HISTORY OF UGANDA CRICKET TEAM

The game cricket started in the East African Railway in the early 19^th century but it was greatly boosted by the arrival of British rule.

          The game was quickly introduced in Uganda, Kenya and Tanganyika in the school level, Cricket also started with mwiri, Budo, Makerer college and Nyakasura later on Ntare School  and Nabumali High School. At that time cricket also spread out side the school  amongst  the civilian people. In Asia, Europe, Africa.

          The first school cricket played between four pioneer school in 1939. That tournament became into a regular feature and that was the sources of national cricketers.

          The inception of triangular competition  between the white , Asians and Goans but its appearance was exclusively black side  in 1947. The side became to emerge as the African Cricket Club (ACC)  In 1950.

          In the 1960 the club grew up and started international Cricket. At that time Many new club  grown up to the standard and  proliferated to cover most of the major city in the country. For a international cricket team they selected from various club which could representation a high skilled performance.

         

The cricket only achieved the inheritors of the native country from the early boom of the game in 1970. Cricket  Organization domained by the ACC. A few facilities met to success for the cricket which ere abandoned by Asians departed. Kampala and Jinja were few minor ground taken up and that helped to practices  the game .  Inter club cricket virtually reduced to intra club competition which was exits in 1960 but ACC only club which was full functioning and  played regularly against each other .

         

          They conceded that the team required dramatic changes for the national team in 1980, for this immediately followed the lack of  the team by Idi  Amin in 1979. from the 1980 the general election proceedings at least five years potential instability, although affected in cricket activity, sporadic insecurity of prevailing condition , chaos of political and inescapable economic malaise were widespread .

UCA  arranged to participated  three of five Quadrangulars, which was big and praiseful effort in1980. It also depend to sustain a dying game which was organized as a annual league and knockout of the tournament.

          The Cricket started to growth and took to genuine step  in the time of 1990s. From the 1966 Uganda first time won the quadrangular in 1991. Coca Cola organized a mini cricket  tournament between 10 schools  to introduced support the game  from the lower level. They became the affiliate member of ICC in 1998 by the most significant event

          Uganda  Cricket Association (UCA) maintain the role of promotion  for the development of the game  being affiliated  to the national council of sports, Now UCA became the associate member of the ICC. A founder member of Africa Cricket Association (ACA). Through a lot of strategic planning and tireless effort all these has been achieved which was sacrifice by its member  and supporter.

          UCA became tremendous leaps and achieving the five years plan to participating in the World Cup. And  the association  forecast  a programmed  which has the national team and the under 19 teams were participated  in the international tournaments

HISTORY OF EGYPT CRICKET TEAM

The game cricket first played in Egypt. in 19^th century, but in 1851 cricket club was formed in Egypt in the place of Alexandria  with help of British residents . Before the opening of Suez Canal  Cricket was most popular recreational activities for the increase of British population.

            The Military started to play local game cricket   and established more cricket club in Egypt. A Shaw’s were toured to Australia  for an Ashes tour, they played a match with the combined  Army and Navy team in October 1884.

            The main sporting and social activity was Cricket of the British population in 1909 and standards of Marylebone Cricket Club was good enough for send a team to tour by 1909. For the first time a national side was raised , there three matches played by MCC team against them. The result was winning two matches and losing one match .Local clubs and representing the military and civilian population  team also played with them in addition to their matches .

            In March 1914 I Zingari team toured  in Egypt. The National team played there three matches with them and in addition Cairo and Alexandria Cricket also played against the tourist team. The result  of national side were two match drawn and another was lost A combined team (consisting) Egypt and Sudan played the MCC by the returned visit of sports  later in the year at lord’s in two day match . The team won the MCC by ten wickets.

            In 1927 the Free foresters toured to Egypt, and they played against national team twice. The result  were first match lost and the second match draw. Hubert Martineau one of the player of Free Foresters team he provide regular opposition for the Egypt on the tour in the forthcoming years.

            Between 1929 to 1939 every years Martineau took the team to Egypt. The tour typically played two match against the national team . They also played against other club and military team in addition to their match

            Egypt started to played matches against Martineau’s team regularly in 1930 , the standard of the cricket of the country began to decline, because military dominated on the cricket , player change  often, lack of consistency to leading . Often Ignore the local civilian player  only native Egyptian  were played in the team.

            During the Second World War  Martineau’s tourwas ceased , but in the country cricket was played continuously in the war period .The cricket was played for the recreational activities of dsthe troops in the country . After the war the national team did not play again.

            An Egyptian club were made to restart cricket In 1951 to touring England, and played MCC at Lord’s . All these player were selected  from the upper classes , they always supported the monarchy of the Egyptian, when abolished the monarchy than leading  a little support for the cricket  in 1953. The new government was not interest for the game and the cricket turn to decline  slowly , The school of Egypt stopped the teaching of Cricket . In 1954 a cricket match played Gezira  Sporting Club against Pakistan. Due to finished the match early so player of Pakistan visited there many historical place namely Pyramid and the Sphinx 

            They began to built the cricket ground and it was not complete until  last 1990s that the game recovered  resurgence among  the India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and British expatriate  communities. In 2001 the school of Egypt began to reintroduce with the cricket . A cricket match being played by a cricket league in Cairo by April 2008.and  they hoped that they will take in the North West African  Championship.

HISTORY OF NIGERIAN CRICKET TEAM

Nigeria started to play cricket since the late 19^th century, British introduced the game in the country contacts between the administration in Lagos and the counterpart of the min Gold Coast which converted to Ghana played a international in 1904, the Ghana won the match by 22 runs.

            An annual fixture became the match , and the multi racial matches were the first three match. For European match was the fourth fixture in December 1906. In 1907 the people of the Africa started to play their own fixture annually. They stopped the international match for the First World War, and until 1920 did not restart.

            The Cricket began and became more efficiently organized two cricket association in the country, for the European formed in 1932 and for African being formed in 1933. The England team’s first class cricketers started tour in Ghana to play annual matches, before the Second World War the 1939 match was the last , there Ghana won by 58 runs.

            In 1947 they resumed  the match after the War with a five days match which was finished by draw. The match of 1949 was the way of the Ghana, because the number of European worker reduced from the country, increased the performance of the African players and began to organized the cricket by multi racial players in 1956.

            The Nigeria got independence in 1960, they took much for cricket. In 1964 they started to play annual match against Sierra Leone and the Gambia and continued to contest until 1970 at that time the people Nigeria began to more attractive for foot ball. The cricket began to lost its popularity. Tanzania toured to Nigeria in 1974, there played three matches, Nigeria lost two matches and another drew. Nigeria also defeated heavily in the MCC match in 1976. the problem was internally for both the Nigeria Cricket  Association and Nigerian player , they started from the decline standards. The most of the player were formed in Nigeria cricket from West African Cricketers. They got the associated membership of ICC in 1976.

            In the ICC Trophy tournament the West African team took part in1982 and played upto 1997 before the withdrew from the tournament of  2001 in Ontario. Though Nigeria withdrawn from the tournament  so on their own occasion they continued to played cricket . In 2002 West African Cricket Conference ceased to exits from the Nigerian Cricket team and they became the associate membership of ICC in the same year.

            The first tournament on their own  after  becoming the ICC member was the Africa Cup of 2002 in Zambia. Nigeria won only one  match  against Malawi and secured fourth place in the group. Africa Cricket Association Championship 2004 their place was fifth. They  won only against Tanzania and failing to qualify for the ICC Trophy of 2005.

            The World Cricket league Africa Region Nigeria took part in the division two in August 2006 in Tanzania and placed last. They were unable play in the tournament in 2008 so they relegated them for Division three. In 2007and 2008 the North West Africa Championship Nigeria won the both match.  World Cricket League Africa Region in  2008. Nigeria played in Division two. They qualified in Division seven for ICC World Cricket League 2009. In the tournament their position was third thus remained in the Division. Nigeria took part in the ICC World Cricket League of 2011 in Division seven  in  Botswana. Nigeria qualified for ICC World Cricket League Division  Six in 2011 by came second in the tournament . In may 2011 they toured to South Africa to attend in  ICC 2011 Africa Division  two (T20)  on way to qualifying  ICC World Twenty 20 of 2012, Nigeria won the tournament  and qualified. ICC Africa Division One 2011 .

HISTORY OF ITALIAN CRICKET TEAM

Cricket was first played in Italy by the sailor of Admiral Nelson’s  in Naples in 1793. Near about 19^th century foot ball and cricket club combinedly  formed Several combined Cricket and foot ball clubs formed , including the World famous in clued in the World famous AC Milan. Which was rename Milan football and cricket Club. The first football  team is football and Genoa cricket club which previously name  was Genoa cricket and Athletic Club. These clubs forgot about cricket team in Italy only concentrated in football. They started to review the cricket after the Second World War.

          In 1980 the Italy formed the “ Italian Cricket Federation “(Federazion cricket Italian) In 1984 they got affiliate membership of the ICC . They were promoted from affiliate member to associate member in 1995.

          The Italy attended the first European championship in Denmark in the year of 1996. They achieved seventh place by beating Israel in a play off. In the ICC Trophy first time they took part in the 1997 tournament and performance was poor. They were got the last place out of 22 team. Next year in European championship they finished fifth place .

          In a quadrangular tournament  in Gibraltar in 1999 Italy took part and also  featuring Israel and France. First time the tournament they won by beating the hosts in the final. In the Division one of the European they finished in fifth place .

          In 2001 they participate in the ICC Trophy and were champion, but wait up to last minute due to four players eligibility to dispute over.

          Italy finished in the place of sixth in  Division one in the European Championship in 2002, They relegating them to Division two for 2004 which was their promptly won. For the ICC Trophy in 2005 they qualified for the repechage tournament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. After beating Zambia in a playoff , they achieved seventh place in that tournament

          In 2006 in the European Championship in the Division one Italy took Part. They finished fifth place in the tournament in may/June 2007. They toured to Darwin, Australia to participate in the division three of the world Cricket League.

By beating the Fiji in a play off their position was seventh . In 2008 they played in World Cricket League in Division four and place third in the tournament and remained in the Division four of ICC World Cricket League in 2010. The World Cricket league 2011 they promoted to Second in the Division three. They also came to fourth in ICC World Cricket League 2013 in Division three. They will change the mode of play coming World Cup Cricket 2015 if they finish the ICC World Cricket League Division three in the top two of 2013. So the top two of the World Cricket League 2013 is qualifier. They started to play with encouraging for this tournament as won against Oman by 9 wicket and against United State by 8 runs and defeats against Ireland narrowly by 2 wicket and against Kenya by 7 Wicket comprehensively .

HISTORY OF CHINESE CRICKET

The game Cricket played in china by Shanghai Cricket Clu b in 1858. They played many tournament inside the country. Shanghai Club is the largest club in the China. They also played many game against touring side but they were not official  national team till 1948.

          With the assistance of the Asian Cricket Council the Chinese Cricket Association conducted eight coaching/Umpiring Course training  in September 2005. Now Cricket played in China by the nine cities. The Cities are Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Dalian, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Tainjin and Jinan. The  cricket played more than 150 School in China.

          For ACC Cup Trophy in 2009 took by China that was the representative  tournament of their first appearance. In their group match the Chinese lost all and  they lost by 315 run against the Maldives. In their  first ever international China recorded seventeenth place playoff by winning  against Myanmar match by 118 runs

          In the United Arab Emirates China attended in the ACC Twenty20 Cup in  2009. In their first game they lost against Afghanistan by 9 wickets , in that match within  37 runs , all of them bowled out. In their group games China lost allby wide margins, a low record was built by china that they lost by 209 runs in the United Arab Emirates. China got 27 runs with 15 runs  came from extra  during the UAE’s innings . Their place eleventh place play off due to lost to Bahrain. Thus their position in the tournament in twelfth and last place

          In the Asian games  China took part, where as host , there played against Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Oman, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates .

HISTORY OF TURKEY CRICKET TEAM

The people of Turkey played cricket since early 20^th century. They had a team of cricket. They are the membership status of ICC as Affiliated  member and they got in June 2008. Everyone’s surprised to hear that cricket played in Turkey. Turkey had a biggest football club,. They establish their own cricket  team in 1911. The cricket was dying out from the Turkey behind the reason if first World war, After a hundred years they began to play cricket in the country.

            Unofficially a lot of local game had been played in the capital city Ankara in Turkey. There joint few enthusiast together in 2004, and a proper structure of the game try to set by them.  The sports centre of Bilken University gave the support to them from June 2005. The Kimlik one of the local company organized the first domestic cricket competition in Turkey , there four clubs only attended to the competition, with the  flicx  pitch played even all the matches, and that is also helped by ICC.

            Turkish Government helped to development the cricket in the next step  in 21 December 2006. A Federation of Developing  decided formed by “The General Director of sports.”. and “Kriket” was included officially as a “developing sport” after approaches from the Turkish cricket community in the Turkey.

            Prof Abdullah Atahar thevic rector of Bilkent University formed the Turkish Cricket Board (TCB) and provided its officer also, that was the great supported to developing the beginning. The TCB applied for the membership of ICC in September 2007 and with state recognition. for established a official Board and competition regularly .The ICC granted the application of  Turkey for affiliated membership and international cricket qualified to play by the annual conference of July 2008.

            Turkey took place the first ever international match in Corfu, Greece on 7^th September 2009 during the ICC Division Championship of Europe against Estonia and they won first time  in international cricket against Bulgaria  on that tournament. They in spite for their won they finished the competition. They built seven  cricket  team in Turkey. Six of them are Ankara and one of  them is Istanbul . Regular they take part in the domestic competition .

HISTORY OF AFGHANISTAN CRICKET

The History of Afghanistan Cricket : The British troops  was playing a cricket match in Kabul of Afghanistan in 1839.Cricket was left by British so it appears that no longer lasting . To the Afghan refugees cricket became popularity in 1990 those who were residing in Pakistan among them. In 1995 the Cricket Board was formed in Afghanistan. In their country they continued to played cricket. Taliban  banned to play cricket in Afghanistan but cricket became  exception in 2000.( Taliban approved to play only cricket as a sports in Afghanistan.  An affiliate member of the ICC elected  the cricket federation  o f Afghanistan in 2001.

          In the same year the national team second time invited to play Pakistani domestic cricket. International media brought the tour attention to Afghanistan when US began to led invasion to the country. The team lost three and drew two of five match during the tour in Pakistan.

          In 2003 two Pakistani tournament played by the team, and winning their first match in the same year. Asian regional tournament began to played by them in 2004.In the ACC Trophy they finishing sixth in their first time.

          They brought more success in 2006 , they were runner up in the middle East cup to Bahrain and beat an MCC former England captain Mike Gatting by 171 runs in Mumbai, For a duck Gatting was dismissed .

          In the summer of 2006 they toured in England , out of seven match they won six . In the second XIs they won three of Essex, Glamorgan and Leicestershire. They also third in the ACC Trophy that year,  beating  Nepal in a play off match

          Their first tournament in 2007 they won , the ACC Twenty 20 Cup sharing with Oman after the two tied in the final. For the World Cup 2011 they began their qualifying campaign in  jersey 2008, Division Five of the World Cricket league  they won. In the ACC Trophy elite tournament they finished third in the same year and second consecutive WCL tournament they won, division four in Tanzania  later in the year.

          Afghanistan progressed to the World cup 2009  qualifier by the winning division thereof the world Cup Cricket league in January 2009.

HISTORY OF KENYA CRICKET TEAM

Colonial settlers  brought cricket in Kenya , and Mombasa played first from where cricket spread  inland . The first match played in 1899 and 1910 started a three day official fixture . In 1933 started domestic match along with  European V Asian  game., upto 1964 .

          Kenya played first international match in 1951 at Tanganyika , Captained by C de L Innis (representative of  West Indian) Natal team visited to Kenya in 1952, the scoring of Russell Endean was century. Kenya Cricket Association was fo0rmed In 1953, the inter-racial organization by colony although Asian community largely dominated .

          From the decline in 1930,the MCC an invitation to tour  finally England team visited Kenya in 1957-58 under captained Freddie Brown  and again tour in 1963.  The south African non European touring East Africa in 1958 and played a several matches in Kenya . The south African captain was B L D Oliveira . He was pre eminent , won all matches Wickets were mats of jute rather than coconut fiber at that time to reduce the bounce above concrete or impacted  gravel.

          Kenya took part in World cup Cricket in 1975 as a East part of Africa, and again attend in the inaugural of ICC trophy in 1979 . 1982 Kenya were playing with their own flag. They improved their local standard also did their national side.  They took part in World Cup Cricket inn 1996 , there they brought a glorious result by beating West Indies.  They reached the ICC Trophy final  in 1997, they played a good standard as more ODIs both. They began to grown up from emerge as many people tip to the next Test nation after Bangladesh. ICC decided to  making a ODI member to Kenya by seemed the encourage , they only on which sat between full member and associate status.

          Champions Trophy of 2000 hosted by Nairobi and World Cup  2003 co-hosted by Kenya, reached to semi-final by over turning  the form book. But they already on the slide in their finest hour. There was bitter disputes between the board and the players led to a series of strikes.  The KCA found most of the country battings itself stakeholders. Kenya  cricket was doldrums by the end of the disputes in 2005 . Kenya was sponsorless  and effectively in international isolation. Later in the year ICC stripped ODI status from the Kenya.

          Kenya Cricket and rebuilding progress by replacing the KCA in 2006

HISTORY OF USA CRICKET TEAM (2ND Phase)

          The first international game conducted between England and 22of United States at Hoboken, new Jersey , on 3,4,5 October 1859. United States was more advanced at that time than in Australia. To play five match the small cricket party traveled over 7,000 miles a prodigious adventure in mid Victorian times. Cricket was established  game and baseball played more by student and children before the civil war. The difficulties  was getting proper equipment of cricket and maintaining  problem were too great during the war period long 4 years. During the civil war thousand of soldier learned the baseball . Baseball was assured when they returned to civil life. Cricket began to popularize in Philadelphia . English 11s began to play there and a good coaching against first class English cricketers began grow up Philadelphia cricketer an exalt spot jupp’s English in 1868. and played 2 game at Philadelphia , winning both easily. American  deficiency were batting and bowling due lack of coaching . American play was old style and had not learned to new type of bowling .

                                     

          Harry Wright and A G Spalding  the most professional baseball player were former to cricket  they founded sporting  goods firms which are still active today. Philadelphia started to outstrip from one place another till the became focal point of American cricket. United State began to playing games at Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francisco . Australian 11 captained by D W George met Philadelphia on 3,4,5 October after finishing the tour of England. The Australia team beaten MCC at Lords , Philadelphia only team who drawn the game in the match which was the historic.

          In  1884 the team visit to England organized by Philadelphia  and other in 1889. There was some success. In 1891 Philadelphia brought a first class English amateurs by Lord Hawke and 1893 Australian team played 2 games in the city. Philadelphia made the highest score and won  an innings and 68 runs

          The Australia XI visited Philadelphia under GHS Trott on 1896 and played there three games on level. The first two game were lost and won the third  by an innings and 99runs. After these experience the city cricketers determined to play first  class tour of England in 1897. A great success came from the Philadelphia tour of 12897 which showed  the heights their cricket within few years. All Philadelphia match against English countries were reckoned as first class until 1914 from that tour.

The first time the tour saw the limelight by  the Bart king spring. The world greatest bowler was King. He shown the best performance of the tour.He took 7 wicket for 13 runs. King could changed the direction of the ball sharply in the last 10 or 15 feet  of flight. King used that ball only against `good batsmen He successfully done this from 1893 to 1912. Not only for bowling also for batting  he was golden age of American cricket . In 1921 a enjoyable tour had Philadelphian pilgrims, after this No American  team toured in England until 1961, when Chicago cricket club made valiant effort by play some club in England and with to volunteers at that.

                                     

 A popular game of cricket advanced to decline for many reason in United States. The main facts that the national  temperament not suited for cricket’s leisure pace , The governing body of cricket’s  lack of interest, the greater interest to the other sports as golf.

          Out side England, United States was on the country who have magazine devoted to cricket. “ The American cricketer was founded on28 June 1877” and the life over 50 years.  The last issue published in April 1929 that United States devoted to tennis and other sports relegated to the cricket to the back page. The American Cricketer were preserved in the library. This was dedicated by the association in 1968.

          Associate membership of the International Cricket Conference to admitted in 1965. In 1979 USA participated from the first tournament in the ICC  trophy and side’s performances gradually improved fro the mid 1980s. It was due to increase  expert from the Caribbean and other technique from American players. For dthe ICC champions Trophy the United states qualified  in six Nation event but their participation was very neglected and limited side ageing  were never competitive.

          Cricket association of USA become a deeply divided group and United States  was suspended from ICC for being “dysfunctional” in 2005and barred from official; tournaments. Although that ban was lifted to internal sniping continued, the board still now unaccountable, and only USA loser for the   Cricketers

HISTORY OF USA CRICKET TEAM

The Cricket history of USA enthusiasts it may appear presumptuous took a modest place in US.A few people of generation belief that main sporting of US are Baseball and Football. Now a days surprised to learn the cricket endeavours which has been played less or more over 200 years. It would be time needed . Australia and the first class English countries were judges good enough to play the cricket  and an American player on tour in England headed the first class English bowling averages .The glory has long from departed but small cricketing fraternity in the United States achieved though it consider that their efforts have upheld the best traditions of the game. William Stephens, build a cricket player of American  colonies who lived in Georgia from the earliest. He reported in 1737 “Many of our townsmen, freeholders, inmates other servant were assembled in the principal square   at cricket and other athletic sports “Stephens was educated at Winchester and Cambridge University before engaging as a planter in the colonies he also knew the cricket. 

          In 1751 a cricket match played in New York between 11 of London and 11 of New York publisher by the “New York Weekly post boy” and New York won the match, the score was 80 and 86 against 43 and 47. Most of the New York player drawn for the residents of New York it is difficult to believe that a touring group would cross the Atlantic for one match or that the state of the game would encourage such a tour. In 1754 at Baltimore, Maryland  there was a notice for a cricket match  and 19 April 1786 an advertisement by Independent Journal for cricket equipment in New York. The American Revolution  alienated a great deal o interest personnel in all matter English , one of the victim being the game of cricket There was  an active interest in the game before the Revolution and as far as possible in the those days to some encouragement for the younger player . After Revolution the chief Executive officer of the newly formed United states was brought up and John Adams remarked that “there are president of fire companies and  cricket club” There was interesting to reflect that the word president as used for the chief executive officer of the United States, may have come through its use by a humble cricket club.

          A tourist  form England XI was discussed an industrial depression  gripped the United States in  1857, and talk were postponed . New York citizen  Mr Waller was instrumental guaranteeing ₤500 for 2 match in the United States on 6 September 1859, A team consist of 12 professional cricketers by England met the George hotel. The team consist by Caffyn, Locker, H H Stephenson and Julius Caesar , Parr, Gruddy and Jackson , Wisden and John Lillywhite, Carpenter, Hayward and Diver andFred Lillywhite who acted as score keeper, historian and manager of the trip

HISTORY OF WEST INDIES CRICKET- Chapter -2

 The most score of George Headly was 703 and  Learie Constantine  took the most wicket 18.of West Indians . During the toured to  Australia of West Indies , they lost the Test series  4-1and show some promise batting in the fifth final Test .West Indiesearning a 250 run by spent first three days led with five wicket down in their second innings. Herman Griffith took four wickets and West Indieswon by 30 runs. To their first foreign tour Test victory. By the time past  they had achieved a good impression of themselves with the Australian public , although they first faced with several culture difference .White men always led by the West Indians  side an d touring party comprised seven white and eleven natives to Australia and West Indians board of control said that “all should reside at the same hotels” non-white would leave at the end of the tour the Australian Board  having guarantee to the Government. The white were immediately given a different hotel From, the blacks when West Indians arrived in Sydney. They complained and thereafter their wished was settled . Between 14 first class fixture West Indians  lost Eight and won four.

            West Indies another tour to England in 1933 where England  started aggressive bowling at body with leg side field much confidence . England won the three Test Series against West Indies by 2-0 of three days Test. Second drawn..

            West In dies another tour to England followed in 1934-35. First Test  won by England  due duo poor pitch, affected  by rain in Barbados .in the match England took four Wicket and 309 runs score declared both side closed of the innings . The second Test West IOndies won by 217 runs and third Test  drawn at  Sabina park in Jamaica. A maximum 270 notg out from George Headley  and declared on 535 for 7. but Despite England could not go down by an innings  and 161 runs  so the West Indies secured their first test victory.

            West Indies  another toured in England in 1939. West Indies lost the first Test at Lords easily by 8 wicket, there also a rain affected . the West Indies returned home. They would not play more Test  until 21 January 1948.

           

            West Indies toured newly independent India for first time for five Test series in 1948. At end of the tour was preceded by a not Test in Pakistan and  similar a short tour to Sri Lanka. , When three high scoring drawn against India. West Indies  awoke up the fourth  by an innings  where India need only six run away from with two wicket in hand as that ran out ,so West Indies won. Test .

To be continue