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1994 - South Africa play in England for the first time after re admittance to Test cricket. They had not been able to so for 29 years because of expulsion from Test Cricket because of Apartheid. India. 1934 - All-rounder Chandu Borde - later manager of the Indian cricket team - is born. 1947 - Opening batsman Chetan Chauhan is born. West Indies
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 ...
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 2024 The Hundred season was the fourth season of The Hundred, a professional franchise 100-ball cricket tournament involving eight men's and women's teams located in major cities across United Kingdom.
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.
The West Indian cricket team toured England from 12 May to 7 July 2007 as part of the 2007 English cricket season. The tour included four Tests, two Twenty20 international matches and three One Day Internationals. While England dominated the Test series 3–0, including a record victory over the West Indies, the latter took the ODI series 2:1.