#1928

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The Imperial Cricket Conference Expands — Test Status for India, WI, NZ, 1926-29

Imperial Cricket Conference / Member countries

1929-05-31

Across three Imperial Cricket Conference meetings between May 1926 and May 1929, Test status was granted in turn to the West Indies (1926), India (1929) and New Zealand (1929) — tripling the number of Test nations in three years and transforming international cricket from a three-country game into a six-country one.

#imperial-cricket-conference#icc#test-status

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West Indies' First Test — Lord's, June 1928

England v West Indies

1928-06-23

On 23 June 1928 the West Indies played their first ever Test match, against England at Lord's. Bowled out for 177 and 166, they lost by an innings and 58 — but the team led by Karl Nunes and including the young Learie Constantine had crossed the threshold from regional cricket into Test cricket.

#west-indies#first-test#england

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BCCI Founded — December 1928, Delhi

BCCI / Indian cricket administration

1928-12-04

On 4 December 1928 representatives of regional cricket associations met in Delhi and constituted the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Within 18 months the BCCI had been admitted to the Imperial Cricket Conference, secured Test status for India, and laid the foundation for what would become the wealthiest cricket administration in the world.

#bcci#india#1928

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Lancashire's Three Consecutive Championships — 1926-28

Lancashire and English County Championship

1928-08-31

From 1926 to 1928 Lancashire won three consecutive County Championships — the only three-in-a-row by any non-Yorkshire county between the wars — built around the Australian fast bowler Ted McDonald, captain Leonard Green, and a settled batting order led by the Tyldesleys.

#lancashire#county-championship#1926

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Harold Larwood Emerges — Nottinghamshire's Pace Spearhead, 1927-28

Nottinghamshire and English county cricket

1928-09-30

Across the 1927 and 1928 county seasons the 23-year-old Notts miner Harold Larwood took 100, 138 and then 138 wickets — establishing himself as the fastest bowler in England and securing his place in the 1928-29 Ashes side that would, four years later, take its leg-theory plans to Australia.

#harold-larwood#nottinghamshire#england