#1965

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Imperial Cricket Conference Becomes International — 1965

ICC

1965-07-15

At its 1965 annual meeting at Lord's, the Imperial Cricket Conference renamed itself the International Cricket Conference, allowing for the first time the admission of countries from outside the British Commonwealth. The change opened the door to associate membership and was the most significant administrative reform in the game since the Conference's founding in 1909.

#icc#imperial cricket conference#international cricket conference

⭐Mild

Garry Sobers Takes the West Indies Captaincy — 1965

West Indies vs Australia

1965-03-03

When Bob Simpson's Australia arrived in the Caribbean in early 1965, Garfield Sobers led West Indies into a Test for the first time as full-time captain. He inherited the job from the retired Frank Worrell and within five Tests had won the Frank Worrell Trophy 2-1 on home soil — the first time West Indies had ever held it.

#garry sobers#west indies#captaincy

🔥Moderate

Ken Barrington Dropped for 137 — Edgbaston, June 1965

England vs New Zealand

1965-05-27

At Edgbaston in May 1965, England's most prolific batsman of the era spent 437 minutes making 137 against a weak New Zealand attack. Ken Barrington was dropped for the next Test as a public warning about scoring rates — a punishment unprecedented for a Test centurion. He returned a fortnight later, made 163 against the same opposition, and was never disciplined that way again.

#ken barrington#edgbaston#1965

⭐Mild

John Edrich's 310* — Headingley, July 1965

England vs New Zealand

1965-07-09

On 9 July 1965 at Headingley, Surrey opener John Edrich became the first Englishman since Len Hutton to pass 300 in a Test innings, finishing 310 not out against New Zealand. He hit 52 fours and five sixes — 238 runs in boundaries, a Test record that has stood for more than sixty years. England declared at 546 for 4 and won by an innings.

#john edrich#headingley#310 not out

⭐Mild

Doug Walters — 155 on Debut, Brisbane 1965

Australia vs England

1965-12-10

Doug Walters made 155 on his Test debut against England at the Gabba on 10 December 1965 — the tenth Australian to score a debut century against the old enemy. He followed it with 115 in his second Test at Melbourne and another in the third at Sydney, becoming the first batsman in history to score centuries in his first three Ashes innings. He was 19 years old.

#doug walters#australia#england