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A bowler delivers the ball to a batsman during a game of cricket.

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 22-yard (20-metre) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at one of the wickets with the bat and then running between the wickets, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this (by preventing the ball from leaving the field, and getting the ball to either wicket) and dismiss each batter (so they are "out"). Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side either catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground, or hitting a wicket with the ball before a batter can cross the crease in front of the wicket. When ten batters have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches. They communicate with two off-field scorers who record the match's statistical information.

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1920s-era photograph of Charlie Macartney

Charles George Macartney (27 June 1886 – 9 September 1958) was an Australian cricketer who played in 35 Test matches between 1907 and 1926. He was known as "The Governor-General" in reference to his authoritative batting style and his flamboyant strokeplay, which drew comparisons with his close friend and role model Victor Trumper, regarded as one of the most elegant batsmen in cricketing history. Sir Donald Bradman—generally regarded as the greatest batsman in history—cited Macartney's dynamic batting as an inspiration in his cricket career.

He started his career as a bowling all-rounder. He made his Test debut in 1907, primarily as a left arm orthodox spinner who was considered to be a useful lower-middle order right-hand batsman. As Macartney was initially selected for his flexibility, his position in the batting order was frequently shuffled and he was largely ineffective. His most noteworthy Test contribution in his early career was a match-winning ten wicket haul at Headingley in 1909, before being dropped in the 1910–11 Australian season. It was around this time that Macartney befriended Trumper and began to transform himself from a bowler who batted in a defensive and technically correct manner, into an audacious attacking batsman. He reclaimed his Test position and made his maiden Test century in the same season, before establishing himself as the leading batsman in the team. (Full article...)

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Gibbs in 2009

Herschelle Gibbs is a former South African cricketer who represented his country between 1996 and 2010. He made centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) on 14 and 21 occasions in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches respectively. With over 14,000 runs, Gibbs is fourth in the list of South Africa's most prolific run-scorers in international cricket. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack included him among its "top 40 cricketers of 2004".

Gibbs made his Test and ODI debuts in 1996 against India and Kenya respectively. However, it was only in 1999 that he made his first century, when he scored 125 against the West Indies, an ODI South Africa won at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth. He followed that with another century against Australia in the 1999 World Cup, although this time in a losing cause. In 2002, Gibbs made three centuries in consecutive innings, equaling a record that was previously held by two other players. He was denied a fourth successive century when he remained 97 not out against Bangladesh. His career-best score of 175, achieved against Australia, led South Africa to the most successful run-chase in the history of ODIs. Gibbs made a minimum of one century each year from 1999 to 2009. As of October 2015, he is jointly second with Hashim Amla (both with 21 centuries) in the number of ODI centuries among his countrymen, only behind AB de Villiers (22). Along with Shikhar Dhawan, Sourav Ganguly, and Chris Gayle, Gibbs holds the record for the most centuries in the ICC Champions Trophy, with three. (Full article...)
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Viv Richards scored 4 centuries in World Series Cricket, second only to Greg Chappell.

World Series Cricket (WSC) was a professional cricket competition established by Kerry Packer which ran from 1977 and 1979. Packer set the competition up after failing to gain the rights to show Test cricket on his Channel Nine television channel. It was opposed by the International Cricket Conference (ICC), who ruled that such matches would not be first-class, and any players taking part would be banned from playing in officially sanctioned cricket, although the latter was ruled to be a "restraint of trade" and was not enforceable. They also barred the WSC from using the term "Test matches", or naming a team "Australia". As a result, the matches were dubbed "Supertests", while the teams were WSC Australia XI, WSC West Indies XI and WSC World XI. In all, 16 Supertests and 58 international one-day matches were played, before Packer and the Australian Cricket Board came to an agreement in May 1979, and World Series Cricket came to an end.

The first Supertest began on 2 December 1977, although the first century (100 or more runs in a single innings) was not scored until the third match, in which Ian Chappell accumulated 141 runs in the first innings. Bruce Laird and Viv Richards went on to score centuries in the same match. A month later, Barry Richards achieved the competition's first double century, scoring 207 runs for the WSC World XI. In the same innings, Gordon Greenidge and Richards also passed a hundred, while Greg Chappell did so in the second innings for WSC Australia XI. In the next match, Greg Chappell surpassed Richards' total, remaining 246 not out, one of his record five WSC centuries. (Full article...)
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Bowlers have taken thirteen five-wicket hauls in Tests and one fifer in One Day International matches played at Brabourne.

Brabourne Stadium is a cricket ground in Mumbai, India. It is the home of the Cricket Club of India and has played host to Ranji Trophy matches (including seventeen finals) and Indian Premier League matches, as well as being a Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) venue. It has a capacity of 20,000 spectators. The ground has hosted 18 Test matches, the first in 1948 when India played the West Indies. It has also staged nine ODI matches, the first of which was in 1989 when Australia lost to Pakistan by 66 runs. One T20I has been played at the ground when India beat Australia by seven wickets in 2007. This was also the first T20I to be played in India. Of the nine ODIs played at the stadium, five matches (including the final) were staged during the ICC Champions Trophy in 2006.

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement. The first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a Test match at Brabourne Stadium was Prior Jones in 1949, for the West Indies against India. The first Indian to take a five-wicket haul in a Test at the Brabourne was Vinoo Mankad, who did so in a game against Pakistan in 1952. B. S. Chandrasekhar is the only bowler to have taken two five-wicket hauls in Test matches at the ground, doing so against the West Indies in 1966 and against England in 1973. Chandrasekhar is also the only bowler to have taken ten wickets in a match at Brabourne, he took eleven wickets against the West Indies in 1966. Twelve bowlers have taken thirteen five-wicket hauls at the ground. Sri Lankan bowler Farveez Maharoof's five wicket haul against the West Indies in 2006, is the only one achieved during an ODI. Khaleel Ahmed's three wickets for thirteen runs in an ODI versus West Indies in 2018 are the best figures by an Indian at the ground in the fifty over format. The best bowling figures in the only T20I staged at the ground featuring India and Australia in 2007 are Irfan Pathan's two wickets for thirty-four runs. (Full article...)
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Mitchell Johnson has taken fifteen five-wicket hauls in international cricket.

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, and as of September 2014 only 42 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at the international level.
Mitchell Johnson—a left-arm fast bowler—is a former Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricketer who represented Australia. Johnson took 264 wickets in Test matches, 212 wickets in ODIs and 38 wickets in T20Is. With 15 five-wicket hauls across all formats of the game, he ranks equal thirty-ninth among all-time combined five-wicket haul takers, and ninth in the equivalent list for Australia.

Johnson made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in 2007. His first five-wicket haul came against New Zealand during the first Test of the 2008–09 series at the Gabba. His 5 wickets for 39 runs in the second innings raised his tally to 9 wickets for the match. Australia won the match by 149 runs and his performance earned him the man-of-the-match award. His best bowling figures for an innings are 8 wickets for 61 runs against South Africa in 2008. In Test matches, Johnson was most successful against England, taking 5 of his 12 five-wicket hauls against them. (Full article...)
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Marcus Trescothick has scored more centuries in One Day International cricket than any other English player.

Marcus Trescothick is an English cricketer and former opening batsman for the England national cricket team. He has scored centuries (100 or more runs) on 14 occasions in Test cricket and 12 times in One Day International (ODI) matches.

Trescothick's first Test century was scored against Sri Lanka at Galle International Stadium in 2001, when he made 122. He then continued to score at least one century every year until his retirement from international cricket in 2006. His highest score of 219 was made against South Africa in 2003 at The Oval, London—his only double century. He has made a century in both innings of a Test match on only one occasion, against the West Indies in 2004 at Edgbaston. Despite being the first batsman to achieve this feat at Edgbaston, Trescothick was not named Man of the Match, as Andrew Flintoff's first-innings of 167 earned him the accolade instead. During the 2005 series against Bangladesh, Trescothick scored centuries in both Test matches against the touring side, helping earn him a Man of the Series award. His 14 Test centuries have been scored at 11 grounds; nine were scored in England and the remaining five were scored at different venues. Trescothick has been dismissed twice between 90 and 99, against India in 2001 and Australia in 2005. (Full article...)
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Kumar Sangakkara was the captain of the Deccan Chargers during their last season.

The Hyderabad Deccan Chargers (often abbreviated as DC) was a franchise cricket team based in Hyderabad, Telangana, that competed in the Indian Premier League (IPL) from 2008 to 2012. The team was owned by Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited who won the bid for the Hyderabad franchise at US$107 million. VVS Laxman and Robin Singh were appointed as the captain and the coach for their first season in 2008. After finishing last in that season, the DC sacked their coach and removed their captain and replaced them with Darren Lehmann and Adam Gilchrist under whom they won their only IPL title in 2009, when they defeated the Royal Challengers Bangalore by six runs in the final. They reached the semi-finals again in 2010 but failed to reach past the group stages before the team was folded in 2012. They qualified for the Champions League Twenty20 only once, for the 2009 season, but failed to advance past the group stage. Lehmann remained as the coach for the DC but they were forced to replace Gilchrist with Kumar Sangakkara in 2011 after they lost former to the Kings XI Punjab in the 2011 auction. Sangakkara remained as the captain until the middle of the 2012 season before he was replaced by Cameron White following the poor performances. Sangakkara later returned as captain as the move did not yield the desired results for the Deccan Chargers.

On 15 September 2012, the Deccan Chargers' IPL contract was terminated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which was concerned about overdue payments to the players. The Hyderabad franchise was later acquired by the Sun TV Network for ₹85.05 crore (US$11 million) per year in a bid which also retained 20 players. (Full article...)
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India's Rohit Sharma have the most centuries (seven) in World Cup matches. He also holds the record for most centuries in a single World Cup tournament having scored 5 centuries in the 2019 Cricket World Cup.

In cricket, a player is said to have completed a century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The Cricket World Cup is the international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organized by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), and is held once every four years. As of the ongoing 2023 tournament, a total of 236 centuries have been scored by 135 players from 16 different teams. Players from all the teams that have permanent ODI status have made centuries. In addition, players from four teams that have temporary ODI status have scored centuries. India have scored the most centuries (39), and have the most centurions (17).

The first century in the championship was scored by Dennis Amiss of England when he made 137 against India in the 1975 World Cup. The same day New Zealand's Glenn Turner scored 171 not out against East Africa. It remained the highest individual total over the next two editions until Indian cricketer Kapil Dev scored 175 not out against Zimbabwe in 1983. Following that, the record was broken successively by Viv Richards (181) in 1987, Gary Kirsten (188 not out) in 1996, Chris Gayle (215) and Martin Guptill (237 not out) both in 2015. India's Rohit Sharma hold the record for the highest number of centuries with seven, followed by India's Sachin Tendulkar and Australia's David Warner with six, and Australia's Ricky Ponting, Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara and India's Virat Kohli with five. Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sourav Ganguly, Mahela Jayawardene, AB de Villiers, Mark Waugh, Quinton de Kock have four centuries each. (Full article...)
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Sydney Barnes was a professional cricketer who played for England in 27 Test matches between 1901 and 1914. He claimed 24 five-wicket hauls (five or more wickets in an innings) during his Test career. A five-wicket haul is regarded as a notable achievement, and as of 2014 fewer than 50 bowlers have taken more than 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. Barnes had only played seven first-class matches when he was chosen by Archie MacLaren to tour Australia, and played only 47 County Championship matches throughout his entire career, opting to play Minor Counties and Lancashire League cricket instead. He based his decision upon two main criteria – playing club cricket was more financially rewarding, and he was worried about having to bowl too much in first-class county cricket, and suffering from burnout.

Barnes is generally regarded as one of the best bowlers to have played international cricket, and finished his Test career with 189 wickets at an average of 16.43; his average places him among the top-ten bowlers in Test cricket. At the start of his career, he was a fast bowler who endeavoured to swing the ball, which was the common style of bowling at the time. However, Barnes experimented with bowling a little slower and cutting the ball, and developed both an off cutter and a leg cutter that he concluded were far more effective than swinging the ball. Despite his bowling talent, Barnes did not play any Test cricket between July 1902 and December 1907, as he was considered a "prima donna" who would only put in the effort when he was in the right mood, and being suitably paid. After his recall to the England side, he played regularly until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, and was named by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack as one of their Cricketers of the Year in 1910. (Full article...)
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Grace Road in the city of Leicester has staged well over half the county's first-class games and almost every game in List A and Twenty20 cricket.

Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 member clubs of the English County Championship, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. The club was established on 25 March 1879. It has since played first-class cricket from 1894, List A cricket from 1963 and Twenty20 cricket from 2003.^[A] Unlike most professional sports, in which a team usually has a single fixed home ground, county cricket clubs have traditionally used different grounds in various towns and cities within the county for home matches, although the use of minor "out grounds" has diminished since the 1980s. Leicestershire's first XI have played home matches at fifteen different grounds.

The club's debut home match in first-class cricket was played at Grace Road in Leicester. After the 1900 season, the club ceased using Grace Road, as it was felt that it was located too far from the centre of the city. Instead, Aylestone Road became the club's headquarters, and staged nearly 400 first-class matches between 1901 and the outbreak of the Second World War. Due to a combination of wartime damage and industrial development, however, the club was forced to discontinue using Aylestone Road after the war, and Grace Road once again became the club's main venue. In the years after the war, the county also utilised grounds in other towns including Hinckley, Melton Mowbray, Barwell and Loughborough. (Full article...)
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Steve Waugh has scored the third-highest number of centuries .

Steve Waugh is a former cricketer and captain of the Australia cricket team. He is a right-handed middle order batsman and a right-arm medium bowler. Described as one of the most consistent batsmen, and by Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid as "a gritty player who did not throw away his wicket easily and is someone who valued his wicket", Waugh scored centuries (scores of 100 or more) in both Test and One Day International (ODI) matches organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). During his career in international cricket he scored centuries on 35 occasions and half centuries on 95 occasions. Considered to be one of the greatest modern day cricket captains, Waugh led Australia to 41 wins out of the 57 Test matches under his captaincy. "He was named Cricketer of the Year in 1988 by Indian Cricket, and a year later by Wisden. In January 2010, the ICC inducted him into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

Waugh made his Test debut against India in December 1985, and scored a century for the first time in a match against England in 1989 which Australia won. In Test matches, Waugh has scored centuries against all Test cricket playing nations, the second player to do so. He has scored a century in at least one cricket ground of all Test cricket playing nations, except Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. He has made scores of 150-plus in an innings on 14 occasions. His career best score of 200—his only double century—came against West Indies in April 1995. Waugh has been most successful against England, scoring ten centuries against them, the first in 1989 and the last one in 2003. On 25 July 2003 he became the first player to score 150 runs in an innings against all Test-playing nations, a world record. He has been dismissed eight times between scores of 90 and 99, with a further two innings not out in the 90s. As of August 2015, Waugh is ninth in the list of leading century makers in Test cricket. (Full article...)
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Rohit Sharma and MS Dhoni both hold the record of most titles as captain in Indian Premier League with 5 titles.

In cricket, a captain is a player who leads the team and has additional roles and responsibilities. The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket in India, which has been held annually since its first edition in 2008. In the 15 seasons played, 60 players have captained their team in at least one match.
Chennai Super Kings's Mahendra Singh Dhoni has 5 titles and has played the most matches as a captain He is most successful player in IPL and also the most Successful T20 captain with 8 T20 Titles. With the highest win–loss percentage among successful captains who have captained over 51 matches, MS Dhoni is the only captain who has played most no of finals and qualified for most times in the playoffs, He is renowned around the world by the moniker Captain Cool. Dhoni has played 210 matches and won the most matches playing as a captain with 123, and has also lost the most matches playing as a captain with 86, where as rohit sharma bags second place with 5 titles Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara are the only players to captain three teams: the former has captained the Delhi Daredevils, the Kings XI Punjab and the Kochi Tuskers Kerala, whereas the latter has captained Kings XI Punjab, Deccan Chargers and Sunrisers Hyderabad. (Full article...)
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Marcus Trescothick is one of two players to have won the Men's Player of the Year award three times.

The PCA Player of the Year Awards are a set of annual cricket awards. Awards are given for the Men's Player of the Year, Women's Player of the Year, Men's Young Player of the Year and Women's Young Player of the Year, presented to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in their respective category. The winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the players' trade union, the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA).

The Men's Player of the Year award was first awarded in 1970, whilst the Men's Young Player of the Year award began in 1990. An award named the Women's Player of the Summer was first awarded in 2014, presented to a member of the England women's cricket team who was adjudged to have been the best during that summer. However, in 2021, the awarded was opened up to domestic players, and named the Women's Player of the Year. Finally, the Women's Young Player of the Year award was established in 2021. (Full article...)
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New Zealand (pictured in 2009) have been involved in nine Twenty20 Internationals tied matches.

A Twenty20 International (T20I) is an international cricket match between two representative teams, each having T20I status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC), and is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket. The first such match was played between Australia and New Zealand on 17 February 2005. A Twenty20 International can have three possible results: it can be won by one of the two teams, it could be tied, or it could be declared to have "no result". For a match to finish as a tie, both teams must have scored the same number of runs. The number of wickets lost is not considered. Although such matches are recorded as ties, a tiebreak is usually played; prior to December 2008, this was a bowl-out, and since then it has been a Super Over.

The first tied T20I occurred in 2006, between New Zealand and the West Indies. Hosted at Eden Park in Auckland, it was the fifth T20I. The crowd had started to leave the stadium, disappointed with the result, when the bowl-out was announced; the 2007 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack reported that "suddenly the evening took a madcap turn." The next tie, involving India and Pakistan, happened during the group stages of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. India won the resulting bowl-out, and were awarded two points, the equivalent of a win. In October 2008, the tie between Canada and Zimbabwe was the final international match to be decided by a bowl-out; Zimbabwe won 3–1. Two months later, New Zealand and the West Indies took part in the first Super Over in an international. The West Indies won the eliminator by scoring 25 runs in their extra over, compared to New Zealand's 15. (Full article...)
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Danish Kaneria took ten wickets in a Test match twice.

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded by critics as a notable achievement, and fewer than 50 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. Danish Kaneria, a right-arm leg spinner, represented the Pakistan national cricket team in 61 Tests between 2000 and 2010. He took 15 five-wicket hauls during his career in international cricket. Kaneria was described by the BBC as a "match-winner with his leg-breaks".

Kaneria made his Test debut in 2000 against England at the Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad. His first Test five-wicket haul came the following year against Bangladesh at the Multan Cricket Stadium during the 2001–02 Asian Test Championship. Kaneria went on to take his second five-wicket haul in the same match, the only instance in his career where he did so. He accumulated 12 wickets for 94 runs in the match, and the performance earned him the man of the match award. Kaneria's best bowling figures in an innings were 7 wickets for 77 runs against Bangladesh at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, in January 2002. He was most successful against Australia and Bangladesh, claiming three five-wicket hauls against each of them. (Full article...)
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Sri Lankan Mahela Jayawardene holds the record for the most runs for the Asian XI

A One Day International, or an ODI, is an international cricket match between two representative teams, each having ODI status, as determined by the International Cricket Council. An ODI differs from Test matches in that the number of overs per team is limited, and that each team has only one innings.

The ACC Asian XI was a team named for the 2005 World Cricket Tsunami Appeal, a one-off match designed to raise funds for charities following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and resulting tsunami. It also competed in two Afro-Asia Cup series against an African XI, which was designed as a fund-raiser for the African Cricket Association and the Asian Cricket Council. The Afro-Asian Cup debuted in 2005 and the second tournament was played in 2007. (Full article...)

Anniversaries...

On this day in cricket

Graeme Smith

In South Africa

2004 – Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs hit 301 for first wicket v West Indies at Centurion, making the highest first-wicket stand in SA v WI Tests

In Australia

1993 - In the first final of the Benson & Hedges World Series Cup, Dean Jones insists that Curtly Ambrose remove his white wristbands as they distracted him. An incensed Ambrose promptly took a 5 wicket haul for just 32 runs.
1997 - Anthony Stuart takes as hat-trick against Pakistan in his 3rd and last Test appearance

In the West Indies

1911 - Wicketkeeper Ivan Barrow is born in Jamaica. In 1933 Barrow became the first West Indian to make a century in a Test in England.
1956 - Wayne Daniel is born

More did you know

... that Australian cricketer Richie Benaud took ten of his five-wicket hauls against India and South Africa?
... that Dennis Lillee was the first to take a five-wicket haul in Cricket World Cups?
... that South African cricketer Sunette Loubser began as an opening bowler, but switched to bowling off spin after breaking her ankle?
... that no One Day International cricket matches have been played at the Albion Sports Complex since 1985?

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General images

The following are images from various cricket-related articles on Wikipedia.

Image 1Broadhalfpenny Down, the location of the first First Class match in 1772 is still played on today (from History of cricket)
Image 2Photograph of Miss Lily Poulett-Harris, founding mother of women's cricket in Australia. (from History of women's cricket)
Image 3New articles of the game of cricket, 25 February 1774 (from Laws of Cricket)
Image 4A 1779 cricket match played by the Countess of Derby and other ladies. (from History of women's cricket)
Image 5 First Grand Match of Cricket Played by Members of the Royal Amateur Society on Hampton Court Green, August 3rd, 1836 (from History of cricket)
Image 6A wicket consists of three stumps, upright wooden poles that are hammered into the ground, topped with two wooden crosspieces, known as the bails. (from Laws of Cricket)
Image 7A Game of Cricket at The Royal Academy Club in Marylebone Fields, now Regent's Park, depiction by unknown artist, c. 1790–1799 (from History of cricket)
Image 8The Cricket pitch dimensions (from Laws of Cricket)
Image 9In men's cricket the ball must weigh between 5.5 and 5.75 ounces (155.9 and 163 g) and measure between 8.81 and 9 in (22.4 and 22.9 cm) in circumference. (from Laws of Cricket)
Image 10Pioneers Cricket Club, South Africa, 1902 (from History of women's cricket)

Did you know

... that Montagu Toller was a part of the British team that played cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics, the only time cricket was ever featured at the Olympics?
... that New Zealander Fran Jonas made her debut at the top level of domestic cricket aged 15, and took three wickets in the final that season?
... that the second match of South Africa women's tour of England in 2018 was the first time a women's international cricket match had featured three centuries?
... that cricketers Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh both played for the Chemplast cricket team under owner and industrialist N. Sankar?
... that when Mark Coles started coaching the Pakistan women's national cricket team, he was not being paid, and he later lived in a compound with snipers on the roof?
... that Naimur Rahman took six wickets for 132 runs in the very first test Bangladesh played in 2000?

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ICC Rankings

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket, and produces team rankings for the various forms of cricket played internationally.

Test cricket is the longest form of cricket, played up to a maximum of five days with two innings per side.

One Day International cricket is played over 50 overs, with one inning per side.

Twenty20 International cricket is played over 20 overs, with one inning per side.

ICC Men's Test Team Rankings
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Australia	34	4,102	121
2	India	32	3,746	117
3	England	43	4,941	115
4	South Africa	24	2,536	106
5	New Zealand	26	2,471	95
6	Pakistan	29	2,576	89
7	Sri Lanka	27	2,123	79
8	West Indies	28	2,154	77
9	Bangladesh	22	1,131	51
10	Zimbabwe	7	223	32
11	Afghanistan	3	31	10
12	Ireland	5	0	0
Reference: ICC Test Rankings, 6 January 2024
"Matches" is no. matches + no. series played in the 12–24 months since the May before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that.

ICC Men's ODI Team Rankings
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	India	58	7,020	121
2	Australia	42	4,926	117
3	South Africa	37	4,062	110
4	Pakistan	36	3,922	109
5	New Zealand	46	4,708	102
6	England	41	4,934	96
7	Sri Lanka	47	4,134	88
8	Bangladesh	47	4,095	87
9	Afghanistan	30	2,533	84
10	West Indies	41	2,926	71
11	Zimbabwe	32	1,630	51
12	Scotland	33	1,662	50
13	Ireland	27	1,294	48
14	Netherlands	37	1,507	41
15	Nepal	42	1,446	34
16	Namibia	28	813	29
17	United States	31	808	26
18	Oman	24	525	22
19	United Arab Emirates	41	617	15
Reference: ICC ODI rankings, Last updated 27 December 2023
Matches is the number of matches played in the 12–24 months since the May before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that. See points calculations for more details.

ICC Women's ODI Rankings
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Australia	24	3,950	165
2	England	23	2,991	130
3	South Africa	24	2,737	114
4	India	21	2,004	95
5	New Zealand	24	2,262	94
6	West Indies	20	1,768	88
7	Bangladesh	17	1,365	80
8	Sri Lanka	9	714	79
9	Thailand	11	753	68
10	Pakistan	27	1,843	68
11	Ireland	16	571	36
12	Netherlands	9	94	10
13	Zimbabwe	7	0	0
Reference: ICC Women's ODI rankings, Updated on 2 January 2024

ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	India	68	18,041	265
2	England	48	12,305	256
3	New Zealand	55	13,988	254
4	Pakistan	53	13,325	251
5	Australia	39	9,760	250
6	South Africa	37	9,210	249
7	West Indies	44	10,800	245
8	Sri Lanka	38	8,940	235
9	Bangladesh	46	10,452	227
10	Afghanistan	34	7,443	219
11	Namibia	28	5,539	198
12	Ireland	47	9,117	194
13	Zimbabwe	50	9,576	192
14	Scotland	18	3,412	190
15	Netherlands	19	3,445	181
16	Nepal	27	4,796	178
17	United Arab Emirates	38	6,623	174
18	Oman	24	3,678	153
19	Papua New Guinea	22	3,173	144
20	Canada	18	2,528	140
21	Hong Kong	28	3,740	134
22	Uganda	65	8,602	132
23	United States	9	1,183	131
24	Jersey	19	2,427	128
25	Malaysia	41	5,132	125
26	Kuwait	28	3,360	120
27	Bahrain	36	3,972	110
28	Qatar	18	1,964	109
29	Kenya	44	4,697	107
30	Bermuda	14	1,494	107
31	Italy	17	1,712	101
32	Saudi Arabia	20	1,992	100
33	Tanzania	49	4,727	96
34	Spain	18	1,649	92
35	Germany	33	3,022	92
36	Singapore	28	2,209	79
37	Guernsey	16	1,212	76
38	Nigeria	30	2,261	75
39	Portugal	16	1,167	73
40	Cayman Islands	11	790	72
41	Denmark	23	1,622	71
42	Belgium	18	1,237	69
43	Isle of Man	15	949	63
44	Cambodia	11	690	63
45	Austria	29	1,682	58
46	Norway	15	852	57
47	Vanuatu	15	846	56
48	Botswana	29	1,543	53
49	Finland	18	953	53
50	Switzerland	16	835	52
51	Japan	15	768	51
52	Malawi	19	933	49
53	Czech Republic	24	1,101	46
54	France	16	730	46
55	Indonesia	22	993	45
56	Sweden	18	759	42
57	Philippines	17	698	41
58	Romania	28	1,149	41
59	Cook Islands	6	245	41
60	Argentina	11	424	39
61	Mozambique	24	864	36
62	Malta	44	1,535	35
63	Rwanda	70	2,255	32
64	Ghana	31	968	31
65	Fiji	10	304	30
66	Bhutan	11	325	30
67	Luxembourg	30	845	28
68	Sierra Leone	28	766	27
69	Cyprus	8	206	26
70	Bahamas	10	241	24
71	Belize	3	66	22
72	Hungary	19	367	19
73	Panama	11	206	19
74	Thailand	14	205	15
75	Serbia	19	214	14
76	Gibraltar	30	385	13
77	Bulgaria	30	289	10
78	Lesotho	9	82	9
79	Estonia	11	60	5
80	Turkey	7	26	4
81	Maldives	16	44	3
82	Cameroon	14	25	2
83	Gambia	9	11	1
84	Eswatini	18	0	0
85	Seychelles	7	0	0
86	Samoa	9	0	0
87	Mali	8	0	0
88	Croatia	10	0	0
89	Greece	6	0	0
References: ICC T20I rankings, As of 2 January 2024
"Matches" is the number of matches played in the 12–24 months since the May before last, plus half the number in the 24 months before that.

ICC Women's T20I Rankings
Rank	Team	Matches	Points	Rating
1	Australia	25	7,426	297
2	England	30	8,447	282
3	India	40	10,417	260
4	New Zealand	27	6,904	256
5	South Africa	26	6,309	243
6	West Indies	27	6,340	235
7	Sri Lanka	31	6,988	225
8	Pakistan	33	7,279	221
9	Bangladesh	30	6,040	201
10	Ireland	27	4,748	176
11	Zimbabwe	21	3,352	160
12	Papua New Guinea	19	2,997	158
13	Thailand	34	5,326	157
14	Scotland	22	3,206	146
15	Netherlands	25	3,073	123
16	United Arab Emirates	41	4,845	118
17	Namibia	31	3,574	115
18	Uganda	44	4,894	111
19	Indonesia	16	1,648	103
20	Tanzania	27	2,717	101
21	Nepal	27	2,611	97
22	Hong Kong	37	3,364	91
23	United States	13	1,054	81
24	Kenya	36	2,657	74
25	Rwanda	33	2,342	71
26	Malaysia	34	2,369	70
27	Italy	20	1,319	66
28	Jersey	13	839	65
29	Nigeria	29	1,794	62
30	Vanuatu	18	1,101	61
31	Canada	9	513	57
32	Greece	11	613	56
33	Germany	15	766	51
34	Isle of Man	11	549	50
35	Spain	6	256	43
36	France	23	973	42
37	Brazil	20	846	42
38	Sweden	16	586	37
39	Sierra Leone	15	518	35
40	China	9	256	28
41	Myanmar	10	275	28
42	Botswana	25	641	26
43	Bhutan	9	219	24
44	Singapore	24	532	22
45	Bahrain	8	164	21
46	Oman	4	81	20
47	Kuwait	14	282	20
48	Mozambique	9	154	17
49	Malta	6	100	17
50	Romania	13	207	16
51	Guernsey	8	95	12
52	Samoa	16	164	10
53	Japan	20	204	10
54	Cameroon	12	111	9
55	Cook Islands	6	53	9
56	Argentina	20	150	8
57	Denmark	5	29	6
58	Qatar	17	61	4
59	Austria	21	46	2
60	Cambodia	13	28	2
61	Norway	11	3	0
62	Eswatini	9	0	0
63	Serbia	7	0	0
64	Philippines	12	0	0
65	Ghana	7	0	0
66	Fiji	16	0	0
References: ICC Women's T20I Rankings, Updated on 29 December 2023

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Portal:Cricket	20 December 2005
Australian cricket team in England in 1948 (Topic)	6 January 2010

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Article	Date promoted	Featured on main page	Notes
A. E. J. Collins	7 February 2005	23 August 2005
Bodyline	10 December 2006	7 February 2005	First promoted 19 January 2004, demoted 4 December 2006
West Indian cricket team in England in 1988	22 February 2007	7 May 2008
Cricket World Cup	22 February 2007	13 March 2007
Paul Collingwood	3 March 2007
Adam Gilchrist	15 March 2007	28 April 2007
Bart King	7 May 2007	19 October 2013
Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)	22 May 2007	20 December 2010
Charlie Macartney	23 October 2007	25 March 2012
Ian Chappell	22 May 2007
Marcus Trescothick	26 November 2007
Arthur Morris	26 November 2007
Sid Barnes	7 January 2008	23 January 2010
Archie Jackson	21 January 2008	5 September 2009
Clem Hill	24 March 2008	19 December 2008
Ernie Toshack	27 March 2008
Don Tallon	1 April 2008	1 August 2009
Ian Craig	15 April 2008
Hugh Trumble	10 May 2008
Jack Marsh	22 May 2008
Preity Zinta	27 May 2008	23 December 2008	Failed to be promoted on 5 November 2007
Harry Trott	25 June 2008
Don Bradman	28 June 2008	27 August 2008
Ian Johnson (cricketer)	25 July 2008
Bill Brown (cricketer)	12 September 2008
Don Bradman with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948	7 March 2009
Early life of Keith Miller	20 June 2009
Bill Ponsford	20 June 2009	10 April 2010
John the bookmaker controversy	30 June 2009
Ron Hamence with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948	14 July 2009
Doug Ring with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948	5 August 2009
Keith Johnson (cricket administrator)	18 August 2009
Ernie Toshack with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948	1 September 2009
Neil Harvey with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948	1 September 2009
Sam Loxton with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948	27 September 2009
Brian Booth	3 October 2009
Sydney Riot of 1879	6 October 2009	8 February 2006	First promoted 7 June 2005, demoted 3 January 2007
Lindsay Hassett with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948	20 October 2009
Gray's Inn	24 October 2009	3 November 2009
Fifth Test, 1948 Ashes series	27 October 2009
Fourth Test, 1948 Ashes series	3 December 2009
Third Test, 1948 Ashes series	12 January 2010
Second Test, 1948 Ashes series	30 January 2010
Sam Loxton	12 February 2010
First Test, 1948 Ashes series	14 April 2010
Douglas Jardine	14 April 2010	26 July 2010
Keith Miller in the 1946–47 Australian cricket season	9 May 2010
Wilfred Rhodes	9 May 2010
Keith Miller with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948	28 May 2010
Montague Druitt	27 July 2010
Wally Hammond	7 August 2010
Yorkshire captaincy affair of 1927	25 August 2010	11 June 2012
Ian Meckiff	7 September 2010
Ray Lindwall with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948	24 September 2010
Roy Kilner	30 September 2010
Sid Barnes with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948	10 October 2010
George Macaulay	20 October 2010
Bernard Bosanquet (cricketer)	4 January 2011	13 October 2012
Adelaide leak	8 February 2011	14 January 2013
Herbie Hewett	5 March 2011
Villa Park	16 April 2011	17 April 2017
George Headley	6 May 2011
George Hirst	27 September 2011
Jonathan Agnew	11 February 2012
Len Hutton	28 February 2012
Hedley Verity	26 April 2012
Alec Douglas-Home	26 May 2012	2 July 2013
Arthur Mold	29 June 2012
Learie Constantine	30 August 2012
Somerset County Cricket Club in 2009	28 September 2012
Percy Chapman	16 October 2012
Arthur Gilligan	2 December 2012
Harold Larwood	6 December 2012
Neville Cardus	23 January 2013
Percy Fender	5 February 2013	28 May 2013
Leg before wicket	6 April 2013	10 July 2013
Jack Hobbs	26 May 2013
Archie MacLaren	23 July 2013
Maurice Leyland	9 November 2013
Lionel Palairet	21 November 2013
Abe Waddington	26 January 2014
Bobby Peel	12 March 2014
D'Oliveira affair	5 April 2014
Gubby Allen	25 May 2014
Jack Crawford (cricketer)	27 October 2014
Bramshill House	28 February 2015
Shah Rukh Khan	21 May 2015	2 November 2015	Failed to be promoted on 11 January 2015
2003 Cricket World Cup Final	16 January 2017
Van Diemen's Land v Port Phillip, 1851	30 April 2017	11 February 2018	Failed to be promoted on 7 April 2016 and 30 April 2017
Craig Kieswetter	30 October 2017		Failed to be promoted on 6 December 2015
Former Featured articles
Article	Date promoted	Featured on main page	Notes
Cricket		19 September 2004	Promoted 2 September 2004, demoted 25 September 2008
Samuel Beckett		13 April 2006	Promoted 25 September 2004, demoted 25 June 2009
History of Test cricket from 1877 to 1883			Promoted 11 February 2005, demoted 2 November 2008
Brian Close		12 May 2005	Promoted 23 March 2005, demoted 7 July 2008
History of Test cricket from 1884 to 1889		22 January 2006	Promoted 27 March 2005, demoted 19 September 2008
The Ashes		21 July 2005	Promoted 23 June 2005, demoted 4 December 2007
Harbhajan Singh		17 September 2009	Promoted 9 March 2007, demoted 31 July 2016
Kevin Pietersen		8 July 2009	Promoted 10 June 2007, demoted 23 August 2013

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Test cricket records	13 August 2005		Reviewed on 24 August 2009
Test cricket triple centuries	28 September 2005
Asian XI ODI cricketers	21 October 2005
Australia Twenty20 International cricketers	21 October 2005
World XI ODI cricketers	5 November 2005		Reviewed on 29 November 2008 and 2 March 2016
Namibia ODI cricketers	26 November 2005		Reviewed on 29 November 2008
Scotland ODI cricketers	5 December 2005
Test cricket hat-tricks	21 March 2006		Failed to be promoted on 21 September 2005, reviewed on 20 January 2013
One Day International cricket hat-tricks	18 May 2006		Reviewed on 1 August 2009
2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads	9 December 2006
2007 Cricket World Cup squads	9 June 2007
2007 Cricket World Cup statistics	21 June 2007
Cricket World Cup records	22 June 2007		Reviewed on 22 November 2009
African XI ODI cricketers	4 July 2007		Failed to be promoted 3 December 2005
International cricket centuries by Sachin Tendulkar	21 February 2008	19 March 2012
2007 Cricket World Cup warm-up matches‎	28 March 2008
Cricketers called for throwing in top-class cricket matches in Australia	14 April 2008
Wisden Cricketers of the Year	18 April 2008		First promoted 25 June 2005, demoted 22 March 2008
Ireland ODI cricketers	18 November 2008
International cricket centuries by Sourav Ganguly	31 July 2009
International cricket centuries by Ricky Ponting	21 September 2009
India women Test cricketers	31 October 2009
International cricket centuries by Virender Sehwag	7 November 2009		Failed to be promoted on 24 August 2009 and 28 September 2009
India women ODI cricketers	15 November 2009
International cricket centuries by Adam Gilchrist	17 November 2009
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Glenn McGrath	21 November 2009
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Muttiah Muralitharan	23 November 2009	11 May 2018
International cricket centuries by Rahul Dravid	5 December 2009
South Africa women Test cricketers	5 December 2009
International cricket centuries by Sanath Jayasuriya	22 December 2009
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Wasim Akram	29 December 2009
International cricket centuries by Marcus Trescothick	12 January 2010
International cricket centuries by Don Bradman	27 January 2010
England Twenty20 International cricketers	30 January 2010		First promoted 21 October 2005, demoted 13 July 2008
International cricket centuries by Brian Lara	28 February 2010
Somerset County Cricket Club players with 100 or more first-class or List A appearances	3 March 2010
International cricket centuries by Mahela Jayawardene	27 March 2010
International cricket centuries by Viv Richards	3 April 2010
Sri Lanka Test cricket records	14 April 2010
South Africa women Twenty20 International cricketers	27 April 2010
South Africa women ODI cricketers	7 May 2010
International cricket centuries at the Kensington Oval	8 June 2010
Afghanistan ODI cricketers	11 October 2010
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Ian Botham	22 October 2010
First-class cricket centuries by W. G. Grace	11 December 2010
ICC Cricket Hall of Fame	17 December 2010
I Zingari first-class cricketers	17 December 2010
International cricket centuries by Jacques Kallis	8 February 2011
International cricket centuries by David Gower	14 March 2011
Ashes series	24 April 2011	18 November 2013	First promoted 27 July 2006, demoted 21 July 2009
International cricket centuries at Brabourne Stadium	25 April 2011
International cricket centuries by Andrew Strauss	18 June 2011
Cornwall County Cricket Club List A players	27 June 2011
Centuries in women's Test cricket	7 October 2011
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Shane Warne	21 October 2011	10 January 2020
County Championship winners	12 November 2011	20 April 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Anil Kumble	25 December 2011
Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers	3 January 2012
Bermuda ODI cricketers	29 January 2012
Cricket World Cup finals	30 January 2012		Failed to be promoted on 10 May 2011
India Twenty20 International cricketers	21 February 2012		Failed to be promoted on 18 January 2007
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Waqar Younis	4 April 2012	30 December 2013
Somerset County Cricket Club Twenty20 players	16 May 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Imran Khan	2 June 2012	24 November 2017
English Twenty20 cricket champions	22 June 2012
International cricket centuries by Kumar Sangakkara	6 July 2012	5 October 2018
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Kapil Dev	6 July 2012		Failed to be promoted on 2 May 2012
International cricket centuries by Mohammad Yousuf	11 July 2012	29 October 2012	Failed to be promoted on 24 May 2012
ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year	25 July 2012
Pakistan T20I cricketers	1 August 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Brett Lee	4 August 2012
Sri Lanka Twenty20 International cricketers	11 August 2012
International cricket centuries by Inzamam-ul-Haq	20 August 2012
International cricket centuries by Steve Waugh	28 August 2012	3 June 2013
Indian Premier League centuries	4 September 2012
International cricket centuries by Sunil Gavaskar	4 September 2012
Kings XI Punjab cricketers	4 September 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls at Brabourne Stadium	18 September 2012
Indian Premier League umpires	9 October 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Richard Hadlee	9 October 2012
International cricket centuries by Javed Miandad	13 October 2012
International cricket centuries by Saeed Anwar	1 November 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Dennis Lillee	1 November 2012
Indian Premier League five-wicket hauls	2 November 2012
International cricket centuries by Matthew Hayden	17 November 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Shoaib Akhtar	17 November 2012	11 August 2014
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Saqlain Mushtaq	30 November 2012
International cricket centuries by Younis Khan	21 December 2012
International cricket centuries by Graham Gooch	19 January 2013
International cricket centuries by Kevin Pietersen	29 January 2013
International cricket centuries by Allan Border	2 February 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Sydney Barnes	25 August 2015
Hong Kong ODI cricketers	10 February 2013		First promoted 23 August 2005, demoted 9 December 2008, failed to be re-promoted on 25 April 2012
International cricket centuries by AB de Villiers	22 February 2013
International cricket centuries by Alastair Cook	25 February 2013
International cricket centuries by Garfield Sobers	9 March 2013
International cricket centuries by Gary Kirsten	11 March 2013
Women's Test cricketers who have taken five wickets on debut	11 March 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Chaminda Vaas	13 March 2013
International cricket centuries by Michael Clarke	8 April 2013
International cricket centuries by Mohammad Azharuddin	8 April 2013
South Africa women's national cricket team record by opponent	12 April 2013	10 March 2017
International cricket centuries by Aravinda de Silva	13 April 2013		Failed to be promoted on 14 February 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Abdul Qadir	22 April 2013
India national cricket team record by opponent	15 May 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by B. S. Chandrasekhar	15 May 2013
International cricket centuries by Hashim Amla	23 July 2013
International cricket centuries by Mark Waugh	23 July 2013
Cricketers who have played for two international teams	12 August 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Allan Donald	27 August 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Dale Steyn	4 September 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Malcolm Marshall	29 September 2013
2009 Women's Cricket World Cup squads	7 October 2013
Pakistan national cricket team record by opponent	14 October 2013
International cricket centuries by Nathan Astle	23 October 2013
Indian Premier League captains	26 October 2013
International cricket centuries by Shivnarine Chanderpaul	26 October 2013	5 October 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Bob Willis	28 October 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Curtly Ambrose	25 November 2013
Cricket World Cup centuries	9 December 2013
International cricket centuries by David Boon	31 December 2013
Pune Warriors India cricketers	10 January 2014
International cricket centuries by Herschelle Gibbs	10 January 2014
Cricket World Cup five-wicket hauls	23 January 2014
Bowlers who have taken 300 or more wickets in Test cricket	18 February 2014
Cricketers who have scored centuries in both innings of a Test match	13 March 2014
International cricket centuries by Virat Kohli	20 April 2014
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Fred Trueman	29 April 2014
International cricket centuries by Graeme Smith	29 May 2014
Bangladesh Premier League captains	23 June 2014		Reviewed on 7 October 2016
International cricket centuries by Chris Gayle	19 July 2014		Failed to be promoted on 2 June 2012 and 8 May 2014
Pakistan cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut	4 August 2014
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Harbhajan Singh	6 August 2014		Failed to be promoted on 10 April 2012
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Richie Benaud	15 September 2014
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Courtney Walsh	28 September 2014		Failed to be promoted on 23 November 2013
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Mitchell Johnson	13 October 2014
ICC Champions Trophy centuries	19 October 2014
Asia Cup centuries	25 October 2014
Pakistan women's national cricket team record by opponent	11 November 2014
International cricket centuries at Bellerive Oval	17 November 2014
ICC Champions Trophy five-wicket hauls	22 November 2014
Pakistan women Twenty20 International cricketers	14 December 2014		Failed to be promoted on 1 March 2014
Asia Cup five-wicket hauls	17 January 2015
Pakistan women Test cricketers	19 January 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls by James Anderson	26 January 2015
World Series Cricket international centuries	6 February 2015	11 September 2017
South Africa cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut	1 March 2015
Tied Twenty20 Internationals	8 March 2015	22 April 2019
Cricketers who have carried the bat in international cricket	26 March 2015	16 September 2019
Bermuda Twenty20 International cricketers	14 April 2015
Five-wicket hauls in Twenty20 International cricket	14 April 2015
Women's international cricket hat-tricks	22 April 2015
PCA Player of the Year	5 May 2015
Unusual dismissals in international cricket	13 May 2015
2013 Women's Cricket World Cup squads	15 May 2015
Cricket Writers' Club Young Cricketer of the Year	31 May 2015
United States ODI cricketers	4 June 2015		Failed to be promoted on 19 January 2006
India cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut	26 June 2015
Warwickshire County Cricket Club grounds	4 July 2015
Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World	4 July 2015	18 January 2016
Somerset County Cricket Club grounds	14 July 2015
Cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on One Day International debut	24 July 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Graeme Swann	3 August 2015
Derbyshire County Cricket Club grounds	7 August 2015
Centuries scored on One Day International cricket debut	11 August 2015
Essex County Cricket Club grounds	17 August 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls at the Riverside Ground	25 August 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Stuart Broad	25 August 2015
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club grounds	26 August 2015
Tied One Day Internationals	26 August 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls at McLean Park	8 September 2015
International cricket centuries by Greg Chappell	11 September 2015		Failed to be promoted on 23 July 2013
Centuries scored on Test cricket debut	21 September 2015
Players who have scored 10,000 or more runs in One Day International cricket	4 October 2015
International cricket centuries by Ian Bell	26 October 2015
International cricket five-wicket hauls at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium	26 October 2015
England cricket team Test results (1877–1914)	6 November 2015
Leicestershire County Cricket Club grounds	3 January 2016
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Shakib Al Hasan	17 January 2016
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club grounds	11 February 2016
Ranji Trophy triple centuries	22 March 2016
International cricket centuries at the Green Park Stadium	27 April 2016
Sussex County Cricket Club grounds	8 May 2016
Sussex County Cricket Club grounds	8 May 2016
Bowlers who have taken a wicket with their first ball in a format of international cricket	8 August 2016		Failed to be promoted on 10 February 2016
International cricket centuries at the Adelaide Oval	19 August 2016	31 October 2016
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Ravichandran Ashwin	28 November 2016
Kenya ODI cricketers	28 November 2016
Five-wicket hauls in women's Twenty20 International cricket	29 January 2017	19 May 2017
Indian Premier League seasons and results	29 January 2017
International cricket centuries by David Warner	19 February 2017
New Zealand cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut	19 February 2017
International cricket centuries by Kane Williamson	24 May 2017
Australia Test cricket records	5 June 2017	5 January 2018
Frank Worrell Trophy	23 July 2017
Australian Cricket Hall of Fame	9 August 2017
West Indies cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut	25 August 2017
Walter Lawrence Trophy	10 September 2017
International cricket five-wicket hauls by Danish Kaneria	17 September 2017
Trans-Tasman Trophy	17 September 2017	18 January 2019
England cricket team Test results (1920–1939)	24 September 2017
India women Twenty20 International cricketers	9 October 2017
Centuries in Twenty20 International cricket	5 November 2017		Failed to be promoted on 16 February 2015
Five-wicket hauls in women's One Day International cricket	26 November 2017
India women's national cricket team record by opponent	11 December 2017
England cricket team Test results (1946–1959)	22 January 2018
Centuries in women's One Day International cricket	22 January 2018
International cricket centuries by Ross Taylor	5 March 2018
England Test cricket records	22 July 2018	30 July 2018
Sunrisers Hyderabad cricketers	24 August 2018
International cricket five-wicket hauls at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium	31 August 2018		Failed to be promoted on 28 April 2016 and 25 January 2017
Delhi Capitals cricketers	8 September 2018	4 March 2013	First promoted 28 August 2012, demoted 5 March 2018
International cricket centuries by Joe Root	26 September 2018
International cricket centuries by Steve Smith	29 October 2018
Deccan Chargers cricketers	30 November 2018		Failed to be promoted on 8 October 2012 and 25 December 2012
International cricket centuries by Rohit Sharma	16 December 2018
Centuries in women's Twenty20 International cricket	12 January 2020	2 March 2020
First-class cricket quadruple centuries	16 February 2020		Promoted on 19 May 2006, demoted on 8 August 2009, failed to be re-promoted on 7 December 2012
Former Featured lists
Article	Date promoted	Featured on main page	Notes
Australia national cricket captains			Promoted on 21 June 2005, demoted on 9 May 2009
Australia ODI cricketers			Promoted on 6 July 2006, demoted on 9 December 2008
Bangladesh national cricket captains			Promoted on 18 June 2005, demoted on 23 February 2008
Cricket terms			Promoted on 17 June 2005, demoted on 19 June 2008
England cricket captains			Promoted on 27 June 2005, demoted on 1 April 2008
India national cricket captains			Promoted on 30 June 2005, demoted on 25 November 2005, re-promoted on 9 June 2007, re-demoted on 24 August 2008
India ODI cricketers			Promoted on 24 November 2006, demoted on 9 December 2008, failed to be re-promoted on 6 February 2012
New Zealand national cricket captains			Promoted 23 July 2005, demoted on 28 February 2008
One Day International cricket records			Promoted on 1 January 2006, demoted on 21 March 2010, failed to be re-promoted on 14 February 2013
Sri Lanka national cricket captains			Promoted on 23 June 2005, demoted on 19 January 2006
Zimbabwe national cricket captains			Promoted 17 July 2005, demoted on 12 June 2015
Rajasthan Royals cricketers			Promoted 11 November 2012, demoted on 27 January 2019

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