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England and Australia met at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 1877 in the first Test match, Australia winning by 45 runs. Remarkably, when the sa...
The 50 Over World Cup, 1975 to NowThe first mens World Cup in 1975 was a 60 over affair in whites, won by the West Indies at Lords. India shocked the West Indies in 1983 and changed th...
The T20 Revolution, From 2003 to the Franchise EraTwenty20 began as a county gimmick in England in 2003, designed for crowds and families. The first T20 International followed in 2005 and the first T2...
The Greatest Allrounders in Cricket HistoryGarfield Sobers remains the template, 8,000 Test runs at 57 with 235 wickets and every skill in the book. Ian Botham swung the 1981 Ashes alone, Imran...
The Ashes, the Oldest Rivalry in CricketThe Ashes began as a mock obituary in 1882 after Australia beat England at The Oval for the first time, announcing the death of English cricket and th...
Pace Through the Ages, from Larwood to the Modern QuickBodyline in 1932-33 showed how far pace could go before the laws caught up. The West Indies quartet of the 1980s, Marshall, Holding, Garner and Ambros...