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Timeless Test
A timeless Test is a match of Test cricket played under no limitation of time, which means the match is played until one side wins or the match is tied, with theoretically no possibility of a draw. The format means that it is not possible to play defensively for a draw when the allotted time runs out, and delays due to bad weather will not prevent the match ending with a positive result. It also means that there is far less reason for a side to declare an innings, since time pressure should not affect the chances of winning the game. Although the format should guarantee a result, it was ultimately abandoned as it was impossible to predict with any certainty when a match would be finished, making scheduling and commercial aspects difficult. In the modern era teams often play back-to-back Tests in consecutive weeks, something that would be impossible without the five-day limit. History There were 99 timeless Tests between 1877 and 1939. Until World War II all Tests in Australia w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Test Cricket
Test cricket is a Forms of cricket, format of the sport of cricket, considered the game’s most prestigious and traditional form. Often referred to as the "ultimate test" of a cricketer's skill, endurance, and temperament, it is a format of international cricket where two teams in white clothing, each representing a country, compete over a match that can last up to five days. It consists of four innings (two per team), with a minimum of ninety Over (cricket), overs scheduled to be bowled per day, making it the sport with the longest playing time. A team wins the match by outscoring the opposition in the Batting (cricket), batting or bowl out in Bowling (cricket), bowling, otherwise the match ends in a Result (cricket), draw. It is contested by 12 teams which are the List of International Cricket Council members, full-members of the International Cricket Council (ICC). The term "test match" was originally coined in 1861–62 but in a different context. Test cricket did not beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch (baseball), plays, with each play beginning when a player on the fielding team (baseball), fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a Baseball (ball), ball that a player on the batting team (baseball), batting team, called the Batter (baseball), batter, tries to hit with a baseball bat, bat. The objective of the offensive team (batting team) is to hit the ball into the field of play, away from the other team's players, allowing its players to run the Base (baseball), bases, having them advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called "Run (baseball), runs". The objective of the defensive team (referred to as the fielding team) is to prevent batters from becoming Base running, runners, and to prevent runners base running ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
English Cricket Team In Australia In 1891–92
The England national cricket team toured Australia and Ceylon in 1891–92. The team, captained by W. G. Grace, was organised, financed and managed by Lord Sheffield, who later donated the Sheffield Shield to Australian domestic first-class cricket. 29 matches were played in total, of which 12 were won, two lost and 15 drawn. Eight of the games were first-class games, including three Tests against Australia. Australia won the Test series 2–1. It marked Australia's first Ashes victory, with the first eight being won by England. The other five first-class matches were against New South Wales (twice), South Australia and Victoria (twice). Test series summary Australia won the Test series 2–1. First Test Second Test Third Test Players England was captained by W. G. Grace and had Gregor MacGregor as its specialist wicket-keeper, the other players being Johnny Briggs, Bobby Peel, Andrew Stoddart, Bobby Abel, Maurice Read, George Lohmann, William Attewell, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
English Cricket Teams In Australia And New Zealand In 1887–88
Two English cricket teams toured Australia in 1887–88. They are generally known as A. Shrewsbury's XI and G. F. Vernon's XI. Shrewsbury's XI also visited New Zealand in March. In previous Australian seasons, no more than one English team had toured. The formation of two teams in 1887-88 was described by ''Wisden'' as "a piece of folly (that) will never be perpetrated again". The situation was perhaps inevitable given that English cricket still lacked a formal system to regulate the organisation of overseas tours. As a result, any promoter was free to form a team. Wisden pointed out that "it was clear from the first that two combinations would not be able to pay their way, and, though we do not know the exact result of Shaw, Shrewsbury, and Lillywhite's venture, the Melbourne Club frankly admitted a heavy loss over Mr Vernon's team". A Shrewsbury's XI This team was formed by James Lillywhite, Alfred Shaw and Arthur Shrewsbury after they received an invitation from various ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
English Cricket Team In Australia In 1886–87
The England cricket team in Australia in 1886–87, generally known as Alfred Shaw's XI, was described by ''Wisden'' as "one of the strongest that ever left England for the Colonies". The team played 10 first-class matches, winning 6 with 2 draws and 2 defeats (both against New South Wales). It was the 9th English team to visit Australia, the first tour having occurred in the summer of 1861–62. Background of the Tour Since the 1860s there had been five visits by Australian teams to England. These tours were lucrative for the players and organisers involved and immensely popular in England. During the visit of the eighth English team to Australia in summer of 1884-1885 Lord Harris, the former English captain (of the 1878-79 tour to Australia) and now an administrator, had suggested to the powerful Melbourne Cricket Club that they send a team to England for the summer of 1886, and this would be known as an Australian team. Throughout the Australian summer of 1884-85 there was co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
English Cricket Team In Australia In 1884–85
The England cricket team in Australia in 1884–85 was generally known as Alfred Shaw, Alfred Shaw's XI after its main organiser. The team played 8 first-class cricket, first-class matches, including the five matches in the Test series, winning 6 and losing 2. Squads The party comprised 13 players, all of them professionals: Arthur Shrewsbury, Billy Barnes (cricketer), Billy Barnes, William Attewell, William Scotton, Wilfred Flowers and Alfred Shaw (all Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, Nottinghamshire); Billy Bates, Joe Hunter (cricketer), Joe Hunter, Bobby Peel and George Ulyett (all Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Yorkshire); Johnny Briggs (cricketer), Johnny Briggs (Lancashire County Cricket Club, Lancashire); Maurice Read (Surrey County Cricket Club, Surrey); and James Lillywhite (Sussex County Cricket Club, Sussex). Australia's team for the second Test showed eleven changes as a result of the 1884 touring team (who had contested the 1st Test) demanding fifty per cent of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
English Cricket Team In Australia In 1882–83
An English cricket team toured Australia and Ceylon in 1882–83. Captained by Ivo Bligh, the team was on a quest "to recover those Ashes", a reference to the famous RIP notice that was published in the aftermath of England's defeat by Australia at The Oval in the previous English season. Originally, three matches were arranged between Bligh's XI and a Combined Australia XI. Bligh's XI won two of these after losing the first. Although the actual sequence of events has never been completely confirmed, it was after winning the third match that Bligh was somehow presented with a small urn which is believed to contain the ashes of a burnt bail. He brought this back to England and it is now the most famous exhibit in the museum at Lord's Cricket Ground. England and Australia have been contesting these mythical Ashes ever since. A. fourth match was arranged ''ad hoc'' after the original series had been completed, and was won by the Australians. Following publication of Clarence P. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
English Cricket Team In Australia And New Zealand In 1881–82
An England cricket team The England men's cricket team represents cricket in England, England and cricket in Wales, Wales in international cricket. Since 1997, it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by Maryleb ... toured Australia, New Zealand and the United States between September 1881 and March 1882. The tour was privately organised by the professional players James Lillywhite, junior, Alfred Shaw and Arthur Shrewsbury. In all matches other than Test cricket, Tests, the team was called A. Shaw's XI. In Australia, the tour itinerary consisted of seven first-class cricket, first-class matches, including a four-match Test series against Australia national cricket team, Australia. The Test series was won 2–0 by Australia with two matches drawn. The Ashes, which began later in 1882, were not at stake. None of the matches in either New Zealand or the United States have been ascribed first-class status. The team left E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
English Cricket Team In Australia And New Zealand In 1878–79
An English cricket team captained by George Harris, 4th Baron Harris, Lord Harris toured Australia and New Zealand in 1878–79 in a private tour organised by the Melbourne Cricket Club. The team's match against Australia national cricket team, Australia in January 1879 was retrospectively given Test cricket, Test match status, making it the third Test ever and the third between Australia and England cricket team, England, though it was not part of The Ashes which began in 1882. Harris' tour party arrived in Australia just two months after the touring Australians had returned from England. They were scheduled to play five tour matches, two each against New South Wales cricket team, New South Wales and Victorian Bushrangers, Victoria and one against the combined Australians. Whilst in Sydney, the notorious Sydney Riot of 1879 occurred as a result of the tourists match against New South Wales. The English team, which is sometimes referred to as Lord Harris' XI, also visited New Zea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
English Cricket Team In Australia And New Zealand In 1876–77
The Australia and New Zealand tour of the England cricket team in 1876–77 was at the time considered to be another professional first-class cricket tour of the colonies, as similar tours had occurred previously, but retrospectively it became classified as the first Test cricket tour of Australia by the English cricket team. The English team is sometimes referred to as James Lillywhite's XI. In all, they played 23 matches but only three including the two Tests are recognised as first-class. The first match started at the Adelaide Oval on 16 November 1876 and the last at the same venue on 14 April 1877. There were fifteen matches in Australia and, between January and March, eight in New Zealand. A rival tour had been proposed by Fred Grace but was cancelled, enabling most of the best players of the Australian colonies to participate in two matches against James Lillywhite's side. Fred Spofforth, widely regarded as the best Australian fast bowler, controversially withdrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Isner–Mahut Match At The 2010 Wimbledon Championships
The Isner–Mahut match at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships is the Longest tennis match records, longest tennis match in history. It was a first-round 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, Men's singles match, in which the American 23rd seed John Isner played against French qualifier (tennis), qualifier Nicolas Mahut. The match began at 6:13 pm (British Summer Time, or 17:13 Coordinated Universal Time, UTC) on Tuesday, 2010, on Court 18 at Wimbledon. At , due to the fading daylight, play was suspended before the start of the fifth set. After resuming on Wednesday, 23 June, at , the record for longest match was broken at . Play continued until the final set was tied at 59 games all, at which point the daylight faded again, and so play was suspended once more at . Play resumed again at on Thursday, 24 June, and eventually Isner won the match at , the final set having lasted for 8 hours, 11 minutes. In total, the match took 11 hours, 5 minutes of play over three days, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Longest Professional Baseball Game
The Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings, two teams from the Triple-A International League, played the longest game in professional baseball history over three days in 1981. The game lasted 33 innings, with 8 hours and 25 minutes of playing time. The first 32 innings were played overnight from April 18–19, 1981, at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and the tie-breaking 33rd inning was played June 23, 1981. Pawtucket won the game, 3–2. The game The game commenced on Saturday, April 18, 1981, at 8:25 p.m., after a delay of around 30 minutes due to problems with the stadium lights, with an estimated 1,740 in attendance. It continued throughout the night and into Easter morning. Although most leagues had a curfew rule that would have suspended the game—the International League's activates at 12:50 a.m.—the copy of the rule book of home plate umpire Dennis Cregg failed to mention this cutoff time. After Pawtucket's Russ Laribee's sacrif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
