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This is a '''Timeline of cricket''' which contains notable [[cricket]]-related events that have occurred both on or off the field. It attempts to list the Test debuts of certain cricketers, controversial events that have occurred, records set out by peopl e and other important events in the form of a chronological timeline.

''Note: This timeline attempts to provide a brief list of events, not a full list. Example: [[2004 in cricket]]. This list also contains many off-field cricket events, not just on-field events''

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*Pakistani [[Salim Malik]] and Indian [[Mohammed Azharuddin]] are banned from cricket for life.

*[[South Africa]]n [[Hansie Cronje]] is banned from cricket for life.

*[[Dennis Lillee]] famously kicks [[Javed Miandad]] from behind. 1981

==The 1300s==

*[[1300s]] - Written evidence exists for a sport known as ''"creag"'' being played by [[Prince Edward]], the son of [[King Edward I]].

== The 1600s ==

*[[1600s]] - [[Oliver Cromwell]] banned Cricket. The game was played illegally until [[1748]], when the Court of Kings Bench decided that it was a legal sport.

== The 1700s ==

*[[September 23]] [[1771]] - Thomas "Shock" White of Ryegate used a bat fully as wide as a wicket against the Hambledon Club.

*[[1774]] - First codification of the [[Laws of Cricket]] by the Star & Garter Club of London.

== The 1800s ==

*[[1844]] - The first ever game played between teams representing their nations was played the USA and Canada.

*[[1864]] - Overarm [[bowling (cricket)|bowling]] becomes legal in [[cricket]].

*[[March 15]] [[1877]] - The first [[Test cricket]] was played. The match between Australia and [[England]].

*[[1882]] - It is the first time that [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] beat [[English cricket team|England]] in [[Test cricket]] in England, which begun [[The Ashes]] legend.

== The 1900s ==

===1900s===

*[[1900]] - In the 1900 Olympics, cricket made its first and only [[Cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics|appearance]] in it. Britain beat France (The French team consisted of people from the British embassy).

*[[1909]] - The [[International Cricket Council|Imperial Cricket Conference]] (ICC) is formed to administrate world [[cricket]].

===1920s===

*[[1929]] - Statistically without doubt, the greatest batsmen ever Sir [[Donald Bradman]] makes his Test debut.

===1930s===

*[[1933]] - England [[cricket]] team's [[Bodyline]] tour.

*[[November 21]] [[1934]] - MCC introduces [[lbw (N)]] rule which allows a batsman to be leg before wicket to a ball coming in from outside off stump. This law is later seen by many as responsible for negative bowling that in the 1950s and 1960s reduced the public appeal of first-class cricket.

*[[June 24]] [[1938]] - [[Test cricket|Test Match Cricket]] is broadcast on [[television]] for the first time, with coverage of the second Test of [[The Ashes]] series between [[England cricket team|England]] and [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] being shown live from [[Lord's Cricket Ground]] on the [[BBC One|BBC Television Service]].

===1970s===

''See also: '''[[International cricket in South Africa (1971 to 1981)]]'''''

*[[January 5]] [[1971]] - The first [[One-day International]] was played. The match was between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

*[[June 7]] [[1975]] - [[June 21]] [[1975]] - The first [[ICC Cricket World Cup]] is held in England. The [[West Indies]] won after beating [[Australia]] by 17 runs.

*[[1977]] - Centenary Test in Melbourne

*[[June 9]] [[1979]] to [[June 23]] [[1979]] - The ICC Cricket World Cup is once again held in England. Defending champions the West Indies won after thrasing England by 92 runs.

*[[1979]] - [[Dennis Lillee]] attempts to bat with a metal bat instead of a willow one.

===1980s===

*The [[1980s]] were statistically the golden period for the [[West Indian cricket team]].

*[[February 1]] [[1981]] - The Australian captain, [[Greg Chappell]] ordered the bowler (his brother, [[Trevor Chappell]]) to bowl underarm in fear of the possibility that New Zealand batsman [[Brian McKechnie]] would score a six from the last ball to tie the match. As a direct result of the incident, underarm bowling was banned by the International Cricket Council as not within the spirit of the game.

*[[June 9]] [[1983]] to [[June 25]] [[1983]] - The [[ICC]] [[Cricket World Cup]] is once again (for the third consecutive) time held in England. The West Indies was expected to win but their poor batting (unusual for a then cricket power) caused them to lose to [[India]] (an underdog in the tournament) who won by 43 runs.

*[[October 9]] [[1987]] to [[November 8]] [[1987]] - The ICC Cricket World Cup is held for the first time outside England, it is now co-hosted by India and [[Pakistan]]. Australia edged England by just 7 runs to win the World Cup.

*[[November 15]] [[1989]] - [[India|Indian]] [[Sachin Tendulkar]] then just 16 and [[Pakistan|Pakistani]] [[Waqar Younis]] made their Test debuts in the same Test match. Coincidentally, Tendulkar was bowled by Waqar in that very match.

===1990s===

*[[August 9]] [[1991]] - The most famous 'Hit wicket', that of [[Ian Botham]] after failing an attempt to hook [[Curtly Ambrose]] and falling on his own stumps.

*[[February 22]] [[1992]] to [[March 25]] [[1992]] - The first ICC Cricket World Cup is co-hosted between Australia and [[New Zealand]]. Pakistan beat England by 22 runs.

*[[June 4]] [[1993]] - During the Ashes series, Australian [[Leg spin|Leg-spinner]] [[Shane Warne]] bowls the "Gatting ball" during a the ashes series a delivery spun furiously to bowl [[Mike Gatting]].

*[[December 26]] [[1995]] - [[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lankan]] [[Off spin|Off-spinner]] [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] is no-balled 7 times by Australian umpire [[Darrell Hair]]. Sir [[Donald Bradman]] quoted as saying it "was the worst example of umpiring (he had) encountered".

*[[February 14]] [[1996]] to [[March 17]] [[1996]] - The ICC Cricket World Cup is co-hosted between [[India]], [[Pakistan]] and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka defeated Australia to win the title. The semifinal between Sri Lanka and India at [[Eden Gardens|Calcutta]] was abandoned and awarded to Sri Lanka due to crowd disputions with India on the verge of a defeat.

*[[May 14]] [[1999]] to [[June 20]] [[1999]] - The ICC Cricket World Cup is held in England. [[Bangladeshi cricket team|Bangadesh]] registered their first win over a Test Playing Nation, defeating Pakistan by 64 runs. Australia became the World Champions by beating Pakistan in the final.

== The 2000s ==

*[[2000]] - Bangladesh becomes the 10th Test Nation

*[[October 10]] [[2003]] - [[Matthew Hayden]] surpasses [[Brian Lara]]'s world record (375) for the highest individual with a score of 380 against [[Zimbabwe]].

*[[2003]] - Shane Warne is banned from cricket for a period of 1 year after testing positive to deuretics.

*[[February 9]] [[2003]] to [[March 24]] [[2004]] - The ICC Cricket World Cup is held in [[South Africa]], Defending champions Australia won. [[Sachin Tendulkar]] was caught and bowled by [[Glenn McGrath]] after attempting to pull the ball to leg side.

*[[January 6]] [[2004]] - After almost 20 years in International cricket. [[Steve Waugh]] retires from cricket, in his final Test (which he played at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]]) he scored 80 and was caught by Tendulkar off the bowling of [[Irfan Pathan|Pathan]].

*[[January 19]] [[2004]] - Former Australian batsmen and [[Victoria (Australia)|Victorian]] coach [[David Hookes]] dies in hospital. Zdravko Micevic, a security guard at the hotel in which Hookes was at, was arrested and charged with manslaughter. Hookes died at the age of 48.

*[[2004]] - The [[Doosra]] (Off-Spinners leg-break) of [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] is banned. Which was later reinstated at a later in that year. This was due to a study that stated that 99% of bowlers (except for [[Ramnaresh Sarwan]]) throw the ball.

*[[April 12]] [[2004]] - Brian Lara scores a world record 400 not out to break [[Matthew Hayden]]'s 380 who in turned broke Lara's record of 375 in 1994.

*[[2004]] - The broadcasting rights of cricket in [[England]] is transferred to Sky Sports.

*[[December 26]] [[2004]] - [[Bangladeshi cricket team|Bangladesh]] defeats India by 15 runs in an ODI. It was their first win on their homeland and against [[India]]. See scorecard: [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2004-05/IND_IN_BDESH/SCORECARDS/IND_BDESH_ODI2_26DEC2004.html Bangladesh vs. India - 26/12/04]

*[[January 10]] [[2005]] - An One-day International is played between a ICC XI and an Asian XI to raise funds for victims of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake]].

*[[June 18]] [[2005]] - In the 2005 NatWest Series in England, [[Bangladeshi cricket team|Bangladesh]] cause a big upset by defeating [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] by 5 wickets at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. See Scorecard: [http://pluslive.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2005/OD_TOURNEYS/NWS/SCORECARDS/AUS_BDESH_NWS_ODI2_18JUN2005.html Bangladesh vs. Australia - 18/06/05]

*[[October 5]] [[2005]] Australia take on the World XI in the [[ICC Super Series 2005]]. This is the first official series recognised by the [[ICC]] which is played between a country and a team comprising of many nationalities.

*[[2007]] - The ICC Cricket World Cup is due to be held in the [[West Indies]].

==See also==

*[[History of cricket]]

*[[2004 in cricket]]

[[Category:History of cricket]]

[[Category:Timelines]]