This Day In Cricket History

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BORN
1870: Charles Fichardt, OFS and South African batsman in 1892-96
1951: Madan Lal, Indian medium pacer in the seventies
1969: Karen Smithies, victorious England World Cup captain in 1993
1973: Nicky Boje, South African Test left-arm spinner
1979: Morne van Wyk, South African wicket- keeper, played ODI in 2003

 

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DIED
1936: Durant Clifford Parkin, played one Tests for South Africa in 1891-92
1995: Merv Harvey, scored 12 and 31 in only Test for Aus against Eng in 1946-47

 

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EVENTS/MILESTONES
2009: Sachin Tendulkar hits 42nd century in the first Test against New Zealand in
Hamilton.
1965: India's Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 against New Zealand in Delhi.

 

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23rd March 2003

India fall at the last step

There was a big roar from the crowd when Sourav Ganguly called the right side of the coin. However, they were unaware of what was to come. To everyone's surprise, because there was a bit of dampness on the pitch, Ganguly opted to field. India's opening bowler Zaheer Khan couldn't handle the pressure of a final and he bowled a 10-ball over, which yielded Australia 15 runs. From that point, the Aussies never looked back. Adam Gilchrist attacked from the word go and Australia were 100/0 in no time. Although India hit back with two quick wickets, skipper Ricky Ponting and Damien Martyn shared an unbeaten 234-run stand for the third wicket, which meant Australia posted a massive 359/2. Ponting in particular, was severe on the bowling hitting 4 fours and 8 massive sixes. It was also the highest individual score then in a World Cup final. India's dreams were shattered when Glenn McGrath dismissed Sachin Tendulkar in the very first over. Although Virender Sehwag (82) and Rahul Dravid (47) showed some resistance, the Aussies bowlers picked wickets at regular intervals and eventually, they bowled India out for 234 in the 40th over to burst into celebrations.

 

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BORN
1871: Leslie Gay, kept wicket once for England in 1894
1929: Cuan McCarthy, took 36 Test wkts for South Africa, bowled only 1 career no-ball
1953: Steve Lubbers, captain of the Dutch World Cup team in 1996
1956: Ijaz Faqih, Pakistani off-spinner and all- rounder, played in five Tests in 1980-88
1961: Dean Jones, dashing Australian batsman and fielder in 1984-92
1979: Graeme Swann, Northants off-spinner and all-rounder, played one ODI for England in 2000

 

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DIED
1899: Billy Barnes, made 725 runs and took 51 wkts in 21 Tests for England

 

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EVENTS/MILESTONES
1979: First appearance as Australian captain for Kim Hughes
1985: Norman Gifford of England makes ODI debut at age 44 against Aust at Sharjah
2011: India beat Australia in the quarterfinal of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

 

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30 MAY

BORN

1892: Ronald Stanyforth, England wicketkeeper in South Africa in 1927-28
1895: Maurice Tate, great England pace bowler of the twenties
1909: George Headley, in Panama. All-time great WI batsman
1936: Roy Harford, brother of Noel. NZ wicketkeeper vs India in 1968
1940: Malcolm Gray, ICC president from 2000-2003
1949: Bob Willis, superb England fast bowler from 1971-84
1966: Gary Martin, Zimbabwe ODI pace bowler
1966: Ian Austin, solid England ODI all-rounder in 1998

 

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30 MAY

DIED

1923: Charles Fichardt, South African batsman in 2 Tests from 1892-96

 

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30 MAY

EVENTS/MILESTONES

1895: WG Grace scores his 1000th run of the season after 22 days
1957: Test debut for Rohan Kanhai vs England at Edgbaston