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He captained his county club, Durham County Cricket Club , for the final six seasons of his career. A batting all-rounder , whose batting combined natural strokeplay with great tenacity, Collingwood also bowled reliable medium pace . Described as a "natural athlete", he was regarded as one of the finest fielders of his time, usually fielding at backward point or at third or fourth slip in Tests; he also deputised as wicket-keeper for England. (Full article... )
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Image 1 retired out just after reaching 150 runs. Jayawardene's best innings was made against
South Africa in July 2006 when he scored 374 runs, surpassing
Sanath Jayasuriya 's record of 340 for the highest individual score by a Sri Lankan batsman. It is also the fourth-highest score in Test cricket, as well as part of the world's highest Test partnership—624 runs—which he established with teammate
Kumar Sangakkara . Jayawardene has scored a total of 34 centuries during his career, the second highest number by a Sri Lankan player, after
Kumar Sangakkara . He has scored more than 200 runs on seven of these occasions. This is the second-highest number of double centuries by a Sri Lankan player, behind
Kumar Sangakkara . He is also one of only three players who have scored a triple century for Sri Lanka; the other two being Jayasuriya and Sangakkara. (
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Image 2 England at
Edgbaston Cricket Ground . His first Test five-wicket haul came in 1977 against
Australia in a match at
Melbourne Cricket Ground which Pakistan lost. In the same year, he took his first pair of five-wicket hauls in a single match against Australia at the
Sydney Cricket Ground . By the end of his career, he had claimed five-wickets hauls in both innings of a match on three occasions. His career-best figures for an innings were 8 wickets for 58 runs against
Sri Lanka at
Gaddafi Stadium , in March 1982. He took ten or more wickets in a match on six occasions. (
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Image 3 Second Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2001, Dravid helped lead India to victory by 171 runs despite being asked to
follow-on by the
Australians . His partnership with Laxman was the third-highest for the fifth wicket in Test cricket history. Dravid's highest Test score of 270, achieved in April 2004 in
Rawalpindi , helped India to an innings victory against Pakistan. The performance was the fourth-highest score by an Indian batsman in Test cricket. He scored centuries against all Test playing nations and was the first cricketer to score centuries in all 10 Test playing nations. (
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Image 4 Mohammed Azharuddin have scored the most centuries at the venue with three each. The latter also holds the record for the highest score by an Indian at the ground. As of February 2016, 32 Test centuries have been scored at the stadium. (
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Image 5 Queen's Park. He scored his first triple century against
South Africa at
Antigua Recreation Ground in May 2005. His highest score of 333—fourth highest total for the West Indies—came against
Sri Lanka at the
Galle International Stadium in November 2010. Gayle is one of four players to score two triple centuries in Test cricket. He has scored centuries against seven different opponents, and has been most successful against New Zealand and South Africa, making three against each of them. He has scored Test centuries at twelve different
cricket grounds , including eight at venues outside the
West Indies .
Gayle made his ODI debut in 1999 against
India , and his maiden century in the format came three years later against
Kenya at the
Simba Union Ground . His highest score of 215 came during the
2015 Cricket World Cup against Zimbabwe at the
Manuka Oval ,
Canberra . With five scores over 150 in ODIs, he is joint-third in the list. Gayle has scored ODI centuries at nineteen different cricket grounds. Eighteen of his ODI centuries came at fifteen different venues outside the West Indies. Along with
Shikhar Dhawan ,
Herschelle Gibbs , and
Sourav Ganguly , Gayle holds the record for the most centuries in the
ICC Champions Trophy , with three. (
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Image 6 New Zealand on 17 February 2005. A Twenty20 International can have three possible
results : it can be won by one of the two teams, it could be tied, or it could be declared to have "no result". For a match to finish as a tie, both teams must have scored the same number of
runs . The number of
wickets lost is not considered. Although such matches are recorded as ties, a
tiebreak is usually played; prior to December 2008, this was a
bowl-out , and since then it has been a
Super Over .
The first tied T20I occurred in 2006, between
New Zealand and the
West Indies . Hosted at
Eden Park in
Auckland , it was the fifth T20I. The crowd had started to leave the stadium, disappointed with the result, when the bowl-out was announced; the 2007
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack reported that "suddenly the evening took a madcap turn." The next tie, involving
India and
Pakistan , happened during the group stages of the
2007 ICC World Twenty20 . India won the resulting bowl-out, and were awarded two points, the equivalent of a win. In October 2008, the tie between
Canada and
Zimbabwe was the final international match to be decided by a bowl-out; Zimbabwe won 3–1. Two months later, New Zealand and the West Indies took part in the first Super Over in an international. The West Indies won the eliminator by scoring 25 runs in their extra over, compared to New Zealand's 15. (
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Image 7 Nasser Hussain is one of fifteen England captains to have won the award.The
Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year is an annual
cricket award, presented to the young player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in English
county cricket . The award has been presented since the 1950 season and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the
Cricket Writers' Club . Only players that are qualified to represent the
England cricket team , and are aged under 23 on 1 May of the awarding year, are eligible for the prize. With the exception of 1986, when a joint award was made, the accolade has been presented to one individual each season. The award has been described by the
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) as "prestigious". Although not a firm rule, once a player has won the award, they are considered ineligible to receive it in the future.
Archie Ledbrooke , a sports reporter for the
Daily Mirror and the first treasurer of the Cricket Writers' Club, came up with the idea for the award. It was first presented in 1950, when
Roy Tattersall of
Lancashire was the recipient. In 1986, the vote was tied, and the award was made jointly to
Ashley Metcalfe of
Nottinghamshire and
James Whitaker of
Leicestershire . The 1995 winner,
Andrew Symonds , went on to make over 200 international appearances for
Australia , but at the time of his award was eligible to play for England, as he was born in
Birmingham . , representatives of seventeen of the eighteen
first-class cricket counties have won the award; no player from
Worcestershire has ever won.
Yorkshire players have collected the award most frequently, doing so on eleven occasions. Only seven winners have not gone on to play international cricket. (
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Image 9 England's Wally Hammond was the leading run-scorer in Tests between 1920 and 1939. The
England cricket team represented England, Scotland and Wales in
Test cricket . Between 1920 and 1939, when competitive cricket was interrupted by the
Second World War , England played 120 Test matches,
resulting in 41 victories, 49 draws and 30 defeats. During this period, England faced
India ,
New Zealand and the
West Indies for the first time in Test cricket, having previously only played against
Australia and
South Africa . The emergence of
Don Bradman as an extraordinary
batsman for Australia led to England employing
Bodyline tactics during the
1932–33 Ashes tour of Australia . The tactic, which involved bowling fast
deliveries aimed at the batsman, created antagonism between the two teams. The England team of the era featured some of the country's best batsmen;
Jack Hobbs ,
Wally Hammond and
Len Hutton were all included in the
ESPNcricinfo "all-time England XI" in 2009.
England faced Australia most frequently during this period—playing 49 matches against them—followed by South Africa. England won more matches than they lost against every team except Australia, against whom they won 15 matches and lost 22. They did not lose any matches against newcomers India or New Zealand, while against the West Indies they won 8 matches and lost 3. England won 14 matches by an
innings , with their largest victory being by an innings and 579 runs against Australia during the
1938 Ashes series , the largest margin of victory by any team in Test cricket. Their largest victory by runs alone during this period was in the
1928–29 Ashes series against Australia, when they won by 675 runs, which is also an all-time record for any team, while they won by ten wickets on two occasions. Conversely, England suffered their largest defeat by runs alone, losing to Australia by 562 runs during the
1934 Ashes series , which ranks behind England's 675 runs victory as the second highest margin of victory by runs. (
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Image 10 List A matches since 1963, and
Twenty20 matches since 2003.
Unlike most professional sports, in which a team usually has a single fixed home ground, county cricket clubs have traditionally used different grounds in various towns and cities within the county for home matches, although the use of minor "out grounds" away from the club's main headquarters has diminished since the 1980s. In total, Sussex have played first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket at 17 different
grounds across the county. (
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Image 11 The
Second World War caused the same issue and no players were named. Three players have been sole recipients:
W. G. Grace (1896),
Plum Warner (1921) and
Jack Hobbs (1926). The latter two selections are the only exceptions to the rule that a player may receive the award only once. Hobbs was first recognised in 1909, but was selected a second time in 1926 to honour his breaking W. G. Grace's record of 126 first-class hundreds; Warner was first honoured in 1904, but received a second award in 1921 for his last season in first-class cricket, when he led
Middlesex to a
County Championship win.
John Wisden , cricketer and eponymous founder of the almanack, was featured in a special commemorative section in the Jubilee edition of the publication in 1913, 29 years posthumously. (
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Image 12 Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1978, and
Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year four years later. In 1992 he was awarded an
Order of the British Empire (OBE), and he was
knighted for his services to cricket and charity work in 2007. Two years later, he was honoured by the
International Cricket Council , who named him as one of 55 initial inductees into the
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame . He is ninth overall in all-time Test five-wicket haul takers.
He made his international debut for England on 26 August 1976 in a
One Day International (ODI) against the
West Indies . He made his Test cricket debut just under a year later against
Australia , and it was during the first innings of this match that he claimed his first international five-wicket haul. It is against Australia that he has claimed the most five-wicket hauls, doing so on nine occasions. Three of these came during the
1981 Ashes series and, along with the two
centuries he scored, saw the series dubbed "Botham's Ashes". He twice claimed eight wickets in an innings, playing at
Lord's on each occasion, against
Pakistan in 1978 and the West Indies in 1984. Including these performances, Botham has collected a five-wicket haul at Lord's eight times, more so than on any other ground. (
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Image 13 Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997, despite not having played in the previous English cricketing season. He scored 42
centuries in
Test and
One Day International (ODI) games, but was not able to score a century in a
Twenty20 International match, where his highest score is 88.
Although Jayasuriya made his Test debut in 1991, it was not until 1996 that he scored his first century, when he had become a regular player in the Sri Lankan side. His career high of
340 against India in August 1997 was the highest score by a Sri Lankan cricketer until 2006 and is also part of the
highest team total (952/6) made in Test cricket. He has also scored two double centuries; 213 against
England and 253 against
Pakistan . His 157 against
Zimbabwe in 2004 is the second fastest century by a Sri Lankan player. Jayasuriya, having scored centuries against every Test playing nation except
New Zealand and the
West Indies , retired from Test cricket in 2007 with 14 to his name. (
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Image 14 bowler taking five or more
wickets in a single
innings . This is regarded as a notable achievement, and as of 2014 only 41 bowlers have taken more than 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. A
fast bowler who represented his country from 1997 to 2011,
BBC described Shoaib as "one of the fastest bowlers ever to play the game".
Shoaib made his
Test debut in 1997 against the
West Indies at the
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium , where he took two wickets in the first innings. His first Test five-wicket haul came the following year against
South Africa , a match Pakistan won at the
Kingsmead Cricket Ground ,
Durban . Shoaib took a pair of five-wicket hauls against
New Zealand at the
Basin Reserve ,
Wellington in December 2003. His career-best figures for an innings were 6 wickets for 11 runs against New Zealand at the
Gaddafi Stadium ,
Lahore , in May 2002. Shoaib took twelve five-wicket hauls in Test cricket and ten or more wickets per match twice in the format. (
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Image 1 Pioneers Cricket Club, South Africa, 1902 (from
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Image 2 A Game of Cricket at The Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields, now Regent's Park, depiction by unknown artist, c. 1790–1799 (from
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Image 3 Broadhalfpenny Down, the location of the first First Class match in 1772 is still played on today (from
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Image 4 New articles of the game of cricket, 25 February 1774 (from
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Image 5 First Grand Match of Cricket Played by Members of the Royal Amateur Society on Hampton Court Green, August 3rd, 1836 (from
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Image 6 Photograph of Miss Lily Poulett-Harris, founding mother of women's cricket in Australia. (from
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Image 7 A 1779 cricket match played by the
Countess of Derby and other ladies. (from
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wicket consists of three
stumps , upright wooden poles that are hammered into the ground, topped with two wooden crosspieces, known as the
bails . (from
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Image 9 The Cricket pitch dimensions (from
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Image 10 In men's cricket the ball must weigh between 5.5 and 5.75 ounces (155.9 and 163 g) and measure between 8.81 and 9 in (22.4 and 22.9 cm) in circumference. (from
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ICC Rankings
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket, and produces team rankings for the various forms of cricket played internationally.
Test cricket is the longest form of cricket, played up to a maximum of five days with two innings per side.
One Day International cricket is played over 50 overs , with one inning per side.
Twenty20 International cricket is played over 20 overs, with one inning per side.
ICC Men's Test Team Rankings
Rank
Team
Matches
Points
Rating
1
Australia
30
3,715
124
2
India
26
3,108
120
3
England
30
3,151
105
4
South Africa
18
1,845
103
5
New Zealand
22
2,121
96
6
Pakistan
17
1,519
89
7
Sri Lanka
18
1,501
83
8
West Indies
19
1,563
82
9
Bangladesh
17
906
53
10
Zimbabwe
2
46
23
11
Ireland
4
58
15
12
Afghanistan
3
0
0
Reference: ICC Test Rankings , 2 May 2024
"Matches" is no. matches + no. series played in the 12–24 months since the May before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that.
Rank
Team
Matches
Points
Rating
1
India
42
5,117
122
2
Australia
34
3,936
116
3
South Africa
30
3,357
112
4
Pakistan
26
2,762
106
5
New Zealand
33
3,349
101
6
England
28
2,672
95
7
Sri Lanka
47
4,363
93
8
Bangladesh
40
3,453
86
9
Afghanistan
31
2,477
80
10
West Indies
32
2,205
69
11
Ireland
22
1,091
50
12
Zimbabwe
25
1,181
49
13
Scotland
25
1,207
48
14
Netherlands
34
1,482
44
15
Canada
9
320
36
16
Namibia
20
711
36
17
Nepal
35
1,095
31
18
Oman
21
509
24
19
United States
20
410
21
20
United Arab Emirates
30
345
12
Reference: ICC ODI rankings , Last updated 2 May 2024
Matches is the number of matches played in the 12–24 months since the May before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that. See points calculations for more details.
ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings
Rank
Team
Matches
Points
Rating
1
India
47
12,410
264
2
Australia
33
8,471
257
3
England
31
7,865
254
4
West Indies
39
9,844
252
5
New Zealand
45
11,229
250
6
Pakistan
41
10,023
244
7
South Africa
26
6,439
244
8
Sri Lanka
34
7,898
232
9
Bangladesh
43
9,707
226
10
Afghanistan
31
6,725
217
11
Ireland
44
8,680
197
12
Zimbabwe
41
7,878
192
13
Namibia
33
6,253
189
14
Scotland
21
3,970
189
15
Netherlands
17
3,126
184
16
United Arab Emirates
42
7,386
176
17
Nepal
36
6,147
171
18
United States
14
2,308
165
19
Oman
34
5,605
165
20
Papua New Guinea
27
3,981
147
21
Hong Kong
37
4,977
135
22
Uganda
58
7,782
134
23
Canada
18
2,251
125
24
Malaysia
40
4,931
123
25
Kuwait
31
3,677
119
26
Bahrain
34
4,030
119
27
Jersey
17
2,010
118
28
Qatar
23
2,598
113
29
Bermuda
11
1,185
108
30
Spain
13
1,376
106
31
Italy
13
1,363
105
32
Saudi Arabia
30
3,142
105
33
Kenya
40
4,189
105
34
Germany
28
2,541
91
35
Tanzania
42
3,797
90
36
Guernsey
11
867
79
37
Nigeria
29
2,233
77
38
Portugal
12
902
75
39
Singapore
23
1,676
73
40
Cayman Islands
9
646
72
41
Isle of Man
9
635
71
42
Denmark
19
1,312
69
43
Cambodia
22
1,471
67
44
Switzerland
13
751
58
45
Norway
12
693
58
46
Vanuatu
16
921
58
47
Belgium
21
1,206
57
48
Botswana
24
1,298
54
49
Japan
28
1,504
54
50
Austria
25
1,334
53
51
France
19
1,005
53
52
Finland
13
651
50
53
Malawi
15
728
49
54
Czech Republic
14
658
47
55
Sweden
13
580
45
56
Argentina
8
340
43
57
Philippines
17
701
41
58
Romania
23
907
39
59
Indonesia
28
1,091
39
60
Thailand
24
850
35
61
Mozambique
16
522
33
62
Rwanda
58
1,885
33
63
Ghana
28
873
31
64
Fiji
5
152
30
65
Luxembourg
23
692
30
66
Malta
41
1,188
29
67
Sierra Leone
25
651
26
68
Cyprus
6
154
26
69
Bahamas
8
191
24
70
Gibraltar
25
528
21
71
Hungary
13
264
20
72
Panama
9
257
17
73
Serbia
13
176
14
74
Bhutan
16
176
11
75
Estonia
8
60
8
76
Bulgaria
21
154
7
77
Eswatini
17
118
7
78
China
11
53
5
79
Maldives
21
61
3
80
Cameroon
10
26
3
81
Mongolia
8
0
0
82
Seychelles
5
0
0
83
Samoa
5
0
0
84
Mali
6
0
0
85
Lesotho
11
0
0
86
Gambia
6
0
0
87
Croatia
8
0
0
References: ICC T20I rankings , As of 26 May 2024
"Matches" is the number of matches played in the 12–24 months since the May before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that.
ICC Women's T20I Rankings
Rank
Team
Matches
Points
Rating
1
Australia
34
9,982
294
2
England
38
10,752
283
3
India
48
12,613
263
4
New Zealand
32
8,163
255
5
South Africa
32
7,736
242
6
West Indies
32
7,588
237
7
Sri Lanka
40
9,209
230
8
Pakistan
41
8,936
218
9
Bangladesh
38
7,562
199
10
Ireland
38
6,868
181
11
Papua New Guinea
26
4,088
157
12
Thailand
44
6,766
154
13
Zimbabwe
37
5,616
152
14
Scotland
28
4,236
151
15
Netherlands
30
3,729
124
16
United Arab Emirates
52
6,531
122
17
Namibia
33
3,649
111
18
Uganda
52
5,690
109
19
Tanzania
34
3,468
102
20
Indonesia
26
2,609
100
21
Nepal
32
3,101
97
22
Hong Kong
41
3,691
90
23
United States
17
1,320
78
24
Malaysia
43
3,225
75
25
Kenya
39
2,903
74
26
Nigeria
38
2,676
70
27
Rwanda
49
3,428
70
28
Italy
21
1,375
65
29
Jersey
13
839
65
30
Vanuatu
27
1,628
60
31
Canada
9
513
57
32
Greece
11
613
56
33
Germany
15
766
51
34
Spain
6
256
43
35
France
23
973
42
36
Brazil
20
846
42
37
Sweden
16
586
37
38
Luxembourg
9
323
36
39
Guernsey
11
375
34
40
Isle of Man
14
462
33
41
Sierra Leone
21
632
30
42
Botswana
32
930
29
43
Myanmar
13
334
26
44
Bhutan
12
302
25
45
China
12
294
25
46
Kuwait
21
487
23
47
Samoa
21
386
18
48
Singapore
27
485
18
49
Mozambique
16
269
17
50
Malta
6
100
17
51
Romania
13
207
16
52
Japan
24
363
15
53
Bahrain
11
123
11
54
Cook Islands
11
108
10
55
Cameroon
12
111
9
56
Argentina
20
150
8
57
Denmark
8
57
7
58
Qatar
20
126
6
59
Austria
24
102
4
60
Cambodia
13
28
2
61
Oman
7
11
2
62
Norway
11
3
0
63
Mongolia
8
0
0
64
Eswatini
9
0
0
65
Serbia
7
0
0
66
Philippines
12
0
0
67
Lesotho
10
0
0
68
Ghana
7
0
0
69
Fiji
21
0
0
70
Belgium
6
0
0
References: ICC Women's T20I Rankings , Updated on 28 May 2024
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Keith Johnson (cricket administrator)
18 August 2009
Ernie Toshack with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948
1 September 2009
Neil Harvey with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948
1 September 2009
Sam Loxton with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948
27 September 2009
Brian Booth
3 October 2009
Sydney Riot of 1879
6 October 2009
8 February 2006
First promoted 7 June 2005, demoted 3 January 2007
Lindsay Hassett with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948
20 October 2009
Gray's Inn
24 October 2009
3 November 2009
Fifth Test, 1948 Ashes series
27 October 2009
Fourth Test, 1948 Ashes series
3 December 2009
Third Test, 1948 Ashes series
12 January 2010
Second Test, 1948 Ashes series
30 January 2010
Sam Loxton
12 February 2010
First Test, 1948 Ashes series
14 April 2010
Douglas Jardine
14 April 2010
26 July 2010
Keith Miller in the 1946–47 Australian cricket season
9 May 2010
Wilfred Rhodes
9 May 2010
Keith Miller with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948
28 May 2010
Montague Druitt
27 July 2010
Wally Hammond
7 August 2010
Yorkshire captaincy affair of 1927
25 August 2010
11 June 2012
Ian Meckiff
7 September 2010
Ray Lindwall with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948
24 September 2010
Roy Kilner
30 September 2010
Sid Barnes with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948
10 October 2010
George Macaulay
20 October 2010
Bernard Bosanquet (cricketer)
4 January 2011
13 October 2012
Adelaide leak
8 February 2011
14 January 2013
Herbie Hewett
5 March 2011
Villa Park
16 April 2011
17 April 2017
George Headley
6 May 2011
George Hirst
27 September 2011
Jonathan Agnew
11 February 2012
Len Hutton
28 February 2012
Hedley Verity
26 April 2012
Alec Douglas-Home
26 May 2012
2 July 2013
Arthur Mold
29 June 2012
Learie Constantine
30 August 2012
Somerset County Cricket Club in 2009
28 September 2012
Percy Chapman
16 October 2012
Arthur Gilligan
2 December 2012
Harold Larwood
6 December 2012
Neville Cardus
23 January 2013
Percy Fender
5 February 2013
28 May 2013
Leg before wicket
6 April 2013
10 July 2013
Jack Hobbs
26 May 2013
Archie MacLaren
23 July 2013
Maurice Leyland
9 November 2013
Lionel Palairet
21 November 2013
Abe Waddington
26 January 2014
Bobby Peel
12 March 2014
D'Oliveira affair
5 April 2014
Gubby Allen
25 May 2014
Jack Crawford (cricketer)
27 October 2014
Bramshill House
28 February 2015
Shah Rukh Khan
21 May 2015
2 November 2015
Failed to be promoted on 11 January 2015
2003 Cricket World Cup Final
16 January 2017
Van Diemen's Land v Port Phillip, 1851
30 April 2017
11 February 2018
Failed to be promoted on 7 April 2016 and 30 April 2017
Craig Kieswetter
30 October 2017
Failed to be promoted on 6 December 2015
Former Featured articles
Article
Date promoted
Featured on main page
Notes
Cricket
19 September 2004
Promoted 2 September 2004, demoted 25 September 2008
Samuel Beckett
13 April 2006
Promoted 25 September 2004, demoted 25 June 2009
History of Test cricket from 1877 to 1883
Promoted 11 February 2005, demoted 2 November 2008
Brian Close
12 May 2005
Promoted 23 March 2005, demoted 7 July 2008
History of Test cricket from 1884 to 1889
22 January 2006
Promoted 27 March 2005, demoted 19 September 2008
The Ashes
21 July 2005
Promoted 23 June 2005, demoted 4 December 2007
Harbhajan Singh
17 September 2009
Promoted 9 March 2007, demoted 31 July 2016
Kevin Pietersen
8 July 2009
Promoted 10 June 2007, demoted 23 August 2013
Featured lists (217)
Article
Date promoted
Featured on main page
Notes
Test cricket records
13 August 2005
Reviewed on 24 August 2009
Test cricket triple centuries
28 September 2005
Asian XI ODI cricketers
21 October 2005
Australia Twenty20 International cricketers
21 October 2005
World XI ODI cricketers
5 November 2005
Reviewed on 29 November 2008 and 2 March 2016
Namibia ODI cricketers
26 November 2005
Reviewed on 29 November 2008
Scotland ODI cricketers
5 December 2005
Test cricket hat-tricks
21 March 2006
Failed to be promoted on 21 September 2005, reviewed on 20 January 2013
One Day International cricket hat-tricks
18 May 2006
Reviewed on 1 August 2009
2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads
9 December 2006
2007 Cricket World Cup squads
9 June 2007
2007 Cricket World Cup statistics
21 June 2007
Cricket World Cup records
22 June 2007
Reviewed on 22 November 2009
African XI ODI cricketers
4 July 2007
Failed to be promoted 3 December 2005
International cricket centuries by Sachin Tendulkar
21 February 2008
19 March 2012
2007 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches
28 March 2008
Cricketers called for throwing in top-class cricket matches in Australia
14 April 2008
Wisden Cricketers of the Year
18 April 2008
First promoted 25 June 2005, demoted 22 March 2008
Ireland ODI cricketers
18 November 2008
International cricket centuries by Sourav Ganguly
31 July 2009
International cricket centuries by Ricky Ponting
21 September 2009
India women Test cricketers
31 October 2009
International cricket centuries by Virender Sehwag
7 November 2009
Failed to be promoted on 24 August 2009 and 28 September 2009
India women ODI cricketers
15 November 2009
International cricket centuries by Adam Gilchrist
17 November 2009
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Glenn McGrath
21 November 2009
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Muttiah Muralitharan
23 November 2009
11 May 2018
International cricket centuries by Rahul Dravid
5 December 2009
South Africa women Test cricketers
5 December 2009
International cricket centuries by Sanath Jayasuriya
22 December 2009
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Wasim Akram
29 December 2009
International cricket centuries by Marcus Trescothick
12 January 2010
International cricket centuries by Don Bradman
27 January 2010
England Twenty20 International cricketers
30 January 2010
First promoted 21 October 2005, demoted 13 July 2008
International cricket centuries by Brian Lara
28 February 2010
Somerset County Cricket Club players with 100 or more first-class or List A appearances
3 March 2010
International cricket centuries by Mahela Jayawardene
27 March 2010
International cricket centuries by Viv Richards
3 April 2010
Sri Lanka Test cricket records
14 April 2010
South Africa women Twenty20 International cricketers
27 April 2010
South Africa women ODI cricketers
7 May 2010
International cricket centuries at the Kensington Oval
8 June 2010
Afghanistan ODI cricketers
11 October 2010
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Ian Botham
22 October 2010
First-class cricket centuries by W. G. Grace
11 December 2010
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
17 December 2010
I Zingari first-class cricketers
17 December 2010
International cricket centuries by Jacques Kallis
8 February 2011
International cricket centuries by David Gower
14 March 2011
Ashes series
24 April 2011
18 November 2013
First promoted 27 July 2006, demoted 21 July 2009
International cricket centuries at Brabourne Stadium
25 April 2011
International cricket centuries by Andrew Strauss
18 June 2011
Cornwall County Cricket Club List A players
27 June 2011
Centuries in women's Test cricket
7 October 2011
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Shane Warne
21 October 2011
10 January 2020
County Championship winners
12 November 2011
20 April 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Anil Kumble
25 December 2011
Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers
3 January 2012
Bermuda ODI cricketers
29 January 2012
Cricket World Cup finals
30 January 2012
Failed to be promoted on 10 May 2011
India Twenty20 International cricketers
21 February 2012
Failed to be promoted on 18 January 2007
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Waqar Younis
4 April 2012
30 December 2013
Somerset County Cricket Club Twenty20 players
16 May 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Imran Khan
2 June 2012
24 November 2017
English Twenty20 cricket champions
22 June 2012
International cricket centuries by Kumar Sangakkara
6 July 2012
5 October 2018
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Kapil Dev
6 July 2012
Failed to be promoted on 2 May 2012
International cricket centuries by Mohammad Yousuf
11 July 2012
29 October 2012
Failed to be promoted on 24 May 2012
ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year
25 July 2012
Pakistan T20I cricketers
1 August 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Brett Lee
4 August 2012
Sri Lanka Twenty20 International cricketers
11 August 2012
International cricket centuries by Inzamam-ul-Haq
20 August 2012
International cricket centuries by Steve Waugh
28 August 2012
3 June 2013
Indian Premier League centuries
4 September 2012
International cricket centuries by Sunil Gavaskar
4 September 2012
Kings XI Punjab cricketers
4 September 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls at Brabourne Stadium
18 September 2012
Indian Premier League umpires
9 October 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Richard Hadlee
9 October 2012
International cricket centuries by Javed Miandad
13 October 2012
International cricket centuries by Saeed Anwar
1 November 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Dennis Lillee
1 November 2012
Indian Premier League five-wicket hauls
2 November 2012
International cricket centuries by Matthew Hayden
17 November 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Shoaib Akhtar
17 November 2012
11 August 2014
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Saqlain Mushtaq
30 November 2012
International cricket centuries by Younis Khan
21 December 2012
International cricket centuries by Graham Gooch
19 January 2013
International cricket centuries by Kevin Pietersen
29 January 2013
International cricket centuries by Allan Border
2 February 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Sydney Barnes
25 August 2015
Hong Kong ODI cricketers
10 February 2013
First promoted 23 August 2005, demoted 9 December 2008, failed to be re-promoted on 25 April 2012
International cricket centuries by AB de Villiers
22 February 2013
International cricket centuries by Alastair Cook
25 February 2013
International cricket centuries by Garfield Sobers
9 March 2013
International cricket centuries by Gary Kirsten
11 March 2013
Women's Test cricketers who have taken five wickets on debut
11 March 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Chaminda Vaas
13 March 2013
International cricket centuries by Michael Clarke
8 April 2013
International cricket centuries by Mohammad Azharuddin
8 April 2013
South Africa women's national cricket team record by opponent
12 April 2013
10 March 2017
International cricket centuries by Aravinda de Silva
13 April 2013
Failed to be promoted on 14 February 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Abdul Qadir
22 April 2013
India national cricket team record by opponent
15 May 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by B. S. Chandrasekhar
15 May 2013
International cricket centuries by Hashim Amla
23 July 2013
International cricket centuries by Mark Waugh
23 July 2013
Cricketers who have played for two international teams
12 August 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Allan Donald
27 August 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Dale Steyn
4 September 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Malcolm Marshall
29 September 2013
2009 Women's Cricket World Cup squads
7 October 2013
Pakistan national cricket team record by opponent
14 October 2013
International cricket centuries by Nathan Astle
23 October 2013
Indian Premier League captains
26 October 2013
International cricket centuries by Shivnarine Chanderpaul
26 October 2013
5 October 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Bob Willis
28 October 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Curtly Ambrose
25 November 2013
Cricket World Cup centuries
9 December 2013
International cricket centuries by David Boon
31 December 2013
Pune Warriors India cricketers
10 January 2014
International cricket centuries by Herschelle Gibbs
10 January 2014
Cricket World Cup five-wicket hauls
23 January 2014
Bowlers who have taken 300 or more wickets in Test cricket
18 February 2014
Cricketers who have scored centuries in both innings of a Test match
13 March 2014
International cricket centuries by Virat Kohli
20 April 2014
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Fred Trueman
29 April 2014
International cricket centuries by Graeme Smith
29 May 2014
Bangladesh Premier League captains
23 June 2014
Reviewed on 7 October 2016
International cricket centuries by Chris Gayle
19 July 2014
Failed to be promoted on 2 June 2012 and 8 May 2014
Pakistan cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut
4 August 2014
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Harbhajan Singh
6 August 2014
Failed to be promoted on 10 April 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Richie Benaud
15 September 2014
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Courtney Walsh
28 September 2014
Failed to be promoted on 23 November 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Mitchell Johnson
13 October 2014
ICC Champions Trophy centuries
19 October 2014
Asia Cup centuries
25 October 2014
Pakistan women's national cricket team record by opponent
11 November 2014
International cricket centuries at Bellerive Oval
17 November 2014
ICC Champions Trophy five-wicket hauls
22 November 2014
Pakistan women Twenty20 International cricketers
14 December 2014
Failed to be promoted on 1 March 2014
Asia Cup five-wicket hauls
17 January 2015
Pakistan women Test cricketers
19 January 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls by James Anderson
26 January 2015
World Series Cricket international centuries
6 February 2015
11 September 2017
South Africa cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut
1 March 2015
Tied Twenty20 Internationals
8 March 2015
22 April 2019
Cricketers who have carried the bat in international cricket
26 March 2015
16 September 2019
Bermuda Twenty20 International cricketers
14 April 2015
Five-wicket hauls in Twenty20 International cricket
14 April 2015
Women's international cricket hat-tricks
22 April 2015
PCA Player of the Year
5 May 2015
Unusual dismissals in international cricket
13 May 2015
2013 Women's Cricket World Cup squads
15 May 2015
Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year
31 May 2015
United States ODI cricketers
4 June 2015
Failed to be promoted on 19 January 2006
India cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut
26 June 2015
Warwickshire County Cricket Club grounds
4 July 2015
Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World
4 July 2015
18 January 2016
Somerset County Cricket Club grounds
14 July 2015
Cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on One Day International debut
24 July 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Graeme Swann
3 August 2015
Derbyshire County Cricket Club grounds
7 August 2015
Centuries scored on One Day International cricket debut
11 August 2015
Essex County Cricket Club grounds
17 August 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls at the Riverside Ground
25 August 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Stuart Broad
25 August 2015
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club grounds
26 August 2015
Tied One Day Internationals
26 August 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls at McLean Park
8 September 2015
International cricket centuries by Greg Chappell
11 September 2015
Failed to be promoted on 23 July 2013
Centuries scored on Test cricket debut
21 September 2015
Players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in One Day International cricket
4 October 2015
International cricket centuries by Ian Bell
26 October 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
26 October 2015
England cricket team Test results (1877–1914)
6 November 2015
Leicestershire County Cricket Club grounds
3 January 2016
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Shakib Al Hasan
17 January 2016
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club grounds
11 February 2016
Ranji Trophy triple centuries
22 March 2016
International cricket centuries at the Green Park Stadium
27 April 2016
Sussex County Cricket Club grounds
8 May 2016
Sussex County Cricket Club grounds
8 May 2016
Bowlers who have taken a wicket with their first ball in a format of international cricket
8 August 2016
Failed to be promoted on 10 February 2016
International cricket centuries at the Adelaide Oval
19 August 2016
31 October 2016
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Ravichandran Ashwin
28 November 2016
Kenya ODI cricketers
28 November 2016
Five-wicket hauls in women's Twenty20 International cricket
29 January 2017
19 May 2017
Indian Premier League seasons and results
29 January 2017
International cricket centuries by David Warner
19 February 2017
New Zealand cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut
19 February 2017
International cricket centuries by Kane Williamson
24 May 2017
Australia Test cricket records
5 June 2017
5 January 2018
Frank Worrell Trophy
23 July 2017
Australian Cricket Hall of Fame
9 August 2017
West Indies cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut
25 August 2017
Walter Lawrence Trophy
10 September 2017
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Danish Kaneria
17 September 2017
Trans-Tasman Trophy
17 September 2017
18 January 2019
England cricket team Test results (1920–1939)
24 September 2017
India women Twenty20 International cricketers
9 October 2017
Centuries in Twenty20 International cricket
5 November 2017
Failed to be promoted on 16 February 2015
Five-wicket hauls in women's One Day International cricket
26 November 2017
India women's national cricket team record by opponent
11 December 2017
England cricket team Test results (1946–1959)
22 January 2018
Centuries in women's One Day International cricket
22 January 2018
International cricket centuries by Ross Taylor
5 March 2018
England Test cricket records
22 July 2018
30 July 2018
Sunrisers Hyderabad cricketers
24 August 2018
International cricket five-wicket hauls at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium
31 August 2018
Failed to be promoted on 28 April 2016 and 25 January 2017
Delhi Capitals cricketers
8 September 2018
4 March 2013
First promoted 28 August 2012, demoted 5 March 2018
International cricket centuries by Joe Root
26 September 2018
International cricket centuries by Steve Smith
29 October 2018
Deccan Chargers cricketers
30 November 2018
Failed to be promoted on 8 October 2012 and 25 December 2012
International cricket centuries by Rohit Sharma
16 December 2018
Centuries in women's Twenty20 International cricket
12 January 2020
2 March 2020
First-class cricket quadruple centuries
16 February 2020
Promoted on 19 May 2006, demoted on 8 August 2009, failed to be re-promoted on 7 December 2012
Former Featured lists
Article
Date promoted
Featured on main page
Notes
Australia national cricket captains
Promoted on 21 June 2005, demoted on 9 May 2009
Australia ODI cricketers
Promoted on 6 July 2006, demoted on 9 December 2008
Bangladesh national cricket captains
Promoted on 18 June 2005, demoted on 23 February 2008
Cricket terms
Promoted on 17 June 2005, demoted on 19 June 2008
England cricket captains
Promoted on 27 June 2005, demoted on 1 April 2008
India national cricket captains
Promoted on 30 June 2005, demoted on 25 November 2005, re-promoted on 9 June 2007, re-demoted on 24 August 2008
India ODI cricketers
Promoted on 24 November 2006, demoted on 9 December 2008, failed to be re-promoted on 6 February 2012
New Zealand national cricket captains
Promoted 23 July 2005, demoted on 28 February 2008
One Day International cricket records
Promoted on 1 January 2006, demoted on 21 March 2010, failed to be re-promoted on 14 February 2013
Sri Lanka national cricket captains
Promoted on 23 June 2005, demoted on 19 January 2006
Zimbabwe national cricket captains
Promoted 17 July 2005, demoted on 12 June 2015
Rajasthan Royals cricketers
Promoted 11 November 2012, demoted on 27 January 2019