Cricket Trivia from the Web
The only stadium to witness a first ball dismissal on its debut as a Test Match cenre is the Sawai Man Singh stadium in Jaipur. Sunil Gavaskar was caught by Javed Miandad off Imran khan on the first ball of the India-Pakistan test match in1987 which was the stadium's first match.
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The match between New Zealand and India at Auckland on Feb 14 1981 was the first in New Zealand in which colored clothing, white balls, and black sight screens were employed.
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In a West Indies vs. England match at Scarborough, a throw from the boundary by Michael Holding hit one set of stumps and went on to hit the other set as well. The batsmen were out of their creases but the umpires were too confused to give either out.
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Geoff Boycott confused both scorers and umpires when he took strike at the wrong end, following a drinks interval, England vs. Australia at Sydney December 1979.
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Geoff Boycott confused both scorers and umpires when he took strike at the wrong end, following a drinks interval, England vs. Australia at Sydney December 1979.
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