Events

• 17 January: Virender Sehwag
  Virender Sehwag
  Virender Sehwag , affectionately known as Viru, the Nawab of Najafgarh, or the Zen master of modern cricket, is one of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team. Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler...
  
   makes 254 off 247 balls, the highest Test score at more than a run a ball, in the first Test between India and Pakistan, which is drawn after a total of seven wickets fall and 1,089 runs are scored.
• 18 January: Zimbabwe Cricket
  Zimbabwe Cricket
  Zimbabwe Cricket is the governing body for the sport of cricket in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Cricket is a full member of the International Cricket Council, and operates the Zimbabwean cricket team, organising Test tours, One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals with other nations...
  
   announces that Zimbabwe will not play any Tests in 2006.
• 3 February: Pakistan win the third and final Test against India by 341 runs, their largest victory by runs in Test cricket, thus lengthening their unbeaten streak in Test cricket to seven matches despite Irfan Pathan
  Irfan Pathan
  Irfan Pathan is an Indian cricketer who made his debut for India in late-2003 and was a core member of the national team until a decline in form set in during 2006, forcing him out of the team...
  
   picking up a hat-trick
  Hat-trick
  A hat-trick or hat trick in sport is the achievement of a positive feat three times during a game, or other achievements based on threes. The term was first used in 1858 in cricket to describe HH Stephenson's feat of taking three wickets in three balls. A collection was held for Stephenson, and he...
  
   in the first innings.
• 14 February: With Adam Gilchrist
  Adam Gilchrist
  Adam Craig Gilchrist AM , nicknamed "Gilly" or "Churchy", is an Australian international cricketer who currently captains Kings XI Punjab and recently captained Middlesex. He is an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australian national...
  
   hitting the fastest ODI century for Australia, off 67 balls, Australia win the third and deciding VB Series
  VB Series
  The Australian Tri-Series refers to the one day international cricket tournament held between 1979-80 and 2007-08 between the home side and two touring teams, in the height of the Australian cricket season, i.e. during the summer months of December, January and February. Between 1979–80 and 1995–96...
  
   final against Sri Lanka to win the VB Series for the fourth successive year
• 16 February: Chris Cairns retires from international cricket following New Zealand's bowl-off win in the Twenty20 International with West Indies.
• 19 February: Pakistan U-19
  Pakistan Under-19 cricket team
  Pakistan Under-19 cricket team are twice Cricket World Champions at the under-19 level. Their second win made them the first and to date only back to back champions.-Pakistan U-19 Squad:* Azeem Ghumman* Sarmad Bhatti...
  
   clinch the 2006 Under-19 World Cup
  2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup
  The 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was played in Sri Lanka from February 5 to February 19, 2006.The final was played between Pakistan and India in Colombo, which Pakistan won by 38 runs, enabling them to become the first back-to-back champions of the tournament.- Participating Nations :Sixteen...
  
   after beating India U-19 in the final.
• 3 March: Muttiah Muralitharan
  Muttiah Muralitharan
  Muttiah Muralitharan , often referred to as Murali, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who was rated the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002...
  
   becomes the first bowler to take 1,000 international wickets during the first Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at Chittagong. Sri Lanka win the Test by eight wickets.
• 12 March: Records are broken
  Australia in South Africa, 5th ODI, 2006
  The 5th One Day International cricket match between South Africa and Australia was played on 12 March 2006 at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. The match broke many cricket records, including both the first and the second team innings score of over 400 runs. Australia won the toss and elected to...
  
   at Johannesburg, as first Australia, then South Africa set world record totals in One Day Internationals. South Africa's total of 438 for 9 sees them win by one wicket, taking the One Day International series 3–2.
• 21 March: West Indies lose their eighth successive Test, by ten wickets to New Zealand, which is their worst Test sequence since the team's admission to Test cricket in 1928.
• 22 March: England beat India by 212 runs in the third and final Test to draw the Test series, their best result in India since 1985.
• 28 March: Queensland
  Queensland Bulls
  The Queensland cricket team, nicknamed the Bulls, are the Brisbane-based Queensland representative cricket team in Australia's domestic cricket tournaments:*Sheffield Shield, 4-day matches with first-class status, since the 1926/27 season...
  
   complete a victory by an innings and 354 runs over Victoria
  Victorian Bushrangers
  The Victorian cricket team, nicknamed the Bushrangers, is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. It is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Melbourne's Premier Cricket competition...
  
   in the Pura Cup
  Pura Cup
  The Sheffield Shield is the domestic cricket competition of Australia. The tournament is contested between teams from the six states of Australia. Prior to the Shield being established, a number of intercolonial matches were played. The Shield, donated by Lord Sheffield, was first contested during...
  
   final. Their total of six for 900 declared
  Declaration and forfeiture
  In the sport of cricket a declaration occurs when a captain declares his team's innings closed and a forfeiture is when a captain chooses to forfeit an innings. Declaration and forfeiture are covered in Law 14 of the Laws of cricket...
  
   is the 11th highest in first-class cricket
  First-class cricket
  First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
  
   history.
• 31 March: Kevin Pietersen
  Kevin Pietersen
  Kevin Peter Pietersen, MBE is a South African-born English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for England and Surrey...
  
  's 71 in the second ODI against India in his 21st ODI innings sees him equal Viv Richards
  Viv Richards
  Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, OBE is a former West Indian cricketer. Better known by his second name, Vivian or, more popularly, simply as Viv or King Viv Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century in 2000, by a 100-member panel of experts, along with Sir Donald...
  
  ' record of fewest innings to reach 1,000 runs. England lose the match by four wickets, however.
• 11 April: Bottom-ranked Bangladesh bowl top-ranked Australia out for 269 in the first innings of the first Test, taking a first-innings lead of 158. However, Australia come back to win the Test by three wickets.
• 12 April: Following a tour of New Zealand
  West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2005-06
  The New Zealanders won the toss, playing in the beige uniforms of the 80's, and sent the West Indies in. The "Windies" scored a modest 126-7 off their 20 overs, a run rate of only 6.30 an over. In reply, Lou Vincent scored 42 off 37, the highest score in the match. New Zealand looked to have the...
  
   with only one win and one draw from nine international matches, Shivnarine Chanderpaul
  Shivnarine Chanderpaul
  Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul is a cricketer, and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. He is the first Indo-Caribbean in the West Indies team to play 100 Tests for the West Indies and has captained them in 14 Tests and 16 One Day Internationals...
  
   resigns as captain of West Indies.
• 15 April: Stephen Fleming
  Stephen Fleming
  Stephen Paul Fleming ONZM is a New Zealand cricketer, and the former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team, known as the Black Caps, in Test and one-day cricket...
  
   becomes the first New Zealander to play 100 Tests when taking to the pitch at SuperSport Park to face South Africa. However, the occasion is not a happy one for Fleming, who loses the Test by 128 runs.
• 19 April: Nightwatchman
  Nightwatchman (cricket)
  In the sport of cricket, a nightwatchman is a lower-order batsman who comes in to bat higher up the order than usual near the end of the day's play...
  
   Jason Gillespie
  Jason Gillespie
  Jason Neil Gillespie is an Australian cricketer who formerly represented Australia at international level, in both Tests and One Day Internationals, and South Australia, Yorkshire and Glamorgan at first-class level. His primary role is as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, but he is also a competent...
  
   bats through nine and a half hours to make 201 not out
  Not out
  In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
  
   in the second Test against Bangladesh, the highest score by a nightwatchman, and Australia win the second Test by an innings and 80 runs.
• 26 April: Brian Lara
  Brian Lara
  Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time...
  
   is appointed for his third stint as West Indies captain.
• 30 April: The International Cricket Council
  International Cricket Council
  The International Cricket Council is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989.The...
  
   award the 2011 Cricket World Cup
  2011 Cricket World Cup
  The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. It was Bangladesh's first time co-hosting a World Cup...
  
   to Asia and the 2015 Cricket World Cup
  2015 Cricket World Cup
  The 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup will be the 11th ICC Cricket World Cup, and will be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand. The location of the games will be evenly split, with the location of the final yet to be decided....
  
   to Australia and New Zealand.
• 6 May: On the second day of the final Test between South Africa and New Zealand, Jacques Kallis
  Jacques Kallis
  Jacques Henry Kallis is a South African cricketer. As an all-rounder he is a formidable right-handed batsman and fast-medium swingbowler. He is one of the greatest all-rounders of all time, being the only cricketer in the history of the game to hold more than 12,000 runs and 250 wickets in both...
  
   scores his 8000th Test run to join Garry Sobers
  Garfield Sobers
  Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers AO, OCC is a former cricketer who captained West Indies. His first name of Garfield is variously abbreviated as Gary or Garry. He is widely regarded as one of cricket's greatest ever all-rounders, having excelled at all the essential skills of batting, bowling and...
  
   in the club of players with 8000 runs and 200 wickets. The following day, South Africa go on to win the Test by four wickets.
• 17 May: Bermuda become the 23rd team to play official One Day Internationals, beating Canada by three wickets in their first match.
• 5 June: Mahela Jayawardene
  Mahela Jayawardene
  Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene , known as Mahela Jayawardene, is the former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He is a specialist batsman who has a Test average of over 50, and an ODI average in the 30s...
  
   captains Sri Lanka to a 134-run win over England, their second Test win in England and the first since 1998.
• 13 June: Ireland are the 24th nation to play ODI cricket, losing by 38 runs to England in Belfast.
• 1 July: Sanath Jayasuriya
  Sanath Jayasuriya
  Sanath Teran Jayasuriya is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. An all-rounder, he played for the Sri Lankan cricket team from 1989 to 2011...
  
   and Upul Tharanga
  Upul Tharanga
  Warushavithana Upul Tharanga , commonly known as Upul Tharanga, is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-handed opening batsman and wicketkeeper.-Early life:Upul Tharanga had his education at Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda...
  
   put on 286 for the first wicket in the final One-day International between Sri Lanka and England, the third-highest ODI partnership in history. Sri Lanka go on to chase England's total of 321 for seven in 37.3 of the 50 overs, completing a 5–0 whitewash.
• 4 July: After the first three Tests of the series have ended in draws, India
  Indian cricket team
  The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....
  
   win the final Test of their series in the West Indies by 49 runs to complete their first series win in the West Indies since 1970–71.
• 4 July: Sri Lanka set a new record for highest ODI total, piling on 443 for four against Netherlands at Amstelveen
  Amstelveen
  ' is a suburban municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam. The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the following villages and/or districts: Amstelveen, Bovenkerk, Westwijk, Bankras-Kostverloren, Groenelaan, Waardhuizen,...
  
  .
• 29 July: Mahela Jayawardene
  Mahela Jayawardene
  Denagamage Proboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene , known as Mahela Jayawardene, is the former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He is a specialist batsman who has a Test average of over 50, and an ODI average in the 30s...
  
   and Kumar Sangakkara
  Kumar Sangakkara
  Kumar Sangakkara is a Sri Lankan, Sinhalese cricketer and the former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is a left-handed top-order batsman...
  
   set a new world record partnership
  Partnership (cricket)
  In the sport of cricket, two batsmen always bat in partnership, although only one is on strike at any time. The partnership between two batsmen will come to an end when one of them is dismissed or retires, or the innings comes to a close In the sport of cricket, two batsmen always bat in...
  
   for any wicket in first-class cricket
  First-class cricket
  First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
  
  , making 624 for Sri Lanka in the first Test against South Africa. Jayawardene goes on to make the highest Test score by a Sri Lankan, totalling 374. Sri Lanka win the Test by an innings and 153 runs after declaring on 756 for five.
• 20 August: Pakistan become the first team to forfeit a Test match, after a protest concerning umpire Darrell Hair's adjudication that Pakistan had illegally altered the condition of the ball. The deliberations lasted several hours before the match was declared a forfeit, giving England a 3–0 win in the Test series.
• December 21 - Australian spin bowler Shane Warne
  Shane Warne
  Shane Keith Warne is a former Australian international cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, the only specialist bowler selected in the quintet...
  
   announces his retirement from International and Domestic Cricket
  Cricket
  Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
  
   at a press conference at the MCG
  Melbourne Cricket Ground
  The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...
  
  .

Test match series

• South Africa in Australia
  South African cricket team in Australia in 2005-06
  The South African cricket team toured Australia for cricket matches during the 2005–06 season. South Africa had already played two One Day International series during this season, beating New Zealand 4–0 at home before travelling to India and drawing the series there 2–2...
  
   (3 Tests, December 2005-January) - Australia win series 2–0.
• India in Pakistan
  Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 2005-06
  The India national cricket team toured Pakistan for cricket matches during the 2005–06 season. Both India and Pakistan have already played Test matches during this season; India were coming off a 2–0 series win at home over Sri Lanka, while Pakistan beat England by the same margin...
  
   (3 Tests, January-February) - Pakistan win series 1–0.
• Sri Lanka in Bangladesh
  Sri Lankan cricket team in Bangladesh in 2005-06
  - First Test: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka :- Second Test: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka :...
  
   (2 Tests, February-March) - Sri Lanka win series 2–0.
• England in India
  English cricket team in India in 2005-06
  The English cricket team toured India during February, March and April 2006. The English cricket team was aspiring to maintain the form that took them to second place in the ICC Test Championship before their disastrous spell against Pakistan, and which helped win the 2005 Ashes series at home to...
  
   (3 Tests, March) - Series tied 1–1.
• West Indies in New Zealand
  West Indian cricket team in New Zealand in 2005-06
  The New Zealanders won the toss, playing in the beige uniforms of the 80's, and sent the West Indies in. The "Windies" scored a modest 126-7 off their 20 overs, a run rate of only 6.30 an over. In reply, Lou Vincent scored 42 off 37, the highest score in the match. New Zealand looked to have the...
  
   (3 Tests, March) - New Zealand win series 2–0.
• Australia in South Africa
  Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2005-06
  Australian cricket team toured South Africa for cricket matches during the 2005–06 South African cricket season. Australia won the Tests with a 3–0 whitewash, but lost both the limited overs series, the one-off Twenty20 and the five-match ODI, which was concluded with what was described as "the...
  
   (3 Tests, March-April) - Australia win series 3–0.
• Pakistan in Sri Lanka (2 Tests, March-April) - Pakistan win series 1–0.
• Australia in Bangladesh
  Australian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2005-06
  The Australian cricket team ended the 2005-06 season by touring Bangladesh in April 2006. The series was seen as an uneventful way to end the season as Australia, who were twenty points clear of second place in the ICC Test Championship, played a Bangladeshi team who had won one Test match in their...
  
   (2 Tests, April) - Australia win series 2–0.
• New Zealand in South Africa
  New Zealand cricket team in South Africa in 2005-06
  The New Zealand cricket team toured South Africa for cricket matches in the 2005–06 season. Owing to South Africa's busy schedule, the tour was split into two legs, one to be played in October 2005 with the six limited overs matches , and the second leg to be played in April and May 2006, including...
  
   (3 Tests, April-May) - South Africa win series 2–0.
• Sri Lanka in England
  Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2006
  Sri Lanka toured England for cricket matches during the 2006 international cricket season. England were back home for the first time since September and looked to maintain their Test standards, which saw them keep their second place in the ICC Test Championship in India, and the teams were also...
  
   (3 Tests, May-June) - Series tied 1–1.
• India in West Indies
  Indian cricket team in West Indies in 2006
  India toured West Indies during the 2006 International cricket season. India were ranked highly above West Indies in both the ICC Test Championship as well as the ICC ODI Championship but the latter team had the favour of beating Zimbabwe 5–0 in a series of One Day International matches earlier in...
  
   (4 Tests, June-July) - India win series 1–0.
• Pakistan in England
  Pakistani cricket team in England in 2006
  The Pakistani cricket team toured England in the 2006 English cricket season, following England's winter tour of Pakistan where Pakistan had won a 3-Test series 2–0 and the ODI series 4–1...
  
   (4 Tests, July-August) - England win series 3–0.
• West Indies in Pakistan
  West Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 2006-07
  West Indies batted first, but Pakistan earned a first innings lead of 279, enough to stretch West Indies' their sequence of Tests without a win to 14, and they had now played 17 Tests away from home without a win. The visitors started with an opening stand of 41, but then four wickets fell within...
  
   (3 Tests, November-December) - Pakistan win series 2–0.
• England in Australia
  English cricket team in Australia in 2006-07
  The English cricket team tour of Australia included the 2006-07 Ashes series, a number of first-class matches against Australian Domestic teams, participation in the tri-nation One-day International series between Australia, New Zealand and England and a Twenty20 match against Australia on 9...
  
   (5 Tests, November-January 2007) - Australia win series 5–0.
• Sri Lanka in New Zealand
  Sri Lankan cricket team in New Zealand in 2006-07
  Shane Bond took three wickets in his first six overs in his first Test match for a year, and Sri Lanka were bowled out for 154 with only Tharanga and Chamara Kapugedera passing 20. In reply, New Zealand trailed by 41 with six wickets in hand, but Daniel Vettori's half-century helped score 206...
  
   (2 Tests, December 2007) - Series tied 1–1.
• India in South Africa
  Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2006-07
  -1st ODI: 19 November :The first ODI was rained out without a ball being bowled, due to persistent rain in Johannesburg.-2nd ODI: 22 November :-3rd ODI: 26 November :-4th ODI: 29 November :...
  
   (3 Tests, December-January 2007) - South Africa win series 2–1.

Deaths

• 19 January: Geoff Rabone
  Geoff Rabone
  Geoffrey Osborne Rabone was a cricketer who captained New Zealand in five Test matches in 1953-54 and 1954-55....
  
  , 84 New Zealand
  New Zealand cricket team
  The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
  
   cricketer
• 22 January: Alec Coxon
  Alec Coxon
  Alexander "Alec" Coxon is a former English cricketer who played for Yorkshire. He also played one Test match for England in 1948. Cricket writer, Colin Bateman stated, "Coxon's Test career was abrupt - much like the man himself...
  
  , 90, Yorkshire
  Yorkshire County Cricket Club
  Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
  
   and England
  English cricket team
  The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...
  
   seam bowler
• 7 February: Shujauddin
  Shujauddin
  Shujauddin Butt is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 19 Tests from 1954 to 1962....
  
  , 75, Pakistan
  Pakistani cricket team
  The Pakistan cricket team is the national cricket team of Pakistan. Pakistan, represented by the Pakistan Cricket Board , is a full member of the International Cricket Council, and thus participates in , and cricket matches....
  
   spin bowler
• 9 March: Dennis Brookes
  Dennis Brookes
  Dennis Brookes was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire between 1934 and 1959 . He also played in one Test match for England against West Indies in 1948. Brookes was President of Northamptonshire from 1982 to 1984...
  
  , 90, Northamptonshire
  Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
  Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...
  
   and England
  English cricket team
  The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...
  
   batsman
• 27 March: Neil Williams, 43, St Vincent
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean....
  
  -born England
  English cricket team
  The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...
  
   bowler
• 24 May: Eric Bedser
  Eric Bedser
  Eric Arthur Bedser was a cricket player for Surrey County Cricket Club. He was the elder identical twin brother of Sir Alec , widely regarded as one of England's top bowlers of the 20th century...
  
  , 87, Surrey
  Surrey County Cricket Club
  Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
  
   all-rounder and county president
• 1 July: Fred Trueman
  Fred Trueman
  Frederick Sewards Trueman OBE was an English cricketer, generally acknowledged as one of the greatest fast bowlers in history. A bowler of genuinely fast pace who was widely known as Fiery Fred, Trueman played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1949 until he retired in 1968...
  
  , 85, England
  English cricket team
  The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...
  
   and Yorkshire
  Yorkshire County Cricket Club
  Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
  
   fast bowler, first bowler to take 300 Test wickets
• 1 July: Michael Barton
  Michael Barton (cricketer)
  Michael Richard Barton was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, in a first-class career lasting from 1935 to 1955, he scored 5965 runs at 25.82, with 7 hundreds and a highest score of 192.He appeared for Oxford University from 1935 to 1937, winning a Blue in the latter two years...
  
  , 91, Surrey
  Surrey County Cricket Club
  Surrey County Cricket Club is one of the 18 professional county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Surrey. Its limited overs team is called the Surrey Lions...
  
   batsman, captain, and president

See also

• 2006 English cricket season
  2006 English cricket season
  The 2006 English cricket season includes home international series for England against Sri Lanka and Pakistan. England are coming off a winter with more Test losses than wins, for the first time since 2002-03, but still attained their best series result in India since 1985...
  
  
• 2005-06 Australian cricket season
  2005-06 Australian cricket season
  The 2005–06 Australian cricket season took place from October 2005 to March 2006.-Honours:* Championship – Queensland* Limited Overs KO Cup – New South Wales-Events:...
  
  , 2005-06 West Indian cricket season
  2005-06 West Indian cricket season
  The 2005–06 West Indian cricket season includes all domestic cricket matches played by senior teams with first class status in the West Indies between October 2005 and March 2006, and also the international feats of the West Indies team, who is not scheduled to play any home games during this...
  
  
• International cricket: 2005–06, 2006
  International cricket in 2006
  International cricket played in the 2006 cricket season is defined as matches scheduled between May and August 2006 in all cricketing countries, as well as all international matches scheduled for the 2006 English cricket season...
  
  , 2006–07
  International cricket in 2006-07
  International cricket in the 2006–07 cricket season is defined by major statisticians, such as CricketArchive and Wisden, as those matches played on tours that started between September 2006 and April 2007. Two major ICC tournaments are scheduled for this season, with the Champions Trophy played in...
  
  
• 2005 in cricket
  2005 in cricket
  See also:2004 in cricket,other sporting events of 2005,2006 in cricket-Events:*2 January - Pakistani Salman Butt scores his first Test century in a match against Australia....
  
  
• 2007 in cricket
  2007 in cricket
  See also:2006 in cricket,other sporting events of 2007,2008 in cricket-January:* January 3 - Leg-spin bowler Shane Warne picks up his 1000th international wicket to end the England innings in the last game of the 2006-07 Ashes series trapping Monty Panesar lbw for a duck.* January 6 - Australian...
  
  
• 2006 in sports
  2006 in sports
  2006 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-American football:* January 2, Fiesta Bowl – Ohio State 34-20 Notre Dame* January 2, Sugar Bowl – West Virginia 38-35 Georgia...