Cricket Years Quiz

In which years did the following events in cricket history occur?
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event
year
Australia beats England by 7 runs, giving birth to the Ashes, cricket's most famous trophy
1882
England reclaims the Ashes after using intimidatory Bodyline bowling
1933
Don Bradman's final innings, scoring 0, leaving his career average at a record 99.94
1948
The first tied Test, when Joe Solomon throws down a single stump to run out Ian Meckiff
1960
The first Test match:
Australia vs England at Melbourne
1877
The first One Day International:
Australia vs England at Melbourne
1971
The first Twenty20 International:
NZ v Australia at Auckland
2005
The first Cricket World Cup, hosted by England,
is won by West Indies
1975
event
year
Brian Lara becomes the first (and so far only) batsman to score 400 in a test innings
2004
India wins the first ICC World Twenty20 tournament
2007
Jim Laker takes 19 wickets in a test match, still a first-class, and test, record
1956
The highest first class partnership of 624 runs is set in a test match by Sri Lanka
2006
Victoria scores a still-record innings of 1107 against NSW
1926
The wickets become an inch higher and an inch wider, to today's size of 31" x 9"
1931
Muttiah Muralitharan reaches a world-record 800 test wickets
2010
Sachin Tendulkar hits a record 15,921st run in his record, final, 200th, test
2013
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