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The first one-day international was a time filler
England and Australia played 40 overs a side at Melbourne in 1971 Rain washed out the third Test in January 1971, so the teams played a one-day match instead on 5 January at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Each side had 40 eight-ball overs and Australia won by five wickets. The format proved popular and a World Cup followed in 1975. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.
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The first one-day international was a time filler: the short answers
- Where does this come from, and can I check it?
- England and Australia played 40 overs a side at Melbourne in 1971. The figure is taken from International Cricket Council, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
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- Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
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