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7–12 July - In the Second Test of the 1977 Ashes series at Old Trafford Cricket Ground England defeat Australia by 9 wickets; July – Tommy Docherty is sacked as manager of Manchester United just weeks after guiding them to FA Cup victory. He is replaced by Dave Sexton; 1978 Wigan Athletic are elected to the Football League in place of Southport
The Pavilion, Old Trafford Cricket Ground. Old Trafford is a cricket ground that is located in Manchester, England. [1] The ground hosted its first Test match in 1884 when England played Australia, 85 Test matches have been played at the ground as of August 2024. [2]
The site was first used as a cricket ground in 1857, when the Manchester Cricket Club moved onto the meadows of the de Trafford estate. [9] Despite the construction of a large pavilion (for the amateurs—the professionals used a shed at the opposite end of the ground), Old Trafford's first years were rocky: accessible only along a footpath from the railway station, the ground was situated out ...
The series is most notable for off-spinner Jim Laker's 46 wickets (a record for a 5-Test series) at an average of 9.60, [1] including all ten wickets in the second innings of the fourth Test at Old Trafford, the first time this had been achieved in Test cricket.
Cricket may not have reached Lancashire until the 18th century. The earliest known reference to cricket being played in the county is in 1781. [3] In 1816, Manchester Cricket Club was founded and soon became the most important side within the county in the same way that Sheffield Cricket Club and Nottingham Cricket Club were in Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.
The India cricket team is scheduled to tour England from June to August 2025 to play the England ... Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester. 5th Test. 31 July – 4 ...
Manchester and District Cricket Association (MDCA) was an English cricket association which contained 17 teams spread around the Greater Manchester area. Founded in 1892, it supported two leagues for teams playing First XI cricket, two for Second XI cricket and a single league for Third XI teams; not all teams have a Third XI, which accounts for this difference.
As with the previous iterations of this competition, eight city-based teams will compete for the men's and women's titles over a month between 23 July and 18 August 2024. The eight city-based teams will compete over 64 matches in the group stage (32 men's, 32 women's).