English cricket team in Australia in 1932–33 English cricket team in Australia in 1932–33 A cricket team representing England toured Australia in the 1932–33 season. The tour was organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club and matches outside the Tests were played under the MCC name. The tour included five Test matches in Australia, and England won The Ashes by four games to one. The tour was highly controversial because of the bodyline bowling tactics used by the England team under the captaincy of Douglas Jardine. After the Australian tour was over, the MCC team moved on to play in New Zealand, where two further Test matches were
History of the Indian cricket team History of the Indian cricket team The Indian cricket team made its Test cricket debut in 1931 and has since advanced to be among the top four test teams in the ICC rankings in each of 2005 to 2008. The team won the ODI Cricket World Cup in 1983 and 2011. In other major International victories, Team India won the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup in 2007 and ICC Champions Trophy in 2013. A few Indians played as members of the English cricket team while India was under British rule, including Ranjitsinhji and KS Duleepsinhji, but India made its debut as