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Cricket - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1751-05-01 |
1st American cricket match is played |
1844-09-25 |
Canada defeats USA by 23 runs in the 1st cricket international |
1851-02-11 |
1st cricket 1st-class game in Australia, Tasmania v Vic, Launceston |
1865-06-22 |
1st class cricket debut of Dr W G Grace |
1868-05-25 |
Australian Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins v Surrey Gentlemen |
1869-04-18 |
1st international cricket match, held in SF, wins by Californian |
1874-02-27 |
Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds |
1877-03-15 |
Commencement of 1st Test Cricket, Australia v England at MCG |
1877-03-16 |
Charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century, 165 v Eng |
1877-03-31 |
Test Cricket debut of Fred "Demon" Spofforth, Aust v Eng MCG |
1878-05-27 |
Australians Cricket 41 & 12-1 defeat MCC 33 & 19 |
1878-08-21 |
Edward Pooley completes record 8 stumpings in a cricket match |
1880-09-06 |
Commencement of 1st Test Cricket in England, v Australia at The Oval |
1880-09-06 |
W G Grace scores 152 in debut Test Cricket innings, v Aust The Oval |
1882-02-17 |
1st Test Cricket match played at Sydney Cricket Ground |
1882-08-29 |
Australia beat England by 7 runs - "Death of English cricket" |
1884-07-10 |
1st Test Cricket to be played at Old Trafford 1st day washed out |
1884-07-21 |
1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's |
1884-08-11 |
1st double-century stand in Test cricket, McDonnell/Murdoch 207 Aust |
1884-08-12 |
Bill Murdoch scores 1st Test Cricket double-century, 211 at The Oval |
1886-08-12 |
W G Grace made his highest Test Cricket score, v Aust, The Oval |
1889-03-25 |
1st Test Cricket match played at Newlands, Cape Town v England |
1890-02-14 |
1st NSW v South Australia 1st-class cricket game |
1890-05-12 |
The first-ever official cricket County Championship match begins. Yorkshire beats Gloucestershire by eight wickets at Bristol. George Ulyett scores the first century in the competition. |
1890-07-23 |
Jack Barrett carries his cricket bat for Australia at Lord's (67) |
1890-08-25 |
Would be start of England/Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford washed out |
1892-03-19 |
3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket Eng v SA (Cape Town) |
1892-10-10 |
Entire Hong Kong national cricket team dies in shipwreck off Taiwan |
1892-12-16 |
Commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA v NSW |
1893-07-17 |
Arthur Shrewsbury is 1st to score 1,000 runs in Test Cricket |
1893-07-18 |
Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia v England, Lord's |
1894-12-14 |
Day One 1st Test Cricket Aus v Eng Aust 5-346 (Giffen 161, Gregory 85) |
1894-12-14 |
Test Cricket debut of Joe Darling, Ernie Jones, Archie MacLaren |
1894-12-15 |
Cricket day 2 1st T Aus v Eng Aus 586 (Gregory 201) England 3-130 |
1894-12-17 |
Cricket day 3 1T Aus v Eng Eng 325 all out, 261 behind on 1st inn |
1894-12-18 |
Cricket day 4 1T Aus v Eng England following on 4-268, 7 in front |
1894-12-19 |
Cricket day 5 1T Aus v Eng Eng 437 all out, Aus need 177 are 2-113 |
1894-12-20 |
England beat Australia by 10 runs in the 1st six-day Test Cricket, Australia needed 177 to win, all out at 166 on 6th day |
1895-03-06 |
England beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2 |
1895-05-30 |
W G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days |
1895-07-16 |
Archie MacLaren completes cricket 424 for Lancs v Somerset at Taunton |
1896-05-08 |
Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire |
1896-06-12 |
J.T. Hearne sets a cricket record for the earliest date of taking 100 first-class wickets in a season. |
1896-07-18 |
George Giffen is 1st to complete 1000/100 double, in 30th Test Cricket |
1896-07-18 |
Ranjitsinhji completes 154* on Test Cricket debut v Aust, Old Trafford |
1899-02-16 |
Pelham Warner scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (Eng v SA Johannesburg) |
1899-06-01 |
Cricket test debut of Wilfred Rhodes & Victor Trumper in Grace's last |
1899-06-03 |
W G Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days |
1899-06-16 |
Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord's |
1900-05-31 |
Tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074) |
1900-07-25 |
Gilbert Jessop hits his 2nd 100 before lunch in same cricket match |
1900-08-08 |
1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket Club in Mass, & won by US 2 days later |
1900-08-10 |
1st Davis Tennis Cup: USA beats British Isles at Longwood Cricket Club in Boston, Massachusetts (3-0) |
1900-08-19 |
Start of the one & only olympic cricket match, in Paris |
1900-08-20 |
Great Britain beats France in cricket in Olympic Games |
1902-05-31 |
Australia Cricket all out 36 v England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever |
1902-07-05 |
Australia won the one & only Test Cricket played at Sheffield |
1902-07-16 |
Test Cricket debut of K S Ranjitsinhji v Australia, at Old Trafford |
1902-07-24 |
Victor Trumper scores a century for Australia before lunch 4th Test Cricket v England |
1902-10-11 |
Commencement of 1st Test Cricket between South Africa & Australia |
1903-08-15 |
The New Zealand All Blacks play their first Rugby Test Match against Australia's Wallabies at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; New Zealand wins, 22-3 |
1903-12-14 |
Reg Foster completes 287 England v Australia on Test Cricket debut |
1904-03-01 |
England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead v Australia |
1904-03-08 |
Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick in his final Test Cricket match |
1905-04-24 |
1st-class Cricket debut of Jack Hobbs, Surrey v Gentlemen (18 & 28) |
1905-04-25 |
Latest day of 1st-class cricket in an Aust season (NSW v Qld) |
1907-03-16 |
1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW & Western Australia |
1907-06-11 |
George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket. |
1907-06-21 |
13th US Golf Open: Alec Ross shoots a 302 at Phila Cricket Club PA |
1908-02-11 |
Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England |
1908-04-22 |
Queensland beat NSW by 171 runs for their 1st cricket win at Gabba |
1909-06-15 |
Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference. |
1909-08-26 |
Frank Tarrant scores cricket 145 & 13-67 for Middlesex v Gloucs |
1910-06-18 |
16th US Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 298 at Phila Cricket Club PA |
1911-01-10 |
Trumper scored double cricket ton v South Africa, goes on to get 214 |
1912-02-10 |
Hobbs & Rhodes make 323 cricket opening stand v Aust at MCG |
1912-02-20 |
Argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket 1st-class fixture |
1912-02-28 |
Victor Trumper's last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50 |
1912-05-28 |
Jackie Matthews takes 2 cricket hat-tricks same day Aust v South Africa |
1914-07-25 |
Last day of club cricket for W G Grace at age 66: he made 69 runs |
1918-12-26 |
1st day of 1st-class cricket in Aust after WW I (Vic v NSW) |
1920-08-18 |
1st class cricket debut of Walter Hammond |
1920-12-20 |
Bert Collins scores 104 on Test Cricket debut v England SCG |
1920-12-31 |
Roy Park makes 1st-ball duck in only Test Cricket inn, v Eng at MCG |
1921-02-15 |
Arthur Mailey completes 9-121 v England, Australian Test Cricket rec |
1921-03-01 |
Australia Cricket team complete 5-0 drubbing of England |
1922-12-16 |
NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket |
1924-06-14 |
Test Cricket debuts of Herbert Sutcliffe & Maurice Tate v South Africa |
1924-06-28 |
Test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lord's |
1924-12-19 |
Test Cricket debut of Bill Ponsford, who scored 110 in 1st innings |
1925-02-27 |
Test Cricket debut of Clarrie Grimmett, who took 5-45 & 6-37 v England |
1926-06-23 |
Commencement of the West Indies' 1st Test cricket match, at Lord's |
1926-08-18 |
England regain Ashes with 5th Test Cricket win, to take series 1-0 |
1926-12-11 |
Queensland win their 1st Sheffield Shield cricket match, v NSW |
1927-05-28 |
Hammond scores his 1,000th cricket run of the season after 22 days |
1927-12-16 |
Cricket 1st-class debut of Don Bradman, NSW v South Australia |
1927-12-17 |
Bradman scores 118 on 1st-class cricket debut, 188 mins 8 fours |
1927-12-24 |
Test Cricket debut of Walter Hammond, who scored 51 & took 5-36 v S Af |
1928-05-31 |
Charlie Hallows scores his 1,000th run of Cricket season |
1928-09-15 |
Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler to take 300 wickets in an English cricket season. |
1928-11-30 |
Test Cricket debut of Don Bradman, who scored 18 & 1 vs England |
1928-12-14 |
2nd Test Cricket Australia v England starts with Bradman 12th man |
1928-12-25 |
Christmas Day attendance at cricket MCG (Vic v NSW) 14,887 |
1929-02-04 |
Archie Jackson scores 164 on Test Cricket debut v England at Adelaide |
1929-03-13 |
Bradman scores 123 Aust v England at MCG, his 2nd Test Cricket century |
1929-11-22 |
Bradman scores 157 for NSW against the MCC at cricket SCG |
1929-12-10 |
Bradman scores 225 in 2nd inn of Test Cricket trial after 124 in 1st |
1930-01-24 |
J E Mills scores 117 on Test Cricket debut, NZ v England, Wellington |
1930-02-25 |
George Headley completes twin tons in Test Cricket v England (114 & 112) |
1930-02-26 |
West Indies make 1st Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England |
1930-04-04 |
Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket 1st triple century |
1930-04-04 |
Les Ames makes the 1st Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149) |
1930-04-12 |
4th Test Cricket WI v England ends in a draw after nine days |
1930-04-12 |
Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days |
1930-05-31 |
Bradman gets his 1,000th run of the English Cricket season |
1930-06-01 |
Bradman scores cricket 191 Australia v Hampshire, 240 mins, 26 fours |
1930-06-17 |
Bradman scores 131 in the 1st Test cricket at Trent Bridge |
1930-07-12 |
Bradman out for 334 in Test Cricket at Headingley, 383 mins, 46 fours |
1930-08-20 |
Bradman scores 232 in 5th Test Cricket at The Oval |
1930-08-22 |
Australia regain Ashes on 6th day of 5th Cricket Test |
1930-12-15 |
Don Bradman takes his 1st Test Cricket wicket (Ivan Barrow, WI, lbw) |
1930-12-20 |
Learie Constantine cricket 100 in 52 mins WI v Tas (10x4, 1x6, 1x5) |
1931-11-27 |
1st Test Cricket match at the Gabba Bradman scores 200 on 1st day |
1931-11-28 |
Bradman scores 226, the 1st Test Cricket century at Gabba, v South Africa |
1931-12-19 |
Bradman scores 112 Australia v South Africa at cricket SCG |
1932-02-15 |
Aust beat South Africa in cricket by an inn in 5 hrs 53 min playing time |
1932-06-16 |
Sutcliffe & Holmes make 555 opening cricket stand for Yorks v Essex |
1932-06-25 |
Commencement of India's 1st cricket Test v England at Lord's |
1932-07-07 |
Bradman scores a cricket double century in Montreal |
1932-07-12 |
Hedley Verity establishes a first-class cricket record by taking all ten wickets for only ten runs against Nottinghamshire on a pitch affected by a storm |
1932-11-26 |
Bradman completes 10,000 runs in first-class cricket, 126 innings |
1932-12-30 |
Bradman out for a duck v England at cricket MCG |
1933-12-17 |
B H Valentine scores 133 on Test Cricket debut, Eng v India at Bombay |
1933-12-17 |
Lala Amarnath scores century on Test Cricket debut (went on to 118) |
1934-05-09 |
Bradman out for a Cricket duck against Cambridge University! |
1934-05-28 |
Hobbs scores his 197th & last FC cricket ton at 51 years 163 days |
1934-06-09 |
38th US Golf Open: Olin Dutra shoots a 293 at Merion Cricket Club PA |
1934-08-18 |
Bradman scores 244 in 5th Test Cricket, 316 mins, 32 fours 1 six |
1934-08-20 |
Ponsford out for 266 in his final Test Cricket match |
1934-08-22 |
Australia beat England by 562 runs to regain Cricket Ashes |
1935-03-15 |
George Headley completes 270 in cricket v England at Kingston |
1935-05-14 |
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club gains (over Somerset at Taunton by 48 runs) what proved to be their last victory for 99 matches, a record in the County Championship. Their next Championship win was not until May 29, 1939. |
1935-12-14 |
Test Cricket debut of "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith v South Africa, Durban |
1935-12-18 |
Bradman scores 117 in his 1st Shield cricket match for South Australia |
1936-07-03 |
Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling, Cambridge University v MCC |
1936-10-10 |
Bradman scores 212 in 202 mins in a cricket testimonial game |
1936-12-18 |
Queensland cricket all out for 49 v Vic, Fleetwood-Smith 7-17 |
1936-12-21 |
Bradman's 2nd consecutive Test Cricket duck! Australia all out 80 |
1937-02-03 |
Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th Test Cricket v England |
1937-02-13 |
Bradman scores 123 SA v Queensland, 165 mins, 10-4s 1-6 in cricket |
1937-02-27 |
Bradman scores 169 in 5th Test Cricket v England in 223 minutes |
1937-06-26 |
Test cricket debut of Len Hutton v NZ at Lord's, scores 0 & 1 |
1937-12-21 |
O'Reilly completes 14-98 for cricket match, NSW v South Aust |
1938-05-16 |
In cricket Bradman scores 278 Aust v MCC, 349 mins, 35 fours 1 six |
1938-05-27 |
Bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of English season, earliest to do so |
1938-05-31 |
Bill Edrich scores his 1,000th run of cricket season, all at Lord's |
1938-06-11 |
Compton scores 1st Test Cricket ton (102 v Aust) aged 20 yrs 19 days |
1938-06-13 |
Great Cricket innings of 232 by Stan McCabe v England at Trent Bridge |
1938-06-14 |
Bradman scores 144* in 1st Test Cricket at Trent Bridge |
1938-06-28 |
Bradman scores 102* in drawn 2nd Test cricket at Lord's |
1938-07-08 |
Would be start of England v Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout |
1938-07-15 |
Arthur Fagg completes 244 & 202 in the same cricket game for Kent |
1938-12-26 |
Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England v South Africa |
1938-12-28 |
Paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut v South Africa |
1939-06-27 |
Headley scores a cricket century in each innings v England at Lord's |
1939-09-01 |
Last day of 1st-class cricket in England for 6 years |
1939-12-30 |
Bradman scores 267 SA v Vic, world record 34th double cricket century |
1941-12-01 |
Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for 4 years |
1945-05-19 |
Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England & Aust Services |
1945-05-20 |
Keith Miller scores 105 in the 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's |
1945-05-21 |
Aust Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets |
1945-06-26 |
England win the second Victory test cricket at Bramall Lane by 41 runs |
1945-07-16 |
Australian Services win 3rd Victory Test Cricket by 4 wickets |
1945-08-06 |
Keith Miller scores 110 in the 4 Victory Test Cricket at Lord's |
1945-08-22 |
England defeat Aust Services by 6 wkts in 5th Victory Test Cricket |
1945-11-28 |
Australian Services draw second Victory Test Cricket v India at Calcutta |
1945-12-10 |
Aust Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts |
1946-03-29 |
1st Test Cricket between Australia & NZ |
1946-03-29 |
Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall, Miller & Tallon |
1946-03-30 |
Australia beats NZ in cricket at 3 30pm on 2nd day |
1946-03-30 |
Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill O'Reilly (5-14 & 3-19) |
1946-06-22 |
Alec Bedser takes 7-49 v India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket |
1946-11-30 |
Bradman scores 187 in 1st Test Cricket v England at the Gabba |
1947-01-07 |
Aust v Eng at MCG drawn in 6 days, 1st cricket draw in Aust since 1882 |
1947-02-03 |
Bradman bowled by Alec Bedser for a duck in 4th Test Cricket |
1947-02-06 |
Compton & Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket |
1947-03-21 |
Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, NZ v England at Christchurch |
1947-03-25 |
Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (v NZ, Christchurch) |
1947-11-08 |
Bradman scores his 99th 1st-class cricket century, 100 SA v Victoria |
1947-12-01 |
Don Bradman scores 185 in the 1st Cricket Test v India at the Gabba |
1947-12-01 |
India cricket all out for 58 v Australia at the Gabba, Toshack 5-2 |
1948-01-22 |
Jim Laker takes 7-103 in his 1st Test Cricket innings v WI Barbados |
1948-02-06 |
Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia |
1948-02-11 |
Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut Eng v WI, out for 140 |
1948-02-11 |
Test cricket debut of Frank Worrell for the West Indies vs. England at Port-of-Spain |
1948-02-13 |
Andy Ganteaume scores 112 for W Indies in only Test Cricket innings |
1948-03-15 |
Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team v Western Australia |
1948-06-12 |
Bradman scores 138 in 1st Test Cricket at Trent Bridge |
1948-07-27 |
Bradman's 29th & last Test Cricket century, part of winning 3-404 |
1948-08-14 |
Bradman's last Test Cricket innings |
1948-08-14 |
England all out for 52 v Australia at Cricket Oval |
1948-09-10 |
Bradman scores 153 in his last 1st-class cricket innings in England |
1949-03-05 |
Bradman plays his last innings in 1st-class cricket, gets 30 |
1949-07-23 |
Test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days |
1950-02-14 |
Moroney scores cricket twin centuries for Australia at Johannesburg |
1950-05-31 |
Laker takes 14-12-2-8 in Test Cricket trial |
1950-06-08 |
Test Cricket debut of Ramadhin & Valentine (8-104 1st inn) v England |
1951-03-17 |
Test Cricket debut of Brian Statham, England v NZ Christchurch |
1951-08-18 |
Cricket 1st-class debut of Raymond Illingworth |
1951-11-04 |
Vijay Merchant scores 154 v England in his last Test Cricket innings |
1951-11-15 |
Cricket 1st-class debut of Hanif Mohammad, Pak XI v MCC, Lahore |
1951-12-22 |
Australia cricket all out 82 v West Indies at Adelaide |
1951-12-25 |
West Indies defeat Australia by 6 wkts on 3rd day of 3rd Test Cricket |
1952-02-16 |
Ian Craig makes NSW cricket debut aged 16 years 249 days (NSW record) |
1952-06-05 |
Test Cricket debut of Freddie Trueman v India at Headingley |
1952-10-12 |
Hanif Mohammad scores twin 100s v N Zone (Ind) his 1st fc cricket tons |
1952-10-26 |
Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India |
1952-12-14 |
R H Shodhan scores 110 on Test Cricket debut v Pakistan, Calcutta |
1953-02-06 |
Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 yrs 239 days, youngest Aussie |
1953-06-11 |
Test Cricket debut of Alan Davidson at Trent Bridge |
1953-08-19 |
England regained cricket Ashes after winning series 1-0 |
1954-03-30 |
Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers v England at Kingston |
1954-07-01 |
Test Cricket debut of Khalid Hassan, 16 yrs 352, then world record |
1954-07-05 |
Last day of Test Cricket for Khalid Hassan aged 16 yrs, 356 days |
1954-11-26 |
Test Cricket debut of Colin Cowdrey v Australia at Gabba |
1955-03-01 |
Pakistan v India 5 Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw |
1955-03-28 |
NZ cricket all out for 26 v England at Eden Park |
1955-03-31 |
Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut WI v Aust, Kingston |
1955-04-11 |
Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted |
1955-05-16 |
Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown |
1955-06-09 |
Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, v South Africa at Trent Bridge |
1955-07-26 |
Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester |
1955-11-20 |
Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India v NZ |
1955-11-20 |
Polly Umrigar scores India's 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 v NZ |
1956-03-13 |
NZ bowl out WI for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win |
1956-08-28 |
England retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series |
1957-05-30 |
Test Cricket debut for Rohan Kanhai v England at Edgbaston |
1957-06-07 |
Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey v Northants |
1957-07-25 |
Peter Loader takes a cricket hat-trick for England v WI at Headingley |
1957-12-23 |
Test Cricket debut for Wally Grout & Bobby Simpson v South Africa |
1958-02-05 |
Test Cricket debut of Lance Gibbs, WI v Pakistan, Port-of-Spain |
1958-02-28 |
West Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day 3 of 3rd Test Cricket |
1958-03-01 |
Gary Sobers 365* v Pak, 614 min, 38 fours, best Cricket before Lara |
1958-03-01 |
West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 decl v Pakistan |
1958-07-07 |
C A Milton scores 104* on Test Cricket debut, England v NZ Headingley |
1958-07-24 |
Test Cricket debuts against NZ for Dexter, Illingworth & Subba Row |
1958-11-28 |
Test Cricket debut for Wes Hall, v India at Bombay |
1959-02-11 |
Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v WI at Delhi) |
1959-03-29 |
Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore |
1959-12-08 |
President Eisenhower watches Pakistan v Aust Test Cricket at Karachi |
1960-12-14 |
Australia v West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie |
1961-02-01 |
Mackay & Kline hang on for 100 mins for cricket draw vs West Indies |
1961-02-12 |
Mushtaq Mohammad scores 1st Test Cricket century at 17 yrs 82 days |
1961-02-15 |
Australia beat West Indies 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever |
1961-06-08 |
Test Cricket debut of William Morris Lawry, v England at Edgbaston, 57 |
1962-03-23 |
Nawab of Pataudi captains India cricket v WI age 21 years 77 days |
1962-03-28 |
Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India |
1962-07-31 |
Statham is Test cricket's leading wkt-taker (229), beating Lindwall |
1963-02-20 |
End of the Test Cricket careers of Neil Harvey & Alan Davidson |
1963-05-25 |
Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket |
1963-06-25 |
Famous cricket draw at Lord's as England hang on against the Windies |
1963-08-26 |
W I beat England 2-1 in series, 1st holders of Wisden Cricket Trophy |
1963-11-02 |
Only 1st-class cricket game played in Uganda, MCC v E African XI |
1963-12-06 |
Test Cricket debut of Graeme Pollock at the Gabba |
1964-02-12 |
End of Richie Benaud's 63-Test Cricket career |
1964-06-04 |
Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott v Australia at Trent Bridge, 48 |
1964-08-15 |
Fred Trueman takes 300th Test Cricket wicket (Neil Hawke) |
1964-08-17 |
Boycott scores his 1st Test Cricket century, 113 v Aust at the Oval |
1964-08-20 |
Rex Sellers bowls 5-1-17-0 v India in only Test Cricket innings |
1964-10-24 |
Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla scores 166 on Cricket debut v Australia |
1964-10-24 |
Test Cricket debut of Asif Iqbal, Majid Khan & Khalid Ibadulla v Aust |
1964-10-29 |
Bobby Simpson completes cricket century in each innings v Pakistan |
1964-12-04 |
Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappell, v Pakistan MCG, 11, 0-49, 0-31 |
1965-03-06 |
Bruce Taylor hits 105 for NZ v India in 1st Test Cricket innings |
1965-05-11 |
West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy |
1965-06-22 |
Freddie Trueman ends his Test cricket career, v NZ at Lord's |
1965-12-10 |
Test Cricket debut of Doug Walters v England at the Gabba |
1966-02-16 |
End of Wally Grout's Test Cricket career, 187 dismissals as Aust WK |
1966-05-15 |
1st day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex v Somerset |
1966-06-30 |
Test cricket debut of Derek Underwood, v WI Trent Bridge, wicketless |
1966-12-31 |
Test Cricket debut of Bishen Singh Bedi, India v WI Calcutta, 2-92 |
1967-10-22 |
Ian Brayshaw (W Aus v Vic, Perth) takes all 10 cricket wkts |
1969-03-14 |
Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI v NZ |
1969-06-28 |
John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut v WI at Lord's |
1969-10-24 |
Hanif, Mushtaq & Sadiq Mohammad start their only Test Cricket together |
1969-11-20 |
Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut v Australia Kanpur |
1970-02-05 |
1st Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six |
1970-02-05 |
Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa v Australia, Durban |
1970-11-27 |
Test Cricket debut of Rodney "Iron Gloves" Marsh v England, Brisbane |
1970-11-29 |
Colin Cowdrey becomes Test Cricket's leading run scorer (7,250) |
1970-12-11 |
Test Cricket debut of Gregory Stephen Chappell |
1970-12-31 |
Would have been start of Aust/Eng Test Cricket at MCG, washed out |
1971-02-12 |
Only Test Cricket for Ken Eastwood, who scored 5 & 0 Aust v England |
1971-02-17 |
England regains cricket Ashes with a 2-0 series win |
1971-03-06 |
Test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, v West Indies at Port-of-Spain |
1971-03-21 |
Gavaskar scores 1st of his 34 Test Cricket tons, 116 at Georgetown |
1971-06-03 |
Test Cricket debut of Imran Khan, v Engl at Edgbaston (5, 0-36, 0-19) |
1971-06-04 |
Zaheer Abbas scores Cricket 274 at Edgbaston, 544 minutes 38 fours |
1972-02-16 |
Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe WI v NZ Kingston, 214 & 100 |
1972-04-08 |
Alvin Kallicharran scores 100* in his 1st Test Cricket innings v NZ |
1972-04-09 |
Glenn Turner (259) & Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand v WI |
1972-04-20 |
Kallicharran scores his 2nd Test century in his 2nd Test Cricket |
1972-06-08 |
Test Cricket debut of Tony Greig, v Australia at Old Trafford (57/62) |
1972-06-26 |
Bob Massie takes 16 wickets (8-84 & 8-53) on Test cricket debut v Eng |
1972-08-12 |
Ian & Greg Chappell both scores centuries in same Test Cricket innings |
1972-12-25 |
England beat India by six wickets in the 1st Cricket Test in Delhi |
1972-12-29 |
Test Cricket debut of Jeff Thomson & Max Walker v Pakistan at MCG |
1973-02-02 |
Test Cricket debut of Richard John Hadlee, NZ v Pakistan, Wellington |
1973-02-17 |
Rodney Redmond scores 107 on debut v Pakistan, his only Test Cricket |
1973-03-27 |
Dennis Amiss out for 99 v Pakistan, 3rd 99 in Test Cricket |
1973-04-07 |
Doug Walters' best Test Cricket bowling, 5-66 v WI Georgetown |
1973-05-31 |
Glenn Turner scores his 1,000th run of English cricket season |
1973-06-12 |
Close finish at Trent Bridge, NZ Cricket need 479 to win, all out 440 |
1973-07-05 |
Test Cricket umpiring debut of H D "Dickie" Bird v NZ at Leeds |
1973-07-31 |
Frank Hayes scores 106 on Test Cricket debut v WI as England lose |
1973-08-24 |
Garry Sobers scores 26th & last Test Cricket ton 150 v Eng Lord's |
1973-09-05 |
1st one-day Cricket international for WI (v Eng) - lose by 1 wicket |
1974-03-01 |
Ian & Greg Chappell make 264 partnership v NZ cricket at Wellington |
1974-03-06 |
Ian & Greg Chappell score cricket |
1974-04-05 |
Last day of Test cricket for Garry Sobers & Rohan Kanhai |
1974-06-24 |
India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 mins |
1974-08-23 |
Zaheer Abbas scores 240 Pakistan v England at The Cricket Oval |
1974-11-22 |
Test Cricket debut of Gordon Greenidge & Viv Richards, at Bangalore |
1974-11-26 |
Greenidge scores 107 in 2nd innings of Test Cricket debut v India |
1974-12-14 |
Viv Richards scores 1st Test Cricket ton 192 v India 20 fours 6 sixes |
1975-02-20 |
Leonard Baichan scores 105* on Test Cricket debut, v Pakistan Lahore |
1975-06-07 |
Sri Lanka's 1st one-day international, v WI Cricket World Cup |
1975-06-11 |
One-day international cricket debut, Javed Miandad age 17 yrs 364 days |
1975-06-18 |
Gary Gilmour takes 6-14 in Cricket World Cup semi v England |
1975-06-21 |
West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs to win Cricket World Cup |
1975-07-10 |
Test Cricket debut of Graham Gooch, v Australia, out for a pair |
1975-08-13 |
Viv Richards out for 291 v England at Cricket Oval |
1975-09-07 |
Last day of 1st-class cricket for Hanif Mohammad |
1975-11-28 |
Test Cricket debut of Michael Anthony Holding, WI v Australia Brisbane |
1975-12-02 |
G S Chappell gets ton in each inn of 1st Test Cricket as capt v WI |
1975-12-26 |
A crowd of 85661 attends the 1st day of the Aust-WI MCG Test Cricket |
1975-12-28 |
Gary Cosier scores 109 v West Indies at MCG on Test Cricket debut |
1976-01-23 |
Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, v WI Adelaide |
1976-02-05 |
Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs & Ian Redpath |
1976-02-17 |
NZ scores their 1st innings win in Test Cricket, v India |
1976-06-03 |
Test Cricket debut of Mike Brearley v West Indies (0 & 17) |
1976-07-13 |
Last day of Test Cricket for Brian Close, aged 45 |
1976-09-13 |
2nd Enterprise, approach & lands Test Cricket (ALT) flight (5m28s) |
1976-10-09 |
Test Cricket debut of Javed Miandad (Pakistan), scores 163 on 1st day |
1976-10-24 |
Sadiq & Mushtaq Mohammad score tons in same Test Cricket innings v NZ |
1976-12-19 |
John Lever takes 7-46 in 1st Test Cricket innings, v India Delhi |
1977-02-18 |
Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft & Joel Garner v Pakistan Bridgetown |
1977-03-15 |
First official test cricket match is played between Australia and England at Melbourne |
1977-03-17 |
Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877 |
1977-07-28 |
Test Cricket debut of Ian Botham v Aust Trent Bridge, 5-74 1st innings |
1977-08-15 |
England regain cricket Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead over Aust |
1977-09-13 |
2nd Test Cricket of Space Shuttle Enterprise |
1977-12-14 |
Test Cricket debut of Abdul Qadir, v England at Lahore |
1978-02-15 |
England all out 64 for 1st loss to NZ in cricket (Boycott capt) |
1978-02-25 |
Botham scores 1st Test Cricket century, 103 v NZ Christchurch |
1978-03-03 |
1st day of Test cricket for Desmond Haynes (WI v Australia) |
1978-04-02 |
Basil Williams scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, v Aust Georgetown |
1978-05-03 |
Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston |
1978-05-03 |
WI all set to lose cricket test v Aust at Kingston till riots end game |
1978-06-01 |
Cricket Test debut of David Gower, v Pakistan, Edgbaston, scores 58 |
1978-06-19 |
Ian Botham takes 8-34 v Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling |
1978-11-19 |
Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for 2nd time |
1978-12-01 |
Test Cricket debut of Rodney Hogg, v England at the Gabba |
1978-12-08 |
Commencement of the 1st day/night WSC cricket supertest at VFL Park |
1978-12-15 |
Test Cricket debut of Malcolm Marshall, v India at Bangalore |
1978-12-29 |
Test Cricket debut of Allan Robert Border, v England at the MCG |
1979-02-10 |
Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket he missed |
1979-03-24 |
1st appearance as Australian cricket captain for Kim Hughes |
1979-03-29 |
Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy |
1979-03-29 |
Last day of Test cricket for Mushtaq Mohammad |
1979-05-23 |
1st edition of "Wisden Cricket Monthly" |
1979-06-14 |
Canada all out 45 in Cricket World Cup v England, in 40 3 overs |
1979-06-18 |
Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset |
1979-06-23 |
West Indies beat England by 92 runs to win Cricket World Cup |
1979-11-27 |
1st day-night one-day cricket international, Australia v WI at SCG |
1979-12-11 |
Geoff Boycott scores cricket century in a limited-over international |
1979-12-25 |
Opening day of 4th Test Cricket, India 8-112 v Pakistan at Kanpur |
1980-02-13 |
NZ beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin |
1980-02-19 |
Botham a century & 13 wickets in Jubilee Test Cricket at Bombay |
1980-02-26 |
R Hadlee scores Test Cricket century v Roberts, Garner, Holding, Croft |
1980-03-11 |
Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Aust v Pak cricket draw |
1980-03-23 |
Border completes 150 in each inning of Test Cricket v Pakistan |
1980-10-23 |
McCosker (168) & Dyson (152) make 319 opening stand cricket, NSW v WA |
1980-11-25 |
Imran Khan scores his 1st Test Cricket ton, 123 v WI Lahore |
1981-02-10 |
Dennis Lillee becomes Australian Cricket's top wicket-taker with 249 |
1981-03-24 |
Bombay beat Delhi by innings & 46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy |
1981-06-18 |
Test cricket debut of Terry Alderman, v England at Trent Bridge |
1981-08-31 |
Dirk Wellham scores 103 on Test Cricket debut, v England at Lord's |
1981-12-23 |
Geoff Boycott becomes leading run-scorer in Test Cricket with 8033 |
1981-12-26 |
One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Aust v WI |
1982-02-17 |
Commencement of Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket match, v England |
1982-02-26 |
Test Cricket debut of Martin Crowe, v Australia Wellington, run out 9 |
1982-03-10 |
Salim Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL) |
1982-03-14 |
Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century |
1982-03-27 |
Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match v Sri Lanka at Lahore |
1982-09-22 |
Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket tons for Sri Lanka v India |
1982-10-25 |
David Hookes scores Cricket century in 34 balls 43 mins, SA v Victoria |
1982-11-12 |
Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket v India, goes to 215 |
1982-11-27 |
Kepler Wessels scores century in 1st Test Cricket (162 v England) |
1982-12-30 |
England defeat Australia by three runs at cricket MCG |
1983-03-15 |
Karnataka beat Bombay on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy |
1983-04-22 |
Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy) |
1983-04-23 |
David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143* v Sri Lanka |
1983-06-09 |
Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, v Australia |
1983-06-12 |
Winston Davis takes 7-51 in Cricket World Cup match v Australia |
1983-06-25 |
India beat West Indies by 43 runs to win Cricket World Cup |
1983-08-01 |
New Zealand score their 1st Test Cricket match victory in England |
1983-09-24 |
Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of Hanif, v India Jullundur |
1983-11-11 |
Wayne Phillips scores 159 on Test Cricket debut, v Pakistan at WACA |
1983-11-24 |
Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson, WI v India Bombay |
1983-12-26 |
Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, v Pakistan MCG |
1983-12-29 |
Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* v WI |
1983-12-29 |
Graeme Yallop completes 268 v Pakistan at cricket MCG |
1984-01-02 |
Darryl Cullinan, 16, scores his 1st first-class cricket century |
1984-01-06 |
Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh & Lillee |
1984-02-12 |
West Indies beat Australia 2-0-1 to win cricket World Series Cup receiving all perfect scores for quality & gold medal |
1984-03-13 |
Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird |
1984-03-21 |
Border scores 100* v WI Trinidad after 98* in 1st cricket innings |
1984-04-13 |
India beat Pak by 58 runs to win 1st Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah |
1984-05-31 |
Viv Richards hits 189* (170 balls) v England, ODI cricket record |
1984-11-08 |
1st-class cricket debut of Wasim Akram, 2 months before his 1st Test |
1984-11-09 |
1st-class cricket debut for Brian McMillan, Transvaal B v N Tvl B |
1984-11-10 |
Australia all out for 76 v West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21 |
1984-11-16 |
Imran Khan makes his 1st appearance for NSW Cricket |
1984-11-23 |
Limited-over intl cricket debut for Wasim Akram, v NZ |
1984-11-23 |
Test Cricket debut of David Boon age 23 & Bob Holland age 38 (v WI) |
1984-11-26 |
Kim Hughes tearfully resigns as Australian cricket captain |
1984-11-29 |
Javed Miandad completes twin Test Cricket tons, v NZ, Hyderabad |
1984-12-07 |
Allan Border's 1st Test Cricket match as captain (v WI Adelaide) |
1984-12-22 |
Test Cricket debut of Craig McDermott, v WI at the MCG |
1984-12-23 |
Viv Richards scores 208 in Test Cricket at MCG |
1984-12-31 |
Test Cricket debut of Mohammad Azharuddin, v England at Calcutta |
1985-02-01 |
Azharuddin scores 3rd Test century in 3rd Test Cricket (122 v Eng) |
1985-02-08 |
1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica v Barbados |
1985-02-11 |
Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, NZ still wins |
1985-02-12 |
West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket World Series Cup |
1985-03-10 |
India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket" |
1985-03-19 |
NSW wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket |
1985-03-24 |
Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Aust, Sharjah) |
1985-06-01 |
Viv Richards scores 300 in a day on the way to 322 v Warwicks cricket |
1985-09-03 |
England regain Cricket Ashes by beating Australia at The Oval |
1985-09-11 |
Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs v India |
1985-10-31 |
Last day in Test cricket for Zaheer Abbas |
1985-11-12 |
R Hadlee takes 15-123 for Cricket match v Australia at Brisbane |
1985-12-26 |
Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, v India at the MCG |
1986-01-06 |
Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland |
1986-02-12 |
1st-class cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, Leeward Is v Guyana |
1986-04-15 |
Viv Richards century off 56 balls v England in Antigua Test Cricket |
1986-08-21 |
Ian Botham takes world-record 356th Test Cricket wkt (v NZ, The Oval) |
1986-09-18 |
David Boon's 3rd Test cricket century, 122 v India at Madras |
1986-09-22 |
India v Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie |
1986-10-21 |
1st-class cricket debut of Andy Flower, ZCU Presidents XI v Young WI |
1986-12-22 |
India score 7-676 v Sri Lanka at Kanpur in Cricket |
1987-03-07 |
Gavaskar becomes 1st cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs |
1987-03-15 |
Last day in Test cricket for Larry Gomes & Joel Garner |
1987-03-15 |
NZ beat WI by 5 wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket |
1987-03-24 |
WA win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria |
1987-04-19 |
Brendon Kuruppu scores 201* on Test Cricket debut (Sri Lanka v NZ) |
1987-04-21 |
Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka) |
1987-07-04 |
Imran Khan takes 300th Test Cricket wicket, only Pakistani to do so |
1987-10-13 |
West Indies score 4-360 in 50 overs in Cricket World Cup v Sri Lanka |
1987-11-08 |
Australia beat England by 7 runs to win cricket World Cup |
1987-12-05 |
David Boon's 5th Test Cricket century, 143 v NZ at Brisbane |
1988-01-22 |
1st-class cricket debut of Brian Lara, Trinidad & Tobago v Leeward Is |
1988-01-22 |
1st-class cricket debut of Hansie Cronje, OFS v Transvaal |
1988-01-24 |
Australia beat New Zealand 2-0 to win Cricket's World Series Cup |
1988-02-02 |
David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184* v England at Sydney |
1988-02-29 |
Mark Greatbatch scores 107* v England on Test Cricket debut |
1988-04-02 |
Test Cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, WI v Pakistan, Georgetown |
1988-04-21 |
1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence |
1988-05-29 |
Graeme Hick scores his 1,000th run of 1st-class cricket season |
1988-09-15 |
Test Cricket debut of Ian Healy, vs Pakistan at Karachi |
1988-09-16 |
Javed Miandad completes 211, his 5th Test Cricket double, v Australia |
1988-09-28 |
Javed Miandad scores his 19th Test Cricket century (v Aus, Faisalabad) |
1989-01-20 |
Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket 1st ball in 1st-class cricket |
1989-01-30 |
Last day of 1st class cricket for Dav Whatmore |
1989-02-03 |
Start 1st Test Cricket, NZ v Pak, washed out |
1989-02-10 |
Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak v NZ age 16 years 189 days |
1989-03-27 |
Delhi beat Bengal by innings & 210 to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy |
1989-08-01 |
Australia take 3-0 series lead over England to regain Cricket Ashes |
1989-08-10 |
Australia 0-301 at end of day one, 5th Test Cricket at Trent Bridge |
1989-11-01 |
Pakistan beat West Indies by 4 wickets to win Cricket's Nehru Cup |
1989-11-15 |
Test Cricket debut of Waqar Younis & Sachin Tendulkar at Karachi |
1989-11-24 |
Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty age 16 years 214 days, a record |
1989-11-25 |
David Boon scores 200 v NZ at cricket WACA |
1989-12-16 |
Commencement of 1st Test Cricket play at Bellerive Oval, Hobart (v SL) |
1989-12-17 |
Michael Bevan scores cricket century on 1st-class debut (114 SA v WA) |
1989-12-26 |
ODI debut for Mark Taylor & Sanath Jayasuriya at cricket MCG |
1990-02-04 |
Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar) |
1990-02-22 |
1st day India v NZ cricket at Auckland NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps |
1990-02-25 |
Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup |
1990-03-28 |
Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient |
1990-04-10 |
Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown |
1990-07-09 |
Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 to end his Test Cricket career with 431 wkts |
1990-07-10 |
Last day of Test Cricket for Richard Hadlee |
1990-07-27 |
Tom Moody scores 100 in 26 mins in county cricket, world record |
1990-11-23 |
Test Cricket debut of Saeed Anwar (Pak v WI), scores 0 & 0 |
1991-01-25 |
Mark Waugh scores ton in 1st Test Cricket innings, v England Adelaide |
1991-02-22 |
Test Cricket debut of Sanath Jayasuriya, vs NZ at Hamilton |
1991-02-25 |
Andrew Jones scores twin Test Cricket tons v Sri Lanka (122 & 100*) |
1991-02-26 |
Asanka Gurusinha scores twin Test Cricket tons v NZ (119 & 102) |
1991-03-03 |
Boon completes 10th Test Cricket century, 109* v WI at Kingston |
1991-04-23 |
Gordon Greenidge scores 223 v Aus, his last Test Cricket knock at home |
1991-05-01 |
Last day of Test cricket for Gordon Greenidge |
1991-05-07 |
Haryana beat Bombay in the Ranji Cricket Trophy final by 2 runs |
1991-06-06 |
Test Cricket debut of Graeme Hick, v West Indies at Headingley |
1991-08-12 |
Last day in Test Cricket for Viv Richards, Dujon & Marshall |
1991-08-13 |
Test Cricket debut of Mike Whitney for Australia versus England at Old Trafford |
1991-11-10 |
South Africa's 1st cricket international since 1970 - one-day v India |
1991-11-29 |
Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath, v Australia at the Gabba |
1992-01-03 |
Boon completes 11 Test Cricket century, 129* v India at Sydney |
1992-01-07 |
Last day of Test cricket for Imran Khan |
1992-02-02 |
David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 v India at Perth |
1992-02-05 |
Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar |
1992-02-05 |
Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win v India |
1992-03-22 |
England beat South Africa in rain-ruined cricket World Cup semi final |
1992-03-31 |
Delhi beat Tamil Nadu on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy |
1992-04-18 |
Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown) |
1992-06-21 |
Last day of test cricket for Ian Botham & Allan Lamb |
1992-08-09 |
Last day of Test Cricket for David Gower |
1992-08-19 |
Romesh Kaluwitharana scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (SL v Australia) |
1992-08-19 |
Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 v Australia |
1992-08-28 |
Test cricket debut of Muttiah Muralitharan, vs Australia at Colombo |
1992-11-15 |
Praveen Amre scores century on Test Cricket debut (103 v SA, Durban) |
1992-11-30 |
David Boon's 14th Test Cricket century, 111 v WI at Brisbane |
1992-12-09 |
Sri Lanka's third-ever Test Cricket victory (v NZ by 9 wkts) |
1992-12-30 |
Last day of Test Cricket for Michael Whitney |
1993-01-05 |
Brian Lara completes 277 v Australia at cricket SCG |
1993-01-06 |
Last day of Test cricket for Greg Matthews |
1993-02-26 |
Allan Border beats Gavaskar's record for most Test Cricket runs 10,123 |
1993-03-30 |
Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy |
1993-06-19 |
Boon completes 15th Test cricket century, 164* v England at Lord's |
1993-07-03 |
Boon completes 16th Test Cricket century, 101 at Trent Bridge |
1993-07-06 |
Graham Thorpe scores 114 on Test Cricket debut, England v Australia |
1993-07-19 |
Last day of 1st-class cricket for Ian Botham |
1993-07-23 |
Boon completes 17th Test Cricket century, 107 at Headingley |
1993-10-25 |
Daryll Cullinan hits 337* for Transvaal, SAf 1st-class cricket record |
1993-11-01 |
Last day in 1st-class cricket for Mike Whitney, NSW v NZ |
1993-11-27 |
Boon completes his 18th Test Cricket century (106 v NZ, Hobart) |
1993-11-27 |
India defeat West Indies in Bengal Jubilee Cricket Final, Kumble 6-12 |
1994-02-08 |
Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432 |
1994-03-23 |
Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev |
1994-03-29 |
Last day of Test cricket for Allan Border |
1994-03-30 |
Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy |
1994-03-30 |
England Cricket all out for 46 at Port-of-Spain |
1994-11-21 |
1st-class cricket debut of Andrew Symonds (Queensland v NSW, SCG) |
1994-12-28 |
Boon completes his 20th Test Cricket century (131 v England, MCG) |
1994-12-29 |
Shane Warne takes a hat-trick v England at cricket MCG |
1995-02-02 |
Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket |
1995-02-04 |
Zimbabwe's 1st Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning |
1995-02-06 |
Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket |
1995-02-07 |
Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Graham Gooch & Mike Gatting |
1995-03-28 |
Queensland beat S Aust to win 1st ever cricket Sheffield Shield |
1995-03-31 |
Bombay beat Punjab on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy |
1995-04-14 |
India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah |
1995-05-03 |
Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy |
1995-07-30 |
Dominic Cork takes hat-trick in England Test Cricket win v WI |
1995-07-30 |
Lara completes 5th Test Cricket century, 145 at Old Trafford |
1995-08-12 |
Lara completes 6th Test Cricket century, 152 at Trent Bridge |
1995-08-26 |
Lara completes 7th Test Cricket century, 179 at The Oval |
1995-08-28 |
Last day of Test Cricket for Richie Richardson |
1995-09-26 |
Earliest 1st-class cricket in Aust season (Qld v Western Prov) |
1995-09-26 |
Sri Lanka complete 2-1 Test Cricket series win in Pakistan from 0-1 |
1995-09-28 |
Troy Dixon scores cricket century on 1st-class debut for Qld v W Prov |
1995-10-27 |
Meyrick Pringle takes cricket hat-trick in England tour game at Soweto |
1995-11-04 |
1st-class Cricket debut of Paul Adams, W Province v N Transvaal |
1995-11-12 |
Last day of Test cricket for Martin Crowe |
1995-12-03 |
Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket v South Africa, a record |
1995-12-10 |
Ricky Ponting makes 96 on Test Cricket debut (Aust v Sri Lanka, WACA) |
1995-12-26 |
Paul Adams becomes S Afr's youngest Test Cricket player, 18 yrs 340 ds |
1995-12-27 |
Boon completes his 21st Test Cricket century (110 v SL, MCG) |
1995-12-31 |
Matthew Elliott scores separate cricket century same day for Victoria |
1996-01-29 |
Last day of Test cricket for David Boon |
1996-02-17 |
1st full ODI for the Netherlands, v NZ, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47 |
1996-02-18 |
1st full ODI for Kenya, Cricket World Cup v India |
1996-02-18 |
Tendulkar scores 127* in India's Cricket World Cup win over Kenya |
1996-02-29 |
Kenya defeat West Indies (all out 93) in Cricket World Cup |
1996-03-02 |
Tendulkar scores 137 for Ind v SL in Cricket World Cup, but still lose |
1996-03-06 |
Aravinda De Silva smashes 145 v Kenya in cricket World Cup at Kandy Sri Lanka score 5-398 in 50 overs in World Cup v Kenya |
1996-03-14 |
Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi |
1996-03-17 |
Aravinda De Silva gets 107* & 3-42 in cricket World Cup victory |
1996-03-26 |
Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Qld v Vic) |
1996-03-30 |
Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs NZ at Port-Of-Spain |
1996-05-17 |
Habib & Whitaker make 320 for 5th Cricket wkt, Leics v Worcs |
1996-06-09 |
Sunday League cricket game Kent 6-314 overhaul Leicestershire's 4-311 |
1996-06-22 |
Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test cricket debut |
1996-07-27 |
David Sales makes 210 on 1st class cricket debut for Northants v Worcs |
1996-09-14 |
Dean Headley takes 3rd cricket hat-trick of season, Kent v Hampshire |
1996-10-20 |
Wasim Akram & Saqlain Mushtaq gets cricket Test record 313 for 8th wkt |
1996-10-20 |
Wasim Akram scores cricket 257 v Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura, 12 sixes |
1996-10-24 |
Hasan Raza makes Test Cricket debut for Pakistan age 14 yrs 238 days |
1996-10-28 |
Goa upset Karnataka to win their 1st Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever |
1996-11-07 |
Wasim Jaffer gets 314* in 2nd cricket FC game for Mumbai v Saurashtra |
1996-11-24 |
Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup |
1996-11-24 |
Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan v NZ Lahore |
1996-12-01 |
Lance Klusener takes 8-64 in debut Test Cricket to trounce India |
1996-12-18 |
Start of 1st Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe & England |
1996-12-22 |
Zimbabwe & England draw Bulawayo Test Cricket with Eng need 1 to win |
1996-12-28 |
India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in cricket 1st inning |
2009-03-03 |
The Sri Lankan cricket team is attacked by terrorists while on their way to the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore for a Test match against Pakistan. |
2010-02-24 |
Sachin Tendulkar scored the the first double century in One Day International cricket. |
2012-08-20 |
South Africa become the top-ranked test cricket nation after defeating England |
2013-02-17 |
Australia defeat the West Indies to win the women's 2013 Cricket World Cup |
2013-06-23 |
India defeats England to win the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy in cricket |
2013-12-17 |
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Cricket - Notable Birthdays
Cricket - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1841-08-13 |
Unaarrimin, cricketer (played cricket as Johnny Mullagh) |
1845-11-14 |
Allen Hill, cricketer (took the 1st wicket in Test cricket) |
1851-07-23 |
Charles Bannerman, Aussie cricket batsman (1st centurion) |
1854-10-18 |
Bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket) |
1858-11-02 |
Lorimer Johnston, The Cricket on the Hearth |
1866-11-28 |
Arthur Frederick Augustus "Dick" Lilley, cricket keeper (England) |
1867-04-13 |
Sammy Woods, cricket bowler (Aust & England Rugby wing-forward) |
1867-05-10 |
Jim Kelly, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian 1896-1905) |
1867-05-12 |
Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner (great Aust at turn of century) |
1869-09-30 |
Ernest Jones, cricket pace bowler (marvellous Aust at turn of century) |
1870-08-11 |
Tom Richardson, legendary England cricket fast bowler (1893-98) |
1871-01-09 |
Charles Kortright, British(?) cricket player |
1871-01-25 |
Paul Gerson, The Cricket on the Hearth |
1874-07-10 |
Austin Diamond, cricket non-Test capt (NSW batsman 1899-1919, Aust) |
1878-01-26 |
A W "Dave" Nourse, cricketer ("Grand Old Man" of South African cricket) |
1879-08-07 |
J J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07) |
1882-02-09 |
Thomas Campbell, South African cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests 1909-12) |
1882-12-16 |
John Berry Hobbs, England, 1st cricket played knighted (1953) |
1883-02-21 |
J M M "Mick" Commaille, cricketer (dual South African cricket/soccer rep) |
1888-04-03 |
Neville Cardus, cricketer (doyen of cricket writers) |
1888-05-17 |
A P "Tich" Freeman, cricket leg-spinner (legend for Kent & England) |
1888-07-24 |
Arthur Richardson, Australian cricket batsman (20's) |
1890-07-06 |
Andrew Sandham, cricketer (Test cricket's 1st triple centurion) |
1891-02-11 |
J W Hearne, cricket leg-spinner (all-rounder for England in 24 Tests). Died 1965 |
1891-02-12 |
Cecil Dixon, cricket off-spinner (1 Test for South Africa, 3-118, pair) |
1893-05-21 |
Arthur Carr, cricket captain (England v Australia 1926) |
1893-11-23 |
Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler (took 60 wickets for South Africa) |
1895-04-04 |
Charlie Hallows, cricket batsman (Lancs played for England 1921-28) |
1895-07-21 |
H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket Test captain (1927-31) |
1899-07-27 |
Perc Hornibrook, Australian cricket left-arm bowler (20's) |
1900-07-20 |
Maurice Leyland, prolific cricket left-handed batsman (England) |
1901-05-09 |
George Duckworth, cricket wicket-keeper (England late 20's early 30's) |
1902-07-03 |
Jack Newman, NZ cricket lefty pace bowler (1932-33, later knighted) |
1902-09-21 |
Learie [Nicholas] Constantine, Trinidad cricket player |
1904-03-12 |
Ken James, cricket wicketkeeper (NZ's 1st Test, later Northants) |
1904-12-12 |
Jim Christy, righty cricket batter (Transvaal, Queensland & South Africa) |
1905-04-14 |
Holmesdale Charles "Slinger" Nitschke, cricket batsman (S Aus & Test) |
1905-07-05 |
Jock Cameron, South African cricket keeper (captain) |
1906-02-27 |
Alexander Matheson, NZ cricket pace bowler (2 Tests 1930-31) |
1906-04-15 |
A J "Sandy" Bell, South African cricket fast bowler (16 Tests 1929-35) |
1907-02-07 |
E.W. Swanton, BBC TV Cricket |
1908-01-25 |
W H V "Hopper" Levett, cricket keeper (England in 1 Test in Calcutta) |
1908-03-30 |
Leslie O'Brien "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith, Chinese cricket bowler |
1908-08-23 |
Ben Barnett, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (1938 England tour) |
1909-02-19 |
Charlie Walker, South Aust cricket wicket-keeper (toured but no Tests) |
1909-07-15 |
John Cochrane, South African cricket pace bowler (one Test 1931) |
1909-08-24 |
Ronnie Grieveson, South African cricket keeper/batsman (2 Tests v Eng 1939) |
1909-08-26 |
Eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler (5 Tests for South Africa 1935-39) |
1910-08-11 |
Denis Moloney, NZ cricket all-rounder (1937 England tour) |
1911-07-08 |
Ken Farnes, cricket bowler (fast England in pre-WW II years) |
1911-07-20 |
Baqa Jilani, Indian cricket fast bowler (Test 1936) |
1911-08-06 |
Norman Gordon, S Afri cricket pace bowler (against England 1938-39) |
1911-9-16 |
Roy Rich, It's Not Cricket |
1912-11-20 |
Wilf Wooller, BBC TV Cricket |
1912-12-04 |
Jack Walsh, NSW/Leicestershire cricket china bowler (didn't rep Aust) |
1914-02-25 |
John Arlott, cricketer (the doyen of cricket commentators & writers) |
1914-06-18 |
Billy Wade, cricket wicket-keeper (South African in 11 Tests 1938-50) |
1914-12-15 |
Ernie Toshack, cricket pace bowler (Aussie left-arm post-WWII) |
1915-03-19 |
Norman Yardley, English cricket captain (late 40's) |
1915-07-27 |
Jack Iverson, Australian cricket mystery spinner (late 40's) |
1917-05-05 |
Ron Saggers, cricket wicket-keeper (effective NSW & Aussie late 40's) |
1917-09-06 |
George Mann, captain English cricket team |
1917-12-14 |
Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg-spinner (West Indian of post-WWII years) |
1918-05-14 |
Arthur McIntyre, cricket wicket-keeper (England 3 times early 50's) |
1919-12-30 |
Dick Spooner, England, cricket wicketkeeper (Godfrey Evans' shadow) |
1920-01-05 |
Mohammad Aslam Khokhar, cricket (Pak bat scored 16 & 18 in only test) |
1920-08-18 |
[Thomas] Godfrey Evans, English cricket keeper (1950's) |
1921-04-05 |
Les Jackson, cricket bowler (England twice, 1949 & 1961) |
1921-08-20 |
Jack Wilson, cricket slow left-armer (Test for Australia 1956) |
1921-08-23 |
Sam Cook, Forty Years at the Cricket |
1922-01-19 |
Arthur Morris, ESPN's Legends of Cricket |
1922-02-09 |
James C "Jim" Laker, Bradford England, cricket off spinner |
1922-02-26 |
Bill Johnston, cricket pace bowler (mighty Australian lefty post-war) |
1922-03-05 |
Ebrahim Maka, Indian cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests 1952) |
1923-05-23 |
Nirode Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler (1949-52) |
1923-08-10 |
Fred Ridgway, England cricket pace bowler (1951-52 Indian tour) |
1923-08-18 |
Jahangir Khan Irani, cricket wicketkeeper for India (1947-8 Aust tour) |
1923-08-29 |
Hirulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder (Test for India 1952-53) |
1923-12-03 |
Trevor Bailey, England, cricket all-rounder (batted & ran) |
1924-06-08 |
Ian Colquhoun, cricket wicket keeper (NZ vs England 1954-55) |
1924-08-12 |
Derek Shackleton, England cricket pace bowler (50's) |
1924-08-28 |
Tony MacGibbon, NZ cricket fast bowler (took 70 wickets in 1950's) |
1925-01-12 |
Ralph Legall, cricket wicket-keeper (WI v India 1954) |
1925-02-23 |
Ian Smith, cricket leg-spinner (S Afr 1947-58 avg 64.08) |
1925-02-26 |
Everton Weekes, West Indian cricket player |
1925-04-13 |
Frank Chamberlain, CEO (Test & County Cricket Board) |
1925-12-03 |
Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman (18 Tests during 1950's) |
1926-05-24 |
Len Maddocks, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian mid-50's) |
1926-05-31 |
Probir Sen, cricket wicketkeeper (India in late 40's/early 50's) |
1926-10-27 |
P G "Nana" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper (Indian during 1950's) |
1926-11-22 |
Zulfiqar Ahmed, Pakistani cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1952-56) |
1927-05-01 |
Israr Ali, cricket pace bowler (Pakistani in 4 Tests 1952-59) |
1927-05-05 |
Sid O'Linn, cricketer (soccer for South Africa 1947, cricket 1960) |
1927-06-16 |
Thomas W "Tom" Graveney, English cricket batsman (50's & 60's) |
1927-07-16 |
John Warr, England, cricket bowler (avg 281)/president (MCC) |
1928-02-11 |
Gerry Alexander, cricket wicketkeeper (WI of 50s & 60s) |
1929-05-01 |
Sonny Ramadhin, cricket spin bowler (great WI) |
1929-07-24 |
Alfred Binns, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper (1953-56) |
1929-11-08 |
Trevor McMahon, NZ cricket wicketkeeper (v India & Pak 1955-56) |
1929-12-12 |
Doug Ford, cricket wicket-keeper (successful NSW of 50's) |
1930-01-19 |
John Waite, cricket wicket-keeper (great South African) |
1930-03-29 |
G R Sunderam, cricket pace bowler (2 Tests India v NZ 1955-56) |
1930-04-25 |
Roy Marshall, cricket opener (prolific Hampshire only 4 Tests for WI) |
1930-08-23 |
Jack Bannister, BBC TV Cricket |
1930-10-06 |
Richie Benaud, cricket captain (great Aussie leg-spinner, commentator) |
1930-11-14 |
Alan Moss, cricket pace bowler (England during 50's) |
1931-02-16 |
Gamini Goonesena, cricket leg-spinner (all-rounder for Ceylon, Notts) |
1931-07-28 |
Johnny Martin, Australian cricket left-arm chinaman bowler (60's) |
1931-08-04 |
Narendra Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicketkeeper (1950's) |
1931-10-04 |
Basil D'Oliveira, Not Cricket: The Basil d'Oliveira Conspiracy |
1932-01-29 |
Raman Subba Row, CEO (Test/County Cricket Board) |
1932-02-29 |
Gavin Stevens, cricket (Australian bat on 59-60 India/Pakistan tour) |
1932-04-02 |
Mahmood Hussain, Pakistani cricket swing bowler (68 wkts in 27 Tests) |
1932-05-06 |
John Bond, cricket umpire |
1932-09-16 |
Mickey Stewart, manager (England Cricket Team) |
1932-12-07 |
Geoff Lawson, Australian cricket player |
1932-12-24 |
[Michael] Colin Cowdrey, English cricket player |
1933-01-10 |
Len Coldwell, cricket bowler (England medium-fast in 7 Tests 1962-64) |
1933-07-23 |
Charlie Cullin, The Silence of Cricket Coogler |
1933-07-29 |
Cammie Smith, WI cricket opening batsman (1960-62) |
1933-10-19 |
Brian Booth, cricketer (dual Australian cricket/hockey international) |
1933-10-23 |
Tom Dewdney, cricket pace bowler (WI of 50's) |
1934-07-02 |
Ivan Madray, WI cricket leg-spin all rounder, 2 Tests 3 runs 0-108) |
1934-07-10 |
Munir Malik, Pakistani cricket pace bowler (3 Tests 1959-62) |
1934-07-13 |
Ivor Mendonca, WI cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests 1962) |
1934-07-21 |
Chandu Borde, cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67) |
1934-07-29 |
Alfred Scott, WI cricket leg-spinner (son of O C, Test 0-140) |
1934-08-15 |
Reg Scarlett, WI cricket off-spinner (3 Tests 1960) |
1935-04-08 |
Donald Thompsett, cricket umpire |
1935-05-15 |
Ted Dexter, BBC TV Cricket |
1935-07-22 |
Tom Cartwright, England cricket medium pacer (5 Tests 1964-65) |
1935-07-24 |
George Varnals, South African cricket batsman (England 1964-65) |
1935-10-05 |
Jimmy Binks, cricket wicket-keeper (England twice v India 1964) |
1935-12-04 |
Fred Rumsey, England, cricket lefty pace bowler (5 Tests 1964-65) |
1936-02-13 |
John Harris, British(?) cricket player |
1936-02-17 |
Peter Walker, cricket all-rounder (Glamorgan did little for Eng 1960) |
1936-02-17 |
Peter Walker, BBC TV Cricket |
1936-07-22 |
Harold "Dusty" Rhodes, England cricket pace bowler (1959) |
1936-07-28 |
Gary Sobers, ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 Opening Ceremonies |
1936-10-10 |
Art Dick, cricket wicket-keeper (NZ of 60's) |
1936-10-25 |
Alan Smith, cricket wicket-keeper (England1962-63 Aust-NZ tour) |
1937-02-11 |
Bill Lawry, Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 |
1937-03-11 |
John Ward, NZ cricket wicket-keeper (8 Tests 1964-68) |
1937-07-14 |
Khalid Hassan, Pak cricket leg-spinner (took 2-116 at 16 in only Test) |
1937-07-22 |
John Price, England cricket fast-medium bowler (1964-72) |
1937-07-22 |
V B Ranjane, Indian cricket fast bowler (early 1960's) |
1937-12-17 |
Kerry Packer, Channel Nine Cricket |
1938-02-25 |
Farokh Engineer, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1961-75) |
1938-05-24 |
Glen Hall, cricket leg-spinner (South African in one Test v England 1964) |
1938-07-01 |
Chester Watson, West Indian cricket fast bowler (early 60s) |
1938-07-04 |
Cyril Mitchley, cricket wicket-keeper (Transvaal, later Test umpire) |
1938-07-24 |
John Sparling, NZ cricket all-rounder (11 Tests 1958-64) |
1939-06-11 |
Rachel Heyhoe Flint, English cricket player/journalist |
1939-07-15 |
Haseeb Ahsan, Pakistani cricket off-spinner (12 Tests 1958-62) |
1939-09-23 |
Henry Blofeld, English cricket commentator |
1939-11-05 |
Ken Walter, South African cricket pace bowler (1961-62 series v NZ) |
1940-04-29 |
Brian Taber, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian between Grout & Marsh) |
1940-05-18 |
Pat Trimborn, cricket pace bowler (South African in 4 Tests 1966-70) |
1940-07-10 |
Keith Stackpole, ESPN's Legends of Cricket |
1940-08-01 |
Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire |
1940-11-16 |
Chris Balderstone, cricket batsman (England, belated faced WI in 1976) |
1941-02-03 |
Gary Bartlett, cricket pace bowler (NZ in 10 Tests in the 1960's) |
1941-07-13 |
Graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler (1964 England tour) |
1941-12-28 |
Intikhab Alam, Pakistan cricket leg-spinner (1959-77) |
1942-08-30 |
Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricket left-arm spinner (19 Tests 1964-73) |
1943-05-20 |
Deryck Murray, cricket wicket-keeper (West Indian 1963-80) |
1943-08-10 |
Shafqat Rana, Pakistani cricket batsman (5 Tests 1964-69) |
1943-08-14 |
Barrie Leadbeater, cricket umpire |
1943-09-26 |
Ian Chappell, Australian cricket player (batsman 1964-80) |
1943-10-19 |
Michael Findlay, cricket wicket-keeper (WI early 70's) |
1944-02-22 |
Ranjit Fernando, Sri Lankan cricket wicketkeeper (1975 World Cup) |
1944-05-20 |
Keith Fletcher, cricket captain (Essex & England) |
1944-07-13 |
Eric Freeman, Australian cricket pace bowler (late 60's) |
1944-07-29 |
Terry Jarvis, NZ cricket opener (387 partnership w/Turner v WI 1972) |
1944-08-01 |
Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire |
1944-09-25 |
Grayson Shillingford, cricket bowler (WI 1969-71, 7 Tests 15 wickets) |
1944-11-16 |
David O'Sullivan, NZ cricket left-arm spinner (in 11 Tests 1973-76) |
1944-12-29 |
Rodney Redmond, NZ cricket (opener scored century in Test v Pak 1973) |
1945-01-20 |
Christopher Martin-Jenkins, cricket commentator and correspondent |
1945-07-13 |
Ashley "Rowdy" Mallett, Australian cricket off-spinner (1968-80) |
1945-07-16 |
Barry Dudleston, cricket umpire |
1945-07-21 |
Barry Richards, extraordinary cricket batsman (4 Tests for South Africa) |
1945-07-21 |
Geoff Dymock, Australian cricket left-arm pace bowler (1974-80) |
1945-10-17 |
Jimmy Cricket, Episode #4.1 |
1945-11-08 |
Tony Mann, Aust cricket leggie (1977 century as nightwatchman v India) |
1945-11-11 |
Niaz Ahmed, cricketer (1st & last East Pakistani to play Test cricket) |
1946-02-21 |
Desmond Lewis, WI cricket batsman/keeper (avg 86.33 in 3 Tests) |
1946-03-08 |
Mohammad Nazir, Pakistani cricket off-spinner (14 Tests 1969-83) |
1946-04-09 |
Alan Knott, great English cricket wicketkeeper (1967-81) |
1946-04-21 |
S Venkataraghavan, cricket (Indian off-spinner, Test ump, ICC referee) |
1946-10-31 |
Ramnath Parkar, cricket batsman (Indian in 2 Tests v England 1972-73) |
1946-11-30 |
Ken Wadsworth, cricket keeper (NZ dashing batsman) |
1946-9-15 |
Mike Procter, ESPN's Legends of Cricket |
1947-07-12 |
Pollamani Krishnamurthy, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1971 WI tour) |
1947-07-21 |
Chetan Chauhan, Indian cricket opener (Gavaskar's partner for a while) |
1947-08-10 |
Alan Ward, England cricket pace bowler (1969-76) |
1947-12-02 |
Dhiraj Parsana, cricket pace bowler (Indian v WI 1978-79) |
1948-02-04 |
Rakesh Shukla, cricket leg-spinner (1 Test India v Sri Lanka 1982) |
1948-03-19 |
Vintcent Van der Bijl, Natal cricket bowler (superb 2m of 70's & 80's) |
1948-03-23 |
Wasim Bari, cricket wicket-keeper (Pakistan's most successful) |
1948-08-07 |
Greg Chappell, Channel Nine Cricket |
1948-09-12 |
Max Walker, Australian cricket player |
1949-02-07 |
Sunil Wettimuny, cricket (Sri Lanka open batsman 1975-79 World Cups) |
1949-02-20 |
Eddie Hemmings, cricket off-spinner (immense England) |
1949-07-10 |
Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricket player (opener, 10122 Test runs) |
1949-07-18 |
Dennis Lillee, Australian cricket fast bowler (1971-84) |
1949-07-23 |
Clive Rice, South African cricket all-rounder (WSC 1978-79, ODI 1991) |
1950-03-01 |
Shahid Israr, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper (in one Test v NZ 1976) |
1950-07-23 |
Alan Turner, Aussie cricket left-handed opener (World Cup ton 1975) |
1951-03-08 |
Phil Edmonds, BBC TV Cricket |
1951-07-03 |
Richard Hadlee, Christchurch, New Zealand, cricket bowler (431 wickets) |
1952-03-19 |
Warren Lees, NZ cricket wicket-keeper (late 70's) |
1952-07-22 |
Herbert Chang, West Indian cricket batsman (1979) |
1952-08-20 |
John Emburey, England cricket off-spinner (1978-95, captain 1988) |
1953-07-13 |
Larry Gomes, dependable WI cricket left-handed batsman (1976-87) |
1954-02-16 |
Michael Holding, cricket fast bowler (Whispering Death-Awesome for WI) |
1954-02-25 |
Steve Rixon, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (1977-85) |
1954-06-20 |
Alan [Joseph] Lamb, South African/British cricket player (Northampton) |
1954-07-13 |
Ray "Candles" Bright, Australian cricket slow-left armer (1977-86) |
1954-11-12 |
Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper (India 1979) |
1955-05-21 |
Liaqat Ali, cricket pace bowler (Pakistani in six Tests 1975-79) |
1955-07-19 |
Roger Binny, Indian cricket medium-pace all-rounder (early 80's) |
1955-07-27 |
Allan Border, cricket captain (Australia) |
1955-12-06 |
Malcolm Jarvis, cricket lefty paceman (Zimbabwe's 1st Test side) |
1956-02-15 |
Desmond Haynes, cricket (WI opener-greatest batsman in 1-day history) |
1956-02-19 |
Steve Randell, Tasmanian cricket Test umpire (international panel) |
1956-03-28 |
Asoka De Silva, cricket leg-spinner (Sri Lanka in 10 Tests 1985-91) |
1956-03-28 |
T A Sekar, Indian cricket pace-bowler (2 Tests 1982-83 little impact) |
1956-04-02 |
Farrukh Zaman, lefty cricket spinner (bowled 10 overs Pak v NZ 1976) |
1956-05-28 |
Jeff Dujon, cricket wicket-keeper (WI 1981-91, their most successful) |
1956-08-12 |
Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lanka cricket opener (190 v England Lords 1984) |
1956-9-14 |
Paul Allott, Sky Sports Cricket |
1957-02-13 |
Thelston Payne, cricket wicket-keeper (WI 1986) |
1957-02-28 |
Ian Smith, cricket wicket-keeper (NZ of the 80's) |
1957-9-29 |
Chris Broad, BBC TV Cricket |
1958-03-01 |
Wayne B Phillips, cricket wicket-keeper (Australia) |
1958-04-04 |
Derek Kallicharran, cricket all-rounder (Guyana, USA 1994 ICC Trophy) |
1958-04-22 |
Ashraf Ali, cricket wicket-keeper (Pakistani mid-80s) |
1958-08-10 |
Jack Richards, English cricket wicket-keeper (mid-80's) |
1959-02-15 |
Guy De Alwis, cricket wicket-keeper (Sri Lankan mid 80s) |
1959-02-24 |
Michael Roy Whitney, cricket (great NSW & Aussie lefty quick 1981-92) |
1959-11-08 |
Simon Davis, Victorian cricket pace bowler (Test v NZ 1986, no wkts) |
1960-04-04 |
Jonathan Agnew, Macclesfield, Cheshire, English cricket broadcaster |
1960-05-09 |
Iain Butchart, cricket all-rounder (Zimbabwe, Test v Pak 1995) |
1960-05-27 |
Vinodhan John, cricket pace bowler (Sri Lankan in 6 Tests 1983-84) |
1960-08-03 |
Gopal Sharma, Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85) |
1961-02-02 |
Joey Benjamin, cricket pace bowler (in St Kitts England in 1994) |
1961-03-24 |
Dean Jones, Sky Sports Cricket |
1961-09-30 |
Chandrakant Pandit, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (late 80's) |
1962-11-29 |
Sadanand Viswanath, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (v Sri Lanka 1985-86) |
1963-02-07 |
Roland Lefebvre, cricket pace bowler (Glamorgan & Holland) |
1963-08-15 |
Jack Russell, superb England cricket wicket-keeper (36 Tests 1988-94) |
1963-11-04 |
David Williams, WI cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests 1992) |
1963-12-03 |
Ashley De Silva, Sri Lankan Cricket wicketkeeper (1993) |
1964-02-12 |
Milton Small, cricket pace bowler (WI v Australia 1984) |
1964-04-30 |
Ian Healy, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian since 1988) |
1964-07-05 |
Salim Raza, UAE cricket all-rounder (1996 World Cup) |
1964-12-01 |
Soren Henriksen, Denmark cricket all-rounder (86-94 ICC, Lancs 85-86) |
1964-12-27 |
David Tikolo, Kenyan cricket batsman (1996 World Cup) |
1965-02-15 |
Craig Matthews, cricket pace bowler (South African Test) |
1965-03-17 |
Andrew Hudson, South African cricket player |
1965-04-14 |
Craig McDermott, cricket pace bowler (tireless Austr since 1984) |
1965-08-31 |
Willie Watson, cricket pace bowler (NZ) |
1965-10-02 |
Tom Moody, cricket batsman (Australian 1989-92 Ton in 26 mins) |
1965-10-02 |
Tom Moody, Sky Sports Cricket |
1965-10-17 |
Pinnaduwage Aravinda De Silva, cricket (Sri Lanka's greatest batsman) |
1966-01-22 |
Nishantha Ranatunga, cricket (bro of Arjuna Sri Lankan ODI allrounder) |
1966-02-03 |
Danny Morrison, cricket pace bowler (NZ since 1987) |
1966-02-18 |
Phillip De Freitas, cricket pace bowler (in Dominica England 1986-95) |
1966-05-28 |
Gavin Robertson, NSW cricket off-spin all-rounder (Aust ODI-Pak 1994) |
1966-05-30 |
Gary Martin, cricket pace bowler (Zimbabwe ODI) |
1966-06-22 |
Meyrick Pringle, cricket pace bowler (South African) |
1966-11-07 |
Murphy Logo Su'a, cricket pace bowler (NZ left-arm of Samoan parents) |
1967-11-26 |
Ridley Jacobs, cricket wicket-keeper (West Indian ODI 1996) |
1967-12-02 |
Naeem Akhtar, Rawalpindi cricket medium-pacer (10-28 vs Peshawar 1995) |
1968-01-09 |
Jimmy Adams, Sky Sports Cricket |
1968-01-29 |
Chris Pringle, (New Zealand cricket pace bowler (since 1990) |
1968-02-06 |
Imtiaz Abbasi, UAE cricket wicket-keeper (World Cup 1996) |
1968-02-22 |
Abeyratne Samarasekera, UAE cricket all-rounder (1996 World Cup) |
1968-02-22 |
Johanne Samarasekera, UAE cricket opening bowler (96 World Cup) |
1968-05-05 |
Tim Neilsen, cricket wicket-keeper (South Australian 1991) |
1968-10-16 |
Robert van Oosterom, cricket opening batsman (Holland 1996 World Cup) |
1968-11-21 |
Andy Caddick, English cricket pace bowler (NZ 1993) |
1968-12-22 |
Lauralee "Bug" Bell, Chicago Ill, actress (Cricket-Young & Restless) |
1969-01-27 |
Shane Thomson, NZ cricket off-spin all rounder (since 1990) |
1969-02-06 |
Rajindra Dhanraj, Trinidad cricket leg-spinner (WI 1994-95) |
1969-02-11 |
Mark Atkinson, cricket wicket-keeper (Tasmanian batsman) |
1969-05-02 |
Brian Lara, Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 |
1969-07-26 |
Jonty Rhodes, South African cricket batsman (brilliant fielder) |
1969-07-30 |
Errol Stewart, South African cricket wicket-keeper (limited-over 1993) |
1969-08-06 |
Simon Doull, cricket medium pacer (NZ) |
1969-08-25 |
Vivek Razdan, cricket pace bowler (Indian Test 1989-90) |
1969-09-25 |
Hansie Cronje, cricket captain (solid South African batsman) |
1969-11-11 |
Michael Owens, cricket pace bowler (NZ Test) |
1969-11-20 |
Chris Harris, EA Sports Cricket 2001 |
1969-11-24 |
Romesh Kaluwitharana, cricket (big-hit SL batsman, ton on Test debut) |
1969-12-05 |
Mark Dekker, Zimbabwe cricket opening batsman (1993- ) |
1970-01-27 |
Dean Headley, cricket (grandson of George, England ODI quick 1996) |
1970-02-19 |
Ruwan Kalpage, cricket off-spinner (Sri Lankan) |
1970-04-24 |
Damien Fleming, Aust cricket pace bowler (hat-trick on Test debut) |
1970-06-13 |
Chris Cairns, EA Sports Cricket 2001 |
1970-07-11 |
Pubudu Dissanayake, Sri Lanka cricket wicket-keeper (1993) |
1970-07-17 |
Adam Rubin, The Cricket Player |
1970-08-26 |
Brett Schultz, cricket pace bowler (South African Test) |
1970-10-19 |
Chamara Dunusinghe, cricket wicketkeeper (Sri Lanka 1995) |
1970-11-28 |
Arshad Laiq, cricket all-rounder (United Arab Emirates World Cup 1996) |
1970-11-30 |
Johnny Ryan, Pig Goat Banana Cricket High Five! |
1971-01-23 |
Adam Parore, cricket wicket-keeper (NZ, 1st Maori Test centurion) |
1971-02-04 |
Cricket Lee, Fight! |
1971-11-12 |
Shakeel Ahmed, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper (v West Indies 1993) |
1971-11-14 |
Adam Gilchrist, cricket wicket-keeper (hard-hit Australian ODI 1996) |
1971-11-20 |
Dion Nash, EA Sports Cricket 2001 |
1971-11-30 |
Heath Te-Ihi-O-Te-Rangy Davis, cricket bowler (NZ open v England 1994) |
1971-9-15 |
Nathan Astle, EA Sports Cricket 2001 |
1972-06-09 |
Bryan Strang, cricket pace bowler (brother of Paul Zimbabwe 1995- ) |
1972-06-20 |
Paras Mhambrey, Indian cricket pace bowler (Test v England 1996) |
1972-10-02 |
Adrian Van Troost, fast cricket bowler (Somerset & Holland) |
1972-10-11 |
Troy Corbett, cricket pace bowler (Victorian lefty since 1994-95) |
1972-12-31 |
Cricket, Gangbang Girl 25 |
1973-01-11 |
Rahul Dravid, cricket batter (prolific Karnataka, Tests for India 96) |
1973-02-06 |
Lulama Masikazana, cricket wicket-keeper (Kwazulu for E Province) |
1973-03-11 |
Kennedy Otieno, Kenya cricket wicket-keeper (85 v Aust 1996 World Cup) |
1973-07-28 |
Nixon A McNamara McClean, West Indies cricket fast bowler (ODI 1996) |
1973-08-08 |
Shane Lee, cricket all-rounder (NSW & Somerset, Australian ODI 1995-) |
1973-11-10 |
Zahid Fazal, Pakistani cricket batsman (occasional Tests since 1992) |
1974-01-26 |
Leticia Quinto, The Happy Cricket and the Giant Bugs |
1974-12-10 |
Chris Martin, EA Sports Cricket 2001 |
1974-12-19 |
Ricky Ponting, Cricket Superstar |
1975-01-27 |
Chaminda Vaas, brilliant Sri Lankan cricket pace bowler (1994- ) |
1975-02-28 |
Azhar Mahmood, cricket pace bowler (Pakistani ODI 1996) |
1975-11-09 |
Mathew Sinclair, EA Sports Cricket 2001 |
1976-04-13 |
Everton Matambanadzo, Zimbabwean cricket pace bowler (v Paki 1996) |
1977-03-02 |
Andrew Strauss, English cricket player |
1977-04-12 |
Glenn Rogers, Scottish Cricket Player |
1979-01-27 |
Daniel Vettori, EA Sports Cricket 2001 |
1980-11-07 |
James Franklin, New Zealand Cricket player |
1981-06-17 |
Shane Watson, Australian cricket all-rounder |
1982-12-20 |
Mohammed Asif, Pakistani cricket player |
1984-05-04 |
Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi test cricket player (d. 2007) |
1985-03-09 |
Parthiv Patel, Indian Cricket Player |
1985-03-26 |
Prosper Utseya, Zimbabwean cricket captain |
1985-11-11 |
Robin Uthappa, Indian cricket player |
1987-11-17 |
Ryan Kalman, The Cricket Player |
1990-11-03 |
Ellyse Perry, Australian soccer player/cricket player |
Cricket - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1832-01-13 |
Thomas Lord, English cricketer, founder of Lord's cricket ground (b. 1755) |
1884-09-28 |
Fred Morley, cricket lefty quick (16 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng), dies |
1891-01-04 |
Joe Hunter, cricket wicket-keeper (England on 1884-85 Aust tour), dies |
1892-02-19 |
Monty Bowden, cricket captain (England v South Africa 1889), dies at 26 |
1897-01-30 |
John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies |
1903-12-11 |
Patrick McShane, cricket player/ump (1884-85 Ashes series), dies |
1904-06-03 |
Vincent Tancred, cricket (Bernard & Louis bro, Test for S A), suicide |
1907-11-21 |
Harry Boyle, round-arm cricket bowler (12 of Aust's early Tests), dies |
1909-07-10 |
Flooi Du Toit, cricket leg-spinner (Test for South Africa 1892), dies |
1910-07-03 |
Mordecai Sherwin, English cricket wicketkeeper (Aust 1886-88), dies |
1910-08-29 |
Allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies |
1912-02-28 |
Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies |
1914-05-13 |
R E Foster, only dual England captain at cricket & soccer, dies |
1916-08-01 |
Claude Newberry, South African cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies |
1917-02-09 |
Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies |
1917-03-18 |
William Shalders, South African cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies |
1919-04-30 |
Henry Wood, England cricket wicket keeper (in 4 Tests 1888-92), dies |
1919-08-20 |
Gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies |
1919-10-27 |
John Harry, cricket wicketkeeper (Aust one Test 1895, one catch), dies |
1921-01-29 |
Billy Gunn, cricket (score 392 runs for Eng including a century), dies |
1921-04-29 |
Arthur Mold, Brit cricket bowler (1893, banished for throwing), dies |
1923-06-26 |
Edward Rae, cricketer (introduced cricket into Russian Lapland), dies |
1923-11-25 |
Syd Callaway, cricket all-round (3 Tests for Australia 1891-95), dies |
1924-04-16 |
Jack Board, cricket wicket-keeper (Eng in 6 Tests 1898-1906), dies |
1924-04-24 |
George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies |
1927-06-11 |
William Attewell, cricket bowler (England in 10 Tests 1884-1891), dies |
1929-11-09 |
Nicolaas Theunissen, South African cricket break bowler (2nd Test 1889), dies |
1930-01-28 |
Clarence Skelton Wimble, cricket (score pair in Test for S Af), dies |
1930-06-12 |
Dyce Willcocks, cricketer ("Grand Old Man" of Canadian cricket), dies |
1930-11-27 |
J T Tyldesley, cricket (1661 runs in 31 Tests for Eng 1898-1909), dies |
1932-06-05 |
Henry Taberer, cricket (bowl Trumper only Test wkt for South Africa), dies |
1932-07-09 |
Henry Howell, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests 1920-24), dies |
1935-01-10 |
Charlie McGahey, cricket (MCC tour of Aus 1901-02 cured his TB), dies |
1935-06-30 |
William Brockwell, cricket (Brit all-rounder in 7 Tests 1893-99), dies |
1935-11-02 |
H B "Jock" Cameron, South African cricket captain (v England 1935, age 30), dies |
1936-01-15 |
Henry Forster, cricket (Hants & Oxford U, Gov-Gen of Australia), dies |
1936-02-16 |
Tommy Ward, South African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted |
1937-02-20 |
"Barlow" Carkeek, Aust cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies |
1937-06-04 |
Donald Eligon, cricketer (Trinidad, nail in his cricket boot), dies |
1937-11-12 |
Harry Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper (v WI 1928), dies |
1938-04-04 |
Cyril Christiani, cricket wicket keep (WI 1935), dies of malaria at 24 |
1940-06-22 |
M A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies |
1940-12-13 |
Dusty Tapscott, cricket (bro of Doodles, 4&1 in only S Af Test), dies |
1941-02-19 |
Alexander Josiah Webbe, English cricket keeper (v Aus 1879), dies |
1941-02-20 |
Lorimer Johnston, The Cricket on the Hearth |
1944-01-01 |
C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies |
1944-09-26 |
Julien Cahn, cricketer (private cricket promoter during 30's), dies |
1946-05-07 |
Joe Humphries, cricket wicket keeper (3 Tests for England 1907-08), dies |
1947-01-29 |
Fred Barratt, cricket (5 wkts at 47 in 5 Tests for Eng 1929-30), dies |
1947-04-02 |
Joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for Eng 1907-08), dies |
1947-10-12 |
Nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42 |
1948-02-10 |
Ewart Astill, cricket all-rounder (9 Tests for England 1927-30), dies |
1948-06-08 |
Hanson Carter, cricket (28 Tests for Aust, caught 44 stumped 21), dies |
1949-08-30 |
Arthur Fielder, England cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), dies |
1949-11-01 |
Leslie Gay, cricket wicket-keeper/goalkeeper (England in 1890's), dies |
1950-03-23 |
Douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies |
1950-06-04 |
Sam Staples, cricket pace bowler (3 Tests 1927-28), dies |
1951-06-11 |
Montagu Odd, cricket bat-maker (W G Grace), dies |
1951-08-03 |
Neville Tufnell, cricket wicket keeper (Test for England 1910), dies |
1952-01-05 |
Nawab of Pataudi, cricket (play polo 3 Tests for Eng 3 for Ind), dies |
1952-12-19 |
Harry Makepeace, cricketer (cricket & soccer intl for England), dies |
1957-06-06 |
Paul Gerson, The Cricket on the Hearth |
1958-09-09 |
Charles Macartney, cricket (35 Tests 1907-26, 2131 runs 45 wkts), dies |
1959-01-17 |
Abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi |
1959-09-09 |
O'Neil Gordon Collie Smith, WI cricket all-rounder, dies in car crash |
1959-12-10 |
Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies |
1961-02-23 |
Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies |
1964-01-12 |
C R Browne, cricket leg-spinner (WI in 4 Tests, 6 wkts), dies |
1964-02-06 |
W L Cornford, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests v NZ 1930), dies |
1964-02-20 |
R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (South Africa 1927-28), dies |
1965-01-28 |
Tich Freeman, cricket (3776 FC wickets leg-spin, 304 in 1928), dies |
1965-07-07 |
Bill Hitch, England cricket fast-bowler (7 Tests 1911-21), dies |
1965-10-17 |
Barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies |
1966-08-14 |
S J "Tip" Snooke, South African cricket all-rounder (26 Tests 1905-23), dies |
1967-01-07 |
Sid Emery, cricket leg-spinner (NSW & Aus, 5 wkt in 1912 series), dies |
1967-01-28 |
Stanley Coen, cricket (2 Tests for S Af, hs 41 not out, avg 50), dies |
1967-11-23 |
Freddie Martin, cricket WI batsman, (9 Tests 486 runs 1 century), dies |
1968-05-10 |
Maurie Sievers, cricket medium-pacer (Austral v England 1936-37), dies |
1969-01-13 |
Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (England, v Aust Headingley 1938), dies |
1970-01-27 |
Probir Sen, cricket (20 catch & 11 stumpings, 14 Tests for Ind), dies |
1971-02-01 |
Jim A J Christy, cricket (10 Tests for S Af, 638 runs at 34 33), dies |
1971-02-26 |
Edward van der Merwe, cricket keeper (S Afr in 2 Tests in 30's), dies |
1971-03-18 |
George Wood, England cricket wicketkeeper (v South Africa 1924), dies |
1971-11-23 |
Lisle Nagel, Australian cricket opening bowler (1932), dies |
1972-07-06 |
Vincent Valentine, WI cricket pace bowler (England 1933), dies |
1972-09-10 |
Sidney Pegler, cricket leg spinner (leading S Afr prior to WWI), dies |
1973-04-01 |
Arthur Wood, cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39), dies |
1973-08-31 |
Stan Worthington, English cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1930-36), dies |
1976-02-02 |
Harry Elliott, England cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests 1927-34), dies |
1977-11-22 |
Reg Perks, England cricket pace bowler (1938-39), dies |
1978-01-09 |
Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies |
1978-03-30 |
George Paine, lefty cricket spinner (for England in WI 1935), dies |
1979-02-09 |
C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies |
1979-02-21 |
Glendon Gibbs, cricketer (Test Cricket WI v Australia 1955), dies |
1979-07-17 |
Doug Meintjes, South African cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies |
1979-08-31 |
E J "Tiger" Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper 1911-14), dies |
1979-11-14 |
Bill Farrimond, England cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies |
1980-01-31 |
J P Duminy, cricket (30 runs at 5 & 1 wkt at 39 in 3 Test S Af), dies |
1980-05-02 |
Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies |
1980-11-21 |
Jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies |
1981-05-08 |
Maurice Fernandes, cricket captain (WI in 1st Test win, 1930 v Eng), dies |
1981-09-09 |
Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricket (2 Tests for India, 29 runs & 0-13), dies |
1982-02-10 |
K R Meher-Homji, cricket wk (Test as Indian, catch no stumped), dies |
1982-02-12 |
Hal Hooker, cricket (307 partners with Kippax for last wicket), dies |
1982-02-25 |
J K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies |
1982-07-30 |
Frank Nicholson, South African cricket wicket-keeper (1935-36), dies |
1983-05-01 |
V N Swamy, Indian cricket pace bowler (without distinction), dies |
1983-09-01 |
Lennox Brown, cricket leg spinner (3 wickets at 63 for South Africa), dies |
1983-11-30 |
George Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI capt), dies |
1985-01-09 |
Don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies |
1985-02-07 |
Uday Merchant, cricket (bro of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies |
1985-07-05 |
Jack Robertson, South African cricket spinner (3 Tests v Aust 1935-36), dies |
1985-08-02 |
Sandy Bell, South African cricket pace bowler (16 Tests), dies |
1988-04-16 |
Clifford Roach, cricketer (16 Tests early in WI cricket history), dies |
1989-05-05 |
Frank Easton, cricket wicketkeeper (NSW 1933-39), dies |
1989-05-31 |
C L R James, cricket writer (distinguished Trinidadian), dies |
1990-07-08 |
Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), dies |
1991-04-06 |
Bill Ponsford, That's Cricket |
1991-11-21 |
Prior Jones, West Indian cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1948-52), dies |
1991-12-14 |
John Arlott, cricketer (the greatest of cricket commentators), dies |
1993-02-17 |
Leslie Townsend, cricket all-rounder (England in 4 Tests 1930-34), dies |
1993-07-11 |
Denis Tomlinson, South African cricket leg-spinner, dies |
1994-11-22 |
Charles Fortune, South African cricket commentator, dies |
1994-12-27 |
Peter Barker Howard May, cricket (4537 runs-Eng 1951-61), dies at 64 |
1995-06-09 |
Charles Rowe, cricket (scored 0 in only Test for NZ v Aust 1946), dies |
1995-07-22 |
Harold Larwood, cricket (98 wkts bowling for Engl 1926-34), dies at 91 |
1995-10-09 |
Lord Home of Hirsel, cricket (Middlesex player later British PM), dies |
1995-11-30 |
Hopper Levett, Kent cricket wicketkeeper (1930-47, Test 1934), dies |
1996-01-27 |
Tommy Mitchell, cricket (Derbyshire leg-spin, 5 Tests for Eng), dies |
1996-02-11 |
Cyril Poole, cricket (Notts 1946-62, England 1951-52 in 3 Tests), dies |
1996-02-23 |
Freddie Stocks, cricket (cent on debut & wkt on 1st ball, Notts), dies |
1996-09-05 |
Sam Cook, Forty Years at the Cricket |
1997-01-01 |
Graham Kersey, cricket wicket keeper, dies in car crash |
1997-03-10 |
Wilf Wooller, BBC TV Cricket |
2000-01-22 |
E.W. Swanton, BBC TV Cricket |
2005-12-26 |
Kerry Packer, Channel Nine Cricket |
2006-01-19 |
Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricket player (b. 1921) |
2007-04-29 |
Dick Motz, New Zealand cricket player (b. 1940) |
2009-01-29 |
Bill Frindall, English cricket scorer and statistician (b. 1939) |
2009-10-27 |
David Shepherd, English cricket umpire (b. 1940) |
2010-08-01 |
Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby and cricket international player and referee/umpire (b. 1910) |
2011-11-19 |
Basil D'Oliveira, Not Cricket: The Basil d'Oliveira Conspiracy |
2012-09-10 |
Charlie Cullin, The Silence of Cricket Coogler |
2012-12-29 |
Tony Greig, English cricket captain, dies from a heart attack at 66 |
2015-08-21 |
Arthur Morris, ESPN's Legends of Cricket |
2016-01-07 |
Tom Allin dies aged 28, bowler for Warwickshire County cricket club |
2016-03-05 |
Bob Hill, Leigh Cricket Club legend dies aged 97 |
2016-03-10 |
Durham cricket pioneer Don Robson dies aged 82 |
2016-03-31 |
Cornwall cricket stalwart Viv Heffer dies aged 77 |
2016-05-01 |
Disabled cricket pioneer Fred Wildgoose dies aged 80 |
2016-05-12 |
Veteran West Indies cricket commentator Tony Cozier dies, aged 75 |
2016-05-13 |
Cricket: Former Knypersley all-rounder Les Lowe dies, aged 68 |
2016-06-14 |
Donald Carr, former England Cricket captain, dies aged 89 |
2016-09-29 |
Australian cricket great Max Walker dies, aged 68 |
