SATHEE: Cricket History

Cricket History

Cricket History – Railway Exam GK Capsule

1. Origin & Evolution

1550 – First recorded match in Guildford, Surrey (England)
1744 – First Laws of Cricket codified (London Club)
1787 – Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) founded at Lord’s; custodian of Laws
1844 – First International fixture: USA vs Canada at Bloomingdale Park, New York (Canada won by 23 runs)
1877 – First Test Match: Australia vs England at Melbourne Cricket Ground (15-19 Mar); Australia won by 45 runs

2. Format Milestones

Format	Year	First Match	Venue	Winner
Test	1877	Aus vs Eng	MCG, Melbourne	Aus by 45 runs
ODI	1971	Aus vs Eng	MCG, Melbourne	Aus by 5 wkts
T20I	2005	Aus vs NZ	Eden Park, Auckland	Aus by 44 runs
Day-Night Test	2015	Aus vs NZ	Adelaide Oval	Aus by 3 wkts
Women’s Test	1934	Eng vs Aus	Brisbane	Eng by 9 wkts

3. ICC & Global Governing Bodies

1909 – Imperial Cricket Conference formed (England, Australia, South Africa)
1965 – Renamed International Cricket Conference
1989 – Became International Cricket Council (ICC)
2024 – 12 Full Members & 96 Associate Members
Headquarters: Dubai (since 2005); earlier London

4. World Cup Chronicles

Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	Captain (Winning)	Man of Series
1975	Eng	WI	Aus	Clive Lloyd	Clive Lloyd
1983	Eng	Ind	WI	Kapil Dev	Mohinder Amarnath
1987	Ind-Pak	Aus	Eng	Allan Border	David Boon
1992	Aus-NZ	Pak	Eng	Imran Khan	Martin Crowe
1996	Ind-Pak-SL	SL	Aus	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sanath Jayasuriya
2011	Ind-SL-Ban	Ind	SL	MS Dhoni	Yuvraj Singh
2019	Eng-Wales	Eng	NZ	Eoin Morgan	Ben Stokes
2023	Ind	Aus	Ind	Pat Cummins	Virat Kohli

5. T20 World Cup (Men)

Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	Final Venue
2007	SA	Ind	Pak	Johannesburg
2021	UAE	Aus	NZ	Dubai
2022	Aus	Eng	Pak	MCG
2024	WI-USA	Ind	SA	Bridgetown

6. Indian Cricket Landmarks

Date	Event
1932 Jun 25	India’s first Test (vs Eng at Lord’s) – CK Nayudu captained
1952	India’s first Test win (vs Eng at Madras)
1983 Jun 25	Won 1st World Cup (Lord’s)
2007 Sep 24	Won inaugural T20 WC (Johannesburg)
2011 Apr 2	Won 2nd ODI WC (Mumbai)
2013	Won Champions Trophy (England) – last ICC title under Dhoni
2021 Aug-Sept	Won 1st Day-Night Test (vs Eng, Ahmedabad)

7. Legendary Records (Men)

Record	Figure	Player	Country	Year
Most Test runs	15,921	Sachin Tendulkar	Ind	1989-2013
Most Test wickets	800	Muttiah Muralitharan	SL	1992-2010
Highest Test score	400*	Brian Lara	WI	2004
Fastest 100 (ODI)	31 balls	AB de Villiers	SA	2015
Most ODI runs	18,426	Virat Kohli*	Ind	2008-
Most WC wickets	71	Glenn McGrath	Aus	1996-2007
First triple ton	334	Don Bradman	Aus	1930

8. Women’s Cricket Firsts

1934 – First Women’s Test: Eng vs Aus
1973 – First Women’s World Cup (England) – 2 years before Men’s WC
2017 – Mithali Raj became highest ODI run-scorer (women) – 8,045 runs
2020 – Shafali Verma became No.1 T20I batter at 16 yrs 222 days

9. One-Liner Rapid-Fire Facts

Only cricketer to score 100 international 100s – Sachin Tendulkar
Jim Laker – 19 wickets in a Test (1956 Old Trafford)
Lord’s is nicknamed “Home of Cricket”
Don Bradman’s Test average – 99.94
India’s 1st Test captain – CK Nayudu
ICC HQ shifted from London to Dubai in 2005
1st bowler to 700 Test wickets – Shane Warne
1st Indian to take Test hat-trick – Harbhajan Singh (2001 vs Aus)
1st World Cup hosted outside England – 1987 (India-Pakistan)
1st Day-Night Test in India – India vs Bangladesh, Eden Gardens, 2019

Quick Reference Tables

Host Countries & Winners (Men ODI WC)

Host	Times	Winners (when hosted)
England	5	—
India	3	2011
Australia	2	2015
Pakistan	1	—
South Africa	1	—
West Indies	1	—
New Zealand	1	—
UAE	1	—

Triple Centurions in Tests

Score	Batter	Opponent	Venue	Year
400*	Brian Lara	Eng	Antigua	2004
380	Matthew Hayden	Zim	Perth	2003
375	Brian Lara	Eng	Antigua	1994
365*	Garry Sobers	Pak	Kingston	1958
364	Len Hutton	Aus	The Oval	1938

15+ MCQs for Railway Exams

1. The first ever Test match was played in which year?

**Answer:** 1877

2. Who was the captain of India when they won the 1983 World Cup?

**Answer:** Kapil Dev

3. Which country hosted the first Women’s Cricket World Cup?

**Answer:** England (1973)

4. The ICC headquarters is presently located at?

**Answer:** Dubai

5. Who has scored the most runs in Test cricket history?

**Answer:** Sachin Tendulkar (15,921)

6. The first T20 International match was played between?

**Answer:** Australia and New Zealand (2005)

7. Which Indian bowler took the first Test hat-trick?

**Answer:** Harbhajan Singh

8. The highest individual Test score of 400\* was scored by?

**Answer:** Brian Lara

9. In which year did India win its first ever Test match?

**Answer:** 1952 (vs England, Madras)

10. Who is known as the “Father of Indian Cricket”?

**Answer:** Prince Ranjitsinhji

11. The first Cricket World Cup was held in which year?

**Answer:** 1975

12. Which team has won the most ODI World Cups?

**Answer:** Australia (6 titles)

13. The famous “Tied Test” of 1960 was played between?

**Answer:** Australia and West Indies (Brisbane)

14. Who was the first bowler to take 700 Test wickets?

**Answer:** Shane Warne

15. The first Day-Night Test match was played in?

**Answer:** 2015 (Australia vs New Zealand, Adelaide)

16. India’s first Test captain was?

**Answer:** CK Nayudu

17. Which Indian woman cricketer has scored the most ODI runs?

**Answer:** Mithali Raj

Revision Hack – 30-Second Flash

1550 – 1st recorded match
1877 – 1st Test
1971 – 1st ODI
2005 – 1st T20I
1983 & 2011 – India’s WC glory years
99.94 – Bradman
15,921 – Tendulkar Test runs
800 – Murali wickets
Dubai – ICC HQ
Lord’s – Mecca of Cricket

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