2010 - Englishfirst-class cricket season scheduled to begin: earliest start ever for first-class matches in England
West Indies
1930 - Sabina Park at
Kingston,
Jamaica, becomes the fourth West Indian
Test match venue when it hosts the fourth match of the inaugural series against
England. It is the 23rd Test match ground worldwide. The match runs for nine days but is still left as a draw.
1930 - Andy Sandham makes 325 for England at Sabina Park, the first Test Triple century in history.
[1]
1921 - Les Jackson,
Derbyshire fast-medium bowler whose two
Test appearances were separated by a dozen years and who took 143 wickets in 1958 at less than 11 runs apiece, is born at
Whitwell, Derbyshire.
April 6
Australia
1991 - Bill Ponsford, who twice broke the world record for the highest
first-class score, dies aged 90.
2006 - The
Fatullah Osmani Stadium in
Fatullah becomes the fifth
Test cricket venue in Bangladesh when it stages the first Test against
Australia. It is the 93rd Test match ground worldwide. Bangladesh lead by 158 on the first innings, but the Australians recover to win the match by three wickets.
April 10
Jack Badcock
Australia
1914 - Tasmanian Jack Badcock is born. Badcock made his
first-class debut at the age of 15, the second youngest Australian to do so. Noted for making some large scores, he played for Tasmania and South Australia and in 1936 made 325 for South Australia against Victoria. Other big knocks included 271 in 1938-39 and 274 in 1939-40. He only played in seven Tests, including five on a tour of England in 1938. He managed only 160 runs in 12 Test innings, and that included a century (118) but no scores at all in double figures.
West Indies
1979 - The last day of the 5th
Supertest between the West Indies and Australia at
Antigua. The match was the final fixture in
Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket series held between 1977 and 1979.
2004 - Brian Lara completes innings of 400 not out, the highest score in
Test cricket, in the fourth Test between
West Indies and
England at
St John's, Antigua. Lara becomes the first player to regain the record for the highest Test score, having held it before when he made 375 against the same opposition on the same ground 10 years earlier.
1978 - In the second innings of the fourth Test in Trinidad against Australia, Derick Parry takes 5 for 15 including four bowled, contributing to Australia's collapse of 94 all out and the West Indies winning the
Frank Worrell Trophy.
[2]
1994 - Brian Lara completes innings of 375, then the highest score in
Test cricket, in the fifth Test between
West Indies and
England at
St John's, Antigua. Lara will become the first player to regain the record for the highest Test score on the same ground 10 years later, with a score of 400 not out.
1983 - The Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy becomes the second
Test venue in Sri Lanka and the 54th in the world when it hosts the match with
Australia.
April 23
England
1986 - Jim Laker dies. Laker was most famous for a 1956
Ashes Test at Old Trafford, in which he took nineteen wickets in England's victory against Australia.
April 24
India
1973 - Sachin Tendulkar born. Nicknamed the 'Little Master', Tendulkar is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of the game. In 2002,
Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after
Sir Donald Bradman, and the greatest
One-day international batsman.
1969 - The John Player's County League 40-over Sunday competition began in England, with wins for Essex, Glamorgan, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Surrey and Warwickshire.
1948 - Don Bradman is dismissed by spin bowler
Peter Jackson for 107, the first time on four tours of England that Bradman has not opened the tour with a double century against
Worcestershire
2010 - Englishfirst-class cricket season scheduled to begin: earliest start ever for first-class matches in England
West Indies
1930 - Sabina Park at
Kingston,
Jamaica, becomes the fourth West Indian
Test match venue when it hosts the fourth match of the inaugural series against
England. It is the 23rd Test match ground worldwide. The match runs for nine days but is still left as a draw.
1930 - Andy Sandham makes 325 for England at Sabina Park, the first Test Triple century in history.
[1]
1921 - Les Jackson,
Derbyshire fast-medium bowler whose two
Test appearances were separated by a dozen years and who took 143 wickets in 1958 at less than 11 runs apiece, is born at
Whitwell, Derbyshire.
April 6
Australia
1991 - Bill Ponsford, who twice broke the world record for the highest
first-class score, dies aged 90.
2006 - The
Fatullah Osmani Stadium in
Fatullah becomes the fifth
Test cricket venue in Bangladesh when it stages the first Test against
Australia. It is the 93rd Test match ground worldwide. Bangladesh lead by 158 on the first innings, but the Australians recover to win the match by three wickets.
April 10
Jack Badcock
Australia
1914 - Tasmanian Jack Badcock is born. Badcock made his
first-class debut at the age of 15, the second youngest Australian to do so. Noted for making some large scores, he played for Tasmania and South Australia and in 1936 made 325 for South Australia against Victoria. Other big knocks included 271 in 1938-39 and 274 in 1939-40. He only played in seven Tests, including five on a tour of England in 1938. He managed only 160 runs in 12 Test innings, and that included a century (118) but no scores at all in double figures.
West Indies
1979 - The last day of the 5th
Supertest between the West Indies and Australia at
Antigua. The match was the final fixture in
Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket series held between 1977 and 1979.
2004 - Brian Lara completes innings of 400 not out, the highest score in
Test cricket, in the fourth Test between
West Indies and
England at
St John's, Antigua. Lara becomes the first player to regain the record for the highest Test score, having held it before when he made 375 against the same opposition on the same ground 10 years earlier.
1978 - In the second innings of the fourth Test in Trinidad against Australia, Derick Parry takes 5 for 15 including four bowled, contributing to Australia's collapse of 94 all out and the West Indies winning the
Frank Worrell Trophy.
[2]
1994 - Brian Lara completes innings of 375, then the highest score in
Test cricket, in the fifth Test between
West Indies and
England at
St John's, Antigua. Lara will become the first player to regain the record for the highest Test score on the same ground 10 years later, with a score of 400 not out.
1983 - The Asgiriya Stadium in Kandy becomes the second
Test venue in Sri Lanka and the 54th in the world when it hosts the match with
Australia.
April 23
England
1986 - Jim Laker dies. Laker was most famous for a 1956
Ashes Test at Old Trafford, in which he took nineteen wickets in England's victory against Australia.
April 24
India
1973 - Sachin Tendulkar born. Nicknamed the 'Little Master', Tendulkar is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of the game. In 2002,
Wisden rated him as the second greatest Test batsman after
Sir Donald Bradman, and the greatest
One-day international batsman.
1969 - The John Player's County League 40-over Sunday competition began in England, with wins for Essex, Glamorgan, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Surrey and Warwickshire.
1948 - Don Bradman is dismissed by spin bowler
Peter Jackson for 107, the first time on four tours of England that Bradman has not opened the tour with a double century against
Worcestershire