Hussain is regarded as one of the best England Test Cricket Captains of the era for his part in transforming the side from a habitually under-performing team to one of achievement.

* Alan Gibson, The Cricket Captains of England, Cassell, 1979

Captain Australia: A History of the Celebrated Captains of Australian Test Cricket.

Captain Australia: A History Of the Celebrated Captains Of Australian Test Cricket.

* Robinson, Ray, On Top Down Under: Australia's Cricket Captains, Sydney, Cassell, 1975.

* The Cricket Captains of England ( 1979, revised edition 1989 )

* Cricket: The Great Captains ( 1965 )

It is in fact a private memento, and for this reason it is never awarded to either England or Australia, but is kept permanently in the MCC Cricket Museum where it can be seen together with the specially made red and gold velvet bag and the scorecard of the 1882 match.

In the Fourth Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground, England batting second scored 513 to defeat Australia ( 98 & 258 ) by an innings and 157 runs.

In Australia, the grounds currently used are The Gabba in Brisbane ( first staged an England – Australia Test in the 1932 – 33 season ), Adelaide Oval ( 1884 – 85 ), The WACA, Perth ( 1970 – 71 ) the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) ( 1876 – 77 ) and the Sydney Cricket Ground ( SCG ) ( 1881 – 82 ).

The England Cricket Board declined and the series was played over five Tests.

The first Cricket World Cup contest was organised in England in 1975.

The success and popularity of the domestic one-day competitions in England and other parts of the world, as well as the early One-Day Internationals, prompted the ICC to consider organising a Cricket World Cup.

The inaugural Cricket World Cup was hosted in 1975 by England, the only nation able to put forward the resources to stage an event of such magnitude at that time.

* 1975 – The inaugural Cricket World Cup begins in England.

* 1909 – Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.

The National Stadium hosted two group matches ( Pakistan v. South Africa on 29 February and Pakistan v. England on 3 March ), and a quarter-final match ( South Africa v. West Indies on 11 March ) during the 1996 Cricket World Cup.

The MCG hosted the historic 1992 Cricket World Cup final between Pakistan and England with a crowd of more than 87, 000.

After leaving school he joined Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club and was selected for the Sri Lanka A tour of England in 1991.

One view is that the club was connected to the St Mary ’ s Church of England Cricket Club, now the St Mary's Anglican Church North Melbourne, whose colours – blue and white – are reflected in the Club's colour's today.

The association between the St Mary's Church of England Cricket Club and the establishment of the North Melbourne Football Club is believed not to be formal, rather a general gathering to play some competitive sport.

Clydesdale Bank are the current sponsors, and have a three year deal signed with the England and Wales Cricket Board.

* Riverside Ground, a cricket ground in Chester-le-Street, England ; home to Durham County Cricket Club

The first officially recognised Test match commenced on 15 March 1877, contested by England and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ), where Australia won by 45 runs.

", he played first-class cricket for a record-equalling 44 seasons, from 1865 to 1908, during which he captained England, Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, the Gentlemen, MCC, the United South of England Eleven and several other teams.

* March 12 – The Centenary Test between Australia and England begins at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

** The Yorkshire County Cricket Club is founded at the Adelphi Hotel in Sheffield, England.

** Pakistan won Cricket World Cup for very first time beating England and became Cricket Champion.

* July 31 – Cricket: Jim Laker sets an extraordinary record at Old Trafford in the fourth Test between England and Australia, taking 19 wickets in a first class match ( the previous best was 17 ).

Whichever side holds the Ashes, the urn normally remains in the Marylebone Cricket Club Museum at Lord's since being presented to the MCC by Bligh's widow upon his death.

This led to a serious misunderstanding amongst the English public and the Marylebone Cricket Club-the administrators of English cricket-of the dangers posed by Bodyline.

Cricket is a bat-and-ball sport contested by two teams.

* Cricket ( musical ), a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice

* Cricket, a translation into English of the Polish poem Chrząszcz by Jan Brzechwa

* Cricket, character played by Hoagy Carmichael in the film " To Have and Have Not "

* " Cricket ", a song by The Kinks on their album Preservation Act 1

The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council ( ICC ), with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years.

The finals of the Cricket World Cup are contested by all ten Test-playing and ODI-playing nations, together with other nations that qualify through the World Cup Qualifier.

The 2011 Cricket World Cup was co-hosted by Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka from 19 February to 2 April 2011.

In 2007 the tournament was hosted by the West Indies ; the Cricket World Cup became the first such tournament to be hosted on all six populated continents.

The 2011 Cricket World Cup was jointly hosted by India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

The World Cricket League ( administered by the International Cricket Council ) is the qualification system provided to allow the Associate and Affiliate members of the ICC more opportunities to qualify. The name " ICC Trophy " has been changed to " ICC World Cup Qualifier ".

The Cricket World Cup trophy which is kept by the ICC.

* DNS and BIND, Fifth Edition by Paul Albitz, Cricket Liu.

The term " first-class cricket " was formally defined by the then Imperial Cricket Conference ( ICC ) in May 1947 as a match of three or more days duration between two sides of eleven players officially adjudged first-class ; the governing body in each country to decide the status of teams.

** Cricket Associations and Departments ( corporate teams ) versus each other, or other first-class opponents, provided the associations or departments are affiliated to the Pakistan Cricket Board, and the match is organized by the Pakistan Cricket Board

** Sri Lanka ' A ' ( or another team designated by Sri Lanka Cricket ) versus a touring ' A ' team

** Special matches between teams adjudged first-class by the Board ( s ) of cricket concerned, with the approval of the International Cricket Council

Significant post-retirement activities of earlier Governors-General have included: Lord Tennyson was appointed Deputy Governor of the Isle of Wight ; Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson ( by now Lord Novar ) became Secretary of State for Scotland ; and Lord Gowrie became Chairman of the Marylebone Cricket Club ( Lord Forster had also held this post, before his appointment as Governor-General ).