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1996 Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets to win the World Cup

1996 Auckland beat Wellington by 9 wickets to win Shell Trophy Final

1994 Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy

1994 United Arab Emirates beat Kenya by 2 wickets to win ICC Trophy

1994 Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432

1993 Sri Lanka beat England in Test match by 5 wickets

1991 Victoria beat NSW by 7 wickets to win Sheffield Shield Final

1990 Zimbabwe beat the Netherlands by 6 wickets to win ICC Trophy

1989 Pakistan beat West Indies by 4 wickets to win Cricket's Nehru Cup

1988 Merv Hughes takes 13 wickets vs. WI at the WACA but Australia lose

1987 NZ beat WI by 5 wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket

1985 Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, NZ still wins

1984 WA beat Queensland by four wickets to win the Sheffield Shield

1983 Lennox Brown, cricket leg spinner (3 wickets at 63 for South Africa), dies

1982 Zimbabwe beats Bermuda by 5 wickets to win ICC Trophy

1980 Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies

1980 Botham a century and 13 wickets in Jubilee Test Cricket at Bombay

1977 Imran Khan takes 12 wickets in match for Pakistan win at the SCG

1972 England beat India by six wickets in the 1st Test Cricket at Delhi

1972 Bob Massie takes 16 wickets (8-84 and 8-53) on Test cricket debut vs. Eng

1971 India beat England by 4 wickets, their win against the Poms

1968 Narendra Hirwani, cricketer, Ind leggie 16 wickets vs. WI on debut 1988

1965 Tich Freeman, cricket (3776 FC wickets leg-spin, 304 in 1928), dies

1961 Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies

1957 Shivlal Yadav, cricketer, Indian off-spinner 102 Test wickets 1979-87

1956 Pakistan defeat Australia by nine wickets at 1st attempt

1956 England retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series

1955 Ian Callen, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. India 1978, six wickets

1951 Richard Hadlee, Christchurch, NZ, cricket bowler, 431 wickets

1951 Andy Roberts, cricketer, brilliant WI quickie with 202 wickets 74-84

1947 Rodney Marsh, cricketer, AKA "Iron Gloves" AKA "Bacchus" Kept wickets

1945 Australian Services win 3rd Victory Test Cricket by 4 wickets

1945 Aust Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets

1944 Grayson Shillingford, cricket bowler, WI 1969-71, 7 Tests 15 wickets

1940 Dick Motz, cricketer, 1st NZer to take 100 Test wickets

1934 Lance Gibbs, cricketer, prolific West Indian off-spinner, 309 wickets

1934 Hedley Verity takes 15 wickets vs. Australia (7-61 and 8-43)

1932 Francis Cameron, cricketer, NZ pace bowler took 61 wickets 1961-65

1932 Grimmett takes 14 wickets vs. South Africa (7-116 and 7-83)

1931 Freddie Trueman, cricketer, "Fiery Fred", 307 wickets for England

1927 Ramesh Divecha, cricketer, eleven wickets for India in early 50's

1924 Tony MacGibbon, NZ cricket fast bowler, took 70 wickets in 1950's

1915 Tom Burtt, cricketer, slow left-armer took 33 wickets for NZ

1913 Barnes takes 17 wickets vs South Africa (8-56 and 9-103)

1904 Ellis Achong, cricketer, West Indian SLA, 8 wickets in 6 Tests

1893 Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler, took 60 wickets for South Africa

1889 F R Foster, cricketer, 330 runs and 45 wickets for England



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