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2000 Death - Brian Statham, cricketer, 20th century's leading fast bowler, inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, 2009, dies in Stockport, England, of leukemia, at age 69 1997 Death - Graham Kersey, cricket wicket keeper, dies in car crash 1996 Event - India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in cricket 1st inning 1996 Event - Zimbabwe and England draw Bulawayo Test Cricket with England need 1 to win 1996 Event - Start of 1st Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe and England 1996 Event - Lance Klusener takes 8-64 in debut Test Cricket to trounce India 1996 Event - Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup 1996 Event - Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan vs. New Zealand Lahore 1996 Event - Wasim Jaffer gets 314* in 2nd cricket FC game for Mumbai vs. Saurashtra 1996 Event - Goa upset Karnataka to win their 1st Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever 1996 Event - Hasan Raza makes Test Cricket debut for Pakistan age 14 years 238 days 1996 Event - Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq gets cricket Test record 313 for 8th wkt 1996 Event - Wasim Akram scores cricket 257 vs. Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura, 12 sixes 1996 Event - Dean Headley takes 3rd cricket hat-trick of season, Kent vs. Hampshire 1996 Event - David Sales makes 210 on 1st class cricket debut for Northants vs. Worcs 1996 Death - Alan McGilvray, cricket commentator, dies at 85 1996 Event - Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test cricket debut 1996 Event - Habib and Whitaker make 320 for 5th Cricket wkt, Leics vs. Worcs 1996 Event - Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs New Zealand at Port-Of-Spain 1996 Event - Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Qld vs. Vic) 1996 Event - Aravinda De Silva gets 107* and 3-42 in cricket World Cup victory 1996 Event - Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi 1996 Event - 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 Event - Tendulkar scores 137 for Ind vs. SL in Cricket World Cup, but still lose 1996 Event - Kenya defeat West Indies (all out 93) in Cricket World Cup 1996 Death - Freddie Stocks, cricket (cent on debut and wkt on 1st ball, Notts), dies 1996 Event - 1st full ODI for Kenya, Cricket World Cup vs. India 1996 Event - Tendulkar scores 127* in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya 1996 Event - 1st full ODI for the Netherlands, vs. New Zealand, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47 1996 Death - Cyril Poole, cricket (Notts 1946-62, England 1951-52 in 3 Tests), dies 1996 Event - Last day of Test cricket for David Boon 1996 Death - Tommy Mitchell, cricket (Derbyshire leg-spin, 5 Tests for Eng), dies 1995 Event - Matthew Elliott scores separate cricket century same day for Victoria 1995 Event - Boon completes his 21st Test Cricket century (110 vs. SL, MCG) 1995 Event - Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 years 340 ds 1995 Event - Ricky Ponting makes 96 on Test Cricket debut (Australia vs. Sri Lanka, WACA) 1995 Event - Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket vs. South Africa, a record 1995 Death - Hopper Levett, Kent cricket wicketkeeper (1930-47, Test 1934), dies 1995 Event - Last day of Test cricket for Martin Crowe 1995 Event - 1st-class Cricket debut of Paul Adams, W Province vs. N Transvaal 1995 Event - Meyrick Pringle takes cricket hat-trick in England tour game at Soweto 1995 Death - Lord Home of Hirsel, cricket (Middlesex player later British PM), dies 1995 Event - Troy Dixon scores cricket century on 1st-class debut for Qld vs. W Prov 1995 Event - Earliest 1st-class cricket in Australia season (Qld vs. Western Prov) 1995 Event - Sri Lanka complete 2-1 Test Cricket series win in Pakistan from 0-1 1995 Event - Last day of Test Cricket for Richie Richardson 1995 Event - Lara completes 7th Test Cricket century, 179 at The Oval 1995 Event - Lara completes 6th Test Cricket century, 152 at Trent Bridge 1995 Event - Dominic Cork takes hat-trick in England Test Cricket win vs. WI 1995 Event - Lara completes 5th Test Cricket century, 145 at Old Trafford 1995 Death - Harold Larwood, cricket (98 wkts bowling for England 1926-34), dies at 91 1995 Death - Charles Rowe, cricket (scored 0 in only Test for New Zealand vs. Australia 1946), dies 1995 Event - Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy 1995 Event - India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah 1995 Event - Bombay beat Punjab on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy 1995 Event - Queensland beat S Australia to win 1st ever cricket Sheffield Shield 1995 Event - Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Graham Gooch and Mike Gatting 1995 Event - Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket 1995 Event - Zimbabwe's 1st Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning 1995 Event - Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket 1994 Event - Shane Warne takes a hat-trick vs. England at cricket MCG 1994 Event - Boon completes his 20th Test Cricket century (131 vs. Eng, MCG) 1994 Death - Peter Barker Howard May, cricket (4537 runs-England 1951-61), dies at 64 1994 Death - Charles Fortune, South African cricket commentator, dies 1994 Event - 1st-class cricket debut of Andrew Symonds (Queensland vs. NSW, SCG) 1994 Event - Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy 1994 Event - England Cricket all out for 46 at Port-of-Spain 1994 Event - Last day of Test cricket for Allan Border 1994 Event - Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev 1994 Event - Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432 1993 Event - Boon completes his 18th Test Cricket century (106 vs. New Zealand, Hobart) 1993 Event - India defeat West Indies in Bengal Jubilee Cricket Final, Kumble 6-12 1993 Event - Last day in 1st-class cricket for Mike Whitney, NSW vs. New Zealand 1993 Event - Daryll Cullinan hits 337* for Transvaal, SAf 1st-class cricket record 1993 Event - Boon completes 17th Test Cricket century, 107 at Headingley 1993 Event - Last day of 1st-class cricket for Ian Botham 1993 Death - Denis Tomlinson, South Africa cricket leg-spinner, dies 1993 Event - Graham Thorpe scores 114 on Test Cricket debut, England vs. Australia 1993 Event - Boon completes 16th Test Cricket century, 101 at Trent Bridge 1993 Event - Boon completes 15th Test cricket century, 164* vs. England at Lord's 1993 Event - Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy 1993 Event - Allan Border beats Gavaskar's record for most Test Cricket runs 10,123 1993 Death - Leslie Townsend, cricket all-rounder (England in 4 Tests 1930-34), dies 1993 Event - Last day of Test cricket for Greg Matthews 1993 Event - Brian Lara completes 277 vs. Australia at cricket SCG 1992 Event - Last day of Test Cricket for Michael Whitney 1992 Event - Sri Lanka's third-ever Test Cricket victory (v New Zealand by 9 wkts) 1992 Event - David Boon's 14th Test Cricket century, 111 vs. WI at Brisbane 1992 Event - Praveen Amre scores century on Test Cricket debut (103 vs. SA, Durban) 1992 Event - Test Cricket debut of Muttiah Muralitharan, vs Australia at Colombo 1992 Event - Romesh Kaluwitharana scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (SL vs. Australia) 1992 Event - Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 vs. Australia 1992 Event - Last day of Test Cricket for David Gower 1992 Event - Last day of test cricket for Ian Botham and Allan Lamb 1992 Event - Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown) 1992 Event - Delhi beat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy 1992 Event - England beat South Africa in rain-ruined cricket World Cup semi final 1992 Event - Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar 1992 Event - Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win vs. India 1992 Event - David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 vs. India at Perth 1992 Event - Last day of Test cricket for Imran Khan 1992 Event - Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129* vs. India at Sydney 1991 Event - Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath, vs. Australia at the Gabba 1991 Death - Prior Jones, West Indian cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1948-52), dies 1991 Event - South Africa's 1st cricket international since 1970 - one-day vs. India 1991 Event - Test Cricket debut of Mike Whitney versus England at Old Trafford 1991 Event - Last day in Test Cricket for Viv Richards, Dujon and Marshall 1991 Event - Test Cricket debut of Graeme Hick, vs. West Indies at Headingley 1991 Event - Haryana beat Bombay in the Ranji Cricket Trophy final by 2 runs 1991 Event - Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge 1991 Event - Gordon Greenidge scores 223 vs. Aus, his last Test Cricket knock at home 1991 Event - Boon completes 10th Test Cricket century, 109* vs. WI at Kingston 1991 Event - Asanka Gurusinha scores twin Test Cricket tons vs. New Zealand (119 and 102) 1991 Event - Andrew Jones scores twin Test Cricket tons vs. Sri Lanka (122 and 100*) 1991 Event - Test Cricket debut of Sanath Jayasuriya, vs New Zealand at Hamilton 1991 Event - Mark Waugh scores ton in 1st Test Cricket innings, vs. England Adelaide 1990 Event - Test Cricket debut of Saeed Anwar (Pak vs. WI), scores 0 and 0 1990 Event - Tom Moody scores 100 in 26 minutes in county cricket, world record 1990 Event - Last day of Test Cricket for Richard Hadlee 1990 Event - Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 to end his Test Cricket career with 431 wkts 1990 Death - Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), dies 1990 Event - Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown 1990 Event - Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient 1990 Event - Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup 1990 Event - 1st day India vs New Zealand cricket at Auckland New Zealand 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps 1990 Event - Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar) 1989 Event - ODI debut for Mark Taylor and Sanath Jayasuriya at cricket MCG 1989 Event - Michael Bevan scores cricket century on 1st-class debut (114 SA vs. WA) 1989 Event - Commencement of 1st Test Cricket play at Bellerive Oval, Hobart (v SL) 1989 Event - David Boon scores 200 vs. New Zealand at cricket WACA 1989 Event - Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty age 16 years 214 days, a record 1989 Event - Test Cricket debut of Waqar Younis and Sachin Tendulkar at Karachi 1989 Event - Pakistan beat West Indies by 4 wickets to win Cricket's Nehru Cup 1989 Event - Australia 0-301 at end of day one, 5th Test Cricket at Trent Bridge 1989 Event - Australia take 3-0 series lead over England to regain Cricket Ashes 1989 Death - C L R James, cricket writer (distinguished Trinidadian), dies 1989 Death - Frank Easton, cricket wicketkeeper (NSW 1933-39), dies 1989 Event - Delhi beat Bengal by innings and 210 to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy 1989 Event - Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak vs. New Zealand age 16 years 189 days 1989 Event - Start 1st Test Cricket, New Zealand vs. Pak, washed out 1989 Event - Last day of 1st class cricket for Dav Whatmore 1989 Event - Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket 1st ball in 1st-class cricket 1988 Event - Javed Miandad scores his 19th Test Cricket century (v Aus, Faisalabad) 1988 Event - Javed Miandad completes 211, his 5th Test Cricket double, vs. Australia 1988 Event - Test Cricket debut of Ian Healy, vs Pakistan at Karachi 1988 Event - Graeme Hick scores his 1,000th run of 1st-class cricket season 1988 Event - 1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence 1988 Event - Test Cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, WI vs. Pakistan, Georgetown 1988 Event - Mark Greatbatch scores 107* vs. England on Test Cricket debut 1988 Event - David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184* vs. England at Sydney 1988 Event - 1st-class cricket debut of Brian Lara, Trinidad and Tobago vs. Leeward Is 1988 Event - 1st-class cricket debut of Hansie Cronje, OFS vs. Transvaal 1987 Event - David Boon's 5th Test Cricket century, 143 vs. New Zealand at Brisbane 1987 Event - Australia beat England by 7 runs to win cricket World Cup 1987 Event - West Indies score 4-360 in 50 overs in Cricket World Cup vs. Sri Lanka 1987 Event - Imran Khan takes 300th Test Cricket wicket, only Pakistani to do so 1987 Event - Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka) 1987 Event - Brendon Kuruppu scores 201* on Test Cricket debut (Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand ) 1987 Event - WA win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria 1987 Event - Last day in Test cricket for Larry Gomes and Joel Garner 1987 Event - New Zealand beat WI by 5 wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket 1987 Event - Gavaskar becomes 1st cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs 1986 Event - India score 7-676 vs. Sri Lanka at Kanpur in Cricket 1986 Event - 1st-class cricket debut of Andy Flower, ZCU Presidents XI vs. Young WI 1986 Event - India vs. Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie 1986 Event - David Boon's 3rd Test cricket century, 122 vs. India at Madras 1986 Event - Ian Botham takes world-record 356th Test Cricket wkt (v New Zealand, The Oval) 1986 Event - Viv Richards century off 56 balls vs. England in Antigua Test Cricket 1986 Event - 1st-class cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, Leeward Is vs. Guyana 1986 Event - Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland 1985 Event - Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, vs. India at the MCG 1985 Event - R. Hadlee takes 15-123 for Cricket match vs. Australia at Brisbane 1985 Event - Last day in Test cricket for Zaheer Abbas 1985 Event - Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs vs. India 1985 Event - England regain Cricket Ashes by beating Australia at The Oval 1985 Death - Sandy Bell, South African cricket pace bowler (16 Tests), dies 1985 Death - Jack Robertson, South Africa cricket spinner (3 Tests vs. Australia 1935-36), dies 1985 Event - Viv Richards scores 300 in a day on the way to 322 vs. Warwicks cricket 1985 Event - Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Australia, Sharjah) 1985 Event - NSW wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket 1985 Event - India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket" 1985 Event - West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket World Series Cup 1985 Event - Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, New Zealand still wins 1985 Event - 1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica vs. Barbados 1985 Death - Uday Merchant, cricket (bro of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies 1985 Event - Azharuddin scores 3rd Test century in 3rd Test Cricket (122 vs. Eng) 1985 Death - Don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies 1984 Event - Test Cricket debut of Mohammad Azharuddin, vs. England at Calcutta 1984 Event - Viv Richards scores 208 in Test Cricket at MCG 1984 Event - Test Cricket debut of Craig McDermott, vs. WI at the MCG 1984 Event - Allan Border's 1st Test Cricket match as captain (v WI Adelaide) 1984 Event - Javed Miandad completes twin Test Cricket tons, vs. New Zealand, Hyderabad 1984 Event - Kim Hughes tearfully resigns as Australian cricket captain 1984 Event - Limited-over International cricket debut for Wasim Akram, vs. New Zealand 1984 Event - Test Cricket debut of David Boon age 23 and Bob Holland age 38 (v WI) 1984 Event - Imran Khan makes his 1st appearance for NSW Cricket 1984 Event - Australia all out 76 vs. West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21 1984 Event - 1st-class cricket debut for Brian McMillan, Transvaal B vs. N Tvl B 1984 Event - 1st-class cricket debut of Wasim Akram, 2 months before his 1st Test 1984 Event - Viv Richards hits 189* (170 balls) vs. England, ODI cricket record 1984 Event - India beat Pak by 58 runs to win 1st Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah 1984 Event - Border scores 100* vs. WI Trinidad after 98* in 1st cricket innings 1984 Event - Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird 1984 Event - West Indies beat Australia 2-0-1 to win cricket World Series Cup receiving all perfect scores for quality and gold medal 1984 Event - Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh and Lillee 1984 Event - Darryl Cullinan, 16, scores his 1st first-class cricket century 1983 Event - Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* vs. WI 1983 Event - Graeme Yallop completes 268 vs. Pakistan at cricket MCG 1983 Event - Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, vs. Pakistan MCG 1983 Death - George Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI captain), dies 1983 Event - Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson, WI vs. India Bombay 1983 Event - Wayne Phillips scores 159 on Test Cricket debut, vs. Pakistan at WACA 1983 Event - Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of Hanif, vs. India Jullundur 1983 Death - Lennox Brown, cricket leg spinner (3 wickets at 63 for South Africa), dies 1983 Event - New Zealand score their 1st Test Cricket match victory in England 1983 Event - India beat West Indies by 43 runs to win Cricket World Cup 1983 Event - Winston Davis takes 7-51 in Cricket World Cup match vs. Australia 1983 Event - Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, vs. Australia 1983 Death - V N Swamy, Indian cricket pace bowler (without distinction), dies 1983 Event - David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143* vs. Sri Lanka 1983 Event - Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy) 1983 Event - Karnataka beat Bombay on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy 1982 Event - England defeat Australia by three runs at cricket MCG 1982 Event - Kepler Wessels scores century in 1st Test Cricket (162 vs. England) 1982 Event - Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket vs. India, goes to 215 1982 Event - David Hookes scores Cricket century in 34 balls 43 minutes, SA vs. Victoria 1982 Event - Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket tons for Sri Lanka vs. India 1982 Death - Frank Nicholson, South African cricket wicket-keeper (1935-36), dies 1982 Event - Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match vs. Sri Lanka at Lahore 1982 Event - Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century 1982 Event - Salim Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL) 1982 Event - Test Cricket debut of Martin Crowe, vs. Australia Wellington, run out 9 1982 Death - J K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies 1982 Event - Commencement of Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket match, vs. England 1982 Death - Hal Hooker, cricket (307 partners with Kippax for last wicket), dies 1982 Death - K R Meher-Homji, cricket wk (Test as Indian, catch no stumped), dies 1981 Event - One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Australia vs. WI 1981 Death - Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricket (2 Tests for India, 29 runs and 0-13), dies 1981 Event - Dirk Wellham scores 103 on Test Cricket debut, vs. England at Lord's 1981 Event - Test cricket debut of Terry Alderman, vs. England at Trent Bridge 1981 Death - Maurice Fernandes, cricket captain (WI in 1st Test win, 1930 vs. Eng), dies 1981 Event - Bombay beat Delhi by innings and 46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy 1981 Event - Dennis Lillee becomes Australian Cricket's top wicket-taker with 249 1980 Event - Imran Khan scores his 1st Test Cricket ton, 123 vs. WI Lahore 1980 Death - Jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies 1980 Event - McCosker (168) and Dyson (152) make 319 opening stand cricket, NSW vs. WA 1980 Death - Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies 1980 Event - Border completes 150 in each inning of Test Cricket vs. Pakistan 1980 Event - Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Australia vs. Pak cricket draw 1980 Event - R Hadlee scores Test Cricket century vs. Roberts, Garner, Holding, Croft 1980 Event - Botham a century and 13 wickets in Jubilee Test Cricket at Bombay 1980 Event - New Zealand beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin 1980 Death - J P Duminy, cricket (30 runs at 5 and 1 wkt at 39 in 3 Test S Af), dies 1979 Event - Opening day of 4th Test Cricket, India 8-112 vs. Pakistan at Kanpur 1979 Event - Geoff Boycott scores cricket century in a limited-over international 1979 Event - 1st day-night one-day cricket international, Australia vs. WI at SCG 1979 Death - Bill Farrimond, England cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies 1979 Death - E J "Tiger" Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper 1911 - 1914, dies 1979 Death - Doug Meintjes, South Africa cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies 1979 Event - West Indies beat England by 92 runs to win Cricket World Cup 1979 Event - Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset 1979 Event - Canada all out 45 in Cricket World Cup vs. England, in 40 3 overs 1979 Event - 1st edition of "Wisden Cricket Monthly" 1979 Event - Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy 1979 Event - Last day of Test cricket for Mushtaq Mohammad 1979 Event - 1st appearance as Australian cricket captain for Kim Hughes 1979 Event - Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket he missed 1979 Death - C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies 1978 Event - Test Cricket debut of Allan Robert Border, vs. England at the MCG 1978 Event - Test Cricket debut of Malcolm Marshall, vs. India at Bangalore 1978 Event - Commencement of the 1st day/night WSC cricket supertest at VFL Park 1978 Event - Test Cricket debut of Rodney Hogg, vs. England at the Gabba 1978 Event - Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for 2nd time 1978 Event - Ian Botham takes 8-34 vs. Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling 1978 Event - Cricket Test debut of David Gower, vs. Pakistan, Edgbaston, scores 58 1978 Event - Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston 1978 Event - WI all set to lose cricket test vs. Australia at Kingston till riots end game 1978 Event - Basil Williams scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, vs. Australia Georgetown 1978 Death - George Paine, lefty cricket spinner (for England in WI 1935), dies 1978 Event - 1st day of Test cricket for Desmond Haynes (WI vs. Australia) 1978 Event - Botham scores 1st Test Cricket century, 103 vs. New Zealand Christchurch 1978 Event - England all out 64 for 1st loss to New Zealand in cricket (Boycott captain) 1978 Death - Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies 1977 Event - Test Cricket debut of Abdul Qadir, vs. England at Lahore 1977 Death - Reg Perks, England cricket pace bowler (1938-39), dies 1977 Event - England regain cricket Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead over Australia 1977 Event - Test Cricket debut of Ian Botham vs. Australia Trent Bridge, 5-74 1st innings 1977 Event - Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877 1977 Event - Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft and Joel Garner vs. Pakistan Bridgetown 1976 Event - John Lever takes 7-46 in 1st Test Cricket innings, vs. India Delhi 1976 Event - Sadiq and Mushtaq Mohammad score tons in same Test Cricket innings vs. New Zealand 1976 Event - 2nd Enterprise, approach and lands Test Cricket (ALT) flight (5m28s) 1976 Event - Last day of Test Cricket for Brian Close, aged 45 1976 Event - Test Cricket debut of Mike Brearley vs. West Indies (0 and 17) 1976 Birthday - Everton Matambanadzo, Zimbabwean cricket pace bowler, vs. Pakistan 1996 1976 Event - New Zealand scores their 1st innings win in Test Cricket, vs. India 1976 Event - Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs and Ian Redpath 1976 Death - Harry Elliott, England cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests 1927-34), dies 1976 Event - Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, vs. WI Adelaide 1975 Event - Gary Cosier scores 109 vs. West Indies at MCG on Test Cricket debut 1975 Event - A crowd of 85661 attends the 1st day of the Aust-WI MCG Test Cricket 1975 Event - G S Chappell gets ton in each inn of 1st Test Cricket as captain vs. WI 1975 Event - Test Cricket debut of Michael Anthony Holding, WI vs. Australia Brisbane 1975 Event - Last day of 1st-class cricket for Hanif Mohammad 1975 Event - Viv Richards out for 291 vs. England at Cricket Oval 1975 Event - Test Cricket debut of Graham Gooch, vs. Australia, out for a pair 1975 Event - West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs to win Cricket World Cup 1975 Event - Gary Gilmour takes 6-14 in Cricket World Cup semi vs. England 1975 Event - One-day international cricket debut, Javed Miandad age 17 years 364 days 1975 Event - Sri Lanka's 1st one-day international, vs. WI Cricket World Cup 1975 Birthday - Azhar Mahmood, cricket pace bowler, Pakistani ODI 1996 1975 Event - Leonard Baichan scores 105* on Test Cricket debut, vs. Pakistan Lahore 1975 Birthday - Chaminda Vaas, brilliant Sri Lankan cricket pace bowler, 1994- 1974 Event - Viv Richards scores 1st Test Cricket ton 192 vs. India 20 fours 6 sixes 1974 Event - Greenidge scores 107 in 2nd innings of Test Cricket debut vs. India 1974 Event - Test Cricket debut of Gordon Greenidge and Viv Richards, at Bangalore 1974 Event - Zaheer Abbas scores 240 Pakistan vs. England at The Cricket Oval 1974 Event - India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 minutes 1974 Event - Last day of Test cricket for Garry Sobers and Rohan Kanhai 1974 Event - Ian and Greg Chappell score cricket 1974 Event - Ian and Greg Chappell make 264 partnership vs. New Zealand cricket at Wellington 1973 Birthday - Zahid Fazal, Pakistani cricket batsman, occasional Tests since 1992 1973 Event - 1st one-day Cricket international for WI (v Eng) - lose by 1 wicket 1973 Death - Stan Worthington, English cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1930-36), dies 1973 Birthday - Shane Lee, cricket all-rounder, NSW and Somerset, Australian ODI 1995- 1973 Event - Frank Hayes scores 106 on Test Cricket debut vs. WI as England lose 1973 Birthday - Nixon A. McNamara McClean, West Indies cricket fast bowler, ODI 1996 1973 Event - Test Cricket umpiring debut of H D "Dickie" Bird vs. New Zealand at Leeds 1973 Event - Close finish at Trent Bridge, New Zealand Cricket need 479 to win, all out 440 1973 Event - Glenn Turner scores his 1,000th cricket run of English season 1973 Event - Doug Walters' best Test Cricket bowling, 5-66 vs. WI Georgetown 1973 Death - Arthur Wood, cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39), dies 1973 Event - Dennis Amiss out for 99 vs. Pakistan, 3rd 99 in Test Cricket 1973 Birthday - Kennedy Otieno, Kenya cricket wicket-keeper, 85 vs. Australia 1996 World Cup 1973 Event - Rodney Redmond scores 107 on debut vs. Pakistan, his only Test Cricket 1973 Birthday - Lulama Masikazana, cricket wicket-keeper, Kwazulu for E Province 1973 Event - Test Cricket debut of Richard John Hadlee, New Zealand vs. Pakistan, Wellington 1973 Birthday - Rahul Dravid, cricket batter, prolific Karnataka, Tests for India 96 1972 Event - Test Cricket debut of Jeff Thomson and Max Walker vs. Pakistan at MCG 1972 Event - England beat India by six wickets in the 1st Test Cricket at Delhi 1972 Birthday - Troy Corbett, cricket pace bowler, Victorian lefty since 1994-95 1972 Birthday - Adrian Van Troost, fast cricket bowler, Somerset and Holland 1972 Death - Sidney Pegler, cricket leg spinner (leading South Africa prior to WWI), dies 1972 Event - Ian and Greg Chappell both scores centuries in same Test Cricket innings 1972 Death - Vincent Valentine, WI cricket pace bowler (England 1933), dies 1972 Event - Bob Massie takes 16 wickets (8-84 and 8-53) on Test cricket debut vs. Eng 1972 Birthday - Paras Mhambrey, Indian cricket pace bowler, Test vs. England 1996 1972 Birthday - Bryan Strang, cricket pace bowler, brother of Paul Zimbabwe 1995- 1972 Event - Test Cricket debut of Tony Greig, vs. Australia at Old Trafford (57/62) 1972 Event - Kallicharran scores his 2nd Test century in his 2nd Test Cricket 1972 Event - Glenn Turner (259) and Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand vs. WI 1972 Event - Alvin Kallicharran scores 100* in his 1st Test Cricket innings vs. New Zealand 1972 Event - Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe WI vs. New Zealand Kingston, 214 and 100 1971 Birthday - Heath Te-Ihi-O-Te-Rangy Davis, cricket bowler, New Zealand open vs. England 1994 1971 Death - Lisle Nagel, Australian cricket opening bowler (1932), dies 1971 Birthday - Adam Gilchrist, cricket wicket-keeper, hard-hit Australian ODI 1996 1971 Birthday - Shakeel Ahmed, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper, v West Indies 1993 1971 Event - Zaheer Abbas scores Cricket 274 at Edgbaston, 544 minutes 38 fours 1971 Event - Test Cricket debut of Imran Khan, vs. England at Edgbaston (5, 0-36, 0-19) 1971 Event - Gavaskar scores 1st of his 34 Test Cricket tons, 116 at Georgetown 1971 Death - George Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (v South Africa 1924), dies 1971 Event - Test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, vs. West Indies at Port-of-Spain 1971 Death - Edward van der Merwe, cricket keeper (South Africa in 2 Tests in 30's), dies 1971 Event - England regains cricket Ashes with a 2-0 series win 1971 Event - Only Test Cricket for Ken Eastwood, who scored 5 and 0 Australia vs. England 1971 Death - Jim A J Christy, cricket (10 Tests for S Af, 638 runs at 34 33), dies 1971 Birthday - Adam Parore, cricket wicket-keeper, New Zealand, 1st Maori Test centurion 1970 Event - Would have been start of Australia/England Test Cricket at MCG, washed out 1970 Event - Test Cricket debut of Gregory Stephen Chappell 1970 Birthday - Arshad Laiq, cricket all-rounder, United Arab Emirates World Cup 1996 1970 Event - Test Cricket debut of Rodney "Iron Gloves" Marsh vs. England, Brisbane 1970 Birthday - Chamara Dunusinghe, cricket wicketkeeper, Sri Lanka 1995 1970 Birthday - Brett Schultz, cricket pace bowler, South African Test 1970 Birthday - Pubudu Dissanayake, Sri Lanka cricket wicket-keeper 1993 1970 Birthday - Damien Fleming, Australia cricket pace bowler, hat-trick on Test debut 1970 Birthday - Ruwan Kalpage, cricket off-spinner, Sri Lankan 1970 Event - 1st Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six 1970 Event - Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa vs. Australia, Durban 1970 Birthday - Dean Headley, cricket, grandson of George, England ODI quick 1996 1970 Death - Probir Sen, cricket (20 catch and 11 stumpings, 14 Tests for Ind), dies 1969 Birthday - Mark Dekker, Zimbabwe cricket opening batsman, 1993- 1969 Birthday - Romesh Kaluwitharana, cricket, big-hit SL batsman, ton on Test debut 1969 Event - Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut vs. Australia Kanpur 1969 Birthday - Michael Owens, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand Test 1969 Event - Hanif, Mushtaq and Sadiq Mohammad start their only Test Cricket together 1969 Birthday - Hansie Cronje, cricket captain, solid South African batsman 1969 Birthday - Vivek Razdan, cricket pace bowler, Indian Test 1989-90 1969 Birthday - Simon Doull, cricket medium pacer, New Zealand 1969 Birthday - Errol Stewart, South African cricket wicket-keeper, limited-over 1993 1969 Birthday - Jonty Rhodes, South African cricket batsman, brilliant fielder 1969 Event - John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut vs. WI at Lord's 1969 Event - Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI vs. New Zealand 1969 Birthday - Mark Atkinson, cricket wicket-keeper, Tasmanian batsman 1969 Birthday - Rajindra Dhanraj, Trinidad cricket leg-spinner, WI 1994-95 1969 Birthday - Shane Thomson, New Zealand cricket off-spin all rounder, since 1990 1969 Death - Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (England, vs. Australia Headingley 1938), dies 1968 Birthday - Andy Caddick, English cricket pace bowler, New Zealand 1993 1968 Birthday - Robert van Oosterom, cricket opening batsman, Holland 1996 World Cup 1968 Death - Maurie Sievers, cricket medium-pacer (Austral vs. England 1936-37), dies 1968 Birthday - Tim Neilsen, cricket wicket-keeper, South Australian 1991 1968 Birthday - Abeyratne Samarasekera, UAE cricket all-rounder, 1996 World Cup 1968 Birthday - Johanne Samarasekera, UAE cricket opening bowler, 96 World Cup 1968 Birthday - Imtiaz Abbasi, UAE cricket wicket-keeper, World Cup 1996 1968 Birthday - Chris Pringle, New Zealand cricket pace bowler, since 1990 1967 Birthday - Naeem Akhtar, Rawalpindi cricket medium-pacer, 10-28 vs Peshawar 1995 1967 Birthday - Ridley Jacobs, cricket wicket-keeper, West Indian ODI 1996 1967 Death - Freddie Martin, cricket WI batsman, (9 Tests 486 runs 1 century), dies 1967 Death - Stanley Coen, cricket (2 Tests for S Af, hs 41 not out, avg 50), dies 1967 Death - Sid Emery, cricket leg-spinner (NSW and Aus, 5 wkt in 1912 series), dies 1966 Event - Test Cricket debut of Bishen Singh Bedi, India vs. WI Calcutta, 2-92 1966 Birthday - Murphy Logo Su'a, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand left-arm of Samoan parents 1966 Death - S J "Tip" Snooke, South Africa cricket all-rounder (26 Tests 1905-23), dies 1966 Event - Test cricket debut of Derek Underwood, vs. WI Trent Bridge, wicketless 1966 Birthday - Meyrick Pringle, cricket pace bowler, South African 1966 Birthday - Gary Martin, cricket pace bowler, Zimbabwe ODI 1966 Birthday - Gavin Robertson, NSW cricket off-spin all-rounder, Australia ODI-Pak 1994 1966 Event - 1st day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex vs. Somerset 1966 Birthday - Phillip De Freitas, cricket pace bowler, in Dominica England 1986-95 1966 Event - End of Wally Grout's Test Cricket career, 187 dismissals as Australia WK 1966 Birthday - Danny Morrison, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand since 1987 1966 Birthday - Nishantha Ranatunga, cricket, bro of Arjuna Sri Lankan ODI allrounder 1965 Event - Test Cricket debut of Doug Walters vs. England at the Gabba 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 - Willie Watson, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand 1965 Death - Bill Hitch, England cricket fast-bowler (7 Tests 1911-21), dies 1965 Event - Freddie Trueman ends his Test cricket career, vs. New Zealand at Lord's 1965 Event - West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy 1965 Birthday - Zahid Sadiq, born in Kenya, cricketer, right-handed batsman, played for Surrey County Cricket Club, Derbyshire County Cricket Club, England 1965 Birthday - Craig McDermott, cricket pace bowler, tireless Austr since 1984 1965 Birthday - Andrew Hudson, South African cricket player 1965 Event - Bruce Taylor hits 105 for New Zealand vs. India in 1st Test Cricket innings 1965 Birthday - Craig Matthews, cricket pace bowler, South African Test 1965 Death - Tich Freeman, cricket (3776 FC wickets leg-spin, 304 in 1928), dies 1964 Birthday - David Tikolo, Kenyan cricket batsman, 1996 World Cup 1964 Event - Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappell, vs. Pakistan MCG, 11, 0-49, 0-31 1964 Birthday - Soren Henriksen, Denmark cricket all-rounder, 86-94 ICC, Lancs 85-86 1964 Event - Bobby Simpson completes cricket century in each innings vs. Pakistan 1964 Event - Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla scores 166 on Cricket debut vs. Australia 1964 Event - Test Cricket debut of Asif Iqbal, Majid Khan and Khalid Ibadulla vs. Australia 1964 Event - Rex Sellers bowls 5-1-17-0 vs. India in only Test Cricket innings 1964 Event - Boycott scores his 1st Test Cricket century, 113 vs. Australia at the Oval 1964 Event - Fred Trueman takes 300th Test Cricket wicket (Neil Hawke) 1964 Birthday - Salim Raza, UAE cricket all-rounder, 1996 World Cup 1964 Event - Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott vs. Australia at Trent Bridge, 48 1964 Birthday - Ian Healy, cricket wicket-keeper, Australian since 1988 1964 Death - R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (South Africa 1927-28), dies 1964 Event - End of Richie Benaud's 63-Test Cricket career 1964 Birthday - Milton Small, cricket pace bowler, WI vs. Australia 1984 1964 Death - W L Cornford, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests vs. New Zealand 1930), dies 1964 Death - C R Browne, cricket leg-spinner (WI in 4 Tests, 6 wkts), dies 1963 Event - Test Cricket debut of Graeme Pollock at the Gabba 1963 Birthday - Ashley De Silva, Sri Lankan Cricket wicketkeeper 1993 1963 Birthday - David Williams, WI cricket wicket-keeper, 3 Tests 1992 1963 Event - Only 1st-class cricket game played in Uganda, MCC vs. E African XI 1963 Event - W I beat England 2-1 in series, 1st holders of Wisden Cricket Trophy 1963 Birthday - Jack Russell, superb England cricket wicket-keeper, 36 Tests 1988-94 1963 Event - Famous cricket draw at Lord's as England hang on against the Windies 1963 Event - Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket 1963 Event - End of the Test Cricket careers of Neil Harvey and Alan Davidson 1963 Birthday - Roland Lefebvre, cricket pace bowler, Glamorgan and Holland 1962 Birthday - Sadanand Viswanath, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, v Sri Lanka 1985-86 1962 Event - Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India 1962 Event - Nawab of Pataudi captains India cricket vs. WI age 21 years 77 days 1961 Birthday - Chandrakant Pandit, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, late 80's 1961 Event - Test Cricket debut of William Morris Lawry, vs. England at Edgbaston, 57 1961 Death - Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies 1961 Event - Australia beat WI 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever 1961 Event - Mushtaq Mohammad scores 1st Test Cricket century at 17 years 82 days 1961 Birthday - Joey Benjamin, cricket pace bowler, in St. Kitts England in 1994 1961 Event - Mackay and Kline hang on for 100 minutes for cricket draw vs West Indies 1960 Event - Australia vs. West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie 1960 Birthday - Gopal Sharma, Indian cricket off-spinner, 2 Tests 1984-85 1960 Birthday - Vinodhan John, cricket pace bowler, Sri Lankan in 6 Tests 1983-84 1960 Birthday - Iain Butchart, cricket all-rounder, Zimbabwe, Test vs. Pak 1995 1959 Death - Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies 1959 Event - President Eisenhower watches Pakistan vs. Australia Test Cricket at Karachi 1959 Birthday - Simon Davis, Victorian cricket pace bowler, Test vs. New Zealand 1986, no wkts 1959 Death - O'Neil Gordon Collie Smith, WI cricket all-rounder, dies in car crash 1959 Event - Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore 1959 Birthday - Michael Roy Whitney, cricket, great NSW and Aussie lefty quick 1981-92 1959 Birthday - Guy De Alwis, cricket wicket-keeper, Sri Lankan mid 80s 1959 Event - Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v WI at Delhi) 1959 Death - Abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi 1959 Birthday - Kapil Dev, born in Chandigarh, India, cricket player for India, captain of 1983 Cricket World Cup, won by India 1958 Event - Test Cricket debut for Wes Hall, vs. India at Bombay 1958 Death - Charles Macartney, cricket (35 Tests 1907-26, 2131 runs 45 wkts), dies 1958 Birthday - Jack Richards, English cricket wicket-keeper, mid-80's 1958 Event - Test Cricket debuts against New Zealand for Dexter, Illingworth and Subba Row 1958 Event - C A Milton scores 104* on Test Cricket debut, England vs. New Zealand Headingley 1958 Birthday - Ashraf Ali, cricket wicket-keeper, Pakistani mid-80s 1958 Birthday - Derek Kallicharran, cricket all-rounder, Guyana, USA 1994 ICC Trophy 1958 Event - Gary Sobers 365* vs. Pak, 614 min, 38 fours, best Cricket before Lara 1958 Event - West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 decl vs. Pakistan 1958 Birthday - Wayne B. Phillips, cricket wicket-keeper, Australia 1958 Event - West Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day 3 of 3rd Test Cricket 1958 Event - Test Cricket debut of Lance Gibbs, WI vs. Pakistan, Port-of-Spain 1957 Event - Test Cricket debut for Wally Grout and Bobby Simpson vs. South Africa 1957 Event - Peter Loader takes a cricket hat-trick England vs. WI Headingley 1957 Event - Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey vs. Northants 1957 Event - Test Cricket debut for Rohan Kanhai vs. England at Edgbaston 1957 Birthday - Mike Gatting, born in Kingsbury, England, cricketer, played for the Middlesex County Cricket Club, ECB Managing Director of Cricket Partnerships 1957 Birthday - Ian Smith, cricket wicket-keeper, New Zealand of the 80's 1957 Birthday - Thelston Payne, cricket wicket-keeper, WI 1986 1956 Event - England retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series 1956 Birthday - Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lanka cricket opener, 190 vs. England Lords 1984 1956 Birthday - Jeff Dujon, cricket wicket-keeper, WI 1981-91, their most successful 1956 Birthday - Farrukh Zaman, lefty cricket spinner, bowled 10 overs Pak vs. New Zealand 1976 1956 Birthday - Asoka De Silva, cricket leg-spinner, Sri Lanka in 10 Tests 1985-91 1956 Birthday - T. A. Sekar, Indian cricket pace-bowler, 2 Tests 1982-83 little impact 1956 Event - New Zealand bowl out WI for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win 1956 Birthday - Steve Randell, Tasmanian cricket Test umpire, international panel 1956 Birthday - Desmond Haynes, cricket, WI opener-greatest batsman in 1-day history 1955 Birthday - Malcolm Jarvis, cricket lefty paceman, Zimbabwe's 1st Test side 1955 Event - Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India vs. New Zealand 1955 Event - Polly Umrigar scores India's 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 vs. New Zealand 1955 Birthday - Allan Border, cricket captain, Australia 1955 Event - Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester 1955 Birthday - Roger Binny, Indian cricket medium-pace all-rounder, early 80's 1955 Event - Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, vs. South Africa, Trent Bridge 1955 Birthday - Liaqat Ali, cricket pace bowler, Pakistani in six Tests 1975-79 1955 Event - Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown 1955 Event - Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted 1955 Event - Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut WI vs. Australia, Kingston 1955 Event - New Zealand cricket all out for 26 vs. England at Eden Park 1955 Event - Pakistan vs. India 5 Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw 1954 Event - Test Cricket debut of Colin Cowdrey vs. Australia at Gabba 1954 Birthday - Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper, India 1979 1954 Birthday - Ray "Candles" Bright, Australian cricket slow-left armer, 1977-86 1954 Event - Last day of Test Cricket for Khalid Hassan aged 16 yrs, 356 days 1954 Event - Test Cricket debut of Khalid Hassan, 16 years 352, then world record 1954 Birthday - Alan [Joseph] Lamb, South African/British cricket player, Northampton 1954 Event - Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers vs. England at Kingston 1954 Birthday - Steve Rixon, Australian cricket wicket-keeper, 1977-85 1954 Birthday - Michael Holding, cricket fast bowler, Whispering Death-Awesome for WI 1953 Event - England regained cricket Ashes after winning series 1-0 1953 Birthday - Larry Gomes, dependable WI cricket left-handed batsman, 1976-87 1953 Event - Test Cricket debut of Alan Davidson at Trent Bridge 1953 Event - Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 years 239 days, youngest Aussie 1952 Birthday - Joel Garner, born in Christ Church, Barbados, right-handed, fast bowler, nicknamed 'Big Bird', West Indian cricketer, played 1979 Cricket World Cup, 1983 Cricket World Cup 1952 Event - R H Shodhan scores 110 on Test Cricket debut vs. Pakistan, Calcutta 1952 Event - Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts vs. India 1952 Event - Hanif Mohammad scores twin 100s vs. N Zone (Ind) his 1st fc cricket tons 1952 Birthday - John Emburey, England cricket off-spinner, 1978-95, captain 1988 1952 Birthday - Herbert Chang, West Indian cricket batsman, 1979 1952 Event - Test Cricket debut of Freddie Trueman vs. India at Headingley 1952 Birthday - Warren Lees, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper, late 70's 1952 Event - Ian Craig makes NSW cricket debut aged 16 years 249 days (NSW record) 1952 Death - Nawab of Pataudi, cricket (play polo 3 Tests for England 3 for Ind), dies 1951 Event - West Indies defeat Australia by 6 wkts on 3rd day of 3rd Test Cricket 1951 Event - Australia cricket all out 82 vs. West Indies at Adelaide 1951 Event - Cricket 1st-class debut of Hanif Mohammad, Pak XI vs. MCC, Lahore 1951 Event - Vijay Merchant scores 154 vs. England in his last Test Cricket innings 1951 Event - Cricket 1st-class debut of Raymond Illingworth 1951 Death - Neville Tufnell, cricket wicket keeper (Test for England 1910), dies 1951 Birthday - Richard Hadlee, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, cricket bowler, 431 wickets 1951 Death - Montagu Odd, cricket bat-maker (W G Grace), dies 1951 Event - Test Cricket debut of Brian Statham, England vs. New Zealand Christchurch 1950 Birthday - Alan Turner, Aussie cricket left-handed opener, World Cup ton 1975 1950 Event - Test Cricket debut of Ramadhin and Valentine (8-104 1st inn) vs. England 1950 Death - Sam Staples, cricket pace bowler (3 Tests 1927-28), dies 1950 Event - Laker takes 14-12-2-8 in Test Cricket trial 1950 Death - Douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies 1950 Birthday - Shahid Israr, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper, in one Test vs. New Zealand 1976 1950 Event - Moroney scores cricket twin centuries for Australia at Johannesburg 1949 Death - Leslie Gay, cricket wicket-keeper/goalkeeper (England in 1890's), dies 1949 Death - Arthur Fielder, England cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), dies 1949 Event - Test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days 1949 Birthday - Clive Rice, South African cricket all-rounder, WSC 1978-79, ODI 1991 1949 Birthday - Dennis Lillee, Australian cricket fast bowler, 1971-84 1949 Birthday - Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricket player, opener, 10122 Test runs 1949 Event - Bradman plays his last innings in 1st-class cricket, gets 30 1949 Birthday - Eddie Hemmings, cricket off-spinner, immense England 1949 Birthday - Sunil Wettimuny, cricket, Sri Lanka open batsman 1975-79 World Cups 1948 Birthday - Max Walker, Australian cricket player 1948 Event - Bradman scores 153 in his last 1st-class cricket innings in England 1948 Event - Bradman's last Test Cricket innings 1948 Event - England all out for 52 vs. Australia at Cricket Oval 1948 Event - Bradman's 29th and last Test Cricket century, part of winning 3-404 1948 Event - Bradman is out for a duck, but Australia win Test Cricket anyway 1948 Event - Bradman scores 138 in 1st Test Cricket at Trent Bridge 1948 Death - Hanson Carter, cricket (28 Tests for Australia, caught 44 stumped 21), dies 1948 Birthday - Wasim Bari, cricket wicket-keeper, Pakistan's most successful 1948 Birthday - Vintcent Van der Bijl, Natal cricket bowler, superb 2m of 70's and 80's 1948 Event - Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team vs. Western Australia 1948 Event - Andy Ganteaume scores 112 for West Indies in only Test Cricket innings 1948 Event - Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut England vs. WI, out for 140 1948 Event - Test Cricket debut of Frank Worrell, vs. England Port-of-Spain 1948 Death - Ewart Astill, cricket all-rounder (9 Tests for England 1927-30), dies 1948 Event - Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia 1948 Birthday - Rakesh Shukla, cricket leg-spinner, 1 Test India vs. Sri Lanka 1982 1948 Event - Jim Laker takes 7-103 in his 1st Test Cricket innings vs. WI Barbados 1947 Birthday - Dhiraj Parsana, cricket pace bowler, Indian vs. WI 1978-79 1947 Event - Bradman scores 185 in the 1st Cricket Test vs. India at the Gabba 1947 Event - India cricket all out for 58 vs. Australia at the Gabba, Toshack 5-2 1947 Event - Bradman scores his 99th 1st-class cricket century, 100 SA vs. Victoria 1947 Death - Nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42 1947 Birthday - Alan Ward, England cricket pace bowler, 1969 - 1976 1947 Birthday - Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricket opener, Gavaskar's partner for a while 1947 Birthday - Pollamani Krishnamurthy, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, 1971 WI tour 1947 Death - Joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for England 1907-08), dies 1947 Event - Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (vs. New Zealand, Christchurch) 1947 Event - Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand vs. England at Christchurch 1947 Event - Compton and Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket 1947 Event - Bradman bowled by Alec Bedser for a duck in 4th Test Cricket 1947 Death - Fred Barratt, cricket (5 wkts at 47 in 5 Tests for England 1929-30), dies 1947 Event - Australia vs. England at MCG drawn in 6 days, 1st cricket draw in Australia since 1882 1946 Event - Bradman scores 187 in 1st Test Cricket vs. England at the Gabba 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 Event - Alec Bedser takes 7-49 vs. India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket 1946 Death - Joe Humphries, cricket wicket keeper (3 Tests for England 1907-08), dies 1946 Birthday - S Venkataraghavan, cricket, Indian off-spinner, Test ump, ICC referee 1946 Birthday - Alan Knott, great English cricket wicketkeeper, 1967-81 1946 Event - Australia beats New Zealand in cricket at 3 30pm on 2nd day 1946 Event - Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill O'Reilly (5-14 and 3-19) 1946 Event - 1st Test Cricket between Australia and New Zealand 1946 Event - Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall, Miller and Tallon 1946 Birthday - Mohammad Nazir, Pakistani cricket off-spinner, 14 Tests 1969-83 1946 Birthday - Desmond Lewis, WI cricket batsman/keeper, avg 86.33 in 3 Tests 1945 Event - Australia Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts 1945 Event - Australia Services draw second Victory Test Cricket vs. India at Calcutta 1945 Birthday - Niaz Ahmed, cricketer, 1st and last East Pakistani to play Test cricket 1945 Birthday - Tony Mann, Australia cricket leggie, 1977 century as nightwatchman vs. India 1945 Event - England defeat Australia Services by 6 wkts in 5th Victory Test Cricket 1945 Event - Keith Miller scores 110 in the 4 Victory Test Cricket at Lord's 1945 Birthday - Barry Richards, extraordinary cricket batsman, 4 Tests for South Africa 1945 Birthday - Geoff Dymock, Australian cricket left-arm pace bowler, 1974-80 1945 Event - Australian Services win 3rd Victory Test Cricket by 4 wickets 1945 Birthday - Barry Dudleston, cricket umpire 1945 Birthday - Ashley "Rowdy" Mallett, Australian cricket off-spinner, 1968-80 1945 Event - England win the second Victory test cricket at Bramall Lane by 41 runs 1945 Event - Australia Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets 1945 Event - Keith Miller scores 105 in the 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's 1945 Event - Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England and Australia Services 1944 Birthday - Rodney Redmond, New Zealand cricket, opener scored century in Test vs. Pak 1973 1944 Birthday - David O'Sullivan, New Zealand cricket left-arm spinner, in 11 Tests 1973-76 1944 Birthday - Grayson Shillingford, cricket bowler, WI 1969-71, 7 Tests 15 wickets 1944 Birthday - Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire 1944 Birthday - Terry Jarvis, New Zealand cricket opener, 387 partnership w/Turner vs. WI 1972 1944 Birthday - Eric Freeman, Australian cricket pace bowler, late 60's 1944 Birthday - Keith Fletcher, cricket captain, Essex and England 1944 Birthday - Ranjit Fernando, Sri Lankan cricket wicketkeeper, 1975 World Cup 1944 Death - C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies 1943 Birthday - Michael Findlay, cricket wicket-keeper, WI early 70's 1943 Birthday - Ian Chappell, Australian cricket player, batsman 1964-80 1943 Birthday - Barrie Leadbeater, cricket umpire 1943 Birthday - Shafqat Rana, Pakistani cricket batsman, 5 Tests 1964-69 1943 Birthday - Deryck Murray, cricket wicket-keeper, West Indian 1963-80 1942 Birthday - Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricket left-arm spinner, 19 Tests 1964-73 1941 Birthday - Intikhab Alam, Pakistan cricket leg-spinner, 1959-77 1941 Event - Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for 4 years 1941 Birthday - Graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler, 1964 England tour 1941 Birthday - Gary Bartlett, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand in 10 Tests in the 1960's 1940 Death - Dusty Tapscott, cricket (bro of Doodles, 4&1 in only S Af Test), dies 1940 Birthday - Chris Balderstone, cricket batsman, England, belated faced WI in 1976 1940 Birthday - Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire 1940 Birthday - Pat Trimborn, cricket pace bowler, South African in 4 Tests 1966-70 1940 Birthday - Brian Taber, cricket wicket-keeper, Australian between Grout and Marsh 1939 Event - Bradman scores 267 SA vs. Vic, world record 34th double cricket century 1939 Birthday - Ken Walter, South African cricket pace bowler, 1961-62 series vs. New Zealand 1939 Event - Last day of 1st-class cricket in England for 6 years 1939 Birthday - Haseeb Ahsan, Pakistani cricket off-spinner, 12 Tests 1958-62 1939 Event - Headley scores a cricket century in each innings vs. England at Lord's 1939 Birthday - Rachel Heyhoe Flint, English cricket player/journalist 1938 Event - Paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut vs. South Africa 1938 Event - Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England vs. South Africa 1938 Birthday - John Sparling, New Zealand cricket all-rounder, 11 Tests 1958-64 1938 Event - Arthur Fagg completes 244 and 202 in the same cricket game for Kent 1938 Event - Would be start of Eng/Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout 1938 Birthday - Cyril Mitchley, cricket wicket-keeper, Transvaal, later Test umpire 1938 Birthday - Chester Watson, West Indian cricket fast bowler, early 60s 1938 Event - Bradman scores 102* in drawn 2nd Test cricket at Lord's 1938 Event - Bradman scores 144* in 1st Test Cricket at Trent Bridge 1938 Event - Great Cricket innings of 232 by Stan McCabe vs. England at Trent Bridge 1938 Event - Compton scores 1st Test Cricket ton (102 vs. Australia) aged 20 years 19 days 1938 Event - Bill Edrich scores his 1,000th run of cricket season, all at Lord's 1938 Birthday - Glen Hall, cricket leg-spinner, South African in one Test vs. England 1964 1938 Event - In cricket Bradman scores 278 Australia vs. MCC, 349 minutes, 35 fours 1 six 1938 Death - Cyril Christiani, cricket wicket keep (WI 1935), dies of malaria at 24 1938 Birthday - Farokh Engineer, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, 1961-75 1937 Event - O'Reilly completes 14-98 for cricket match, NSW vs. South Australia 1937 Death - Harry Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper (v WI 1928), dies 1937 Birthday - John Price, England cricket fast-medium bowler, 1964-72 1937 Birthday - V B Ranjane, Indian cricket fast bowler, early 1960's 1937 Birthday - Khalid Hassan, Pak cricket leg-spinner, took 2-116 at 16 in only Test 1937 Event - Test cricket debut of Len Hutton vs. New Zealand at Lord's, scores 0 and 1 1937 Birthday - Kenneth Palmer, cricket umpire 1937 Birthday - John Ward, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper, 8 Tests 1964 - 1968 1937 Event - Bradman scores 169 in 5th Test Cricket vs. England in 223 minutes 1937 Death - "Barlow" Carkeek, Australia cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies 1937 Event - Bradman scores 123 SA vs. Queensland, 165 minutes, 10-4s 1-6 in cricket 1937 Event - Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th Test Cricket vs. England 1936 Event - Bradman's 2nd consecutive Test Cricket duck! Australia all out 80 1936 Event - Queensland cricket all out for 49 vs. Vic, Fleetwood-Smith 7-17 1936 Birthday - Alan Smith, cricket wicket-keeper, England1962-63 Aust-New Zealand tour 1936 Event - Bradman scores 212 in 202 minutes in a cricket testimonial game 1936 Birthday - Art Dick, cricket wicket-keeper, New Zealand of 60's 1936 Birthday - Harold "Dusty" Rhodes, England cricket pace bowler, 1959 1936 Event - Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling, Cambridge U vs. MCC 1936 Death - Tommy Ward, South African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted 1936 Birthday - John Harris, British cricket player 1936 Birthday - Robert Simpson, Australian cricket player/manager 1936 Death - Henry Forster, cricket (Hants and Oxford U, Governor-General of Australia), dies 1935 Event - Bradman scores 117 in his 1st Shield cricket match for South Australia 1935 Event - Test Cricket debut of "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith vs. South Africa, Durban 1935 Birthday - Fred Rumsey, England, cricket lefty pace bowler, 5 Tests 1964-65 1935 Death - H B "Jock" Cameron, South Africa cricket captain (v England 1935, age 30), dies 1935 Birthday - Jimmy Binks, cricket wicket-keeper, England twice vs. India 1964 1935 Birthday - George Varnals, South African cricket batsman, England 1964-65 1935 Birthday - Tom Cartwright, England cricket medium pacer, 5 Tests 1964-65 1935 Death - William Brockwell, cricket (British all-rounder in 7 Tests 1893-99), dies 1935 Birthday - Donald Thompsett, cricket umpire 1935 Event - George Headley completes 270 in cricket vs. England at Kingston 1934 Event - Australia beat England by 562 runs to regain Cricket Ashes 1934 Event - Ponsford out for 266 in his final Test Cricket match 1934 Event - Bradman scores 244 in 5th Test Cricket, 316 minutes, 32 fours 1 six 1934 Birthday - Reg Scarlett, WI cricket off-spinner, 3 Tests 1960 1934 Birthday - Alfred Scott, WI cricket leg-spinner, son of O C, Test 0-140 1934 Birthday - Chandu Borde, cricket batsman, 55 Tests for India 1959-67 1934 Birthday - Ivor Mendonca, WI cricket wicket-keeper, 2 Tests 1962 1934 Birthday - Munir Malik, Pakistani cricket pace bowler, 3 Tests 1959-62 1934 Birthday - Ivan Madray, WI cricket leg-spin all rounder, 2 Tests 3 runs 0-108 1934 Event - 38th U.S. Golf Open: Olin Dutra shoots a 293 at Merion Cricket Club PA 1934 Event - Hobbs scores his 197th and last FC cricket ton at 51 years 163 days 1934 Event - Bradman out for a Cricket duck against Cambridge University! 1933 Event - B H Valentine scores 133 on Test Cricket debut, England vs. India at Bombay 1933 Event - Lala Amarnath scores century on Test Cricket debut (went on to 118) 1933 Birthday - Tom Dewdney, cricket pace bowler, WI of 50's 1933 Birthday - Brian Booth, cricketer, dual Australian cricket/hockey international 1933 Birthday - Cammie Smith, WI cricket opening batsman, 1960-62 1933 Birthday - Len Coldwell, cricket bowler, England medium-fast in 7 Tests 1962-64 1932 Event - Bradman out for a duck vs. England at cricket MCG 1932 Birthday - Colin Cowdrey, English cricket player 1932 Birthday - Geoff Lawson, Australian cricket player 1932 Event - Bradman completes 10000 runs in first-class cricket, 126 innings 1932 Birthday - Mickey Stewart, manager, England Cricket Team 1932 Death - Henry Howell, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests 1920-24), dies 1932 Event - Bradman scores a cricket double century in Montreal 1932 Event - Commencement of India's 1st Test cricket, vs. England at Lord's 1932 Event - Sutcliffe and Holmes make 555 opening cricket stand for Yorks vs. Essex 1932 Death - Henry Taberer, cricket (bowl Trumper only Test wkt for South Africa), dies 1932 Birthday - John Bond, cricket umpire 1932 Birthday - Mahmood Hussain, Pakistani cricket swing bowler, 68 wkts in 27 Tests 1932 Birthday - Gavin Stevens, cricket, Australian bat on 59-60 India/Pakistan tour 1932 Event - Australia beat South Africa in cricket by an inn in 5 hours 53 minutes playing time 1932 Birthday - Raman Subba Row, CEO, Test/County Cricket Board 1931 Event - Bradman scores 112 Australia vs. South Africa at cricket SCG 1931 Event - Bradman scores 226, the 1st Test Cricket century at Gabba, vs. South Africa 1931 Event - 1st Test Cricket match at the Gabba Bradman scores 200 on 1st day 1931 Birthday - Narendra Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicketkeeper, 1950's 1931 Birthday - Johnny Martin, Australian cricket left-arm chinaman bowler, 60's 1931 Birthday - Gamini Goonesena, cricket leg-spinner, all-rounder for Ceylon, Notts 1931 Birthday - Fred Trueman, Fiery Fred, English cricket player 1930 Event - Learie Constantine cricket 100 in 52 minutes WI vs. Tas (10x4, 1x6, 1x5) 1930 Event - Don Bradman takes his 1st Test Cricket wicket (Ivan Barrow, WI, lbw) 1930 Death - J T Tyldesley, cricket (1661 runs in 31 Tests for England 1898-1909), dies 1930 Birthday - Alan Moss, cricket pace bowler, England during 50's 1930 Birthday - Richie Benaud, cricket captain, great Aussie leg-spinner, commentator 1930 Event - Australia regain Ashes on 6th day of 5th Cricket Test 1930 Event - Bradman scores 232 in 5th Test Cricket at The Oval 1930 Event - Bradman out for 334 in Test Cricket at Headingley, 383 minutes, 46 fours 1930 Event - Bradman scores 131 in the 1st Test cricket at Trent Bridge 1930 Birthday - Brian Statham, born in Gorton, England, cricketer, 20th century's leading fast bowler, inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, 2009 1930 Event - Bradman scores cricket 191 Australia vs. Hampshire, 240 minutes, 26 fours 1930 Event - Bradman gets his 1,000th run of the English Cricket season 1930 Birthday - Alfred Lewis Valentine, Jamaican cricket player 1930 Birthday - Roy Marshall, cricket opener, prolific Hampshire only 4 Tests for WI 1930 Event - 4th Test Cricket WI vs. England ends in a draw after nine days 1930 Event - Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days 1930 Event - Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket 1st triple century 1930 Event - Les Ames makes the 1st Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149) 1930 Birthday - G R Sunderam, cricket pace bowler, 2 Tests India vs. New Zealand 1955-56 1930 Event - West Indies make 1st Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England 1930 Event - George Headley completes twin tons in Test Cricket vs. England (114 and 112) 1930 Death - Clarence Skelton Wimble, cricket (score pair in Test for S Af), dies 1930 Event - J E Mills scores 117 on Test Cricket debut, New Zealand vs. England, Wellington 1930 Birthday - John Waite, cricket wicket-keeper, great South African 1929 Birthday - Doug Ford, cricket wicket-keeper, successful NSW of 50's 1929 Event - Bradman scores 225 in 2nd inn of Test Cricket trial after 124 in 1st 1929 Event - Bradman scores 157 for NSW against the MCC at cricket SCG 1929 Death - Nicolaas Theunissen, South Africa cricket break bowler (2nd Test 1889), dies 1929 Birthday - Trevor McMahon, New Zealand cricket wicketkeeper, v India and Pak 1955-56 1929 Birthday - Alfred Binns, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper, 1953-56 1929 Birthday - Sonny Ramadhin, cricket spin bowler, great WI 1929 Event - Bradman scores 123 Australia vs. England at MCG, his 2nd Test Cricket ton 1929 Event - Archie Jackson scores 164 on Test Cricket debut vs. England at Adelaide 1928 Event - Christmas Day attendance at cricket MCG (Vic vs. NSW) 14,887 1928 Event - 2nd Test Cricket Australia vs. England starts with Bradman 12th man 1928 Event - Test Cricket debut of Don Bradman, who scored 18 and 1 vs England 1928 Event - Charlie Hallows scores his 1,000th run of Cricket season 1928 Birthday - Gerry Alexander, cricket wicketkeeper, WI of 50s and 60s 1927 Event - Test Cricket debut of Walter Hammond, who scored 51 and took 5-36 vs. S Af 1927 Event - Cricket 1st-class debut of Don Bradman, NSW vs. South Australia 1927 Birthday - John Warr, England, cricket bowler, avg 281, president, MCC 1927 Birthday - Thomas W. "Tom" Graveney, English cricket batsman, 50's and 60's 1927 Death - William Attewell, cricket bowler (England in 10 Tests 1884-1891), dies 1927 Event - Hammond scores his 1,000th cricket run of the season after 22 days 1927 Birthday - Sid O'Linn, cricketer, soccer for South Africa 1947, cricket 1960 1927 Birthday - Israr Ali, cricket pace bowler, Pakistani in 4 Tests 1952-59 1926 Event - Queensland win their 1st Sheffield Shield cricket match, vs. NSW 1926 Birthday - Zulfiqar Ahmed, Pakistani cricket pace bowler, 9 Tests 1952-56 1926 Birthday - P G "Nana" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper, Indian during 1950's 1926 Event - England regain Ashes with 5th Test Cricket win, to take series 1-0 1926 Event - Commencement of the West Indies' 1st Test cricket match, at Lord's 1926 Birthday - Probir Sen, cricket wicketkeeper, India in late 40's/early 50's 1926 Birthday - Len Maddocks, cricket wicket-keeper, Australian mid-50's 1925 Birthday - Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman, 18 Tests during 1950's 1925 Birthday - Frank Chamberlain, CEO, Test and County Cricket Board 1925 Event - Test Cricket debut of Clarrie Grimmett, who took 5-45 and 6-37 vs. England 1925 Birthday - Everton Weekes, West Indian cricket player 1925 Birthday - Ian Smith, cricket leg-spinner, South Africa 1947-58 avg 64.08 1925 Birthday - Ralph Legall, cricket wicket-keeper, WI vs. India 1954 1924 Event - Test Cricket debut of Bill Ponsford, who scored 110 in 1st innings 1924 Birthday - Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricket fast bowler, took 70 wickets in 1950's 1924 Birthday - Derek Shackleton, England cricket pace bowler, 50's 1924 Event - Test cricket ump debut for Frank Chester, vs. South Africa at Lord's 1924 Event - Test Cricket debuts of Herbert Sutcliffe and Maurice Tate vs. South Africa 1924 Birthday - Ian Colquhoun, cricket wicket keeper, New Zealand vs England 1954-55 1924 Death - George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies 1924 Death - Jack Board, cricket wicket-keeper (England in 6 Tests 1898-1906), dies 1924 Birthday - Lloyd Alexander, born in Pennsylvania, American author, wrote children's fantasy novels, 'Cricket' magazine creator 1923 Birthday - Trevor Bailey, England, cricket all-rounder, batted and ran 1923 Death - Syd Callaway, cricket all-round (3 Tests for Australia 1891-95), dies 1923 Birthday - Hirulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder, Test for India 1952-53 1923 Birthday - Jahangir Khan Irani, cricket wicketkeeper for India, 1947-8 Australia tour 1923 Birthday - Fred Ridgway, England cricket pace bowler, 1951-52 Indian tour 1923 Birthday - Nirode Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler, 1949-52 1922 Event - NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket 1922 Birthday - Ebrahim Maka, Indian cricket wicketkeeper, 2 Tests 1952 1922 Birthday - Bill Johnston, cricket pace bowler, mighty Australian lefty post-war 1922 Birthday - James C "Jim" Laker, Bradford England, cricket off spinner 1921 Birthday - Jack Wilson, cricket slow left-armer, Test for Australia 1956 1921 Death - Arthur Mold, British cricket bowler (1893, banished for throwing), dies 1921 Birthday - Les Jackson, cricket bowler, England twice, 1949 and 1961 1921 Event - Australia Cricket team complete 5-0 drubbing of England 1921 Event - Arthur Mailey completes 9-121 vs. England, Australian Test Cricket rec 1921 Death - Billy Gunn, cricket (score 392 runs for England including a century), dies 1920 Event - Roy Park makes 1st-ball duck in only Test Cricket India, vs. England at MCG 1920 Event - Bert Collins scores 104 on Test Cricket debut vs. England SCG 1920 Birthday - [Thomas] Godfrey Evans, English cricket keeper, 1950's 1920 Birthday - Mohammad Aslam Khokhar, cricket, Pak bat scored 16 and 18 in only test 1919 Birthday - Dick Spooner, England, cricket wicketkeeper, Godfrey Evans' shadow 1919 Death - John Harry, cricket wicketkeeper (Australia one Test 1895, one catch), dies 1919 Death - Gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies 1919 Death - Henry Wood, England cricket wicket keeper (in 4 Tests 1888-92), dies 1918 Event - 1st day of 1st-class cricket in Australia after WW I (Vic vs. NSW) 1918 Birthday - Arthur McIntyre, cricket wicket-keeper, England 3 times early 50's 1917 Birthday - Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg-spinner, West Indian of post-WWII years 1917 Birthday - George Mann, captain English cricket team 1917 Birthday - Ron Saggers, cricket wicket-keeper, effective NSW and Aussie late 40's 1917 Death - William Shalders, South Africa cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies 1916 Death - Claude Newberry, South Africa cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies 1915 Birthday - Jack Iverson, Australian cricket mystery spinner, late 40's 1915 Birthday - Norman Yardley, English cricket captain, late 40's 1914 Birthday - Ernie Toshack, cricket pace bowler, Aussie left-arm post-WWII 1914 Event - Last day of club cricket for W G Grace at age 66 He made 69 1914 Birthday - Billy Wade, cricket wicket-keeper, South African in 11 Tests 1938-50 1914 Death - R E Foster, only dual England captain at cricket and soccer, dies 1914 Birthday - John Arlott, cricketer, the doyen of cricket commentators and writers 1912 Birthday - Jack Walsh, NSW/Leicestershire cricket china bowler, didn't rep Australia 1912 Event - Jackie Matthews takes 2 cricket hat-tricks same day Australia vs. South Africa 1912 Event - Victor Trumper's last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50 1912 Death - Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies 1912 Event - Argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket 1st-class fixture 1912 Event - England regains cricket's Ashes 1912 Event - Hobbs and Rhodes make 323 cricket opening stand vs. Australia at MCG 1911 Birthday - Norman Gordon, South Africa cricket pace bowler, against England 1938-39 1911 Birthday - Baqa Jilani, Indian cricket fast bowler, Test 1936 1911 Birthday - Ken Farnes, cricket bowler, fast England in pre-WW II years 1911 Event - Trumper scored double cricket ton vs. South Africa, goes on to get 214 1910 Birthday - Alan McGilvray, cricket commentator 1910 Death - Allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies 1910 Birthday - Denis Moloney, New Zealand cricket all-rounder, 1937 England tour 1910 Death - Mordecai Sherwin, English cricket wicketkeeper (Australia 1886-88), dies 1910 Event - 16th U.S. Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 298 at Philadelphia Cricket Club PA 1909 Event - Frank Tarrant scores cricket 145 and 13-67 for Middlesex vs. Gloucs 1909 Birthday - Eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler, 5 Tests for South Africa 1935-39 1909 Birthday - Ronnie Grieveson, South Africa cricket keeper/batsman, 2 Tests vs. England 1939 1909 Birthday - John Cochrane, South African cricket pace bowler, one Test 1931 1909 Death - Flooi Du Toit, cricket leg-spinner (Test for South Africa 1892), dies 1909 Birthday - Charlie Walker, South Australia cricket wicket-keeper, toured but no Tests 1908 Birthday - Ben Barnett, Australian cricket wicket-keeper, 1938 England tour 1908 Event - Queensland beat NSW by 171 runs for their 1st cricket win at Gabba 1908 Birthday - Leslie O'Brien "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith, Chinese cricket bowler 1908 Event - Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England 1908 Birthday - W H V "Hopper" Levett, cricket keeper, England in 1 Test in Calcutta 1907 Death - Harry Boyle, round-arm cricket bowler (12 of Australia's early Tests), dies 1907 Event - 13th U.S. Golf Open: Alec Ross shoots a 302 at Philadelphia Cricket Club PA 1907 Event - 1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW and Western Australia 1906 Birthday - A J "Sandy" Bell, South Africa cricket fast bowler, 16 Tests 1929-35 1906 Birthday - Alexander Matheson, New Zealand cricket pace bowler, 2 Tests 1930-31 1905 Birthday - Jock Cameron, South African cricket keeper, captain 1905 Event - Latest day of 1st-class cricket in an Australia season (NSW vs. Qld) 1905 Event - 1st-class Cricket debut of Jack Hobbs, Surrey vs. Gentlemen (18 and 28) 1904 Birthday - Jim Christy, righty cricket batter, Transvaal, Queensland and South Africa 1904 Death - Vincent Tancred, cricket (Bernard and Louis bro, Test for S A), suicide 1904 Birthday - Ken James, cricket wicketkeeper, New Zealand's 1st Test, later Northants 1904 Event - Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick in his final Test Cricket match 1904 Event - England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead vs. Australia 1903 Event - Reg Foster completes 287 England vs. Australia on Test Cricket debut 1903 Death - Patrick McShane, cricket player/ump (1884-85 Ashes series), dies 1902 Event - Commencement of 1st Test Cricket between South Africa and Australia 1902 Birthday - Learie [Nicholas] Constantine, Trinidad cricket player 1902 Event - Trumper a century before lunch 4th Test Cricket vs. England 1902 Event - Test Cricket debut of K S Ranjitsinhji vs. Australia, at Old Trafford 1902 Event - Australia won the one and only Test Cricket played at Sheffield 1902 Birthday - Jack Newman, New Zealand cricket lefty pace bowler, 1932-33, later knighted 1902 Event - Australia Cricket all out 36 vs. England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever 1901 Birthday - George Duckworth, cricket wicket-keeper, England late 20's early 30's 1900 Event - Great Britain beats France in cricket in Olympic Games 1900 Event - Start of the one and only olympic cricket match, in Paris 1900 Event - 1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket Club in Massachusetts, and won by U.S. 2 days later 1900 Event - Gilbert Jessop hits his 2nd 100 before lunch in same cricket match 1900 Birthday - Maurice Leyland, prolific cricket left-handed batsman, England 1900 Event - Tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074) 1899 Birthday - Perc Hornibrook, Australian cricket left-arm bowler, 20's 1899 Event - Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* vs. England, Lord's 1899 Event - W G Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 years 320 days 1899 Event - Cricket test debut of Wilfred Rhodes and Victor Trumper in Grace's last 1899 Event - Pelham Warner scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (England vs. South Africa Johannesburg) 1897 Death - John Cottam, cricket (Test for Australia 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies 1896 Event - George Giffen is 1st to complete 1000/100 double, in 30th Test Cricket 1896 Event - Ranjitsinhji completes 154* on Test Cricket debut vs. Australia, Old Trafford 1896 Event - Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire 1895 Birthday - H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket Test captain, 1927-31 1895 Event - Archie MacLaren completes cricket 424 for Lancs vs. Somerset at Taunton 1895 Event - W. G. Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days 1895 Birthday - Charlie Hallows, cricket batsman, Lancs played for England 1921 - 1928 1895 Event - England beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2 1894 Event - England beat Australia by 10 runs in the 1st six-day Test Cricket 1894 Event - Test Cricket debut of Joe Darling, Ernie Jones, Archie MacLaren 1893 Birthday - Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler, took 60 wickets for South Africa 1893 Event - Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia vs. England, Lord's 1893 Event - Arthur Shrewsbury is 1st to score 1,000 runs in Test Cricket 1893 Birthday - Arthur Carr, cricket captain, England vs. Australia 1926 1892 Event - Commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA vs. NSW 1892 Event - Entire Hong Kong national cricket team, die in shipwreck off Taiwan 1892 Event - 3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket England vs. South Africa (Cape Town) 1892 Death - Monty Bowden, cricket captain (England vs. South Africa 1889), dies at 26 1891 Birthday - Cecil Dixon, cricket off-spinner, 1 Test for South Africa, 3-118, pair 1891 Birthday - J. W. Hearne, cricket leg-spinner, all-rounder for England in 24 Tests 1891 Death - Joe Hunter, cricket wicket-keeper (England on 1884-85 Australia tour), dies 1890 Event - Would be start of England/Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout 1890 Event - Jack Barrett carries his cricket bat for Australia at Lord's (67) 1890 Birthday - Andrew Sandham, cricketer, Test cricket's 1st triple centurion 1890 Event - 1st NSW vs. South Australia 1st-class cricket game 1889 Event - 1st Test Cricket match played at Newlands, Cape Town vs. England 1888 Birthday - Arthur Richardson, Australian cricket batsman, 20's 1888 Birthday - A P "Tich" Freeman, cricket leg-spinner, legend for Kent and England 1888 Birthday - Neville Cardus, cricketer, doyen of cricket writers 1886 Event - W G Grace made his highest Test Cricket score, vs. AuAustraliast, The Oval 1884 Death - Fred Morley, cricket lefty quick (16 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng), dies 1884 Event - Bill Murdoch scores 1st Test Cricket double-century, 211 at The Oval 1884 Event - 1st double-century stand in Test cricket, McDonnell/Murdoch 207 Australia 1884 Event - 1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's 1884 Event - 1st Test Cricket to be played at Old Trafford 1st day washed out 1883 Birthday - J M M "Mick" Commaille, cricketer, dual South African cricket/soccer rep 1882 Birthday - John Berry Hobbs, England, 1st cricket played knighted, 1953 1882 Event - Australia beat England by 7 runs "Death of English cricket" 1882 Event - 1st Test Cricket match played at Sydney Cricket Ground 1882 Birthday - Thomas Campbell, South African cricket wicketkeeper, 5 Tests 1909-12 1880 Event - Commencement of 1st Test Cricket in England, vs. Australia at The Oval 1880 Event - W G Grace scores 152 in debut Test Cricket innings, vs. Australia The Oval 1879 Birthday - J J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler, 1902-07 1878 Event - Edward Pooley completes record 8 stumpings in a cricket match 1878 Event - Australians Cricket 41 and 12-1 defeat MCC 33 and 19 1878 Birthday - A. W. "Dave" Nourse, cricketer, "Grand Old Man" of South African cricket 1877 Event - Test Cricket debut of Fred "Demon" Spofforth, Australia vs. England MCG 1877 Event - Charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century, 165 vs. Eng 1877 Event - Commencement of 1st Test Cricket, Australia vs. England at MCG 1874 Birthday - Austin Diamond, cricket non-Test captain, NSW batsman 1899-1919, Australia 1874 Event - Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds 1871 Birthday - Charles Kortright, British cricket player 1870 Birthday - Tom Richardson, legendary England cricket fast bowler, 1893-98 1869 Birthday - Ernest Jones, cricket pace bowler, marvellous Australia at turn of century 1869 Event - 1st international cricket match, held in SF, wins by Californian 1868 Event - Australia Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins vs. Surrey Gentlemen 1867 Birthday - Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner, great Australia at turn of century 1867 Birthday - Jim Kelly, cricket wicket-keeper, Australian 1896-1905 1867 Birthday - Sammy Woods, cricket bowler, Australia and England Rugby wing-forward 1866 Birthday - Arthur Frederick Augustus "Dick" Lilley, cricket keeper, England 1865 Event - 1st class cricket debut of Dr. W. G. Grace 1854 Birthday - Bill Murdoch, cricketer, great pioneer of Australian Test cricket 1851 Birthday - Charles Bannerman, Aussie cricket batsman, 1st centurion 1851 Event - 1st cricket 1st-class game in Australia, Tasmania vs. Vic, Launceston 1845 Birthday - Allen Hill, cricketer, took the 1st wicket in Test cricket 1844 Event - Canada defeat USA by 23 runs in the 1st cricket international 1841 Birthday - Unaarrimin, cricketer, played cricket as Johnny Mullagh 1751 Event - 1st American cricket match is played |
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