The following is a list of important cricket related events which occurred in the year 2006. Events 17 January: Virender Sehwag makes 254 off 247 balls, the highest Test score at more than a run a ball, in the first Test between India and Pakistan, which is drawn after a total of seven wickets fall and 1,089 runs are scored. 18 January: Zimbabwe Cricket announces that Zimbabwe will not play any Tests in 2006. 3 February: Pakistan win the third and final Test against India by 341 runs, their largest victory by runs in Test cricket, thus lengthening their unbeaten streak in Test cricket to seven matches despite Irfan Pathan picking up a hat-trick in the first innings. 14 February: With Adam Gilchrist hitting the fastest ODI century for Australia, off 67 balls, Australia win the third and deciding VB Series final against Sri Lanka to win the VB Series for the fourth successive year 16 February: Chris Cairns retires from international cricket following New Zealand's bowl-off win in the Twenty20 International with West Indies. 19 February: Pakistan U-19 clinch the 2006 Under-19 World Cup after beating India U-19 in the final. 3 March: Muttiah Muralitharan becomes the first bowler to take 1,000 international wickets during the first Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka at Chittagong. Sri Lanka win the Test by eight wickets. 12 March: Records are broken at Johannesburg, as first Australia, then South Africa set world record totals in One Day Internationals. South Africa's total of 438 for 9 sees them win by one wicket, taking the One Day International series 3–2. 21 March: West Indies lose their eighth successive Test, by ten wickets to New Zealand, which is their worst Test sequence since the team's admission to Test cricket in 1928. 22 March: England beat India by 212 runs in the third and final Test to draw the Test series, their best result in India since 1985. 28 March: Queensland complete a victory by an innings and 354 runs over Victoria in the Pura Cup final. Their total of six for 900 declared is the 11th highest in first-class cricket history. 31 March: Kevin Pietersen's 71 in the second ODI against India in his 21st ODI innings sees him equal Viv Richards' record of fewest innings to reach 1,000 runs. England lose the match by four wickets, however. 11 April: Bottom-ranked Bangladesh bowl top-ranked Australia out