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The History of Cricket by James
The History of Cricket by James
By James
Cricket was
introduced to North
America via the
English colonies in the
17th century,
probably before it had
even reached the
north of England. In
the 18th century it
arrived in other parts
of the globe. It was
introduced to the
West Indies by
colonists and to India
by British East India
Company mariners in
the first half of the
century. It arrived in
Australia almost as
soon as colonization
began in 1788. New
Zealand and South
Between May
and October
1868, a team of
Australian
Aborigines toured
England in what
was the first
Australian cricket
team to travel
overseas.
Image of
the 1878
Australian
cricket
team
from the
State
Library of
NSW
Player
Team
Score
Against
Venue
Date
Brian Lara
West
Indies
400
England
St John's
Apr 10,
2004
M.Hayden
Australia
380
Zimbabwe
Perts
Oct 09,
2003
Brian Lara
West
Indies
375
England
St John's
Apr 16,
1994
Jayawardene
South
Africa
Colombo
27 Jul
2006
Gary Sobers
West
Indies
365
Pakistan
Kingston
Feb 26,
1958
Len Hutton
England
364
Australia
The Oval
Aug 20,
1938
Sanath
Jayasuriya
India
Khettaram
a
Aug 02,
1997
Hanif
Pakistan
West Indies
Bridgetow
Jan 17,
337
FC
LA
261
429
22,156
14,602
51.88
39.67
100s/50s
34/48
19/63
65/88
27/86
Top Score
400*
169
501*
169
Balls bowled
60
49
514
130
Wickets
Bowling averages
15.25
104.00
29.80
5 wickets in innings0
10 wickets in match
n/a
n/a
2/5
1/1
2/5
120/-
320/-
177/-
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings
164/-
Stats
Competition
Tests
FC
Matches
52
234
Runs Scored
6,996
28,06
7
Batting average
99.94
95.14
100s/50s
29/13
117/6
9
Top score
334
452*
Balls Bowled
160
2114
Wickets
36
Bowling average
36.00
37.97
5 wicket innings
10 Wicket in a
match
Competition
Test
ODI
FC
LA
Matches
93
383
95
Runs Scored
8032
28314
2721
Batting
average
57.78
0.00
54.87
38.32
100s/50s
26/30
0/0
86/121 1/18
Top Score
365*
356*
116*
Balls Bowled
21599 63
70789
4387
Wickets
235
1043
109
34.03
31.00
27.7
4
21.95
5 Wickets in
innings
36
10 Wickets in
innings
n/a
n/a
Best Bowling
6/73
1/31
9/49
5/43
1/-
407/-
41/-
Catches/Stumpi 109/-