The ultimate archive of cricket's most controversial decisions, fiercest player clashes, biggest scandals, and funniest moments.
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Larwood's intimidatory leg-theory bowling nearly shattered Australia–England diplomatic relations.
The biggest, most impactful controversies that changed cricket forever
Bad decisions, DRS failures, and moments where umpires got it spectacularly wrong
Sledging wars, physical confrontations, and the fiercest rivalries on the pitch
Scandals that shook cricket — fixing, tampering, bans, and criminal convictions
Hilarious moments, legendary sledges, and comedy gold from the cricket field
Tied Tests, Super Overs, legendary innings, and iconic moments that defined cricket history
Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans
22 April 2025
On 22 April 2025, fourteen-year-old Vaibhav Suryavanshi walked out to bat in the IPL and proceeded to massacre an international bowling attack for 101* off 38 balls. The maths were absurd — the bowlers he faced had played more Test matches than he had lived years.
Pakistan vs India / ICC
February 2025
India's refusal to travel to Pakistan for the 2025 Champions Trophy forced the ICC to implement an unprecedented 'hybrid model' — with India's matches relocated to Dubai — generating fierce debate about the politicisation of cricket and the ICC's impartiality as a governing body.
India vs South Africa
2024-06-29
India beat South Africa by 7 runs in a dramatic final in Barbados to win the 2024 T20 World Cup — Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli both announcing retirement from T20 internationals after the victory, ending an era in Indian T20 cricket.
India vs South Africa
29 June 2024
India ended an 11-year ICC trophy drought by defeating South Africa in a breathtaking T20 World Cup Final in Barbados — a victory that sparked celebrations across the subcontinent and prompted the retirement of Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja from T20 international cricket.
Australia vs Pakistan / ICC
26 December 2023
Usman Khawaja defied ICC regulations and faced the threat of match sanctions after repeatedly attempting to wear a black armband and pro-Palestine dove symbol on his shoe in protest, sparking a global debate about players' rights to express political views in cricket.
India vs Australia
22-23 November 2024
Acting captain Jasprit Bumrah's 8-wicket match haul at the Optus Stadium in Perth — combined with his aggressive, astute captaincy — produced one of India's most dominant Test victories on Australian soil, widely hailed as among the finest individual fast bowling performances in Test history.
India vs various
2023-11-19
Virat Kohli scored 765 runs in the 2023 World Cup — the highest aggregate in a single World Cup — including 3 centuries (tying the record for most in a single tournament), as India went unbeaten in 10 matches before falling to Australia in the final.
Australia vs India
19 November 2023
Travis Head's stunning 137 off 120 balls transformed a desperate Australian chase in front of 134,000 partisan Indian supporters into one of cricket's most astonishing individual performances, handing Australia a sixth ODI World Cup title.
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka
6 November 2023
Angelo Mathews became the first batsman in international cricket history to be timed out after his helmet strap broke while walking to the crease.
England vs Australia
2 July 2023
Alex Carey stumped Jonny Bairstow as he wandered out of his crease assuming the ball was dead, sparking a massive 'Spirit of Cricket' controversy.
England Women vs India Women
24 September 2022
Deepti Sharma ran out Charlotte Dean at the non-striker's end for backing up too far, sparking a fierce global debate about the spirit of cricket versus the laws of the game.
Afghanistan (women's cricket)
8 September 2021
After the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in August 2021, women were banned from playing cricket and all sports, raising questions about Afghanistan's ICC membership and the governing body's commitment to gender equality.
New Zealand vs India
2021-06-23
New Zealand beat India by 8 wickets to win the inaugural ICC World Test Championship Final — Kane Williamson's 49 and Kyle Jamieson's 5/31 defeating the highest-ranked Test team in the world, giving cricket's longest format its first global champion.
India vs Australia
2021-01-19
India, decimated by injuries and playing largely reserve players, chased 328 to win at the Gabba — a ground where Australia had not lost in 32 years. Rishabh Pant hit the winning boundary off the last-but-one over, winning the series 2-1.
England vs Pakistan
17-20 August 2006
Umpire Darrell Hair accused Pakistan of ball tampering. Pakistan refused to take the field after tea, and the match was forfeited — the first forfeiture in Test history.
India U19 vs Bangladesh U19
9 February 2020
The 2020 U19 World Cup Final between India and Bangladesh descended into ugly scenes after the match, with players from both sides involved in a physical altercation on the field.
Pakistan
1 November 2019
Pakistan fast bowler Naseem Shah's selection for Test cricket at a claimed age of 16 raised widespread questions about the accuracy of his birth records and age verification in Pakistani cricket.
England vs Australia
2019-08-25
England needed 73 off the last 17 overs with one wicket remaining. Ben Stokes scored 135 not out, hitting the winning four off Pat Cummins to give England a 1-wicket victory — the most remarkable Ashes run chase since Botham's Leeds 1981.
England vs New Zealand
14 July 2019
Umpire Kumar Dharmasena awarded six runs on an overthrow that deflected off Ben Stokes' bat, when the correct call should have been five. The decision may have changed the outcome of the World Cup final.
England vs New Zealand
2019-07-14
Trent Boult took a seemingly match-winning catch but stepped on the boundary rope, gifting England a crucial six in the World Cup Final.
England vs New Zealand
14 July 2019
England won the 2019 World Cup Final on a boundary count tiebreaker after both the match and Super Over were tied, amid controversy over a crucial overthrow that awarded England six runs instead of five.
England vs New Zealand
2019-07-14
The most extraordinary finish in World Cup history — the final tied, the Super Over tied, and England were declared World Champions on boundary count. New Zealand were devastated. The boundary countback rule was subsequently abolished.
Rajasthan Royals vs Kings XI Punjab
25 March 2019
R. Ashwin controversially ran out Jos Buttler at the non-striker's end by removing the bails before delivering the ball.
Australia vs India
14 December 2018
Kohli and Paine had a running battle throughout the 2018-19 series, including a shoulder bump at Perth and Paine calling Kohli the most immature captain.
Australia vs South Africa
24 March 2018
Cameron Bancroft was caught on camera using sandpaper to tamper with the ball during the third Test at Cape Town, in a plan hatched by David Warner and known to captain Steve Smith, leading to unprecedented bans.
Australia vs South Africa
24 March 2018
Cameron Bancroft was caught on camera using sandpaper to tamper with the ball during the Cape Town Test, leading to bans for Bancroft, captain Steve Smith, and vice-captain David Warner in the most damaging scandal in Australian cricket history.
India Women vs England Women
23 July 2017
India controversially demoted Mithali Raj in the batting order during the World Cup Final at Lord's, a decision that many blamed for India's defeat.
India vs Australia (Women)
2017-07-20
Harmanpreet Kaur made 171 not out off 115 balls against Australia in the Women's World Cup semi-final — the highest score in a Women's World Cup knockout match, an innings so explosive it changed the commercial trajectory of women's cricket globally.
West Indies vs England
2016-04-03
West Indies needed 19 off the last over. Carlos Brathwaite hit Ben Stokes for four consecutive sixes to win the 2016 ICC T20 World Cup — the greatest single-over comeback in World Cup history.
New Zealand vs South Africa
2015-03-24
New Zealand needed 12 off the last over to reach their first World Cup final. Grant Elliott — a South African-born New Zealander — hit Dale Steyn for six with 3 balls remaining, then two with the last ball to win by 4 wickets in one of cricket's most emotionally charged finishes.
Sri Lanka vs various
2015-03-09
Kumar Sangakkara scored four consecutive centuries in the 2015 World Cup — against Bangladesh, England, Australia, and Scotland — the first batsman ever to score centuries in four consecutive matches in a World Cup, in what proved to be his farewell tournament.
South Africa vs West Indies
2015-01-18
AB de Villiers made 149 off 44 balls against West Indies — reaching his century off just 31 deliveries, the fastest ODI hundred in history — with 16 sixes and 9 fours in an innings that redefined what was considered humanly possible in white-ball cricket.
India vs West Indies
2013-11-16
Sachin Tendulkar played his 200th and final Test at his home ground, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, retiring after 24 years of international cricket — the longest such career in history. His retirement speech, delivered in the middle of Wankhede, moved a nation to tears.
Australia vs England (off-field)
13 June 2013
David Warner punched Joe Root in the face at a bar in Birmingham during the ICC Champions Trophy, leading to Warner's suspension.
Rajasthan Royals vs Various
16 May 2013
Three Rajasthan Royals players - S. Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan, and Ajit Chandila - were arrested by Delhi Police for spot-fixing in IPL 2013, agreeing to concede a set number of runs in specific overs.
Rajasthan Royals, Chennai Super Kings, IPL
16 May 2013
The 2013 IPL season was rocked by spot-fixing arrests involving Sreesanth and others, and subsequent investigations led to the two-year suspension of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals over betting by team officials.
India vs Bangladesh
2012-03-16
After waiting 12 agonizing innings to reach the milestone, Sachin Tendulkar became the first player in history to score 100 international centuries — an achievement that is statistically the most distant landmark from any other player in cricket.
India vs Sri Lanka
2011-04-02
MS Dhoni promoted himself up the batting order and hit Nuwan Kulasekara for six over long-on to win India's second World Cup — the first on home soil, 28 years after the 1983 win. The moment fulfilled a nation's dream and carried the weight of Sachin Tendulkar's final World Cup.
India vs Pakistan
2011-03-30
India beat Pakistan by 29 runs in the 2011 World Cup semi-final at Mohali — the most watched cricket match in history, televised to an estimated 988 million viewers globally, with both Prime Ministers watching from the same stand.
Australia vs England
2010-12-26
England's Barmy Army mercilessly mocked Mitchell Johnson's moustache and bowling with a song that became one of cricket's most famous terrace chants.
England vs Pakistan
26 August 2010
Pakistani captain Salman Butt, bowler Mohammad Amir, and bowler Mohammad Asif were caught in a News of the World sting arranging deliberate no-balls at precise moments during the Lord's Test.
England vs Pakistan
26 August 2010
A News of the World sting exposed Pakistan captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir, and Mohammad Asif for deliberately bowling no-balls at pre-arranged moments during the Lord's Test, leading to criminal convictions and bans.
Sri Lanka vs India
2010-07-22
In the final over of his Test career, Muttiah Muralitharan took his 800th wicket — dismissing Pragyan Ojha off the last ball to finish his career on the most unimaginable round number in bowling history.
India vs South Africa
2010-02-24
Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman in history to score a double century in ODI cricket, making 200 not out off 147 balls against South Africa — a record that many thought was statistically impossible.
Australia vs Pakistan
2010-02-01
Shahid Afridi was caught on camera biting the cricket ball in an apparent ball-tampering attempt, leading to a ban and worldwide ridicule.
Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
3 March 2009
Twelve armed gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team bus near Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, injuring six players and killing eight people, ending international cricket in Pakistan for nearly a decade.
South Africa vs Australia
2009-01-04
South Africa needed 72 more runs to save the first Test when Graeme Smith — their captain — came to the crease with a broken left hand, batting one-handed to guide South Africa to a draw over the final 56 balls.
Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab
25 April 2008
Harbhajan Singh slapped Sreesanth after an IPL match, leaving Sreesanth in tears on the field. Harbhajan was banned for the remainder of the IPL season.
Multiple IPL Franchises
18 April 2008
The Indian Premier League, launched in 2008 by Lalit Modi, revolutionized cricket's commercial model with city-based franchise T20 cricket, creating enormous wealth but also concerns about corruption, player prioritization, and the future of international cricket.
Australia vs India
2008-03-27
Andrew Symonds flattened a streaker who ran onto the field during an ODI, shoulder-charging him with the force of a rugby player and sending him sprawling.
Australia vs India
6 January 2008
Andrew Symonds accused Harbhajan Singh of calling him a 'monkey' during the infamous Sydney Test, triggering one of cricket's biggest racial controversies.
Australia vs India
6 January 2008
Harbhajan Singh was accused of racially abusing Andrew Symonds during the Sydney Test, leading to India threatening to abandon the tour and one of the ugliest diplomatic incidents in cricket history.
India vs Pakistan
2007-09-24
Pakistan needed 13 off the last over with 3 wickets remaining. MS Dhoni gave the ball to Joginder Sharma — a bowler with no T20 experience — who dismissed Misbah-ul-Haq attempting a scoop shot, giving India the inaugural T20 World Cup in the most dramatic possible finish.
India vs England
2007-09-19
Yuvraj Singh hit Stuart Broad for six consecutive sixes in a single over during the 2007 T20 World Cup, the fastest fifty in T20I history.
England vs Australia
4-7 August 2005
Michael Kasprowicz was given out caught behind in one of the closest Ashes matches ever, but replays suggested his glove was off the bat handle when the ball hit it.
Bermuda vs India
2007-03-19
Bermuda's 20-stone Dwayne Leverock defied physics to take a spectacular one-handed diving catch at slip, then celebrated like he'd won the World Cup.
Pakistan (coaching staff)
18 March 2007
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room in Kingston, Jamaica, the day after Pakistan's shock elimination from the 2007 World Cup, sparking a murder investigation and wild conspiracy theories.
Australia vs England
2007-01-05
Shane Warne played his final Test at the SCG in January 2007 — retiring with 708 wickets, the world record at the time (later broken by Muralitharan), after completing the 5-0 Ashes whitewash. His final wicket: Andrew Flintoff, caught at slip.
England vs Pakistan
20 August 2006
Umpire Darrell Hair penalized Pakistan five runs for ball tampering and changed the ball during the fourth Test at The Oval, leading Pakistan to refuse to take the field and becoming the first team to forfeit a Test match.
South Africa vs Australia
2006-03-12
Australia scored a world-record 434/4 in an ODI and thought they'd won — then South Africa chased it down with 438/9, producing the greatest and most absurd ODI ever.
Australia vs India
2-6 January 2008
One of the most controversial Tests ever — terrible umpiring decisions, racial abuse allegations, and India threatening to abandon the tour.
England vs Australia
2005-09-12
Kevin Pietersen made 158 in his first Ashes Test appearance at The Oval — including sixes off Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath — to help England draw the final Test and win their first Ashes since 1987.
England vs Australia
2005-09-12
Andrew Flintoff made 402 runs and took 24 wickets in the 2005 Ashes — joint Man of the Series with Shane Warne — in a sustained all-round performance that defined the series and England's first Ashes win in 18 years.
England vs Australia
2005-08-07
After England won the second Ashes Test by 2 runs — the narrowest Ashes victory in history — Andrew Flintoff walked to Brett Lee, who sat dejected on the pitch, knelt beside him and consoled him. The photograph became cricket's most iconic image of sportsmanship.
England vs Australia
2005-08-07
England beat Australia by 2 runs at Edgbaston in 2005 — the narrowest Ashes victory in history, a match that swung multiple times across four days, and is widely voted the greatest Test match ever played.
West Indies vs England
2004-04-12
Brian Lara batted for 778 minutes to score 400 not out against England in Antigua — reclaiming the world record he had lost to Matthew Hayden and setting a mark that has never been approached since.
West Indies vs Australia
25 April 2003
McGrath sledged Sarwan about his personal life. Sarwan reportedly responded with a comment about McGrath's wife Jane, who was battling cancer at the time.
India vs England
1 March 2003
Sachin Tendulkar was given out LBW off a ball that appeared to be going well over the stumps, sparking outrage among Indian fans.
India vs Pakistan
2003-03-01
Sachin Tendulkar hit Shoaib Akhtar — the world's fastest bowler — for a six over third man off a 93mph delivery in the most politically charged ODI in history, setting up a 6-wicket Indian win watched by 300 million viewers.
Zimbabwe
10 February 2003
Zimbabwe players Andy Flower and Henry Olonga wore black armbands during the 2003 World Cup to mourn 'the death of democracy' in Zimbabwe, in a courageous protest against Robert Mugabe's regime.
Australia vs England
2003-01-02
Steve Waugh made 102 in his final Ashes Test at the SCG — reaching his century off the last ball before tea with a boundary, having been dropped from Tests only to be recalled for this series finale, in what became one of cricket's most celebrated farewell innings.
India vs England
13 July 2002
Sourav Ganguly removed his shirt and waved it from the Lord's balcony after India's dramatic NatWest Trophy victory, in response to Andrew Flintoff's similar act in Mumbai.
India vs England
2002-07-13
India needed 146 off 25 overs with 5 wickets down in the NatWest Trophy Final. Mohammed Kaif (87*) and Yuvraj Singh (69) guided India to victory, with Sourav Ganguly memorably removing his shirt on the Lord's balcony to celebrate.
India vs Australia
2001-03-14
Following on 274 runs behind, India were on the brink of a historic innings defeat. VVS Laxman (281) and Rahul Dravid (180) added 376 for the 5th wicket to set Australia 384 to win — and Anil Kumble bowled them out for 212, completing the most miraculous comeback in Test history.
South Africa vs Various
7 April 2000
South African captain Hansie Cronje was found guilty of match fixing after Delhi Police intercepted phone calls between Cronje and an Indian bookmaker, Sanjay Chawla.
South Africa
7 April 2000
South African captain Hansie Cronje was exposed as having accepted money from bookmakers to influence matches, shattering the sport's innocence and triggering a global crackdown on corruption in cricket.
South Africa vs England
18 January 2000
Hansie Cronje engineered a contrived result at Centurion after rain had washed out most of the Test, later revealed to have been done at the behest of a bookmaker in exchange for a leather jacket and cash.
Australia vs South Africa
17 June 1999
South Africa's Lance Klusener hit two fours off successive balls to bring the scores level, but a catastrophic run out of Allan Donald off the last ball sent Australia through on net run rate in one of cricket's greatest ever finishes.
Australia vs South Africa
1999-06-17
Lance Klusener smashed Australia to the brink of elimination, then ran out Allan Donald off the penultimate ball to tie the match — but Australia advanced to the final on superior run rate, ending South Africa's greatest World Cup campaign in devastating fashion.
India vs South Africa
1999-06-05
Herschelle Gibbs dropped a catch off Sachin Tendulkar after celebrating prematurely, reportedly prompting Tendulkar to tell him 'You've just dropped the World Cup, mate.'
India vs Pakistan
1999-02-07
Anil Kumble became only the second bowler in Test history to take all 10 wickets in a single innings, finishing with 10/74 as Pakistan were bowled out for 207 — a performance that, like Laker's, required near-perfect conditions and one man to be utterly unplayable.
India vs Australia
1998-04-22
In the space of three days, Sachin Tendulkar hit two centuries against Australia in Sharjah — one in a qualifying match against a desert sandstorm, one in the final — comprehensively destroying Shane Warne's aura and cementing his status as the world's greatest batsman.
India vs Australia
1998-01-24
The 1998 India-Australia Test series produced the greatest sustained individual duel in cricket history — Sachin Tendulkar vs Shane Warne — with Tendulkar making 446 runs in the three-Test series, including 155 not out and 177, dominating the world's greatest bowler on his home grounds.
India vs Pakistan
15 September 1997
Inzamam-ul-Haq climbed into the crowd with a bat to confront a spectator who had been abusing him during the Sahara Cup match in Toronto.
India vs Pakistan
1997-09-14
Inzamam-ul-Haq stormed into the crowd with his bat after being heckled by a spectator in Toronto.
Sri Lanka vs Australia
1996-03-17
Aravinda de Silva made 107 not out in the World Cup final — and also took 3 wickets with the ball — to lead Sri Lanka to their first World Cup title in a comprehensive 7-wicket victory over favourites Australia.
India vs Sri Lanka
13 March 1996
The 1996 World Cup semi-final at Eden Gardens was abandoned after Indian fans rioted, hurling bottles and setting fires when India's batting collapsed against Sri Lanka's spinners.
Australia vs Sri Lanka
26 December 1995
Australian umpire Darrell Hair no-balled Muttiah Muralitharan seven times for throwing during the Boxing Day Test at the MCG, igniting one of cricket's longest-running controversies.
West Indies vs Australia
28 April 1995
Curtly Ambrose got in Steve Waugh's face after being told to go back to his mark. Richie Richardson had to pull Ambrose away. Ambrose then bowled a devastating spell.
England vs Australia
1993-06-04
Shane Warne's first ball in Ashes cricket spun so viciously from outside leg stump to hit off stump that Mike Gatting's bewildered expression became one of cricket's most iconic images.
England vs Australia
1993-06-04
Shane Warne's first ball in Ashes cricket pitched outside leg stump and spun 18 inches to hit the top of Mike Gatting's off stump — the most famous single delivery in cricket history, announcing to the world that leg-spin was not dead.
Australia vs Various
1993-01-01
Merv Hughes, the moustachioed Australian fast bowler, was famous for his creative and hilarious sledging that often left batsmen and teammates in stitches.
England vs South Africa
22 March 1992
A farcical rain rule calculation left South Africa needing 22 runs off 1 ball in the World Cup semi-final, robbing them of a realistic chance of reaching the final.
Pakistan vs India
1992-03-04
Javed Miandad mocked Indian wicketkeeper Kiran More's jumping celebrations by doing exaggerated frog-like jumps at the crease, creating one of cricket's most iconic comedy moments.
Pakistan vs various
1992-03-04
Imran Khan's Pakistan were on the verge of elimination in the 1992 World Cup — five losses in seven games. His 'Fight like cornered tigers' speech transformed the campaign. Pakistan won their next five matches, including the final, to lift their only World Cup trophy.
Pakistan vs England
8 December 1987
England captain Mike Gatting and umpire Shakoor Rana had a furious finger-pointing row that caused an entire day's play to be lost.
India vs Australia
1986-09-22
Twenty-six years after Brisbane, cricket produced only its second tied Test — Dean Jones's heroic 210 through crippling heat and Dean Jones's fever, Ravi Shastri's unbeaten 48 and India needing 2 off the last over, only for Maninder Singh to be out lbw off the final ball.
England vs West Indies
1986-07-03
After Greg Thomas told Viv Richards he'd missed the ball, Richards smashed the next delivery out of the ground and told Thomas to go find it.
Pakistan vs India
1986-04-18
Pakistan needed 4 off the last ball to tie, 5 to win. Chetan Sharma ran in. Javed Miandad hit the full toss over long-on for six. Pakistan won by 1 wicket. The shot became the most replayed moment in Pakistan cricket history.
India vs West Indies
1983-06-25
India, 175-run underdogs, bowled out West Indies for 140 to win the 1983 World Cup at Lord's — a victory that transformed cricket's global landscape, made India the sport's financial superpower, and inspired a generation of cricketers.
India vs Zimbabwe
1983-06-18
India were 17 for 5 against Zimbabwe in a 1983 World Cup group match. Kapil Dev, with no recognized batting partner, scored 175 not out off 138 balls — the highest ODI score at the time, a match-saving and match-winning innings that no broadcaster captured on film.
South Africa vs England/Sri Lanka/West Indies/Australia rebel XIs
6 March 1982
Multiple international teams sent unofficial rebel squads to play in apartheid-era South Africa, leading to lengthy bans for participating players and deepening cricket's political fault lines.
Australia vs Pakistan
22 November 1981
Dennis Lillee kicked Javed Miandad on the field, prompting Miandad to raise his bat as if to strike Lillee. Umpire Tony Crafter intervened to separate them.
England vs Australia
1981-07-21
England, following on 227 runs behind and 500-to-1 outsiders with bookmakers, were bowled to 135/7 in their second innings when Ian Botham walked in and made 149 not out — setting up a Bob Willis spell that completed the most improbable Ashes victory ever.
Australia vs India
7 February 1981
Sunil Gavaskar was given out LBW to Dennis Lillee off a ball that clearly hit his bat first. He was so furious he tried to take his batting partner Chetan Chauhan off the field with him.
Australia vs New Zealand
1 February 1981
Greg Chappell instructed his brother Trevor to bowl the last ball underarm along the ground to prevent New Zealand from hitting a six to tie the match.
England vs Australia
28 June - 2 July 2023
Alex Carey stumped Jonny Bairstow after he wandered out of his crease assuming the ball was dead. The dismissal at Lord's caused a furious reaction from the MCC members.
New Zealand vs West Indies
12 February 1980
Michael Holding kicked the stumps out of the ground in frustration after an LBW appeal was turned down against John Parker.
Multiple (WSC vs Establishment Cricket)
24 November 1977
Media mogul Kerry Packer signed 51 of the world's best cricketers to a rival competition after being denied TV broadcast rights, fundamentally transforming professional cricket.
England vs South Africa (cancelled)
28 August 1968
Basil D'Oliveira's selection for England's tour to South Africa in 1968 was refused by the apartheid government, leading to the tour's cancellation and eventually South Africa's expulsion from international cricket.
Australia vs West Indies
1960-12-14
The first tied Test in 86 years of cricket history — Australia and West Indies finished level on 737 runs each after five days of breathless cricket in Brisbane, producing one of the most dramatic finishes the game has ever seen.
England vs Australia
1956-07-31
Jim Laker took 19 wickets for 90 runs in a single Test match — 9/37 in the first innings and 10/53 in the second — a bowling performance so dominant it remains the most extraordinary individual bowling feat in the history of the game.
England vs Australia
1948-08-14
Don Bradman walked out to bat in his final Test innings needing just 4 runs to finish with a career average of 100. Eric Hollies bowled him second ball for 0 — leaving cricket's greatest batsman with an immortal average of 99.94.
Australia vs England
2 December 1932
England captain Douglas Jardine devised the 'Bodyline' strategy of fast, short-pitched bowling aimed at the batsman's body to neutralize Don Bradman, nearly causing a diplomatic crisis between England and Australia.
The 14-year-old from Samastipur, Bihar who smashed 101* off 38 balls in IPL 2025 — the youngest centurion in IPL history. He had already become India's youngest T20 international at 13, but his rapid rise sparked fierce debate: is it right to expose a schoolboy to the full glare of professional cricket's most commercial tournament?
