June 18 2011 ... Day's Play

1975 -- World Cup... Gary Gilmour of Australia takes 6 wickets for 14 runs in the semi-final against England, one of the finest performances.

1979 -- World Cup... Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in an upset. Great day for Sri Lanka and an embarrassing one for India.

1896 -- Birthday of C.Ramaswami who represented India at Test cricket (1936) and tennis Davis Cup (1922). One of the rare breeds of double internationals.

1915 -- Birthday of Arthur Fagg, England Test cricketer and umpire. Only one to-date who has scored two double centuries in a game for Kent in 1938.

1958 -- Last day of Douglas Jardine , one of England's best Test captains. He skippered during the controversial Bodyline series against Australia in 1932-33.

2005 -- Last day of Syed Mushtaq Ali, one of India's most colorful Test opening batsman captains. Many remember his century and double century partnership with Vijay Merchant against England at Old Trafford, Manchester in 1936.

Fundamental Analysis ... 2011 West Indies Vs India ... 1st Test

1st Test West Indies Vs India at Sabina Park, Kingston Jamaica - India won by 63 runs.

• India 1st Innings 246
• West Indies 1st Innings 173
  
• India 2nd Innings 252
• West Indies 2nd innings 262
  
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Fundamental Analysis & Analytics

Top Order Average
India ......................... 32.7 runs per wicket
West Indies ............. 22.0
Difference ................ 10.7 in favor of India

Middle Order Average

India ......................... 19.5 runs per wicket
West Indies ............. 15.6
Difference ................ 03.9 in favor of India

Lower-Order Average (including Extras)

India ......................... 24.3 runs per wicket
West Indies ............. 28.3
Difference ................ 04.0 in favor of West Indies

Out-Performance Metric

India ......................... 124
West Indies ............. 100

June 11 2011 ... Day's Play

1907 -- George Dennett with the help of the great Gilbert Jessop dismissed Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first class cricket.

1938 -- Stylish Denis Compton of England scores 1dt test century 102 vs Australia aged 20 years and 19 days.

1953 -- Test cricket debut of great Australian all-rounder Alan Davidson at Trent Bridge. He is probably one of the very few who have scored 100 runs and taken 10 wickets in the same Test match.

1975 -- ODI cricket debut of the legend Javed Miandad of Pakistan at the age of 17 years and 364 days.

June 04 2011 ... Day's Play

1964 -- Legend Geoff Boycott had his cricket Test debut versus Australia at Trent Bridge scoring 48.

1971 -- "Zed" Zaheer Abbas scored a a classic 274 at the Edgbaston Test against England, accomplished wuth the help of 38 boundaries in 544 minutes.

1926 -- "Demon" Fred Spofforth dies. He was one of early bowling greats of Australia, one of the finest pace bowlers of the 19th century aand the first to take 50 Test wickets. He was also the first to take a Test hat-trick in 1879.