FIRST INTERNATIONAL CRICKET MATCH EVER!!

Cricket which was Originated from East-England in 16th Century is the world's second most popular spectator sport after Association Football, Governance of which is by the International Cricket Council (ICC) which has over one hundred members although only ten play Test cricket.

Officially the 1st International match ever played was between USA Vs Canada (Canada was that time an province of British Empire) in 1844 at the grounds of the St George's Cricket Club in New York which was won by Canada with 23 Runs.

The match was witnessed by almost 20,000 people

Below is the image of USA team in 1844:

Province of Canada in their 1st Innings scored 82 Runs in 32 Overs & 63 Runs in their second innings whereas :
USA scored only 64 Runs in their 1st Innings & 58 runs in their second thus Canada won by 23 Runs!!

Though no one played really well in bat, both the teams however had each taking 5-Wickets haul
For Canada it was George Sharpe who took 6 Wickets & Henry Groom for USA took 5-Wickets

Though it was the 1st match ever between 2 countries which paved for continuous development & frequency of matches played in future.

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