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India played its first home international test match against England on the 15th December 1933. They lost the match by nine wickets, despite a fighting second innings century (118) by Lala Armarnath, and went on to loose the three match series 2-0.
India's first ever One-Day International cricket match took place on July 13, 1974, the twelfth such match to occur, during the 1974 Prudential Trophy. The match took place at Headingley, Leeds.
South Africa's debut Test match commenced on March 12, 1889, and was played against England at St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth, SA. It was eleven Test matches until they achieved their first Test victory, in January 1906.
A cricket test match is played for 5 days.
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