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 2000 Death Phillip Carrick, cricketer, athlete, dies 1996 Death Don Kenyon, cricketer, dies at 72 1996 Death Gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer, dies at 76 1996 Death Leonard John Coldwell, cricketer, dies at 63 1996 Death Sritharan Jeganathan, cricketer, 1st Sri Lankan Test player to die 1995 Death Molly Mary Hyde, cricketer, dies at 81 1995 Death Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer, dies at 93 1995 Death Graham Anthony Richard Lock, cricketer, dies at 65 1994 Event Cricketer Brian Lara hits record 501 not out/390 runs in 1 day 1994 Event Cricketer Brian Lara hits 375 runs on 1 day (world record) 1989 Death George Oswald Browning "Gubby" Allen, cricketer, dies 1989 Death Ratu Sir George Cakobau, Fiji cricketer/Governor-General, dies 1984 Death Dick Whitington, journalist/cricketer (South Australia and AIF bat), dies 1982 Birthday Hasan Raza, cricketer, Test cricketer at the age of 14 1980 Death Amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die 1980 Birthday Shahid Afridi, cricketer, ton in 37 balls in 1st ODI innings 1978 Birthday Chris Swan, born in Southport, Queensland, professional cricketer, rower 1996 Olympics 1978 Birthday Thomas Odoyo, cricketer, Kenyan all-rounder 1996 World Cup 1977 Birthday Shahid Nazir, cricketer, Pakistan Test fast bowler vs. Zimbabwe 1996 1977 Birthday David Sales, cricketer, Northampton batsman, 210 on fc debut 1996 1977 Birthday Liam Botham, cricketer, son of Ian Hampshire all-rounder 1996 1977 Birthday Bas Zuiderent, cricketer for Holland all-rounder 1996 World Cup 1977 Birthday Paul "Goggo" Adams, cricketer, lefty very unorthodox bowler for South Africa 1976 Birthday Saqlain Mushtaq, cricketer, Pakistan Test off-spinner 1995 1976 Birthday Saleem Elahi, cricketer, bro of Manzoor Pak, Test opener vs. Australia 1995 1976 Birthday Brett Lee, cricketer, brother of Shane, AIS representative 1976 Birthday Henry Olonga, cricketer, 1st black Zimbabwe Test cricketer vs. Pak 1995 1976 Birthday Mpumelo Mbangwa, cricketer, Zimbabwe pace bowler vs. Pakistan 1996 1976 Birthday Gary Brent, cricketer, Zimbabwe ODI pace bowler 1996 1975 Birthday Jacques Kallis, cricketer, South African Test all-rounder vs. England 1995 1975 Birthday Mahendra Nagamootoo, cricketer, Guyanese leg-spinner 1975 Birthday Ravindra Pushpakumara, Sri Lankan cricketer, Test pace bowler 1975 Birthday Andrew Symonds, cricketer, Birmingham, brilliant Qld and Gloucs batsman 1975 Birthday Dinanath Ramnarine, cricketer, Trinidad and Tobago leg-spinner 1975 Birthday Jason Gillespie, cricketer, SA fast bowler, Australia 1996 1975 Birthday Atta-ur-Rehman, cricketer, Pakistani quickie, debut vs. England, age 17 1975 Birthday Chris Silverwood, cricketer, England Test pace bowler vs. Zimbabwe 1996 1975 Death Neville Cardus, writer/cricketer, dies 1975 Birthday Greg Loveridge, cricketer, New Zealand leg-spinner, did not bowl vs. Zim 1996 1974 Birthday Brad Hodge, cricketer, promising Victorian middle-order batsman 1974 Birthday Ricky Ponting, cricketer, prodigious Tasmania batsman, Australia 1995 1974 Birthday Brad Williams, cricketer, Victoria and Young Australia fast bowler 1974 Birthday V V S Laxman, cricketer, Indian Test batsman vs. South Africa 1996- 1974 Birthday Shivnarine Chanderpaul, cricketer, WI left-handed batsman 1994- 1974 Birthday Kabir Khan, cricketer, Pakistani slow left-armer 1994- 1974 Birthday Martin Love, cricketer, high scoring Queensland batsman, Australia 1995 1974 Birthday Heath Streak, cricketer, Zimbabwean pace bowler 1993- 1974 Birthday Mark Harrity, cricketer, promising South Australia left-arm fast bowler 1974 Birthday Jim Maher, cricketer, Queensland lefty batsman victorious 1995 side 1974 Birthday Herschelle Gibbs, cricketer, South African Test batsman 1996 1974 Birthday Robert Rollins, cricketer, big-hitting Essex wicketkeeper-batsman 1974 Birthday Glen Chapple, cricketer, Lancashire and England A pace bowler 1974 Birthday Craig Wishart, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test batsman vs South Africa 1995 1973 Birthday Michael DiVenuto, cricketer, exciting Tasmanian batsman 1973 Birthday Craig Glassock, cricketer, NSW wicket-keeper 1994-95 1973 Birthday Zahir Shah, cricketer, attention-grabbing Rawalpindi leg-spinner 1973 Birthday Adam Bacher, cricketer, nephew of Ali South Africa Test batsman 1996- 1973 Birthday Ben Johnson, cricketer, promising South Australian opening batsman 1973 Birthday Shaun Pollock, cricketer, son of Peter South African Test quick 1995- 1973 Birthday Dodda Ganesh, cricketer, Karnataka and India pace bowler 1997 1973 Birthday Daniel Marsh, cricketer, son of Rod South Australia slow lefty since 1993 1973 Birthday Ashfaq Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistan pace bowler 1993- 1973 Birthday Jayantha Silva, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test left-arm spinner 1995 1973 Birthday Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, cricketer, prodigy at 16, Indian captain at 23 1973 Birthday Stephen Fleming, cricketer, New Zealand left-handed Test batsman 1994- 1973 Birthday Andrew Whittall, cricketer, cousin of Guy Zimbabwe off-spinner 1996 1973 Birthday Nico Boje, cricketer, South African ODI left-arm spinner 1996 1973 Birthday Sairaj Bahatule, cricketer, promising Bombay leg-spin all-rounder 1972 Birthday Sunjith Somasunder, cricketer, Karnataka and India ODI opening bat 1996 1972 Birthday Mavan Atapattu, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test batsman 1972 Birthday Jason Arnberger, cricketer, NSW opening batsman 1994-95 - 1972 Birthday Malachy Loye, cricketer, Northamptonshire and England "A" batsman 1972 Birthday Mark Haslam, cricketer, New Zealand slow left-armer 1992 1972 Birthday Aaqib Javed, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler 1989- 1972 Birthday Kevin Roberts, cricketer, NSW middle-order batsman since 1994-95 1972 Birthday Saurav Ganguly, cricketer, centuries in 1st two Tests for India 1996 1972 Birthday Dulip Liyanage, cricketer, Sri Lanka righty fast-medium Test bowler 1972 Birthday Robert Kennedy, cricketer, New Zealand opening bowler 1996 1972 Birthday Matthew Hart, cricketer, New Zealand lefty spinner 1994- 1972 Birthday Stuart Carlisle, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test batsman 1995- 1972 Birthday Muttiah Muralitharan, cricketer, leading Sri Lankan Test off-spinner 1972 Birthday Dulip Samaraweera, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test opening batsman 1993- 1972 Birthday Michael Kasprowicz, cricketer, Australian Test fast bowler vs. WI 1996 1972 Birthday Adrian Rollins, cricketer, Derbyshire batsman, bro of Robert of Essex 1972 Birthday Aftab Habib, cricketer, Leicestershire righty batsman 1996 1972 Birthday Simon Cook, cricketer, Victorian pace bowler joined NSW 1995-96 1972 Birthday Vinod Kambli, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman 1993- 1971 Birthday Mark Lathwell, cricketer, England opening batsman vs. Australia 1993 1971 Birthday Manjula Munasinghe, cricketer, Sri Lankan ODI pace bowler 1971 Birthday Dion Nash, cricketer, New Zealand right-arm medium-pacer 1992- 1971 Birthday Adrian Griffith, cricketer, West Indian Test opening batsman 1997 1971 Birthday Waqar Younis, cricketer, brilliant Pakistani fast/swing bowler 1971 Birthday Matthew Minagall, cricketer, S Australian lefty wrist-spinner 1991-95 1971 Birthday Greg Blewett, cricketer, Australia batsman, century on Test debut 1995 1971 Birthday Matthew Hayden, cricketer, heavy scorer for Queensland, Australia 1994-96 1971 Birthday Ronnie Irani, cricketer, Essex all-rounder, England 1996 1971 Birthday Damien Martyn, cricketer, WA and Australian middle-order batsman 1971 Birthday Hitesh Modi, cricketer, Kenyan left-handed batsman 1996 World Cup 1971 Birthday Matthew Elliott, cricketer, Australian Test opening batsman vs. WI 1996 1971 Birthday Patterson Thompson, cricketer, WI Test fast bowler vs. New Zealand 1996 1971 Birthday Pramodaya Wickremasinhghe, cricketer, Sri Lankan fast-medium bowler 1971 Birthday Dominic Cork, cricketer, England all-rounder Hat-trick vs. WI 1995 1971 Birthday Piyal Wijetunge, cricketer, Sri Lanka slow left-armer 1993 1971 Birthday Ed Giddins, cricketer, promising Sussex pace bowler, England A 1995 1971 Birthday Steve Tikolo, cricketer, outstanding Kenyan batsman in 1996 World Cup 1971 Birthday Blair Pocock, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman 1993 1971 Birthday Nathan Astle, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman vs. Zimbabwe 1996 1971 Birthday Martin Suji, cricketer, Kenyan pace bowler 1996 World Cup 1971 Birthday Kumara Dharmasena, cricketer, Sri Lankan off-spinner 1971 Birthday Aashish Kapoor, cricketer, Indian off-spin batsman 1994- 1971 Birthday Robert Samuels, cricketer, West Indies Test opening batsman vs. New Zealand 1996 1971 Birthday Zahoor Elahi, cricketer, Pakistan opening batsman vs. New Zealand 1996 1971 Birthday Brad Hogg, cricketer, WA chinaman all-rounder, Australia vs. India 1996 1971 Birthday Ajay Jadeja, cricketer, Indian opening batsman 1971 Birthday Richard Chee Quee, cricketer, NSW opening batsman Fiji/Chin ancestry 1971 Birthday Aamer Nazir, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler 1993- 1970 Birthday Azhar Saeed, UAE cricketer, opening batsman 1996 World Cup 1970 Birthday Grant Flower, cricketer, bro of Andy Zimbabwe Test opening batsman 1970 Birthday Basit Ali, cricketer, exciting Pakistani batsman 1993- 1970 Birthday Courtney Browne, cricketer, West Indies Test wicket-keeper 1995 1970 Birthday Justin Langer, cricketer, gutsy Australian lefty bat 1993- 1970 Birthday Bhupinder Singh, Jr., cricketer, Punjab and Indian ODI batsman 1970 Birthday Sherwin Campbell, cricketer, WI opening batsman 1995 1970 Birthday Shane George, cricketer, S Australian fast bowler, Shield debut at 17 1970 Birthday Anil Kumble, cricketer, great Indian leg-spinner since 1990 1970 Birthday Steve Nikataras, cricketer, left-arm pace bowler for NSW 1996-97 1970 Birthday Andy Bichel, cricketer, Australian pace bowler vs. WI 1997 1970 Birthday Dene Hills, cricketer, prolific Tasmanian batsman 1970 Birthday Mark Ilott, cricketer, England left-arm pace bowler 1993- 1970 Birthday Brendon Julian, cricketer, in New Zealand Australian left-arm quickie 1993- 1970 Birthday Steven Jack, cricketer, South African pace bowler 1994-95 1970 Birthday Philo Wallace, cricketer, WI ODI opening batsman 1991-92 1970 Birthday John Rennie, cricketer, Zimbabwe pace bowler 1993 1970 Birthday Paul Strang, cricketer, Zimbabwe's 1st Test match leg-spinner, 1994- 1970 Birthday Phil Alley, cricketer, NSW left-arm pace bowler 1970 Birthday Klaas Van Noortwijk, cricketer, Holland batsman 1996 World Cup 1970 Birthday Min Patel, cricketer, in Mumbai England left-arm spinner vs. India 1996 1970 Birthday Mushtaq Ahmed, cricketer, prodigious Pakistani leggie 1990- 1970 Birthday Chris Cairns, cricketer, son of Lance, New Zealand all-rounder 1970 Birthday Shaun Young, cricketer, Tasmanian all-rounder, Young Australia 1995 1970 Birthday Robert Croft, cricketer, Glamorgan off-spinner, England 1996- 1970 Birthday Michael Bevan, cricketer, dashing NSW and Australian lefty bat 1970 Birthday Inzamam-ul-Haq, cricketer, dashing Pakistani batsman 1970 Birthday Michael Slater, cricketer, devastating Australia opening bat since 1993 1970 Birthday Alistair Brown, cricketer, Surrey and England ODI opening batsman 1996 1970 Birthday Glenn McGrath, cricketer, NSW and Australian fast bowler 1993- 1970 Birthday Cameron Cuffy, cricketer, St. Vincent and WI fast bowler 1994- 1970 Birthday Darren Lehmann, cricketer, SA and Vic LHB Australian ODI 1996 1970 Birthday Eric Gouka, cricketer, Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup 1970 Birthday Ian Salisbury, cricketer, Sussex and England leg-spinner 1992-96 1970 Birthday Anthony Stuart, cricketer, Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997 1969 Birthday Nayan Mongia, cricketer, Indian Test batsman-wicketkeeper 1994- 1969 Birthday Keith Piper, cricketer, Warwickshire and England A wicketkeeper 1969 Birthday Craig White, cricketer, England all-rounder 1994-95, AIS graduate 1969 Birthday Darren Berry, cricketer, Victorian wicket-keeper since 1989-90 1969 Birthday Nadim Khan, cricketer, brother of Moin Pakistani lefty spinner 1993 1969 Birthday Craig Evans, cricketer, Zimbabwe batsman 1996 World Cup 1969 Birthday Nick Knight, cricketer, England opening batsman 1995- 1969 Birthday Chris Harris, cricketer, son of Zin New Zealand all-rounder in ODI's 1969 Birthday Peter Martin, cricketer, Lancashire and England pace bowler 1995 1969 Birthday Martin Haywood, cricketer, NSW opening batsman 1969 Birthday Javagal Srinath, cricketer, Indian right-arm pace bowler since 1991 1969 Birthday Mark Ealham, cricketer, Kent and England Test all-rounder 1996 1969 Birthday Stuart Williams, cricketer, West Indian opening batsman 1994- 1969 Birthday Vasbert Conniel Drakes, cricketer, Barbados fast bowler, WI ODI 1995 1969 Birthday Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer, consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996- 1969 Birthday Graham Thorpe, cricketer, England LHB Century on Test debut 1993 1969 Birthday Alan Mullally, cricketer, England left-arm pace bowler 1996 1969 Birthday Venkatapathy Raju, cricketer, Indian slow left-armer 1969 Birthday Sanath Jayasuriya, cricketer, Sri Lankan open bat MVP-1996 World Cup 1969 Birthday Simon Brown, cricketer, Durham pace bowler, England 1996 1969 Birthday Maurice Odumbe, cricketer, Kenyan batsman and 1996 World Cup captain 1969 Birthday Sunil Joshi, cricketer, Indian Test left-arm spinner 1996 1969 Birthday Martin McCague, cricketer, in Ulster AIS product, England quickie 1993-94 1969 Birthday Ujesh Ranchod, cricketer, Zimbabwe off-spinner 1993 1969 Birthday Marcel Schewe, cricketer, Holland wicket-keeper 1996 World Cup 1969 Birthday Brian Lara, cricketer, WI left-hand bat Smashed world records in 1994 1969 Birthday Gavin Bruk-Jackson, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test batsman 1993 1969 Birthday Sanjeeva Ranatunga, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test batsman 1994- 1969 Birthday Gavin Briant, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test batsman 1993 1969 Birthday Karl Krikken, cricketer, Derbyshire 1989-, wicketkeeper 1969 Birthday Vikram Rathour, cricketer, Indian Test opening batsman 1996- 1969 Birthday Shaun Udal, cricketer, Hants off-spinner, England to Australia 1994-95 1969 Birthday Ottis Gibson, cricketer, Barbados fast bowler, WI 1995 1969 Birthday Azam Khan, cricketer, Pakistan ODI batsman 1996 1969 Birthday Subroto Banerjee, cricketer, Indian quickie and Dennis Lillee protege 1969 Birthday Ijaz Ahmed, Jr., cricketer, one Test Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka 1995 1969 Birthday Martin Bicknell, cricketer, England pace bowler 1993 1968 Birthday Joe Scuderi, cricketer, South Australian all-rounder 1968 Birthday Laurie Williams, cricketer, West Indian ODI all-rounder vs. New Zealand 1996 1968 Birthday Ebrahim Essop-Adam, cricketer, one ODI for Zimbabwe 1992 1968 Birthday Lee Germon, cricketer, New Zealand keeper and captain 1995- 1968 Birthday Adrian Dale, cricketer, prolific Glamorgan and England A batsman 1968 Birthday Narendra Hirwani, cricketer, Ind leggie 16 wickets vs. WI on debut 1988 1968 Birthday Stuart Law, cricketer, prolific Queensland batsman, Australia 1995 1968 Birthday Rashid Latif, cricketer, Pakistani wicket-keeper 1968 Birthday Wayne Holdsworth, cricketer, NSW fast bowler, Australian tourist 1993 1968 Birthday Praveen Amre, cricketer, Indian batsman, century on Test debut 1992 1968 Birthday Abey Kuruvila, cricketer, promising Bombay fast bowler 1968 Birthday Saeed Al-Saffar, cricketer, UAE batsman 1996 World Cup, later captain 1968 Birthday Anthony Kershler, cricketer, NSW left-arm spinner 1994-95 1968 Birthday Shahid Anwar, cricketer, Pakistani all-rounder 1996 England tour 1968 Birthday Nehemiah Perry, cricketer, fine Jamaican off-spinner 1968 Birthday Andy Flower, cricketer, Zimbabwe keeper and victorious Test captain 1968 Birthday Jo Angel, cricketer, big WA right-arm fast bowler, Australia 1993- 1968 Birthday Roger Twose, cricketer, Warwickshire batsman, New Zealand 1995 1968 Birthday Nasser Hussain, cricketer, Essex and England batsman 1968 Birthday Atul Wassan, cricketer, Indian pace bowler 1989-90 1968 Birthday Mike Atherton, cricketer, Lancashire batsman and England captain 1968 Birthday Salil Ankola, cricketer, Indian pace bowler one Test 1989 1968 Birthday Sanjeeva Weerasinghe, cricketer, Test for Sri Lanka vs. India at 17 1968 Birthday Chris Lewis, cricketer, in Guyana England all-rounder 1968 Birthday Tim De Leede, cricketer, Holland batsman 1996 World Cup 1968 Birthday Mark Burmester, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test all-rounder in 3 Tests 1992 1968 Birthday Junior Murray, cricketer, WI keeper, no relation to Derryck or David 1968 Birthday Jimmy Adams, cricketer, prolific West Indian lefty bat since 1992 1967 Birthday Roland Holder, cricketer, West Indian batsman in ODI's 1993- 1967 Birthday Masood Anwar, cricketer, one Test Pakistan vs. West Indies 1990 1967 Birthday Richard Stemp, cricketer, Yorkshire and England A left-arm spinner 1967 Birthday Gary Kirsten, cricketer, South African lefty opening batsman 1993- 1967 Birthday Asif Mujtaba, cricketer, Pakistani lefty batsman 1967 Birthday Mazhar Hussein, cricketer, UAE batsman World Cup 1996 1967 Birthday Ian Bishop, cricketer, West Indian fast bowler 1967 Birthday Justin Vaughan, cricketer, New Zealand all-rounder 1992- 1967 Birthday Reinout Scholte, cricketer, Netherlands batsman 1996 World Cup 1967 Birthday Neil Smith, cricketer, Warwickshire and England A all-rounder 1967 Birthday Hashan Tillekeratne, cricketer, Sri Lanka wicket-keeper/batsman 1967 Birthday Rudi Steyn, cricketer, South African opening batsman 1995 1967 Birthday Roshan Jurangpathy, cricketer, 2 Tests for Sri Lanka 1985-86 1967 Birthday Neil Maxwell, cricketer, all-rounder for Fiji 1990, Victoria and NSW 1967 Birthday Wasim Haider, cricketer, member Pakistan's 1992 World Cup squad 1967 Birthday Jamie Brayshaw, cricketer, son of Ian WA and SA right-handed batsman 1967 Birthday Kenneth Charlie Griffith Benjamin, cricketer, WI like his namesake 1967 Birthday Vijay Yadav, cricketer, Indian wicket-keeper between More and Mongia 1967 Death Frank Worrell, West indian cricketer, dies 1967 Birthday Andrew Zesers, cricketer, played for Australia in 1987 World Cup 1967 Birthday Daryll Cullinan, South African cricketer, batsman Warne's bunny 1967 Birthday Richard Blakey, cricketer, England wicket-keeper in India 1993 1966 Birthday Rajesh Chauhan, cricketer, Indian off-spinner since 1993 1966 Birthday Carl Hooper, cricketer, WI off-spin all-rounder 1966 Birthday Clive Eksteen, cricketer, South African slow left-armer 1993 1966 Birthday Blair Hartland, cricketer, New Zealand opener 1966 Birthday Allan Donald, cricketer, great South African fast bowler 1966 Birthday Atul Bedade, cricketer, Indian ODI batsman 1994- 1966 Birthday Ganesh Mylvaganam, cricketer, UAE batsman 1996 World Cup 1966 Birthday Wasim Akram, cricketer, brilliant Pakistani lefty fast bowler 1966 Birthday Roshan Mahanama, cricketer, Sri Lankan opening batsman 1966 Birthday Grant Bradburn, cricketer, son of Wynne New Zealand off-spinner 1990- 1966 Birthday Graeme Hick, cricketer, in Zimbabwe Massive run-scorer for Worcs 1966 Birthday Anderson Cummins, cricketer, in Packer's Valley Barbados and WI quickie 1966 Birthday Phil Tufnell, cricketer, England slow lefty and slower fieldsman 1966 Birthday Peter McIntyre, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner 1995 1966 Birthday Margashayam Venkataramana, cricketer, Indian off-spinner 1989 1966 Birthday Paul Reiffel, cricketer, Victorian and Australian pace bowler 1966 Birthday Matthew Maynard, cricketer, big hitting Glamorgan and England player 1966 Birthday Andrew Hudson, cricketer, South Africa, 163 on debut vs WI 1992 1966 Birthday Tertius Bosch, cricketer, South African pace bowler 1992 1966 Birthday Don Anurasiri, cricketer, Sri Lankan slow left-armer 1966 Birthday Shahid Saeed, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in Test vs. India 1989 1966 Birthday Chetan Sharma, cricketer, Ind Test bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987 1965 Birthday Brad McNamara, cricketer, NSW all-rounder 1965 Birthday Gamini Wickremasinghe, cricketer, Sri Lanka wicket-keeper 1965 Birthday Ken Rutherford, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman and latterly captain 1965 Birthday Warren Ayres, cricketer, Victorian right-handed batsman since 1987-88 1965 Birthday Wayne James, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test wicketkeeper vs. Pakistan 1993 1965 Birthday Sanjeev Sharma, cricketer, Indian pace bowler 1988-89 1965 Birthday Angus Fraser, cricketer, England right-arm pace bowler 1989- 1965 Birthday M V Sridhar, cricketer, score 366 for Hyderabad vs. Andhra Pradesh 1994 1965 Birthday Tim Munton, cricketer, England pace bowler in two Tests 1992 1965 Birthday Sanjay Manjrekar, cricketer, son of Vijay Indian middle-order batsman 1965 Birthday Paul Jarvis, cricketer, England pace bowler 1988-93 1965 Birthday Maninder Singh, cricketer, Indian leftarm spinner in 35 Tests 1982-93 1965 Birthday Mark Waugh, cricketer, twin of Steve mighty batsman for Australia 1965 Birthday Steve Waugh, cricketer, twin of Mark mighty batsman for Australia 1965 Birthday Woorkeri Venkat Raman, cricketer, Indian slow left-arm all-rounder 1965 Birthday Edward Odumbe, cricketer, Kenyan pace bowler 1996 World Cup 1965 Birthday Zahid Sadiq, born in Kenya, cricketer, right-handed batsman, played for Surrey County Cricket Club, Derbyshire County Cricket Club, England 1965 Birthday Kaushik Amalean, cricketer, two Tests for Sri Lanka 1986-88 1965 Birthday Marlon Vonhagt, cricketer, 1 ODI Sri Lanka 1984-85 World Series Cup 1965 Birthday John Stephenson, cricketer, England opening bat in one Test vs. Australia 1989 1965 Birthday Keith Arthurton, cricketer, Charlestown, Nevis WI lefty bat 1965 Birthday John Commins, cricketer, South African Test batsman vs. New Zealand 1994-95 1965 Birthday David Callaghan, cricketer, South African all-rounder in one-dayers 1992 1965 Birthday Champaka Ramanayake, cricketer, Sri Lankan opening bowler 1965 Birthday Mark Rushmere, cricketer, South Africa opening bat in comeback Test 1992 1964 Birthday Denis Hickey, cricketer, fast bowler for Vic, SA and Glamorgan 1964 Birthday Winston Benjamin, cricketer, WI righty quick 1987-95 1964 Birthday Kapila Wijegunewardene, cricketer, Sri Lankan fast-medium bowler 1964 Birthday Akram Raza, cricketer, Pakistani off-spin all-rounder 1964 Birthday Robert Haynes, cricketer, Jamaica and WI leggie, one-dayer but no Tests 1964 Birthday Brian Young, cricketer, New Zealand Test opening batsman 1964 Birthday Kosala Kuruppuarachchi, cricketer, bowls 2 Tests for Sri Lanka 86-87 1964 Birthday Mark Taylor, cricketer, genius Australian captain since 1994 1964 Birthday George Ferris, cricketer, Leewards fast bowler 1964 Birthday Fanie De Villers, cricketer, great South African pace bowler 1993- 1964 Birthday David Brain, cricketer, Zimbabwe lefty seamer 1993- 1964 Birthday Paul Taylor, cricketer, England left-arm pace bowler in one Test 1993 1964 Birthday Utpal Chatterjee, cricketer, Bengal slow left-arm bowler 1964 Birthday Phil Emery, cricketer, NSW wicket-keeper, Australia 1994 1964 Birthday David Freedman, cricketer, NSW left-arm Chinese bowler since 1990 1964 Birthday Steve Rhodes, cricketer, England wicket-keeper 1994-95 1964 Birthday Peter Such, cricketer, England off-spinner 1993- 1964 Birthday Graeme Labrooy, cricketer, Sri Lankan pace bowler in 9 Tests 1986-91 1964 Birthday Rashid Patel, cricketer, Indian pace bowler, Lamba incident 1964 Birthday Jamie Siddons, cricketer, Victorian and SA batsman ODI for Australia 1988 1964 Birthday Paul Nobes, cricketer, prolific opening batsman for Victoria and SA 1964 Birthday Nadeem Abbasi, cricketer, three Tests for Pakistan vs. India 1989 1964 Birthday Ajay Sharma, cricketer, Indian spin all-rounder played one Test 1988 1964 Birthday John Morris, cricketer, England right-hand batsman vs. India 1990 1964 Birthday Greg Campbell, cricketer, Aussie pace-bowler 1989-90 1964 Birthday Atif Rauf, cricketer, Pakistani Test batsman vs. New Zealand 1994 1964 Birthday Trevor Barsby, cricketer, Queensland opening batsman since 1984-85 1964 Birthday Rumesh Ratnayake, cricketer, Sri Lankan pacer in 23 Tests 1983-92 1963 Birthday Bryan McMillan, cricketer, brilliant South African all-rounder since 1992 1963 Birthday Asif Karim, cricketer, slow left-arm bowler for Kenya 1996 World Cup 1963 Birthday Mark Greatbatch, cricketer, big-hitting New Zealand opener 1963 Birthday Arjuna Ranatunga, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test batsman since 1982 1963 Birthday Mike Veletta, cricketer, West Aussie opening bat, 8 Tests for Australia 1963 Birthday Robert Bailey, cricketer, England batsman in four Tests 1988-90 1963 Birthday Navjot Singh Sidhu, cricketer, Indian opening batsman 1963 Birthday Vijay Mehra, cricketer, United Arab Emirates batsman 1996 World Cup 1963 Birthday Hugh Morris, cricketer, England lefty opening batsman 1991 1963 Birthday Tony Dodemaide, cricketer, Victorian, Sussex and Australian all-rounder 1963 Birthday David Byas, cricketer, left-handed Yorkshire batsman 1963 Birthday Richard Illingworth, cricketer, England slow-left-armer 1991- 1963 Birthday Azeem Hafeez, cricketer, fingerless Pakistani lefty quick 1963 Birthday Naved Anjum, cricketer, Pakistani all-rounder, two Tests 1989-90 1963 Birthday Mohsin Kamal, cricketer, Pakistani fast bowler 1984- 1963 Birthday Dipak Chudasama, cricketer, Kenya opening batsman 1996 World Cup 1963 Birthday Phil Simmons, cricketer, West Indian opening batsman 1963 Birthday Salim Malik, cricketer, memorable Pakistani and Essex batsman 1963 Birthday Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer, Indian opening batsman and opening bowler 1963 Birthday Alec Stewart, cricketer, son of Micky/opening bat Occasional WK 1963 Birthday Zakir Khan, cricketer, two Tests for Pakistan 1986 - 1989 1963 Birthday Dermot Reeve, cricketer, in Hong Kong England all-rounder 1992 1963 Birthday Roger Harper, cricketer, Guyana and WI off-spinner Extraordinary field 1963 Birthday Bruce Reid, cricketer, brilliant left-arm Australia pace bowler 1985-92 1963 Birthday Gursharan Singh, cricketer, Indian batsman played one Test 1989-90 1963 Birthday Mohammad Ishaq, cricketer, UAE batsman 1996 World Cup 1963 Birthday Eddo Brandes, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test pace bowler 1963 Birthday Devon Malcolm, cricketer, in Jamaica England fast bowler 1989-95 1963 Birthday Mike Rindel, cricketer, N Transvaal opening bat ODI ton vs. Pak 1995 1963 Birthday Mohammad Azharuddin, cricketer, elegant Indian batsman 1984- 1963 Birthday David Capel, cricketer, England all-rounder in 15 Tests 1987-90 1963 Birthday Simon O'Donnell, cricketer, Deniliquin NSW ODI all-rounder 1985-90 1963 Death Johnnie Moyes, journalist/cricketer (S Australia batsman), dies 1963 Birthday Dirk Tazelaar, cricketer, Queensland and Surrey left-arm pace bowler 1963 Birthday Aamer Malik, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in 13 Tests 1987-90 1963 Birthday Glenn Trimble, cricketer, son of Sam Two ODI's for Australia 1986 1962 Birthday Charith Senanayake, cricketer, played for Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand 1991 1962 Birthday Bharat Arun, cricketer, Indian pace bowler late-80's 1962 Birthday Nadeem Ghauri, cricketer, bowled in Test for Pak vs. Australia 1990 1962 Birthday Salim Jaffer, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in 14 Tests 1986-91 1962 Birthday Wayne Norman Phillips, Vic opener cricketer, Test for Australia vs. Ind 1992 1962 Birthday Courtney Walsh, cricketer, WI pace bowler, hat-trick vs. Australia 1988 1962 Birthday Peter Cantrell, cricketer, Queensland opening bat, Netherlands WC 1996 1962 Birthday Dhammika Ranatunga, cricketer, bro of Arjuna Sri Lankan batsman 1990 1962 Birthday Philip Newport, cricketer, England pace bowler in 3 Tests 1988-91 1962 Birthday Gavin Larsen, cricketer, New Zealand medium-pace all-rounder 1962 Birthday Rajiv Kulkarni, cricketer, Indian Test pace bowler 1986-87 1962 Birthday Shahid Mahboob, cricketer, batted in one Test for Pakistan 1989 1962 Birthday Rameez Raja, cricketer, prolific Pakistani batsman 1962 Birthday Uvais Karnain, cricketer, Sri Lankan ODI bowler in mid 1980's 1962 Birthday Richard De Groen, cricketer, New Zealand medium pacer 1993- 1962 Birthday Floris Jansen, cricketer, Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup 1962 Birthday Ravi Shastri, cricketer, Indian SLA all-rounder 1981-92 1962 Birthday Zulqarnain, cricketer, last person in alphabetical order to play Test 1962 Birthday Gary Crocker, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test batsman 1962 Birthday Neil Foster, cricketer, England right-fast medium 1962 Birthday Trevor Franklin, cricketer, opened for New Zealand mid-80's 1962 Birthday Tony Blain, cricketer, New Zealand Test wicket-keeper 1962 Birthday Alan Sippy, cricketer, dashing Bombay lefty batsman of 1980's 1962 Birthday Roshan Guneratne, cricketer, wicketless in only Test SL vs. Australia 1983 1962 Birthday Tim May, cricketer, Australian off-spinner 1987-95 1962 Birthday Sultan Zarawani, cricketer, United Arab Emirates captain 1996 World Cup 1962 Birthday Richie Richardson, cricketer, elegant West Indian batsman 1983-95 1962 Birthday Brendon Kuruppu, cricketer, Sri Lankan batsman, 201* debut vs. New Zealand 1987 1961 Birthday Trevor Bayliss, cricketer, NSW batsman 1961 Birthday Lalchand Rajput, cricketer, Indian Test opening batsman 1985-86 1961 Birthday Merv Hughes, cricketer, Australian pace bowler 1985-94 Extrovert 1961 Birthday Paul Jackson, cricketer, slow lefty bowler for Victoria and Queensland 1961 Birthday Sanath Kaluperuma, cricketer, four Tests for Sri Lanka 1984-88 1961 Birthday Gladstone Small, cricketer, in Barbados England quickie with no neck 1961 Birthday Alan Wells, cricketer, England Test batsman vs. WI in one Test 1995 1961 Birthday Cornelius Johannes Petrus Gerhardus "Corrie" Van Zyl, cricketer, SAf 1961 Birthday Tim Zoehrer, cricketer, Aussie keeper, and occasional WA leggie 1961 Birthday Neil Mallender, cricketer, England pace bowler in two Tests 1992 1961 Birthday Athula Samarasekera, cricketer, Sri Lankan batsman 1961 Birthday Mike Watkinson, cricketer, England off-spinner all-rounder vs. WI 1995 1961 Birthday Mohammad Aslam, UAE cricketer batsman, 1996 World Cup 1961 Birthday Robbie Kerr, cricketer, Queensland opener 2 Tests for Australia 1985 1961 Birthday Rod Latham, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman 1961 Birthday Kevin Arnott, cricketer, Zimbabwe batsman, 101* vs. New Zealand 1992 1961 Birthday Riaz Poonawalla, cricketer, Indian 12th man/UAE bat 1994 ICC Trophy 1961 Birthday Norman Cowans, cricketer, England fast bowler in 19 Tests 1982-85 1961 Birthday Dean Jones, cricketer, dashing Australian batsman and fielder 1984-92 1961 Birthday Kevan James, cricketer, all-rounder 4 wkts/4 balls and ton vs. India 1996 1961 Birthday David Ward, cricketer, prolific Surrey batsman 1961 Birthday Ranjit Madurasinghe, cricketer, 3 Tests for Sri Lanka 1988-92 1961 Birthday Shoaib Mohammad, cricketer, son of Hanif Patient and prolific batsman 1960 Birthday Dave Gilbert, cricketer, Aussie pace bowler in 9 Tests 1985-86 1960 Birthday David Boon, cricketer, short backward square from Tasmania 1960 Birthday Amal Silva, cricketer, Sri Lankan wicket-keeper in 9 Tests 1983-88 1960 Birthday Jayananda Warnaweera, cricketer, Sri Lankan fastish off-spin bowler 1960 Birthday Mandy Yachad, cricketer, South African ODI opening batsman 1991 1960 Birthday Gus Logie, cricketer, WI batsman 1983-91, great fielder 1960 Birthday Kim Barnett, cricketer, England batsman and occasional leggie 1988-89 1960 Birthday Carl Rackemann, cricketer, Queensland and Australian quickie 1960 Birthday Carlyle Best, cricketer, WI batsman late 80's 1960 Birthday Tauseef Ahmed, cricketer, leading Pakistani off-spinner of 80's 1960 Birthday Martyn Moxon, cricketer, England batsman in ten Tests 1986-89 1960 Birthday Ravi Ratnayeke, cricketer, Sri Lankan pace bowler and opening batsman 1960 Birthday Pat Symcox, cricketer, South African off-spinner 1993- 1960 Birthday Jon Agnew, cricketer, England pace bowler late 80's 1960 Birthday Eldine Baptiste, cricketer, WI all-rounder early 80's 1960 Birthday Glen Bishop, cricketer, S Aussie bat, 2 ODI's for Australia 1987 1960 Birthday Roger Wijesuriya, cricketer, bowling avg 294 in 4 Tests for Sri Lanka 1960 Birthday Greg Ritchie, cricketer, Qld and Australia batsman Fat Cat Mahatma Cote 1960 Birthday Tim Curtis, cricketer, England righty batsman in 5 Tests 1988-89 1960 Birthday Raman Lamba, cricketer, Indian opening batsman 1986-87 1959 Birthday Greg Matthews, cricketer, NSW and Australia off-spin all rounder Yeah yeah 1959 Birthday Rashid Khan, cricketer, 4 Tests for Pakistan 1982-85 1959 Birthday Krishnammachari Srikkanth, cricketer, big-hitting Indian opener 1959 Birthday Salim Yousuf, cricketer, Pakistani wicket-keeper in 32 Tests 1986-90 1959 Birthday Andy Waller, cricketer, big-hitting Zimbabwe batsman-1992 World Cup 1959 Birthday Adrian Kuiper, cricketer, South African all-rounder 1959 Birthday Bruce French, cricketer, England wicketkeeper in 16 Tests 1986-88 1959 Birthday Ali Shah, cricketer, Zimbabwe all-rounder in two Tests 1992 1959 Birthday Tahir Naqqash, cricketer, Pakistani pace-bowler in 15 Tests 1982-85 1959 Birthday Tim Shaw, cricketer, South African ODI slow lefty 1991 1959 Birthday Jalal-ud-din, cricketer, Pakistani paceman, ODI hat-trick vs. Australia 1982 1959 Birthday Graham Dilley, cricketer, England wicket-taker of 80's 1959 Birthday Andrew Jones, cricketer, highly consistent for New Zealand at 1st drop 1959 Birthday Asantha De Mel, cricketer, pioneering Sri Lankan Test opening bowler 1959 Birthday Ranjan Madugalle, cricketer, pioneer of Sri Lanka's Test teams 1959 Birthday Franklyn Stephenson, cricketer, great all-rounder 1959 Birthday Martin Weston, born in Worcester, England, athlete, professional cricketer, played for Worcestershire 1979 - 1995 1959 Birthday Ken Macleay, cricketer, at Bedford-on-Avon Aussie ODI medium pacer 1959 Birthday Dirk Wellham, cricketer, century on NSW debut and Australian debut 1959 Birthday Paul Terry, cricketer, in Germany Two Tests England vs. WI 1984 1959 Birthday Kirti Azad, cricketer, Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83 1958 Birthday Geoff Marsh, cricketer, Australia opening batsman 1985-92 1958 Birthday Iqbal Sikander, cricketer, Pakistan leg-spinner 1992 World Cup 1958 Birthday Martin Snedden, cricketer, New Zealand medium-pacer of 80's 1958 Birthday Tim Robinson, cricketer, solid England opener in 29 Tests 1984-89 1958 Birthday Dipak Patel, cricketer, in Kenya New Zealand off-spin all-rounder 1958 Birthday Arshad Ayub, cricketer, Indian off-spinner of the late 1980's 1958 Birthday Mark Benson, cricketer, played Test England vs. India 1986, 30 and 21 1958 Birthday Tony Pigott, cricketer, England pace bowler in a Test vs. New Zealand 1984 1958 Birthday Monte Lynch, cricketer, Surrey batsman, WI Rebel, England ODI player 1958 Birthday Malcolm Marshall, cricketer, WI quickie 1978-91, WI top wicket-taker 1958 Birthday John Bracewell, New Zealand cricketer, premiere spinner of 80's 1958 Birthday Yograj Singh, cricketer, Indian pace bowler early 80's 1958 Birthday Ole Mortensen, cricketer, pace bowler for Derbyshire and Denmark 1957 Birthday Geoff "Henry" Lawson, cricketer, Australian fast bowler 1980-89 1957 Birthday Rohan Jayasekera, cricketer, one Test Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan 1982 1957 Birthday Yohan Gunasekera, cricketer, 2 Tests for Sri Lanka 1983 1957 Birthday Chris Cowdrey, cricketer, son of Colin, captain of England 1988 1957 Birthday Shahzad Altaf, cricketer, UAE off-spinner 1996 World Cup 1957 Birthday Chris Broad, cricketer, prolific England opening batsman 1984-89 1957 Birthday Bill Athey, cricketer, England batsman in 23 Tests 1980-88 1957 Birthday Sikander Bakht, cricketer, Pakistani change bowler late 70's 1957 Birthday Paul-Jan Bakker, cricketer, Hampshire and Netherlands pace bowler 1957 Birthday Peter Webb, New Zealand cricketer, batsman against West Indies 1980 1957 Birthday Clyde Butts, cricketer, West Indies off-spinner late eighties 1957 Birthday David Houghton, cricketer, Zimbabwe batsman, 266 vs. Sri Lanka 1994 1957 Birthday Javed Miandad, cricketer, Pakistan batsman Got a kick out of Lillee 1957 Birthday Neal Radford, cricketer, Zambia England pace bowler in 3 Tests 1986-88 1957 Birthday Peter Sleep, cricketer, Australian leg-spin all-rounder 1979-90 1957 Birthday Rick Darling, cricketer, accident-prone/dashing Aussie opener 1978-79 1957 Birthday Graeme Fowler, cricketer, England left-handed opener early 80s 1957 Birthday Everton Mattis, cricketer, WI batsman early 80's 1957 Birthday Paul Downton, cricketer, England wicket-keeper in 80's 1957 Birthday David Gower, cricketer, elegant England left-handed batsman 1978 - 1992 1957 Birthday Mike Gatting, born in Kingsbury, England, cricketer, played for the Middlesex County Cricket Club, ECB Managing Director of Cricket Partnerships 1957 Birthday Pranab Roy, cricketer, son of Pankaj, Indian batsman 1982 1957 Birthday Ashok Malhotra, cricketer, Indian batsman in 7 Tests 1982-84 1957 Birthday Shivlal Yadav, cricketer, Indian off-spinner 102 Test wickets 1979-87 1957 Birthday Shaukat Dukanwala, cricketer, Baroda off-spinner, UAE World Cup 1996 1956 Birthday Mansoor Akhtar, cricketer, Pakistani batsman early 80's 1956 Birthday Bruce Edgar, cricketer, New Zealand opener through the 80' 1956 Birthday Graeme Wood, cricketer, Australian lefty opening batsman 1978-88 1956 Birthday Anura Ranasinghe, cricketer, Sri Lankan batsman in 3 Tests 1982 1956 Death Charles Burgess Fry, English athlete/cricketer/journalist, dies at 84 1956 Birthday Peter Taylor, cricketer, Australian off-spinner 1987-92 1956 Birthday Alvin Greenidge, cricketer, WI opener, no relation to Gordon or Geoff 1956 Birthday Sandeep Patil, cricketer, Indian batsman Great 174 vs. Adelaide 1981 1956 Birthday Nick Cook, cricketer, England lefty slow bowler in 15 Tests 1983-89 1956 Birthday Terry Alderman, cricketer, prolific Australian medium-pacer 1981-91 1956 Birthday Andy Pycroft, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test batsman 1956 Birthday Andrew Hilditch, cricketer, Australian opening bat 1979-85 1956 Birthday Dilip Vengsarkar, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman 1976-92 1956 Birthday Mudassar Nazar, cricketer, son of Nazar Mohammad Pakistani bat 1956 Birthday Ijaz Faqih, cricketer, Pakistan off-spin all-rounder in 5 Tests 80-88 1956 Birthday Peter Roebuck, cricketer, Somerset opening batsman and SMH writer 1956 Birthday John F. Reid, cricketer, New Zealand batsman of 70's/80's 1956 Birthday Balwinder Singh Sandhu, cricketer, Sikh pace bowler 1983 World Cup 1956 Birthday Wayne Daniel, cricketer, WI fast bowler 1976-84 1956 Birthday Paul Parker, cricketer, one Test England vs. Australia 1981 1956 Birthday David Smith, cricketer, England lefty batsman in 2 Tests vs. WI 1986 1955 Birthday Anwar Khan, cricketer, bowled four overs for Pakistan 1979 1955 Birthday Susil Fernando, cricketer, 5 Tests for Sri Lanka 1983 1955 Birthday Graeme Stevenson, cricketer, England medium pacer 1980-81 1955 Birthday Ian Greig, cricketer, brother of Tony Two Tests for England 1982 1955 Birthday Ian Botham, cricketer, all time great all-rounder Extrovert 1955 Birthday Ghulam Parkar, cricketer, Indian batsman vs. England 1982 1955 Birthday Arun Lal, cricketer, Indian batsman mid-80's 1955 Birthday Graeme "Jock" Edwards, cricketer, beefy New Zealand lefty batsman late 70's 1955 Birthday Peter Kirsten, cricketer, South African middle-order batsman 1955 Birthday David Hookes, cricketer, dashing Australian LHB, S Aussie stalwart 1955 Birthday Ian Callen, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. India 1978, six wickets 1955 Birthday Julien Wiener, cricketer, Australian opening batsman 1979-80 1955 Birthday Graham Porter, cricketer, 1 day International for Australia 1979 1955 Birthday Mohsin Khan, cricketer, Pakistani opening batsman late 70s early 80s 1955 Birthday Steve Small, cricketer, stalwart NSW opening batsman 1954 Birthday Derick Parry, cricketer, WI off-spinner early 80's 1954 Birthday Sylvester Clarke, cricketer, West Indian fast bowler and brick-thrower 1954 Birthday Chris Tavare, cricketer, England opener and occasional scorer of runs 1954 Birthday Suru Nayak, cricketer, two Tests for India vs. England 1982 1954 Birthday M V Narasimha Rao, cricketer, Indian leg-spin all-rounder 1978-79 1954 Birthday Yashpal Sharma, cricketer, Indian right-handed batsman early 80' 1954 Birthday Imtiaz Ali, cricketer, brother of Inshan One Test WI vs. India 1976 1954 Birthday John Wright, New Zealand cricketer, opening batsman 1978-92 1954 Birthday Jeremy Coney, cricketer, New Zealand captain turned them into world-beaters 1954 Birthday Allan Lamb, cricketer, Langebaanweg, Cape Prov, 79 Tests for England 1954 Birthday John Dyson, cricketer, NSW and Australian opening batsman 1954 Birthday Phil Neale, born in Scunthorpe, England, cricketer, coach, team manager, played for Worcestershire, played football for Lincoln City, Scunthorpe United, 1989 Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1954 Birthday Taslim Arif, cricketer, Pakistani keeper/batsman, 210 vs. Australia 1980 1954 Birthday Peter Toohey, cricketer, NSW and Australian batsman 1977-80 1954 Birthday Dav Whatmore, cricketer, Colombo Australia bat 1979, Sri Lanka coach 1995- 1954 Birthday Jayantha Amerasinghe, cricketer, 2 Tests for Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand 1983 1954 Birthday Sheik Faoud Ahamul Bacchus, cricketer, West Indian bat late 70's 1954 Birthday Kimberly J "Kim" Hughes, Australian cricketer 1954 Birthday Kim Hughes, cricketer, brilliant Australian batsman 1977-84 1954 Birthday Trevor Hohns, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner 1989 1954 Birthday Alan Butcher, cricketer, one Test England vs. India, scored 14 and 20 1953 Birthday Kevin Wright, cricketer, Australian wicket-keeper 1979 1953 Birthday Peter McEwan, cricketer, New Zealand batsman early 80's 1953 Birthday Martin Kent, cricketer, Queensland batsman played for Australia 1981 1953 Birthday Wayne Larkins, cricketer, England opening batsman of 80's 1953 Birthday Roland Butcher, cricketer, 1st black to play for England 1981 1953 Birthday Iqbal Qasim, cricketer, Pakistani slow lefty in the 80's 1953 Birthday Jimmy Cook, cricketer, South African opening batsman 1992 1953 Birthday Graham Gooch, cricketer, prolific England opener and captain 1953 Birthday Ian Davis, cricketer, Australian batsman 1973-77 1953 Birthday Ranji Nanan, cricketer, Trinidad off-spinner, 1 Test vs. Pakistan 1981 1953 Birthday Elquemedo Willett, cricketer, WI lefty spinner early 70's 1953 Birthday Gary Cosier, cricketer, Australian batsman 1975-78, 109 on debut vs. WI 1953 Birthday John Buchanan, cricketer, Qld batsman 78-79, Shield coach 1995 1953 Birthday Aftab Baloch, cricketer, Pakistani in 2 Tests, scored 428 for Sind 74 1953 Birthday Haroon Rashid, born in cricketer, Pakistani and WSC batsman late 70's 1953 Birthday Steve Lubbers, cricketer, captain of Dutch World Cup team 1996 1953 Birthday Nicholas Wisdom, cricketer, son of comic Norman, 2 games Sussex 1974 1953 Birthday Colin Croft, cricketer, West Indian fast bowler 1977-82 1953 Birthday Bandula Warnapura, cricketer, 1st Sri Lanka Test captain 1953 Birthday Agha Zahid, cricketer, open batting for Pak vs. WI 1975, scored 14 and 1 1952 Birthday Joel Garner, cricketer, two-metre West Indian pace bowler 1977-87 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 Birthday Ajit De Silva, cricketer, Sri Lankan lefty spinner in four Tests 1982 1952 Birthday Ric Charlesworth, cricketer, WA opener, Australia hockey captain, MP, Labour 1952 Birthday Imran Khan Niaz, cricketer, Pakistan's greatest all-rounder 1952 Birthday Brijesh Patel, cricketer, Indian batsman 1974-77 1952 Birthday Flavian Aponso, cricketer, rebel Sri Lankan 1982, Netherlands World Cup 1996 1952 Birthday Trevor Chappell, cricketer, bro of several Aussie underarm bowler 1952 Birthday Roy Dias, cricketer, pioneering Sri Lankan Test batsman 1952 Birthday Graham Yallop, cricketer, Australian captain in 7 Tests, won 1 lost 6 1952 Birthday Gary Troup, cricketer, New Zealand lefty pace bowler in 15 Tests 1976-86 1952 Birthday Darrell Hair, cricketer, Australian Test umpire since 1993-94 1952 Birthday Duleep Mendis, cricketer, big-hitting Sri Lankan batsman of 80's 1952 Birthday Mahes Goonatillake, cricketer, Sri Lankan keeper in their 1st 5 Tests 1952 Birthday Yajurvindra Singh, cricketer, Indian batsman late 70's 1952 Birthday Paul Hibbert, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. India 1977, scored 13 and 2 1952 Birthday Phillip Carrick, born in Yorkshire, England, cricketer, athlete 1952 Birthday Wasim Raja, cricketer, bro of Rameez, Pakistani lefty bat and leggie 1952 Birthday Sew Shivnarine, cricketer, 3 Tests for WI 1978, later USA captain 1952 Birthday Omar Henry, cricketer, 1st colored player for South Africa 1992 1951 Birthday Azmat Rana, cricketer, one Test for Pakistan against Australia 1980 1951 Birthday Craig Serjeant, cricketer, Australian batsman late seventies 1951 Birthday David Murray, cricketer, WI wicket-keeper 1951 Birthday John Childs, cricketer, England left-arm spinner, two Tests vs. WI 1988 1951 Birthday Phil Carlson, cricketer, Australian all-rounder 1979 1951 Birthday Sridharan Jeganathan, cricketer, two Tests for Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand 1983 1951 Birthday Gary Gilmour, cricketer, exciting Aussie all-rounder 1973-77 1951 Birthday Collis King, cricketer, WI all-rounder late 70s 1951 Birthday David Ogilvie, cricketer, 5 Tests for Australia 1977-78 1951 Birthday Gordon Greenidge, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1974-91 1951 Birthday Geoff Howarth, cricketer, New Zealand captain early 80's 1951 Birthday Madan Lal, cricketer, Indian medium pacer in the 70's 1951 Birthday Philippe Henri Edmonds, cricketer, in Zambia England slow left-arm 1951 Birthday Rodney Hogg, cricketer, prolific Australian wicket-taker 1978-84 1951 Birthday Karsan Ghavri, cricketer, Indian lefty medium pacer early 80s 1951 Birthday Derek Randall, cricketer, England batsman and animated cover fieldsman 1951 Birthday John Parker, cricketer, New Zealand batsman of 70s 1951 Birthday Trevor Laughlin, cricketer, Australian all-rounder 1978-79 1951 Birthday Andy Roberts, cricketer, brilliant WI quickie with 202 wickets 74-84 1950 Birthday Bruce Laird, cricketer, tough Australian opener 1979-82 1950 Birthday T E Srinivasan, cricketer, Indian opening batsman 1981 1950 Birthday Mick Malone, cricketer, WA seamer, Test 1977, made 46 took 5-63, 1-14 1950 Birthday Mohinder Amarnath, cricketer, son of Lala Indian batsman of 70's/80's 1950 Birthday Graeme Beard, cricketer, NSW medium-pace all-rounder 3 Tests 1980 1950 Birthday Jeff[rey R] Thomson, cricketer, great Aussie fast bowler 1972 - 1985 1950 Birthday Alan Hurst, cricketer, Australian pace bowler 1974-79 1950 Birthday Jim Higgs, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner 1978-81 1950 Birthday Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricketer pace bowler, 1975-89 1950 Birthday Brian Rose, cricketer, England batsman in 9 Tests 1977-81 1950 Birthday Talat Ali, cricketer, Pakistani opening batsman in ten Tests 1972-80 1950 Birthday Jeff Hammond, cricketer, Australian fast bowler on 1973 WI tour 1950 Birthday Ehtesham-ud-din, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in 5 Tests 1980-82 1950 Birthday Graham Barlow, cricketer, England batsman in 3 Tests 1976-77 1950 Birthday Bernard Julien, cricketer, WI left-arm pace all-rounder mid-70's 1950 Birthday Leonard Pascoe, cricketer, dynamic Aussie quick 1977-82 1949 Birthday Syed Kirmani, cricketer, Indian keeper after Engineer 1949 Birthday Wally Edwards, cricketer, three Tests Australia vs. England 1974 1949 Birthday Peter Willey, cricketer, England batsman late 70's early 80's 1949 Birthday Kerry O'Keeffe, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner 1971-77 1949 Birthday Basil Williams, cricketer, century on debut for West Indies 1978 1949 Birthday Lance Cairns, cricketer, big-hitting New Zealand medium-pace bowler 1949 Birthday Inshan Ali, cricketer, big-spinning WI chinaman bowler 1971-77 1949 Birthday Bob Willis, cricketer, superb England fast bowler 1971-84 1949 Birthday Lalith Kaluperuma, cricketer, two Tests for Sri Lanka 1982 1949 Birthday Uton Dowe, cricketer, WI pace bowler 1972-73 "Dowe shall not bowl" 1949 Birthday Shafiq Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistani batsman during the 70's 1949 Birthday Alvin Kallicharran, cricketer, wonderful West Indies LHB 1972-81 1949 Birthday John Lever, cricketer, England lefty quick in 21 Tests 1976-81 1949 Birthday Gundappa Viswanath, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 70s 1949 Birthday Lawrence Rowe, cricketer, prolific WI batsman, 302 vs. England 1974 1948 Birthday Surinder Amarnath, cricketer, son of Lala 124 on debut vs. New Zealand 1976 1948 Birthday Chris Old, cricketer, England medium-pacer of 70's 1948 Birthday Sarfraz Nawaz, cricketer, successful Pakistani pace bowler 1969-84 1948 Birthday Ashok Gandotra, cricketer, in Rio de Janiero Two Tests for India 1969 1948 Birthday Mike Hendrick, cricketer, England seam bowler in 30 Tests 1974-81 1948 Birthday Robert Anderson, cricketer, New Zealand batsman 1976-78 1948 Birthday Murray Parker, cricketer, brother of John Three Tests for New Zealand 1976 1948 Birthday Greg Chappell, cricketer, bro of Ian Elegant Aussie batsman 1970-84 1948 Birthday Nolan Clarke, cricketer, Barbados bat 1970-77, later Holland stalwart 1948 Birthday Norbert Phillip, cricketer, WI pace bowler late 70s 1948 Birthday Geoff Greenidge, cricketer, no relation to Gordon, WI opener 1972-74 1948 Birthday Bob Woolmer, cricketer, England batsman mid-70's 1948 Birthday Mike Selvey, cricketer, England pace bowler of late 70's 1948 Birthday Raphick Jumadeen, cricketer, WI slow left-armer of the 70's 1948 Birthday Eknath Solkar, cricketer, India 1969-77, brilliant short-leg fielder 1948 Birthday Bruce Francis, cricketer, Australian opener in 3 Tests 1972 1948 Birthday Kenia Jayantilal, cricketer, 5 at Kingston 71 his only inns for India 1948 Birthday Dayle Hadlee, cricketer, brother of Richard, New Zealand medium-pacer of 70's 1948 Birthday Parthasarathy Sharma, cricketer, Indian batsman of the mid-70's 1947 Birthday Dilip Doshi, cricketer, India's main slow lefty post-Bedi 1947 Birthday Les Joslin, cricketer, Test as batsman for Australia 1968, made 7 and 2 1947 Birthday Younis Ahmed, cricketer, batted for Pakistan in 1969 and again in 1987 1947 Birthday John Morrison, cricketer, "Mystery" New Zealand batsman 1973-82 1947 Birthday Tony Dell, cricketer, Australian left-arm quick, 2 Tests 1971 and 74 1947 Birthday Zaheer Abbas, cricketer, probably Pakistan's finest batsman ever 1947 Birthday Jeff Moss, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. Pakistan 1979 1947 Birthday Murray Webb, cricketer, New Zealand fast bowler in 3 Tests, 4 wkts at 117 75 1947 Birthday Glenn Turner, cricketer, masterful New Zealand opening batsman 1947 Birthday John Traicos, cricketer, in Egypt South Africa 1970, Zimbabwe 1992-93 1947 Birthday David Hughes, born in Newton-le-Willows, England, cricketer, right batsman, made 10,419 first-class runs in 20 years for Lancashire 1947 Birthday Andy Roberts, cricketer, New Zealand batsman 1976 1947 Birthday Ghulam Abbas, cricketer, scored 12 and 0 in only Test for Pakistan 1967 1947 Birthday Bob Massie, cricketer, Australia swing bowler, 16 wkts on debut vs. England 1972 1947 Birthday David Lloyd, cricketer, England opener, 214 vs. India 1974 1947 Birthday David Colley, cricketer, NSW quickie, 3 Tests for Australia 1972 1947 Birthday Ashley Woodcock, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. New Zealand 1974, only knock 27 1947 Birthday Geoff Cope, cricketer, England off-spinner 1977-78 1947 Birthday Salah-ud-Din, cricketer, played 5 Tests for Pakistan 1965-69 1947 Birthday Sam Gannon, cricketer, Austr lefty quick, 3 Tests vs. India 1977-78 1946 Birthday Albert Padmore, cricketer, WI off-spinner mid-70s 1946 Birthday Rick McCosker, cricketer, fine Australian opener 1975-80 1946 Birthday Frank Hayes, cricketer, 106* England vs. WI on debut 1973 1946 Birthday Anura Tennekoon, cricketer, Sri Lankan World Cup captain 1975-79 1946 Birthday Bob Holland, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner at age 38 1946 Birthday Ashok Mankad, cricketer, son of Vinoo, batted for India 1969-78 1946 Birthday Tony Greig, South Africa, cricketer, English all-rounder 1972-77 1946 Birthday Paul Sheahan, cricketer, dashing Australian Test batsman 1967-74 1946 Birthday Majid Khan, cricketer, great Pakistani batsman 1964-82 1946 Birthday Bishan Bedi, cricketer, mighty Indian slow left-armer 1966-79 1946 Birthday Pat Pocock, cricketer, intermittent England off-spinner 1968-85 1946 Birthday Tony Howard, cricketer, WI off-spinner one Test vs. New Zealand 1972 1946 Birthday Graham Roope, cricketer, England batsman in 21 Tests 1972-78 1946 Birthday Roger Tolchard, cricketer, English keeper played Tests as a batsman 1977 1946 Birthday Richie Robinson, cricketer, Victorian keeper, Australian batsman 1977 1946 Birthday Steve Bucknor, cricketer, West Indian Test umpire, FIFA referee 1946 Birthday Leonard Baichan, cricketer, WI opener, 103 vs. Pakistan on debut 1975 1946 Birthday John Maclean, cricketer, Australian wicket-keeper 1978-79 1946 Birthday Richard Collinge, cricketer, New Zealand rec wicket-taker, 116, before Hadlee 1946 Birthday Aftab Gul, cricketer, Pakistani opening batsman in six Tests 1969-71 1946 Birthday Mohammad Ilyas, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in ten Tests 1964-69 1946 Birthday Graham Vivian, cricketer, son of Giff, 5 Tests for New Zealand 1965-72 1946 Birthday Subroto Guha, cricketer, right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69 1946 Birthday Asif Masood, cricketer, Pakistani quick with long and erratic run-up 1945 Birthday Doug Walters, cricketer, Aussie batting genius 1965-81 Extrovert 1945 Birthday Alan "Froggy" Thomson, cricketer, Australian quickie 1970-71 1945 Birthday Ross Edwards, cricketer, Aussie middle-order bat of the 70's 1945 Birthday Niaz Ahmed, cricketer, 1st and last East Pakistani to play Test cricket 1945 Birthday Dennis Lillie [sic], cricketer, Queensland leg-spinner 1965-66/80-82 1945 Birthday Steven Camacho, cricketer, WI batsman early seventies 1945 Birthday Vanburn Holder, cricketer, West Indian pace bowler of 70's 1945 Birthday Robin Jackman, cricketer, England medium-pacer early eighties 1945 Birthday David Heyn, cricketer, Sri Lankan batsman 1975 World Cup 1945 Birthday Derek Underwood, cricketer, "Deadly" Maybe the best post-war SLA 1945 Birthday Ambar Roy, cricketer, nephew of Pankaj Batted in 4 Tests 1969-70 1945 Birthday Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, cricketer, brilliant Indian leggie 1964-79 1945 Birthday Sadiq Mohammad, cricketer, attacking Pakistan opening batsman 1969-81 1945 Birthday Ajit Manohar Pai, cricketer, one Test India vs. New Zealand 1969 1945 Birthday V K Ramaswamy, cricketer, Indian Test umpire stood in 1996 World Cup 1945 Birthday Bryan Andrews, cricketer, New Zealand medium-pacer, toured Australia 1973-74 1945 Birthday Graeme Watson, cricketer, Australian opening batsman 5 Tests 1966-72 1945 Birthday Farooq Hamid, cricketer, 1-107 in Test, Pakistan vs. Australia 1964 1945 Birthday Sudhir Naik, cricketer, Indian Test batsman in 2 Tests 1974 1945 Birthday Mick Hill, cricketer, NSW all-rounder 1964-75 1944 Birthday U C Joshi, cricketer, Sussex off-spinner 1970-74 from India 1944 Birthday Bob Cottam, cricketer, England fast-medium on 2 India/Pakistan tours 1944 Birthday Clive Hubert Lloyd, cricketer, "Supercat", 110 Tests 1966-85 1944 Birthday Mufasir-ul-Haq, cricketer, Pakistan left-arm quick, 1 Test 1944 Birthday Terry Jenner, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner 1971-75 1944 Birthday Mark Burgess, cricketer, New Zealand batsman of the 70's 1944 Birthday Arif Butt, cricketer, pace bowler for Pakistan in three Tests 1964-65 1944 Birthday Clive Radley, cricketer, England batsman in 8 Tests 1978 1944 Birthday John Benaud, cricketer, brother of Richie, Australian bat 1972-73 1944 Birthday Abdul Kadir, cricketer, Pakistani batsman-keeper in 4 Tests 1964-65 1944 Birthday Irvine Shillingford, cricketer, cousin of Grayson, 4 Tests for WI 1944 Birthday Ross Duncan, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. England 1971, 0-30 1944 Birthday Salim Altaf, cricketer, Pakistan medium-pacer in 21 Tests 1967-78 1944 Birthday Geoff Arnold, cricketer, England medium-pacer in 34 Tests 1967-75 1944 Birthday Lee Irvine, cricketer, South African batsman, only Tests in 1970 1944 Birthday Graeme Pollock, cricketer, South African batting prodigy 1944 Birthday John Inverarity, cricketer, Australian batsman 1968-72 1944 Birthday Charlie Davis, cricketer, WI batsman in 15 Tests 1968-73 1943 Birthday Hedley Howarth, cricketer, brother of Geoff, New Zealand lefty spinner 1969-77 1943 Birthday Barry Milburn, cricketer, New Zealand wicket-keeper in three Tests 1969 1943 Birthday Mushtaq Mohammad, cricketer, Pakistan leg-spin all-rounder 1959-79 1943 Birthday John Shepherd, cricketer, WI all-rounder 1969-71, later in South Africa 1943 Birthday Keith Boyce, cricketer, big-hitting WI all-rounder of 70's 1943 Birthday Naushad Ali, cricketer, Pakistani wicket-keeper in six Tests 1964-65 1943 Birthday Bruce Taylor, cricketer, big-hitting New Zealand all-rounder 1965-73 1943 Birthday Asif Iqbal, cricketer, elegant Pakistani batsman 1964-80 1943 Birthday Maurice Foster, cricketer, West Indies batsman of 70's 1943 Birthday Steve Dunne, cricketer, New Zealand Test umpire on international panel 1943 Birthday Johnny Watkins, cricketer, NSW leg-spinner, bowled 6 overs for Australia 1943 Birthday Dennis Amiss, cricketer, prolific English batsman 1943 Birthday Bob Blewett, cricketer, father of Greg South Australia batsman 1975-79 1942 Birthday Barry Wood, cricketer, England opener in early 70's 1942 Birthday Hemant Kanitkar, cricketer, batted in two Tests India vs. WI 1974 1942 Birthday John Du Preez, cricketer, South Africa leg-spin all-rounder vs. Australia 1966-67 1942 Birthday Roy Fredericks, cricketer, brilliant WI lefty opener 169 vs. Australia 1975 1942 Birthday Rajinder Goel, cricketer, slow lefty who didn't play for India 1942 Birthday Peter Petherick, cricketer, New Zealand slow lefty 1976-77, hat-trick on debut 1942 Birthday Somachandra De Silva, cricketer, Sri Lankan leg-spinner 1982-84 1942 Birthday Richard Hutton, cricketer, son of Len, 5 Tests 1971 1942 Birthday Ali Bacher, cricketer, South African batsman and captain in 60's 1942 Birthday Robin Hobbs, cricketer, England leg-spinner 1967-71 1942 Birthday Mike Brearley, cricketer, outstanding England captain 1977-81 1942 Birthday Arthur Barrett, cricketer, WI leggie early 70's 1942 Birthday U. N. Kulkarni, cricketer, Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68 1942 Birthday Dave Sincock, cricketer, chinaman bowler played for Australia 1964-66 1942 Birthday Dave Brown, cricketer, Warwicks pace bowler, played 26X for England 1942 Birthday Laurie Mayne, cricketer, Australian pace bowler in 6 Tests 1965-70 1941 Birthday Milkha Singh, cricketer, bro of Kripal Singh India batsman in 4 Tests 1941 Birthday Barry Hadlee, cricketer, bro of Dayle and Richard, New Zealand World Cup 1975 1941 Birthday Jeff Jones, cricketer, England left-arm pace bowler in 60's 1941 Birthday Geoff Hurst, cricketer, Essex 1962, better known as soccer immortal 1941 Birthday Brian Yuile, cricketer, New Zealand slow left-armer took 34 wkts in 17 Tests 1941 Birthday Colin Milburn, cricketer, England bat whose career was cut short 1941 Birthday John Snow, cricketer, fiery England quickie Unpopular with Aussies 1941 Birthday David Steele, cricketer, England batsman, courageous vs. Lillee 1975 1941 Birthday Peter Truscott, cricketer, one Test New Zealand vs. Pakistan 1965, 3 and 26 1941 Birthday Bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper, too often in Knotty's shadow 1941 Birthday John Jameson, cricketer, England batsman, 465 p/ship with Kanhai 1941 Birthday Peter Pollock, cricketer, bro of Graeme/father of Shaun, S Af quickie 1941 Birthday Graham McKenzie, cricketer, prolific Australian pace bowler 1961-71 1941 Birthday Cyril Cooray, cricketer, Sri Lankan Test umpire on International panel 1941 Birthday Nasim-ul-Ghani, cricketer, Pakistani left-handed all-rounder 1958-73 1941 Birthday Ian Redpath, cricketer, dependable Australian opening batsman 1964-76 1941 Birthday Grahame Bilby, cricketer, two Tests New Zealand vs. England 1966 1941 Birthday Ajit Wadekar, cricketer, stalwart Indian batsman and captain 1941 Birthday Malcolm Francke, cricketer, leg-spinner, Ceylon 1956 to Qld 1984 1941 Birthday Keith Thomson, cricketer, batted in 2 Tests New Zealand vs. India 1968 1941 Birthday Robin Bynoe, cricketer, WI opening batsman in 4 Tests 1959-67 1941 Birthday Ross Morgan, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in 20 Tests 1965-72 1941 Birthday John Hampshire, cricketer, of Yorkshire Century on debut for England 1969 1941 Birthday Bob Cunis, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's 1941 Birthday Mansur Ali Khan, cricketer, Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman and captain 1940 Birthday Arnold Long, cricketer, prolific wicketkeeper for Surrey and Sussex 1940 Birthday Mike Denness, cricketer, England batsman and captain mid-70s 1940 Birthday Javed Akhtar, cricketer, Pakistani off-spinner took 0-52 in 1962 Test 1940 Birthday Jack Birkenshaw, cricketer, England off-spinner 1973-74 1940 Birthday Geoffrey Boycott, cricketer, stoic England opener 1964-82 1940 Birthday Bob Cowper, cricketer, Australia LHB, 307 vs. England MCG 1966 Very rich 1940 Birthday Rex Sellers, Australia cricketer leg-spinner, bowled 5 overs in Tests 1940 Birthday Eddie Barlow, cricketer, Great South African all-rounder 1940 Birthday Dilip Sardesai, cricketer, high scoring Indian batsman of 60's 1940 Birthday Keith Stackpole, cricketer, aggressive Australian opener 1966-74 1940 Birthday Mike Shrimpton, cricketer, occasional New Zealand Test batsman 1963-74 1940 Birthday H R "Tiger" Lance, cricketer, South African batting all-rounder 1961-67 1940 Birthday Richard Edwards, cricketer, WI pace bowler 1968-69 Australia/New Zealand tour 1940 Birthday Erapalli Prasanna, cricketer, one of India's big four spinners 1940 Birthday Bryan Davis, cricketer, bro of Charlie WI batsman vs. Australia 1965 1940 Birthday David Larter, cricketer, two-metre tall England pace bowler 1940 Birthday David Holford, cricketer, cousin of G S Sobers WI leg-spin all-rounder 1940 Birthday Norman Gifford, cricketer, respected England slow left-armer 1964-73 1940 Birthday Brian Hastings, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in 70's 1940 Birthday Dennis Gamsy, cricketer, South African bat in 2 Tests vs. Australia 1970 1940 Birthday Dick Motz, cricketer, 1st New Zealander to take 100 Test wickets 1939 Birthday Afaq Hussain, cricketer, Pakistani off-spinner in 2 Tests 1961-64 1939 Birthday B K Kunderan, cricketer, Indian keeper-batsman of 60's 1939 Birthday A K Sen Gupta, cricketer, Test India vs. WI 1959 without distinction 1939 Birthday Roger Prideaux, cricketer, England batsman in 3 Tests 1968-69 1939 Birthday Man Mohan Sood, cricketer, scored 0 and 3 in his only Test for India 1939 Birthday Alan Connolly, cricketer, Australian pace bowler through 60s 1939 Birthday Ron Headley, cricketer, son of George, 2 Tests WI vs. England 1973 1939 Birthday Neil Hawke, cricketer, Australia pace bowler and late-order bat in 60s 1939 Birthday R B Desai, cricketer, effective pace bowler for India in 60s 1939 Birthday Geoff Griffin, cricketer, South Africa quick, hat-trick and chuck vs. England 1960 1939 Birthday Michael Macaulay, cricketer, Tvl, W Prov, OFS, NE Tvl, E Prov and South Africa 1939 Birthday Hanumant Singh, cricketer, 14 Tests for India-century on debut 1939 Birthday Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer, Indian bat 112 on debut vs. England 1959 1939 Birthday Shahid Mahmoud, cricketer, opener scored 16 and 9 in only Pak Test 1939 Birthday M. L. Jaisimha, cricketer, Indian batsman of the sixties 1939 Birthday Lester King, cricketer, WI fast bowler, 2 Tests 1962-68, 9 wkts 1939 Birthday Brian Luckhurst, cricketer, England opener of 60's and early 70's 1939 Birthday Antao D'Souza, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in six Tests 1959-62 1938 Birthday Charlie Griffith, cricketer, WI fast bowler, or did he chuck?, 1938 Birthday Bill Playle, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in 8 Tests without distinction 1938 Birthday Wynne Bradburn, cricketer, father of Grant New Zealand batsman vs. South Africa 1964 1938 Birthday Tony White, cricketer, 2 Tests WI vs. Australia 1965 1938 Birthday Frank Misson, cricketer, Australian pace bowler 1960-61 1938 Birthday Richard Dumbrill, cricketer, South African all-rounder in 5 Tests 1965-67 1938 Birthday Alan Jones, cricketer, England vs. ROW 1970 his only International honour 1938 Birthday Peter Carlstein, cricketer, South African Test batsman 1958-64 1938 Birthday Mahboob Shah, cricketer, Pakistani Test umpire on International panel 1938 Birthday Gordon Rorke, cricketer, Australian quickie, 4 Tests at end of 50's 1938 Birthday James Botten, cricketer, all-rounder in 1965 South Africa series vs. England 1938 Death H V "Ranji" Hordern, cricketer, 7 Tests for Australia 1910 -1912, dies 1938 Birthday Javed Burki, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1960-69 1938 Birthday Mohammad Farooq, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in 7 Tests 1960-65 1938 Birthday Colin Bland, cricketer, South African bat Maybe the best cover field 1938 Birthday Grahame Thomas, cricketer, Australian batsman of the mid-60's 1938 Birthday Johnny Gleeson, cricketer, mystery spinner for Australia 1966-72 1938 Birthday Vijay Mehra, cricketer, Indian Test batsman from age 17 1938 Birthday Ijaz Butt, cricketer, Pakistani opening batsman in 8 Tests 1958-60 1938 Birthday Barry Knight, cricketer, England all-rounder mid-60s 1938 Birthday Bevan Congdon, cricketer, New Zealand batsman of 60s and 70s 1937 Birthday Rajinder Pal, cricketer, pace bowler in one Test India vs. Eng, 0-22 1937 Birthday Col Guest, cricketer, Test Australia vs. England 1963, scored 11 took 0-59 1937 Birthday Saeed Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in 41 Tests 1958-73 1937 Birthday Don Wilson, cricketer, England slow left-armer between 1963-71 1937 Birthday Duncan Sharpe, cricketer, 3 Tests for Pakistan 1959-60 1937 Birthday Tony Lewis, cricketer, England batsman, captain 1972-73 1937 Birthday John Edrich, cricketer, England left-handed batsman, 310* vs. New Zealand 1965 1937 Birthday Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji, cricketer, Indian keeper in 60's 1937 Birthday Sven Conrad Stayers, cricketer, WI fast bowler 1962 1937 Birthday David Allan, cricketer, West Indian wicketkeeper 1962-66 1937 Birthday Barry Shepherd, cricketer, Australian lefty bat early 60's 1937 Birthday Ken Palmer, cricketer, 1-190 in only Test for England, now Test ump 1937 Birthday Tom Veivers, cricketer, Australian off-spinner in the 60's 1937 Birthday Peter van der Merwe, cricketer, South African captain of mid-1960's 1937 Birthday Grahame Chevalier, cricketer, one Test for South Africa 1970, 0 and 0*, 5-100 1937 Birthday Graeme Dowling, cricketer, New Zealand, 239 vs. India 1968 1937 Birthday Norman O'Neill, cricketer, great Aussie bat of 60's Brilliant field 1937 Birthday Bill Lawry, cricketer, dour Australian lefty opener, Can talk a bit 1937 Birthday Peter Lashley, cricketer, 4 Tests for West Indies 1960-66 1937 Birthday Ken Higgs, cricketer, effective England pace-bowler in 15 Tests 1965-68 1937 Birthday R Surendranath, cricketer, Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s 1936 Birthday Phil Sharpe, cricketer, England middle order batsman during 60's 1936 Birthday Peter Parfitt, cricketer, fine England batsman of the 1960's 1936 Birthday W S "Buster" Farrer, cricketer, South African Test batsman 1962-64 1936 Birthday Barry Sinclair, cricketer, 21 Tests for New Zealand in the 60's, 3 centuries 1936 Birthday David Pithey, cricketer, bro of Tony, South Africa all-rounder in 8 Tests 1936 Birthday Ian McLachlan, cricketer, Cambridge and S Australia bat, later Liberal MP 1936 Birthday V Subramanya, cricketer, Indian batsman in nine Tests mid-60's 1936 Birthday Eric Russell, cricketer, England opening batsman early 60s 1936 Birthday M. A. "Kelly" Seymour, cricketer, South Africa off-spinner in 7 Tests 1963-70 1936 Birthday Roy Harford, cricketer, brother of Noel New Zealand wicketkeeper vs. India 1968 1936 Birthday Rusi Surti, cricketer, Indian slow lefty, hat-trick for Qld 1969 1936 Birthday Khalid Wazir, cricketer, son of S Wazir Ali 2 Tests for Pakistan 1954 1936 Birthday John D'Arcy, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman on 1958 England tour 1936 Birthday Jack Noreiga, cricketer, 9-95 WI vs. India 1971 1936 Birthday Keith Slater, cricketer, one Test for Australia 1958-59 series 1936 Birthday Barry Jarman, cricketer, Australian wicket-keeper in 60's 1936 Birthday Manohar Hardikar, cricketer, batted in 2 Tests India vs. WI 1958-59 1936 Birthday Bobby Simpson, cricketer, great Australian batsman, captain, coach,slip 1935 Birthday Peter Allan, cricketer, 1 Test Australia vs. England 1965, 2-58 and 0-25 1935 Birthday Rohan Kanhai, cricketer, one of West Indies' finest batsmen 1935 Birthday Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla, cricketer, 166 on debut Pakistan vs. Australia 1964 1935 Birthday David White, cricketer, England opening attack Brown and White vs. Pak 1961 1935 Birthday Prakash Bhandari, cricketer, 3 Tests for India in mid-50's, 77 runs 1935 Birthday Ken Eastwood, cricketer, opened for Australia vs. England SCG 1971 1935 Birthday Mohammad Munaf, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in 4 Tests 1959-62 1935 Birthday David Allen, cricketer, England off-spinner of 60's 1935 Birthday Alan Brown, cricketer, England opening attack Brown and White vs Pak 1961 1935 Birthday Paul Barton, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in early 1960's, century vs. South Africa 1935 Birthday Bob Barber, cricketer, dashing England lefty bat in 28 Tests 1960-68 1935 Birthday Ken Taylor, cricketer, England opening batsman three times 1959-64 1935 Birthday Geoff Pullar, cricketer, England opening batsman late 50's early 60's 1935 Birthday Chris Burger, cricketer, South African batsman vs. Australia 1957-58 1935 Birthday V V Kumar, cricketer, useful Madras leggie who only played 2 Tests 1935 Birthday Ian Craig, cricketer, prodigious Australian bat of 50's 1935 Birthday Sheikh Fazalur Rehman, cricketer, played 1 Test Pakistan vs. WI 1958 1935 Birthday Bruce Bolton, cricketer, two Tests New Zealand vs. England 1959 1935 Birthday Ted Dexter, cricketer, in Milan Superb England batsman of 60's 1935 Birthday David Evans, born in England, footballer, cricketer for Aston Villa, Conservative Member of Parliament for Welwyn Hatfield 1935 Birthday Easton Dudley Ashton St. John McMorris, cricketer, WI batsman of 60's 1935 Birthday John Murray, cricketer, England 1961 - 1967, 1st wk called Murray to play Tests 1935 Birthday Clive Halse, cricketer, South Africa fast bowler on 1963-64 Australia/New Zealand tour 1935 Birthday Wallis Mathias, cricketer, 1st non-Muslim to play for Pakistan 1935 Birthday Ian Meckiff, cricketer, Austr quick 57-63, "threw"? his career away 1934 Birthday Hanif Mohammad, cricketer, prolific Pakistani batsman 1952-69 1934 Birthday Salim Durani, cricketer, successful Indian batsman of 60's 1934 Birthday Peter Philpott, cricketer, NSW and Australian leg spinner 1965-66 1934 Birthday Derek Richardson, cricketer, played one innings for England 1957 1934 Birthday Arvind Apte, cricketer, brother of Madhav Scored 8 and 7 in one Test 1934 Birthday Des Hoare, cricketer, Australian quickie in Test in 1961 vs. W Indies 1934 Birthday Sadashiv Patil, cricketer, pace bowler in Test India vs. New Zealand 1955-56 1934 Birthday David Smith, cricketer, England opening bowler vs. India 1961-62 1934 Birthday Geoff Millman, cricketer, England wicket-keeper in 6 Tests 1961-62 1934 Birthday Lance Gibbs, cricketer, prolific West Indian off-spinner, 309 wickets 1934 Birthday Lindsay Kline, cricketer, Australian chinaman bowler Hat-trick 1957 1934 Birthday B P "Baloo" Gupte, cricketer, brother of Fergie, Indian leggie 1934 Birthday John Guy, cricketer, solid left-handed batsman for New Zealand in late 1950's 1934 Birthday Sam Trimble, cricketer, Queensland bat, 12th man for Australia, no Test 1934 Birthday J E F "John" Beck, cricketer, lefty bat in 8 Tests for New Zealand 1953-56 1934 Birthday Doug Padgett, cricketer, England batsman twice in 1960 1934 Birthday Roy Gilchrist, cricketer, volatile WI fast bowler of late 50s 1934 Birthday Willy Rodriguez, cricketer, occasional leg-spin bat for WI in 60's 1934 Birthday Hammond Furlonge, cricketer, WI batsman in 3 Tests 1955-56 1934 Birthday Martin Horton, cricketer, England off-spin all rounder, 2 Tests 1959 1934 Birthday Bruce Pairaudeau, cricketer, WI opening bat in 13 Tests, 115 on debut 1934 Birthday Sydney Burke, cricketer, South Africa quick, 11 wkts on Test debut vs. New Zealand 1961 1934 Birthday Nari Contractor, cricketer, Indian batsman and captain 1934 Birthday Ron Gaunt, cricketer, Australian fast bowler late 50s early 60s 1934 Birthday Brian Bolus, cricketer, England opening batsman early 60's 1933 Birthday Jackie Hendriks, cricketer, West Indian wicket-keeper of 60's 1933 Birthday Bruce Morrison, cricketer, one Test New Zealand vs. England 1963 1933 Birthday Grenville Alabaster, cricketer, New Zealand tourist to Australia 1973-74 1933 Birthday Jim Pothecary, cricketer, South African pace bowler on 1960 England tour 1933 Birthday Seymour Nurse, cricketer, prolific WI batsman, 258 vs. New Zealand 1969 1933 Birthday Ron Archer, cricketer, Aussie all-rounder mid-50's 1933 Birthday Roy Swetman, cricketer, England wicket-keeper late 50's 1933 Birthday Brian Booth, cricketer, dual Australian cricket/hockey international 1933 Birthday A G Kripal Singh, cricketer, India, 100* on debut vs. New Zealand 1959 1933 Birthday Pat Crawford, cricketer, Australian pace bowler 1956 1933 Birthday Roger Harris, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman vs England 1959 1933 Birthday Tony Pithey, cricketer, brother of David, South African batsman in 17 Tests 1933 Birthday Mike J K Smith, cricketer, England captain mid-60s 1933 Birthday Ian Sinclair, cricketer, 2 Tests New Zealand vs. WI 1956, bowling average 120.00 1933 Birthday Hemchandra Tukaram Dani, cricketer, Test Ind vs. Pak, 1-19, ct 1, DNB 1933 Birthday John Mortimore, cricketer, England off-spinner 1959-64 1933 Birthday Collie Smith, cricketer, exciting WI all-rounder all too briefly 1933 Birthday Harold "Dickie" Bird, cricketer, noted England Test umpire 1933 Birthday Chris Duckworth, cricketer, South African batsman vs. England 1956-57 1933 Birthday Kim Elgie, cricketer, South African bat vs. New Zealand 1961-62, Scotland RU International 1933 Birthday Charles Williams, born in Oxford, England, cricketer, batsman, Labor peer, Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Baron Williams of Elvel 1933 Birthday Leonard John Coldwell, cricketer 1932 Birthday Colin Cowdrey, cricketer, in India England batsman, 1st to 100 Tests 1932 Birthday Fred Titmus, cricketer, long-running England off-spinner 1932 Birthday Madhav Apte, cricketer, bro of Arvind 7 Tests for India, 1 century 1932 Birthday Henry Bromfield, cricketer, South Africa off-spinner in 9 Tests 1961-65 1932 Birthday Bob Blair, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in 19 Tests in 50s 1932 Birthday Ray Illingworth, cricketer, England off-spin all-rounder and captain 1932 Birthday Francis Cameron, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler took 61 wickets 1961-65 1932 Birthday Peter Burge, cricketer, dashing Australian batsman of 50's and 60's 1932 Birthday Conrad Hunte, cricketer, great West Indian opener 1958-66 1932 Birthday Bapu Nadkarni, cricketer, economical Indian slow left-armer 1956 - 1968 1932 Birthday Godfrey Lawrence, cricketer, South African fast bowler, 8-53 vs. New Zealand 1961 1932 Birthday J P "Pom-Pom" Felloes-Smith, cricketer, South Africa batsman vs. England 1960 1932 Birthday Jaswick Taylor, cricketer, WI pace bowler 50s, 10 wkts in 3 Tests 1931 Birthday Noel McGregor, cricketer, batted in 25 Tests for New Zealand 1955-65 1931 Birthday Tommy Greenhough, cricketer, English leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1959-60 1931 Birthday Jim Parks, cricketer, England batsman-keeper in 46 Tests 1954-68 1931 Birthday Basil D'Oliveira, cricketer, England all-rounder of late 60's 1931 Birthday Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer, father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman 1931 Birthday Eddie Fuller, cricketer, South African fast bowler in 7 Tests 1952-58 1931 Birthday Trevor Goddard, cricketer, South African opening batsman and opening bowler 1931 Birthday Peter Richardson, cricketer, England batsman mid-50's 1931 Birthday Neil Adcock, cricketer, South African pace bowler, 104 wkts 1953-62 1931 Birthday Brian Close, cricketer, played for England between 1949 and 1976 1931 Birthday Freddie Trueman, cricketer, "Fiery Fred", 307 wickets for England 1931 Birthday Bill Watson, cricketer, NSW and Australian opening batsman mid-50s 1931 Birthday Graeme Hole, cricketer, Australian batsman of the fifties 1930 Birthday Alim-ud-Din, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1954-62 1930 Birthday C T Patankar, cricketer, kept wicket in one Test India vs. New Zealand 1955-56 1930 Birthday Ken Barrington, cricketer, tough England batsman 1930 Birthday J M Ghorpade, cricketer, 8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact 1930 Birthday Ramnath Kenny, cricketer, batted in 5 Tests for India in 1950's 1930 Birthday Noel Harford, cricketer, brother of Roy New Zealand Test batsman in 1950's 1930 Birthday Joe Solomon, cricketer, WI batsman of 50's Cap fell on wkt vs. Australia 1930 Birthday Jack Bannister, cricketer, Warwickshire stalwart, commentator, BBC 1930 Birthday Murray Chapple, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman through the 1950's 1930 Birthday John Alabaster, cricketer, New Zealand most prolific leg-spinner with 49 wkts 1930 Birthday Roy McLean, cricketer, prolific South African batsman played 40 Tests 1930 Birthday Brian Statham, born in Gorton, England, cricketer, 20th century's leading fast bowler, inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, 2009 1930 Birthday Jim Burke, cricketer, Australian opener of 50s 1930 Birthday Ian Leggat, cricketer, 1 Test vs. South Africa 1953-54 without distinction 1930 Birthday Frank Tyson, cricketer, "Typhoon" England pace destroyer mid-50's 1930 Birthday Michael Melle, cricketer, South African pace bowler of early 1950's 1930 Birthday Matt Poore, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in 14 tests 1953-56 average 15.43 1930 Birthday Alf Valentine, cricketer, great West Indian lefty spinner 1930 Birthday Alan Oakman, cricketer, England batsman against Australia 1956 1930 Birthday Shuja-ud-Din, cricketer, batted in 19 Tests for Pakistan 1954-62 1930 Birthday Ray Flockton, cricketer, prolific NSW batsman of 50's 1930 Birthday C. D. Gopinath, cricketer, batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's 1929 Birthday Peter Barker Howard, cricketer 1929 Birthday Peter May, cricketer, dashing English batsman of 50's 1929 Birthday Wazir Mohammad, cricketer, eldest of Pakistan's 4 Mohammed brothers 1929 Birthday Keith Andrew, cricketer, England wicket-keeper in 2 Tests 1954-63 1929 Birthday S P "Fergie" Gupte, cricketer, brilliant Indian leg-spinner 1929 Birthday Bob Hawke, cricketer, no relation to Lord 12th man for Oxford U 1954 1929 Birthday Narotam Puna, cricketer, Bombay New Zealand off-spinner vs. England 1966 1929 Birthday Peter Loader, cricketer, England quick in 13 Tests 1954-59, later WA 1929 Birthday Les Favell, cricketer, stoic Australian batsman late 50's 1929 Birthday John Rutherford, cricketer, one Test for Australia 1956 1929 Birthday Graham Anthony Richard Lock, cricketer 1929 Birthday Tony Lock, cricketer, highly successful England slow lefty bowler 1929 Birthday Agha Saadat Ali, cricketer, Pakistan bat in Test vs. New Zealand 1956, scored 8* 1929 Birthday Alan Davidson, cricketer, mighty Australian lefty quick all-rounder 1929 Birthday Ventappa Muddiah, cricketer, Indian off-spinner in 2 Tests 1959-61 1929 Birthday Leslie Wight, cricketer, one Test WI vs. India 1953, scored 21 1929 Birthday Paul Winslow, cricketer, big-hitter for South Africa, 108 vs. England 1955 1929 Birthday Jack Flavell, cricketer, England pace bowler in 4 Tests 1961-64 1929 Birthday Sydney Gedye, cricketer, opening batsman in four Tests for New Zealand 1964 1929 Birthday Cuan McCarthy, cricketer, 36 Test wkts for South Africa, 1 career no-ball 1929 Birthday Jackie McGlew, cricketer, dour South African opening bat of the 50' 1929 Birthday David Sheppard, bishop, Liverpool, cricketer, England batsman 1929 Birthday Lennox Butler, cricketer, 1 Test WI vs. Australia 1955, 16 and 2-151 1929 Birthday Hugh Tayfield, cricketer, celebrated South African off-spinner 1949-60 1929 Birthday Ian Thomson, cricketer, England seam bowler vs. South Africa 1964-65 1928 Birthday Colin McDonald, cricketer, stalwart Australian opening bat for 1950's 1928 Birthday Trevor Meale, cricketer, batted in 2 Tests New Zealand vs. England 1958 1928 Birthday Datta Gaekwad, cricketer, father of Anshuman, batted in 11 Tests 50's 1928 Birthday Ken Hough, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in two Tests vs. England 1959 1928 Birthday R H "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer, century on Test debut for India 1928 Birthday Neil Harvey, cricketer, prolific Australian lefty bat of 50's 1928 Birthday Jack Nel, cricketer, South African opening bat in 6 Tests 1949-57 1928 Birthday Peter Heine, cricketer, solid South African fast bowler in 1950's 1928 Birthday John Reid, cricketer, prolific New Zealand batsman 1949 - 1965 1928 Birthday Pankaj Roy, cricketer, Indian opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad 1928 Birthday Clive Van Ryneveld, cricketer, South African all-rounder 1951-58 1928 Birthday Arthur Milton, cricketer, England opening batsman late 50's 1928 Birthday Everton Weekes, cricketer, one of the 3 W's 1928 Birthday C V Gadkari, cricketer, Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953 - 1955 1928 Birthday Ken Archer, cricketer, Australian batsman, 5 Tests early 50s 1928 Birthday Rajindranath, cricketer, 4 stumpings in his only Test for India 1928 Birthday Imtiaz Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistan wicket-keeper in 41 Tests 1952-62 1928 Birthday Khan Mohammad, cricketer, Pakistan fast-med bowler, 54 wkts in 13 Tests 1927 Birthday Hedley Keith, cricketer, solid left-handed for South Africa in the 1950's 1927 Birthday Ramesh Divecha, cricketer, eleven wickets for India in early 50's 1927 Birthday Clairmonte Depeiaza, cricketer, world record partnership vs. Australia 1955 1927 Birthday Eddie Leadbeater, cricketer, England leg-spinner with an avg of 109 1927 Birthday G S Ramchand, cricketer, valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India 1927 Birthday Zin Harris, cricketer, father of Chris New Zealand batsman in 50's and 60's 1927 Birthday Eric St. Eval Atkinson, cricketer, bro of Denis WI pace bowler 1958-59 1927 Birthday Eric Petrie, cricketer, New Zealand wicketkeeper of the late 1950's 1927 Birthday Michael Frederick, cricketer, one Test WI vs. England 1954, scored 0 and 30 1927 Birthday Sid O'Linn, cricketer, soccer for South Africa 1947, cricket 1960 1927 Birthday Jim De Courcy, cricketer, in Newcastle Australian batsman 1953 1927 Birthday Wally Grout, cricketer, great Aussie wicket-keeper 1927 Birthday George Thoms, cricketer, 1 Test Australia against WI 1952, scored 16 and 28 1927 Birthday Fazal Mahmood, cricketer, Pakistani medium-pace workhorse 1952-62 1927 Birthday John Hayes, cricketer, New Zealand fast bowler in 15 Tests 1951-58 1926 Birthday Donald Carr, cricketer, England player in 50's, later MCC honcho 1926 Birthday Ronald Draper, cricketer, South African batsman vs. Australia 1949-50 1926 Birthday Frank King, cricketer, WI fast bowler in 14 Tests in 50's, 29 wkts 1926 Birthday John Dewes, cricketer, England opener late 40's early 50's 1926 Birthday Denis Atkinson, cricketer, WI all-rounder, 219 vs. Australia 1955 1926 Death Frederick Robert Spofforth, cricketer/demon bowler, dies 1926 Birthday Gordon Leggat, cricketer, open batsman for New Zealand in 9 Tests 1953-56 1926 Birthday Doug Insole, cricketer, England batsman of the 50's, nine Tests 1926 Birthday Polly Umrigar, cricketer, Indian batsman and captain 1926 Birthday Edgar Meuli, cricketer, opened New Zealand batting in Test vs. South Africa 1953 1926 Birthday Bob Berry, cricketer, England slow lefty 1950 1926 Birthday Clyde Walcott, cricketer, one of the three W's, later ICC chairman 1925 Birthday D G "Dattu" Phadkar, cricketer, pace bowling all-rounder for India 1925 Birthday Ghulam Guard, cricketer, lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959 1925 Birthday Ken "Slasher" Mackay, cricketer, exciting Aussie all-rounder 1925 Birthday Bill Parkhouse, cricketer, England batsman in 7 Tests 1950-59 1925 Birthday Ken Grieves, cricketer, NSW leg-spin all-rounder 1925 Birthday Alistair Taylor, cricketer, one Test as opening bat for South Africa 1956 1925 Birthday Richard Barber, cricketer, scored 12 and 5 in only Test New Zealand vs. WI 1956 1925 Birthday David Ironside, cricketer, South Africa swing bowler in 3 Tests vs. New Zealand 1953-54 1925 Birthday H G Kischenchand, cricketer, 5 Tests for India 1947-52 1925 Birthday Maqsood Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistani batsman in 16 Tests 1952-56 1925 Birthday Eric Dempster, cricketer, New Zealand slow bowl of mid-50's, bowling avg 109.5 1925 Birthday A H Kardar, cricketer, Pak 1st Test captain, prev played for India 1924 Birthday Roy Miller, cricketer, WI all-rounder in one Test 1953, 23 and 0-28 1924 Birthday Jasu Patel, cricketer, Indian off-spinner, 9-69 vs. Australia 1959 1924 Birthday Rusi Modi, cricketer, strong Indian batsman in post-War years 1924 Birthday Simpson Guillen, cricketer, wicket-keeper for West Indies and New Zealand 1924 Birthday Frank Worrell, cricketer, one of the three W's, inspiring WI captain 1924 Birthday Fred Fisher, cricketer, one Test for New Zealand vs. SA 1953 1924 Birthday Bob Appleyard, cricketer, superb England off-spinner, brief career 1924 Birthday Mohammed Ghazali, cricketer, Pak off-spinner wicketless in 2 Tests 54 1924 Birthday Russell Endean, cricketer, 28 Tests for South Africa, handled the ball 1956 1924 Birthday V N Swamy, cricketer, one Test India vs. New Zealand 1955, DNB, 0-45 1924 Birthday Don Kenyon, cricketer, England batsman in 8 Tests 1951-55 1924 Birthday Madhussudan Rege, cricketer, 15 runs in only Test India vs. WI 1948-49 1924 Birthday Norman Marshall, cricketer, brother of Roy, one Test for WI 1955 1923 Birthday Bert Sutcliffe, cricketer, all-time great New Zealand left-handed bat 1923 Birthday Bruce Dooland, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner, 3 Tests mid-forties 1923 Birthday Kenneth Rickards, cricketer, WI batsman two Tests 104 runs 1923 Birthday Sadu Shinde, cricketer, Indian leg-spinner late 1940's/early 1950's 1923 Birthday John Holt, Jr., cricketer, WI batsman in 17 Tests, 1066 runs at 36 75 1923 Birthday Jack Hill, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner of mid 50's 1923 Birthday Jimmy Cameron, cricketer, brother of John WI batsman 1948-49 1923 Birthday Donald Smith, cricketer, uneventful England opening batsman 1957 1923 Birthday Alan Wharton, cricketer, England batsman once vs. New Zealand 1949, scored 7 and 13 1923 Birthday John Watkins, cricketer, South African all-rounder in 15 Tests 49-57 1923 Birthday Lawrie Miller, New Zealand cricketer, opening bat in 13 Tests 1923 Birthday George Bean, cricketer, 92 runs in 3 Tests for England vs. Australia 1923 Birthday Don Taylor, cricketer, New Zealand 3 Tests, Auck stands w/Sutcliffe in Wisden 1923 Birthday Johnny Wardle, cricketer, Yorkshire and England left-arm bowler of 50's 1922 Birthday Nyron Sultan Asgarali, cricketer, West Indian opening bat 1957 1922 Birthday George Fullerton, cricketer, South African keeper-batsman 1947-51 1922 Birthday Harry Cave, cricketer, New Zealand bowler and Test captain in the 1950's 1922 Birthday Allan Rae, cricketer, prolific WI opening batsman 1948-53 1922 Birthday Roy Tattersall, cricketer, brilliant England off-spinner early 50's 1922 Birthday Ghulam Ahmed, cricketer, off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's 1922 Birthday Jim McConnon, cricketer, England off-spinner against Pakistan 1954 1922 Birthday Anton Murray, cricketer, South African batsman in 10 Tests 1951-55 1922 Birthday Allan Watkins, cricketer, England batsman late 40s early 50s 1922 Birthday Brun Smith, cricketer, New Zealand right-handed batsman of late 1940's 1922 Birthday Kanwar Rai Singh, cricketer, batted at MCG in Test for India 1948 1922 Birthday Clifford McWatt, cricketer, WI wicket-keeper in 6 Tests 1954-55 1922 Birthday Arthur Morris, cricketer, great Australian lefty opening batsman 1921 Birthday Geoff Rabone, cricketer, gifted all-rounder for New Zealand in 1950's 1921 Birthday Gul Mahomed, cricketer, Indian and Pakistani batsman 1921 Birthday Ray Lindwall, cricketer, Australian fast bowler and St. George full-back 1921 Birthday Sam Cook, cricketer, England slow left-armer in only Test 1921 Birthday Nazar Mohammad, cricketer, Mudassar's pop, Pakistan's 1st centurion 1921 Birthday Lancelot Pierre, cricketer, 1 Test WI vs. England 1948, 0-28 1921 Birthday Frank Mooney, cricketer, dependable wicket-keeper for New Zealand in 13 Tests 1921 Birthday Jeff Stollmeyer, cricketer, WI batsman pre/post-war 1921 Birthday Sam Loxton, cricketer, flamboyant Australian batsman of late 40's 1921 Birthday Mick Harvey, cricketer, in Newcastle Brother of Neil Test umpire 1921 Birthday Cyril Poole, cricketer, England batsman against India 1951-52 1921 Birthday Athol Rowan, cricketer, brother of Eric, South African off-spinner 1921 Birthday Andy Ganteaume, cricketer, WI batsman, 112 in only Test innings 1948 1920 Death Claude Tozer, cricketer, dashing NSW batsman, shot to death 1920 Birthday George Tribe, cricketer, Australian chinaman bowler, Northants 1920 Birthday Robert Christiani, cricketer, brother of Cyril WI batsman in 22 Tests 1920 Birthday Anwar Hussain, cricketer, four Tests for Pakistan vs. India 1952-53 1920 Birthday Chandrasekhar Sarwate, cricketer, batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52 1920 Birthday Jack Cheetham, cricketer, South African batsman, Test captain early 50's 1920 Birthday Percy Mansell, cricketer, leg-spin all-rounder in 13 Tests for South Africa 1920 Birthday Willie Watson, cricketer, England batsman and soccer international 1920 Birthday Reg Simpson, cricketer, prolific England opener 1948-55 1920 Birthday Donald Beard, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in the 1950's 1919 Birthday Keith Miller, cricketer, one of Australia's best ever all-rounders 1919 Birthday Alan Lisette, cricketer, New Zealand slow left-armer vs West Indies 1956 1919 Birthday John Moroney, cricketer, Australian opener 1949-51 1919 Birthday Gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer, post-war WI all-rounder 1919 Birthday Bill Anderson, cricketer, played in 1st New Zealand-Australia Test 1946 1919 Birthday Hemu Ramchandra Adhikari, cricketer, Indian righty batsman 1947-59 1919 Birthday Alex Moir, cricketer, New Zealand leg-spinner in 17 Tests 1950-59 1919 Birthday Guy Overton, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in 3 Tests on 1953-54 SA tour 1919 Birthday Charles Palmer, cricketer, one Test 1955, later MCC president 1919 Birthday John Goddard, cricketer, West Indian all-rounder 1948-57 1919 Birthday Gil Langley, cricketer, Australian wicket-keeper 1951-56 1919 Birthday Tom Brooks, cricketer, NSW fast bowler of the 30's, later Test umpire 1919 Birthday Len Johnson, cricketer, Australian fast bowler played Test in 1948 1919 Birthday Lindsay Tuckett, cricketer, son of Len, 9 Tests for South Africa 1947-49 1919 Birthday K C Ibrahim, cricketer, batted in 4 Tests India vs. WI 1948-49 1918 Birthday Ian Johnson, cricketer, Australian Test captbetween Hassett and Craig 1918 Birthday Roley Jenkins, cricketer, English leg-spinner 1948-52 1918 Birthday Martin Hanley, cricketer, took 1-88 with off-spin in Test for South Africa 1918 Birthday Doug Ring, cricketer, Australian leggie of the late 40's early 50's 1918 Birthday Alec Bedser, cricketer, mighty post-war England medium-pacer 1918 Birthday Eric Bedser, cricketer, bro of Alec, Surrey bowler but not England 1918 Birthday Denis Compton, cricketer, England batsman 1938-56 and Arsenal forward 1918 Birthday Mervyn Roye Harvey, cricketer, brother of Neil, Test for Australia 1918 Birthday C B Bertie Clarke, cricketer, Barbados and West Indian leg-spinner 1918 Birthday Ranga Sohoni, Indian cricketer, pace bowler of late 40's avg 101 1918 Birthday Colin Snedden, cricketer, Test New Zealand vs. England 1947, 0-46, did not bat 1917 Birthday Jack Plimsoll, cricketer, South Africa lefty quick, 3-143 in only Test 1947 1917 Birthday Ken Cranston, cricketer, England all-rounder captained once in 1948 1917 Birthday Martin Donnelly, cricketer, brilliant lefty bat for New Zealand post-war 1917 Birthday Hugo Yarnold, cricketer, Worcestershire keeper and Test umpire 1917 Birthday K M Rangnekar, cricketer, batted in 3 Tests India vs. Australia 1947-48 1917 Birthday Prior Jones, cricketer, WI pace bowler in 9 Tests 1948-52 1917 Birthday Vinoo Mankad, cricketer, India's greatest all-rounder to his time 1917 Birthday Roy Scott, cricketer, one Test New Zealand vs. England 1947, 18, 1-74 1917 Birthday Jack Robertson, cricketer, superb England batsman only played 11 Tests 1916 Birthday Mervyn Wallace, cricketer, 13 Tests for New Zealand, latterly as captain 1916 Birthday Esmond Kentish, cricketer, WI fast bowler in 2 Tests 1948 and 1954 1916 Birthday Len Wilkinson, cricketer, England leg-spinner just before WW II 1916 Birthday Tony Harris, cricketer, Springbok 5/8th, Test batsman, 1916 Birthday Verdun Scott, New Zealand cricketer/rugby player 1916 Birthday Len Hutton, cricketer, England opener, 364 vs. Australia The Oval 1938 1916 Birthday Syd Barnes, cricketer, Australian batsmen of 30's/40's 1916 Birthday Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari, cricketer, India 1947-48 1916 Birthday Bill Edrich, cricketer, Middlesex and England bat, Compton's mate 1916 Birthday Ross Gregory, cricketer, Australian batsman 1936 - 1937 1916 Birthday Don Tallon, cricketer, perhaps Australia's greatest wicket-keeper 1916 Birthday Vic Stollmeyer, cricketer, bro of Jeff Scored 96 in only Test innings 1916 Birthday Alec Coxon, cricketer, England pace bowler in one Test, 2-90 and 1-82 1915 Birthday Colin McCool, cricketer, Australian leg-spin all rounder late 40s 1915 Birthday Fred Freer, cricketer, Australian pace bowler played one Test in 1946 1915 Birthday George Mudie, cricketer, WI all-rounder in one Test 1935, 5 and 3-40 1915 Birthday Ron Hamence, cricketer, Australian batsman post-WWII 1915 Birthday Dennis Brookes, cricketer, one Test England vs. WI 1948, scored 10 and 7 1915 Death W G Grace, British cricketer, dies 1915 Birthday Charles Rowe, cricketer, scored a pair in only Test, New Zealand vs. Australia 1946, 1915 Birthday Arthur Fagg, cricketer, dual double-centuries in a game for Kent 1938 1915 Birthday Walter Hadlee, cricketer, father of Richard and Dayle, New Zealand batsman 40's 1915 Birthday Raymond Emery, cricketer, New Zealand Test batsman vs West Indies 1952 1915 Birthday George Cresswell, cricketer, 3 Tests for New Zealand aged 35 1915 Birthday Vijay Hazare, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman 1946-54 1915 Birthday Tom Burtt, cricketer, slow left-armer took 33 wickets for New Zealand 1914 Birthday Mushtaq Ali, cricketer, prolific Indian batsman of 30's and 40's 1914 Birthday Denis Begbie, cricketer, South African batsman in five Tests 1948-50 1914 Birthday Winston Place, cricketer, England opener in West Indies 1948 1914 Birthday Cyril Washbrook, cricketer, stalwart Lancs and England opener 1914 Birthday Harold Gimblett, cricketer, legendary Somerset and England batsman 1914 Birthday Doug Wright, cricketer, England's leg-spinning genius of 30's and 40's 1914 Birthday Bill Tallon, cricketer, brother of Don, Queensland leggie 1914 Birthday Stewart Cathie "Billy" Griffith, cricketer, 140 for England, 1948 1914 Birthday Dennis Dyer, cricketer, opened batting for South Africa vs. England 1947 1914 Birthday C S Nayudu, cricketer, brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie 1914 Birthday E. A. V. "Foffie" Williams, cricketer, WI all-rounder 1939-48 1914 Birthday Jack Badcock, cricketer, Tasmania Australian batsman of 30's 1914 Birthday John Cameron, cricketer, brother of Jimmy WI v-captain 1939 England tour 1914 Birthday Cec Burke, cricketer, New Zealand leg-spinner vs. Australia 1946, 1 and 3, 2 - 30 1914 Birthday John Arlott, cricketer, the doyen of cricket commentators and writers 1913 Birthday Molly Mary Hyde, cricketer 1913 Birthday Ginty Lush, cricketer, NSW quick of the 30's who didn't play for Australia 1913 Birthday Victor Trumper, Jr., cricketer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Trumper NSW 1940-41 1913 Birthday Len Butterfield, cricketer, New Zealand all-rounder, Test 1913 Birthday Lindsay Hassett, cricketer, great Australian bat and captain after Bradman 1913 Birthday William Chatterton, cricketer, 48 in only Test for England 1892 1913 Birthday Harold Butler, cricketer, England pace bowler late 40's 1913 Birthday Dicky Fuller, cricketer, one Test WI vs. England 1935, 1, 0-12 1913 Birthday Yuvraj of Patiala, cricketer, scored 24 and 60 in only Test India vs. Eng 1913 Birthday Horace Smith, cricketer, New Zealand, only Test wkt off his 1st ball, Paynter, 1912 Birthday Donald McRae, cricketer, Test for New Zealand, the 1946 debacle vs Australia 1912 Birthday H "Giff" Vivian, cricketer, father of Graham 1st Test for New Zealand at 18 1912 Birthday Jack Crapp, cricketer, England batsman 1948-49 1912 Birthday Jack Young, cricketer, Middlesex and England slow left-armer post-WW2 1912 Birthday Bill Brown, cricketer, Australian opener of the 30's and 40's 1912 Birthday Brian Johnston, cricketer, BBC radio commentator and cake connoisseur 1912 Birthday Eric Hollies, cricketer, England leggie, bowled Bradman 1912 Birthday David Townsend, cricketer, 3 Tests England vs. WI 1935 1912 Birthday Jack Cowie, cricketer, successful New Zealand fast bowler either side of WWII 1912 Birthday Arthur Beaumont C. Langton, cricketer, South Africa pace bowler of 1930's 1912 Birthday Ken Weekes, cricketer, WI batsman vs. England 1939, 137 at The Oval 1911 Birthday Vijay Merchant, cricketer, all-time great Indian batsman 1911 Birthday Khurshed Meher-Homji, cricketer, Indian wicket-keeper 1936 1911 Birthday Joe Hardstaff, Jr., cricketer, son of Joseph, 23 Tests for England 1911 Birthday C P "Chilla" Christ, cricketer, Qld spinner late 30's 1911 Birthday Bob Crisp, cricketer, South African pace bowler of 30's 1911 Birthday Norman Oldfield, cricketer, English batsman one Test vs. WI 1939, 80 and 19 1911 Birthday Geoff Chubb, cricketer, South Africa pace bowler vs. England 1951-52 aged 40 1911 Death Bill Murdoch, cricketer, dies while watching Australia vs. South Africa Test 1911 Birthday A. W. "Dooley" Briscoe, cricketer, batted in 2 Tests for South Africa 30's 1911 Birthday Merv Waite, cricketer, S Australian all-rounder 1910 Birthday John Kerr, New Zealand, cricketer, opening batsman in 1930's 1910 Birthday Eric Tindall, cricketer, All Black rep who kept wicket in 5 Tests 1910 Birthday Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer, 0-72 in his only Test for India 1910 Birthday Amar Singh, cricketer, dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties 1910 Birthday Lennox Brown, cricketer, South Africa leg-spinner on 1931-32 Australia/New Zealand tour 1910 Birthday A "Dudley" Nourse, cricketer, son of Dave, brilliant South African bat 1910 Birthday Xenophon Balaskas, cricketer, South African leg-spinner of 30's 1910 Birthday Mahomed Nissar, cricketer, pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests 1910 Birthday Stan McCabe, cricketer, exciting NSW and Australian batsman of 30's 1910 Birthday Alan Melville, cricketer, graceful South African batsman 1938-49 1910 Birthday P E Palia, cricketer, appeared in India's 1st Test-Lord's 1932 1910 Birthday Laurie Nash, cricketer, Tasmanian fast-bowler, 2 Tests for Australia 1910 Birthday Wendell Bill, cricketer, NSW bat 1929-36 Century on debut 1930 1910 Birthday Iftikhar Ali Khan, cricketer, Nawab of Pataudi, England and India 1910 Birthday Paul Whitelaw, cricketer, New Zealand opening batsman vs. England 1933 1910 Birthday Jahangir Khan, cricketer, father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36 1909 Birthday Don Cleverley, cricketer, two Tests for New Zealand 1932 and 1946, took 0-130 1909 Birthday Lall Singh, cricketer, scored 15 and 29 in India's 1st Test match 1909 Birthday Alan McGilvray, cricketer, 20 games for NSW mid 30's, comentator, ABC 1909 Birthday Manny Martindale, cricketer, fiery WI pace bowler of 30's 1909 Birthday Albert Roberts, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37 1909 Birthday Len Darling, cricketer, South Australian and Test batsman of 30's 1909 Birthday Bill Voce, cricketer, England left-arm bodyline bowler 1909 Birthday Eric Rowan, South African cricketer, prolific batsman pre- and post-WWII 1909 Birthday Cecil Marley, cricketer, Jamaican batsman 1928 - 1946, WICBC president 1909 Birthday M J Gopalan, cricketer, 1 Test India vs. England 1933-34 1909 Birthday George Headley, cricketer, in Panama All-time great WI batsman 1909 Birthday Richard Howorth, cricketer, English all-rounder, three county doubles 1909 Birthday Gerald Bond, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. England 1938, 0 and 0-16 1909 Birthday Frank Ward, cricketer, Australian leggie late 30s 1909 Birthday Bruce Mitchell, cricketer, South African bat, their top run-scorer, 3471, 1909 Birthday D. D. Hindlekar, cricketer, Indian batsman and wicket-keeper 1936-46 1908 Birthday Donald [George] Bradman, Australian cricketer, 6,996 runs 1908 Birthday Bill Hunt, cricketer, NSW slow left-armer, Test for Australia 1933 1908 Birthday Bill Merritt, cricketer, early New Zealand Test leg-spinner, also Northants 1908 Birthday Gordon Weir, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in 11 Tests 1930-37 1908 Birthday Jack Fingleton, cricketer, Australian opener of 30's 1908 Birthday Alf Gover, cricketer, bowled in 4 Tests for England/famous coach 1908 Birthday Ian Peebles, cricketer, Scottish leg-spinner, England 1927-31 1907 Birthday Syd Curnow, cricketer, South African batsman in 7 Tests 1930-32 1907 Birthday Ted a'Beckett, cricketer, Australian Test player 1907 Birthday Leo O'Brien, cricketer, Australian batsman in 5 Tests 1932-36 1907 Birthday Miran Bux, cricketer, his one season of Test and 1st-class play 1954-55 1906 Birthday Eric Dalton, cricketer, 2 centuries in 15 Tests for South Africa 1929-39 1906 Birthday Alan Fairfax, cricketer, Australian all-rounder late 20's early 30's 1906 Birthday S Nazir Ali, cricketer, bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932 1906 Birthday Norman Gallichan, cricketer, all-rounder in 1 Test New Zealand vs. England 1937 1906 Birthday Walter Robins, cricketer, dynamic England leg-spin all-rounder 1906 Birthday Keith Rigg, cricketer, Australian Test batsman in the thirties 1906 Birthday Ernie McCormick, cricketer, Australian quickie of late 30's 1906 Birthday Henry Foley, cricketer, batted in New Zealand's 1st Test 1930 1905 Birthday "Tiger" Bill O'Reilly, cricketer, mighty Australian leg-spinner 1905 Birthday Leslie Ames, cricketer, England wicket-keeper of 30's Outstanding bat 1905 Birthday George Bissett, cricketer, successful South African quick in 1927-28 1905 Birthday Cyril Walters, cricketer, solid England batsman of 30's 1905 Birthday Ian Cromb, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in the early 1930's 1905 Birthday Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji, cricketer, England 1929-31 1905 Birthday Hedley Verity, cricketer, terrific slow lefty for England pre-WW II 1904 Birthday Harold Larwood, cricketer, England bodyline bowler 1904 Birthday Quintin McMillan, cricketer, South African leg spinner 1929-32 1904 Birthday Tim Wall, cricketer, 18 Tests for Australia 1928-34 1904 Birthday Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer, pioneer Indian Test opening batsman 1904 Birthday Lionel Birkett, cricketer, WI vice-captain on Australian tour 1930-31 1904 Birthday Ellis Achong, cricketer, West Indian SLA, 8 wickets in 6 Tests 1903 Birthday Stewie Dempster, cricketer, 1st great New Zealand Test batsman 1903 Birthday Walter Hammond, cricketer, one of the greatest of English batsman 1903 Birthday George Dickinson, cricketer, bowled for New Zealand in their 1st 3 Tests 1903 Birthday John Dunning, cricketer, New Zealand medium-fast bowler of 30's 1902 Birthday J G Navle, cricketer, India's 1st Test wicket-keeper 1902 Birthday Hugh Chilvers, cricketer, great leggie of 30's for NSW but not Australia 1902 Birthday Stanley Coen, cricketer, South African batsman in two Tests 1927-28 1902 Birthday G O "Gubby" Allen, cricketer, in Sydney England non-bodyline quickie 1902 Birthday Milford "Curly" Page, cricketer, New Zealand bat early 1930's, All Black half 1902 Birthday Arthur Wellard, cricketer, big hitting Somerset and England batsman 1902 Birthday L P Jai, cricketer, one Test India vs. England 1934, scored 19 and 0 1902 Birthday Buster Nupen, cricketer, 1-eyed South African quick, great on matting 1901 Birthday Eddie Paynter, cricketer, England batting hero in Bodyline series 1901 Birthday Bob Wyatt, cricketer, England batsman 1927-37 1901 Birthday Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer 1900 Birthday W L "Tich" Cornford, cricketer, Sussex keeper played for England 1930 1900 Birthday Roger Blunt, cricketer, New Zealand all-rounder in 9 Tests 1930-32 1900 Birthday Douglas Jardine, cricketer, England's Bodyline captain 1900 Birthday Bill Ponsford, cricketer, great Australian batsman, HS 437 Vic vs. NSW 1900 Birthday Edwin McLeod, cricketer, played in New Zealand's 2nd-ever Test 1930 1900 Birthday Otto Nothling, cricketer, Test for Australia 1928, 52 runs aver 26 1900 Birthday Bob Catterall, cricketer, dashing South African batsman of 20's 1899 Birthday A L "Oosh" Ochse, cricketer, no relation to A E South African fast bowler 1899 Birthday William Brann, cricketer, South African batsman vs. England 1922-23 1898 Birthday Hal Hooker, cricketer, NSW pace bowler of 20's and 30's 1898 Birthday Tom Lowry, cricketer, New Zealand batsman in seven Tests and their 1st Test captain 1897 Birthday Jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer, three Tests for South Africa 1927-29 1897 Birthday Bill Woodfull, cricketer, Australian captain in the Bodyline series 1897 Birthday Cyril "Froggy" Francois, cricketer, South Africa all-rounder vs. England 1922 - 1923 1897 Birthday Alan Kippax, cricketer, 22 Tests for Australia 1924-34, brilliant bat 1897 Birthday Dalton Parry Conyngham, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. England 1923 1896 Birthday Cyril Allcott, cricketer, New Zealand all-rounder in their early Tests 1896 Birthday Cota Ramaswami, cricketer, Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936 1896 Birthday Teddy Hoad, cricketer, pioneering West Indian Test batsman 1895 Birthday C K Nayudu, cricketer, brother of C S, India's 1st Test captain 1895 Birthday Johnny Taylor, cricketer, stalwart Aussie batsman of post-WW I days 1895 Birthday Jack Gregory, cricketer, Australian all-rounder of post-WWI years 1895 Birthday Fred Badcock, cricketer, swing bowler in New Zealand's 1st Test matches 1895 Birthday Matthew Henderson, cricketer, lefty pace bowler in New Zealand's 1st Test 1895 Birthday Walderman Marx, cricketer, S Af, 240 on FC debut, then world record, 1895 Birthday Maurice Tate, cricketer, great England pace bowler of 20's 1895 Birthday H S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer, Australian all-rounder post-WWI 1895 Birthday Izak Buys, cricketer, one Test for South Africa 1922, 0 and 4*, 0-52 1894 Birthday Arthur Gilligan, cricketer, England captain in 1920's 1894 Birthday Herbert Sutcliffe, cricketer, all-time great opening batsman for Engl 1893 Birthday J M Blankenberg, cricketer, 60 wkts in 18 Tests for South Africa 1893 Birthday Herman Griffith, cricketer, pioneering WI pace bowler 1893 Birthday Jack Durston, cricketer, England fast bowler against Australia 1921 1893 Birthday George Geary, cricketer, sturdy pace bowler for England 1924-34 1893 Birthday Wilton St. Hill, WI cricketer, 3 Tests 1928-30 1892 Birthday Percy Fender, cricketer, legendary Surrey and England all-rounder 1892 Birthday Roy Park, cricketer, one Test Australia vs. England 1920, out 1st ball 1891 Birthday Clarrie Grimmett, cricketer, in Dunedin Great Australian leg-spinner 1891 Birthday Bert McGirr, cricketer, played in New Zealand's 1st Test series 1891 Birthday Ron Oxenham, cricketer, Australian all-rounder 1928-32 1891 Birthday J C "Farmer" White, cricketer, Somerset slow lefty 1909-37 1891 Birthday Ted McDonald, cricketer, great Australian quick of 20's 1890 Birthday Cyril Rutherford "Snuffy" Browne, cricketer, pioneer WI Test player 1890 Birthday Tommy Andrews, cricketer, NSW and Aussie player of the 1920's 1890 Birthday Andrew Sandham, cricketer, Test cricket's 1st triple centurion 1890 Birthday Horace Chapman, cricketer, leg-spin all-rounder for South Africa in 2 Tests 1889 Birthday Lord Tennyson III, cricketer, England batsman and captain 1889 Birthday Jack Ryder, cricketer, athletic Australian all-rounder and captain 1889 Birthday Herbie Taylor, cricketer, prolific South African pre- and post-WWI 1889 Birthday Charles Kellaway, cricketer, great Australian all-rounder of 1920's 1889 Birthday Elias Henry "Patsy" Hendren, cricketer, prolific England bat of 20's 1889 Birthday Ernest Tyldesley, cricketer, 1st Lancastrian to score 100 100's 1889 Birthday F R Foster, cricketer, 330 runs and 45 wickets for England 1889 Birthday Bert Collins, cricketer, Aussie batsman in the post WW I years 1888 Birthday George Challenor, cricketer, pioneering West Indian batsman 1888 Birthday Neville Cardus, cricketer, doyen of cricket writers 1887 Birthday A C "Jack" Russell, cricketer, prolific England batsman post-WW I 1887 Birthday George Brown, cricketer, legendary England batsman/keeper of 20's 1887 Birthday Frank Woolley, cricketer, long-running England left-arm all-rounder 1887 Birthday Phil Mead, cricketer, strong batsman for England pre- and post-WWI 1886 Birthday William Booth, cricketer, Yorks all-rounder, England before WW I 1886 Birthday Jack Crawford, cricketer, England all-rounder in 12 Tests 1905-08 1886 Birthday Percy Holmes, cricketer, England, 555 partners with Sutcliffe for Yorks 1886 Birthday Bill Whitty, cricketer, Australian left-arm bowler 1909-12 1886 Birthday Joe Cox, cricketer, South African pace bowler in 1913-14 series vs. England 1886 Birthday Charles Macartney, cricketer, Governor-General 1886 Birthday Andrew Ducat, cricketer, Test for England 1921, 3 and 2, Soccer International 1886 Birthday Arthur Mailey, cricketer, great Aussie leg-spinner and cartoonist 1885 Birthday Arthur Dolphin, cricketer, Yorkshire and England keeper, later Test ump 1884 Birthday C "Ormy" C Pearse, cricketer, 3 Tests for South Africa in Australia 1910-11 1884 Death John Wisden, publisher/cricketer (prominent Sussex player), dies 1884 Birthday Jackie Matthews, cricketer, Australia leg-spinner, two hat-tricks 1912 1884 Birthday Herbert Hordern, cricketer, pioneering leggie for Australia 1884 Birthday Rolland Beaumont, cricketer, South African batsman in 5 tests 1912-14 1883 Birthday Albert "Tibby" Cotter, cricketer, great Aussie quick of early century 1883 Birthday Harold Baumgartner, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. England 1913 1883 Birthday J M M "Mick" Commaille, cricketer, dual South African cricket/soccer rep 1882 Birthday Jack Hobbs, cricketer, 1st-class runs, the most ever 1882 Birthday Warren Bardsley, cricketer, great NSW and Aussie opening bat 1909-26 1882 Birthday Joe Hardstaff Sr, cricketer, "Hotstuff" in 1907-08 MCC tour of Australia 1882 Birthday Charlie Parker, cricketer, legend Gloucs SLA, but 2 - 32 in only Test 1882 Birthday Harry Makepeace, cricketer, 4 Tests for England vs. Australia 1920-21 1882 Birthday Edgar Mayne, cricketer, Australian batsman, prolific for Victoria 1882 Birthday Bert "Dainty" Ironmonger, cricketer, belated Australian rep 1928-33 1882 Birthday Don Blackie, cricketer, Australian off-spinner in 1928-29 yes, age 46 1881 Birthday Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer, great South Africa all-rounder early 20th cent 1881 Birthday Claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer, 1912-22 1880 Birthday Percy Sherwell, cricketer, great South African batsman-keeper-captain 1880 Birthday Herbert Strudwick, cricketer, England wicket-keeper before and after WW I 1879 Birthday George Gunn, cricketer, elegant English batsman 1907-30 1879 Birthday Colin Blythe, cricketer, outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I 1879 Birthday Warwick Armstrong, cricketer, Big Ship Great Aussie skipper 1920-21 1878 Birthday Reg Duff, cricketer, Australian bat, century on debut 1902 1878 Birthday R E "Tip" Foster, cricketer, 287 on debut England vs. Australia SCG 1903 1878 Birthday C M M Hathorn, cricketer, South African Test centurion in 1905-06 1878 Birthday Hanson Carter, cricketer, Yorkshire Aussie WK of early 20th century 1878 Birthday A. W. "Dave" Nourse, cricketer, "Grand Old Man" of South African cricket 1877 Birthday Victor Trumper, cricketer, Australia batsman 1899-1912 1877 Birthday Bernard Bosanquet, cricketer, pioneer of googly 1877 Birthday Clem Hill, cricketer, all-time great Australian batsman 1876 Birthday Bert Vogler, cricketer, early South African googly bowler 1876 Birthday Ted Arnold, cricketer, England all-rounder in 10 Tests 1903-05 1876 Birthday C B "Buck" Llewellyn, cricketer, South Africa lefty all-rounder 1896-1912 1876 Birthday Robert Dower, cricketer, 1 Test South Africa vs. England 1898, scored 0 and 9 1876 Birthday Bert Hopkins, cricketer, Australian pace bowler of the 1900's 1876 Birthday John Elicius Benedict B P Quick Carrington Dwyer, cricketer, Sussex 1876 Birthday Murray Bisset, cricketer, South African wicket-keeper 1899 and 1910 1875 Birthday Walter Lees, cricketer, Surrey pace bowler toured for England 1905-06 1875 Birthday Len Braund, cricketer, great England all-rounder in 23 Tests 1901-08 1875 Birthday Reggie Schwartz, cricketer, 1st of great South African googlists 1875 Birthday Freddie Fane, cricketer, Hobbs' 1st Test opening partner 1875 Birthday N F Druce, cricketer, 5 Tests for England vs. Australia 1897-98 1874 Birthday Joseph Willoughby, cricketer, 2 Tests for South Africa 1895-96 1874 Birthday Albert Relf, cricketer, England all-rounder in 13 Tests 1903-14 1874 Birthday Gilbert Laird Jessop, cricketer, The Croucher 1874 Birthday J H "Biddy" Anderson, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. Australia 1902 1873 Birthday Johnny Tyldesley, cricketer, brother of Ernest, 31 Tests for England 1873 Birthday Barton King, cricketer, North America's greatest all-rounder 1873 Birthday Pelham Warner, cricketer, England 1898-1912, later notable official 1873 Birthday Henry Leveson-Gower, cricketer, England captain 1909-10 later official 1873 Birthday Sydney Barnes, cricketer, probably England's greatest bowler 1873 Birthday M. A. Noble, cricketer, great Australian all-rounder at turn of century 1872 Birthday Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, India, cricketer/politician 1872 Birthday Charles Burgess Fry, cricketer/world record long jumper 1872 Birthday Billy Quaife, cricketer, England batsman 1899-1902 1871 Birthday Archie MacLaren, cricketer, 424 Lancashire vs. Somerset 1895 1871 Birthday Tom Hayward, cricketer, great England batsman of the Golden Age 1871 Birthday Schofield Haigh, cricketer, "Sunshine of the Yorkshire 11" 1870 Birthday T R McKibbin, cricketer, NSW and Australia off-spinner late 19th century 1870 Birthday Harry Graham, cricketer, 107 on Test debut Australia vs. England 1893 1870 Birthday Joe Darling, cricketer, Australian lefty batsman at turn of century 1870 Birthday Stanley Jackson, cricketer, captain of England, governor of Bengal 1870 Birthday Lionel Palairet, cricketer, elegant England bat in the Golden Age 1870 Birthday Syd Gregory, cricketer, Australian batsman in 58 Tests 1890-1912 1869 Birthday Bill Howell, cricketer, Australian bowler at turn of century 1868 Birthday J F "Flooi" Du Toit, cricketer, one Test South Africa 1892 1868 Birthday Bill Lockwood, cricketer, England all-rounder in 12 Tests 1893-1902 1867 Birthday Frank Iredale, cricketer, Australian batsman 1894-99 1867 Birthday John James Ferris, cricketer, mighty Australian bowler of late 1880's 1867 Birthday Jack Hearne, cricketer, cousin of George and Alec 12 Tests for Eng 1866 Birthday Henry Forster, cricketer, Oxford blue 1887-89, later Austrian Governor-General 1865 Birthday Monty Bowden, cricketer, England Test captain vs. South Africa at 23 1865 Birthday Godfrey Cripps, cricketer, one Test South Africa vs. England 1892, 18 and 3 1865 Birthday George Lohmann, cricketer, England's great bowler late 19th cent 1863 Birthday Alec Hearne, cricketer, brother of George and Frank, Kent 1884-1910 1863 Birthday Andrew Stoddart, cricketer, My Dear Victorious Stod 1862 Birthday Charles Thomas Biass Turner, cricketer, the "Terror" 1862 Birthday John Briggs, cricketer, mighty England all-rounder late 19th century 1862 Birthday W H "Gobo" Ashley, cricketer, 7 wkts in 1 Test for South Africa 1889 1861 Birthday Sam Jones, cricketer, Australian batsman of 1880's 1860 Birthday C T Studd, cricketer, brother of G B, five Tests for England 1860 Birthday Affie Jarvis, cricketer, Australian WK of the late 19th century 1860 Birthday Lord Hawke, cricketer, England batsman 1890's, many official posts 1859 Birthday G B Studd, cricketer, brother of C T, 4 Tests for England 1859 Birthday George Giffen, cricketer, one of Australia's greatest all-rounders 1859 Birthday Ivo Bligh, cricketer, Lord Darnley England captain vs. Australia 1882-83 1858 Birthday Billy Gunn, cricketer, Notts and England batsman in 11 Tests 1886-99 1858 Birthday Frank Hearne, cricketer, bro of George and Alec, England and South Africa 1858 Birthday Percy McDonnell, cricketer, Australian batsman of the 1880's 1858 Birthday Tommy Garrett, cricketer, original Australian Test player 1857 Birthday Robert Abel, cricketer, The Guv'nor Surrey and England batsman 1857 Birthday Bobby Peel, cricketer, great English lefty 1884-96 1856 Birthday Owen Dunell, cricketer, South Africa's 1st Test captain 1856 Birthday George Hearne, cricketer, brother of Frank and Alec, Test for England 1856 Birthday Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer, dominant England bat late 19th cent 1855 Birthday Billy Bates, cricketer, England all-rounder 1882-87, hat-trick 1883 1855 Birthday George Bonnor, cricketer, big-hitting Aussie batter 1880-1888 1854 Birthday Bill Murdoch, cricketer, great pioneer of Australian Test cricket 1854 Birthday John Blackham, cricketer, Australia's 1st wicketkeeper 1854 Birthday Hugh Massie, cricketer, Australian batsman of the 1880's 1854 Birthday Alick A. C. Bannerman, cricketer, bro of Charles, Australia 1878-1893 1854 Birthday Tom Felix Horan, cricketer, Ireland Pioneering Australia all-rounder 1853 Birthday Frederick R Spofforth, Australia, cricketer, Demon 1853 Birthday Leland Hone, cricketer, England keeper 1879 without county experience 1852 Birthday Billy Barnes, cricketer, England all-rounder 1880-90 1851 Birthday George Ulyett, cricketer, great Yorkshire all-rounder 1873-93 1851 Birthday Dick Barlow, cricketer, immortal England all-rounder of 1880's 1851 Birthday Lord Harris, cricketer, 4 Tests for England MCC big-wig 1850 Birthday Fred Morley, cricketer, legendary Notts and England bowler 1880-83 1850 Birthday G. F. Grace, cricketer, brother of W G 1848 Birthday William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer 1848 Birthday F. A. MacKinnon, cricketer, later the 35th Mackinnon of Mackinnon 1847 Birthday A N Hornby, cricketer, pioneering England Test batsman 1845 Birthday Allen Hill, cricketer, took the 1st wicket in Test cricket 1845 Birthday Dave Gregory, cricketer, Australia's 1st Test captain 1844 Birthday Bransby Cooper, cricketer, in Dhaka Batsman in Australia's 1st Test 1842 Birthday James Lillywhite, Jr., cricketer, 1st England Test captain 1842 Birthday Alfred Shaw, cricketer, pioneering England Test bowler 1841 Birthday E. M. Grace, cricketer, brother of W G 1841 Birthday Unaarrimin, cricketer, played cricket as Johnny Mullagh 1839 Birthday Ned Gregory, cricketer, bro of Dave, father of Syd Played 1st Test 1838 Birthday Nat Thompson, cricketer, 1st batsman dismissed in a Test match 1830 Birthday Julius Caesar, cricketer, prominent batsman for Surrey 1827 Birthday James Southerton, cricketer, Test debut in the 1st ever Test at 49 1826 Birthday George Parr, cricketer, legendary Notts batsman, 1st English touring captain 1825 Birthday Arthur Haygarth, cricketer, Middlesex and Surrey bat, famous biographer 1804 Birthday "Felix", cricketer, Nicholas Wanostracht
