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The first official Twenty20 matches were played on 13 June 2003 between the English counties in the Twenty20 Cup. [5] The first season of Twenty20 in England was a relative success. [6] The first Twenty20 match held at Lord's, on 15 July 2004 between Middlesex and Surrey, attracted a crowd of 27,509, the largest attendance for any county ...
Twenty20 is one of the three forms of cricket recognised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as being played at the highest level, both internationally and domestically. [1] It was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003, with the T20 Blast, first ever tournament in history of T20 Cricket. [2]
The first official Twenty20 matches were played on 13 June 2003 between the English counties in the Twenty20 Cup. [5] The first season of Twenty20 in England was a relative success, with the Surrey Lions defeating the Warwickshire Bears by nine wickets in the final to claim the title. [6]
The first official Twenty20 matches were played on 13 June 2003 between the English counties in the T20 Blast. [3] The first season of Twenty20 in England was a relative success, with the Surrey Lions defeating the Warwickshire Bears by 9 wickets in the final to claim the title. [4]
On 17 February 2005 Australia defeated New Zealand in the first men's full international Twenty20 match, played at Eden Park in Auckland. The game was played in a light-hearted manner – both sides turned out in kit similar to that worn in the 1980s, the New Zealand team's a direct copy of that worn by the Beige Brigade. Some of the players ...
The first Twenty20 International match between two men's sides was played on 17 February 2005, involving Australia and New Zealand. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack reported that "neither side took the game especially seriously", [8] and it was noted by ESPNcricinfo that but for a large score for Ricky Ponting, "the concept would have shuddered". [9]
The annual Eton v Harrow match, which was first played on the Old Ground in 1805, returned to the present ground on 29 July 1818. From 1822, the fixture has been almost an annual event at Lord's. [14] Lord's witnessed the first double-century to be made in first-class cricket when William Ward scored 278 for the MCC against Norfolk in 1820. [5]
The game is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The first Twenty20 International match between two men's sides was played on 17 February 2005. England played their first Twenty20 International match against Australia on 13 June 2005, and this list of records start with that match.