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West Indies pace bowler Patrick Patterson broke the off stump in two with an express delivery to send back England opener Tim Robinson at Jaipur in 1987.
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William Milton played in the first three Tests for South Africa between 1889 and 1892 after having represented England at rugby.
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Hanumant Singh fielded as a substitute for both India and England in the second Test of the 1961-62 series held at Green Park, Kanpur.
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The first left-handed batsman to score a Test century was Joe Darling of Australia in 1897-98.
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Fast bowler David Larter, who took nine wickets on his Test debut for England in 1962, was a 6-foot, 7-inch giant.
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It was at the Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium at Motera in Ahmedabad that Sunil Gavaskar reached the landmark of 10,000 Test runs and Kapil Dev went past Richard Hadlee's record of 431 Test wickets.
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Ian Botham, after scoring a double hundred against India at the Oval Test of 1982, also broke Sunil Gavaskars shin with a square drive and put him out of the contest.
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The very first international cricket match was between Canada and the United States.
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England's first captain Jim Lillywhite was also the first Test player to officiate as an umpire in a Test match.
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Australia's Jack Ryder was the first batsman to score 50-plus scores in six successive Tests.
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