1997 Graham Kersey, cricket wicket keeper, dies in car crash
1996 India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in cricket 1st inning
1996 Zimbabwe and England draw Bulawayo Test Cricket with Eng need 1 to win
1996 Start of 1st Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe and England
1996 Lance Klusener takes 8-64 in debut Test Cricket to trounce India
1996 Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup
1996 Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan vs. NZ Lahore
1996 Wasim Jaffer gets 314* in 2nd cricket FC game for Mumbai vs. Saurashtra
1996 Goa upset Karnataka to win their 1st Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever
1996 Hasan Raza makes Test Cricket debut for Pakistan age 14 years 238 days
1996 Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq gets cricket Test record 313 for 8th wkt
1996 Wasim Akram scores cricket 257 vs. Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura, 12 sixes
1996 Dean Headley takes 3rd cricket hat-trick of season, Kent vs. Hampshire
1996 David Sales makes 210 on 1st class cricket debut for Northants vs. Worcs
1996 Alan McGilvray, cricket commentator, dies at 85
1996 Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test cricket debut
1996 Habib and Whitaker make 320 for 5th Cricket wkt, Leics vs. Worcs
1996 Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs NZ at Port-Of-Spain
1996 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Qld vs. Vic)
1996 Aravinda De Silva gets 107* and 3-42 in cricket World Cup victory
1996 Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi
1996 Aravinda De Silva smashes 145 vs. Kenya in cricket World Cup at Kandy Sri Lanka score 5-398 in 50 overs in World Cup vs. Kenya
1996 Tendulkar scores 137 for Ind vs. SL in Cricket World Cup, but still lose
1996 Kenya defeat West Indies (all out 93) in Cricket World Cup
1996 Freddie Stocks, cricket (cent on debut and wkt on 1st ball, Notts), dies
1996 1st full ODI for Kenya, Cricket World Cup vs. India
1996 Tendulkar scores 127* in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya
1996 1st full ODI for the Netherlands, vs. NZ, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47
1996 Cyril Poole, cricket (Notts 1946-62, England 1951-52 in 3 Tests), dies
1996 Last day of Test cricket for David Boon
1996 Tommy Mitchell, cricket (Derbyshire leg-spin, 5 Tests for Eng), dies
1995 Matthew Elliott scores separate cricket century same day for Victoria
1995 Boon completes his 21st Test Cricket century (110 vs. SL, MCG)
1995 Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 years 340 ds
1995 Ricky Ponting makes 96 on Test Cricket debut (Aust vs. Sri Lanka, WACA)
1995 Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket vs. South Africa, a record
1995 Hopper Levett, Kent cricket wicketkeeper (1930-47, Test 1934), dies
1995 Last day of Test cricket for Martin Crowe
1995 1st-class Cricket debut of Paul Adams, W Province vs. N Transvaal
1995 Meyrick Pringle takes cricket hat-trick in England tour game at Soweto
1995 Lord Home of Hirsel, cricket (Middlesex player later British PM), dies
1995 Troy Dixon scores cricket century on 1st-class debut for Qld vs. W Prov
1995 Earliest 1st-class cricket in Aust season (Qld vs. Western Prov)
1995 Sri Lanka complete 2-1 Test Cricket series win in Pakistan from 0-1
1995 Last day of Test Cricket for Richie Richardson
1995 Lara completes 7th Test Cricket century, 179 at The Oval
1995 Lara completes 6th Test Cricket century, 152 at Trent Bridge
1995 Dominic Cork takes hat-trick in England Test Cricket win vs. WI
1995 Lara completes 5th Test Cricket century, 145 at Old Trafford
1995 Harold Larwood, cricket (98 wkts bowling for Engl 1926-34), dies at 91
1995 Charles Rowe, cricket (scored 0 in only Test for NZ vs. Aust 1946), dies
1995 Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
1995 India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah
1995 Bombay beat Punjab on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy
1995 Queensland beat S Aust to win 1st ever cricket Sheffield Shield
1995 Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Graham Gooch and Mike Gatting
1995 Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket
1995 Zimbabwe's 1st Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning
1995 Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket
1994 Shane Warne takes a hat-trick vs. England at cricket MCG
1994 Boon completes his 20th Test Cricket century (131 vs. Eng, MCG)
1994 Peter Barker Howard May, cricket (4537 runs-Eng 1951-61), dies at 64
1994 Charles Fortune, South African cricket commentator, dies
1994 1st-class cricket debut of Andrew Symonds (Queensland vs. NSW, SCG)
1994 Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
1994 England Cricket all out for 46 at Port-of-Spain
1994 Last day of Test cricket for Allan Border
1994 Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev
1994 Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432
1993 Boon completes his 18th Test Cricket century (106 vs. NZ, Hobart)
1993 India defeat West Indies in Bengal Jubilee Cricket Final, Kumble 6-12
1993 Last day in 1st-class cricket for Mike Whitney, NSW vs. NZ
1993 Daryll Cullinan hits 337* for Transvaal, SAf 1st-class cricket record
1993 Boon completes 17th Test Cricket century, 107 at Headingley
1993 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Ian Botham
1993 Denis Tomlinson, South Africa cricket leg-spinner, dies
1993 Graham Thorpe scores 114 on Test Cricket debut, England vs. Australia
1993 Boon completes 16th Test Cricket century, 101 at Trent Bridge
1993 Boon completes 15th Test cricket century, 164* vs. England at Lord's
1993 Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
1993 Allan Border beats Gavaskar's record for most Test Cricket runs 10,123
1993 Leslie Townsend, cricket all-rounder (Engld in 4 Tests 1930-34), dies
1993 Last day of Test cricket for Greg Matthews
1993 Brian Lara completes 277 vs. Australia at cricket SCG
1992 Last day of Test Cricket for Michael Whitney
1992 Sri Lanka's third-ever Test Cricket victory (v NZ by 9 wkts)
1992 David Boon's 14th Test Cricket century, 111 vs. WI at Brisbane
1992 Praveen Amre scores century on Test Cricket debut (103 vs. SA, Durban)
1992 Test Cricket debut of Muttiah Muralitharan, vs Australia at Colombo
1992 Romesh Kaluwitharana scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (SL vs. Australia)
1992 Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 vs. Australia
1992 Last day of Test Cricket for David Gower
1992 Last day of test cricket for Ian Botham and Allan Lamb
1992 Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown)
1992 Delhi beat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy
1992 England beat South Africa in rain-ruined cricket World Cup semi final
1992 Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar
1992 Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win vs. India
1992 David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 vs. India at Perth
1992 Last day of Test cricket for Imran Khan
1992 Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129* vs. India at Sydney
1991 Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath, vs. Australia at the Gabba
1991 Prior Jones, West Indian cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1948-52), dies
1991 South Africa's 1st cricket international since 1970 - one-day vs. India
1991 Test Cricket debut of Mike Whitney versus England at Old Trafford
1991 Last day in Test Cricket for Viv Richards, Dujon and Marshall
1991 Test Cricket debut of Graeme Hick, vs. West Indies at Headingley
1991 Haryana beat Bombay in the Ranji Cricket Trophy final by 2 runs
1991 Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge
1991 Gordon Greenidge scores 223 vs. Aus, his last Test Cricket knock at home
1991 Boon completes 10th Test Cricket century, 109* vs. WI at Kingston
1991 Asanka Gurusinha scores twin Test Cricket tons vs. NZ (119 and 102)
1991 Andrew Jones scores twin Test Cricket tons vs. Sri Lanka (122 and 100*)
1991 Test Cricket debut of Sanath Jayasuriya, vs NZ at Hamilton
1991 Mark Waugh scores ton in 1st Test Cricket innings, vs. England Adelaide
1990 Test Cricket debut of Saeed Anwar (Pak vs. WI), scores 0 and 0
1990 Tom Moody scores 100 in 26 mins in county cricket, world record
1990 Last day of Test Cricket for Richard Hadlee
1990 Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 to end his Test Cricket career with 431 wkts
1990 Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), dies
1990 Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown
1990 Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient
1990 Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup
1990 1st day India vs NZ cricket at Auckland NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps
1990 Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar)
1989 ODI debut for Mark Taylor and Sanath Jayasuriya at cricket MCG
1989 Michael Bevan scores cricket century on 1st-class debut (114 SA vs. WA)
1989 Commencement of 1st Test Cricket play at Bellerive Oval, Hobart (v SL)
1989 David Boon scores 200 vs. NZ at cricket WACA
1989 Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty age 16 years 214 days, a record
1989 Test Cricket debut of Waqar Younis and Sachin Tendulkar at Karachi
1989 Pakistan beat West Indies by 4 wickets to win Cricket's Nehru Cup
1989 Australia 0-301 at end of day one, 5th Test Cricket at Trent Bridge
1989 Australia take 3-0 series lead over England to regain Cricket Ashes
1989 C L R James, cricket writer (distinguished Trinidadian), dies
1989 Frank Easton, cricket wicketkeeper (NSW 1933-39), dies
1989 Delhi beat Bengal by innings and 210 to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
1989 Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak vs. NZ age 16 years 189 days
1989 Start 1st Test Cricket, NZ vs. Pak, washed out
1989 Last day of 1st class cricket for Dav Whatmore
1989 Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket 1st ball in 1st-class cricket
1988 Javed Miandad scores his 19th Test Cricket century (v Aus, Faisalabad)
1988 Javed Miandad completes 211, his 5th Test Cricket double, vs. Australia
1988 Test Cricket debut of Ian Healy, vs Pakistan at Karachi
1988 Graeme Hick scores his 1,000th run of 1st-class cricket season
1988 1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence
1988 Test Cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, WI vs. Pakistan, Georgetown
1988 Mark Greatbatch scores 107* vs. England on Test Cricket debut
1988 David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184* vs. England at Sydney
1988 1st-class cricket debut of Brian Lara, Trinidad and Tobago vs. Leeward Is
1988 1st-class cricket debut of Hansie Cronje, OFS vs. Transvaal
1987 David Boon's 5th Test Cricket century, 143 vs. NZ at Brisbane
1987 Australia beat England by 7 runs to win cricket World Cup
1987 West Indies score 4-360 in 50 overs in Cricket World Cup vs. Sri Lanka
1987 Imran Khan takes 300th Test Cricket wicket, only Pakistani to do so
1987 Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka)
1987 Brendon Kuruppu scores 201* on Test Cricket debut (Sri Lanka vs. NZ)
1987 WA win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria
1987 Last day in Test cricket for Larry Gomes and Joel Garner
1987 NZ beat WI by 5 wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket
1987 Gavaskar becomes 1st cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs
1986 India score 7-676 vs. Sri Lanka at Kanpur in Cricket
1986 1st-class cricket debut of Andy Flower, ZCU Presidents XI vs. Young WI
1986 India vs. Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie
1986 David Boon's 3rd Test cricket century, 122 vs. India at Madras
1986 Ian Botham takes world-record 356th Test Cricket wkt (v NZ, The Oval)
1986 Viv Richards century off 56 balls vs. England in Antigua Test Cricket
1986 1st-class cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, Leeward Is vs. Guyana
1986 Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland
1985 Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, vs. India at the MCG
1985 R. Hadlee takes 15-123 for Cricket match vs. Australia at Brisbane
1985 Last day in Test cricket for Zaheer Abbas
1985 Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs vs. India
1985 England regain Cricket Ashes by beating Australia at The Oval
1985 Sandy Bell, South African cricket pace bowler (16 Tests), dies
1985 Jack Robertson, South Africa cricket spinner (3 Tests vs. Aust 1935-36), dies
1985 Viv Richards scores 300 in a day on the way to 322 vs. Warwicks cricket
1985 Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Aust, Sharjah)
1985 NSW wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket
1985 India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket"
1985 West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket World Series Cup
1985 Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, NZ still wins
1985 1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica vs. Barbados
1985 Uday Merchant, cricket (bro of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies
1985 Azharuddin scores 3rd Test century in 3rd Test Cricket (122 vs. Eng)
1985 Don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies
1984 Test Cricket debut of Mohammad Azharuddin, vs. England at Calcutta
1984 Viv Richards scores 208 in Test Cricket at MCG
1984 Test Cricket debut of Craig McDermott, vs. WI at the MCG
1984 Allan Border's 1st Test Cricket match as captain (v WI Adelaide)
1984 Javed Miandad completes twin Test Cricket tons, vs. NZ, Hyderabad
1984 Kim Hughes tearfully resigns as Australian cricket captain
1984 Limited-over International cricket debut for Wasim Akram, vs. NZ
1984 Test Cricket debut of David Boon age 23 and Bob Holland age 38 (v WI)
1984 Imran Khan makes his 1st appearance for NSW Cricket
1984 Australia all out 76 vs. West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21
1984 1st-class cricket debut for Brian McMillan, Transvaal B vs. N Tvl B
1984 1st-class cricket debut of Wasim Akram, 2 months before his 1st Test
1984 Viv Richards hits 189* (170 balls) vs. England, ODI cricket record
1984 India beat Pak by 58 runs to win 1st Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah
1984 Border scores 100* vs. WI Trinidad after 98* in 1st cricket innings
1984 Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird
1984 West Indies beat Australia 2-0-1 to win cricket World Series Cup receiving all perfect scores for quality and gold medal
1984 Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh and Lillee
1984 Darryl Cullinan, 16, scores his 1st first-class cricket century
1983 Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs. WI
1983 Graeme Yallop completes 268 vs. Pakistan at cricket MCG
1983 Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, vs. Pakistan MCG
1983 George Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI capt), dies
1983 Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson, WI vs. India Bombay
1983 Wayne Phillips scores 159 on Test Cricket debut, vs. Pakistan at WACA
1983 Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of Hanif, vs. India Jullundur
1983 Lennox Brown, cricket leg spinner (3 wickets at 63 for South Africa), dies
1983 New Zealand score their 1st Test Cricket match victory in England
1983 India beat West Indies by 43 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1983 Winston Davis takes 7-51 in Cricket World Cup match vs. Australia
1983 Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, vs. Australia
1983 V N Swamy, Indian cricket pace bowler (without distinction), dies
1983 David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143* vs. Sri Lanka
1983 Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy)
1983 Karnataka beat Bombay on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy
1982 England defeat Australia by three runs at cricket MCG
1982 Kepler Wessels scores century in 1st Test Cricket (162 vs. England)
1982 Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket vs. India, goes to 215
1982 David Hookes scores Cricket century in 34 balls 43 mins, SA vs. Victoria
1982 Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket tons for Sri Lanka vs. India
1982 Frank Nicholson, South African cricket wicket-keeper (1935-36), dies
1982 Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match vs. Sri Lanka at Lahore
1982 Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century
1982 Salim Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL)
1982 Test Cricket debut of Martin Crowe, vs. Australia Wellington, run out 9
1982 J K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies
1982 Commencement of Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket match, vs. England
1982 Hal Hooker, cricket (307 partners with Kippax for last wicket), dies
1982 K R Meher-Homji, cricket wk (Test as Indian, catch no stumped), dies
1981 One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Aust vs. WI
1981 Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricket (2 Tests for India, 29 runs and 0-13), dies
1981 Dirk Wellham scores 103 on Test Cricket debut, vs. England at Lord's
1981 Test cricket debut of Terry Alderman, vs. England at Trent Bridge
1981 Maurice Fernandes, cricket capt (WI in 1st Test win, 1930 vs. Eng), dies
1981 Bombay beat Delhi by innings and 46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy
1981 Dennis Lillee becomes Australian Cricket's top wicket-taker with 249
1980 Imran Khan scores his 1st Test Cricket ton, 123 vs. WI Lahore
1980 Jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies
1980 McCosker (168) and Dyson (152) make 319 opening stand cricket, NSW vs. WA
1980 Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies
1980 Border completes 150 in each inning of Test Cricket vs. Pakistan
1980 Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Aust vs. Pak cricket draw
1980 R Hadlee scores Test Cricket century vs. Roberts, Garner, Holding, Croft
1980 Botham a century and 13 wickets in Jubilee Test Cricket at Bombay
1980 NZ beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin
1980 J P Duminy, cricket (30 runs at 5 and 1 wkt at 39 in 3 Test S Af), dies
1979 Opening day of 4th Test Cricket, India 8-112 vs. Pakistan at Kanpur
1979 Geoff Boycott scores cricket century in a limited-over international
1979 1st day-night one-day cricket international, Australia vs. WI at SCG
1979 Bill Farrimond, England cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies
1979 E J "Tiger" Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper 1911-14), dies
1979 Doug Meintjes, South Africa cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies
1979 West Indies beat England by 92 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1979 Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset
1979 Canada all out 45 in Cricket World Cup vs. England, in 40 3 overs
1979 1st edition of "Wisden Cricket Monthly"
1979 Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
1979 Last day of Test cricket for Mushtaq Mohammad
1979 1st appearance as Australian cricket capt for Kim Hughes
1979 Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket he missed
1979 C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies
1978 Test Cricket debut of Allan Robert Border, vs. England at the MCG
1978 Test Cricket debut of Malcolm Marshall, vs. India at Bangalore
1978 Commencement of the 1st day/night WSC cricket supertest at VFL Park
1978 Test Cricket debut of Rodney Hogg, vs. England at the Gabba
1978 Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for 2nd time
1978 Ian Botham takes 8-34 vs. Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling
1978 Cricket Test debut of David Gower, vs. Pakistan, Edgbaston, scores 58
1978 Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston
1978 WI all set to lose cricket test vs. Aust at Kingston till riots end game
1978 Basil Williams scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, vs. Aust Georgetown
1978 George Paine, lefty cricket spinner (for England in WI 1935), dies
1978 1st day of Test cricket for Desmond Haynes (WI vs. Australia)
1978 Botham scores 1st Test Cricket century, 103 vs. NZ Christchurch
1978 England all out 64 for 1st loss to NZ in cricket (Boycott capt)
1978 Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies
1977 Test Cricket debut of Abdul Qadir, vs. England at Lahore
1977 Reg Perks, England cricket pace bowler (1938-39), dies
1977 England regain cricket Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead over Aust
1977 Test Cricket debut of Ian Botham vs. Aust Trent Bridge, 5-74 1st innings
1977 Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877
1977 Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft and Joel Garner vs. Pakistan Bridgetown
1976 John Lever takes 7-46 in 1st Test Cricket innings, vs. India Delhi
1976 Sadiq and Mushtaq Mohammad score tons in same Test Cricket innings vs. NZ
1976 2nd Enterprise, approach and lands Test Cricket (ALT) flight (5m28s)
1976 Last day of Test Cricket for Brian Close, aged 45
1976 Test Cricket debut of Mike Brearley vs. West Indies (0 and 17)
1976 Everton Matambanadzo, Zimbabwean cricket pace bowler, v Paki 1996
1976 NZ scores their 1st innings win in Test Cricket, vs. India
1976 Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs and Ian Redpath
1976 Harry Elliott, England cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests 1927-34), dies
1976 Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, vs. WI Adelaide
1975 Gary Cosier scores 109 vs. West Indies at MCG on Test Cricket debut
1975 A crowd of 85661 attends the 1st day of the Aust-WI MCG Test Cricket
1975 G S Chappell gets ton in each inn of 1st Test Cricket as capt vs. WI
1975 Test Cricket debut of Michael Anthony Holding, WI vs. Australia Brisbane
1975 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Hanif Mohammad
1975 Viv Richards out for 291 vs. England at Cricket Oval
1975 Test Cricket debut of Graham Gooch, vs. Australia, out for a pair
1975 West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1975 Gary Gilmour takes 6-14 in Cricket World Cup semi vs. England
1975 One-day international cricket debut, Javed Miandad age 17 years 364 days
1975 Sri Lanka's 1st one-day international, vs. WI Cricket World Cup
1975 Azhar Mahmood, cricket pace bowler, Pakistani ODI 1996
1975 Leonard Baichan scores 105* on Test Cricket debut, vs. Pakistan Lahore
1975 Chaminda Vaas, brilliant Sri Lankan cricket pace bowler, 1994-
1974 Viv Richards scores 1st Test Cricket ton 192 vs. India 20 fours 6 sixes
1974 Greenidge scores 107 in 2nd innings of Test Cricket debut vs. India
1974 Test Cricket debut of Gordon Greenidge and Viv Richards, at Bangalore
1974 Zaheer Abbas scores 240 Pakistan vs. England at The Cricket Oval
1974 India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 mins
1974 Last day of Test cricket for Garry Sobers and Rohan Kanhai
1974 Ian and Greg Chappell score cricket
1974 Ian and Greg Chappell make 264 partnership vs. NZ cricket at Wellington
1973 Zahid Fazal, Pakistani cricket batsman, occasional Tests since 1992
1973 1st one-day Cricket international for WI (v Eng) - lose by 1 wicket
1973 Stan Worthington, English cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1930-36), dies
1973 Garry Sobers scores 26th and last Test Cricket ton 150 vs. Eng Lord's
1973 Shane Lee, cricket all-rounder, NSW and Somerset, Australian ODI 1995-
1973 Frank Hayes scores 106 on Test Cricket debut vs. WI as England lose
1973 Nixon A. McNamara McClean, West Indies cricket fast bowler, ODI 1996
1973 Test Cricket umpiring debut of H D "Dickie" Bird vs. NZ at Leeds
1973 Close finish at Trent Bridge, NZ Cricket need 479 to win, all out 440
1973 Glenn Turner scores his 1,000th cricket run of English season
1973 Doug Walters' best Test Cricket bowling, 5-66 vs. WI Georgetown
1973 Arthur Wood, cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39), dies
1973 Dennis Amiss out for 99 vs. Pakistan, 3rd 99 in Test Cricket
1973 Kennedy Otieno, Kenya cricket wicket-keeper, 85 vs. Australia 1996 World Cup
1973 Rodney Redmond scores 107 on debut vs. Pakistan, his only Test Cricket
1973 Lulama Masikazana, cricket wicket-keeper, Kwazulu for E Province
1973 Test Cricket debut of Richard John Hadlee, NZ vs. Pakistan, Wellington
1973 Rahul Dravid, cricket batter, prolific Karnataka, Tests for India 96
1972 Test Cricket debut of Jeff Thomson and Max Walker vs. Pakistan at MCG
1972 England beat India by six wickets in the 1st Test Cricket at Delhi
1972 Troy Corbett, cricket pace bowler, Victorian lefty since 1994-95
1972 Adrian Van Troost, fast cricket bowler, Somerset and Holland
1972 Sidney Pegler, cricket leg spinner (leading South Africa prior to WWI), dies
1972 Ian and Greg Chappell both scores centuries in same Test Cricket innings
1972 Vincent Valentine, WI cricket pace bowler (England 1933), dies
1972 Bob Massie takes 16 wickets (8-84 and 8-53) on Test cricket debut vs. Eng
1972 Paras Mhambrey, Indian cricket pace bowler, Test vs. England 1996
1972 Bryan Strang, cricket pace bowler, brother of Paul Zimbabwe 1995-
1972 Test Cricket debut of Tony Greig, vs. Australia at Old Trafford (57/62)
1972 Kallicharran scores his 2nd Test century in his 2nd Test Cricket
1972 Glenn Turner (259) and Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand vs. WI
1972 Alvin Kallicharran scores 100* in his 1st Test Cricket innings vs. NZ
1972 Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe WI vs. NZ Kingston, 214 and 100
1971 Heath Te-Ihi-O-Te-Rangy Davis, cricket bowler, NZ open vs. England 1994
1971 Lisle Nagel, Australian cricket opening bowler (1932), dies
1971 Adam Gilchrist, cricket wicket-keeper, hard-hit Australian ODI 1996
1971 Shakeel Ahmed, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper, v West Indies 1993
1971 Zaheer Abbas scores Cricket 274 at Edgbaston, 544 minutes 38 fours
1971 Test Cricket debut of Imran Khan, vs. Engl at Edgbaston (5, 0-36, 0-19)
1971 Gavaskar scores 1st of his 34 Test Cricket tons, 116 at Georgetown
1971 George Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (v South Africa 1924), dies
1971 Test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, vs. West Indies at Port-of-Spain
1971 Edward van der Merwe, cricket keeper (South Africa in 2 Tests in 30's), dies
1971 England regains cricket Ashes with a 2-0 series win
1971 Only Test Cricket for Ken Eastwood, who scored 5 and 0 Aust vs. England
1971 Jim A J Christy, cricket (10 Tests for S Af, 638 runs at 34 33), dies
1971 Adam Parore, cricket wicket-keeper, NZ, 1st Maori Test centurion
1970 Would have been start of Aust/Eng Test Cricket at MCG, washed out
1970 Test Cricket debut of Gregory Stephen Chappell
1970 Arshad Laiq, cricket all-rounder, United Arab Emirates World Cup 1996
1970 Test Cricket debut of Rodney "Iron Gloves" Marsh vs. England, Brisbane
1970 Chamara Dunusinghe, cricket wicketkeeper, Sri Lanka 1995
1970 Brett Schultz, cricket pace bowler, South African Test
1970 Pubudu Dissanayake, Sri Lanka cricket wicket-keeper 1993
1970 Damien Fleming, Aust cricket pace bowler, hat-trick on Test debut
1970 Ruwan Kalpage, cricket off-spinner, Sri Lankan
1970 1st Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six
1970 Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa vs. Australia, Durban
1970 Dean Headley, cricket, grandson of George, England ODI quick 1996
1970 Probir Sen, cricket (20 catch and 11 stumpings, 14 Tests for Ind), dies
1969 Mark Dekker, Zimbabwe cricket opening batsman, 1993-
1969 Romesh Kaluwitharana, cricket, big-hit SL batsman, ton on Test debut
1969 Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs. Australia Kanpur
1969 Michael Owens, cricket pace bowler, NZ Test
1969 Hanif, Mushtaq and Sadiq Mohammad start their only Test Cricket together
1969 Hansie Cronje, cricket capt, solid South African batsman
1969 Vivek Razdan, cricket pace bowler, Indian Test 1989-90
1969 Simon Doull, cricket medium pacer, NZ
1969 Errol Stewart, South African cricket wicket-keeper, limited-over 1993
1969 Jonty Rhodes, South African cricket batsman, brilliant fielder
1969 John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut vs. WI at Lord's
1969 Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI vs. NZ
1969 Mark Atkinson, cricket wicket-keeper, Tasmanian batsman
1969 Rajindra Dhanraj, Trinidad cricket leg-spinner, WI 1994-95
1969 Shane Thomson, NZ cricket off-spin all rounder, since 1990
1969 Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (Engld, vs. Aust Headingley 1938), dies
1968 Andy Caddick, English cricket pace bowler, NZ 1993
1968 Robert van Oosterom, cricket opening batsman, Holland 1996 World Cup
1968 Maurie Sievers, cricket medium-pacer (Austral vs. England 1936-37), dies
1968 Tim Neilsen, cricket wicket-keeper, South Australian 1991
1968 Abeyratne Samarasekera, UAE cricket all-rounder, 1996 World Cup
1968 Johanne Samarasekera, UAE cricket opening bowler, 96 World Cup
1968 Imtiaz Abbasi, UAE cricket wicket-keeper, World Cup 1996
1968 Chris Pringle, New Zealand cricket pace bowler, since 1990
1967 Naeem Akhtar, Rawalpindi cricket medium-pacer, 10-28 vs Peshawar 1995
1967 Ridley Jacobs, cricket wicket-keeper, West Indian ODI 1996
1967 Freddie Martin, cricket WI batsman, (9 Tests 486 runs 1 century), dies
1967 Ian Brayshaw (W Aus vs. Vic, Perth) takes all 10 cricket wkts
1967 Stanley Coen, cricket (2 Tests for S Af, hs 41 not out, avg 50), dies
1967 Sid Emery, cricket leg-spinner (NSW and Aus, 5 wkt in 1912 series), dies
1966 Test Cricket debut of Bishen Singh Bedi, India vs. WI Calcutta, 2-92
1966 Murphy Logo Su'a, cricket pace bowler, NZ left-arm of Samoan parents
1966 S J "Tip" Snooke, South Africa cricket all-rounder (26 Tests 1905-23), dies
1966 Test cricket debut of Derek Underwood, vs. WI Trent Bridge, wicketless
1966 Meyrick Pringle, cricket pace bowler, South African
1966 Gary Martin, cricket pace bowler, Zimbabwe ODI
1966 Gavin Robertson, NSW cricket off-spin all-rounder, Aust ODI-Pak 1994
1966 1st day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex vs. Somerset
1966 Phillip De Freitas, cricket pace bowler, in Dominica England 1986-95
1966 End of Wally Grout's Test Cricket career, 187 dismissals as Aust WK
1966 Danny Morrison, cricket pace bowler, NZ since 1987
1966 Nishantha Ranatunga, cricket, bro of Arjuna Sri Lankan ODI allrounder
1965 Test Cricket debut of Doug Walters vs. England at the Gabba
1965 Pinnaduwage Aravinda De Silva, cricket, Sri Lanka's greatest batsman
1965 Tom Moody, cricket batsman, Australian 1989-92 Ton in 26 mins
1965 Willie Watson, cricket pace bowler, NZ
1965 Bill Hitch, England cricket fast-bowler (7 Tests 1911-21), dies
1965 Freddie Trueman ends his Test cricket career, vs. NZ at Lord's
1965 West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
1965 Craig McDermott, cricket pace bowler, tireless Austr since 1984
1965 Andrew Hudson, South African cricket player
1965 Bruce Taylor hits 105 for NZ vs. India in 1st Test Cricket innings
1965 Craig Matthews, cricket pace bowler, South African Test
1965 Tich Freeman, cricket (3776 FC wickets leg-spin, 304 in 1928), dies
1964 David Tikolo, Kenyan cricket batsman, 1996 World Cup
1964 Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappell, vs. Pakistan MCG, 11, 0-49, 0-31
1964 Soren Henriksen, Denmark cricket all-rounder, 86-94 ICC, Lancs 85-86
1964 Bobby Simpson completes cricket century in each innings vs. Pakistan
1964 Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla scores 166 on Cricket debut vs. Australia
1964 Test Cricket debut of Asif Iqbal, Majid Khan and Khalid Ibadulla vs. Aust
1964 Rex Sellers bowls 5-1-17-0 vs. India in only Test Cricket innings
1964 Boycott scores his 1st Test Cricket century, 113 vs. Aust at the Oval
1964 Fred Trueman takes 300th Test Cricket wicket (Neil Hawke)
1964 Salim Raza, UAE cricket all-rounder, 1996 World Cup
1964 Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott vs. Australia at Trent Bridge, 48
1964 Ian Healy, cricket wicket-keeper, Australian since 1988
1964 R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (South Africa 1927-28), dies
1964 End of Richie Benaud's 63-Test Cricket career
1964 Milton Small, cricket pace bowler, WI vs. Australia 1984
1964 W L Cornford, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests vs. NZ 1930), dies
1964 C R Browne, cricket leg-spinner (WI in 4 Tests, 6 wkts), dies
1963 Test Cricket debut of Graeme Pollock at the Gabba
1963 Ashley De Silva, Sri Lankan Cricket wicketkeeper 1993
1963 David Williams, WI cricket wicket-keeper, 3 Tests 1992
1963 Only 1st-class cricket game played in Uganda, MCC vs. E African XI
1963 W I beat England 2-1 in series, 1st holders of Wisden Cricket Trophy
1963 Jack Russell, superb England cricket wicket-keeper, 36 Tests 1988-94
1963 Famous cricket draw at Lord's as England hang on against the Windies
1963 Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket
1963 End of the Test Cricket careers of Neil Harvey and Alan Davidson
1963 Roland Lefebvre, cricket pace bowler, Glamorgan and Holland
1962 Sadanand Viswanath, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, v Sri Lanka 1985-86
1962 Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India
1962 Nawab of Pataudi captains India cricket vs. WI age 21 years 77 days
1961 Chandrakant Pandit, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, late 80's
1961 Test Cricket debut of William Morris Lawry, vs. Eng at Edgbaston, 57
1961 Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies
1961 Australia beat WI 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever
1961 Mushtaq Mohammad scores 1st Test Cricket century at 17 years 82 days
1961 Joey Benjamin, cricket pace bowler, in St. Kitts England in 1994
1961 Mackay and Kline hang on for 100 mins for cricket draw vs West Indies
1960 Australia vs. West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie
1960 Gopal Sharma, Indian cricket off-spinner, 2 Tests 1984-85
1960 Vinodhan John, cricket pace bowler, Sri Lankan in 6 Tests 1983-84
1960 Iain Butchart, cricket all-rounder, Zimbabwe, Test vs. Pak 1995
1959 Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies
1959 President Eisenhower watches Pakistan vs. Aust Test Cricket at Karachi
1959 Simon Davis, Victorian cricket pace bowler, Test vs. NZ 1986, no wkts
1959 O'Neil Gordon Collie Smith, WI cricket all-rounder, dies in car crash
1959 Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore
1959 Michael Roy Whitney, cricket, great NSW and Aussie lefty quick 1981-92
1959 Guy De Alwis, cricket wicket-keeper, Sri Lankan mid 80s
1959 Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v WI at Delhi)
1959 Abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi
1959 Kapil Dev, India's cricket player
1958 Test Cricket debut for Wes Hall, vs. India at Bombay
1958 Charles Macartney, cricket (35 Tests 1907-26, 2131 runs 45 wkts), dies
1958 Jack Richards, English cricket wicket-keeper, mid-80's
1958 Test Cricket debuts against NZ for Dexter, Illingworth and Subba Row
1958 C A Milton scores 104* on Test Cricket debut, England vs. NZ Headingley
1958 Ashraf Ali, cricket wicket-keeper, Pakistani mid-80s
1958 Derek Kallicharran, cricket all-rounder, Guyana, USA 1994 ICC Trophy
1958 Gary Sobers 365* vs. Pak, 614 min, 38 fours, best Cricket before Lara
1958 West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 decl vs. Pakistan
1958 Wayne B. Phillips, cricket wicket-keeper, Australia
1958 West Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day 3 of 3rd Test Cricket
1958 Test Cricket debut of Lance Gibbs, WI vs. Pakistan, Port-of-Spain
1957 Test Cricket debut for Wally Grout and Bobby Simpson vs. South Africa
1957 Peter Loader takes a cricket hat-trick England vs. WI Headingley
1957 Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey vs. Northants
1957 Test Cricket debut for Rohan Kanhai vs. England at Edgbaston
1957 Ian Smith, cricket wicket-keeper, NZ of the 80's
1957 Thelston Payne, cricket wicket-keeper, WI 1986
1956 England retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series
1956 Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lanka cricket opener, 190 vs. England Lords 1984
1956 Jeff Dujon, cricket wicket-keeper, WI 1981-91, their most successful
1956 Farrukh Zaman, lefty cricket spinner, bowled 10 overs Pak vs. NZ 1976
1956 Asoka De Silva, cricket leg-spinner, Sri Lanka in 10 Tests 1985-91
1956 T. A. Sekar, Indian cricket pace-bowler, 2 Tests 1982-83 little impact
1956 NZ bowl out WI for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win
1956 Steve Randell, Tasmanian cricket Test umpire, international panel
1956 Desmond Haynes, cricket, WI opener-greatest batsman in 1-day history
1955 Malcolm Jarvis, cricket lefty paceman, Zimbabwe's 1st Test side
1955 Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India vs. NZ
1955 Polly Umrigar scores India's 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 vs. NZ
1955 Allan Border, cricket captain, Australia
1955 Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester
1955 Roger Binny, Indian cricket medium-pace all-rounder, early 80's
1955 Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, vs. South Africa, Trent Bridge
1955 Liaqat Ali, cricket pace bowler, Pakistani in six Tests 1975-79
1955 Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown
1955 Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted
1955 Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut WI vs. Aust, Kingston
1955 NZ cricket all out for 26 vs. England at Eden Park
1955 Pakistan vs. India 5 Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw
1954 Test Cricket debut of Colin Cowdrey vs. Australia at Gabba
1954 Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper, India 1979
1954 Ray "Candles" Bright, Australian cricket slow-left armer, 1977-86
1954 Last day of Test Cricket for Khalid Hassan aged 16 yrs, 356 days
1954 Test Cricket debut of Khalid Hassan, 16 years 352, then world record
1954 Alan [Joseph] Lamb, South African/British cricket player, Northampton
1954 Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers vs. England at Kingston
1954 Steve Rixon, Australian cricket wicket-keeper, 1977-85
1954 Michael Holding, cricket fast bowler, Whispering Death-Awesome for WI
1953 England regained cricket Ashes after winning series 1-0
1953 Larry Gomes, dependable WI cricket left-handed batsman, 1976-87
1953 Test Cricket debut of Alan Davidson at Trent Bridge
1953 Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 years 239 days, youngest Aussie
1952 R H Shodhan scores 110 on Test Cricket debut vs. Pakistan, Calcutta
1952 Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts vs. India
1952 Hanif Mohammad scores twin 100s vs. N Zone (Ind) his 1st fc cricket tons
1952 John Emburey, England cricket off-spinner, 1978-95, captain 1988
1952 Herbert Chang, West Indian cricket batsman, 1979
1952 Test Cricket debut of Freddie Trueman vs. India at Headingley
1952 Warren Lees, NZ cricket wicket-keeper, late 70's
1952 Ian Craig makes NSW cricket debut aged 16 years 249 days (NSW record)
1952 Nawab of Pataudi, cricket (play polo 3 Tests for Eng 3 for Ind), dies
1951 West Indies defeat Australia by 6 wkts on 3rd day of 3rd Test Cricket
1951 Australia cricket all out 82 vs. West Indies at Adelaide
1951 Cricket 1st-class debut of Hanif Mohammad, Pak XI vs. MCC, Lahore
1951 Vijay Merchant scores 154 vs. England in his last Test Cricket innings
1951 Cricket 1st-class debut of Raymond Illingworth
1951 Neville Tufnell, cricket wicket keeper (Test for England 1910), dies
1951 Richard Hadlee, Christchurch, NZ, cricket bowler, 431 wickets
1951 Montagu Odd, cricket bat-maker (W G Grace), dies
1951 Test Cricket debut of Brian Statham, England vs. NZ Christchurch
1950 Alan Turner, Aussie cricket left-handed opener, World Cup ton 1975
1950 Test Cricket debut of Ramadhin and Valentine (8-104 1st inn) vs. England
1950 Sam Staples, cricket pace bowler (3 Tests 1927-28), dies
1950 Laker takes 14-12-2-8 in Test Cricket trial
1950 Douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies
1950 Shahid Israr, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper, in one Test vs. NZ 1976
1950 Moroney scores cricket twin centuries for Australia at Johannesburg
1949 Leslie Gay, cricket wicket-keeper/goalkeeper (England in 1890's), dies
1949 Arthur Fielder, England cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), dies
1949 Test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days
1949 Clive Rice, South African cricket all-rounder, WSC 1978-79, ODI 1991
1949 Dennis Lillee, Australian cricket fast bowler, 1971-84
1949 Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricket player, opener, 10122 Test runs
1949 Bradman plays his last innings in 1st-class cricket, gets 30
1949 Eddie Hemmings, cricket off-spinner, immense England
1949 Sunil Wettimuny, cricket, Sri Lanka open batsman 1975-79 World Cups
1948 Max Walker, Australian cricket player
1948 Bradman scores 153 in his last 1st-class cricket innings in England
1948 Bradman's last Test Cricket innings
1948 England all out for 52 vs. Australia at Cricket Oval
1948 Bradman's 29th and last Test Cricket century, part of winning 3-404
1948 Bradman is out for a duck, but Australia win Test Cricket anyway
1948 Bradman scores 138 in 1st Test Cricket at Trent Bridge
1948 Hanson Carter, cricket (28 Tests for Aust, caught 44 stumped 21), dies
1948 Wasim Bari, cricket wicket-keeper, Pakistan's most successful
1948 Vintcent Van der Bijl, Natal cricket bowler, superb 2m of 70's and 80's
1948 Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team vs. Western Australia
1948 Andy Ganteaume scores 112 for West Indies in only Test Cricket innings
1948 Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut Eng vs. WI, out for 140
1948 Test Cricket debut of Frank Worrell, vs. England Port-of-Spain
1948 Ewart Astill, cricket all-rounder (9 Tests for England 1927-30), dies
1948 Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia
1948 Rakesh Shukla, cricket leg-spinner, 1 Test India vs. Sri Lanka 1982
1948 Jim Laker takes 7-103 in his 1st Test Cricket innings vs. WI Barbados
1947 Dhiraj Parsana, cricket pace bowler, Indian vs. WI 1978-79
1947 Bradman scores 185 in the 1st Cricket Test vs. India at the Gabba
1947 India cricket all out for 58 vs. Australia at the Gabba, Toshack 5-2
1947 Bradman scores his 99th 1st-class cricket century, 100 SA vs. Victoria
1947 Nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42
1947 Alan Ward, England cricket pace bowler, 1969-76
1947 Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricket opener, Gavaskar's partner for a while
1947 Pollamani Krishnamurthy, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, 1971 WI tour
1947 Joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for Eng 1907-08), dies
1947 Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (vs. NZ, Christchurch)
1947 Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, NZ vs. England at Christchurch
1947 Compton and Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket
1947 Bradman bowled by Alec Bedser for a duck in 4th Test Cricket
1947 Fred Barratt, cricket (5 wkts at 47 in 5 Tests for Eng 1929-30), dies
1947 Aust vs. Eng at MCG drawn in 6 days, 1st cricket draw in Aust since 1882
1946 Bradman scores 187 in 1st Test Cricket vs. England at the Gabba
1946 Ken Wadsworth, cricket keeper, NZ dashing batsman
1946 Ramnath Parkar, cricket batsman, Indian in 2 Tests vs. England 1972-73
1946 Alec Bedser takes 7-49 vs. India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket
1946 Joe Humphries, cricket wicket keeper (3 Tests for England 1907-08), dies
1946 S Venkataraghavan, cricket, Indian off-spinner, Test ump, ICC referee
1946 Alan Knott, great English cricket wicketkeeper, 1967-81
1946 Australia beats NZ in cricket at 3 30pm on 2nd day
1946 Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill O'Reilly (5-14 and 3-19)
1946 1st Test Cricket between Australia and NZ
1946 Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall, Miller and Tallon
1946 Mohammad Nazir, Pakistani cricket off-spinner, 14 Tests 1969-83
1946 Desmond Lewis, WI cricket batsman/keeper, avg 86.33 in 3 Tests
1945 Aust Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts
1945 Aust Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs. India at Calcutta
1945 Niaz Ahmed, cricketer, 1st and last East Pakistani to play Test cricket
1945 Tony Mann, Aust cricket leggie, 1977 century as nightwatchman vs. India
1945 England defeat Aust Services by 6 wkts in 5th Victory Test Cricket
1945 Keith Miller scores 110 in the 4 Victory Test Cricket at Lord's
1945 Barry Richards, extraordinary cricket batsman, 4 Tests for South Africa
1945 Geoff Dymock, Australian cricket left-arm pace bowler, 1974-80
1945 Australian Services win 3rd Victory Test Cricket by 4 wickets
1945 Barry Dudleston, cricket umpire
1945 Ashley "Rowdy" Mallett, Australian cricket off-spinner, 1968-80
1945 England win the second Victory test cricket at Bramall Lane by 41 runs
1945 Aust Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets
1945 Keith Miller scores 105 in the 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's
1945 Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England and Aust Services
1944 Rodney Redmond, NZ cricket, opener scored century in Test vs. Pak 1973
1944 David O'Sullivan, NZ cricket left-arm spinner, in 11 Tests 1973-76
1944 Grayson Shillingford, cricket bowler, WI 1969-71, 7 Tests 15 wickets
1944 Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire
1944 Terry Jarvis, NZ cricket opener, 387 partnership w/Turner vs. WI 1972
1944 Eric Freeman, Australian cricket pace bowler, late 60's
1944 Keith Fletcher, cricket captain, Essex and England
1944 Ranjit Fernando, Sri Lankan cricket wicketkeeper, 1975 World Cup
1944 C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies
1943 Michael Findlay, cricket wicket-keeper, WI early 70's
1943 Ian Chappell, Australian cricket player, batsman 1964-80
1943 Barrie Leadbeater, cricket umpire
1943 Shafqat Rana, Pakistani cricket batsman, 5 Tests 1964-69
1943 Deryck Murray, cricket wicket-keeper, West Indian 1963-80
1942 Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricket left-arm spinner, 19 Tests 1964-73
1941 Intikhab Alam, Pakistan cricket leg-spinner, 1959-77
1941 Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for 4 years
1941 Graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler, 1964 England tour
1941 Alexander Josiah Webbe, English cricket keeper (v Aus 1879), dies
1941 Gary Bartlett, cricket pace bowler, NZ in 10 Tests in the 1960's
1940 Dusty Tapscott, cricket (bro of Doodles, 4&1 in only S Af Test), dies
1940 Chris Balderstone, cricket batsman, England, belated faced WI in 1976
1940 Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire
1940 Pat Trimborn, cricket pace bowler, South African in 4 Tests 1966-70
1940 Brian Taber, cricket wicket-keeper, Australian between Grout and Marsh
1939 Bradman scores 267 SA vs. Vic, world record 34th double cricket century
1939 Ken Walter, South African cricket pace bowler, 1961-62 series vs. NZ
1939 Last day of 1st-class cricket in England for 6 years
1939 Haseeb Ahsan, Pakistani cricket off-spinner, 12 Tests 1958-62
1939 Headley scores a cricket century in each innings vs. England at Lord's
1939 Rachel Heyhoe Flint, English cricket player/journalist
1938 Paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut vs. South Africa
1938 Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England vs. South Africa
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