1993 Event Test debut of Vinod Kambli, prolific Indian batsman 1988 Event Kiran More stumps five WI batsman at Madras, world Test record 1987 Event Gavaskar becomes 1st cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs 1977 Birthday David Sales, cricketer, Northampton batsman, 210 on fc debut 1996 1975 Birthday Andrew Symonds, cricketer, Birmingham, brilliant Qld and Gloucs batsman 1974 Birthday Brad Hodge, cricketer, promising Victorian middle-order batsman 1974 Birthday Ricky Ponting, cricketer, prodigious Tasmania batsman, Australia 1995 1974 Birthday V V S Laxman, cricketer, Indian Test batsman vs. South Africa 1996- 1974 Birthday Shivnarine Chanderpaul, cricketer, WI left-handed batsman 1994- 1974 Birthday Martin Love, cricketer, high scoring Queensland batsman, Australia 1995 1974 Birthday Jim Maher, cricketer, Queensland lefty batsman victorious 1995 side 1974 Birthday Herschelle Gibbs, cricketer, South African Test batsman 1996 1974 Birthday Craig Wishart, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test batsman vs South Africa 1995 1973 Birthday Michael DiVenuto, cricketer, exciting Tasmanian batsman 1973 Birthday Zahid Fazal, Pakistani cricket batsman, occasional Tests since 1992 1973 Birthday Adam Bacher, cricketer, nephew of Ali South Africa Test batsman 1996- 1973 Birthday Ben Johnson, cricketer, promising South Australian opening batsman 1973 Birthday Stephen Fleming, cricketer, New Zealand left-handed Test batsman 1994- 1972 Birthday Mavan Atapattu, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test batsman 1972 Birthday Jason Arnberger, cricketer, NSW opening batsman 1994-95 - 1972 Birthday Malachy Loye, cricketer, Northamptonshire and England "A" batsman 1972 Birthday Kevin Roberts, cricketer, NSW middle-order batsman since 1994-95 1972 Birthday Stuart Carlisle, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test batsman 1995- 1972 Birthday Dulip Samaraweera, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test opening batsman 1993- 1972 Birthday Adrian Rollins, cricketer, Derbyshire batsman, bro of Robert of Essex 1972 Birthday Aftab Habib, cricketer, Leicestershire righty batsman 1996 1972 Birthday Vinod Kambli, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman 1993- 1971 Birthday Mark Lathwell, cricketer, England opening batsman vs. Australia 1993 1971 Birthday Adrian Griffith, cricketer, West Indian Test opening batsman 1997 1971 Birthday Greg Blewett, cricketer, Australia batsman, century on Test debut 1995 1971 Birthday Damien Martyn, cricketer, WA and Australian middle-order batsman 1971 Birthday Hitesh Modi, cricketer, Kenyan left-handed batsman 1996 World Cup 1971 Birthday Matthew Elliott, cricketer, Australian Test opening batsman vs. WI 1996 1971 Birthday Steve Tikolo, cricketer, outstanding Kenyan batsman in 1996 World Cup 1971 Birthday Blair Pocock, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman 1993 1971 Birthday Nathan Astle, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman vs. Zimbabwe 1996 1971 Birthday Aashish Kapoor, cricketer, Indian off-spin batsman 1994- 1971 Birthday Robert Samuels, cricketer, West Indies Test opening batsman vs. New Zealand 1996 1971 Birthday Zahoor Elahi, cricketer, Pakistan opening batsman vs. New Zealand 1996 1971 Birthday Ajay Jadeja, cricketer, Indian opening batsman 1971 Birthday Richard Chee Quee, cricketer, NSW opening batsman Fiji/Chin ancestry 1970 Birthday Azhar Saeed, UAE cricketer, opening batsman 1996 World Cup 1970 Birthday Grant Flower, cricketer, bro of Andy Zimbabwe Test opening batsman 1970 Birthday Basit Ali, cricketer, exciting Pakistani batsman 1993- 1970 Birthday Bhupinder Singh, Jr., cricketer, Punjab and Indian ODI batsman 1970 Birthday Sherwin Campbell, cricketer, WI opening batsman 1995 1970 Birthday Dene Hills, cricketer, prolific Tasmanian batsman 1970 Birthday Philo Wallace, cricketer, WI ODI opening batsman 1991-92 1970 Birthday Klaas Van Noortwijk, cricketer, Holland batsman 1996 World Cup 1970 Birthday Inzamam-ul-Haq, cricketer, dashing Pakistani batsman 1970 Birthday Alistair Brown, cricketer, Surrey and England ODI opening batsman 1996 1969 Birthday Mark Dekker, Zimbabwe cricket opening batsman, 1993- 1969 Birthday Craig Evans, cricketer, Zimbabwe batsman 1996 World Cup 1969 Birthday Nick Knight, cricketer, England opening batsman 1995- 1969 Birthday Romesh Kaluwitharana, cricket, big-hit SL batsman, ton on Test debut 1969 Birthday Martin Haywood, cricketer, NSW opening batsman 1969 Birthday Hansie Cronje, cricket captain, solid South African batsman 1969 Birthday Stuart Williams, cricketer, West Indian opening batsman 1994- 1969 Birthday Jonty Rhodes, South African cricket batsman, brilliant fielder 1969 Birthday Maurice Odumbe, cricketer, Kenyan batsman and 1996 World Cup captain 1969 Birthday Gavin Bruk-Jackson, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test batsman 1993 1969 Birthday Sanjeeva Ranatunga, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test batsman 1994- 1969 Birthday Nadeem Shahid, born in Karachi, Pakistan, Nadeem 'Nads' Shahid, English first-class cricketeer, 148 game career as right-handed batsman included 6453 runs at 31.02 with 9 hundreds, played for Essex and Surrey 1969 Birthday Gavin Briant, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test batsman 1993 1969 Birthday Vikram Rathour, cricketer, Indian Test opening batsman 1996- 1969 Birthday Azam Khan, cricketer, Pakistan ODI batsman 1996 1969 Birthday Mark Atkinson, cricket wicket-keeper, Tasmanian batsman 1968 Birthday Adrian Dale, cricketer, prolific Glamorgan and England A batsman 1968 Birthday Stuart Law, cricketer, prolific Queensland batsman, Australia 1995 1968 Birthday Robert van Oosterom, cricket opening batsman, Holland 1996 World Cup 1968 Birthday Praveen Amre, cricketer, Indian batsman, century on Test debut 1992 1968 Birthday Saeed Al-Saffar, cricketer, UAE batsman 1996 World Cup, later captain 1968 Birthday Roger Twose, cricketer, Warwickshire batsman, New Zealand 1995 1968 Birthday Nasser Hussain, cricketer, Essex and England batsman 1968 Birthday Mike Atherton, cricketer, Lancashire batsman and England captain 1968 Birthday Tim De Leede, cricketer, Holland batsman 1996 World Cup 1967 Birthday Roland Holder, cricketer, West Indian batsman in ODI's 1993- 1967 Birthday Gary Kirsten, cricketer, South African lefty opening batsman 1993- 1967 Death Freddie Martin, cricket WI batsman, (9 Tests 486 runs 1 century), dies 1967 Birthday Asif Mujtaba, cricketer, Pakistani lefty batsman 1967 Birthday Mazhar Hussein, cricketer, UAE batsman World Cup 1996 1967 Birthday Reinout Scholte, cricketer, Netherlands batsman 1996 World Cup 1967 Birthday Hashan Tillekeratne, cricketer, Sri Lanka wicket-keeper/batsman 1967 Birthday Rudi Steyn, cricketer, South African opening batsman 1995 1967 Birthday Jamie Brayshaw, cricketer, son of Ian WA and SA right-handed batsman 1967 Birthday Daryll Cullinan, South African cricketer, batsman Warne's bunny 1966 Birthday Atul Bedade, cricketer, Indian ODI batsman 1994- 1966 Birthday Ganesh Mylvaganam, cricketer, UAE batsman 1996 World Cup 1966 Birthday Roshan Mahanama, cricketer, Sri Lankan opening batsman 1966 Birthday Shahid Saeed, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in Test vs. India 1989 1965 Birthday Ken Rutherford, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman and latterly captain 1965 Birthday Warren Ayres, cricketer, Victorian right-handed batsman since 1987-88 1965 Birthday Pinnaduwage Aravinda De Silva, cricket, Sri Lanka's greatest batsman 1965 Birthday Tom Moody, cricket batsman, Australian 1989-92 Ton in 26 minutes 1965 Birthday Sanjay Manjrekar, cricketer, son of Vijay Indian middle-order batsman 1965 Birthday Mark Waugh, cricketer, twin of Steve mighty batsman for Australia 1965 Birthday Steve Waugh, cricketer, twin of Mark mighty batsman for Australia 1965 Birthday Zahid Sadiq, born in Kenya, cricketer, right-handed batsman, played for Surrey County Cricket Club, Derbyshire County Cricket Club, England 1965 Birthday John Commins, cricketer, South African Test batsman vs. New Zealand 1994-95 1964 Birthday David Tikolo, Kenyan cricket batsman, 1996 World Cup 1964 Birthday Brian Young, cricketer, New Zealand Test opening batsman 1964 Birthday Jamie Siddons, cricketer, Victorian and SA batsman ODI for Australia 1988 1964 Birthday Paul Nobes, cricketer, prolific opening batsman for Victoria and SA 1964 Birthday John Morris, cricketer, England right-hand batsman vs. India 1990 1964 Birthday Atif Rauf, cricketer, Pakistani Test batsman vs. New Zealand 1994 1964 Birthday Trevor Barsby, cricketer, Queensland opening batsman since 1984-85 1963 Birthday Arjuna Ranatunga, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test batsman since 1982 1963 Birthday Robert Bailey, cricketer, England batsman in four Tests 1988-90 1963 Birthday Navjot Singh Sidhu, cricketer, Indian opening batsman 1963 Birthday Vijay Mehra, cricketer, United Arab Emirates batsman 1996 World Cup 1963 Birthday Hugh Morris, cricketer, England lefty opening batsman 1991 1963 Birthday David Byas, cricketer, left-handed Yorkshire batsman 1963 Birthday Dipak Chudasama, cricketer, Kenya opening batsman 1996 World Cup 1963 Birthday Phil Simmons, cricketer, West Indian opening batsman 1963 Birthday Salim Malik, cricketer, memorable Pakistani and Essex batsman 1963 Birthday Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer, Indian opening batsman and opening bowler 1963 Birthday Gursharan Singh, cricketer, Indian batsman played one Test 1989-90 1963 Birthday Mohammad Ishaq, cricketer, UAE batsman 1996 World Cup 1963 Birthday Mohammad Azharuddin, cricketer, elegant Indian batsman 1984- 1963 Death Johnnie Moyes, journalist/cricketer (S Australia batsman), dies 1963 Birthday Aamer Malik, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in 13 Tests 1987-90 1962 Birthday Dhammika Ranatunga, cricketer, bro of Arjuna Sri Lankan batsman 1990 1962 Birthday Rameez Raja, cricketer, prolific Pakistani batsman 1962 Birthday Gary Crocker, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test batsman 1962 Birthday Alan Sippy, cricketer, dashing Bombay lefty batsman of 1980's 1962 Birthday Richie Richardson, cricketer, elegant West Indian batsman 1983-95 1962 Birthday Brendon Kuruppu, cricketer, Sri Lankan batsman, 201* debut vs. New Zealand 1987 1961 Birthday Trevor Bayliss, cricketer, NSW batsman 1961 Birthday Lalchand Rajput, cricketer, Indian Test opening batsman 1985-86 1961 Birthday Alan Wells, cricketer, England Test batsman vs. WI in one Test 1995 1961 Birthday Athula Samarasekera, cricketer, Sri Lankan batsman 1961 Birthday Mohammad Aslam, UAE cricketer batsman, 1996 World Cup 1961 Birthday Rod Latham, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman 1961 Birthday Kevin Arnott, cricketer, Zimbabwe batsman, 101* vs. New Zealand 1992 1961 Birthday Dean Jones, cricketer, dashing Australian batsman and fielder 1984-92 1961 Birthday David Ward, cricketer, prolific Surrey batsman 1961 Birthday Shoaib Mohammad, cricketer, son of Hanif Patient and prolific batsman 1960 Birthday Mandy Yachad, cricketer, South African ODI opening batsman 1991 1960 Birthday Gus Logie, cricketer, WI batsman 1983-91, great fielder 1960 Birthday Kim Barnett, cricketer, England batsman and occasional leggie 1988-89 1960 Birthday Carlyle Best, cricketer, WI batsman late 80's 1960 Birthday Martyn Moxon, cricketer, England batsman in ten Tests 1986-89 1960 Birthday Ravi Ratnayeke, cricketer, Sri Lankan pace bowler and opening batsman 1960 Birthday Greg Ritchie, cricketer, Qld and Australia batsman Fat Cat Mahatma Cote 1960 Birthday Tim Curtis, cricketer, England righty batsman in 5 Tests 1988-89 1960 Birthday Raman Lamba, cricketer, Indian opening batsman 1986-87 1959 Death Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies 1958 Birthday Geoff Marsh, cricketer, Australia opening batsman 1985-92 1958 Birthday Monte Lynch, cricketer, Surrey batsman, WI Rebel, England ODI player 1957 Birthday Chris Broad, cricketer, prolific England opening batsman 1984-89 1957 Birthday Bill Athey, cricketer, England batsman in 23 Tests 1980-88 1957 Birthday Peter Webb, New Zealand cricketer, batsman against West Indies 1980 1957 Birthday David Houghton, cricketer, Zimbabwe batsman, 266 vs. Sri Lanka 1994 1957 Birthday Javed Miandad, cricketer, Pakistan batsman Got a kick out of Lillee 1957 Birthday Everton Mattis, cricketer, WI batsman early 80's 1957 Birthday David Gower, cricketer, elegant England left-handed batsman 1978 - 1992 1957 Birthday Pranab Roy, cricketer, son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982 1957 Birthday Ashok Malhotra, cricketer, Indian batsman in 7 Tests 1982-84 1956 Birthday Mansoor Akhtar, cricketer, Pakistani batsman early 80's 1956 Birthday Graeme Wood, cricketer, Australian lefty opening batsman 1978-88 1956 Birthday Anura Ranasinghe, cricketer, Sri Lankan batsman in 3 Tests 1982 1956 Birthday Sandeep Patil, cricketer, Indian batsman Great 174 vs. Adelaide 1981 1956 Birthday Andy Pycroft, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test batsman 1956 Birthday Dilip Vengsarkar, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman 1976-92 1956 Birthday Peter Roebuck, cricketer, Somerset opening batsman and SMH writer 1956 Birthday John F. Reid, cricketer, New Zealand batsman of 70's/80's 1956 Birthday Desmond Haynes, cricket, WI opener-greatest batsman in 1-day history 1956 Birthday David Smith, cricketer, England lefty batsman in 2 Tests vs. WI 1986 1955 Event Imtiaz Ahmed scores 209 vs. New Zealand, the record for a no 8 batsman 1955 Birthday Ghulam Parkar, cricketer, Indian batsman vs. England 1982 1955 Birthday Arun Lal, cricketer, Indian batsman mid-80's 1955 Birthday Graeme "Jock" Edwards, cricketer, beefy New Zealand lefty batsman late 70's 1955 Birthday Peter Kirsten, cricketer, South African middle-order batsman 1955 Birthday Julien Wiener, cricketer, Australian opening batsman 1979-80 1955 Birthday Mohsin Khan, cricketer, Pakistani opening batsman late 70s early 80s 1955 Birthday Steve Small, cricketer, stalwart NSW opening batsman 1954 Birthday Yashpal Sharma, cricketer, Indian right-handed batsman early 80' 1954 Birthday John Wright, New Zealand cricketer, opening batsman 1978-92 1954 Birthday John Dyson, cricketer, NSW and Australian opening batsman 1954 Birthday Taslim Arif, cricketer, Pakistani keeper/batsman, 210 vs. Australia 1980 1954 Birthday Peter Toohey, cricketer, NSW and Australian batsman 1977-80 1954 Birthday Kim Hughes, cricketer, brilliant Australian batsman 1977-84 1953 Birthday Peter McEwan, cricketer, New Zealand batsman early 80's 1953 Birthday Martin Kent, cricketer, Queensland batsman played for Australia 1981 1953 Birthday Wayne Larkins, cricketer, England opening batsman of 80's 1953 Birthday Jimmy Cook, cricketer, South African opening batsman 1992 1953 Birthday Larry Gomes, dependable WI cricket left-handed batsman, 1976-87 1953 Birthday Ian Davis, cricketer, Australian batsman 1973-77 1953 Birthday Gary Cosier, cricketer, Australian batsman 1975-78, 109 on debut vs. WI 1953 Birthday John Buchanan, cricketer, Qld batsman 78-79, Shield coach 1995 1953 Birthday Haroon Rashid, born in cricketer, Pakistani and WSC batsman late 70's 1952 Birthday Brijesh Patel, cricketer, Indian batsman 1974-77 1952 Birthday Roy Dias, cricketer, pioneering Sri Lankan Test batsman 1952 Birthday Duleep Mendis, cricketer, big-hitting Sri Lankan batsman of 80's 1952 Birthday Yajurvindra Singh, cricketer, Indian batsman late 70's 1952 Birthday Herbert Chang, West Indian cricket batsman, 1979 1951 Birthday Craig Serjeant, cricketer, Australian batsman late seventies 1951 Birthday Derek Randall, cricketer, England batsman and animated cover fieldsman 1951 Birthday John Parker, cricketer, New Zealand batsman of 70s 1950 Birthday T E Srinivasan, cricketer, Indian opening batsman 1981 1950 Birthday Mohinder Amarnath, cricketer, son of Lala Indian batsman of 70's/80's 1950 Birthday Brian Rose, cricketer, England batsman in 9 Tests 1977-81 1950 Birthday Talat Ali, cricketer, Pakistani opening batsman in ten Tests 1972-80 1950 Birthday Graham Barlow, cricketer, England batsman in 3 Tests 1976-77 1949 Birthday Peter Willey, cricketer, England batsman late 70's early 80's 1949 Birthday Shafiq Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistani batsman during the 70's 1949 Birthday Gundappa Viswanath, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 70s 1949 Birthday Sunil Wettimuny, cricket, Sri Lanka open batsman 1975-79 World Cups 1949 Birthday Lawrence Rowe, cricketer, prolific WI batsman, 302 vs. England 1974 1948 Birthday Robert Anderson, cricketer, New Zealand batsman 1976-78 1948 Birthday Greg Chappell, cricketer, bro of Ian Elegant Aussie batsman 1970-84 1948 Birthday Bob Woolmer, cricketer, England batsman mid-70's 1948 Birthday Parthasarathy Sharma, cricketer, Indian batsman of the mid-70's 1947 Birthday Les Joslin, cricketer, Test as batsman for Australia 1968, made 7 and 2 1947 Birthday John Morrison, cricketer, "Mystery" New Zealand batsman 1973-82 1947 Birthday Zaheer Abbas, cricketer, probably Pakistan's finest batsman ever 1947 Birthday Glenn Turner, cricketer, masterful New Zealand opening batsman 1947 Birthday David Hughes, born in Newton-le-Willows, England, cricketer, right batsman, made 10,419 first-class runs in 20 years for Lancashire 1947 Birthday Andy Roberts, cricketer, New Zealand batsman 1976 1946 Birthday Ken Wadsworth, cricket keeper, New Zealand dashing batsman 1946 Birthday Ramnath Parkar, cricket batsman, Indian in 2 Tests vs. England 1972-73 1946 Birthday Paul Sheahan, cricketer, dashing Australian Test batsman 1967-74 1946 Birthday Majid Khan, cricketer, great Pakistani batsman 1964-82 1946 Birthday Graham Roope, cricketer, England batsman in 21 Tests 1972-78 1946 Birthday Roger Tolchard, cricketer, English keeper played Tests as a batsman 1977 1946 Birthday Richie Robinson, cricketer, Victorian keeper, Australian batsman 1977 1946 Birthday Aftab Gul, cricketer, Pakistani opening batsman in six Tests 1969-71 1946 Birthday Mohammad Ilyas, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in ten Tests 1964-69 1946 Birthday Desmond Lewis, WI cricket batsman/keeper, avg 86.33 in 3 Tests 1945 Birthday Steven Camacho, cricketer, WI batsman early seventies 1945 Birthday Barry Richards, extraordinary cricket batsman, 4 Tests for South Africa 1945 Birthday David Heyn, cricketer, Sri Lankan batsman 1975 World Cup 1945 Birthday Sadiq Mohammad, cricketer, attacking Pakistan opening batsman 1969-81 1945 Birthday Graeme Watson, cricketer, Australian opening batsman 5 Tests 1966-72 1945 Birthday Sudhir Naik, cricketer, Indian Test batsman in 2 Tests 1974 1944 Birthday Mark Burgess, cricketer, New Zealand batsman of the 70's 1944 Birthday Clive Radley, cricketer, England batsman in 8 Tests 1978 1944 Birthday Lee Irvine, cricketer, South African batsman, only Tests in 1970 1944 Birthday John Inverarity, cricketer, Australian batsman 1968-72 1944 Birthday Charlie Davis, cricketer, WI batsman in 15 Tests 1968-73 1943 Birthday Ian Chappell, Australian cricket player, batsman 1964-80 1943 Birthday Shafqat Rana, Pakistani cricket batsman, 5 Tests 1964-69 1943 Birthday Asif Iqbal, cricketer, elegant Pakistani batsman 1964-80 1943 Birthday Maurice Foster, cricketer, West Indies batsman of 70's 1943 Birthday Dennis Amiss, cricketer, prolific English batsman 1943 Birthday Bob Blewett, cricketer, father of Greg South Australia batsman 1975-79 1942 Birthday Ali Bacher, cricketer, South African batsman and captain in 60's 1941 Birthday Milkha Singh, cricketer, bro of Kripal Singh India batsman in 4 Tests 1941 Birthday David Steele, cricketer, England batsman, courageous vs. Lillee 1975 1941 Birthday John Jameson, cricketer, England batsman, 465 p/ship with Kanhai 1941 Birthday Ian Redpath, cricketer, dependable Australian opening batsman 1964-76 1941 Birthday Ajit Wadekar, cricketer, stalwart Indian batsman and captain 1941 Birthday Robin Bynoe, cricketer, WI opening batsman in 4 Tests 1959-67 1941 Birthday Ross Morgan, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in 20 Tests 1965-72 1941 Birthday Mansur Ali Khan, cricketer, Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman and captain 1940 Birthday Mike Denness, cricketer, England batsman and captain mid-70s 1940 Birthday Chris Balderstone, cricket batsman, England, belated faced WI in 1976 1940 Birthday Dilip Sardesai, cricketer, high scoring Indian batsman of 60's 1940 Birthday Mike Shrimpton, cricketer, occasional New Zealand Test batsman 1963-74 1940 Birthday Bryan Davis, cricketer, bro of Charlie WI batsman vs. Australia 1965 1940 Birthday Brian Hastings, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in 70's 1939 Birthday Roger Prideaux, cricketer, England batsman in 3 Tests 1968-69 1939 Birthday M. L. Jaisimha, cricketer, Indian batsman of the sixties 1938 Birthday Bill Playle, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in 8 Tests without distinction 1938 Birthday Wynne Bradburn, cricketer, father of Grant New Zealand batsman vs. South Africa 1964 1938 Birthday Peter Carlstein, cricketer, South African Test batsman 1958-64 1938 Birthday Javed Burki, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1960-69 1938 Birthday Grahame Thomas, cricketer, Australian batsman of the mid-60's 1938 Birthday Vijay Mehra, cricketer, Indian Test batsman from age 17 1938 Birthday Ijaz Butt, cricketer, Pakistani opening batsman in 8 Tests 1958-60 1938 Birthday Bevan Congdon, cricketer, New Zealand batsman of 60s and 70s 1937 Birthday Saeed Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in 41 Tests 1958-73 1937 Birthday Tony Lewis, cricketer, England batsman, captain 1972-73 1937 Birthday John Edrich, cricketer, England left-handed batsman, 310* vs. New Zealand 1965 1936 Birthday Phil Sharpe, cricketer, England middle order batsman during 60's 1936 Birthday Peter Parfitt, cricketer, fine England batsman of the 1960's 1936 Birthday W S "Buster" Farrer, cricketer, South African Test batsman 1962-64 1936 Birthday V Subramanya, cricketer, Indian batsman in nine Tests mid-60's 1936 Birthday Eric Russell, cricketer, England opening batsman early 60s 1936 Birthday John D'Arcy, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman on 1958 England tour 1936 Birthday Bobby Simpson, cricketer, great Australian batsman, captain, coach,slip 1935 Birthday Paul Barton, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in early 1960's, century vs. South Africa 1935 Birthday Ken Taylor, cricketer, England opening batsman three times 1959-64 1935 Birthday Geoff Pullar, cricketer, England opening batsman late 50's early 60's 1935 Birthday George Varnals, South African cricket batsman, England 1964-65 1935 Birthday Chris Burger, cricketer, South African batsman vs. Australia 1957-58 1935 Birthday Ted Dexter, cricketer, in Milan Superb England batsman of 60's 1935 Birthday Easton Dudley Ashton St. John McMorris, cricketer, WI batsman of 60's 1934 Birthday Hanif Mohammad, cricketer, prolific Pakistani batsman 1952-69 1934 Birthday Salim Durani, cricketer, successful Indian batsman of 60's 1934 Birthday John Guy, cricketer, solid left-handed batsman for New Zealand in late 1950's 1934 Birthday Chandu Borde, cricket batsman, 55 Tests for India 1959-67 1934 Birthday Doug Padgett, cricketer, England batsman twice in 1960 1934 Birthday Hammond Furlonge, cricketer, WI batsman in 3 Tests 1955-56 1934 Birthday Nari Contractor, cricketer, Indian batsman and captain 1934 Birthday Brian Bolus, cricketer, England opening batsman early 60's 1933 Birthday Seymour Nurse, cricketer, prolific WI batsman, 258 vs. New Zealand 1969 1933 Birthday Cammie Smith, WI cricket opening batsman, 1960-62 1933 Birthday Roger Harris, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman vs England 1959 1933 Birthday Tony Pithey, cricketer, brother of David, South African batsman in 17 Tests 1933 Birthday Chris Duckworth, cricketer, South African batsman vs. England 1956-57 1933 Birthday Charles Williams, born in Oxford, England, cricketer, batsman, Labor peer, Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Baron Williams of Elvel 1932 Birthday Colin Cowdrey, cricketer, in India England batsman, 1st to 100 Tests 1932 Birthday Peter Burge, cricketer, dashing Australian batsman of 50's and 60's 1932 Birthday J P "Pom-Pom" Felloes-Smith, cricketer, South Africa batsman vs. England 1960 1931 Birthday Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer, father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman 1931 Birthday Trevor Goddard, cricketer, South African opening batsman and opening bowler 1931 Birthday Peter Richardson, cricketer, England batsman mid-50's 1931 Birthday Bill Watson, cricketer, NSW and Australian opening batsman mid-50s 1931 Birthday Graeme Hole, cricketer, Australian batsman of the fifties 1930 Birthday Alim-ud-Din, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1954-62 1930 Birthday Ken Barrington, cricketer, tough England batsman 1930 Birthday Noel Harford, cricketer, brother of Roy New Zealand Test batsman in 1950's 1930 Birthday Joe Solomon, cricketer, WI batsman of 50's Cap fell on wkt vs. Australia 1930 Birthday Murray Chapple, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman through the 1950's 1930 Birthday Roy McLean, cricketer, prolific South African batsman played 40 Tests 1930 Birthday Matt Poore, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in 14 tests 1953-56 average 15.43 1930 Birthday Alan Oakman, cricketer, England batsman against Australia 1956 1930 Birthday Ray Flockton, cricketer, prolific NSW batsman of 50's 1929 Birthday Peter May, cricketer, dashing English batsman of 50's 1929 Birthday Les Favell, cricketer, stoic Australian batsman late 50's 1929 Birthday Sydney Gedye, cricketer, opening batsman in four Tests for New Zealand 1964 1929 Birthday David Sheppard, bishop, Liverpool, cricketer, England batsman 1928 Birthday John Reid, cricketer, prolific New Zealand batsman 1949 - 1965 1928 Birthday Arthur Milton, cricketer, England opening batsman late 50's 1928 Birthday C V Gadkari, cricketer, Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953 - 1955 1928 Birthday Ken Archer, cricketer, Australian batsman, 5 Tests early 50s 1927 Birthday Zin Harris, cricketer, father of Chris New Zealand batsman in 50's and 60's 1927 Birthday Thomas W. "Tom" Graveney, English cricket batsman, 50's and 60's 1927 Birthday Jim De Courcy, cricketer, in Newcastle Australian batsman 1953 1926 Birthday Ronald Draper, cricketer, South African batsman vs. Australia 1949-50 1926 Birthday Gordon Leggat, cricketer, open batsman for New Zealand in 9 Tests 1953-56 1926 Birthday Doug Insole, cricketer, England batsman of the 50's, nine Tests 1926 Birthday Polly Umrigar, cricketer, Indian batsman and captain 1925 Birthday Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman, 18 Tests during 1950's 1925 Birthday Bill Parkhouse, cricketer, England batsman in 7 Tests 1950-59 1925 Birthday Maqsood Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in 16 Tests 1952-56 1924 Birthday Rusi Modi, cricketer, strong Indian batsman in post-War years 1924 Birthday Don Kenyon, cricketer, England batsman in 8 Tests 1951-55 1923 Birthday Kenneth Rickards, cricketer, WI batsman two Tests 104 runs 1923 Birthday John Holt, Jr., cricketer, WI batsman in 17 Tests, 1066 runs at 36 75 1923 Birthday Jimmy Cameron, cricketer, brother of John WI batsman 1948-49 1923 Birthday Donald Smith, cricketer, uneventful England opening batsman 1957 1923 Birthday Alan Wharton, cricketer, England batsman once vs. New Zealand 1949, scored 7 and 13 1922 Birthday Allan Rae, cricketer, prolific WI opening batsman 1948-53 1922 Birthday Anton Murray, cricketer, South African batsman in 10 Tests 1951-55 1922 Birthday Allan Watkins, cricketer, England batsman late 40s early 50s 1922 Birthday Brun Smith, cricketer, New Zealand right-handed batsman of late 1940's 1922 Birthday Arthur Morris, cricketer, great Australian lefty opening batsman 1921 Birthday Gul Mahomed, cricketer, Indian and Pakistani batsman 1921 Birthday Jeff Stollmeyer, cricketer, WI batsman pre/post-war 1921 Birthday Sam Loxton, cricketer, flamboyant Australian batsman of late 40's 1921 Birthday Cyril Poole, cricketer, England batsman against India 1951-52 1921 Birthday Andy Ganteaume, cricketer, WI batsman, 112 in only Test innings 1948 1920 Death Claude Tozer, cricketer, dashing NSW batsman, shot to death 1920 Birthday Robert Christiani, cricketer, brother of Cyril WI batsman in 22 Tests 1920 Birthday Jack Cheetham, cricketer, South African batsman, Test captain early 50's 1920 Birthday Willie Watson, cricketer, England batsman and soccer international 1919 Birthday Hemu Ramchandra Adhikari, cricketer, Indian righty batsman 1947-59 1918 Birthday Denis Compton, cricketer, England batsman 1938-56 and Arsenal forward 1917 Death William Shalders, South Africa cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies 1917 Birthday Jack Robertson, cricketer, superb England batsman only played 11 Tests 1916 Birthday Tony Harris, cricketer, Springbok 5/8th, Test batsman, 1916 Birthday Ross Gregory, cricketer, Australian batsman 1936 - 1937 1915 Birthday Ron Hamence, cricketer, Australian batsman post-WWII 1915 Birthday Walter Hadlee, cricketer, father of Richard and Dayle, New Zealand batsman 40's 1915 Birthday Raymond Emery, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman vs West Indies 1952 1915 Birthday Vijay Hazare, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman 1946-54 1915 Event No 10 batsman F W Hyett scores century on debut, Vic vs. Tas 1914 Birthday Mushtaq Ali, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 30's and 40's 1914 Birthday Denis Begbie, cricketer, South African batsman in five Tests 1948-50 1914 Birthday Harold Gimblett, cricketer, legendary Somerset and England batsman 1914 Birthday Jack Badcock, cricketer, Tasmania Australian batsman of 30's 1913 Event 3 of 1st 4 Yankees hit-by-pitch en route to a record 6 hit batsman 1912 Birthday Jack Crapp, cricketer, England batsman 1948-49 1912 Birthday Ken Weekes, cricketer, WI batsman vs. England 1939, 137 at The Oval 1911 Birthday Vijay Merchant, cricketer, all-time great Indian batsman 1911 Birthday Norman Oldfield, cricketer, English batsman one Test vs. WI 1939, 80 and 19 1910 Birthday John Kerr, New Zealand, cricketer, opening batsman in 1930's 1910 Birthday Stan McCabe, cricketer, exciting NSW and Australian batsman of 30's 1910 Birthday Alan Melville, cricketer, graceful South African batsman 1938-49 1910 Birthday Paul Whitelaw, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman vs. England 1933 1909 Birthday Ronnie Grieveson, South Africa cricket keeper/batsman, 2 Tests vs. England 1939 1909 Birthday Len Darling, cricketer, South Australian and Test batsman of 30's 1909 Birthday Eric Rowan, South African cricketer, prolific batsman pre- and post-WWII 1909 Birthday Cecil Marley, cricketer, Jamaican batsman 1928 - 1946, WICBC president 1909 Birthday George Headley, cricketer, in Panama All-time great WI batsman 1909 Birthday D. D. Hindlekar, cricketer, Indian batsman and wicket-keeper 1936-46 1908 Birthday Gordon Weir, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in 11 Tests 1930-37 1907 Birthday Syd Curnow, cricketer, South African batsman in 7 Tests 1930-32 1907 Birthday Leo O'Brien, cricketer, Australian batsman in 5 Tests 1932-36 1906 Birthday Keith Rigg, cricketer, Australian Test batsman in the thirties 1905 Birthday Cyril Walters, cricketer, solid England batsman of 30's 1904 Birthday Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer, pioneer Indian Test opening batsman 1903 Birthday Stewie Dempster, cricketer, 1st great New Zealand Test batsman 1903 Birthday Walter Hammond, cricketer, one of the greatest of English batsman 1902 Birthday Stanley Coen, cricketer, South African batsman in two Tests 1927-28 1902 Birthday Arthur Wellard, cricketer, big hitting Somerset and England batsman 1901 Birthday Bob Wyatt, cricketer, England batsman 1927-37 1900 Birthday Bill Ponsford, cricketer, great Australian batsman, HS 437 Vic vs. NSW 1900 Birthday Maurice Leyland, prolific cricket left-handed batsman, England 1900 Birthday Bob Catterall, cricketer, dashing South African batsman of 20's 1899 Birthday William Brann, cricketer, South African batsman vs. England 1922-23 1898 Birthday Tom Lowry, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in seven Tests and their 1st Test captain 1896 Birthday Teddy Hoad, cricketer, pioneering West Indian Test batsman 1895 Birthday Johnny Taylor, cricketer, stalwart Aussie batsman of post-WW I days 1895 Birthday Charlie Hallows, cricket batsman, Lancs played for England 1921 - 1928 1894 Birthday Herbert Sutcliffe, cricketer, all-time great opening batsman for Engl 1889 Birthday Lord Tennyson III, cricketer, England batsman and captain 1889 Birthday Bert Collins, cricketer, Aussie batsman in the post WW I years 1888 Birthday Arthur Richardson, Australian cricket batsman, 20's 1888 Birthday George Challenor, cricketer, pioneering West Indian batsman 1887 Birthday A C "Jack" Russell, cricketer, prolific England batsman post-WW I 1887 Birthday George Brown, cricketer, legendary England batsman/keeper of 20's 1887 Birthday Phil Mead, cricketer, strong batsman for England pre- and post-WWI 1884 Birthday Rolland Beaumont, cricketer, South African batsman in 5 tests 1912-14 1882 Birthday Edgar Mayne, cricketer, Australian batsman, prolific for Victoria 1879 Birthday George Gunn, cricketer, elegant English batsman 1907-30 1877 Birthday Victor Trumper, cricketer, Australia batsman 1899-1912 1877 Birthday Clem Hill, cricketer, all-time great Australian batsman 1874 Birthday Austin Diamond, cricket non-Test captain, NSW batsman 1899-1919, Australia 1872 Birthday Billy Quaife, cricketer, England batsman 1899-1902 1871 Birthday Tom Hayward, cricketer, great England batsman of the Golden Age 1870 Birthday Joe Darling, cricketer, Australian lefty batsman at turn of century 1870 Birthday Syd Gregory, cricketer, Australian batsman in 58 Tests 1890-1912 1867 Birthday Frank Iredale, cricketer, Australian batsman 1894-99 1861 Birthday Sam Jones, cricketer, Australian batsman of 1880's 1860 Birthday Lord Hawke, cricketer, England batsman 1890's, many official posts 1858 Birthday Billy Gunn, cricketer, Notts and England batsman in 11 Tests 1886-99 1858 Birthday Percy McDonnell, cricketer, Australian batsman of the 1880's 1857 Birthday Robert Abel, cricketer, The Guv'nor Surrey and England batsman 1854 Birthday Hugh Massie, cricketer, Australian batsman of the 1880's 1851 Birthday Charles Bannerman, Aussie cricket batsman, 1st centurion 1847 Birthday A N Hornby, cricketer, pioneering England Test batsman 1844 Birthday Bransby Cooper, cricketer, in Dhaka Batsman in Australia's 1st Test 1838 Birthday Nat Thompson, cricketer, 1st batsman dismissed in a Test match 1830 Birthday Julius Caesar, cricketer, prominent batsman for Surrey 1826 Birthday George Parr, cricketer, legendary Notts batsman, 1st English touring captain
