West Indies vs England
1994-04-18
On April 18, 1994, Brian Lara hooked Chris Lewis to the leg-side boundary to move from 365 to 375, breaking Sir Garfield Sobers' Test batting record that had stood since 1958. The 24-year-old left-hander batted nearly 13 hours and faced 538 deliveries before edging Andy Caddick to wicketkeeper Jack Russell.
Warwickshire vs Durham
1994-06-06
Just seven weeks after his Test world-record 375, Brian Lara scored an unbeaten 501 for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston, breaking Hanif Mohammad's 499 from 1959 to register the highest individual score in first-class history. The innings came off only 427 balls and contained 62 fours and 10 sixes.
India vs Australia
1994-09-09
After 78 ODI innings without a hundred, Sachin Tendulkar finally got his first one-day century — 110 off 130 balls against Australia at the R Premadasa Stadium during the 1994 Singer World Series. Wisden later called it 'an innings that changed ODI cricket forever.'
England vs South Africa
1994-08-20
On August 20, 1994, after being struck on the helmet by a Fanie de Villiers bouncer, England's Devon Malcolm walked back to his bowling mark, said 'You guys are history' to the South African slip cordon, and proceeded to take 9 for 57 — the sixth-best bowling figures in Test history at the time.
India vs Sri Lanka
1994-02-08
On February 8, 1994 at Motera, Kapil Dev had Hashan Tillakaratne caught at slip by Sanjay Manjrekar to claim his 432nd Test wicket and pass Sir Richard Hadlee for the all-time Test wicket-taking record. He was 35; he had been chasing the record for two seasons.
Pakistan vs Australia
1994-10-11
On the eve of the Karachi Test in October 1994, Pakistan captain Salim Malik allegedly approached Shane Warne, Mark Waugh and Tim May with bribes of around US$200,000 each to underperform. Australia lost the Test by one wicket. Malik denied everything for years; Justice Qayyum's 2000 report found him guilty and banned him for life.
Pakistan vs South Africa
1994-10-13
In October 1994, at age 25, Hansie Cronje took over as full-time South African Test captain after Kepler Wessels stepped down. He was the youngest South African captain in 96 years. Over the next six years he would lead South Africa to 27 Test wins, 99 ODI victories — and eventually the match-fixing scandal that destroyed his career.