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Historical Test Nations Cricket Results
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Detailing the history of international cricket, this dataset captures fixtures played by all Test-playing nations across various formats. It provides vital statistics on match results, team performances, venues, and winning margins. This resource is essential for academics, analysts, and developers looking to gain historical insights or power advanced machine learning projects related to the sport. The data includes fixtures involving Test nations such as Australia, England, India, Pakistan, and West Indies, alongside unique official ICC World XI matches.
Columns
- Team 1: The name of the first competing team. Australia and England are the most frequent teams in this column.
- Team 2: The name of the second competing team. Pakistan and West Indies are common entries here.
- Winner: The team that won the match.
- Margin: The recorded winning margin, which describes how the victory was achieved (e.g., '7 wickets'). This column has some missing values.
- Ground: The name of the ground or location where the match took place, with Sydney and Melbourne being common entries.
- Match Date: The specific date or dates when the match was played.
- Scorecard: A unique match number or identifier.
- Format: The specified match format, typically categorised as ODI, Test, or T20I.
Distribution
The data is available in a CSV file titled
Cricket-all-teams-all-matches.csv, spanning 618.21 kB. It is structured with 8 columns and features 7793 valid records for most key metrics. Analysis of the match formats shows that ODI fixtures make up the majority (53%) of the records, followed by Test matches (33%). There are 179 unique venues recorded.Usage
The dataset is highly suitable for sports analytics projects, generating data visualisations, conducting exploratory data analysis, and deriving historical insights into team strengths. It can also be leveraged effectively for time series analysis and machine learning applications, particularly for predicting match outcomes or assessing team evolution over time.
Coverage
The data covers all international matches played by Test-playing nations between 1877 and March 2025. It includes Test, ODI, and T20I formats. The nations covered are Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, and Zimbabwe. Geographic scope is global, reflecting the locations of the 179 unique grounds featured.
License
CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
- Sports Analysts: Studying long-term trends in team performance and victory margins.
- Historians: Tracing the evolution of international cricket fixtures since 1877.
- Data Scientists: Building and training machine learning models to forecast match results.
- Visualisation Experts: Creating compelling interactive displays of cricket history and geographical distribution of venues.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- International Cricket Match Archive (1877–2025)
- Historical Test Nations Cricket Results
- Global Cricket Match Data by Format
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