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When was the first Official not friendly T match played? Improve this question. Meet Pandya. Meet Pandya Meet Pandya 2 2 gold badges 12 12 silver badges 29 29 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Himanshu Jansari Himanshu Jansari 6, 7 7 gold badges 34 34 silver badges 64 64 bronze badges. Crosby white Crosby white 1. The first season of Twenty20 in England was a relative success, with the Surrey Lions defeating the Warwickshire Bears by 9 wickets in the final to claim the Twenty20 Cup.

On 15 July Middlesex vs. Surrey the first Twenty20 game to be held at Lord's attracted a crowd of 26,, the largest attendance for any county cricket game other than a one-day final since It drew a sellout crowd of 20, West Indies legends also backed the programme, and several "looked after" the teams during their stay in and around the purpose built ground in Antigua.

It is intended that the tournament will be an annual event. Guyana won the inaugural event, defeating Trinidad and Tobago by 5 wickets. England slumped to and then after 15 overs before Samit Patel's 22 took them to 99 in Chris Gayle scored an impressive 65 runs not out.

A crowd of 11, was expected based on pre-match ticket sales. However, an unexpected 16, turned up on the day to buy tickets, causing disruption and confusion for surprised Gabba staff as they were forced to throw open gates and grant many fans free entry. Attendance reached 27, The game was played in a light-hearted manner - both sides turned out in kit similar to that worn in the s, the New Zealand team's a direct copy of that worn by the Beige Brigade.

Australia won the game comprehensively, and as the result became obvious towards the end of the NZ innings, the players and umpires took things less seriously - Glenn McGrath jokingly replayed the Trevor Chappell underarm incident from a ODI between the two sides, and Billy Bowden showed him a mock red card red cards are not normally used in cricket in response.

The first Twenty20 international in England was played between England and Australia at the Rose Bowl in Hampshire on the 13 June , which England won by a record margin of runs. In a first, each player's nickname appeared on the back of his uniform, rather than his surname.

The international match drew a crowd of 38, people at the The Gabba. Australia convincingly won the match with man of the match Damien Martyn scoring 96 runs. On 16 February New Zealand defeated West Indies in a tie-breaking bowl-out ; runs were scored apiece in the game proper. The game was the last international match played by Chris Cairns - NZC handed out life-size cardboard masks of his face to patrons as they entered the ground.

Although the format has been proved successful, it has been argued that since Twenty20 encourages far-from-technical cricket, youngsters wanting to pick up the game will be misguided into believing that cricket is all about trying to hit 6s and 4s no matter how you do it.

Twenty20 cricket is claimed to have resulted in a more athletic and "explosive" form of cricket.