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First definite mention of Cricket in history
First known game of cricket in which the teams use county names
Laws of Cricket codified for the first time
Opening of Lord's Cricket Ground/MCC founded
Founding of all the modern county clubs, starting with Sussex
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack first published
The first ever international cricket game played between the USA and Canada
The Australian Aborigines tour England, the first Australian cricket team to travel overseas
England tour Australia, the inaugural Test match is played
A Test match is played at the Oval; the bails are burned in disgust. The Ashes trophy is founded
The County Championships established
South Africa plays it's inaugural Test
4 ball overs changed to 5 and then 6 ball overs
ICC founded
India plays it's inaugural Test
West Indies plays it's inaugural Test
New Zealand plays it's inaugural Test
Pakistan plays it's inaugural Test
Sri Lanka plays it's inaugural Test
Zimbabwe plays it's inaugural Test
Bangladesh plays it's inaugural Test
South Africa suspended from International Cricket
World Series Cricket is founded by Kerry Packer
The first Limited Overs International/One Day International match is played between England and Australia
The first Men's World Cup is played
3rd Umpire is used for the first time
The first Women's World Cup is played
World Cup changed from 60 to 50 Overs a side
World Cup changed to color clothing and white balls
First Test tournament is staged between England, Australia and South Africa
The 2nd Test tournament is staged, the Asian Test Championship
The first Test double century is scored by Billy Murdoch
The first Test triple century is scored by Andy Sandham
The first Test quadruple century is scored by Brian Lara
The first Twenty20 (Domestic) match is played
The first Twenty20 International is played
The first World Twenty20 is held
Indian Premier League begins
Champions League Twenty20 is played for the first time
Jim Lakers takes all 10 wickets in a Test innings
The first Tied Test
The first ODI century is scored by Dennis Amiss
The first ODI double century is scored by Sachin Tendulkar
Sir Garfield Sobers hits six sixes in an over
A non Test playing nation defeats a Test playing nation for the first time (SL def. IND)
An Associate nation makes it to the World Cup Semi Final for the first time
First ICC Trophy (World Cup Qualifier) is held
Fielding restrictions (fielding circle) introduced for the first time in the World Cup
Bodyline series begins
The underarm bowling incident takes place
First bans for match-fixing. Saleem Malik, Mohammad Azharuddin and Hansie Cronje banned
Super subs and Powerplays introduced in ODI's
FR Spofforth achieves the first Test match hat-trick
The first Day/Night ODI is played in Sydney in the B&H Cup
WG Grace becomes the first player to score a hundred hundreds in first class cricket
Sachin Tendulkar scores 50 Test centuries
Wasim Akram takes his 500th ODI wicket
Muttiah Muralitharan becomes the first bowler to take 800 Test wickets
