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Botham's Test, 1981 Headingley
Botham's Test is the 1981 Headingley Ashes Test in which England, following on 227 behind, won by 18 runs after Ian Botham's 149 not out.
Boxing Day Test
Boxing Day Test: annual Test cricket match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground starting December 26, held every summer since 1980 (except 1989). First MCG Boxing Day-era Test 1950; first to start on Boxing Day 1968/69; record 2024 India Test attendance.
Brian Lara's 400 not out
Brian Lara's 400 not out is the highest individual innings in Test cricket, made for the West Indies against England at St John's, Antigua, in April 2004.
Canada at the Cricket World Cup
Canada's men's cricket team has played four ODI World Cups, in 1979, 2003, 2007, and 2011, winning two of 18 matches, against Bangladesh in 2003 and Kenya in 2011.
Centenary Test
Centenary Test: one-off Australia v England Test at the MCG, 12-17 March 1977, marking 100 years of Test cricket; Australia won by 45 runs, mirroring the 1877 first Test, with Randall's 174 and Lillee's 11 wickets.
Don Bradman with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948
Don Bradman's 1948 tour of England: his fourth and final Ashes tour, captaining Australia's 'Invincibles' through 34 matches undefeated, winning the Ashes 4-0, and ending with the famous Oval duck that left his Test average at 99.94.
Dutch cricket team in New Zealand in 2021–22
Netherlands men's cricket tour of New Zealand, March–April 2022: one T20I (abandoned, Napier) and three ODIs (Mount Maunganui, Hamilton) in the ICC World Cup Super League; New Zealand swept the ODIs 3–0 in Ross Taylor's farewell series.
East Africa at the Cricket World Cup
East Africa was a composite cricket team from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zambia that played in the inaugural 1975 Cricket World Cup, losing all three matches.
England at the Women's Cricket World Cup
England have won four Women's Cricket World Cup titles, in 1973, 1993, 2009, and 2017, and were the first hosts and first winners of the tournament in 1973.
England at the Women's T20 World Cup
England at the Women's T20 World Cup covers the national team's record: champions of the inaugural 2009 edition at Lord's, with four further finals lost to Australia.
England women's cricket team in India in 2017–18
England women's cricket team in India in 2017–18: three ODIs at Nagpur in April 2018 after the Mumbai T20 tri-series; India won the ODI series 2-1, with England's 2nd ODI eight-wicket win.
English cricket team in India in 2020–21
England cricket team's 2020–21 tour of India (England in India 2020-21): all-formats biosecure tour; India won Tests 3–1, T20Is 3–2, ODIs 2–1; Root's 218 in Chennai, Ashwin 32 wickets, two-day Ahmedabad Test.
Fifth ODI, Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2005–06
Fifth ODI, Australia in South Africa 2005-06, Johannesburg, 12 March 2006: Australia posted a then world-record 434/4 (Ponting 164) and South Africa chased 438/9 (Gibbs 175) to win by 1 wicket and the series 3-2.
First Test at Marrara Oval
First Test at Marrara Oval: Australia v Bangladesh, Test #1650, Darwin, 18-20 July 2003, Australia won by an innings and 132 runs; the 89th Test venue, later hosting Sri Lanka in 2004 and Bangladesh again in 2026.
India at the Cricket World Cup
India at the Cricket World Cup: the men's ODI team's record from 1975 to 2023, with titles in 1983 (Kapil Dev) and 2011 (MS Dhoni), finals in 2003 and 2023, and an unbeaten World Cup record against Pakistan.
India at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup
India at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup covers the team's two titles, won in 2007 under MS Dhoni and 2024 under Rohit Sharma, plus a runner-up finish in 2014.
India at the Women's T20 World Cup
India's women's team has played every ICC Women's T20 World Cup since 2009, reaching the 2020 final, four semifinals, and never winning the title, with Australia often ending its campaigns.
India–Pakistan cricket rivalry
India–Pakistan cricket rivalry: fixtures between the two national teams since 1952, no bilateral series since 2012-13; Pakistan lead Tests and ODIs, India 8-0 in World Cups, neutral venues since 2024.
Indian cricket team against Afghanistan in India in 2026
India played Afghanistan seven times at home in 2026, winning a one-off Test by an innings, the ODI series 3-0, and the Delhi T20I Friendship Cup 3-0.
Indian cricket team in Australia in 2018–19
India's 2018–19 tour of Australia: 3 T20Is, 4 Tests, 3 ODIs, 21 Nov 2018 to 18 Jan 2019. India won Tests 2-1, its first Test series win in Australia and Border-Gavaskar retention, and ODIs 2-1; T20Is drawn 1-1; Pujara 521 runs.
Indian cricket team in Australia in 2020–21
Indian cricket team in Australia 2020-21: full tour of 3 T20Is, 3 ODIs, and 4 Tests for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, won 2-1 by India after the Gabba Test ended Australia's 32-year unbeaten run, with Pant's 89 not out sealing a 328 chase.
Indian cricket team in Australia in 2024–25
India's 2024-25 tour of Australia, a five-Test Border-Gavaskar Trophy series (first since 1991-92) won 3-1 by Australia; Bumrah took 32 wickets, Australia reached the WTC final.
Indian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2026
India's proposed white-ball tour of Bangladesh, three ODIs and three T20Is in September 2026, deferred from August 2025 and left uncertain by the Mustafizur Rahman IPL release, Bangladesh's T20 World Cup withdrawal, and pending Indian government clearance.
Indian cricket team in England in 2018
India's 2018 tour of England (3 July to 11 September): England won the five-Test series 4-1 and ODIs 2-1; India won T20Is 2-1. Kohli was top run-scorer despite India's batting collapses and pitch misreadings.
Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 2005–06
India in Pakistan 2005–06: bilateral cricket tour, January–February 2006, three Tests and five ODIs. Pakistan won the Tests 1–0; India won the ODIs 4–1, setting a 17-match chasing record.
Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2017–18
India cricket team in South Africa, 2017-18 tour: 3 Tests, 6 ODIs, 3 T20Is (Jan-Feb 2018). South Africa won Tests 2-1; India won ODIs 5-1 (first ODI series win there) and T20Is 2-1.
Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2026
India's 2026 tour of Sri Lanka: two-Test World Test Championship series, Galle 15-19 August and SSC Colombo 23-27 August, won 1-0 by India under Shubman Gill; Sarfaraz Khan replaced Sai Sudharsan.
Isle of Man cricket team in Guernsey in 2020
The Isle of Man cricket team toured Guernsey in August 2020 under a COVID-19 air bridge, losing the only T20I by 8 wickets in their first T20I.
Keith Miller with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948
Keith Miller's 1948 England tour with Bradman's 'Invincibles': unbeaten in 34 matches, Ashes won 4-0; Miller starred in the first Test, then bowled little due to a back injury.
Kenya at the Cricket World Cup
Kenya is a men's cricket team that played five consecutive Cricket World Cups from 1996 to 2011, and in 2003 became the only non-Test nation to reach a semi-final.