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Associate international cricket in 2026
Associate international cricket in 2026: ICC Associate Members' year, centered on the Men's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka with nine associates including debutant Italy, plus 2028 qualification reform, board suspensions, and rankings.
Associate international cricket in 2026–27
Associate international cricket in 2026–27 covers ICC Associate Member fixtures, including the final rounds of League Two, the Challenge League, and Asia sub-regional T20 qualifiers.
Australia at the Women's Cricket World Cup
Australia are the most successful nation in Women's Cricket World Cup history, with seven titles from 1978 to 2022, most recently beating England in the 2022 final under Meg Lanning.
Australia at the Women's T20 World Cup
Australia at the Women's T20 World Cup covers the national team's campaigns since 2009, including seven titles in ten editions, more than every other nation combined.
Australia v England ODI (5 January 1971)
The Australia v England ODI of 5 January 1971 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground was the first One Day International, won by Australia by 5 wickets.
Australia–India cricket rivalry
Australia–India cricket rivalry: men's cricket contest across Tests, ODIs and T20Is, played in Tests for the Border–Gavaskar Trophy (since 1996-97). Australia lead overall Tests 48-33 and ODIs 86-59; India lead T20Is 22-12 and Tests since 2001.
Australian cricket team in India in 2000–01
Australia in India 2000-01: Steve Waugh's tour, Feb-Apr 2001, three Tests and five ODIs. Australia led 1-0 after Mumbai but lost the Border-Gavaskar series 2-1 to India via Kolkata and Chennai; Harbhajan Singh took 32 wickets; Australia won the ODI series 3-2.
Australian cricket team in India in 2009–10
Australia in India 2009-10: seven-ODI tour, 25 Oct-11 Nov 2009, Australia won 4-2 under Ricky Ponting; Dhoni's 124 at Nagpur and Tendulkar's 175 at Hyderabad were the standout innings.
Australian cricket team in India in 2019–20
Australian cricket team in India in 2019-20: three-ODI tour, 14-19 January 2020, at Mumbai, Rajkot, and Bengaluru. Australia won the first ODI by 10 wickets behind Finch and Warner centuries; India took the series 2-1.
Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2026–27
Australia men's cricket tour of South Africa 2026-27: three ODIs (24-30 Sep) and three Tests (9-31 Oct) at Durban, Johannesburg, Potchefstroom, Gqeberha and Cape Town; first Test tour there since 2018, WTC 2025-27 rematch.
Australian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2026
Australia's 2026 tour of Zimbabwe: a three-ODI series at Harare Sports Club, September 15-20, 2026, won 3-0 by Australia, its first ODI visit to Zimbabwe in over a decade.
Bangladesh Premier League
The Bangladesh Premier League, or BPL, is Bangladesh's franchise Twenty20 cricket tournament, launched by the Bangladesh Cricket Board in 2012 and suspended in 2026 after financial losses.
Bangladesh–India cricket rivalry
The Bangladesh–India cricket rivalry is a sporting contest between the two national teams, beginning in 1988, with India leading the 75 recorded matches with 63 wins.
Bangladeshi cricket team in Australia in 2026
The Bangladeshi cricket team toured Australia in August 2026 for a two-Test series, its first there since 2003, drawn 1-1 after Bangladesh's historic Darwin win.
Bangladeshi cricket team in New Zealand in 2018–19
Bangladesh cricket team in New Zealand 2018-19: tour of three ODIs and three Tests, Feb-Mar 2019. New Zealand swept the ODIs 3-0 and won the Test series 2-0; the third Test was cancelled after the Christchurch mosque shooting.
Bangladeshi cricket team in New Zealand in 2021–22
Bangladesh cricket team in New Zealand 2021-22: two-Test World Test Championship tour, drawn 1-1. Bangladesh's maiden Test win over New Zealand at Mount Maunganui ended the hosts' eight-series home streak; New Zealand levelled at Christchurch.
Batting average (cricket)
Batting average (cricket): runs scored divided by times dismissed, with not-out innings excluded from the denominator. Don Bradman's Test average of 99.94 is the famous benchmark; 40 is good, 50 elite in Tests.
Bicentennial Test
Bicentennial Test: one-off Benson and Hedges Australia v England Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 29 January to 2 February 1988, marking the Australian Bicentenary; drawn, England 425, Australia 214 and 328/2 following on, Boon 184.
Big Bash League
Big Bash League (BBL, KFC BBL): Australia's men's domestic T20 cricket league, founded 2011 by Cricket Australia, eight city teams, summer season, Power Surge rule, Perth Scorchers most titles with six.
Bilateral T20I series between full members
A bilateral T20I series between full members is a multi-match Twenty20 International cricket series between two full-member nations, typically two to five matches, distinct from ICC global events.
Border–Gavaskar Trophy
Border-Gavaskar Trophy: the India-Australia Test cricket series trophy, instituted 1996-97 and named for Allan Border and Sunil Gavaskar; India lead 22-19 in Tests since inception, Australia won the 2024-25 edition 3-1.
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.
Bowling average
Bowling average, in cricket, is runs conceded divided by wickets taken, the runs-per-wicket cost of a bowler. Related to economy and strike rate by average = economy × strike rate ÷ 6; most valued in Test cricket.
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.
Caribbean Premier League
Caribbean Premier League (CPL), Republic Bank CPL, Caribbean T20 franchise cricket league founded in 2013, run each August-September; seven teams from 2026, Trinbago Knight Riders hold five titles, 1.17 billion viewership in 2025.
Celebrity Cricket League
Celebrity Cricket League (CCL), Indian cricket league for film stars, founded by Vishnu Vardhan Induri, first season 2011, eight teams tied to regional film industries, T20 or four-innings 10-over format, Telugu Warriors hold most titles, Karnataka Bulldozers champions 2026.
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.
Century (cricket)
Century (cricket): a batter's score of 100 or more runs in one innings. First Test century was Charles Bannerman's 165 in 1877; Sachin Tendulkar holds the record 100 international centuries.