|
07-09-1986 Australia's David Boon and Geoff Marsh put on a record 212 for the first wicket against India at
Jaipur. Despite this effort, the Australians lost the match.
24-12-1986 India were dismissed for 78 in 24.1 overs by Sri Lanka at
Kanpur. Interestingly, just two days earlier, India had achieved their highest Test total of 676-7 at the same venue.
30-01-1987 West Indian Viv Richards playing his 126th match became the first batsman to reach 5000 runs in
ODI, against England at Melbourne.
08-10-1987 The fourth World Cup, known as the Reliance World Cup began in the Indian sub-continent.
08-11-1987 Australia won the Reliance Cup by beating England in the final at the Eden Gardens, Calcutta, by 7 runs. The closest result of all the World Cup finals.
02-01-1988 Australian Tony Dodemaide achieved the best ever bowling analyses by any ODI debutant when he captured 5 wickets for 21 runs against Sri Lanka at Perth.
17-12-1988 India's Mohd Azharuddin scored the fastest hundred in ODI (in 62 balls), subsequently beaten, against New Zealand in Baroda.
04-11-1988 India won the third Asia Cup by defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final at Dhaka.
07-01-1989 West Indian Viv Richards playing his 156th match became the first batsman to reach 6000 runs in
ODI, against Pakistan at Brisbane.
07-03-1990 West Indian Viv Richards playing his 179th match became the first fieldsman to take 100 catches in
ODI, against England at Georgetown.
02-05-1990 Australian Simon O'Donnell scored the fastest fifty in ODI (in 18 balls), subsequently beaten, against Sri Lanka at
Sharjah.
04-01-1991 India won the fourth Asia Cup by defeating Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in the final at Calcutta. Pakistan did not participate due to security reasons.
17-10-1991 West Indian Jeffery Dujon playing his 166th match became the first wicket-keeper to glove his 200th dismissal in ODI - against Pakistan at
Sharjah.
22-10-1991 West Indian Desmond Haynes playing his 188th match became the first batsman to reach 7000 runs in
ODI, against India at Sharjah.
23-10-1991 Kapil Dev playing his 167th match became the first to reach the 200-wicket mark in
ODI, in the match against Pakistan at Sharjah.
25-10-1991 Pakistani Aaqib Javed captured 7 wickets for 37 runs against India at Sharjah to record the best bowling analyses in
ODI.
22-02-1992 The fifth World Cup, known as the Benson and Hedges World Cup began in Australia and New Zealand.
23-02-1992 Zimbabwe (312-4 in 50 overs) against Sri Lanka (313-7 in 49.2
overs) at New Plymouth in the 1992 World Cup became the first team to lose a match after scoring over 300 runs in
ODI, while Sri Lanka's total is the highest to chase a total.
|
