Sir Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose KCN is an Antiguan former cricketer who played 98 Test matches for the West Indies. Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time,he took 405 Test wickets at an average of 20.99 and topped the ICC Player Rankings for much of his career to be rated the best bowler in the world. His great height—he is 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m) tall—allowed him to make the ball bounce unusually high after he delivered it;allied to his pace and accuracy,it made him a very difficult bowler for batsmen to face. A man of few words during his career,he was notoriously reluctant to speak to journalists. He was chosen as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1992;after he retired he was entered into the International Cricket Council Hall of Fame and selected as one of West Indies all-time XI by a panel of experts.
The Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World is an annual cricket award selected by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. It was established in 2004,to select the best cricketer based upon their performances anywhere in the world in the previous calendar year. A notional list of previous winners,spanning from 1900 to 2002,was published in the 2007 edition of Wisden.
Samantha Claire Taylor is a former cricketer who represented England more than 150 times between 1998 and 2011. A top order batter,Taylor was the first woman to be named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year. Along with Charlotte Edwards,she was the mainstay of England's batting during the first decade of the 21st century,and played a key role in the team's two world titles in 2009.
James Charles Hildreth is a former English professional cricketer who played for Somerset County Cricket Club. He attended Millfield School,Somerset. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. Hildreth represented England at all youth levels including the 2003–04 Under-19 World cup held in Bangladesh. He made his first-class debut in 2003 and became a regular member of the side from the start of the 2004 season. The James Hildreth Stand was opened by him at Somerset County Cricket Ground on 21 September 2022.
The 1997 cricket season was the 98th in which the County Championship has been an official competition. The season centred on the six-Test Ashes series against Australia. England won the first,at Edgbaston,by the decisive margin of nine wickets,and the rain-affected second Test at Lord's was drawn,but any English optimism was short-lived. Australia won the next three games by huge margins to secure the series and retain The Ashes,and England's three-day victory in the final game at The Oval was little more than a consolation prize. It was the 68th test series between the two sides with Australia finally winning 3-2 The three-match ODI series which preceded the Tests produced a statistical curiosity,with England winning each match by an identical margin,six wickets.
Gul Abbass Khan is a Pakistani-born former cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and leg spin bowler who played for Oxford University and Derbyshire in a two-year first-class career.
Michael Henry John Allen was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire from 1956 to 1963 and Derbyshire from 1964 to 1966.
The Pakistani cricket team toured South Africa in the 1994–95 season. On the tour they played two first-class tour matches,three one-day matches and a single Test match. They also competed in a quadrangular tournament against New Zealand,South Africa and Sri Lanka,entitled the Mandela Trophy. They lost the best-of-three final series 2–0 to South Africa,having topped the table in the group stage. They lost the only Test by 324 runs.
Michael Burns is an English first-class list cricket umpire and former first-class cricketer who played county cricket for Warwickshire and Somerset in a first-class career which spanned from 1992 until 2005. He also played Minor Counties cricket for Cumberland and Cornwall. An adaptable cricketer,he appeared for Cumberland and Warwickshire as a wicket-keeper,but when he moved to Somerset he developed into an aggressive batsman who bowled at medium-pace when needed.
Matthew Lewis Engel is a British writer,journalist and editor.
Andrew Williams is a Welsh cricketer and former right-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who played for Shropshire. between 1986 and 1993. He was born in Wrexham,North Wales
Raymond Walter Charles Pitman was an English first-class cricketer.
The Sri Lanka national cricket team visited the West Indies in April 1996 and played a single Limited Overs International (LOI) only on 13 April 1996 at Queen's Park Oval,Port of Spain,Trinidad,against the West Indies cricket team. The match was played to celebrate 100 years of cricket at the Queen's Park Oval.
The 1993 Benson &Hedges Cup was the twenty-second edition of cricket's Benson &Hedges Cup. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 27 April and 10 July 1993. The tournament was won by Derbyshire County Cricket Club who defeated Lancashire County Cricket Club by 6 runs in the final at Lord's.
The 1998 Benson &Hedges Cup was the twenty-seventh edition of cricket's Benson &Hedges Cup. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 28 April and 12 July 1998.
The 1993 Britannic Assurance County Championship was the 94th officially organised running of the County Championship. Middlesex won the Championship title.
The 1920–21 Sheffield Shield season was the 25th season of the Sheffield Shield,the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. New South Wales won the championship.
The 1927–28 Sheffield Shield season was the 32nd season of the Sheffield Shield,the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia. Victoria won the championship. The method used to decide the championship was a new points system and matches were limited to five days. Don Bradman played in his maiden first-class match,scoring a century for New South Wales against South Australia.
The 1994–95 World Series was a One Day International (ODI) cricket quadrangular where Australia played host to England and Zimbabwe. A development team Australia A also took part in the tournament. Australia and Australia A reached the finals,which Australia won 2–0.
The matches involving Australia A were not classified as official One Day Internationals.
The Standard Bank International Series was the name of the One Day International cricket tournament in South Africa for the 1997-98 season. It was a tri-nation series between South Africa,Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
