LONG BUT A MUST READ: On January 11, 1930 history was made when England managed to play two tests on two different sides of the world on the same day - That has not happened again since that series and is almost certain never to happen again. On January 10th 1930: The test between England and New Zealand started On 11th January 1930: A test between England and West Indies started (and again) On Feb 21, 1930: A test match was started between England and New Zaealnd & England West Indies It happened because ICC wanted to promote cricket in smaller countries and when they asked Englands board they agreed to send two different teams - one in New Zealand and one in West Indies. But due to the time difference both the English teams were never seen in action at the same time. By the time play was started on the second day in West Indies, the match was already over in New Zealand and before their was rain. But in the test match started on 21st Feb the second day in New Zealand - February 22, 1930 - the start of play coincided with the last session of the first days play in the Caribbean (where it was still February 21st). So that was a time when the same country was playing test cricket simultaneously for less than two hours - Something which will never happen again
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 16:13:02 +0000
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