This Day In Cricket History

[Sai Jai]

14th July 2008

Ian Bell become the 7th batsman to be dismissed for 199

In the Lord's Test against South Africa,
Kevin Pietersen, Hashim Amla,
Ashwell Prince, Graeme Smith and Neil
McKenzie all slammed superb
hundreds. However, the highlight
remains Ian Bell's scintillating knock
that saw him smash a superb 199
before falling to Paul Harris. There was
to be no silver lining for Bell, as
England failed to win the game. Even
after they managed to enforce a
follow-on.

 

[Sai Jai]

15th July 1850

John Wisden takes a 10-fer by... bowling out entire opposition

John Wisden achieved a remarkable
feat on this day, more than a century
ago, when he had all 10 of the
opposition team out bowled. The South
side were bundled out for a mere 76,
which ironically was more than double
the score they achieved in their first
innings. They were bundled out for 36
in their first innings.
Fun fact: The top-scorer of this game
was Lord Guernsey, who scored 27
batting at No. 10 for North, John
Wisden's team.

 

[Sai Jai]

17th July 1888
Wickets tumble

It was on this day at Lord's that a
record 27 wickets fell in just a little
over four hours. Day 2 of the first
Ashes Test turned out to be a
nightmare for the batsmen, courtesy
of heavy overnight rain, and an
uncovered pitch, which offered the
bowlers more than what they would
have hoped for. Thirteen wickets went
down on Day 1 - Australia, who were
bowled out for 116, left England at
18/3. On the second day, England lost
their remaining 7 wickets in quick time,
bowled out for 53. Australia, who took
a first innings lead of 63, were bowled
out for 60 in their second innings,
giving England a target of 124. The
hosts though had no answers to
Charlie Turner, who picked up his
second fifer to finish with a 10-wicket
haul while JJ Ferris helped himself to a
five-wicket haul in the second essay
and finished with a tally of 8. Both
combined to bowl out England for 62,
helping the visitors win by 61 runs.

 

[Rajkumar]

Happy Birthday to Harsha Bhogle hya hya hya

 

[Sai Jai]

20th July 2009

England end Lord's jinx

Did you know that England could not
win a single Ashes Test at Lord's for 75
years? This is a true fact and England
have to thank Andrew Flintoff that
their barren run at the 'home of
cricket' did not continue even longer.
The all-rounder, who had announced
that he would retire at the end of the
2009 Ashes series, came up with a
terrific effort with the ball, picking up
5/92 in the second innings of the 2nd
Test to bowl England to a famous 115-
run win. A century by Michael Clarke
and fine fifties by Brad Haddin and
Mitchell Johnson in the second essay
could not help Australia as Flintoff's
superb spell helped England take a 1-0 lead.

 

[Rajkumar]

Today in 2000, Kumar Sangakkara made his Test debut. He managed to score 23 runs in that game.

 

[Rajkumar]

Today in 2014, Ishant Sharma's 7/74 helped India to win their first Test at Lord's in 28 years. :win :win :win

 

[Sai Jai]

22nd July 2010

Murali finishes with 800

Before the start of the first Test
against India at Galle in 2010,
legendary Sri Lanka off-spinner
Muttiah Muralitharan had announced
that he would retire from Test cricket.
Murali, who had 792 scalps before this
game, picked up a fifer in the first
innings taking 3 in the next innings to
finish his career on a unprecedented 800-wicket mark.

 

[Sai Jai]

23rd July 2008

DRS sets foot in Test cricket

The opening Test between Sri Lanka
and India at the SSC, which began on
July 23, was the first time that the
Decision Review System (DRS) was
being employed in Test cricket. The
technology was being trialled for the
first time and the hosts made better
use of it while the Indians were not at
all happy with it and have never been
ever since.

 

[Rajkumar]

Happy Birthday "Jonty Rhodes." He turns 47 today. hya hya

Happy Birthday Jonty Rhodes. Best Fielder of The World. hya hya

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