Cricket

Historical eventFebruary 51923

Cricket

Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford made 429 runs to break the world record for the highest first-class score.

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In context

When
Monday, February 5 1923103 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
20th century · 1920s
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At a glance

Dates: From 1923.

What happened

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a 22-yard pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. Two players from the batting team, the striker and nonstriker, stand in front of either wicket holding bats, while one player from the fielding team, the bowler, bowls the ball toward the striker's wicket from the opposite end of the pitch.

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When did Cricket happen?

February 5 1923 — 103 years ago, on a Monday.

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