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South Africa excluded from playing Test cricket between 1969 and 1991 due to Apartheid policy.

Weekes, Walcott and Worrell (known as the 3 W's) were all very good batsmen from west indies who played in 1950's

Motganhalli Jaisimha and Geoffrey Boycott have batted on all five days of a test. Jaisimha against Australia in 1960, and Boycott in 1977, incidentally also against Australia.

Douglas Jardine was the captain of England in the Bodyline series of 1932-33. Voce was an English bowler, and Larwood was the bowler that did the most damage to Australia. Because of this series, Larwood never played Test cricket again, and Jardine retired the following year (1934)

Dennis Lillee was the first bowler to pass the 350-wicket mark in test cricket

Powerfully-built West Indian batsman Viv Richards once scored 1710 runs in a calendar year, and had a highest score of 291

Anil Kumble took 10 for 74 against Pakistan in 1999. Anil Kumble became only the second man to take ten wickets in an innings. Jim Laker from England was first in 1956.

Sir Donald Bradman's batting average was 99.94. The Don needed to score 4 runs in his final innings to average 100, but was dismissed for a duck.

Two spectators were killed and several injured when a stand collapsed during the India v England game at Nagpur in January 1985.

25, 000 spectators turned up to watch England play its first ODI match at Chandigarh. Unfortunately a violent thunderstorm flooded the ground. In order to placate the crowd a 15 overs game was staged in unplayable conditions.

Mike gatting had his nose broken by a ball from Malcolm Marshall while batting v West Indies at Kingston in 1986. The ball unfortunately dropped from his nose on to the wicket.

Only four test series have ended 0-0 with all five matches being drawn. India was involved in three of them, including two in a row against Pakistan.

The first century in Test cricket was scored by Charlie Bannerman of Australia in 1877.

The first batsman to twice score a hundred in each innings of a Test was England’s Herbert Sutcliffe in 1925   and 1929.

The first batsman to be dismissed for 99 on his Test debut was Australia’s Arthur Chipperfield at Tent Bridge in 1934. He was 99 not out at lunch.

The highest score by a player in his last Test as captain was Ian Chappell’s 192 against England in 1975.

The first bowler to take 5 wickets in a Test innings was Australia’s Billy Midwinter in 1877.

The only two Test cricketers to play Davis Cup tennis were Cota Ramaswami of India and West Indies wicket-keeper Ralph Legall.

The first left hander to score a century on his test debut was John Mills of New Zealand in 1930.

The first brothers to play Test cricket were Charlie (1877) and Alec (1879) Bannerman of Australia.

The first batsman to share in 50 century partnerships in Tests was India’s Sunil Gavaskar.

P A de Silva refused to leave the field when given out “obstructed; field” in the Sri-Lanka vs. New-Zealand match at Wellington in 1977. Under pressure the umpire was persuaded to reverse his decision.

In the 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. The batsmen were out of their creases but the umpire was too confused to give either ‘out’.

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.

Larry Gomes suffered a broken nose and the loss of two teeth while batting for West Indies vs. Sri Lanka at Melbourne in February 1985.

The first ODI in which ‘wides’ and ‘no balls’ were added to the bowlers’ analysis was India vs. Pakistan at Jaipur on October 2, 1983.

The match between New Zealand and India at Auckland on February 14, 1981 was the first in New Zealand in which colored clothing, white balls and black sightscreens were employed.

India refused to continue the match against Pakistan when Sarfaraz Nawaz bowled four successive bumpers and the umpire took no action. The game was at Sahiwal in 1978/79.

Ramiz Raja was caught off a no-ball, but, failing to hear the umpire’s call, left his crease to return to the pavilion. He was then given out ‘ run out’ by the square leg umpire. Pakistan vs. England at Perth in January 1987.

A Flower, CN Evans and ADR Campbell were all reprimanded by the match referee (for excessive appealing), in the Zimbabwe vs. England match at Harare in January 1997.

Because of extremely hot weather, drinks intervals were allowed every two overs in the Australia vs. New Zealand match at Melbourne in January 1988.

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