On Thursday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) posted a video of legendary Widnies pacer, Courtney Walsh as it recalled the bowler’s fine gesture of not running out Pakistan lower-order batsman Saleem Jaffar as both the teams were involved crucial match at Lahore on October 16, 1987. In the video, Walsh can be heard saying, “Not […]

On 31st October 1987, Indian right-arm pacer Chetan Sharma created a history by becoming the first ever bowler to claim a hat-trick in the World Cup history. It was the group stage (Group A) match between the defending champions & the hosts India and New Zealand at VCA Ground (Nagpur). Playing their final group stage […]

  India-Australia series is underway and this rivalry is about to wind-up in four days until the next round in Australia. But today we will take you down to the memory lane, when a nail-biting match ended in the record books of World Cup history on 9 October 1987. This was the opening match for […]