Cricket history

7 articles tagged with "Cricket history"

Aug 15, 2026

India reach 600 Tests with 186 wins and 188 defeats, at a ground that was rubble in 2005

India became the third country after England and Australia to play 600 Tests when they walked out at Galle on Independence Day. It is also Galle’s 50t...

Jul 18, 2026

Sir Garfield Sobers, cricket’s greatest all-rounder, dies at 89

Sir Garfield Sobers, the West Indies all-rounder revered as the most complete cricketer the game has produced, has died at the age of 89.

May 31, 2026

Tendulkar second, Kohli third as Kallis tops Cricinfo’s cricketers of the century

An ESPNcricinfo jury of 25 has named Jacques Kallis the greatest international cricketer of the first quarter of the 21st century, with Sachin Tendulk...

Apr 10, 2026

India’s oldest Test cricketer CD Gopinath dies at 96

CD Gopinath, the last surviving member of the team that won India’s first ever Test match in 1952, has died peacefully at his daughter’s home in Chenn...

Apr 10, 2026

Brazil’s Laura Cardoso becomes first bowler to take nine wickets in a T20I innings

Laura Cardoso, a 21-year-old seamer from Brazil, rewrote the T20 international record books on April 9 with figures of 9 for 4 against Lesotho in Gabo...

Mar 6, 2026

New Zealand have never lost to India at a T20 World Cup and Sunday’s final could make it four

India have beaten New Zealand 18 times in T20 internationals. But in T20 World Cups, the Black Caps hold a perfect 3-0 record against the defending ch...

Jun 16, 2025

Godfather of cricket: who is it, and why India and England disagree

No board awards the title, which is why the answer splits by country. In England it is WG Grace. In India it is almost always Sourav Ganguly, and the...