On March 19, 1968 Garry Sobers made an extremely curious declaration against England. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at a decision that cost West Indies a Test and a series at home.
Read MoreThe first ever Test match
March 15, 1877. A team of English professional cricketers faced a combined eleven comprising of Victoria and New South Wales cricketers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. It has gone down as the first ever Test match. Arunabha Sengupta relates the story of the birth of Test cricket.
Read MoreSachin Tendulkar routs Shane Warne
March 9, 1998. Sachin Tendulkar launched an assault on Shane Warne that determined the fate of the Chennai Test, the series and the leg-spinner’s future performances in the country. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the spellbinding innings that turned the Test match on its head and won it for India.
Read MoreThe Hobbs-Bradman show
March 8, 1929. Start of eight days of Test action that saw Jack Hobbs score his last century and Don Bradman his second. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the Melbourne match which saw giants of two different generations play contrasting gems.
Read MoreNew Zealand defeat MCC for the very first time
March 8, 1907. A day after Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung met for the first time in one of the most crucial encounters in the history of human thought, a representative New Zealand side took on the touring MCC team for the last match of the tour. Arunabha Sengupta recounts the exciting game that started a new era of cricket in New Zealand.
Read MoreAustralian cricketers beat Transvaal baseball side — at baseball!
At Old Wanderers on March 7, 1936, the touring Australian cricketers won the Jock Cameron memorial baseball match at Wanderers against a Transvaal baseball side. Abhishek Mukherjee looks at the day when playing cricket led to an unexpected triumph.
Read MoreJackie McGlew scores 255, the then highest score by a South African
March 7, 1953. South African opener Jackie McGlew returned from injury in the Wellington Test and scored his maiden Test century. For good measure he carried onto score 255 not out, then the highest score by a South African batsman. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the epic innings.
Read MoreJaved Miandad and Kiran More: Not exactly a giant leap for international relations
March 4, 1992. Javed Miandad and Kiran More got into a conflict of opinions ending in some slapstick moments which have gone down as one of the curious moments of India-Pakistan cricket history. Arunabha Sengupta recalls the first time India and Pakistan met in a World Cup match.
Read MoreJoe Darling leads chase with the fastest Ashes hundred by an Australian
Joe Darling scored a 100 in 91 minutes to pull off an amazing chase against England on March 2, 1898. Abhishek Mukherjee looks at Australia’s fastest Ashes hundred.
Read MoreSachin Tendulkar 98(75) wins it for India
On March 1, 2003 Sachin Tendulkar scored an iconic 98 to guide India to yet another World Cup victory over Pakistan. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at one of the greatest innings in the history of the World Cup.
Read MoreColin Croft shoulder charges umpire Fred Goodall
February 22, 1980. The start of what has gone down in history as the Croft-Goodall Test. After suffering from poor umpiring decisions for one-and-a-half Tests, Colin Croft ran in to bowl, and at the last moment veered away to crash into the back of umpire Fred Goodall. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the unsavoury incident that stood out even in one of the most acrimonious series ever.
Read MoreHugh Tayfield's amazing bowling effort
February 20, 1957. Hugh Tayfield bowled South Africa to a fantastic victory in a closely-contested thriller of a Test match at Johannesburg. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the final day which saw the off-spinner bowl unchanged for 35 consecutive overs. Tayfield had a hand in all 10 English wickets that fell, which included 9 wickets in his kitty.
Read MoreJubilee Test: Magnanimous Vishy and Devastating Beefy
Indian captain Gundappa Viswanath, in a sterling display of sportsmanship, recalled Bob Taylor after the batsman had been wrongly declared out by the umpire. However, with Ian Botham’s multi-faceted genius blooming at the other end, it cost India the Golden Jubilee Test that ended on February 19, 1980. Arunabha Sengupta recalls the match at Wankhede in which the great English all-rounder single-handedly demolished the Indians.
Read MoreSalim Malik's Eden Blitzkreig
February 18, 1987. Saleem Malik produced a whirlwind of an innings to snatch victory from India’s jaws before a shell-shocked Eden Garden crowd. Malik came in with Pakistan requiring 78 to win. Eighty-one runs had been plundered while he pulverised the Indian bowlers, Malik scoring 72 of them from just 36 balls! Arunabha Sengupta looks back at one of the most astonishing ODI innings of all time.
Read MoreMike Gatting's nose is reduced to pulp
February 18, 1986. Malcolm Marshall’s nasty lifter struck Mike Gatting squarely on the nose before dropping on to the stumps. Arunabha Sengupta recalls the ghastly injury which took the fight out of England even as the series was getting under way.
Read MoreSri Lanka's Test debut: Fizzling out after a promising beginning
On February 17, 1982, Sri Lanka was inducted as the eighth Test-playing nation. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back one of the most promising beginnings by a Test side that went all wrong in the second innings.
Read MoreAshes 1970-71: John Snow fells Terry Jenner
On February 13, 1971, England bowler John Snow’s nasty bouncer hit Australia’s Terry Jenner on the head. The events that followed almost brought the England-Australia rivalry on the verge of a crisis. Arunabha Sengupta goes through the events of an otherwise excellent Test match that almost got ruined because of a couple of controversies.
Read MoreAshes 1907-08: England lose to Warwick Armstrong and rain
February 8, 1908. With the series locked in a titanic tussle, the skies opened up and the spirited challenge of the visiting England side drowned in the deluge. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the fourth Test of the 1907-08 Ashes, which saw an epic by Warwick Armstrong as well as the first great Test innings of Jack Hobbs.
Read MoreGundappa Viswanath's Melbourne classic
On February 7, 1981, Gundappa Viswanath scored a magnificent hundred to help India square a series against all odds. Abhishek Mukherjee looks back at yet another match-winning performance by India’s “Other Little Master.”
Read MoreRichard Hadlee's all-round genius: 99(81) and 8 wickets
England suffered one of their worst humiliations on February 5, 1984, when they crashed to defeat in three days after being shot out for 82 and 93 against New Zealand. Abhishek Mukherjee looks at the hero of the epic win — Richard Hadlee.
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