Cricket History Timeline 1951 - 1960 |
| 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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| 1951 | Vijay Hazare | Ranji Trophy : Mumbai | Birth of Richard Hadlee (New Zealand) | |||||||
| 1952 | India recorded their first Test victory against England at Madras Pakistan’s first Test match. Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win vs India (Oct 26) |
Lala Amarnath | India become the only Test team to be dismissed twice in one day. They are bowled out by England for 58 and 82 Oldest player to score test century : 154 by VM Merchant (40 years 21 days) from India vs England match |
India's frist test against Pakistan (Oct 16) | Ranji Trophy : Holkar | Death of Nawab of Pataudi [senior] Birth of Vivian Richards (West Indies) |
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| 1953 | England regain the Ashes after a 19-year gap, the longest
ever. |
Vijay Hazare | Ranji Trophy : Mumbai | 
Duke of Edinburgh Playing Cricket at Arundel Castle, August 1953 Photographic Print Mirrorpix Buy at AllPosters.com |
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| 1954 | Vinoo Mankad | Most balls bowled in a Test match : 690 balls by MH Mankad (India vs Pakistan) | Lowest Score by a Team in a Test Match : New Zealand, who scored 26 against England | Ranji Trophy : Madras | ||||||
| 1955 | Turf is introduced to the Port of Spain wicket in Trinidad to assist the bowlers. The First Test played on the surface between the West Indies and Australia. | Pakistan v India 5 Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw |
Ghulam Ahmed | India's frist test against New zealand (Nov 19) Polly Umrigar scores India's 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 vs NZ (Nov 20) |
1st wicket test partnership : 413 runs by P Roy
& MH Mankad (India vs New Zealand)
7th wicket test partnership : 347 runs by CC Depeiaza & DS Atkinson (West Indies vs Australia) |
Ranji Trophy : Mumbai | ||||
| 1956 | Polly Umrigar | Vijay Mehra becomes the youngest cricketer ever at 17 years and 265 days to have played for India when he made his debut against New Zealand at Bombay in 1955/56 |
Best bowling in first-class cricket: Jim Laker
of England takes 19 wickets for 90 runs vs Australia |
Ranji Trophy : Mumbai | Birth of Dilip Vengsarkar Birth of Desmond Haynes (West Indies) |
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| 1957 | Declarations authorised at any time. |
Ghulam Ahmed |
4th wicket test partnership : 411 runs by MC Cowdrey & PBH May (England vs West Indies)
Most balls bowled in a Test match : 774 balls by S Ramadhin (West Indies vs England) |
Ranji Trophy : Baroda | ||||||
| 1958 | Polly Umrigar Vinoo Mankad |
Highest Maiden Century in Test match : 365 notout by GS Sobers (West Indies vs Pakistan ) | Ranji Trophy : Mumbai | Garry Sobers completes a Test record score of 365 not out verses Pakistan beating England's Len Hutton's previous record of 364 (1938). | ||||||
| 1959 |
Hemu Adhikari Datta Gaekwad |
Ranji Trophy : Mumbai Irani Trophy : Bombay |
Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore
(March 29) Hanif Mohammed (Pakistan) scores 499 for Karachi. At the time this was the world record First-Class batting score. |
Birth of Kapil Dev (India) | ||||||
| 1960 | First tied Test : Australia v West Indies at Brisbane. | Gulabrai Ramchand Nari Contractor |
Ranji Trophy : Mumbai Irani Trophy : Not Played |
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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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