The first international match in cricket's history — arguably in any modern sport's history — was the United States against Canada, New York, 1844. Canada won by 23 runs.
Cricket's first international was played in 1844 at the St George's Cricket Club ground in New York: United States v Canada. It predates the first England–Australia Test by 33 years.
The New York Herald covered it. Contemporary estimates put spectator betting in the tens of thousands of dollars. Canada won by 23 runs.
American cricket later collapsed as baseball took its place — which is why the sport's own first international is a fact most fans have never heard.
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