This was the first Test match to be played between the two teams. The West Indies had endured a tough time in their previous Test series in New Zealand, which had resulted in a 2-0 whitewash, and were looking to make amends on home soil. Brian Lara not only resigned from the captaincy in […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – West Indies v Zimbabwe, Port of Spain, 1999-00England came into the 1989-90 Caribbean tour on a streak of 29 winless Tests against the West Indies. Their last win against the islanders had come in 1973-74; since then, they had lost 20 and drawn nine Tests. This miserable run included two back-to-back 5-0 drubbings, at home in 1984 and away in 1985-86, […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – West Indies v England, Kingston, 1989-90Pakistan, under new captain Saeed Anwar, were looking for redemption on their home turf following a 3-0 whitewash defeat in Australia. The Sri Lankans however had started the tour on a positive note, sweeping the ODI series 3-0, and aimed at repeating the success of their last Test series in Pakistan – a 2-1 […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Rawalpindi, 1999-00The West Indies, smarting from an embarrassing defeat to Ireland in a tour game eight days earlier, needed to win the third and final Test at Headingley, played from July 10 to July 15, 1969, in order to square the series. England were 1-0 up coming into the match, courtesy a comprehensive ten-wicket win […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – England v West Indies, Headingley, 1969South Africa had stormed to a 1-0 lead in the series with a ten-wicket win in the second Test at Lord’s, and came into the third, played at Old Trafford from July 2 to July 6, 1998, riding on a wave of confidence. The visitors replaced opener Adam Bacher and pace bowler Shaun Pollock, […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – England v South Africa, Old Trafford, 1998Pakistan’s 1976-77 tour of the Caribbean was only their second to the region, following their maiden sojourn back in 1957-58, which remains the only Test series to have featured two triple hundreds. As was the case 19 years earlier, the opening Test of the 1976-77 series was also played at the Kensington Oval in […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – West Indies v Pakistan, Bridgetown, 1976-77India’s first two home series against Australia, in 1956-57 and 1959-60 respectively, had ended in disappointment as they managed to win just once in eight Tests. Their tormentor-in-chief was the legendary leg-spinner Richie Benaud, who snapped up a total of 52 wickets at 18.38 across both the rubbers. Thus, Bob Simpson’s Australians embarked […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – India v Australia, Bombay, 1964-65With India’s 500th Test match underway at Green Park in Kanpur, the time is apt to relive a significant result achieved by them at this venue, more than half a century ago. This was the second Test of Australia’s second visit to India; the visitors having won the first Test at Delhi by a […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – India v Australia, Kanpur, 1959-60Coming into this five-match series, New Zealand had not played Test cricket for nearly three years. They had lost ten consecutive series dating back to 1950-51 and had won just one Test in 32 years and 52 attempts – against the West Indies at Auckland in 1955-56. New Zealand’s first tour of South […]
Read More Famous Test Matches – South Africa v New Zealand, Cape Town, 1961-62England embarked upon the 2006 summer following a roller-coaster season during which they memorably regained the Ashes after 18 years, but then fell meekly in Pakistan before securing a drawn result in India. Their early season opponents were Sri Lanka, whose batsmen faced the arduous task of having to negotiate the damp May conditions. […]
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