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December 1

India
England
Sri Lanka

December 2

Australia
  • 2006 - Paul Collingwood scores 206 for England in the second Ashes Test at Adelaide, the first English double-century in Australia in 70 years. But Australia still win the match by six wickets.
South Africa
India
  • 2009 - Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai hosts its 18th Test match, the third Test match of the series between India and Sri Lanka. This was the longest interval between hosting of two successive tests at the same venue - a period of 36 years, 9 months and 21 days. India made their highest test score of 726 for 9 and won the match by an innings.

December 3

England

December 4

West Indies

December 5

New Zealand

December 6

In England

December 7

Australia
  • 1948 - Donald Bradman's Testimonial match at Melbourne ends with the scores level between invitation sides led by Bradman and by Lindsay Hassett. Under the then rules, the match is declared a tie. Bradman himself made his final, 117th, first-class century in the first innings.

December 8

Australia
  • 2006 - Damien Martyn, on the winning side for Australia in the first two Ashes Tests of the 2006-07 series, announces his sudden and immediate retirement from all forms of cricket

December 9

Australia

December 10

Australia

December 11

WACA
WACA
In Australia
West Indies

December 12

India

December 13

Australia

December 14

In Australia
In the Channel Islands
  • 1991 - John Arlott, journalist and commentator known as "the voice of cricket", dies at his home on Alderney at the age of 77

December 15

Australia
  • 1976 - Dennis Lillee causes an uproar by using an aluminium bat on the second day of the 1st Ashes Test at the WACA Ground. English captain Mike Brearley complained and after an animated discussion with the umpires, Lillee grudgingly threw the metal bat away and accepted a willow bat.

December 16

England
West Indies

December 17

Sid Barnes
Sid Barnes
Australia
  • 1927 - Bill Ponsford beats his own world record score for a first-class innings, making 437 out of Victoria's total of 793 in the match against Queensland at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
  • 1946 - On day four of the 2nd Ashes Test at Sydney, Sid Barnes (pictured) is famously out while on 234, equalling Don Bradman's record which had been set just one over before. Barnes later admitted throwing away his wicket: "It wouldn't be right for someone to make more runs than Sir Donald Bradman". The pair had also set a world record fifth wicket partnership of 405 which still stands.
South Africa

December 18

India

December 19

Australia
New Zealand

December 20

United States of America

December 21

In Australia
England

December 22

India
Ireland

December 23

England
South Africa

December 24

England
  • 1932 - Colin Cowdrey, the first cricketer to be raised to the peerage for services to cricket, is born in India

December 25

Australia
England

December 26

Alan Kippax
Alan Kippax
Australia
England
West Indies

December 27

England
South Africa
West Indies

December 28

Albert Hartkopf
Albert Hartkopf
Australia
Pakistan

December 29

Australia

December 30

Pakistan

December 31

England
West Indies
  • 1980 - During the Fourth Test between Pakistan and the West Indies at the Multan Cricket Stadium (pictured), after being pelted with oranges, Sylvester Clarke throws a brick into the crowd, seriously injuring a spectator.