#limited overs

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The First-Ever ODI — Australia vs England, MCG, 5 January 1971

Australia vs England

5 January 1971

The first one-day international in cricket history was played at the MCG on 5 January 1971 as a hastily arranged consolation after the third Ashes Test was washed out for the first three days. Played over 40 eight-ball overs a side, Australia won by five wickets, John Edrich top-scored with 82 for England, and an estimated crowd of more than 46,000 watched a fixture neither board had originally planned to stage.

#ODI#first ODI#1970-71 Ashes

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The John Player League — England's First Limited-Overs County Competition, 1969

All 17 first-class counties

1969-04-27

The John Player League, sponsored by the cigarette manufacturer and played on Sunday afternoons, began in 1969 as English county cricket's first regular limited-overs competition. Each county played 16 matches of 40 overs per side; Lancashire won the first title. The competition, criticised by purists and loved by the public, transformed the Sunday cricket calendar and demonstrated that spectators would attend short-form cricket in large numbers.

#john-player-league#sunday-league#limited-overs

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The Gillette Cup — Cricket's First Limited-Overs Trophy, September 1963

Sussex vs Worcestershire

1963-09-07

On 7 September 1963 at Lord's, Sussex beat Worcestershire by 14 runs to win the inaugural Gillette Cup — the first organised one-day knockout competition between first-class counties. The 65-overs-a-side format, introduced to revive flagging county attendances, attracted a full Lord's crowd and laid the template for every limited-overs tournament that followed.

#gillette cup#limited overs#one-day