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Test cricket

the longest form of the sport of cricket; so called due to its long, grueling nature

19 dated entries naming Test cricket, drawn from 15 separate years between 1877 CE and 2005 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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19th century

  • 1877March 15 – English cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1876–77: The first Test cricket match is held between England and Australia.source
  • 1887February 26 – At the Sydney Cricket Ground, George Lohmann becomes the first bowler to take eight wickets, in a Test innings.source

20th century

  • 1930July 11 – Australian cricketer Don Bradman scores a world record 309 runs in one day, on his way to the highest individual Test innings of 334, during a Test match against England.source
  • 1932June 25 – India plays its first Test cricket match with England at Lord's.source
  • 1948August 14 – 1948 Ashes series: Australian batsman Don Bradman, playing his last Test cricket match, against England at The Oval, is bowled by Eric Hollies for a duck (leaving his career Test batting average at 99.94); however, "The Invincibles" win the match by an innings and 149 runs, and The Ashes 4–0.source
  • 195216 October - The first ever Test cricket match of India national cricket team post independence was held at Feroz Shah Kotla Ground against Pakistan national cricket team.source
  • 1956July 31 – Cricket: Jim Laker sets an extraordinary record at Old Trafford in the fourth Test between England and Australia, taking 19 wickets in a first class match (the previous best was 17).source
  • 1957January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed for having handled the ball in Test cricket.source
  • 197718 February – Test cricket debuts of Colin Croft and Joel Garner vs. Pakistan Bridgetown.source
  • 197819 June – Ian Botham takes 8-34 vs. Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling.source
  • 197816 October – Test cricket debut of Kapil Dev, India vs. Pakistan at Faisalabad.source
  • 1981Sri Lanka obtains Full Member status of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in 1981, making them the eighth Test playing nation.source
  • 1981The England cricket team tours Sri Lanka in February 1982. The tour included two One Day International (ODI) matches and one Test match.source
  • 19877 March - Sunil Gavaskar becomes the first man to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket.source

21st century

  • 2003The English cricket team toured Bangladesh from 12 October to 12 November 2003, playing a two-match Test series and a three-match One Day International series; England won all five matches to take whitewashes in both series.source
  • 2003The South African national cricket team toured Bangladesh in April and May and played a two-match Test series against the Bangladeshi national cricket team. South Africa won the Test series 2–0.source
  • 2004Bangladesh toured the West Indies from May to June 2004 to play two Test matches and three Limited Overs Internationals. The first test match was drawn, while West Indies won the second test.source
  • 2005The Zimbabwe cricket team toured Bangladesh in January 2005 to play two Test matches and five One Day International matches. Bangladesh won the test series 1–0 with one match drawn. This was the first time Bangladesh had won both a Test match and a Test series. They also won the ODI series by 3–2 margin.source
  • 2005Later, the Bangladeshi cricket team toured Sri Lanka for three One Day International cricket matches and two Test cricket matches in August and September. They lost all these matches against the host.source

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