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The First Wisden Cricketers of the Year — Six Great Bowlers, 1889

England / Australia

1889-04-15

Wisden's 1889 Almanack inaugurated what became the most prestigious individual award in cricket: the Cricketers of the Year. The first list — picked by editor Charles Pardon to mark the bowler-dominated 1888 summer — named six Great Bowlers: George Lohmann, Bobby Peel, Johnny Briggs (England), Charlie Turner, JJ Ferris and Sammy Woods (Australia). Between them they had taken 1,272 wickets in 1888 at 11.89 apiece.

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27 Wickets in a Day — Lord's Test, 1888

England v Australia

1888-07-17

On 17 July 1888, the second day of the first Test at Lord's, 27 wickets fell — a single-day Test record that has stood for 138 years. England were dismissed for 53 in 55 minutes, Australia for 60, England for 62 — three full innings inside one day's play, on a Lord's pitch baked then drenched. Australia won the match by 61 runs.

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