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Today @acscricket launches First-Class to Harrogate, a celebration of first-class cricket in Harrogate, where Yorkshire played 1882-1996. Stephen Blades superbly details many of the matches across a 114-year span of social and economic change.
On sale at shop.acscricket.com
ALT First-Class to Harrogate: A Celebration of First-Class Cricket in Harrogate, by Stephen Blades. Cover photo, in black and white, shows a large crowd seated along the boundary, with a pavilion in the background.
#onthisday 1984, Sialkot, Pak v Ind, 2nd ODI of the series
Ind 210/3 in 40 alloted overs, Dilip Vengsarkar hits 94*
Across the border Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is assassinated
The match is abandoned & the rest of the tour called off
#cricketcounts
Karachi 1976 v NZ
Javed Miandad, aged 19y 140d, makes 206.
A teenager in only his 3rd Test, with a hundred already on debut
50 years on it still stands as the record - the youngest Test double centurion. The only one under 20.
#onthisday #cricketcounts
#onthisday 1987, Nagpur, World Cup
Chetan Sharma bowls Rutherford, Ian Smith & Chatfield off successive balls: the first hat-trick in WC history, & India's first in ODIs
Gavaskar then made 103*, his only ODI 100
India won by 9 wkts
#cricketcounts
153 for the Hindus v MCC, 1926, in 100 mins with 11 sixes: the innings that helped win India Test status
India's first Test captain, Lord's 1932
350 runs in 7 Tests
First Indian Wisden Cricketer of the Year; f-c cricket into his 60s
CK Nayudu born #onthisday 1895 #cricketcounts
All the talk is whether Australia can chase down a big 4th innings target of 288 against South Africa on Saturday 31st October. Click on the following link from @ACScricket website to see the history of the great chases: stats.acscricket.com/Records…
#cricketcounts #SAvAUS
Australia’s Pat Cummins, when he dismissed Matthew Breetzke in South Africa’s 2nd innings in the 3rd Test match, had waited 372 Test match balls without a wicket, unprecedented in his career. #cricketcounts
What are Aus and SA's chances tomorrow? There have been 48 previous chases of targets of 280-300 which ended in a decisive result; 17 of the chasing teams won and 31 lost, which on past evidence alone suggests around 65-35 in SA's favour. Results from post-2000 only make it 63-37
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Looking for a next read or Christmas present? Amazon currently has a special offer running on my @PitchPublishing biography of the great @Middlesex_CCC and England cricketer and @BrentfordFC footballer. Offer open until 22 November. Get your copy here:
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Great to talk to @Jonathan77777 about my @PitchPublishing biography of Patsy Hendren, a star for both @Middlesex_CCC and @BrentfordFC. Find out how Hendren managed to play over 830 first-class cricket matches and over 400 games for Brentford here:
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@CricketSociety is absolutely delighted that @dgriffinpix will be joining us for our latest online interview of the autumn/winter season. Mon 2nd Nov at 7.30pm. Go to cricketsociety.org.uk to book tickets. We will be talking Derbyshire, Heritage, Photography & the future.
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Some points of interest from the new @ACScricket book by Stephen Blades ‘First Class to Harrogate’: the highest innings in the 98 first class matches played at Harrogate was by Percy Holmes with 277* v Northants in 2021. The best bowling analysis was by Mark Robinson 9-37 also against Northants in 1993. #cricketcounts
Some points of interest from the new @ACScricket book by Stephen Blades ‘First Class to Harrogate’: the highest innings in the 98 first class matches played at Harrogate was by Percy Holmes with 277* v Northants in 2021. The best bowling analysis was by Mark Robinson 9-37 also against Northants in 1993. #cricketcounts
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We have uploaded the 1984 scorebook for Oakham Cricket Club @OakhamCricket - see crickethistory.website/club/… for the memories
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Lord's: Denis' chances of 1000 runs in May werent enhanced by a pair of 5s v Hamps but he did take 4/55 & 1/19 captain & club secretary Desmond Eagar⬇️ made 81, his only fifty in 19 games at HQ & there was a Mx debut for Reg Deller 1/35 & 0/10. H 237 & 159 M 176/7d & 177
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#onthisday 1976, Karachi, day one v NZ
Majid Khan 108 before lunch
Only the 4th to hit a Test 100 in the first session, after Trumper, Macartney & Bradman, & the first non-Australian
Out soon after the break; match drawn
#cricketcounts
#onthisday 2016, Dhaka
Eng 100/0 at tea chasing 273
After tea: all out 164, 10 wkts for 64 in a session
Mehidy Hasan, aged 19, took 6/82 & 6/77
Bangladesh’s first Test win v Eng, by 108 runs
#cricketcounts
WA batter, 8 Tests, 207 runs
Yet a World Cup winner’s day out: 45 off 31 balls in the 1987 final at Eden Gardens, as Aus beat Eng by 7 runs
262 in the 1986-87 Shield final, too
Mike Veletta born #onthisday 1963 #cricketcounts
#onthisday 1994, Kanpur
Ind v WI
Manoj Prabhakar 102* off 154 balls; Nayan Mongia 4* off 21
Got together when 63 were required off 54, beaten by 46 runs with 5 wkts still in hand
No visible attempt was made to win; both were disciplined
#cricketcounts
#onthisday 1976, Karachi, day one v NZ
Majid Khan 108 before lunch
Only the 4th to hit a Test 100 in the first session, after Trumper, Macartney & Bradman, & the first non-Australian
Out soon after the break; match drawn
#cricketcounts
First to 500 Test wkts: 519 @ 24.44 in 132 Tests; 227 in ODIs
With Ambrose, the most feared new-ball pair of 1990s
Led WI in 22 Tests
43 Test ducks borne with a grin, brought the Barbados Test home with 'a little help from Lara'
Courtney Walsh born #onthisday 1962 #cricketcounts
