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5 incidents tagged

🔥Moderate

Inzamam-ul-Haq Attacks Spectator with a Bat

India vs Pakistan

15 October 1997

Inzamam-ul-Haq charged into the crowd with a bat after being persistently taunted by an Indian spectator with a megaphone during a Sahara Cup match in Toronto.

#inzamam#spectator#bat
🥊Explosive

Inzamam-ul-Haq Attacks a Spectator with a Bat

India vs Pakistan

15 September 1997

Inzamam-ul-Haq climbed into the crowd with a bat to confront a spectator who had been abusing him during the Sahara Cup match in Toronto.

#inzamam#spectator#bat
😂Moderate

Inzamam-ul-Haq Chases Spectator with Bat

India vs Pakistan

1997-09-14

Inzamam-ul-Haq stormed into the crowd with his bat after being heckled by a spectator in Toronto.

#inzamam#fan#bat
Mild

Canadian Cricket at Its Peak — The Halifax Cup and Inter-City Rivalry, 1860s

Toronto, Montreal and Halifax cricket clubs

1865-08-01

Canadian cricket reached its competitive peak in the 1860s, with the Halifax Cup — contested between clubs from across the country — establishing an inter-city rivalry that gave the game a competitive framework unique in North American sport. Touring English sides found Canadian cricketers surprisingly strong; the 1859 George Parr tour had underscored this, and through the 1860s the standard continued to rise.

#overarm-era#early-county-cricket#1860s
Mild

Cricket in Canada — Montreal and the Halifax Cup, 1850s

Montreal CC vs Toronto CC and various

1852-06-01

Cricket in Canada in the 1850s was the sport of the British garrison and the professional class, but it was sufficiently established to produce the first international cricket in North America. The Montreal Cricket Club, founded in 1832, and its Toronto counterpart played regular inter-city matches in the 1840s and 1850s, and Canadian teams were prominent among the hosts when George Parr's XII toured North America in 1859.

#roundarm-era#early-victorian#1850s