History of Cricket - तब से अब तक सम्पूर्ण इतिहास

Here is a brief outline of some of the events that have shaped the game of cricket throughout history.

Timeline

• 1844 - The first ever international cricket game, played between the USA and Canada in in New York.


• 1867 - The first Australian cricket team to tour England, compriosed of indigenous Australian players


• 1877 - The first Test match began on 15 March, between England and Australia.


• 1890 - The first-ever official English cricket County Championship match began on 12 May.


• 1892 - Australia established the domestic Sheffield Shield competition


• 1900 - cricket was played at the Paris Olympic Games, won by a Brtiish team.


• 1970 - the ICC suspended South Africa indefinitely from international cricket competition due to their apartheid policy.


• 1970 - the first use of "drop-in" pitches.


• 1971 - The first limited-over international match took place at Melbourne Cricket Ground.


• 1973 - the first Women's Cricket World Cup was held in England


• 1975 - the first Cricket World Cup was played in England


• 1977 to 1979 - Word Series Cricket, a break away professional cricket competition.


• 1979 - the first women's Test match was held between England and Australia at Lords.


• 1992 - a third umpire was first used to adjudicate run-out appeals with television replays in the Test series between South Africa and India.


• 2003 - T20 cricket was originally introduced by the ECB for professional inter-county competition in England and Wales.


• 2005 - The first men's Twenty20 international was between Australia and New Zealand.


• 2007 - The inaugural ICC World Twenty20 was played in South Africa


• 2015 - The first ever day-night test match was played in Adelaide from Nov 27 to Dec 1, between Australia and New Zealand, using a pink ball.