This Day In Cricket History

[Sai Jai]

18th August 2000

England thumped the West Indies at
Headingley and the Test match got
over in a mere two days

On this day in 2000, England thumped
the West Indies at Headingley and the
Test match got over in a mere two
days.
The West Indies started their second
innings with 100 runs behind, but the
pace duo of Darren Gough and Andrew
Caddick brimming with confidence took
nine wickets between them.
If Gough pitched it up and looked for
swing then, Caddick combined bounce
with geometric precision to take a five-
wicket haul.

 

[Sai Jai]

19th August 1975

The final day of the third Ashes Test
at Headingley was abandoned as the
track was dug up.

On this day in 1975, the final day of
the third Ashes Test between
Australia and England at Headingley
was abandoned without a ball being
bowled, as the track was dug up by
vandals. Both captains, Tony Greig and
Ian Chappell agreed that there can't be
any play.
It meant that cricket fans, who made a
beeline entry in to the stadium missed
out on watching what could have been
an exhilarating final day's play, as the
match was evenly poised. It has to be
said though, even if the Test match
had been played, the rain would have
likely played the spoilsport on the last
day.

 

[Rajkumar]

Happy Birthday "Sabbir Rahman". He turns 25 today.

 

[Sai Jai]

23rd August 2009

England regain The Ashes

On this day in 2009, England regained
the Ashes after thumping Australia by
a margin of 197 runs. On a rather dry
Oval track, Australian think-tank went
in with an all-out pace attack and paid
the price. Stuart Broad, found a wee bit
of swing in the first innings to cause
the damage.
Graeme Swann, used the conditions on
offer in the second innings to good
effect to help England reclaim the
Ashes. It also meant that Ponting lost
the Ashes twice in England as captain.

 

[Rajkumar]

Today in 2015, Kumar Sangakkara played his last international game against India in Colombo. :clap :clap

 

[Sai Jai]

27th August 1908

The greatest batsman of all time, Sir Donald Bradman, was born.
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Happy Birthday Sir Bradman

 

[iSK]

Happy Birthday Sir Bradman.

 

[Rajkumar]

Happy Birthday to Legend Sir Don Bradman hya hya

Just 99.94 anthe ... #DonBradman

 

[Sai Jai]

28th August 2010

The ugly face of fixing resurfaces

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The match-fixing scandal, that broke
out in 2000, hurt cricket quite badly
and 10 years after that, news emerged
that the England-Pakistan Test at
Lord's was under investigation over
allegations of spot-fixing. English
tabloid, News of the World, in a sting
operation, revealed that a Pakistan
player agent, Mazhar Majeed bribed
Pakistan bowlers to bowl no-balls.
Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir
over-stepped on purpose in the fourth
Test against England upon the
insistence of skipper Salman Butt. The
ICC anti-corruption unit and Scotland
Yard carried out investigations and
found the trio to be guilty. Amir, Asif
and Butt were handed bans for five,
seven and 10 years respectively.

 

[Sai Jai]

29th August 2013

Aaron Finch breaks Brendon McCullum's record, registers the
highest score in T20Is

Australia opening batsman Aaron
Finch was unstoppable in the 1st T20I
against England at The Rose Bowl. Put
in to bat, Australia lost the wicket of
David Warner early, much to the
delight of English fans. However, that
joy was short-lived as Finch went all
guns blazing, hitting a belligerent 156
off just 63 balls to power Australia to a
mammoth 248/6. Joe Root fought hard
for England with an unbeaten 90, but
the hosts ended up well short of the
target. Finch, with his knock, went past
Brendon McCullum to register the
highest score in Twenty20
Internationals. His knock was studded
with 14 maximums and 11 fours.