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The fifth Test of the 1938 Ashes series at The Oval saw England win by an innings and 579 runs, the largest victory by an innings in Test cricket history. The next largest victory was Australia's win against South Africa in the first Test of the 2001–02 tour at the Wanderers Stadium , where the tourists won by an innings and 360 runs.
Frith, David: Australia versus England: A Pictorial History of every Test match since 1877 ISBN 0-670-90323-X. Munns, Joy, Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The Birthplace of the Ashes (Sunbury, 1994), ISBN 0-646-22153-1, for the origin of the Ashes; Piesse, Ken: Cricket's Colosseum, 125 Years of Test Cricket at the MCG, ISBN 1-74066-064-1.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is the governing body of English cricket and the England cricket team. The Board has been operating since 1 January 1997 and represents England on the International Cricket Council. The ECB is also responsible for the generation of income from the sale of tickets, sponsorship and broadcasting rights ...
A Test match is an international two-innings per side cricket match between two of the leading cricketing nations. The list is arranged in the order in which each player won his Test cap by playing for the England cricket team. Where more than one player won his first Test cap in the same Test match, those players are listed alphabetically by ...
The ICC World Test Championship is the international championship of Test cricket. It is a league competition run by the ICC, with its inaugural season starting in 2019. [2] [3] In line with the ICC's goal of having one pinnacle tournament for each of the three formats of international cricket, it is the premier championship for Test cricket. [4]
The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. The series have varied in length, consisting of between one and seven Test matches, but since 1998 have been consistently five matches. It is the sport's most celebrated rivalry and dates back to 1882.
A 423-run defeat to New Zealand was England’s third-heaviest loss in Test cricket history. But somehow, only their second-heaviest loss of the year after a 434-run reverse against India in February.
In the Manchester Test of 1956, England spin bowler Jim Laker took 19 wickets for 90 runs (19–90) which set not only the Test record for best match figures but also the first-class one. [13] In taking 10–53 in the second innings he became the first bowler to capture ten wickets in a Test match innings, and his analysis remains the best ...