Tuesday 30 December 2014

Years beginning and ending with cricket



Another year of cricket has come and are about to leave us. The cricket world will take a welcome break after the Boxing Day tests played across continents to join their kith and kin to celebrate the New Year’s Eve. However, previously the New Year’s Eve used to fell in between playing days of a test. Let us now see the cricket matches beginning on the first and final days of a year.


Test matches beginning on Last Day of a Year

Teams
Venue
Year
Result
Aus-Eng
MCG
1881
Drawn by agreement
Aus-Eng
MCG
1920
Aus won by an inngs & 91 runs
SA-Eng
Cape Town
1927
Eng won by 87 runs
Aus-SA
MCG
1931
Aus won by 169 runs
SA-Eng
Cape Town
1938
Draw
Ind-WI
Calcutta
1948
Draw
Aus-SA
Cape Town
1949
Aus won by 8 wkts
Aus-WI
MCG
1951
Aus won by 1 wkt
Aus-Eng
MCG
1954
Eng won by 128 runs
Aus-SA
Cape Town
1957
Aus won by inngs & 141 runs
Aus-Eng
MCG
1958
Aus won by 8 wkts
Ind-WI
Calcutta
1958
WI won by inngs & 336 runs
Ind-WI
Calcutta
1966
WI won by inngs & 45 runs
Aus-SA
Cape Town
1966
Aus won by 6 wkts
Aus-Eng
MCG
1970
Match Abandoned
Ind-Eng
Calcutta
1984
Draw
SL-Pak
Abu Dhabi
2013
Draw

# In the Aus-SA test in 1957, LF Kline finished the South African 2nd innings with a Test Hat-trick (Fuller, Tayfield, Adcock). This was the 13th hat-trick in Test cricket (6th for Aus).

# In the above test, TL Goddard carried his bat through the South African 2nd innings. This was the 15th occasion in test cricket (3rd for SA).

# No play was possible on Jan 1, 1967 in the Ind-WI test at Calcutta as a horrible riot broke out.

# In the Aus-Eng test at MCG in 1970, rain prevented play starting as the players were entering the field. A conference between the Australian Board, the MCC Manager, and two MCC Officials lead to the match being abandoned and replaced by a limited overs match which was later recognised as the first ever ODI.

Aus taking on End at MCG, 01 Jan 1912

Test matches with a day’s play falling on Last Day of a Year

Teams
Venue
Start Date
Day
Result
Aus-Eng
MCG
29-Dec-1894
Day 2
Eng won by 94 runs
Aus-Eng
MCG
29-Dec-28
Day 2
Eng won by an 3 wkts
Aus-Eng
MCG
30-Dec-32
Day 2
Aus won by 111 runs
Ind-Eng
Calcutta
30-Dec-51
Day 2
Draw
Ind-NZ
Calcutta
28-Dec-55
Day 3
Draw
Aus-WI
MCG
30-Dec-60
Day 2
Aus won by 7 wkts
Ind-Pak
Calcutta
30-Dec-60
Day 2
Draw
Ind-Eng
Calcutta
30-Dec-61
Day 2
Ind won by 187 runs
Aus-Eng
MCG
29-Dec-62
Day 2
Eng won by 7 wkts
Aus-Eng
MCG
30-Dec-65
Day 2
Draw
Ind-Eng
Calcutta
30-Dec-72
Day 2
Ind won by 28 runs
Aus-Eng
MCG
26-Dec-74
Day 5
Draw
Ind-WI
Calcutta
27-Dec-74
Day 4
Ind won by 85 runs
Aus-Ind
MCG
30-Dec-77
Day 2
Ind won by 222 runs
Ind-WI
Calcutta
29-Dec-78
Day 3
Draw
Aus-WI
MCG
29-Dec-79
Day 3
WI won by 10 wkts
Pak-WI
Multan
30-Dec-80
Day 2
Draw
Aus-WI
SCG
30-Dec-84
Day 2
Aus won by inngs & 55 runs
Ind-SL
Nagpur
27-Dec-86
Day 4
Ind won by inngs & 106 runs
SL-Zimb
Colombo(SSC)
27-Dec-01
Day 5
SL won by inngs & 166 runs

#In the Aus-Eng test of 1894, Giffen was the first captain to give his opponents first innings on winning the toss.

# Coningham took Mclaren's wicket with his first ball in his only Test to claim the first instances of a wicket falling to the first ball of a Test match.

# In England's second innings all eleven batsmen reached double figures for the first time in a Test match innings.


ODIs beginning on Last Day of a Year

Team 1
Team 2
Year
Venue
Result
Pak
Ind
1982
Lahore
Ind won by 18 runs
SL
Pak
1989
WACA
SL won by 3 wkts
SL
Bang
1990
Calcutta
SL won by 71 runs
NZ
SL
2005
Queenstown
NZ won by 7 wkts
NZ
SL
2006
Queenstown
NZ won by 1 wkt
NZ
Bang
2007
Queenstown
NZ won by 10 wkts
NZ
WI
2008
Queenstown
No result

# NZ chased down the target of 94 in just 6 overs against Banglasdesh.


Test matches beginning on First Day of a Year

Teams
Venue
Year
Result
Aus-Eng
MCG
1885
Eng won by 10 wkts
Aus-Eng
MCG
1892
Aus won by 54 runs
Aus-Eng
MCG
1898
Aus won by an inngs & 55 runs
Aus-Eng
MCG
1902
Aus won by an 229 runs
Aus-Eng
MCG
1904
Eng won by an 185 runs
Aus-Eng
MCG
1908
Eng won by an 1 wkt
SA-Eng
Johannesburg
1910
SA won by an 19 runs
Aus-SA
MCG
1911
Aus won by an 89 runs
SA-Eng
Johannesburg
1914
Eng won by an 91 runs
SA-Eng
Cape Town
1923
Eng won by 1 wkt
Aus-Eng
MCG
1925
Aus won by an 81 runs
Aus-WI
SCG
1931
Aus won by an inngs & 172 runs
SA-Eng
Cape Town
1931
Draw
Aus-SA
Cape Town
1936
Aus won by an inngs & 78 runs
Aus-Eng
MCG
1937
Aus won by an 365 runs
Aus-Eng
MCG
1947
Draw
Aus-Ind
MCG
1948
Aus won by 233 runs
SA-Eng
Cape Town
1949
Draw
SA-NZ
Cape Town
1954
Draw
Pak-Ind
Dhaka
1955
Draw
SA-Eng
Cape Town
1957
Eng won by 312 runs
Ind-Aus
Mumbai (BS)
1960
Draw
SA-NZ
Cape Town
1962
NZ won by 72 runs
Aus-SA
MCG
1964
Aus won by 8 wkts
SA-Eng
Cape Town
1965
Draw
Aus-Pak
MCG
1977
Aus won by 348 runs
Ind-Eng
Calcutta
1977
Eng won by 10 wkts
Ind-Eng
Calcutta
1982
Draw
Aus-Eng
SCG
1995
Draw

#Aus- Eng, MCG, 1898: Ernest Jones was the first bowler to be no-balled for throwing in a Test match - umpire Jim Phillips called him once.

# Aus- Eng, MCG,1902: Clem Hill became the first player to be dimissed on 99

# Aus- Eng, MCG,1908: Jack Hobbs made his debut in this test

# Aus- Eng, MCG,1925: Most runs scored on a New Year's day - 300

# Jan 1, 1931: First occasion of 2 test matches on a New Year's day; SA- Eng test was the first occasion of a played-out draw; 1st occasion of 3 centuries on Jan 1st        

# Aus-SA, Cape Town, 1936: No play on Jan 1, 1936 because of rain

# Aus-Eng, MCG, 1947: The official attendance aggregate was 343,675 and the receipts of £44,063 made a world record for a cricket match.

George Mann & Dudley Nurse, SA vs Eng, 01 Jan 1949, Cape Town


Test matches with a day’s play falling on First Day of a Year

Teams
Venue
Start Date
Day
Result
Aus-Eng
MCG
30-Dec-1882
Day 2
Aus won by 9 wkts
Aus-Eng
MCG
29-Dec-1894
Day 3
Eng won by 94 runs
Aus-Eng
MCG
30-Dec-11
Day 2
Eng won by an 8 wkts
Aus-Eng
MCG
31-Dec-20
Day 2
Aus won by an inngs & 91 runs
Aus-Eng
MCG
29-Dec-28
Day 3
Eng won by an 3 wkts
Aus-SA
MCG
31-Dec-31
Day 2
Aus won by 169 runs
Ind-WI
Calcutta
31-Dec-48
Day 2
Draw
Ind-Eng
Calcutta
30-Dec-51
Day 3
Draw
Aus-WI
MCG
31-Dec-51
Day 2
Aus won by 1 wkt
Aus-Eng
MCG
31-Dec-54
Day 2
Eng won by 128 runs
Ind-NZ
Calcutta
28-Dec-55
Day 4
Draw
Aus-SA
Cape Town
31-Dec-57
Day 2
Aus won by inngs & 141 runs
Aus-Eng
MCG
31-Dec-58
Day 2
Aus won by 8 wkts
Ind-WI
Calcutta
31-Dec-58
Day 2
WI won by inngs & 336 runs
Ind-Pak
Calcutta
30-Dec-60
Day 3
Draw
Ind-Eng
Calcutta
30-Dec-61
Day 3
Ind won by 187 runs
Aus-Eng
MCG
29-Dec-62
Day 3
Eng won by 7 wkts
Aus-Eng
MCG
30-Dec-65
Day 3
Draw
Aus-Ind
MCG
30-Dec-67
Day 2
Aus won by inngs & 4 runs
Ind-Eng
Calcutta
30-Dec-72
Day 3
Ind won by 28 runs
Aus-NZ
MCG
29-Dec-73
Day 3
Aus won by inngs & 25 runs
Aus-Eng
MCG
29-Dec-78
Day 3
Aus won by 103 runs
Aus-WI
MCG
29-Dec-79
Day 4
WI won by 10 wkts
Aus-WI
SCG
30-Dec-84
Day 3
Aus won by inngs & 55 runs
Ind-Eng
Calcutta
31-Dec-84
Day 2
Draw
SL-Pak
Abu Dhabi
31-Dec-13
Day 2
Draw




ODIs beginning on First Day of a Year

Team 1
Team 2
Year
Venue
Result
Aus
Eng
1975
MCG
Eng won by 3 wkts
Aus
Eng
1987
WACA
Eng won by 37 runs
WI
Pak
1989
WACA
WI won by 7 wkts
Aus
Eng
1991
SCG
Aus won by 68 runs
Aus
WI
1996
SCG
Aus won by 1 wkt
Aus
Pak
1997
SCG
Pak won by 4 wkts
Zimb
Eng
1997
Harare
Zimb won by 7 runs
NZ
Ind
2003
Christchurch
NZ won by 5 wkts
NZ
WI
2014
Queenstown
NZ won by 159 runs

# The NZ-WI ODI was a 21 overs a side match.


Centuries with innings starting on Dec 31

Player
Team
Vs
Year
Runs Scored on 31 Dec
Reached 100 on
Final Score
Venue
Andrew Stoddart
Eng
Aus
1894
151
31-Dec-1894
173
MCG
Nip Pellew
Aus
Eng
1920
33
01-Jan-21
116
MCG
Wally Hammond
Eng
Aus
1928
12
01-Jan-29
200
MCG
Wally Hammond
Eng
SA
1938
54
02-Jan-39
181
Cape Town
Everton Weekes
WI
Ind
1949
162
31-Dec-49
162
Calcutta
Neil Harvey
Aus
SA
1949
55
02-Jan-50
178
Cape Town
Frank Worrell
WI
Aus
1951
108
31-Dec-51
108
MCG
Colin Cowdrey
Eng
Aus
1954
102
31-Dec-54
102
MCG
Pankay Roy
Ind
NZ
1955
23
01-Jan-56
100
Calcutta
Jim Burke
Aus
SA
1957
114
31-Dec-57
189
Cape Town
Peter May
Eng
Aus
1958
89
01-Jan-59
113
MCG
Rohan Kanhai
WI
Ind
1958
203
31-Dec-58
256
Calcutta
Basil Butcher
WI
Ind
1958
87
01-Jan-59
103
Calcutta
Colin Cowdrey
Eng
Aus
1962
94
01-Jan-63
113
MCG
John Edrich
Eng
Aus
1965
48
01-Jan-66
109
MCG
Bob Simpson
Aus
SA
1966
139
02-Jan-67
153
Cape Town
Sunil Gavaskar
Ind
Aus
1977
25
02-Jan-78
118
MCG
Sunil Gavaskar
Ind
WI
1978
34
02-Jan-79
182
Calcutta
D Vengsarkar
Ind
WI
1978
27
02-Jan-79
157
Calcutta



Centuries with innings ending on Dec 31

Player
Team
Vs
Year
Runs Scored on 31 Dec
Innings Started On
Final Score
Venue
Jack Ryder
Aus
Eng
1928
1
29-Dec-28
112
MCG
John Reid
NZ
Ind
1955
0
30-Dec-55
120
Calcutta
Viv Richards
WI
Pak
1980
35
30-Dec-80
120*
Multan
Kepler Wessels
Aus
WI
1984
53
30-Dec-84
173
SCG
D Vengsarkar
Ind
SL
1986
38
30-Dec-86
153
Nagpur



Centuries with innings starting on Jan 1

Player
Team
Vs
Year
Runs Scored on Jan 1
Final Score
Venue
Jonnny Briggs
Eng
Aus
1885
65
121
MCG
Charlie McLeod
Aus
Eng
1898
112
112
MCG
Jack Gregory
Aus
Eng
1921
100
100
MCG
Jack Hobbs
Eng
Aus
1921
53
122
MCG
Bill Ponsford
Aus
Eng
1925
128
128
MCG
Vic Richardson
Aus
Eng
1925
39
138
MCG
Bill Ponsford
Aus
WI
1931
174
183
SCG
Bruce Mitchell
SA
Eng
1931
119
123
Cape Town
Jack Siedle
SA
Eng
1931
141
141
Cape Town
Ken Viljoen
SA
Aus
1932
65
111
MCG
Colin McCool
Aus
Eng
1947
28
104
MCG
Don Bradman
Aus
Ind
1948
132
132
MCG
Dattu Phadkar
Ind
Eng
1952
72
115
Calcutta
G Ramchand
Ind
NZ
1956
10
106*
Calcutta
Colin Cowdrey
Eng
SA
1957
43
101
Cape Town
Neil Harvey
Aus
Eng
1959
60
167
MCG
Gary Sobers
WI
Ind
1959
106
106*
Calcutta
Nari Contractor
Ind
Aus
1960
86
108
Bombay(BS)
Zin Harris
NZ
SA
1962
91
101
Cape Town
Brian Booth
Aus
Eng
1963
19
103
MCG
Eddie Barlow
SA
Aus
1964
109
109
MCG
Bill Lawry
Aus
SA
1963
4
157
MCG
Eddie Barlow
SA
Eng
1964
138
138
Cape Town
Tony Pithey
SA
Eng
1964
59
154
Cape Town
Colin Cowdrey
Eng
Aus
1966
104
104
MCG
Bob Simpson
Aus
Ind
1968
109
109
MCG
Bill Lawry
Aus
Ind
1968
100
100
MCG
Ian Chappell
Aus
Ind
1968
45
151
MCG
Majid Khan
Pak
Aus
1973
92
158
MCG
Paul Sheahan
Aus
Pak
1973
27
127
MCG
John Beneaud
Aus
Pak
1973
11
142
MCG
Greg Chappell
Aus
Pak
1977
80
121
MCG
Gary Cosier
Aus
Pak
1977
50
168
MCG



Centuries with innings ending on Jan 1

Player
Team
Vs
Innings started on
Runs Scored on Jan 1
Final Score
Venue
Young Jack' Hearne
Eng
Aus
30-Dec-11
102
114
MCG
Sadiq Mohammed
Pak
Aus
30-Dec-72
12
137
MCG


Highest scores in an ODI on the first and last day of a year

Player
Score
Team
Vs
Venue
Date
C Anderson
131*
NZ
WI
Queenstown
01-Jan-14
Javed Miandad
119*
Pak
Ind
Lahore
31-Dec-82
Zaheer Abbas
105
Pak
Ind
Lahore
31-Dec-82
J Ryder
104
NZ
WI
Queenstown
01-Jan-14
Dean Jones
104
Aus
Eng
Perth
01-Jan-87
C Hooper
93*
WI
Aus
SCG
01-Jan-96
K Sangakkara
89
SL
NZ
Queenstown
31-Dec-06
B McCullum
80
NZ
Bang
Queenstown
31-Dec-07
M Bevan
78
Aus
WI
SCG
01-Jan-96
Chris Broad
76
Eng
Aus
Perth
01-Jan-87
S O'Donnell
71
Aus
Eng
SCG
01-Jan-91

# Corey Anderson hit the fastest ODI century off 36 balls.
# Jesse Ryderhit the 6th fastest  ODI century off 46 balls.


Corey Anderson walks back after a special effort, 01 Jan 2014, Queenstown 


Highest team scores in an ODI on the first and last day of a year

Score
Team
Vs
Venue
Date
283
NZ
WI
Queenstown
01-Jan-14
272
Eng
Aus
Perth
01-Jan-87
252
Pak
Ind
Lahore
31-Dec-82
249
SL
Bang
Calcutta
31-Dec-90
235
Aus
Eng
Perth
01-Jan-87
228
NZ
SL
Queenstown
31-Dec-06
224
SL
NZ
Queenstown
31-Dec-06
223
SL
Pak
Perth
31-Dec-89
222
Pak
SL
Perth
31-Dec-89
221
Aus
Eng
SCG
01-Jan-91
203
Pak
Aus
SCG
01-Jan-97
200
Zimb
Eng
Harare
01-Jan-97




5-wkt hauls with innings starting on Dec 31

Player
Team
Vs
Type
Venue
Year
Wkts on Dec 31
Innings ended on
Final Figures
George Giffen
Aus
Eng
RHM
MCG
1894
6
01-Jan-1895
6/155
GF Bissett
SA
Eng
RHF
Cape Town
1927
5
31-Dec-27
5/37
Donald Blackie
Aus
Eng
OS
MCG
1928
6
01-Jan-29
6/94
Sandy Bell
SA
Aus
RHFM
MCG
1931
5
31-Dec-27
5/69
Bill O'Reily
Aus
Eng
LBG
MCG
1932
4
02-Jan-33
5/63
Norman Gordan
SA
Eng
RHF
Cape Town
1938
1
02-Jan-39
5/157
Keith Miller
Aus
WI
RHF
MCG
1951
5
31-Dec-51
5/60
Hugh Tayfield
SA
Aus
OS
Cape Town
1957
5
01-Jan-58
5/120
Alan Davidson
Aus
Eng
LHFM
MCG
1958
3
01-Jan-59
6/64
Salim Durrani
Ind
Eng
SLA
Calcutta
1961
5
01-Jan-62
5/47
Alan Davidson
Aus
Eng
LHFM
MCG
1962
2
01-Jan-63
6/75
Graham McKenzie
Aus
Eng
RHF
MCG
1965
2
03-Jan-66
5/134
BS Chandrasekhar
Ind
Eng
LBG
Calcutta
1972
2
01-Jan-73
5/65
BS Chandrasekhar
Ind
Aus
LBG
MCG
1977
6
03-Dec-77
6/52
Bob Holland
Aus
WI
LBG
SCG
1984
6
31-Dec-84
6/54
Maninder Singh
Ind
SL
SLA
Nagpur
1986
7
31-Dec-86
7/51
Junaid Khan
Pak
SL
LHFM
Abu Dhabi
2013
5
31-Dec-13
5/58



5-wkt hauls with innings ending on Dec 31

Player
Team
Vs
Type
Venue
Year
Innings started on
Wkts taken on Dec 31
Final Figures
Subhash Gupte
Ind
NZ
LBG
Calcutta
1955
28-Dec-55
4
6/90
Alan Davidson
Aus
WI
LHFM
MCG
1960
30-Dec-60
1
6/53
David Allen
Eng
Ind
OS
Calcutta
1961
30-Dec-61
2
5/67
Graham McKenzie
Aus
Ind
RHF
MCG
1967
30-Dec-67
1
6/66
Imran Khan
Pak
WI
RHF
Multan
1980
30-Dec-80
1
5/62


5-wkt hauls with innings starting on Jan 1

Player
Team
Vs
Type
Venue
Year
Wkts taken on Jan 1
Final Figures
Joey Palmer
Aus
Eng
OS
MCG
1883
7
7/65
John Sharpe
Eng
Aus
RHFM
MCG
1892
5
6/84
Sydney Barnes
Aus
Eng
RHFM
MCG
1902
2
6/42
Jack Crawford
Eng
Aus
RHM/OS
MCG
1908
4
5/79
GS Hayward
Eng
SA
OS(u)
Johannesburg
1910
6
6/43
Bert Vaugler
SA
Eng
RHFM
Johannesburg
1910
0
5/87
Aurbey Faulkner
SA
Eng
LBG
Johannesburg
1910
0
5/120
Young Jack Hearne
SA
Eng
LBG
Johannesburg
1914
0
5/49
Jack Gregory
Aus
Eng
RHF
MCG
1921
1
7/69
J Blackenberg
SA
Eng
RHM
Cape Town
1923
1
5/61
Athol Rowan
SA
Eng
OS
Cape Town
1949
4
5/80
John Trim
WI
Aus
RHFM
MCG
1952
5
5/34
Brian Statham
Eng
Aus
RHFM
MCG
1955
4
5/60
Ghulam Ahmed
Ind
Pak
OS
Dhaka
1955
4
5/109
Hugh Tayfield
SA
Eng
OS
Cape Town
1957
3
5/130
Brian Statham
Eng
Aus
RHFM
MCG
1959
1
7/57
Fazal Mahmood
Pak
Ind
RHFM
Calcutta
1961
0
5/26
Sydney Burke
SA
NZ
RHMF
Cape Town
1962
2
6/128
Fred Trueman
Eng
Aus
RHF
MCG
1963
2
5/62
Tony Greig
Eng
Ind
RHM/OS
Calcutta
1973
1
5/24
Bob Willis
Eng
Ind
RHF
Calcutta
1977
3
5/27
Kapil Dev
Ind
Eng
RHFM
Calcutta
1982
3
6/91
C McDermortt
Aus
Eng
RHF
SCG
1995
4
5/101


5-wkt hauls with innings ending on Jan 1

Player
Team
Vs
Type
Venue
Year
Wkts taken on Jan 1
Final Figures
Innings started on
Graham McKenzie
Aus
Ind
RHF
MCG
1963
1
6/66
30-Dec-62
Rodney Hogg
Aus
Eng
RHF
MCG
1978
1
5/30
30-Dec-78


RHFM
Right Hand Fast Medium
RHM
Right Hand Medium
OS
Off Spin
OS (u)
Off Spin - Underarm
LBG
Leg Break Googly
RHF
Right Hand Fast
RHMF
Right Hand Medium Fast
LS
Leg Spin
LHFM
Left Hand Fast Medium
LHF
Left Hand Fast
SLA
Slow Left Arm


NZ vs SL ODI on 31 Dec 2005 at the picturesque Queens town


Best bowling figures in an ODI on the first and last day of a year

Player
Figures
Team
Vs
Venue
Date
D Vettori
5/7
NZ
Bang
Queenstown
31-Dec-07
I Bishop
5/27
WI
Pak
Perth
01-Jan-89
P Reiffel
4/29
Aus
WI
SCG
01-Jan-96
S Warne
4/37
Aus
Pak
SCG
01-Jan-97
Chris Old
4/57
Eng
Aus
MCG
01-Jan-75
C Ambrose
3/20
WI
Aus
SCG
01-Jan-96
S Mushtaq
3/23
Pak
Aus
SCG
01-Jan-97
A Border
3/24
Aus
Eng
SCG
01-Jan-91
A Agarkar
3/26
Ind
NZ
Christchurch
01-Jan-03
P Taylor
3/27
Aus
Eng
SCG
01-Jan-91
A Fraser
3/28
Eng
Aus
SCG
01-Jan-91
S Bond
3/29
NZ
SL
Queenstown
31-Dec-05
S Warne
3/30
Aus
WI
SCG
01-Jan-96
P Hitchcook
3/30
NZ
Ind
Christchurch
01-Jan-03
K Mills
3/31
NZ
SL
Queenstown
31-Dec-05
J Oram
3/31
NZ
SL
Queenstown
31-Dec-05
M Muralitharan
3/31
SL
NZ
Queenstown
31-Dec-06
P Tufnell
3/40
Eng
Aus
SCG
01-Jan-91
P DeFreitas
3/42
Eng
Aus
Perth
01-Jan-87



# No T20I has been played on the first or last day of an year yet.