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Mick Commaille
John McIllwaine Moore "Mick" Commaille (born 21 February 1883 in Cape Town, Cape Province, died 28 July 1956 in Sea Point, Cape Province) was a South African cricketer who played in 12 Test cricket, Tests from 1909–10 to 1927–28. He also played international amateur football for South Africa. Commaille had a very long cricket career as a right-handed opening batsman, first appearing for Western Province cricket team, Western Province in 1905–06 and not making his final first-class appearance until 1930–31, when he was playing for Griqualand West cricket team, Griqualand West. Cricket before the First World War Commaille made a single appearance as a middle-order batsman for Western Province against the English cricket team in South Africa in 1905-06, 1905–06 MCC side, making little impression. He returned to the Western Province side as an opening batsman in the 1908–09 SuperSport Series, Currie Cup competition, scoring 74 in the match against Border cricket team, Bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Test Cricket
Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC). A match consists of four innings (two per team) and is scheduled to last for up to five days. In the past, some Test matches had no time limit and were called Timeless Tests. The term "test match" was originally coined in 1861–62 but in a different context. Test cricket did not become an officially recognised format until the 1890s, but many international matches since 1877 have been retrospectively awarded Test status. The first such match took place at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in March 1877 between teams which were then known as a Combined Australian XI and James Lillywhite's XI, the latter a team of visiting English professionals. Matches between Australia national cricket team, Australia and England cricket team, England were first called "test matches" in 1892. The first definitive list of retro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |