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It was scheduled as a four-day match but play only took place on two because of bad weather. Although the two teams consisted of recognised players, the South African Board of Control decided as late as 1930 that it had not been a first-class match. Wisden 1931 reproduced a letter from the SABC which outlined its case.
Last – denotes the year of the latest match; Mat. – denotes the number of matches played; Inn. – denotes the number of innings batted; Date – denotes the date on which the player reached the 10,000 run mark ^ – denotes that the player was at some time the leading run scorer in Tests † – denotes that the player is active in Tests
[5] In 2008 he was named as one of the five Cricketers of the Year by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, [6] and as the Player of the Year by the International Cricket Council. [7] Chanderpaul made his Test debut in March 1994, selected as an all-rounder who could bowl leg breaks, against England.
This match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), 9–13 November. It was a high-scoring draw on what Wisden called a "perfect pitch for batting". MCC opened with 633/7 declared (Barrington 219*, Knight 108, Dexter 102, Cowdrey 88).
Sobers took 102 wickets against England, however 18 of these wickets occurred before the Wisden Trophy was instituted and therefore meant that he only took 84 wickets in Wisden Trophy matches. [44] Alf Valentine claimed 33 wickets (from 422.3 overs) for the West Indies in the 1950 tour against England before the Wisden Trophy was established.
1864 Wisden front cover, supplied by Wisdens.org Wisden 1878 edition During the Victorian era there was a growing public appetite for sporting trivia, especially of a statistical nature. [ 10 ] Wisden was founded in 1864 by the English cricketer John Wisden (1826–84) as a competitor to Fred Lillywhite 's The Guide to Cricketers . [ 11 ]
The Wisden 100 list for Test cricket was released on 26 July 2001. The top-rated batting performance was Donald Bradman 's 270 for Australia against England at Melbourne in the 1936–37 Ashes series. 5 of Bradman's innings appeared in the top 100, more than any other batsman.
At Edgbaston, in a low scoring match, an England team without a coach (as David Lloyd has resigned after their exit from the World Cup) surprised themselves by beating New Zealand by 7 wickets. Trailing by 100 runs on first innings, New Zealand could only set England 208 to win the match collapsing to only 107 all out in their second innings.