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1987 →. The final of the 1983 Cricket World Cup was played between India and the West Indies at Lord's on 25 June 1983. This was the third consecutive World Cup final appearance for the West Indies, having won the last two Cricket World Cups. India, playing in their first final, defeated the West Indies to claim their first World Cup title.
The 1983 Cricket World Cup (officially the Prudential Cup '83) was the 3rd edition of the Cricket World Cup tournament. It was held from 9 to 25 June 1983 in England and Wales and was won by India. Eight countries participated in the event. England, India, Pakistan and West Indies qualified for the semi-finals.
History of Test cricket from 1877 to 1883. The legendary W. G. Grace, who played Test cricket until he was aged 50. Test matches in the period 1877 to 1883 were organised somewhat differently from international cricket matches today. All were between Australian and English sides, the teams were rarely representative, and the lengthy boat trip ...
Centenary Test. Centenary Test refers to two matches of Test cricket played between the English cricket team and the Australian cricket team, the first in 1977 and the second in 1980. These matches were played to mark the 100th anniversaries of the first Test cricket matches played in Australia (1877) and in England (1880) respectively.
The 1876–77 Australian cricket season focused on the touring England team and featured no first-class matches between the colonies. New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania were unable to arrange fixtures as in previous seasons. Club cricket matches were played in most of the colonies. In 1877–78, South Australia in its inaugural first-class ...
The History of Australian cricket began over 210 years ago. The first recorded cricket match in Australia took place in Sydney in December 1803 and a report in the Sydney Gazette on 8 January 1804 suggested that cricket was already well established in the infant colony. [1] By 1826, clubs including the Currency Cricket Club, the Military ...
Michael Holding 2/32 (12 overs) Joel Garner 37 (29) Ravi Shastri 3/26 (5.1 overs) India won by 34 runs. Old Trafford, Manchester, England. Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater and Alan Whitehead. Player of the match: Yashpal Sharma. Reserve day on 10 June used, 22 overs of West Indies's innings completed on 9 June. This was West Indies's first defeat in ...
Illustration of a match between England XI and N.S.W. in January, 1862. This is an article that describes the history of Australian cricket from its known beginnings until the eve of the first-ever Test matches between Australia and England, which took place in the 1876–77 season .