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A bowler delivers the ball to a batsman during a game of cricket.

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 22-yard (20-metre) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at one of the wickets with the bat and then running between the wickets, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this (by preventing the ball from leaving the field, and getting the ball to either wicket) and dismiss each batter (so they are "out"). Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side either catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground, or hitting a wicket with the ball before a batter can cross the crease in front of the wicket. When ten batters have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches. They communicate with two off-field scorers who record the match's statistical information.

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In the final round of group matches during the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup, a one-day cricket competition, Somerset County Cricket Club faced Worcestershire County Cricket Club at New Road, Worcester, on 24 May 1979. The result of the match would help to determine which teams progressed to the quarter-finals. If Somerset lost and Glamorgan won their match, Somerset, Worcestershire and Glamorgan would have been level on points; bowling strike rate would have then been used as a tie-breaker. The Somerset team, led by their captain, Brian Rose, realised that if they batted first and declared the innings closed after just one over, it would protect their strike rate advantage to guarantee their qualification. Somerset scored one run from their over and declared; Worcestershire took ten deliveries to score the two runs they needed to win. The match was completed in 18 minutes, and consisted of only 16 legal deliveries.

Although Somerset's declaration was within the laws of the game, Rose was condemned by the press and cricket officials. The Wisden Cricketers' Almanack claimed that Rose had "sacrificed all known cricketing principles by deliberately losing the game". Just over a week after the match, the Test and County Cricket Board met for an emergency session and voted to eject Somerset from the competition by a vote of seventeen to one. Cricket's rules were later changed to ban declarations in professional one-day cricket, although a similar incident occurred in club cricket in 2017.

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The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, based primarily on their "influence on the previous English season". The award began in 1889 with the naming of "Six Great Bowlers of the Year", and continued with the naming of "Nine Great Batsmen of the Year" in 1890 and "6 Great Wicket-Keepers" in 1891.

Since 1897, with a few notable exceptions, the annual award has recognised five players of the year. No players were named in 1916 or 1917, as the First World War prevented any first-class cricket being played in England, while in 1918 and 1919 the recipients were five schoolboy cricketers. From 1941 to 1946, the Second World War caused the same issue and no players were named. Three players have been sole recipients: W. G. Grace (1896), Plum Warner (1921) and Jack Hobbs (1926). The latter two selections are the only exceptions to the rule that a player may receive the award only once. Hobbs was first recognised in 1909, but was selected a second time in 1926 to honour his breaking W. G. Grace's record of 126 first-class hundreds; Warner was first honoured in 1904, but received a second award in 1921 for his last season in first-class cricket, when he led Middlesex to a County Championship win. John Wisden, cricketer and eponymous founder of the almanack, was featured in a special commemorative section in the Jubilee edition of the publication in 1913, 29 years posthumously. (Full article...)
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Desmond Haynes (left) has the highest score of any batsman on ODI debut.

A cricketer scoring a century (100 runs or more) on their One Day International (ODIs) debut is regarded by critics as a significant achievement. As of January 2021, 16 players from 10 different international teams have accomplished this feat. Players representing nine of the twelve teams that have full member status have scored an ODI century on debut.

England's Dennis Amiss was the first debutant to score a century in ODIs; he scored 103 runs off 134 balls against Australia during the first match of the Prudential Trophy in 1972. His total was surpassed by Desmond Haynes of West Indies when he made 148 against Australia in 1978. As of 2019, this remains the highest individual score by a debutant in ODIs. In a 1992 World Cup game against Sri Lanka, Andy Flower made 115 not out while making his first ODI appearance, representing Zimbabwe. It remains the only World Cup century by a debutant as of the 2015 tournament. In September 1995, Pakistan's Saleem Elahi set a record for becoming the youngest player to achieve the feat; aged 18, he was yet to play first-class cricket then. Between 1972 and 1995 only four players had scored a century on their ODI debut. However, since 2009, twelve players have achieved the feat. South African Reeza Hendricks holds the record of fastest century by a batsman on ODI debut (88 balls). Of the 16 occasions a cricketer has scored a century on ODI debut, their team has lost only 3 times. (Full article...)
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Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 member clubs of the English County Championship, representing the historic county of Essex. The club was established on 14 January 1876 and has played first-class cricket since 1894, List A cricket since 1963 and Twenty20 cricket since 2003.^[A] Unlike most professional sports, in which a team usually has a single fixed home ground, county cricket clubs have traditionally used different grounds in various towns and cities within the county for home matches, although the use of minor "out grounds" has diminished since the 1980s. Essex have played first class, List A, or Twenty20 matches at 14 different grounds.

The club's debut home fixture in first-class cricket was played at the County Ground in Leyton against Leicestershire in 1894. This ground remained the county's headquarters and principal match venue until the end of the 1933 season and was used regularly for over 80 years. As of 2022 it has still hosted more of the county's first-class matches than any other ground. Essex played their final match at the venue in 1977, however, since when the similarly-named County Ground in Chelmsford has hosted the majority of first-class games. The ground in Leyton has continued to be used for matches in local competitions. (Full article...)
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Michael Munday is one of fourteen Cornwall cricketers to have played first-class cricket.
Cornwall County Cricket Club was formed in 1894, and first competed in the Minor Counties Championship in 1904. Their first appearance in List A cricket was in 1970, and in total they have played seventeen matches, making four Gillette Cup, five NatWest Trophy and eight Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy appearances. On three occasions the county progressed to the third round of the competition: in 2001, 2002, and 2003. Minor counties teams were excluded from the competition from the 2006 season; Cornwall's last match was against the Netherlands in the first round of the 2004 competition.

In their seventeen List A matches, 69 players have represented Cornwall. Gary Thomas has appeared the most times for the county, playing in twelve matches, closely followed by Jonathan Kent, who made eleven appearances. Kent recorded the highest score in List A cricket for Cornwall, scoring 80 runs against Somerset Cricket Board in 2002. Steven Pope, who played 109 first-class matches in his native South Africa is Cornwall's leading run-scorer, having scored 294 runs in his eight appearances for the county. Justin Stephens's thirteen wickets for the county is the most by any player, but Charlie Shreck has the best bowling figures, having taken five wickets against Worcestershire in 2002. Gavin Edwards, who appeared for Cornwall on seven occasions, has claimed the most dismissals as wicket-keeper, taking five catches and making two stumpings. Only three non-English players have appeared for Cornwall; Jersey's Ryan Driver, Pakistan's Naeem Akhtar and South Africa's Steven Pope. (Full article...)
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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. Since then, they have played nearly 300 matches, against every other Test-playing nation. Sri Lanka holds the world record for the highest team score, which was established against India in 1997. The highest partnership in Test cricket was also established by two Sri Lankan batsmen; Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara. Sri Lankan players also hold the highest partnership scores for the second and third wickets.

Top order batsman and former captain Kumar Sangakkara holds several Sri Lankan batting records as he has scored the most runs for Sri Lanka in Test cricket. He is also the record holder for the highest number of centuries as well as the highest number of half-centuries. The 374 made by Mahela Jayawardene against South Africa in 2006 is the highest individual score by a Sri Lankan cricketer, surpassing the previous best of 340 by Sanath Jayasuriya, which was established in 1997. It is also the fourth-highest individual score in Test cricket. Jayawardene, Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara [319] are the only Sri Lankan players who have scored triple centuries. (Full article...)
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Glenn McGrath

Glenn McGrath, a retired international Australian cricketer, took a number of five-wicket hauls during his career. 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, and fewer than 40 bowlers have taken more than 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.

McGrath made his Test debut in November 1993, against New Zealand, but it was not until March 1995 that he took his first five-wicket haul in Australia's victory over the West Indies in Barbados; his performance earned him the man of the match award. He followed that three weeks later with six wickets in a defeat in Trinidad. McGrath took 10 of his 29 Test five-wicket hauls in The Ashes (the traditional name for Test matches between Australia and England). 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. (Full article...)
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Mohinder Amarnath (pictured in 2012) is the only player to be dismissed for both handling the ball and obstructing the field in international cricket.

In cricket, a player is dismissed when they lose their wicket. At this point, the batsman must discontinue batting and leave the field permanently. A batsman can be dismissed in a number of ways, the most common being bowled, caught, leg before wicket (LBW), stumped, run out and hit wicket. Much rarer are hit the ball twice, obstructing the field, retired out and timed out. These are regarded by analysts as unusual ways of dismissals in cricket, where the bowler is denied any credit. Handled the ball was a previously a separate method of dismissal, now incorporated into obstructing the field. As of September 2017, there have been twenty-two instances of players being dismissed unusually in international cricket: ten in Test cricket, nine in One Day Internationals (ODIs), one in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) and two in Women's One Day International cricket. (Full article...)
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Donald's (pictured in 2012) average of 22.25 in Tests is the fourth-best among his countrymen as of August 2013.

Allan Donald is a former Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who represented the South African cricket team between 1991, when the team's suspension from international cricket was lifted following the end of the apartheid regime, and 2003. A right-arm fast bowler, Donald was described by ESPNcricinfo writer Peter Robinson as "South Africa's greatest fast bowler". Donald took 330 wickets in Test cricket and 272 in ODIs, and remains the second highest wicket-taker of his country in ODIs as of 2013. The Wisden Cricketers' Almanack named him one of their cricketers of the year in 1992 and rated him the second best ODI bowler in 2003. During his international career, Donald took 22 five-wicket hauls. A five-wicket haul—also known as a five-for or fifer—refers to the feat of a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, and only 41 bowlers have at least 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.

Donald took a five-wicket haul in his ODI debut against India at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata in November 1991, taking 5 wickets for 29 runs, the fifth best performance by any bowler on ODI debut. Despite this South Africa lost the match, however, Donald secured a Man of the match award. He picked up another five-wicket haul in October 1996, against Kenya when he claimed 6 wickets for 23 runs at the Nairobi Gymkhana Club. The bowling figures are the second best by a South African as of 2013. (Full article...)
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Matthew Hayden has the third-highest number of centuries for an Australian in international cricket.

Matthew Hayden is a former Australian international cricketer. An opening batsman, Hayden scored 8,625 runs in Tests and 6,133 runs in One Day Internationals (ODIs), accruing a total of 40 centuries—30 in Tests and 10 in ODIs. He was described by Yahoo! Cricket as "a strong-built left-hander, an intimidating personality and [possessing] an aggressive attitude", "[with] all the ingredients" needed for success. He was named as one of Indian Cricket's "Cricketers of the Year" in 2001 and as Wisden's Cricketers of the Year in 2003. Hayden was chosen as the "ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year" in 2007.

Hayden made his Test debut against South Africa in March 1994. His first century came three years later at the Adelaide Oval when he scored 125 against the West Indies. It took another four years to score his second international century. He scored centuries against all the Test cricket playing nations, except Bangladesh. His highest score of 380—which was a record score at the time—came against Zimbabwe at the WACA Ground, Perth in October 2003. He broke Brian Lara's nine-year-old record (375 runs); however, Lara reclaimed his record six months later when he scored 400 not out against England. Hayden scored centuries in each innings of a Test match on two different occasions. (Full article...)
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Pakistan's Umar Gul was the first player to take a five-wicket haul in a T20I match.

A Twenty20 International (T20I) is an international cricket match between two teams, each having T20I status, as determined by the International Cricket Council, the sport's world governing body. In a T20I, the two teams play a single innings each, which is restricted to a maximum of 20 overs. The format was originally introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board for the county cricket competition with the first matches contested on 13 June 2003 between the English counties in the Twenty20 Cup. The first T20I took place on 17 February 2005 when Australia defeated New Zealand by 44 runs at Eden Park in Auckland.

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, especially in the Twenty20 format, as bowlers can bowl no more than four overs in an innings. The first five-wicket haul in a T20I match was taken by Pakistan's Umar Gul while playing against New Zealand at The Oval during the 2009 ICC World Twenty20. The best bowling figures in an T20I innings was taken by Nigeria's Peter Aho who returned figures of 6 for 5 against Sierra Leone. 11 players have taken five-wicket haul twice. (Full article...)
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Steyn has taken 26 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket.

Dale Steyn, a South African cricketer, has taken 29 five-wicket hauls in international 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. This is regarded as a notable achievement, and only 42 bowlers have taken at least 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. A right-arm fast bowler, Steyn reached 300 Test wickets in fewer matches than any other South African bowler. He was named the ICC's Test Player of the Year in 2008, and the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack named him one of their cricketers of the year in 2013.

Steyn made his Test debut in 2004 against England at the St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth. His first Test five-wicket haul came in 2006, against New Zealand at the SuperSport Park, Centurion. In November 2007 against the same team at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, he took a five-wicket haul in both innings of a Test match for the first time. He has repeated this feat twice more: against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 2008, and Pakistan at the Wanderers Stadium in 2013. Steyn's career-best figures for an innings are 7 wickets for 51 runs against India at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur, in February 2010. He has taken ten or more wickets in a match on five occasions. As of 2015, he has taken the most number five-wicket hauls for South Africa. (Full article...)
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Bowlers have taken thirteen five-wicket hauls in Tests and one fifer in One Day International matches played at Brabourne.

Brabourne Stadium is a cricket ground in Mumbai, India. It is the home of the Cricket Club of India and has played host to Ranji Trophy matches (including seventeen finals) and Indian Premier League matches, as well as being a Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) venue. It has a capacity of 20,000 spectators. The ground has hosted 18 Test matches, the first in 1948 when India played the West Indies. It has also staged nine ODI matches, the first of which was in 1989 when Australia lost to Pakistan by 66 runs. One T20I has been played at the ground when India beat Australia by seven wickets in 2007. This was also the first T20I to be played in India. Of the nine ODIs played at the stadium, five matches (including the final) were staged during the ICC Champions Trophy in 2006.

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. The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at Brabourne Stadium was Prior Jones in 1949, for the West Indies against India. The first Indian to take a five-wicket haul in a Test at the Brabourne was Vinoo Mankad, who did so in a game against Pakistan in 1952. B. S. Chandrasekhar is the only bowler to have taken two five-wicket hauls in Test matches at the ground, doing so against the West Indies in 1966 and against England in 1973. Chandrasekhar is also the only bowler to have taken ten wickets in a match at Brabourne, he took eleven wickets against the West Indies in 1966. Twelve bowlers have taken thirteen five-wicket hauls at the ground. Sri Lankan bowler Farveez Maharoof's five wicket haul against the West Indies in 2006, is the only one achieved during an ODI. Khaleel Ahmed's three wickets for thirteen runs in a ODI versus West Indies in 2018 are the best figures by an Indian at the ground in the fifty over format. The best bowling figures in the only T20I staged at the ground featuring India and Australia in 2007 are Irfan Pathan's two wickets for thirty-four runs. (Full article...)
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Caricature of Alfred Lyttelton keeping wicket for I Zingari

I Zingari are a wandering amateur cricket club. Founded on 4 July 1845 by three Old Harrovians, it is one of the oldest cricket clubs still in existence. The purpose of the club was to nurture amateur cricket following the rise of professionalism, which had resulted in most clubs and counties employing at least one professional player to strengthen their side. I Zingari sides were chosen carefully, and such was their strength in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that a number of their matches were considered to be of first-class status. I Zingari Australia played senior club cricket for a few seasons after their formation in 1888, before being excluded from Electorate cricket. They have not played any first-class cricket.

I Zingari played numerous fixtures each season from 1845, primarily facing Eton College and Harrow School in the 1840s, and later playing more against stronger opposition; the Gentlemen of England and county sides became frequent opponents. In 1866 they took on the 'Gentlemen of the South' at St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury. This match is the first of their fixtures to be considered of first-class status. I Zingari lost by 121 runs to the Gentlemen, whose team included W.G. Grace and two of his brothers. I Zingari's next first-class match came eleven years later, when they played Yorkshire County Cricket Club as part of the Scarborough Festival. They competed in the festival for each of the following thirteen seasons – with the exception of 1883 – and played Yorkshire on seven occasions, the 'Gentlemen of England' six times and the touring Australians twice. They played two further first-class fixtures, both against the 'Gentlemen of England' at Lord's Cricket Ground, in 1895 and 1904. (Full article...)
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Mohammad Azharuddin is a former international cricketer who represented and captained the India national cricket team. Considered to be one of the greatest batsman to emerge from Indian cricket, he was well known for his "wristy strokeplay". A right-handed middle order batsman, Azharuddin scored 29 international centuries before the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) accused him of match-fixing in 2000, which marked the end of his cricket career. In a career that spanned 15 years, he played 99 Tests and 334 One Day Internationals (ODI) accumulating 6,215 and 9,378 runs respectively. Azharuddin was the first cricketer to score 9,000 runs in ODI cricket and remained the leading run-scorer until October 2000. He was named the "Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year" before being included by Wisden as one of their five Cricketers of the Year in 1991.

Azharuddin made his Test and ODI debuts during England's 1984–85 tour of India. In Tests, he made centuries against all nations except West Indies and Zimbabwe. In his first Test appearance Azharuddin made 110, thus becoming the eighth Indian player to score a century on debut. With scores of 105 and 122 in the subsequent matches of the series, he became the first player to score a century in each of his first three Tests. Azharuddin equalled the record of Kapil Dev for the fastest century by an Indian in Test cricket, when he scored a century from 74 balls against South Africa in 1996. His highest score of 199 came against Sri Lanka at Kanpur in 1986. Azharuddin's 22 Test centuries were made at fifteen cricket grounds, nine of which were outside India. He scored a century in his last Test innings—against South Africa—in March 2000. As of February 2023, he is joint thirty-first among all-time century makers in Test cricket, and sixth in the equivalent list for India. (Full article...)
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Anisa Mohammed of the West Indies is the only player to take six five-wicket hauls in WODIs.

A women's One Day International (WODI) is an international cricket match between two teams, each having WODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC). In a WODI match, the two teams play a single innings, each of which is restricted to a maximum of 50 overs. The first WODI matches were played as part of the 1973 Women's Cricket World Cup held in England, two years after the first men's One Day International was contested between Australia and England in January 1971. 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. The first two five-wicket hauls in WODIs were taken on 23 June 1973, as part of the Women's World Cup. Australia's Tina Macpherson and New Zealand's Glenys Page both achieved the feat as part of their teams' victories over Young England and Trinidad and Tobago respectively. Macpherson and Page are two of only five players to take a five-wicket haul during their WODI debut, the others being India's Purnima Choudhary, Laura Harper of England and Felicity Leydon-Davis from New Zealand.

Suthershini Sivanantham has taken the most economical five-wicket haul with an economy rate of just 0.21. Bowling for Sri Lanka, she took five wickets for just two runs against Pakistan at Moors Sports Club Ground in Colombo in January 2002. The least economical five-wicket haul was taken by South Africa's Suné Luus with an economy rate of 6.70. Despite Luus taking figures of 5 wickets for 67 runs (5/67) off her 10 overs at the County Ground in Taunton during the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup, South Africa lost the match to Australia – one of only thirteen occurrences that did not result in a victory to the team taking the five-wicket haul. There have been two occasions where two five-wicket hauls have been taken in the same match. The first was during the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup in South Africa. India's Neetu David took figures of 5/32 in the first innings with Louise Milliken of New Zealand taking 5/25 to lead her side to victory. The other was during the 2007 Women's European Cricket Championship in Deventer where Annemarie Tanke of the Netherlands finished with 5/40. In reply, Ciara Metcalfe returned career best figures of 5/18 to help steer Ireland to victory. (Full article...)

Anniversaries...

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Bert Hopkins

In England

1902 - Australian bowler Bert Hopkins (pictured) takes CB Fry and Ranjitsinhji both for ducks on the opening day of the second Ashes Test at Lord's.

In South Africa

1896 - South Africa is bowled out for 30 runs in their second innings by England at Port Elizabeth

More did you know

... that Australian cricketer Stan Sismey, who was wounded in action as a pilot during World War II, once left the field of play during a game because shrapnel was working its way out of his body?
... that Indian cricketer B. S. Chandrasekhar's bowling figures of six wickets for 38 runs against England in 1971 was noted the "Indian Bowling Performance of the Century" by Wisden in 2002?
... that Hazel Pritchard, nicknamed the "Girl Bradman", faced the first ball in women's Test cricket?
... that when Essex cricketer Dickie Dodds caught a batsman off a long hop, it decided his future marriage plans?

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General images

The following are images from various cricket-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1The Cricket pitch dimensions (from Laws of Cricket)
Image 2A Game of Cricket at The Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields, now Regent's Park, depiction by unknown artist, c. 1790–1799 (from History of cricket)
Image 3Broadhalfpenny Down, the location of the first First Class match in 1772 is still played on today (from History of cricket)
Image 4 First Grand Match of Cricket Played by Members of the Royal Amateur Society on Hampton Court Green, August 13th, 1836 (from History of cricket)
Image 5Pioneers Cricket Club, South Africa, 1902 (from History of women's cricket)
Image 6Photograph of Miss Lily Poulett-Harris, founding mother of women's cricket in Australia. (from History of women's cricket)
Image 7A 1779 cricket match played by the Countess of Derby and other ladies. (from History of women's cricket)
Image 8New articles of the game of cricket, 25 February 1774 (from Laws of Cricket)
Image 9In men's cricket the ball must weigh between 5.5 and 5.75 ounces (155.9 and 163 g) and measure between 8.81 and 9 in (22.4 and 22.9 cm) in circumference. (from Laws of Cricket)
Image 10A wicket consists of three stumps, upright wooden poles that are hammered into the ground, topped with two wooden crosspieces, known as the bails. (from Laws of Cricket)

Did you know

... that on 13 August 2020, Australian-born cricketer Janet Ronalds became the first player, male or female, to score a century for Germany in Twenty20 Internationals?
... that the one hundred squatters at the Oval Mansions in London could watch Test cricket for free from the roof?
... that Rebecca Blake, Anglo-Romanian captain of the Romania women's national cricket team, also led the French team to victory in a six-team tournament?
... that when Mark Coles started coaching the Pakistan women's national cricket team, he was not being paid, and he later lived in a compound with snipers on the roof?
... that in September 2021, cricketer Andrea-Mae Zepeda became the first player to score a century for Austria in a Women's Twenty20 International match?
... that Bangladesh is the only Test-playing nation that has not been involved in any tied international cricket matches?

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ICC Rankings

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket, and produces team rankings for the various forms of cricket played internationally.

Test cricket is the longest form of cricket, played up to a maximum of five days with two innings per side.

One Day International cricket is played over 50 overs, with one inning per side.

Twenty20 International cricket is played over 20 overs, with one inning per side.

ICC Men's Test Team Rankings
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Australia	29	3,668	126
2	India	32	3,690	115
3	England	47	5,017	107
4	South Africa	29	2,952	102
5	New Zealand	30	2,965	99
6	Pakistan	30	2,638	88
7	Sri Lanka	26	2,282	88
8	West Indies	28	2,198	79
9	Bangladesh	25	1,161	46
10	Zimbabwe	6	148	25
Reference: ICC Test Rankings, 17 January 2023
"Matches" is no. matches + no. series played in the 12–24 months since the May before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that.

ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	India	44	5,010	114
2	Australia	32	3,572	112
3	New Zealand	29	3,229	111
4	England	32	3,502	109
5	Pakistan	25	2,649	106
6	South Africa	26	2,716	104
7	Bangladesh	33	3,129	95
8	Sri Lanka	34	2,976	88
9	Afghanistan	20	1,419	71
10	West Indies	41	2,902	71
11	Ireland	24	1,206	50
12	Scotland	31	1,459	47
13	Zimbabwe	27	1,201	44
14	Namibia	26	971	37
15	Netherlands	21	673	32
16	Oman	30	919	31
17	United Arab Emirates	25	693	28
18	United States	31	821	26
19	Nepal	28	456	16
20	Papua New Guinea	30	128	4
Reference: ICC ODI rankings, ESPN Cricinfo, Updated on 29 January 2023
Matches is the number of matches played in the 12–24 months since the May before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that. See points calculations for more details.

ICC Women's ODI Rankings
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Australia	21	3,603	172
2	England	28	3,342	119
3	South Africa	26	3,098	119
4	India	27	2,820	104
5	New Zealand	25	2,553	102
6	West Indies	27	2,535	94
7	Bangladesh	13	983	76
8	Thailand	8	572	72
9	Pakistan	27	1,672	62
10	Sri Lanka	8	353	44
11	Ireland	14	548	39
12	Zimbabwe	8	0	0
13	Netherlands	9	0	0
Reference: ICC Women's ODI rankings, Updated on 24 January 2023

ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	India	68	18,142	267
2	England	49	13,029	266
3	Pakistan	55	14,168	258
4	South Africa	41	10,510	256
5	New Zealand	52	13,154	253
6	Australia	47	11,784	251
7	West Indies	51	12,039	236
8	Sri Lanka	53	12,485	236
9	Bangladesh	51	11,328	222
10	Afghanistan	30	6,512	217
11	Zimbabwe	46	8,976	195
12	Ireland	54	10,282	190
13	United Arab Emirates	29	5,298	183
14	Namibia	32	5,846	183
15	Scotland	24	4,373	182
16	Nepal	30	5,387	180
17	Netherlands	32	5,668	177
18	Oman	26	4,090	157
19	Papua New Guinea	24	3,495	146
20	Canada	24	3,297	137
21	Hong Kong	20	2,555	128
22	Jersey	23	2,924	127
23	Qatar	18	2,227	124
24	Uganda	46	5,648	123
25	Kuwait	18	2,153	120
26	United States	16	1,908	119
27	Malaysia	34	3,830	113
28	Bahrain	29	3,067	106
29	Kenya	31	3,272	106
30	Singapore	28	2,857	102
31	Tanzania	36	3,598	100
32	Italy	19	1,818	96
33	Saudi Arabia	13	1,234	95
34	Germany	34	2,996	88
35	Bermuda	12	1,053	88
36	Spain	21	1,705	81
37	Denmark	21	1,518	72
38	Guernsey	17	1,194	70
39	Isle of Man	10	678	68
40	Belgium	20	1,349	67
41	Nigeria	28	1,862	67
42	Cayman Islands	8	529	66
43	Austria	26	1,686	65
44	Vanuatu	11	645	59
45	Portugal	11	644	59
46	Romania	24	1,359	57
47	Botswana	18	992	55
48	Norway	17	897	53
49	Finland	17	891	52
50	France	9	470	52
51	Argentina	9	435	48
52	Malawi	17	818	48
53	Sweden	16	690	43
54	Cook Islands	6	245	41
55	Czech Republic	28	1,137	41
56	Indonesia	7	265	38
57	Switzerland	11	396	36
58	Malta	33	1,179	36
59	Ghana	23	813	35
60	Sierra Leone	17	586	34
61	Japan	7	236	34
62	Luxembourg	23	774	34
63	Mozambique	23	721	31
64	Bhutan	8	239	30
65	Fiji	6	177	30
66	Rwanda	34	918	27
67	Cyprus	11	283	26
68	Bahamas	11	260	24
69	Hungary	16	358	22
70	Belize	6	132	22
71	Panama	6	125	21
72	Serbia	17	184	11
73	Bulgaria	34	296	9
74	Gambia	7	50	7
75	Lesotho	12	87	7
76	Maldives	15	81	5
77	Samoa	8	42	5
78	Gibraltar	21	68	3
79	Greece	9	27	3
80	Cameroon	13	0	0
81	Estonia	12	0	0
82	Eswatini	18	0	0
83	Thailand	10	0	0
84	Turkey	6	0	0
85	Seychelles	10	0	0
References: ICC T20I rankings, ESPNcricinfo, As of 11 January 2023
"Matches" is the number of matches played in the 12–24 months since the May before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that.

ICC Women's T20I Rankings
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Australia	24	7,182	299
2	England	30	8,489	283
3	New Zealand	24	6,509	271
4	India	41	10,975	268
5	South Africa	21	5,272	251
6	West Indies	23	5,217	227
7	Pakistan	26	5,763	222
8	Sri Lanka	23	4,804	209
9	Bangladesh	22	4,205	191
10	Ireland	22	3,953	180
11	Zimbabwe	20	3,239	162
12	Papua New Guinea	10	1,553	155
13	Thailand	26	4,012	154
14	Scotland	15	2,142	143
15	United Arab Emirates	31	4,093	132
16	Netherlands	17	1,913	113
17	Tanzania	19	2,124	112
18	Nepal	19	2,093	110
19	Namibia	21	2,189	104
20	Indonesia	8	826	103
21	Uganda	29	2,910	100
22	Hong Kong	18	1,573	87
23	Kenya	25	2,171	87
24	Jersey	6	458	76
25	United States	14	971	69
26	Italy	12	721	60
27	Rwanda	19	1,126	59
28	Malaysia	24	1,404	59
29	Nigeria	18	947	53
30	Sweden	10	495	50
31	Germany	20	952	48
32	Brazil	19	900	47
33	Canada	6	277	46
34	Belize	3	135	45
35	Cambodia	6	261	44
36	Spain	8	256	32
37	Mozambique	12	328	27
38	Sierra Leone	7	173	25
39	France	9	214	24
40	Botswana	15	345	23
41	Bhutan	9	207	23
42	Oman	13	289	22
43	Malawi	4	71	18
44	Kuwait	16	278	17
45	Bahrain	8	138	17
46	Romania	7	105	15
47	Qatar	21	245	12
48	Costa Rica	3	34	11
49	Argentina	12	95	8
50	Austria	16	99	6
51	Philippines	8	42	5
52	Eswatini	9	0	0
53	Singapore	13	0	0
54	Peru	5	0	0
55	Norway	9	0	0
References: ICC Women's T20I Rankings, ESPNcricinfo, Updated on 7 February 2023

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Portal:Cricket	20 December 2005
Australian cricket team in England in 1948 (Topic)	6 January 2010

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Article	Date promoted	Featured on main page	Notes
A. E. J. Collins	7 February 2005	23 August 2005
Bodyline	10 December 2006	7 February 2005	First promoted 19 January 2004, demoted 4 December 2006
West Indian cricket team in England in 1988	22 February 2007	7 May 2008
Cricket World Cup	22 February 2007	13 March 2007
Paul Collingwood	3 March 2007
Adam Gilchrist	15 March 2007	28 April 2007
Bart King	7 May 2007	19 October 2013
Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)	22 May 2007	20 December 2010
Charlie Macartney	23 October 2007	25 March 2012
Ian Chappell	22 May 2007
Marcus Trescothick	26 November 2007
Arthur Morris	26 November 2007
Sid Barnes	7 January 2008	23 January 2010
Archie Jackson	21 January 2008	5 September 2009
Clem Hill	24 March 2008	19 December 2008
Ernie Toshack	27 March 2008
Don Tallon	1 April 2008	1 August 2009
Ian Craig	15 April 2008
Hugh Trumble	10 May 2008
Jack Marsh	22 May 2008
Preity Zinta	27 May 2008	23 December 2008	Failed to be promoted on 5 November 2007
Harry Trott	25 June 2008
Don Bradman	28 June 2008	27 August 2008
Ian Johnson (cricketer)	25 July 2008
Bill Brown (cricketer)	12 September 2008
Don Bradman with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948	7 March 2009
Early life of Keith Miller	20 June 2009
Bill Ponsford	20 June 2009	10 April 2010
John the bookmaker controversy	30 June 2009
Ron Hamence with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948	14 July 2009
Doug Ring with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948	5 August 2009
Keith Johnson (cricket administrator)	18 August 2009
Ernie Toshack with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948	1 September 2009
Neil Harvey with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948	1 September 2009
Sam Loxton with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948	27 September 2009
Brian Booth	3 October 2009
Sydney Riot of 1879	6 October 2009	8 February 2006	First promoted 7 June 2005, demoted 3 January 2007
Lindsay Hassett with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948	20 October 2009
Gray's Inn	24 October 2009	3 November 2009
Fifth Test, 1948 Ashes series	27 October 2009
Fourth Test, 1948 Ashes series	3 December 2009
Third Test, 1948 Ashes series	12 January 2010
Second Test, 1948 Ashes series	30 January 2010
Sam Loxton	12 February 2010
First Test, 1948 Ashes series	14 April 2010
Douglas Jardine	14 April 2010	26 July 2010
Keith Miller in the 1946–47 Australian cricket season	9 May 2010
Wilfred Rhodes	9 May 2010
Keith Miller with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948	28 May 2010
Montague Druitt	27 July 2010
Wally Hammond	7 August 2010
Yorkshire captaincy affair of 1927	25 August 2010	11 June 2012
Ian Meckiff	7 September 2010
Ray Lindwall with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948	24 September 2010
Roy Kilner	30 September 2010
Sid Barnes with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948	10 October 2010
George Macaulay	20 October 2010
Bernard Bosanquet (cricketer)	4 January 2011	13 October 2012
Adelaide leak	8 February 2011	14 January 2013
Herbie Hewett	5 March 2011
Villa Park	16 April 2011	17 April 2017
George Headley	6 May 2011
George Hirst	27 September 2011
Jonathan Agnew	11 February 2012
Len Hutton	28 February 2012
Hedley Verity	26 April 2012
Alec Douglas-Home	26 May 2012	2 July 2013
Arthur Mold	29 June 2012
Learie Constantine	30 August 2012
Somerset County Cricket Club in 2009	28 September 2012
Percy Chapman	16 October 2012
Arthur Gilligan	2 December 2012
Harold Larwood	6 December 2012
Neville Cardus	23 January 2013
Percy Fender	5 February 2013	28 May 2013
Leg before wicket	6 April 2013	10 July 2013
Jack Hobbs	26 May 2013
Archie MacLaren	23 July 2013
Maurice Leyland	9 November 2013
Lionel Palairet	21 November 2013
Abe Waddington	26 January 2014
Bobby Peel	12 March 2014
D'Oliveira affair	5 April 2014
Gubby Allen	25 May 2014
Jack Crawford (cricketer)	27 October 2014
Bramshill House	28 February 2015
Shah Rukh Khan	21 May 2015	2 November 2015	Failed to be promoted on 11 January 2015
2003 Cricket World Cup Final	16 January 2017
Van Diemen's Land v Port Phillip, 1851	30 April 2017	11 February 2018	Failed to be promoted on 7 April 2016 and 30 April 2017
Craig Kieswetter	30 October 2017		Failed to be promoted on 6 December 2015
Former Featured articles
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Cricket		19 September 2004	Promoted 2 September 2004, demoted 25 September 2008
Samuel Beckett		13 April 2006	Promoted 25 September 2004, demoted 25 June 2009
History of Test cricket from 1877 to 1883			Promoted 11 February 2005, demoted 2 November 2008
Brian Close		12 May 2005	Promoted 23 March 2005, demoted 7 July 2008
History of Test cricket from 1884 to 1889		22 January 2006	Promoted 27 March 2005, demoted 19 September 2008
The Ashes		21 July 2005	Promoted 23 June 2005, demoted 4 December 2007
Harbhajan Singh		17 September 2009	Promoted 9 March 2007, demoted 31 July 2016
Kevin Pietersen		8 July 2009	Promoted 10 June 2007, demoted 23 August 2013

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Test cricket records	13 August 2005		Reviewed on 24 August 2009
Test cricket triple centuries	28 September 2005
Asian XI ODI cricketers	21 October 2005
Australia Twenty20 International cricketers	21 October 2005
World XI ODI cricketers	5 November 2005		Reviewed on 29 November 2008 and 2 March 2016
Namibia ODI cricketers	26 November 2005		Reviewed on 29 November 2008
Scotland ODI cricketers	5 December 2005
Test cricket hat-tricks	21 March 2006		Failed to be promoted on 21 September 2005, reviewed on 20 January 2013
One Day International cricket hat-tricks	18 May 2006		Reviewed on 1 August 2009
2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads	9 December 2006
2007 Cricket World Cup squads	9 June 2007
2007 Cricket World Cup statistics	21 June 2007
Cricket World Cup records	22 June 2007		Reviewed on 22 November 2009
African XI ODI cricketers	4 July 2007		Failed to be promoted 3 December 2005
International cricket centuries by Sachin Tendulkar	21 February 2008	19 March 2012
2007 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches‎	28 March 2008
Cricketers called for throwing in top-class cricket matches in Australia	14 April 2008
Wisden Cricketers of the Year	18 April 2008		First promoted 25 June 2005, demoted 22 March 2008
Ireland ODI cricketers	18 November 2008
International cricket centuries by Sourav Ganguly	31 July 2009
International cricket centuries by Ricky Ponting	21 September 2009
India women Test cricketers	31 October 2009
International cricket centuries by Virender Sehwag	7 November 2009		Failed to be promoted on 24 August 2009 and 28 September 2009
India women ODI cricketers	15 November 2009
International cricket centuries by Adam Gilchrist	17 November 2009
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Glenn McGrath	21 November 2009
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Muttiah Muralitharan	23 November 2009	11 May 2018
International cricket centuries by Rahul Dravid	5 December 2009
South Africa women Test cricketers	5 December 2009
International cricket centuries by Sanath Jayasuriya	22 December 2009
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Wasim Akram	29 December 2009
International cricket centuries by Marcus Trescothick	12 January 2010
International cricket centuries by Don Bradman	27 January 2010
England Twenty20 International cricketers	30 January 2010		First promoted 21 October 2005, demoted 13 July 2008
International cricket centuries by Brian Lara	28 February 2010
Somerset County Cricket Club players with 100 or more first-class or List A appearances	3 March 2010
International cricket centuries by Mahela Jayawardene	27 March 2010
International cricket centuries by Viv Richards	3 April 2010
Sri Lanka Test cricket records	14 April 2010
South Africa women Twenty20 International cricketers	27 April 2010
South Africa women ODI cricketers	7 May 2010
International cricket centuries at the Kensington Oval	8 June 2010
Afghanistan ODI cricketers	11 October 2010
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Ian Botham	22 October 2010
First-class cricket centuries by W. G. Grace	11 December 2010
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame	17 December 2010
I Zingari first-class cricketers	17 December 2010
International cricket centuries by Jacques Kallis	8 February 2011
International cricket centuries by David Gower	14 March 2011
Ashes series	24 April 2011	18 November 2013	First promoted 27 July 2006, demoted 21 July 2009
International cricket centuries at Brabourne Stadium	25 April 2011
International cricket centuries by Andrew Strauss	18 June 2011
Cornwall County Cricket Club List A players	27 June 2011
Centuries in women's Test cricket	7 October 2011
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Shane Warne	21 October 2011	10 January 2020
County Championship winners	12 November 2011	20 April 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Anil Kumble	25 December 2011
Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers	3 January 2012
Bermuda ODI cricketers	29 January 2012
Cricket World Cup finals	30 January 2012		Failed to be promoted on 10 May 2011
India Twenty20 International cricketers	21 February 2012		Failed to be promoted on 18 January 2007
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Waqar Younis	4 April 2012	30 December 2013
Somerset County Cricket Club Twenty20 players	16 May 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Imran Khan	2 June 2012	24 November 2017
English Twenty20 cricket champions	22 June 2012
International cricket centuries by Kumar Sangakkara	6 July 2012	5 October 2018
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Kapil Dev	6 July 2012		Failed to be promoted on 2 May 2012
International cricket centuries by Mohammad Yousuf	11 July 2012	29 October 2012	Failed to be promoted on 24 May 2012
ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year	25 July 2012
Pakistan T20I cricketers	1 August 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Brett Lee	4 August 2012
Sri Lanka Twenty20 International cricketers	11 August 2012
International cricket centuries by Inzamam-ul-Haq	20 August 2012
International cricket centuries by Steve Waugh	28 August 2012	3 June 2013
Indian Premier League centuries	4 September 2012
International cricket centuries by Sunil Gavaskar	4 September 2012
Kings XI Punjab cricketers	4 September 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls at Brabourne Stadium	18 September 2012
Indian Premier League umpires	9 October 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Richard Hadlee	9 October 2012
International cricket centuries by Javed Miandad	13 October 2012
International cricket centuries by Saeed Anwar	1 November 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Dennis Lillee	1 November 2012
Indian Premier League five-wicket hauls	2 November 2012
International cricket centuries by Matthew Hayden	17 November 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Shoaib Akhtar	17 November 2012	11 August 2014
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Saqlain Mushtaq	30 November 2012
International cricket centuries by Younis Khan	21 December 2012
International cricket centuries by Graham Gooch	19 January 2013
International cricket centuries by Kevin Pietersen	29 January 2013
International cricket centuries by Allan Border	2 February 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Sydney Barnes	25 August 2015
Hong Kong ODI cricketers	10 February 2013		First promoted 23 August 2005, demoted 9 December 2008, failed to be re-promoted on 25 April 2012
International cricket centuries by AB de Villiers	22 February 2013
International cricket centuries by Alastair Cook	25 February 2013
International cricket centuries by Garfield Sobers	9 March 2013
International cricket centuries by Gary Kirsten	11 March 2013
Women's Test cricketers who have taken five wickets on debut	11 March 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Chaminda Vaas	13 March 2013
International cricket centuries by Michael Clarke	8 April 2013
International cricket centuries by Mohammad Azharuddin	8 April 2013
South Africa women's national cricket team record by opponent	12 April 2013	10 March 2017
International cricket centuries by Aravinda de Silva	13 April 2013		Failed to be promoted on 14 February 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Abdul Qadir	22 April 2013
India national cricket team record by opponent	15 May 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by B. S. Chandrasekhar	15 May 2013
International cricket centuries by Hashim Amla	23 July 2013
International cricket centuries by Mark Waugh	23 July 2013
Cricketers who have played for two international teams	12 August 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Allan Donald	27 August 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Dale Steyn	4 September 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Malcolm Marshall	29 September 2013
2009 Women's Cricket World Cup squads	7 October 2013
Pakistan national cricket team record by opponent	14 October 2013
International cricket centuries by Nathan Astle	23 October 2013
Indian Premier League captains	26 October 2013
International cricket centuries by Shivnarine Chanderpaul	26 October 2013	5 October 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Bob Willis	28 October 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Curtly Ambrose	25 November 2013
Cricket World Cup centuries	9 December 2013
International cricket centuries by David Boon	31 December 2013
Pune Warriors India cricketers	10 January 2014
International cricket centuries by Herschelle Gibbs	10 January 2014
Cricket World Cup five-wicket hauls	23 January 2014
Bowlers who have taken 300 or more wickets in Test cricket	18 February 2014
Cricketers who have scored centuries in both innings of a Test match	13 March 2014
International cricket centuries by Virat Kohli	20 April 2014
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Fred Trueman	29 April 2014
International cricket centuries by Graeme Smith	29 May 2014
Bangladesh Premier League captains	23 June 2014		Reviewed on 7 October 2016
International cricket centuries by Chris Gayle	19 July 2014		Failed to be promoted on 2 June 2012 and 8 May 2014
Pakistan cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut	4 August 2014
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Harbhajan Singh	6 August 2014		Failed to be promoted on 10 April 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Richie Benaud	15 September 2014
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Courtney Walsh	28 September 2014		Failed to be promoted on 23 November 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Mitchell Johnson	13 October 2014
ICC Champions Trophy centuries	19 October 2014
Asia Cup centuries	25 October 2014
Pakistan women's national cricket team record by opponent	11 November 2014
International cricket centuries at Bellerive Oval	17 November 2014
ICC Champions Trophy five-wicket hauls	22 November 2014
Pakistan women Twenty20 International cricketers	14 December 2014		Failed to be promoted on 1 March 2014
Asia Cup five-wicket hauls	17 January 2015
Pakistan women Test cricketers	19 January 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls by James Anderson	26 January 2015
World Series Cricket international centuries	6 February 2015	11 September 2017
South Africa cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut	1 March 2015
Tied Twenty20 Internationals	8 March 2015	22 April 2019
Cricketers who have carried the bat in international cricket	26 March 2015	16 September 2019
Bermuda Twenty20 International cricketers	14 April 2015
Five-wicket hauls in Twenty20 International cricket	14 April 2015
Women's international cricket hat-tricks	22 April 2015
PCA Player of the Year	5 May 2015
Unusual dismissals in international cricket	13 May 2015
2013 Women's Cricket World Cup squads	15 May 2015
Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year	31 May 2015
United States ODI cricketers	4 June 2015		Failed to be promoted on 19 January 2006
India cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut	26 June 2015
Warwickshire County Cricket Club grounds	4 July 2015
Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World	4 July 2015	18 January 2016
Somerset County Cricket Club grounds	14 July 2015
Cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on One Day International debut	24 July 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Graeme Swann	3 August 2015
Derbyshire County Cricket Club grounds	7 August 2015
Centuries scored on One Day International cricket debut	11 August 2015
Essex County Cricket Club grounds	17 August 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls at the Riverside Ground	25 August 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Stuart Broad	25 August 2015
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club grounds	26 August 2015
Tied One Day Internationals	26 August 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls at McLean Park	8 September 2015
International cricket centuries by Greg Chappell	11 September 2015		Failed to be promoted on 23 July 2013
Centuries scored on Test cricket debut	21 September 2015
Players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in One Day International cricket	4 October 2015
International cricket centuries by Ian Bell	26 October 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium	26 October 2015
England cricket team Test results (1877–1914)	6 November 2015
Leicestershire County Cricket Club grounds	3 January 2016
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Shakib Al Hasan	17 January 2016
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club grounds	11 February 2016
Ranji Trophy triple centuries	22 March 2016
International cricket centuries at the Green Park Stadium	27 April 2016
Sussex County Cricket Club grounds	8 May 2016
Sussex County Cricket Club grounds	8 May 2016
Bowlers who have taken a wicket with their first ball in a format of international cricket	8 August 2016		Failed to be promoted on 10 February 2016
International cricket centuries at the Adelaide Oval	19 August 2016	31 October 2016
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Ravichandran Ashwin	28 November 2016
Kenya ODI cricketers	28 November 2016
Five-wicket hauls in women's Twenty20 International cricket	29 January 2017	19 May 2017
Indian Premier League seasons and results	29 January 2017
International cricket centuries by David Warner	19 February 2017
New Zealand cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut	19 February 2017
International cricket centuries by Kane Williamson	24 May 2017
Australia Test cricket records	5 June 2017	5 January 2018
Frank Worrell Trophy	23 July 2017
Australian Cricket Hall of Fame	9 August 2017
West Indies cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut	25 August 2017
Walter Lawrence Trophy	10 September 2017
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Danish Kaneria	17 September 2017
Trans-Tasman Trophy	17 September 2017	18 January 2019
England cricket team Test results (1920–1939)	24 September 2017
India women Twenty20 International cricketers	9 October 2017
Centuries in Twenty20 International cricket	5 November 2017		Failed to be promoted on 16 February 2015
Five-wicket hauls in women's One Day International cricket	26 November 2017
India women's national cricket team record by opponent	11 December 2017
England cricket team Test results (1946–1959)	22 January 2018
Centuries in women's One Day International cricket	22 January 2018
International cricket centuries by Ross Taylor	5 March 2018
England Test cricket records	22 July 2018	30 July 2018
Sunrisers Hyderabad cricketers	24 August 2018
International cricket five-wicket hauls at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium	31 August 2018		Failed to be promoted on 28 April 2016 and 25 January 2017
Delhi Capitals cricketers	8 September 2018	4 March 2013	First promoted 28 August 2012, demoted 5 March 2018
International cricket centuries by Joe Root	26 September 2018
International cricket centuries by Steve Smith	29 October 2018
Deccan Chargers cricketers	30 November 2018		Failed to be promoted on 8 October 2012 and 25 December 2012
International cricket centuries by Rohit Sharma	16 December 2018
Centuries in women's Twenty20 International cricket	12 January 2020	2 March 2020
First-class cricket quadruple centuries	16 February 2020		Promoted on 19 May 2006, demoted on 8 August 2009, failed to be re-promoted on 7 December 2012
Former Featured lists
Article	Date promoted	Featured on main page	Notes
Australia national cricket captains			Promoted on 21 June 2005, demoted on 9 May 2009
Australia ODI cricketers			Promoted on 6 July 2006, demoted on 9 December 2008
Bangladesh national cricket captains			Promoted on 18 June 2005, demoted on 23 February 2008
Cricket terms			Promoted on 17 June 2005, demoted on 19 June 2008
England cricket captains			Promoted on 27 June 2005, demoted on 1 April 2008
India national cricket captains			Promoted on 30 June 2005, demoted on 25 November 2005, re-promoted on 9 June 2007, re-demoted on 24 August 2008
India ODI cricketers			Promoted on 24 November 2006, demoted on 9 December 2008, failed to be re-promoted on 6 February 2012
New Zealand national cricket captains			Promoted 23 July 2005, demoted on 28 February 2008
One Day International cricket records			Promoted on 1 January 2006, demoted on 21 March 2010, failed to be re-promoted on 14 February 2013
Sri Lanka national cricket captains			Promoted on 23 June 2005, demoted on 19 January 2006
Zimbabwe national cricket captains			Promoted 17 July 2005, demoted on 12 June 2015
Rajasthan Royals cricketers			Promoted 11 November 2012, demoted on 27 January 2019

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