Cricket History Timeline 1991 - 2000 |
| Year | Important events in Cricket | Cricket Series | Important tournaments | Indian captains | Indian records in internationals | World records | Indian domestic records | Indian domestic tournament winners | Player news | player deaths births |
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| 1991 | The most famous 'Hit wicket', that of Ian Botham
after failing an attempt to hook Curtly Ambrose and falling on his own
stumps. |
Mohammad Azharuddin | Ranji Trophy : Delhi Irani Trophy : Haryana Duleep Trophy : North Zone |
Test debut of Sri Lankan all-rounder Sanath Jayasuriya
vs New Zealand Dravid makes his first class debut, scores 82 |
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| 1992 | Zimbabwe’s first Test match. | Pakistan beat England in Benson and Hedges World Cup Final | Mohammad Azharuddin | India's First Test against Zimbabwe (Oct 18) India's First Test against South Africa (Nov 13) Slowest Test century : Sanjay Manjrekar in 500 minutes (India v Zimbabwe) |
Ranji Trophy : Punjab Irani Trophy : Rest of India Duleep Trophy : North Zone |
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| 1993 | Australian Leg-spinner Shane Warne bowls the
"Gatting ball" during a the ashes series a delivery spun furiously
to bowl Mike Gatting. Crickets Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball v Aust, Old Trafford |
India defeat West Indies in Bengal Jubilee Cricket Final | Mohammad Azharuddin | Most Wickets in an ODI by an Indian
: 6/12 by Anil Kumble (Nov 27) Highest Maiden Century in Test match : 224 notout by Vinod Kambli (India v England ) |
Lowest Test Win Margins by Runs : 1 runs [West Indies (252 & 146) beat Australia (213 & 184)] | Ranji Trophy : Mumbai Irani Trophy : Rest of India Duleep Trophy : North Zone |
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| 1994 | Mohammad Azharuddin | Most Sixes in a Test innings : 8 sixes by Navjot Sidhu (India v Sri Lanka) | Brian Lara becomes the only player to pass 500
in a firstclass innings (501 not out)
8th wicket ODI partnership : 119 runs by SK Warne & PR Reiffel (Australia vs South Africa) |
Highest First Class Team Score : 944-6d by Hyderabad (Hyderabad v Andhra) | Ranji Trophy : Mumbai Irani Trophy : Bombay Duleep Trophy : North Zone |
Brian Lara of Warwickshire becomes the only player to
pass 500 in a firstclass innings: 501 not out v Durham. |
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| 1995 | Umpire Darrell Hair no balls Sri Lankan spinner
Muttiah Muralitharan seven times for throwing in the second Test against
Australia. |
India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia
Cricket Cup final in Sharjah |
Mohammad Azharuddin | Sanath Jaysuriya of Sri Lanka holds the record for the fastest fifty in 17 balls against Pakistan | Ranji Trophy : Karnataka Irani Trophy : Bombay Duleep Trophy : South Zone |
Warne's First Hat Trick. Versus England, MCG (December 29, 1995) | ||||
| 1996 | The World Cup semifinal between Sri Lanka and India at Calcutta was abandoned and awarded to Sri Lanka due to crowd disputions with India on the verge of a defeat.
Srilanka beat Australia and won the Wills World Cup |
Mohammad Azharuddin Sachin Tendulkar |
Fastest Century in ODI : Shahid Afridi in 37 balls
(Pakistan) vs Sri Lanka at Nairobi Highest Score at batting position no 8 in Test match : 257 not out by Wasim Akram (Pakistan v Zimbabwe) Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq gets cricket Test record 313 for 8th wkt Most Sixes in a Test innings : 12 sixes by Wasim Akram (Pakistan v Zimbabwe) Hasan Raza makes Test Cricket debut for Pakistan age 14 yrs 238 days |
Ranji Trophy : Mumbai Irani Trophy : Karnataka Duleep Trophy : Central Zone |
Rahul Dravid makes ODI Debut against Sri Lanka, Test Debut Against England | |||||
| 1997 | Sachin Tendulkar Mohammad Azharuddin |
8th wicket test partnership : 161 runs by M Azharuddin & A Kumble vs South Africa
Fastest Test Century in Balls : Mohammad Azharuddin by 74 balls (India v South Africa) |
Highest Individual Score in ODIs : 194 by Saeed Anwar (Pakistan) (May 21) Highest Test Score : Sri Lanka 952-6 vs India 2nd wicket test partnership : 576 runs by RS Mahanama & ST Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka vs India) 8th wicket test partnership : 313 runs by Saqlain Mushtaq & Wasim Akram (Pakistan vs Zimbabwe) 5th wicket ODI partnership : 223 runs by A Jadeja & M Azharuddin (India vs Sri Lanka) |
Ranji Trophy : Karnataka Irani Trophy : Bombay Duleep Trophy : Central Zone / West Zone (Joint) |
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| 1998 | Mohammad Azharuddin | 9th wicket test partnership : 195 runs by PL Symcox & MV Boucher (South Africa vs Pakistan)
10th wicket test partnership : 151 runs by Mushtaq Ahmed & Azhar Mahmood (Pakistan vs South Africa) 4th wicket ODI partnership : 275* runs by A Jadeja & M Azharuddin (India vs Zimbabwe) |
Ranji Trophy : Karnataka Irani Trophy : Karnataka Duleep Trophy : Central Zone |
Pat Symcox scores a century for South Africa batting at number 10. | Raman Lamba died after being hit on the head while fielding at forward short leg during a club match in Bangladesh (Feb 22) | |||||
| 1999 | Bangadesh registered their first win over a Test Playing Nation, defeating Pakistan by 64 runs. | Australia beat Pakistan and won the ICC World Cup | Mohammad Azharuddin Sachin Tendulkar |
India's Highest ODI Score 376/2
vs New Zealand (Nov 8), 331-run partnership by Dravid-Sachin Highest Individual Score in ODI : 186 not out by Sachin Tendulkar (Nov 8) Highest Wickets in One Inning : Anil Kumble 10-74 vs Pakistan |
3th wicket ODI partnership : 237* runs by Sachin Tendulkar & Rahul Dravid (India vs Kenya) | Ranji Trophy : Mumbai Irani Trophy : Rest of India Duleep Trophy : North Zone |
West Indian batting legend Viv Richards knighted in his native Antigua (5 Jan 1999)
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| 2000 | Bangladesh becomes the 10th Test Nation The Wisden Cricketers of the Century (most prominent players of the 20th century selected by a 100-member panel of cricket experts appointed by Wisden): Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Jack Hobbs, Shane Warne, Sir Viv Richards |
Sachin Tendulkar Sourav Ganguly |
India's First Test against Bangladesh (Nov 10) India's Lowest ODI Score 54 allout vs Sri Lanka (Oct 29) |
Best Bowling in ODI : Sri Lanka's Muthiah Muralitharan
claimed 7/30 against India (October 27)
2nd wicket ODI partnership : 331 runs by Sachin Tendulkar & Rahul Dravid (India vs New Zealand) |
Ranji Trophy : Baroda Irani Trophy : Rest of India Duleep Trophy : North Zone |
South Africa’s captain Hansie Cronje banned from
cricket for life after admitting receiving bribes from bookmakers in match-fixing
scandal |
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| Year | Important events in Cricket | Cricket Series | Important tournaments | Indian captains | Indian records in internationals | World records | Indian domestic records | Indian domestic tournament winners | Player news | player deaths births |
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