Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A zamanin zamani (wanda aka ɗauka daga 1901 zuwa yau ta MLB, saboda shine farkon kakar wasa tare da duka manyan wasannin biyu na yanzu da ke aiki), 'yan Australia biyar sun buga wasanni a wasannin bayan kakar wasa, dukkansu masu jefa kwallo. Graeme Lloyd ya zama na farko, yana wasa da New York Yankees a 1996. Ya yi bayyanar da Texas Rangers a cikin League Division Series, da Baltimore Orioles a cikin League Championship Series
, da Atlanta Braves a gasar cin kofin duniya. An yaba wa Lloyd da nasara a wasa na 4 na Wasannin Duniya na 1996, ya zama dan wasan Australia na farko da ya yi hakan, tare da zama dan Australia na farko da ya zama zakaran Wasannin Duniya lokacin da Yankees suka yi nasara a 1996 da kuma a 1998.