1996 Event Shahid Afridi scores century in 37 balls for Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka 1996 Event Kevan James scores 103 and takes 4 wkts in 4 balls, Hants vs. Ind 1996 Event Shaun Pollock takes 4 wkts in 4 balls for Warwickshire in B&H 1996 Event Sri Lanka 9-349 in 50 overs beat Pakistan 315 all out, Singapore Jayasuriya hits ton in 48 balls, world ODI record at Singapore 1996 Event Jayasuriya hammers 82 off 44 balls (13x4 3x6) vs. England in WC QF 1996 Event Chris Cairns scores 120, 96 balls, 10x4, 9x6 in Test New Zealand vs. Zim 1993 Event Vinod Kambli scores 224 vs. England at Bombay, 411 balls, 23 fours 1990 Event Ian Smith 173* New Zealand vs. India, 136 balls, world record for no 9 bat 1987 Event Knuckleballer Charlie Hough on the mound, Rangers catcher Geno Petralli ties the major league record by allowing 6 passed balls 1986 Event Viv Richards century off 56 balls vs. England in Antigua Test Cricket 1985 Event Vic Elliot pocketed 15,780 pool balls in 24 hours in London 1984 Event Greenidge scores brilliant 214 off 241 balls to win Lord's Test 1984 Event Viv Richards hits 189* (170 balls) vs. England, ODI cricket record 1982 Event David Hookes scores Cricket century in 34 balls 43 minutes, SA vs. Victoria 1982 Event Botham scores 208 in 225 balls, England vs. India at The Oval 1981 Event Botham scores a century in 86 balls vs. Australia at Old Trafford 1981 Event England set for innings loss vs. Australia, Botham hits 100 in 87 balls 1980 Birthday Shahid Afridi, cricketer, ton in 37 balls in 1st ODI innings 1978 Event Ump Doug Harvey ejects Don Sutton after discovering 3 scuffed balls 1975 Event Roy Fredericks hits 169 vs. Australia at WACA, hundred in 71 balls 1975 Event Hail stones as large as tennis balls hit Wernerville, Tennessee 1970 Event 1st Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six 1961 Event After 84 1/3 innings Bill Fischer gives up a base on balls 1961 Event Fred Trueman takes 5-0 in 24 balls to rip through Aussies 1961 Birthday Kevan James, cricketer, all-rounder 4 wkts/4 balls and ton vs. India 1996 1960 Event Michale Eufemia sinks 625 balls in pool match without a miss 1959 Event During a game in Wrigley Field, 2 balls were in play at same time 1958 Event Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 1956 Event Willie Mosconi sinks 150 consecutive balls in a billiard tournament 1954 Event Attempting to handle Hoyt Wilhelm's knuckleball catcher Ray Katt of Giants sets a major league record with 4 passed balls 1934 Event Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland 1906 Event New rule puts umpire in sole charge of all game balls 1861 Event Battle of Balls Bluff, Virginia (Leesburg, Harrison's Island) 1809 Event Wearing masks at balls forbidden in Boston
