 9 February 2020, the PCB proposed the idea of playing the second Test match as a day/night fixture. The PCB's CEO, Wasim Khan, said that "with Test cricket returning to Pakistan now and many countries also going towards day and night Tests, we want to give our players maximum exposure". However, two days later the BCB declined the offer to play a day/night Test match. The BCB's chief executive officer, Nizamuddin Chowdhury, said that the team was not yet ready to play a day/night Test due to lack of preparation.
New Zealand returned to Australia in March 2020 to play three One Day International (ODI) matches for the Chappell–Hadlee Trophy. In the first Test, Aleem Dar of Pakistan stood in his 129th Test match as an on-field umpire, surpassing Jamaican Steve Bucknor's record of officiating in the most number of Test matches. Ahead of the fourth day of the second Test match, Australia's Peter Siddle announced his retirement from international cricket. Australia won the first two Test matches to take an unassailable lead, and therefore retaining the Trans-Tasman Trophy.
In the summer of his first test match, Amar Singh hit an unbeaten 131, against Lancashire, coming at no.10, a position from which he had scored his 51 against England in his first test match. In the light of his bowling performances, another aspect of his game that had been overshadowed along with his batting was Singh's fielding an catching. In 92 first class matches, Singh snaffled 77 catches, and according to Rusi Modi, he was easily as good as Bob Simpson or Wally Hammond in terms of slip catching.
George Helmore was a New Zealand Rugby Union player who played for the All Blacks in 1884. Although he never played a test match, he played 7 matches and scored 16 points. He also played cricket for Canterbury.
On 22 October 2016, Da Costa made his international debut for France in their end of year test match against England in Avignon. He was selected in France 9s squad for the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.
The third test featured three centurions, Aamer Sohail (133) and Ijaz Ahmed (120) for Pakistan, and Mark Waugh (117) for Australia. Shahid Afridi and Glenn McGrath both took 5 wickets. Afridi was playing in his debut Test match.
Ronald George Bush (3 May 1909 – 10 May 1996) was a New Zealand rugby union player and coach. He played one test match for the All Blacks in 1931 and was coach of the All Blacks in 1962.
Mr Ross, the President of the Brisbane Referee's Association presented the local club with the ball used in the Australia-New Zealand test match played in June at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground, and won by Australia 4 – 2.
Peter George Coman (born 13 April 1943 in Christchurch) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played three One Day Internationals. He was the first player to play One Day Internationals and never appear in a Test match.
He played his first test match for the Springboks on 26 June 1993 against France. His last test was on 15 December 1996 against Wales. He also played in 24 tour matches scoring 56 points for the Springboks.
Sophisticated Ladies (1997, Radio 4), a celebration of Black female stars of British musical theatre since the 1850s,"Television and Radio", Stephen Bourne website. Cricket Calypsos (25 July 1991 on Radio 3)BBC Radio 3, Test match Special.
Grant Charles Wells (born August 23, 1971) is a retired international rugby union player for the United States national team. He made 12 official appearances for the USA Eagles following his test match debut on May 27, 2000.
Cricket Archive DG Bradman's XI v. VY Richardson's XI (1937). Retrieved 18 April 2015. Jenkins officiated at one Test match, the first between Australia and the West Indies, played at Adelaide from 12 December to 16 December 1930.
Warnakolasooriya Rose Priyanka Fernando (born 28 July 1979) is a former Sri Lankan women's cricketer who represented the country in one Women's Test match, 37 WODIs and three WT20I. Her sister Hiruka also played cricket for Sri Lanka.
The Test is her (and Pakistan's)List of women's Test matches played by Pakistan at Cricket Archive last Test match to date. Since then, she has played in two Asia Cup tournaments and five ODIs against South Africa.
On Friday 6 September 2019, England defeated Italy in a warm-up match for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. This was England's first Test match in Newcastle and first away from Twickenham (outside the World Cup) since 2009.
Kamran Akmal (Punjabi, ; born 13 January 1982) is a Pakistani international cricketer, who plays for Pakistan as a right-handed batsmen & wicketkeeper. He started his international career in November 2002 with a Test match at Harare Sports Club.
NZ lost its first Test match but drew the next 3. In the second Test Stewie Dempster and Jackie Mills put on 276 for the first wicket. This is still the highest partnership for New Zealand against England.
Matthew David Poole (born 6 February 1969) is a former rugby union lock who played 223 games for Leicester Tigers from 1988 to 1998, he also toured twice with England but did not play in a test match.
Before the series began England played a test match against France. Farrell scored a try in England's rout of their opponents. In October 2016, Farrell was selected in the 24-man England squad for the 2016 Four Nations tournament.
George Frederick Vernon (20 June 1856 – 10 August 1902) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club. He also played one Test match for England during the first-ever Ashes tour in 1882-83.
The Fiji Pearls are currently under the coaching guidance of Unaisi Rokoura and new team manager, Sitiveni Cama Rabuka. The Fiji Pearls hosted 5th ranked Malawi to a 2-test match in Suva on 2 and 4 November 2013.
The Sri Lanka national cricket team toured Australia in the 1987-88 season and played 1 Test match against Australia. This was the first time that Australia and Sri Lanka had played each other in Test cricket in Australia.
Retrieved 4 June 2016. and fulfilled the same duty in the lone Test match of the tour, against Australia, held at the MCG on 2–4 January 1879.Australia v England in 1878/79, CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
Sri Lanka toured Bangladesh in January and February 2014 playing two Test Matches, three One Day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals. Sri Lanka won every match, with the exception of the second Test match which ended in a draw.
Karen Jobling is an English cricketer and former member of the England women's cricket team . She played a test match and ten one day internationals. Born 13 April 1962. Right-handed bowler, also a talented hockey player and footballer.
Solomona finished the season with a total of 40 tries along with another 2 in the Challenge Cup competition. On 8 October 2016 Solomona made his International début for Samoa in their historical test match against Fiji in Apia.
Later that morning, Grant Denyer was interviewed on the radio programme The Kyle and Jackie O Show, which is on KIIS 106.5. In that interview, he told the same anecdote about Test Match, passing it off as his own.
Berdos refereed his first Six Nations Championship match on 23 February 2008, when he had charge of the game between and at Croke Park, Dublin. He also refereed the 2nd British Lions test match versus South Africa in 2009.
During the second Test, De Silva made a 142-run partnership with Upul Tharanga. Meanwhile, Tharanga was out caught at slip and de Silva continued by scoring his second Test century, in his fifth Test match of his career.
John West (11 November 1861 - 14 March 1920) was an English first-class cricketer and umpire. He played in 86 games for Middlesex County Cricket Club between 1885 and 1896 and he stood in one Test match in 1905.
Peter Laurence Taylor (born 22 August 1956) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 13 Test matches and 83 One Day Internationals from 1987 to 1992. He became a Test match selector for Australia in the late 1990s.
Mithra Wettimuny was one of three brothers to represent Sri Lanka (all opening batsmen). His elder brother Sunil played in the 1975 and 1979 Cricket World Cups while his youngest brother Sidath scored Sri Lanka's first Test match hundred.
Hans Streng was a Swiss footballer who played two season for FC Basel in the late 1920's. He played as Striker. Streng joined Basel's first team in 1926. In his first season he played only one test match.
Frederick George Brooks, OBE (1 May 1883 – 5 September 1947) was a Rhodesian sportsman who represented his country as both a cricketer and rugby union player. He also played a Test match for the England national rugby union team.
He then played in the fourth test against the Lions at Ellis Park, that ended in a 13–all draw between the teams. His third and final test match was in 1975 against France at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.
At the World Twenty20, Sri Lanka has likewise played at every tournament, although the team has never progressed past the first round. Sri Lanka played in its first and only Test match to date in April 1998, defeating Pakistan.
Ervin Bruce McSweeney (born 8 March 1957 in Wellington) is a New Zealand cricketer. He played 16 One Day Internationals in the 1980s in Richard Hadlee's team as a wicketkeeper-batsman but he never played in a Test match.
Allen Hill (14 November 1845, Kirkheaton, Huddersfield, Yorkshire – 28 August 1910, Leyland, Lancashire) played in the first-ever cricket Test, taking the first wicket. Hill also went on to umpire in the Test match played at Lord's in 1890.
Shyam Kumar Bansal (born 7 July 1940 in Delhi, British India) is a former Test and One Day International cricket umpire from India. He officiated in six Test matches, 30 ODIs, one women's Test match, and two women's ODIs.
Jill Powell (born 19 January 1957) is a former English women's cricketer who played one Women's Test match for the English women's team in 1979, as well as playing a single Women's One Day International in that same year.
Lotte Egging (born 8 June 1988) is a Dutch former cricketer. She played in one Test match, twelve One Day Internationals (ODIs) and two Twenty20 (T20Is) matches. She took a hat-trick in an ODI against Pakistan in 2008.
This remains the lowest total for a completed innings in a Test match since New Zealand were dismissed for 26 in 1955. Blamed for his team's poor showing, Indian captain Ajit Wadekar retired from Test cricket after the tour.
At the end of the tour Laver refused to produce his records of the trip, insisting that he kept books only for the players' benefit. In the Test match at Old Trafford, Manchester on 26 to 28 July 1909, Laver had, in Wisden's words "a great day against England", taking 8 wickets for 31 runs in the first innings. "English batsmen considered him a very good but not an exceptional bowler, and often wondered why they fared so badly against him", said Wisden. This was a record performance in a Test match at Old Trafford, equalled by Fred Trueman in 1952, until Jim Laker's extraordinary 10 for 53 and 9 for 37 in 1956. Laver's last Test match was between Australia and England at The Oval, Kennington, London on 9 to 11 August 1909, another drawn match with England needing 208 runs with 7 wickets in hand.
The 2008 ANZAC test, also known as the Centenary Test as it commemorated the 100th anniversary of the first test match between the two countries, was a rugby league test match played between Australia and New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 9 May 2008. Commemorating the first trans-Tasman Test match, which was also played at Sydney on the same day in 1908, it was the 9th Anzac test played between the two nations since the first was played under the Super League banner in 1997. This was the first test played at the SCG since Australia had defeated New Zealand 29-12 in 1986 and the first ever rugby league test played under lights at the ground.Kangaroos outclass Kiwis in Centenary Test For the game, the Kangaroos played in replica jumpers that were used until the first Green and Gold jumpers appeared in 1928.
Amiss made his Test debut for England in the fifth Test of the 1966 series with West Indies, and he proved an accomplished Test match batsman. He was one of the first batsmen to use a protective helmet. In scoring 3,612 Test runs, Amiss made eleven half-centuries and eleven centuries, including two double centuries against the West Indies. His highest Test match score, also his highest first-class score, was 262 not out against the West Indies in the 1973–74 Kingston Test, an innings that saved the Test match for England after they conceded a first innings lead of 230. The next highest score in England's innings was 38. After being dropped by England in 1975, he made a successful return against the West Indies at the Oval in the final Test of 1976, although his 203 in the first innings did not prevent England losing the match.
This Test match, South Africa v Australia, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1998. Retrieved 2020-03-14. The best innings bowling figures on the ground in a Test match were taken by Kyle Abbott of South Africa with figures of 7/29 against Pakistan in 2013. Abbot's team-mate Kagiso Rabada match figures of 13 wickets for 144 runs are the best match figures in a Test match on the ground. The first One Day International five-wicket haul was taken by Shaun Pollock in 2001,Standard Bank Triangular Series, match 3, South Africa v India, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2003. Retrieved 2020-03-14. whilst Ireland's Trent Johnston recorded the best ODI bowling figures with 5/14 against Canada during the final of the 2009 ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier.Luke W (2009) Porterfield and Johnston lead Ireland romp, CricInfo, 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
The 2011 ANZAC Test was a rugby league test match played between Australia and New Zealand on 6 May 2011 at Skilled Park on the Gold Coast. Australia won their tenth straight Anzac test with a score of 20–10.
Murtagh played in Ireland's one-off Test match against England at Lord's in July 2019. On the opening morning of the match, he took his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket, the first such haul by a bowler for Ireland.
He represented England in an unofficial test match against Australia in Dublin in 1950, scoring 10 points."England v. Australia 1945 to 1953", internationalspeedway.co.uk, retrieved 2012-02-11 When New Cross speedway closed in 1953, Lawrence moved on to Harringay Racers.
The England national cricket team visited India in February 1980 and played a single Test match against the India national cricket team. It was played to celebrate the golden jubilee of the formation of Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Central Districts used it as one of their home grounds from the 1950s to the 1990s, staging 17 first-class and eight List A matches there. A women's Test match was held there in February 1992, when New Zealand played England.
The club is based at the Riverside Ground in Chester- le-Street, which is one of the newest additions to the English Test match circuit, hosting its first match – the second 2003 England v Zimbabwe Test – from 5 to 7 June.
In April 2019, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires to stand in matches during the 2019 Cricket World Cup. In September 2019, in the one-off match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan, Wilson stood in his first Test match.
In June the same year, he made his first and only ODI appearance in the Asia Cup. He took 1 wicket and conceding 44 runs in his allotted 10 overs against Sri Lanka. He has never yet played a Test match.
Hearne's son, George Alfred Lawrence Hearne was born in Catford in 1884 and played cricket for Western Province. He made three Test match appearances for South Africa.Hearne, George Alfred Lawrence, Obituaries before 1979, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1980. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
However, the following year promotion to the top section in the Senior League was achieved. The team finished level on points with Annadale, winning a test match by two goals to one to gain their place in Senior League One.
Blackwell looked set to make another Test match appearance against Sri Lanka, but suffered a shoulder injury which derailed his season. As a consequence he was replaced as spinner in England's ODI side, and was subsequently overlooked by the selectors.
Joseph Leaney (born 11 January 1852, date of death unknown) was an English cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, South Africa vs. England, in 1892. His brother, Edwin, played first-class cricket for Kent County Cricket Club in 1892.
Here is the complete list of fixtures and results of test match rugby in 2009. All major international competitions, such as the Tri Nations and the Six Nations Championship, continue, as does the qualification process for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
The club's original home ground at Bramall Lane also held one Test match in 1902. The 21 grounds that Yorkshire have used for home matches since 1863 are listed below, with statistics complete through to the end of the 2014 season.
A. The Jewish Report, while confirming Kloner's appearance for the Southern Transvaal side against the touring Israelis, also suggests that he played for the South African national team in the 1 May 1954 test match, though the RSSSF would disagree.
The Australian team, missing several key players,Knox, p. 190. won the first Test match before England recovered to win the final two games.Knox, pp. 195–96. Playing all three Tests, Peel took 24 wickets at an average of 7.54.
Richard Torrance (14 August 1884 - 28 September 1972) was a New Zealand cricket umpire and player. He stood in one Test match, New Zealand vs. England, in 1933. He played 42 first-class matches for Otago between 1905 and 1928.
Herbi Felsinger (4 June 1934 - 29 April 2018) was a Sri Lankan cricket umpire. He stood in six Test matches between 1982 and 1986 and eleven ODI games between 1982 and 1986, including Sri Lanka's first Test match in February 1982.
He appeared in his 100th Test against England on 19 July 2012. He captained his 100th career Test match on 1 February 2013, against Pakistan, on his 32nd birthday. He's the only player to captain a side in 100 Tests.
He scored his final Test century, also against England at Old Trafford, Manchester on 30 June 1994, scoring 115. He played his final Test match against India at the Barabati Stadium, Cuttack on 8 November 1995, having played 77 matches.
Although Arabian Gulf's women never played test match rugby, they were at the time one of the most active international sevens rugby teams, taking part in the first ever women's tournament in 1997, playing over 70 internationals between 1997 and 2010.
As of July 2005, she remains the only New Zealand women's Test captain to have won a Test match. In 1992, McKelvey became the first woman board member of New Zealand Cricket.Trish McKelvey — cricket. Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
"TEST MATCH UMPIRE" – The Advocate. Published 26 November 1928. Retrieved 3 November 2012. Hele and Elder umpired in each of the first four Tests, with Elder replaced by New South Welshman Alfred Jones for the final match in Melbourne, Victoria.
The second and third Tests, played at Lord's and Headingley respectively, were Australian victories with the final two Tests at Old Trafford and The Oval drawn.England v Australia 1909 – Third Test Match, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1910. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
Clare Mary O'Leary (born 2 June 1967 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is an Irish cricketer who has played one women's Test match and 37 women's one-day internationals. She is a right-hand bat and bowls right-arm medium.
Catherine O'Neill (born 28 June 1970 in Hamilton, Waikato) is a New Zealand born Irish cricketer who has played one women's Test match and 41 women's one- day internationals. She is a right-hand bat and bowls right-arm medium.
He joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1972 where he concentrated exclusively on sport. He broadcast his first Test match in 1973 (at 23 the youngest in ABC history) and for the next 13 years broadcast Test Cricket alongside Alan McGilvray.
Cricket is very popular in grounds and streets of the city. There is an international-standard stadium at Burlton Park. The Indian cricket team played a Test Match against the Pakistan cricket team on this ground on 24 September 1983.
In June 2007 Wild was called up to the Great Britain squad for the test match against France, having made his début against Australia in 2004, he has also represented England against New Zealand, as well as Lancashire in Origin Series.
Keith Holliday played for Great Britain while at Wakefield Trinity in the 18–10 victory over France (non-Test match) at Odsal Stadium, Bradford in 1956.Edgar, Harry (2007). Rugby League Journal Annual 2008 [Page-110]. Rugby League Journal Publishing.
In a domestic match, for Otago v Wellington, he hit 110, his only first-class century, in 51 balls hitting 9 sixes in an hour. He scored 928 Test Match and 987 ODI runs at more than a run a ball.
The Adelaide Oval during the 2010 Australia v England Test match. England's Graeme Swann took a five-wicket haul during the match. The historic scoreboard at the ground in 2008. Australia's Betty Wilson took two five-wicket hauls at Adelaide.
He toured with the 1971 Lions to New Zealand and played in ten games against provincial sides.Chico Hopkins Lions profile lionsrugby.com He was an injury replacement for Gareth Edwards in the Dunedin Test match, which the Lions won, 9-3.
While playing lower grades for St George Illawarra, Masella was selected for Tonga in the 2000 World Cup.2000 World Cup dazrl.info He also represented Tonga in 1999, in a Test match against the New Zealand national rugby league team.
Rohan Stanley Amarasiriwardene Jayasekera (born 7 December 1957, Colombo), or Rohan Jayasekera, is a former Sri Lankan Test and ODI cricketer who represented Sri Lanka in one Test match and two ODIs, and also represented Canada in four ICC Trophy matches.
Annie Doris Geeves (née Taylor, 4 November 1914 – February 2006) was a cricketer who played one Test match for the England women's cricket team in 1951. She scored five runs and failed to take a wicket in her only international appearance.
The Pakistan cricket team toured England in the 1974 season to play a three- match Test series against England. The first Test of the series was England's 500th Test match. The series was drawn 0-0 with all three matches drawn.
However, on 22 June 2017, after more than a decade of playing top-class international cricket, full ICC membership was granted to Ireland (along with Afghanistan) at an ICC meeting in London, thus making them the eleventh Test cricket team. In October 2017, the ICC announced that Ireland's first Test match would be at home against Pakistan in May 2018. Ireland played their first 'touring' test in India in March 2019 against fellow newcomers Afghanistan, where they lost by 7 wickets. This is to be followed by a four-day Test match against England at Lord's in July 2019.
The first major event at the stadium was an ODI match between Australia and England on 28 January 2018, which England won by 12 runs. Perth Stadium became the 19th venue in Australia to host a One Day International cricket game. The Western Australian Cricket Association later confirmed that the stadium would host its first ever Test match, which began between Australia and India on 14 December 2018. Perth Stadium became the fourth venue in Australia to host a men's Day/night cricket Test match, when Australia took on New Zealand between 12 and 16 December 2019.
Retrieved 20 January 2016. The first Barbadian to captain the West Indies in a Test match was Teddy Hoad, who did so when England toured during the 1929–30 season. That match was played at Bridgetown's Kensington Oval, and was the first Test to be held in the West Indies.West Indies / Players / Teddy Hoad – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2016. When the West Indies toured Australia for the first time during the 1930–31 season, another Barbadian, Herman Griffith, became the first bowler to dismiss Don Bradman for a Test match duck.West Indies / Players / Herman Griffith – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
Bangladesh played their first ever Day/night test match against India at Eden Gardens in November 2019 BCB appointed Russell Domingo as the head coach for the national team for a 2-year contract on 17 August 2019. In his first assignment as coach Bangladesh lost to Afghanistan in one-off Test match at Chittagong in September 2019. But in the tri-series, comprising Afghanistan and Zimbabwe, Bangladesh reached to final winning 3 of their 4 group matches. But the final match with Afghanistan was washed away. Bangladesh then toured India in October–November to play 3 T20Is and 2 test matches.
A few days later, in the opening match against Afghanistan, Rankin took his 100th wicket in ODIs. In July 2019, Rankin was named in Ireland's Test squad for their one-off match against England at Lord's. He got two wickets bagging the wickets of Sam Curran caught by James McCollum and Stuart Broad caught by Gary Wilson as England slumped to 85 all out on the first day of the test match. As a result of playing for Ireland in the match, he became the first cricketer since Nawab of Pataudi in 1946 to play for and against England in a Test match.
Later, the team was weakened when white Zimbabweans, including Graeme Hick, left the country to pursue their careers elsewhere. Zimbabwe was elected to full membership of the ICC in 1992, and played its inaugural Test match versus India at the Harare Sports Club on 18–22 October 1992, under the captaincy of David Houghton. The match was drawn, and thus Zimbabwe became the first team to avoid losing its inaugural Test match since Australia beat England in the very first Test in 1877. The main domestic competition is the Logan Cup which has a long history.
He was named in a fourteen-man squad for Ireland's first ever Test match, which was played against Pakistan in May 2018, with Murtagh going on to make his Test debut in the match. Ireland won the toss and elected to field, with Murtagh bowling the first delivery for Ireland in Test cricket. In January 2019, he was named in Ireland's squad for their one-off Test against Afghanistan in India. During the match, he became the first number 11 batsman to record scores of more than 25 in each innings of a Test match, with scores of 54 not out and 27.
The match was played at Old Trafford on 10, 11 and 12 July 1884 and was drawn. Hornby avoided Spofforth but his 0 and 4 in the two innings remained undistinguished and in the same test match he also became the first player to be stumped in both innings of a single test match. In addition to his county and country, he also played first-class cricket for Marylebone Cricket Club between 1873 and 1898. Aside from his playing for Lancashire, Hornby also held the posts of Lancashire chairman from 1878 to 1898, and Lancashire president from 1894 to 1916.
He was unable to convert any of his four Test fifties to three figures, and found himself overtaken in the international reckoning by Geoff Boycott and John Edrich. Bolus does hold two unusual Test match records - the most Tests in a complete career without ever recording a single figure score (seven), and the most Test Match innings in a complete career without ever recording a single figure score (twelve). He effectively retired in 1975 with over 25,500 first-class runs to his name. He appeared twice in the B and H cup at the start of the 1976 season.
Davis' first Test match was between Australia and New Zealand at Hobart on 27 November to 1 December 1997, a rain- affected match in which the last two New Zealand batsman held on to deny victory to Australia. Since 2002 both umpires in Test matches have been appointed from non-participating nations, by the International Cricket Council. This resulted in his last Test match involving Australia to be against New Zealand at Hobart on 22 November to 26 November 2001, a rain- affected draw. Davis suffered a knee injury and was replaced after the second day by local umpire John Smeaton.
After playing the first 12 matches of the tour, he was injured and so did not play in any of the Test matches against South Africa. The next year Bedell-Sivright was appointed captain for the British Isles team that toured Australia and New Zealand. Due to a broken leg he played only one Test match during the touragainst Australiabut was involved in a notable incident during a non-Test match. Despite not playing, Bedell- Sivright pulled the British team from the field for 20 minutes after disputing the decision by a local referee to send-off one of their players.
He was graded with the Gordon Rugby Union Club and first represented the Wallabies in tour matches against the Springboks in 1956. He toured the British Isles on 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France, making his full debut in the first test match of the tour, against Wales at Cardiff. He played in four tests of the tour; only missing the test match against France. During the 1958 season, he made four test appearances against, firstly, the New Zealand Māori rugby union team and then three times against the All Blacks on the Wallabies' tour of New Zealand.
Nazar Mohammad (Urdu: نذر محمد) (born 5 March 1921, Lahore, Punjab – died 12 July 1996, Lahore) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in five Tests in 1952. He was educated at Islamia College, Lahore. In October 1952, in Pakistan's second Test match and first Test victory, he became the first player to score a Test century for Pakistan, and the first player to remain on the ground for an entire Test match. An opening batsman, he carried his bat for his score of '124 not out' in Pakistan's total of 331 in an innings victory over India, batting for 8 hours 35 minutes.
In 1912, he was a member of the United States team that played against Australia in its first test match on November 16, but he did not make an appearance in that game. On November 15, 1913, Cass played for the United States at scrum-half in its first test match against New Zealand—a 51–3 defeat. In 1915, alongside fellow Stanford and United States rugby player Mow Mitchell, Cass was a member of a Southern California All-Star rugby team that played a series of matches against university and Northern California All-Star opposition in October and November of that year.
Like Albion teammates, Joseph Lavery and Hubert Turtill, Pearce was selected for the professional All Blacks 1907-1908 tour of Australia and Great Britain. All the members of the touring party received a life ban from the New Zealand Rugby Union. Pearce played in several test matches while on tour, including the first ever rugby league test match on 1 January 1908, and captained the side in the third test match against Australia. Pearce's versatility was put to good use during the tour and he played everywhere in the pack, including hooker, and even played a match at centre.
In November 2010, after an injury to stand-in full-back and centre Zane Kirchner, Strauss received a call up to play for the Springboks to face a star-studded Barbarians side at Twickenham in a non-test match. Although it was a non-test match, this thus far, is his only appearance for the national team. At youth level, he played for the South Africa Under-21 side, playing two matches for them in the 2004 Under 21 Rugby World Championship. He also represented the South Africa Sevens side during the 2006–07 IRB Sevens World Series competition.
By late 2007 the Zimbabwean team had defeated Australia in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 and gradually signs emerged as Zimbabwe began to build on these small blocks and improve their performance bit by bit. By 2010 Zimbabwe Cricket informed the International Cricket Council that they intended to return to Test Cricket after the 2011 Cricket World Cup, the ICC agreed as a result of Zimbabwe's improving performance. In August 2011 Zimbabwe played their first Test Match in 6 years and won comprehensively defeating Bangladesh. Following the victory in the one-off Test Match, Zimbabwe sealed the ODI series 3–2.
Lord's during a Test match Lord's, also known as Lord's Cricket Ground, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the European Cricket Council (ECC) and, until August 2005, the International Cricket Council (ICC). Lord's is widely referred to as the "Home of Cricket" and is home to the world's oldest sporting museum.MCC museum Lord's - The Home of Cricket The ground hosted its first Test match in 1884, England playing Australia.
The 5th and the final test match between England and India which was held in Chennai with India winning the match by an innings and 75 runs has been accused by Al Jazeera as the findings prove that the certain sessions of the test match may have been fixed by bookmakers. India posted a mammoth total of 759/7 with Karun Nair scoring a triple century in the 2nd innings of the match. The English cricket coach, Trevor Bayliss, denied Al Jazeera's allegations. He stated that the allegations are outrageous and he knew that such a documentary would be showcased in future.
This graph details the Test Match performance of Rohan Kanhai. It was created by Raven4x4x. The red bars indicate the player's test match innings, while the blue line shows the average of the ten most recent innings at that point. Note that this average cannot be calculated for the first nine innings. The blue dots indicate innings in which Kanhai finished not-out Rohan Bholalall Kanhai (born 26 December 1935) is a Guyanese former cricketer of Indian origin who represented the West Indies in 79 Test matches. He is widely considered to be one of the best batsmen of the 1960s.
This article details the five-wicket hauls taken on the ground in official international Test and One Day International matches. Ellyse Perry took the only five-wicket haul in women's Test matches on the ground in 2014. The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match on the WACA Ground was Australian Jeff Thomson, who took five wickets at a cost of 93 runs (5/93) in 1974 against England in the second Test played on the ground.Walters caps the routSecond Test Match, MCC in Australia and New Zealand, 1974–75, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1976.
As a left-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium swing bowler, Stokes is regarded as one of the best all-rounders in the world. As a bowler, Stokes consistently bowls at around the 140kph (87mph) mark and he can also swing the ball. An attacking middle-order batsman, he holds the record for England's fastest ever Test double-century, the fastest ever Test match 250, and the highest ever score for a Test batsman batting at number six. He also holds the record for the most runs scored by an individual batsman in the morning session of a Test match.
As of 2014, the ball used in Test match cricket in England had a UK recommended retail price of £100. In test match cricket this ball is used for a minimum of 80 overs (theoretically five hours and twenty minutes of play), after which the fielding side has the option of using a new ball. In professional one day cricket, at least two new balls are used for each match. Amateur cricketers often have to use old balls, or cheap substitutes, in which case the changes in the condition of the ball may be different from professional cricket.
Mahela Jayawardene holds several batting and fielding test cricket records for Sri Lanka. Test cricket is the oldest form of cricket played at international level. A Test match takes place over a period of five days, and is played by teams representing Full Member nations of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Sri Lanka obtained Full Member status of the ICC in 1981, becoming the eighth nation eligible to play Test cricket. The Sri Lanka national cricket team played their first Test match on 17 February 1982, against England, and recorded their first victory on 6 September 1985, in a match against India.
The Pakistan Cricket Board announced that they would not be sending a team to the tournament and that no other team should be allowed to represent the country in the competition. This problem has since been overcome with the International Cricket Council requirement that women's associations and men's associations are unified under one single governing body. 2004 saw the West Indies tour Pakistan, playing seven One Day International matches and a Test match. The Test match was drawn and West Indies won the One Day International series 5–2, but those two victories for Pakistan were their first against a Test playing nation.
Steel is a supporter of Crystal Palace F.C. and Kent County Cricket Club and enjoys watching both play on occasion. He was interviewed by Jonathan Agnew on Test Match Special during the South Africa series in 2008, giving an interview on his love of cricket.Interview on BBC's Test Match Special, 1 August 2008 He has a son, Elliot Steel, who is also a stand-up comedian and a daughter from a relationship that ended in 2006. He was married to Natasha Steel until 2016, and from 2017 has been in a relationship with a presenter from French television station France 24.
Andrew Gordon Ganteaume (22 January 1921 - 17 February 2016) was a Trinidadian cricketer who played one Test match for the West Indies in 1948 as a batsman. He scored 112 in his only Test innings which left him with the highest Test batting average in history. Ganteaume played for Trinidad from a young age and was chosen to play in a Test match against England following his good batting form in 1948. However, his slow scoring probably cost him his place and he never played another Test, although he toured England with the West Indies in 1957.
The final test match was between Burnley and Stoke. Other results meant both clubs knew a draw would be sufficient to give them First Division football. Neither team attempted to score, in what the Staffordshire Advertiser called a "fiasco".. Sutcliffe proposed that the First Division be expanded by two clubs, thus giving space for Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United, the two clubs adversely affected by the arranged test match. In 1905 Sutcliffe, along with Roger Charnley (son of Tom Charnley, the FA President), formed Wigan Town A.F.C. who played in the English Combination and the Lancashire Combination.
Finishing eighth in a nine-club league they were forced to play a test match to avoid relegation to Division Two, defeating Sheppey United 5–1. The following season saw them finish eighth again, but despite winning the test match against the 1st Scots Guards, the club resigned from the league as several of the other clubs turned professional. The 1904–05 season saw Clapton reach the final of the FA Amateur Cup for the first time, losing 3–2 to West Hartlepool. The following season they became founder members of the Isthmian League, finishing as runners-up in its inaugural season.
Butcher, Abigail. Mark Tomlinson out for the polo season , Horse & Hound, June 12, 2007 Mark and Luke played with James Beim and Malcolm Borwick on the England team and won the Cartier International 2008 at Guards Polo Club with 10-9 against Australia.Guards Polo Club He captained and won the St. Regis International Test Match at Cowdray Park Polo Club against Italy and the Williams De Broe Test Match at Beaufort Polo Club against New Zealand.England beats Italy In the Queen's Cup 2008, he played for the Apes Hill Team and won the Vivari Cup Subfinal against team Grayshurst.
In May 2018, he was one of twenty players to be awarded a new contract for the 2018–19 season by New Zealand Cricket. In March 2019, while playing test match against Bangladesh at Hamilton, Watling took his 202nd dismissal, the most for a New Zealand wicket-keeper in Tests, surpassing Adam Parore's record of 201. In November 2019, while playing test match against England at Bay Oval, Watling scored his maiden double century and became the first wicket-keeper batsman for New Zealand and 9th in the history of test cricket to score double century.
In 1965 he was appointed as Ceylon's representative to the ICC International Cricket Conference and subsequently managed the Sri Lankan Test side on a tour of India. He also played club cricket for Waverley District Cricket Club (now Eastern Suburbs District Cricket Club) in Sydney in the 1970s. During the 1990s he became President of Colts CC, one of the oldest clubs on the island, and during this time he also worked as a Test Match commentator for Sri Lankan radio and television. He also joined the BBC Test Match Special commentary team when Sri Lanka toured England in 1984 and 1988.
Macaulay played eight first-class matches in South Africa in 1922–23, taking 29 wickets at an average of 16.37. His best first-class performances were six for 18 against Pretoria and eight wickets in the match against Transvaal, while he was effective in minor matches, taking five for 40 against East Rand and six for 19 against Zululand. After England lost the first Test match, which Wisden attributed to a weakness in bowling, Macaulay replaced Greville Stevens and made his Test match debut for England in the second Test. He took the wicket of George Hearne with his first ball.
The ground was first used in the 1880s and hosted its first Test match in 1930 when the West Indies played England in a timeless Test.Sabina Park, Kingston, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-01-12. Sabina Park, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-01-12. A single women's Test match was held at the ground in 1976. One Day Internationals (ODIs) have been played at the ground since 1984 and Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) since 2014. In cricket, a five- wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings.
Lambert first appeared in the West Indies team for a One Day International against England in Georgetown, against whom he also made an unsuccessful Test match debut at The Oval in 1991. Although he played in four ODIs in Sharjah in 1991/92, he did not return to the Test match side until 1997-98, where he made centuries in both the fifth ODI and the sixth Test against England before struggling in the series against South Africa and being dropped from the Test side. Lambert returned to international cricket aged 42, playing for the United States in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy.
He took eight catches in the match and the Test match finished inside two days, with South Africa winning by an innings and 120 runs. De Villiers returned for the Indian tour to South Africa in 2018. He stated he had given up wicket-keeping as his back could no longer handle the demand, and Faf du Plessis resumed his role as captain in all forms of the game. In the second Test match against Australia, he scored his 22nd Test century with a score of 126 not out off 146 balls in the first innings.
The final Test match of the English season is traditionally played there. The Oval has hosted Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International cricket matches in both men's and women's cricket. In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings, which is regarded as a notable achievement. The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at the Oval was Fred Morley in 1880 who finished with bowling figures of 5 wickets for 56 runs.
On 7 August 2008 Harmison returned to the England Test team for the Fourth Test match versus South Africa. He took two wickets for 49 runs in helping England to dismiss South Africa for 194 on the first day of the match. Harmison's first ball (the first ball of the match) nearly took a wicket (see picture). In England's first innings Harmison hit a career high Test match score of 49 not out (59 balls,8 fours). He ran teammate Monty Panesar out trying to reach 50. After the Test series on 21 August, Harmison came out of ODI retirement after being persuaded by the new England captain, Kevin Pietersen. On his ODI return versus South Africa on 22 August, he took two wickets for 43 runs, this was crucial in England winning the match. Harmison bowls the first ball of the match in the Test match at The Oval in August 2008.
India consolidated their third place in the Test championship with the win, which was also their first series win in Zimbabwe in four attempts. This was also the final Test match contested in Zimbabwe before the team was suspended from Test cricket.
The recipe of which can emulate the effect of illicit drugs. Lisone was one of the players named who received a fine and was stood down. On 8 October 2016, Lisone played for Samoa in their historical test match against Fiji in Apia.
On 10 November, three-time Hawthorn premiership player Shaun Burgoyne was appointed captain of the Australian team. Ahead of the second test match, North Melbourne midfielder Shaun Higgins was brought into the Australian squad, replacing the injured Scott Pendlebury and Paddy Ryder.
Tom Dolezel (born August 13, 1984) is a Canadian rugby union player. Dolezel played internationally for and formerly played Canadian football. He made his debut for in 2009 in a test match against . Dolezel played briefly for the Calgary Stampeders in the CFL.
David Graham Sewell (born 20 October 1977) is a former New Zealand cricketer. He played one Test match for New Zealand against Zimbabwe in 1997. Sewell was born in Christchurch. He was a right-handed batsman and a left-arm fast-medium bowler.
He was a part what was considered a 'weakened' French side due to injury and it showed with an appalling showing against their opponents. Bousquet played in France's lone international fixture of 2016, an end of year test match against England in Avignon.
McMillan made his Test debut in November 1992, against India at Durban, in South Africa's first home Test match in over 20 years. He was a key member of the South African team post their re-admittance to world cricket in 1991.
He played four games without scoring a goal. Three of these games were in the Nationalliga A and the other was the test game. The test match was against Bolton Wanderers on 22 May 1950 and Basel won by one goal to nil.
The 1998 South Africa rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland was a series of rugby matches played by the Springboks in November and December 1998. A potential Grand Slam was lost due to the defeat by England in the final Test match.
He took 22 five wicket hauls in Tests—of which five fifers came in the first 63 appearances and 17 in the later 69 appearances—and one in ODIs. Walsh holds the record for the best test match bowling as captain (13/52).
Adrian Paul Kuiper (born 24 August 1959) is a former South African international cricketer who played in one international Test match and 25 One Day Internationals between 1991 and 1996. Kuiper is now a farmer at Elgin, near Grabouw in the Western Cape.
India tour of South Africa, 1992/93 He would not play again until 1995, when he played his final Test match against England. Pringle announced his retirement from international cricket in 1996 having played four Tests and 17 ODIs for South Africa.
Brett, Oliver. "West Indies v England", BBC Sport, 9 June 2007. Retrieved on 10 June 2007. This score took him past the 8,500 first-class runs mark, and 2,500 runs in Test cricket.England v West Indies 3rd Test match , 2007-06-11, Cricketarchive.
New Zealand then continued their tour to Papua New Guinea. In Papua New Guinea they won the first test against Papua New Guinea 36-26. They then lost the second test match 22-24, a match which counted towards the 1988 World Cup.
Donald Alexander Noel McRae (25 December 1914, in Christchurch – 10 August 1986, in Christchurch) was a double international representing New Zealand in cricket and in soccer. His last first-class match was in New Zealand's first Test match against Australia in 1946.
Australia played two warm-up matches against the England Women's Academy, the first was a two day match on 5–6 August (prior to the Test match) and the second was an ODI on 17 August (prior to the ODI and T20I series).
The Belarus national rugby union team is coached by Wayne Vickery. Their first test match was played in 1935 as the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic against the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in a neutral ground of Finland. Belarus won, 1–0.
The Australian national cricket team visited Pakistan in October 1964 and played a single Test match, which was drawn, against the Pakistani national cricket team. Australia were captained by Bob Simpson, who scored a century in each innings, and Pakistan by Hanif Mohammad.
In November 2019, during the day/night Test match against Bangladesh, Kohli became the fastest captain to score 5,000 runs in Test cricket, doing so in his 86th innings. In the same match, he also scored his 70th century in international cricket.
He never played in a Test match again.Ryan (2009) p. 257–258. He played in some of the remaining One Day Internationals but without success. When the Australian team was chosen for the tour of England in 1985, Hughes was not included.
Following her debut against New Zealand, Spence represented Australia at the 2014 Champions Trophy. At the tournament, she scored her first international goal in the semi-final against New Zealand. Spence last represented Australia in September 2015, in a test match against Korea.
The 1967 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia was a series of matches played in May 1967 in Australia by Ireland national rugby union team. It was an historical tour because Irish obtain is first victory on Australian soil in a Test match.
Kenneth John Taylor (born 30 November 1957) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He was successful at provincial level for Hawke's Bay and in the New Zealand Colts team, but only played a single non-test match for the All Blacks.
The 1992 Argentina rugby union tour of Europe was a series of eight matches played by the Argentina national rugby union team in October and November 1992, in France, Spain and Romania. The renewed and young Argentinian team won all the test match.
Touring international sides have played at Wormsley with the Australians, West Indians, Sri Lankans and South Africans all having made appearances at the ground. It was the venue for the only Test match of the Australian women's tour of England in 2013.
Tollenaere catching in a test match again Japan Tollenaere is a catcher and third baseman. Her jersey number in club competitions is 40. She has had a softball scholarship from the Queensland Academy of Sport. In 2003, she competed in the NSWIS Cup.
Gillespie has taken Twenty20 Internationals with 4/7 during New Zealand's 9 wicket win over Kenya in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. On his Test Match debut, he took five wickets in the first innings against South Africa at Centurion in 2007.
Duquesne made her debut for the Belgium 'Red Panthers' in 2014 during a test match against Argentina in Oudergem. During the inaugural tournament of the FIH Pro League in 2019, Duquesne was a member of the Belgian side that finished in fifth place.
Caitriona Mary Beggs (born 15 July 1977 in Dublin) is an Irish cricketer who has played one women's Test match and 61 women's one-day internationals. She is a right-hand bat and bowls right-arm medium. She is also a wicket-keeper.
Calder first played in the West Coast Rugby League competition and represented the West Coast and the South Island.Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987. He made his debut for New Zealand in 1930 and played in his first test match in 1932.
Whitelaw married Alison Hall (1910–2004) in July 1948. She was the scorer for his cricket club, Parnell, and was the first woman to be an official scorer for a Test match, when she scored during the Fourth Test in Auckland in 1930.
Johnston slowly started laughing until he could commentate no more, leaving about a minute of broadcasting being just him in a fit of giggles.BBC Sport Brian Johnston and Jonathan Agnew of BBC radio's Test Match Special discussing Ian Botham's dismissal 'Hit wicket'.
This was to be his only Test match but he continued to appear for Trinidad and Tobago on a regular basis. In 2003 despite averaging in the mid thirties he was released and his cricket career ended at the age of 29.
The Test match was the first and only match played by the Netherlands at that level.Women's Test matches played by Mandy Kornet – CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 November 2015. In July 2008, Kornet made her Twenty20 International debut, taking 1/20 against the West Indies.
In October Watkins was named in England's 24-man squad for their test-series against New Zealand. Before the series began England took on France in a test match at Leigh. Kallum scored his 9th career try in England's rout of their opponents.
In April 1983, Australia played their inaugural Test match against Sri Lanka. Wessels continued his good form with 141, thus becoming the first overseas player to score a century in Sri Lanka. He was named "man of the match" in Australia's innings victory.
Currently there are rugby women's rugby teams in Klaipėda, Marijampolė and Vilnius. Another two are in the building. Rugby sevens is the dominant variant. Although Lithuania's women are yet to play test match rugby, they have been playing international sevens rugby since 2005.
In 10 days' time Perera was due – formerly appointed by the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka – to stand in his first test match in Colombo Sri Lanka vs New Zealand. It was so..... very close, yet so... far for Perera.
Samir Chopra. Test match sessions: Passages of renewal. ESPNcricinfo. In One Day Internationals, matches are played over two innings, with three sessions in each. The three sessions in an ODI innings are usually broken into lengths of 15, 15, and 20 overs.

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