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Test cricket is almost always played as a series of matches between two countries, with all matches in the series taking place in the same country (the host). Often there is a perpetual trophy that is awarded to the winner, the most famous of which is the Ashes contested between England and Australia.
BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC television, radio and online.The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flagship analysis programmes such as Match of the Day, Test Match Special, Ski Sunday and Today at Wimbledon.
BBC Radio was the first broadcaster to cover every ball of a Test match. [citation needed] Live cricket had been broadcast since 1927, but originally it was thought that Test match cricket was too slow for ball-by-ball commentary to work.
1938. On 24 June, the BBC broadcasts cricket - England vs Australia at Lord’s - on television for the first time.; 1956. 28 April - ITV, at that point only available in the London area and in the Midlands, shows cricket for the first time, when it broadcasts the Australian touring team's match against the Duke of Norfolk's XI at Arundel Castle.
In the first ODI match John Edrich of England scored the first half century. He scored 82 runs which remained the highest individual score for that match. [7] Dennis Amiss of England scored the first century in the second ever ODI in the following year. He scored 103 runs against Australia at Old Trafford Cricket Ground on 24 August 1972. [8]
ESPNcricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) [4] is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. [5] The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and StatsGuru, a database of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present.
Agar's score of 98 set the Test record for the most runs in an innings by a number 11 batsman [23] and by a number 11 on debut. [24] The 163-run partnership between Agar and Phillip Hughes was the highest 10th-wicket partnership in Test history. [24] England won the opening Test match of an Ashes series for the first time since 1997. [25]