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1803 - The first recorded cricket match, Sydney
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First Aboriginal cricket tour
The Australian Aboriginal cricket team in England in 1868 was a side composed of Australian Aborigines which toured England between May and October of that year, thus becoming the first organised group of Australian cricketers to travel overseas. -
Australia's First Ashes
The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. It is one of the most celebrated rivalries in international cricket and dates back to 1882. It is currently played biennially, alternately in the United Kingdom and Australia. Cricket being a summer sport, and the venues being in opposite hemispheres, the break between series alternates between 18 and 30 months. A series of "The Ashes" comprises five Test matches, two innings per match. -
First representative tour of England in 1878
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Billy Murdoch
Billy, who captained the Australian team during the first Ashes test in 1882 -
first-class cricket competition in Australia
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Beginning of the Don Bradman Era
Sir Donald George "Don" Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), often referred to as "The Don", was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 is often cited as the greatest achievement by any sportsman in any major sport.The don, being 20 when he made his Test debut in the first Test of the 1928–29 series against England -
Bodyline
One of cricket’s most infamous Test series in an effort to the curb the run scoring prowess of the late Sir Donald Bradman. Bodyline was the brainchild of Douglas Jardine for the successful 1932-33 Ashes campaign. Jardine’s main hit man was a coal miner turned fast bowler from Nottinghamshire - Harold Larwood. Bodyline consisted of placing several fielders around the bat on the leg side, and bowling bouncers at that field until you either hit the batsman or got him out. It worked. England won -
The introduction of one day cricket
Face it, if it were not for it, who knows how popular cricket would be today, if that at all (not popular). Partly due to some of the negative batsmen around in the late 50’s and 60’s, and countries more intent to play for draws then for victory, cricket was going for a slump in popularity, particularly in England at the time. Add that with Sir Alf Ramsey’s 1966 World Cup victory by England by beating West Germany at Wembley, it is not hard to see why young children.
