England is called the father of cricket. England played the first international match. About 91 years ago today, the England cricket team played 2 test matches in 2 countries simultaneously. In one of these matches he won and one match was drawn. There was only one such incident in the history of cricket when a team played two Tests simultaneously.
Let us tell that England played a Test match against New Zealand in Christchurch from 10 to 13 January 1930, in which New Zealand's team was bundled out after scoring 112 runs in the first innings, in response to which England scored 181 runs in the first innings. . In the second innings, the Kiwi team could only score 131 runs. England won this match by 8 wickets.
On one hand, the England team was playing a Test in New Zealand, and on the other hand, the other team England came to play a Test match against West Indies on 11 January 1930. This match lasted for 5 days and England's team was successful in making this match a draw. In this match, West Indies scored 369 runs in the first innings, in response to which England scored 467 runs.
In this match, the West Indies team scored 384 runs in the second innings and England got a target of 287 runs in the fourth innings to win. By the end of 5 days' play, England's team scored 167 runs in 65 overs for the loss of 3 wickets, and the match was drawn. In this way, the England team created a new record by playing matches in two countries simultaneously.
