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January 1
- Australia
- World Series Cup matches for Australia, is born in Brisbane.
- 2007 - Justin Langer (pictured right) announces his retirement from Test cricket.
- England
- 1997 - Graham Kersey, Surrey wicket keeper, dies in a car crash in Queensland.
- Pakistan
- 1928 - Khan Mohammad is born.
- West Indies
- 1944 - Charlie Davis, is born. In the 1970/71 home series against India, Davis scored 529 runs in 4 Tests at an incredible average of 132.25.[1]
January 2
- In Australia
- 1879 - Fred Spofforth (pictured) takes the first Test hat-trick against England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1937 - The start of the third Test against England at Melbourne which included Don Bradman's knock of 270 which is rated by Wisden as the top test innings of all time
- In India
- 1979 - Sunil Gavaskar becomes the only batsman to hit a century in each innings of a Test match three times
- In Bangladesh
- 1990 - Indian batsman Raman Lamba died after being hit on the head while fielding at short slip during a club match.
January 3
- West Indies
- 1949 - Everton Weekes' 101 in Calcutta completes a sequence of five consecutive Test innings centuries
January 4
- England
- 1975 - Mike Denness drops himself from the England side for the fourth Test against Australia at Sydney after scoring 65 runs in six innings
- Australia
- 1936 - Clarrie Grimmett (pictured), for Australia v South Africa at Cape Town takes his 190th Test wicket, setting a new career bowling record.
January 5
- Australia
- 1971 - The first One Day International was played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
January 6
- In India
- 1959 - Kapil Dev was born in Chandigarh.
- In Australia
- Second Test at Sydney, in a match marred by numerous umpiring errors and accusation of poor sportsmanship on both sides.
January 7
- Pakistan
- 1992 - Imran Khan retires from Test cricket
- India
- 1956 - Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy complete a record first-wicket partnership of 413 against New Zealand at Madras.[2]
- Australia
- Australia by an innings and 83 runs at the Sydney Cricket Groundto clinch the 2010-11 Ashes series by 3-1.
January 8
- Australia
- South Australia in a Sheffield Shield match at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Five batsmen make centuries.[3]
January 9
- England
- 1971 - Bob Willis makes his Test debut against Australia in Sydney[4]
- West Indies
- 1968 - Jimmy Adams is born
January 10
- New Zealand
- England in Christchurch, becoming the fifth Test nation. Maurice Allom, bowling for England on the first day, takes four wickets in five balls, including a hat-trick, to reduce New Zealand to 21 for seven wickets. Allom is the first Test bowler to take a hat-trick on his Test debut.
January 11
- India
- 1973 - Rahul Dravid (pictured) is born at Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
- Pakistan
- 1959 - Hanif Mohammad, playing for Karachi against Bahawalpur, is run out going for his 500th run. His score of 499 beats the previous highest first-class score by 47 and remains the world record for 35 years.
January 12
- West Indies
- 1962 - Richie Richardson is born.
- India
- 1964 - Bapu Nadkarni bowled 21 consecutive maiden overs in the first Test between India and England at Madras.[5]
- Zimbabwe
- 1976 - Gavin Rennie is born
January 13
- Australia
- South Africa's first Test win over Australia at Adeliade.[6]
- Australia national women's cricket team win the Women's Cricket World Cup for the first time in Hyderabad.[7]
January 14
- Australia
- 1933 - Bill Woodfull is struck over the heart during the third Test at Adelaide in the Bodyline series
- India
- 1978 - Australia wins the Women's Cricket World Cup with a victory over England at Hyderabad
- West Indies
- 1979 - Daren Ganga is born
January 15
- Australia
- 1895 - Albert Trott debuted for Australia at Adelaide Oval against England in the 3rd Ashes Test, taking 8-43. Trott's debut match also included knocks of 38* and 72* with the bat. He later also played for England.
- 1959 - Colin Cowdrey's century in the 3rd Test at Sydney takes 362 minutes - the slowest in Ashes history until Bob Woolmer's 394 minute record in 1975.
- England
- 1956 - Paul Parker is born.
January 16
- In South Africa
- 2004 – Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs hit 301 for first wicket v West Indies at Centurion, making the highest first-wicket stand in SA v WI Tests
- In Australia
- World Series Cup, Dean Jones insists that Curtly Ambroseremove his white wristbands as they distracted him. An incensed Ambrose promptly took a 5 wicket haul for just 32 runs.
- 1997 - Anthony Stuart takes as hat-trick against Pakistan in his 3rd and last Test appearance
- In the West Indies
- 1911 - Wicketkeeper Ivan Barrow is born in Jamaica. In 1933 Barrow became the first West Indian to make a century in a Test in England.
- 1956 - Wayne Daniel is born
January 17
- West Indies
- 1926 - Clyde Walcott is born.
- Pakistan
- Abdul Kardaris born
- England
- 1908 - Brian Valentine is born
January 18
- India
- 1972 – Vinod Kambli is born
January 19
- In Australia
- 1868 - Bob McLeod is born
- 1922 - Invincible Arthur Morris (pictured) is born. He was the first man to make a century in both innings of his first-class debut.
- 2004 - David Hookes dies after a brawl outside a Melbourne pub
- In India
- 1977 - India is bowled out for 83 in the second innings of the 3rd Test against England in Madras, a record low innings score at the time[8]
January 20
- Scotland
- 1908 – Ian Peebles is born
- South Africa
- 1977 – Frog-in-a-blender bowler Paul Adams is born
- West Indies
- 1968 – Junior Murray is born
January 21
- Australia
- 1888 - Herbie Collins (pictured) is born.
- Queensland.
- West Indies
- 1948 - A record 12 players debut in the first Test between West Indies and England at Barbados. Several, such as Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes and Jim Laker go on to considerable fame.[9]
January 22
- West Indies
- England's Jim Laker took six wickets for 25 runs in nine overs on the second morning of his debut Test against West Indiesat Bridgetown, finishing with seven for 103 in the innings.
- 1988 - Brian Lara (pictured) made his first-class debut for Trinidad & Tobago against the Leeward Islands. He made 14 and 22.
- Sri Lanka
- 1966 - Nishantha Ranatunga is born
January 23
- New Zealand
- 1971 – Adam Parore is born
- Australia
- 1976 - in his 66th and second last Test, renowned stonewaller Ian Redpath hits his first career six.[10]
January 24
- Zimbabwe
- 1970 – Neil Johnson is born
- South Africa
- 1950 – Australia win the third Test at Durban by 5 wickets after South Africa declined to enforce a follow on. [11]
January 25
- Australia
- 1980 - Hunter Poon (pictured), first Australian of Chinese background to play first-class cricket, dies in Brisbane aged 85.
- In South Africa
- 1957 - Hugh Tayfield bowled 137 balls without conceding a run in the 3rd Test against England at Kingsmead, Durban.[12]
January 26
- In Australia
- 1883 - The first Test played at the Association (later Sydney Cricket Ground) Cricket Ground, starts. [13]
- 1954 - Kim Hughes is born at Margaret River, Western Australia
- 1962 - Tim May is born
- 1963 - Simon O'Donnell is born
January 27
- New Zealand
- 1969 – Shane Thomson, 19 Tests and 56 ODIs, is born at Hamilton
- 1979 – Daniel Vettori is born at Auckland
- Sri Lanka
- 1974 – Chaminda Vaas is born at Mattumagala.
January 28
- Australia
- 1873 – Monty Noble (pictured) is born in Chinatown, Sydney
- England
- 1880 – Herbert Strudwick is born at Mitcham.
- West Indies
- England captain Bob Wyatt, in a move that Wisden calls "amazing and inexplicable", reverses his team's batting order as they set out after lunch on the final day of the second Test at Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidadto score 325 to win. The move backfires and England are all out for 107 to lose by 217 runs.
January 29
- Australia
- Bobby Simpson (pictured) and Bill Lawry put on then-record 244 for first wicket in fourth Test against England at Adelaide. England had been all out for 241 the previous day.
- Pakistan
- India at Lahore aged 47 years and 284 days, the second oldest debutant of all time (after James Southerton).
- India's Irfan Pathan takes a hat-trickwith the last three balls of the first over in the third Test at Karachi.
- West Indies
- 1951 - Andy Roberts is born at Antigua.
January 30
- In Australia
- 1992 - Curtly Ambrose takes 7 wickets for 1 run in the fifth and deciding Test between the West Indies and Australia at the WACA Ground.
January 31
- In Australia
- 1944 - John Inverarity is born in Subiaco, Western Australia
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February 1
- Australia
- South Africa in fourth Test at Adelaide. His batting partner, last man Pud Thurlow, is run out going for Bradman's 300th run.
- World Series Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The incident caused a diplomatic row.
- Pakistan
- 1982 - Shoaib Malik is born in Sialkot
February 2
- In Bangladesh
- 1968 - Aminul Islam is born. Aminul made a century in his debut Test against India at Dhaka. The match was also his country's first Test. The only other two men to achieve the same feat were Charles Bannerman (AUS) and Dave Houghton (ZIM).
- In Australia
- 1988 - In the Bicentennial Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (pictured), David Boon makes an unbeaten 184 to save the match after Australia was forced to follow on.
February 3
- In the West Indies
- Imperial Cricket Conference which established rules and expanded Test cricket to include South Africa.
- In Australia
- 1933 – Fast bowler Tim Wall takes 10 wickets for 36 runs in a single innings for South Australia against New South Wales at Sydney. This remains the best bowling performance in first-class cricket in Australia. New South Wales win the match.
- Australian cricket team. Remarkably for a batsman, Simpson's first Test century came seven years after his debut and he made 311 runs.[14]
February 4
- Australia
- 1929 - Archie Jackson makes a debut 164 at Adelaide.
- Donald Bradman and 10 wickets in the match for Chuck Fleetwood-Smith(pictured) enable the Australians to win by 148 runs after trailing by 42 in the first innings.
- New Zealand
- 1990 - Richard Hadlee becomes the first man to take 400 Test wickets. The match was at Christchurch against India.[15]
- Pakistan
- 1935 - The first non-Muslim cricketer to play for Pakistan, Wallis Mathias is born in Karachi.
- South Africa
- 1894 - Rolland Beaumont is born in Natal.
February 5
- England
- Silver Billy Beldham, one of the great cricketers of the early 1800s, is born at Wreccleshamin Surrey
- South Africa
- Australia at Durban. But his highest Test innings is upstaged by Graeme Pollock's 274, completed the following day, which was South Africa's highest Test score at the time.
February 6
Australia
- 1948 - Don Bradman plays his last Test innings in Australia. He tore a rib muscle and retired hurt at 57.
- 1971 - Brad Hogg is born on this day.
England
- 1886 - Wicketkeeper and umpire Tiger Smith is born in Birmingham.
- 1931 - Fred Trueman is born in Stainton, near Doncaster.
New Zealand
- 1997 - Daniel Vettori became New Zealand's youngest Test cricketer at 18 years 10 days.
- South Africa
- South Africa. Pollock put on 200 for the sixth wicket with Tiger Lance, who made 61: this is still South Africa's highest sixth wicket partnership.
February 7
- In India
- 1999 - At Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi, Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble (pictured) becomes only the second man to take all ten wickets in a Test innings after Jim Laker in 1956.
- In Australia
- 1995 - English batsmen Mike Gatting and Graham Gooch both retire from Test cricket after being out for 0 and 11 respectively in the 5th Ashes Test in Perth.
- Ryan Campbellwas born on this day in Perth.
February 8
- Australia
- 1879 - During a Sydney match between a touring English team and a team from the New South Wales Cricket Association, a riot ensues after star Australian batsman Billy Murdoch was given out by Victorian umpire George Coulthard (pictured).
- India
- 1963 - Mohammad Azharuddin born.
February 9
- Australia
- 1970 - Glenn McGrath is born
- England
February 10
- In Australia
- 1937 - Australian opener and captain and later commentator Bill Lawry was born on this day in Thornbury, Victoria.
February 11
- Australia
- Colony of Victoria.
- West Indies
- England in second Test against West Indiesat Bridgetown, scores his maiden first-class century, finishing (the following morning) with 140.
February 12
- In India
- Bhadravati, Mysore. Viswanath made over 6000 Test runs at an average of 41 from 91 matches.
- In New Zealand
- 1941 - Ross Morgan is born in Auckland. Morgan played 20 Tests in the 1960s and 1970s as a middle-order batsman.
February 13
- West Indies
- Englandat Bridgetown, completed a century and finished with 112 in what would prove to be his only Test innings.
- 1957 - Thelston Payne born in Barbados.
February 14
- In England
- CB Fry and Ranjitsinhji both for ducks on the opening day of the second Ashes Test at Lord's.[16]
- In South Africa
- Port Elizabeth[17]
February 15
- New Zealand
- England, winning by 72 runs in a low-scoring match at Wellington.
- West Indies
- 1956 - Desmond Haynes is born in Barbados
February 16
- Australia
- Australia, dies at Brisbane from tuberculosisat the age of 23.
- New Zealand
- Pakistan.
- West Indies
- 1904 - Ellis Achong, who appeared in six Tests in the 1930s and is sometimes credited as the origin of the term "chinaman" to describe slow left-arm unorthodox spin bowling, is born in Trinidad.
- 1954 - Michael Holding is born at Kingston.
February 17
- Australia
- 1882 - First Test match staged at the Sydney Cricket Ground started.
- 1936 - Barry Jarman born.
- New Zealand
- Sri Lanka
- 1982 - Played in their first Test match
- 1996 - Won the World Cup hosted by India/Sri Lanka/Pakistan[18]
February 18
- Australia
- South Africa at Melbourne.
- 1948 - Bruce Francis born in Mosman, New South Wales.
- England
- 1922 - Ben Brocklehurst, fleetingly captain of Somerset in the 1950s and long-standing owner of The Cricketer, is born at Knapton Hall in Norfolk.
February 19
- England
February 20
- England
- Silver Billy Beldham, one of the great cricketers of the early 1800s, dies at Tilfordin Surrey aged 96.
- 1949 - Eddie Hemmings is born at Leamington Spa
February 21
- Australia
- 1970 - Michael Slater is born
- India
- 1987 - Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, Rajasthan, stages its first and so far only Test match
- West Indies
- 1930 - First Test staged at the Bourda ground at Georgetown, Guyana starts.
- 1965 - Keith Arthurton is born on the island of Nevis.
- 1979 -Glendon Gibbs, Test cricketer and administrator, dies in Georgetown, Guyana.
February 22
- Bangladesh
- 2006 - Sri Lanka for the first time in 16 attempts, winning the second of a three-match series by four wickets at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra
- New Zealand
- Sri Lanka.
February 23
- South Africa
- 1974 - Herschelle Gibbs is born in Cape Town.
- Canada
- West Indies, the fastest in World Cup history at that time.[19]
February 24
- Australia
- Surry Hills.
- England
- 1931 - Brian Close is born in Rawdon, West Yorkshire, where Hedley Verity learned his cricket. Close is the youngest man ever to play Test cricket for England.
- South Africa
- 2008 - Mark Boucher takes the world record for most dismissals (416) by a wicket-keeper, from Adam Gilchrist.
- West Indies
- Trinidad, aged 19 years and 364 days. He scores 0 and eight.
February 25
- Australia
- 1855 - Big-hitting George Bonnor is born at Bathurst, New South Wales.
- Limited Overs Internationals for Australia, born in Adelaide.
- 2001 - The greatest batsman of all time, Sir Don Bradman, (pictured right), died in Adelaide at the age of 92.
- Sri Lanka
- 1966 - Don Anurasiri, 18 Tests and 45 ODIs, is born in Panadura.
February 26
- Pakistan
- 1955 - First-ever Test match is staged at the National Stadium, Karachi
- West Indies
- 1925 - Everton Weekes is born
February 27
- Australia
- , the only time in 12 innings in seven Tests that specialist batsman Badcock is not dismissed while still in single figures.
- New Zealand
- South Africa begins at Christchurch. South Africa win by an innings and 12 runs.
- South Africa
- Natal.
February 28
- New Zealand
February 29
- England
- New Zealand
- 1988 - .
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March 1
- Australia
- ' history.
March 2
- England
- 1977 - Andrew Strauss is born
March 3
- Australia
- England. The decisive game is won in five days by an innings and 200 runs.
- Pakistan
- 1970 - Inzamam-ul-Haq is born
March 4
- South Africa
- 1967 - Daryll Cullinan is born
March 5
- In Australia
- 1951 - Rodney Hogg is born in Richmond, Victoria
- In South Africa
- Natal
- In Rhodesia
- 1971 - Mike Procter hits his sixth consecutive century in first-class cricket, for Rhodesia against Western Province at Salisbury
March 6
- In Sri Lanka
March 7
- West Indies
- 1952 - Viv Richards is born in St John's, Antigua.
- 1964 - Everton Weekes retires from first-class cricket. He scores 13 in his final innings, ending with 12,010 first-class runs at 55.34.
March 8
- South Africa
- .
- Australia
- two hat-tricks in Test cricket.
March 9
- India
- 1985 - Parthiv Patel born.
- West Indies
- Bridgetown Oval. It was Rowe's first century outside Jamaica.
March 10
- South Africa
- Port Elizabeth. South Africa won the four Tests convincingly: by 170 runs, an innings and 129 runs, 307 runs, and 323 runs. However, the Test was the last played by South Africa until after the end of the apartheidera in 1991.
- West Indies
- 1974 -
March 11
- In India
- 1915 - Vijay Hazare is born in Sangli, Maharashtra. Hazare played in 30 Tests with an average of 47.65. He was also a useful right-arm medium pace bowler.[22]
- 1949 - In the Ranji Trophy semi-final between Bombay and Maharashtra at Poona, a total 2,376 runs are scored for the loss of 38 wickets - a world record. The innings scores were 651, 407, 714 and 604. Bombay won the match by 354 runs[23]
- In South Africa
- 1910 - After 12 Tests, Jack Hobbs makes his first century, for England against South Africa at Cape Town.
- In Pakistan
- In Australia
- Limited Overs Internationals, born.
- 2008 - Cricket Australia and the Pakistan Cricket Board announce that the tour of Pakistan by the Australia national cricket team has been postponed due to security issues.
- 2013 - The Australian cricket team's selection panel suspends four players (vice-captain Indiadue to their non-completion of an assignment.
March 12
- South Africa
- Port Elizabeth, becoming the third Test nation.
- record breaking ODI.
- Australia
- 1977 - The Centenary Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground commences. Remarkably, Australia won the match by 45 runs, exactly the same margin as the first Test match played in 1877.
March 13
- India
- Calcutta, the match is abandoned after crowds set fire to the stands and throw fruit at the players.
- England
- Ivo Bligh is born in Westminster, London
- Australia
- 1977 - David Hookes hits five fours off one over on day-two of the Centenary Test at the MCG
March 14
- Australia
- Kyogle, New South Wales
- 1963 - Bruce Reid was born in Osborne Park, Western Australia
March 15
- Australia
- England, played at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Charles Bannerman becomes the first player to score a Test century. Allen Hill takes the first-ever Test wicket and James Southertonbecomes the oldest-ever Test debutant at 49 years and 119 days.
- West Indies
- 1953 - Colin Croft born in Demerara, British Guiana.
March 16
- Bangladesh
- 2012 - Sachin Tendulkar becomes the first cricketer to score 100 international centuries, when he made 114 against Bangladesh at Mirpur.
- England
- Cardiff, Wales
- India
- Punjab
- West Indies
- 2007 - In a 2007 Cricket World Cup match at Warner Park Sporting Complex in Basseterre, Saint Kitts, Herschelle Gibbs becomes the first person to hit six sixes off one over in an international cricket match.[25]
- Zimbabwe
- 1974 - Heath Streak is born in Bulawayo
March 17
- Pakistan
- 1996 - Sri Lanka wins the 1996 Cricket World Cup played in Lahore, beating Australia in the final.
March 18
- Australia
- 1877 - Clem Hill is born in Hindmarsh, South Australia.
- Sri Lanka
- West Indies
- England by an innings and 161 runs in the fourth and final Test at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaicato secure victory in a Test series for the first time, by two matches to one.
- 2007 - Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer (pictured) is found dead in his hotel room during the 2007 Cricket World Cup amid speculation that he had been murdered. After several months of inquiries, police finally conceded that he had died of natural causes.
March 19
- In South Africa
- 1948 - Vintcent van der Bijl is born in Cape Town
- In New Zealand
- 1952 - Warren Lees is born in Dunedin
March 20
- South Africa
- 1973 - Nicky Boje is born in Bloemfontein.
March 21
- Australia
- 1854 - Alick Bannerman is born in Paddington, New South Wales.
- 1876 - Toorak, Victoria.
- 1938 - Grahame Thomas is born in Croydon Park, New South Wales.
- South Africa
- 1994 - Steve Waugh takes 5 wickets for 28 runs on the last day of the Second Test at Newlands in Cape Town. Australia won the match by 9 wickets.[1]
References
March 22
- In Australia
- 1927 - George Thoms is born in Footscray, Victoria.
- 1988 - Queensland Bullswas later terminated.
- In New Zealand
- 1915 - Fen Cresswell is born. Creswell died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1966.
- 1995 - Sri Lanka has their first series win, after a drawn second Test at Dunedin.
March 23
- In South Africa
- New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, beating India in the final.
- In Australia
- Perth, Western Australia
March 24
- Australia
- 1885 - Umpire Jack Hodges refuses to resume after tea on the third day following disputes by England players.[27]
- 1961 - Dean Jones is born in Coburg, Victoria
- 1979 - captain of the Australian cricket team at the WACA Ground against England.[28]
- England
- 1985 - Norman Gifford makes his One Day International debut at the age of 44
March 25
- Australia
- 1992 - Pakistan wins the 1992 Cricket World Cup played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, beating England in the final.
March 26
- Pakistan
- 1970 - Test batsman Zaheer Abbas is given out for 0 for hitting the ball twice on the first day of the Ayub Trophy final between Pakistan International Airlines A and Karachi Blues.
March 27
- West Indies
- 1991 - an effigy of Trinidadian umpire Clyde Cumberbatch is burnt in the stands at Guyana during the Second Test of the Frank Worrell Trophy.[29]
March 28
- India
- 1968 - Future England captain Madras.
- New Zealand
- 1951 - In an umpiring mixup, Alex Moir bowls two successive overs each side of the tea interval in the second Test against England at Wellington - the first person to do so since Warwick Armstrong at Old Trafford in 1921.
- 1955 - New Zealand make the lowest Test score in history - 26 against England at Auckland.[30]
- Australia
- 1995 - The Queensland Bulls win their first Sheffield Shieldafter 68 years of trying.
- West Indies
- 2007 - In an ICC World Cup match, Sri Lankan Lasith Malinga is the first bowler to take four wickets from four balls, at Providence Stadium, Georgetown (neutral venue). His wickets were Shaun Pollock (bowled), Andrew Hall (caught Upul Tharanga), Jacques Kallis (caught Kumar Sangakkara) and Makhaya Ntini(bowled).
March 29
- Australia
- 1921 - Invincible Sam Loxton is born at Albert Park, Victoria
- 1979 - opener Andrew Hilditch is given out handled the ball at the non-striker's end after accidentally intercepting the ball and handing it to Sarfraz Nawaz at the WACA Ground.[31]
- England
- 1871 - First World War and scorer of then-record tally of 3518 runs in the 1906 season, is born at Cambridge
- New Zealand
- 1951 - New Zealand captain Geoff Howarth is born in Auckland
- South Africa
- 1994 - Australian captain Allan Border retires after being out for 45 runs at Durban. Border held numerous career records: top run scorer (11,174 runs); most Test matches played (156); batted in more Test innings than any other player (265); captained Australia 93 times (all consecutive).
March 30
- Australia
- 1908 - Leg spin bowler Chuck Fleetwood-Smith is born in Stawell, Victoria
- 1927 - Wicket-keeper Wally Grout is born in Mackay, Queensland
- England
- 1940 - Spin bowler Norman Gifford is born in Ulverston, Lancashire
- India
- 1993 - Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
- 1994 - Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
- New Zealand
- 1997 - Otago.
March 31
- England
- 1978 - England and Somerset batsman whose first-classdebut in 1935 was the stuff of legends, died, committing suicide after years of depression and other health worries.
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April 1
- England
- 1957 - Tunbridge Wells
- New Zealand
- 1973 - Stephen Fleming is born at Christchurch
April 2
- Australia
- 1981 - Michael Clarke is born at Liverpool, New South Wales
- India
- 2011 - India won the final at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
April 3
- England
- 2010 - English first-class cricket season scheduled to begin: earliest start ever for first-class matches in England
- West Indies
- 1930 - England. It is the 23rd Test match ground worldwide. The match runs for nine days but is still left as a draw.
- 1930 - Andy Sandham makes 325 for England at Sabina Park, the first Test Triple century in history.[32]
April 4
- England
- Andrew Sandham scored the first Test triple-century against the West Indies at Sabina Park.
- India
- 1933 - Bapu Nadkarni is born.
April 5
- England
- 1921 - Les Jackson, Derbyshire fast-medium bowler whose two Test appearances were separated by a dozen years and who took 143 wickets in 1958 at less than 11 runs apiece, is born at Whitwell, Derbyshire.
April 6
- Australia
- 1991 - Bill Ponsford, who twice broke the world record for the highest first-class score, dies aged 90.
- Bangladesh
- Mirpur.
- India
- 1956 - Dilip Vengsarkar born in Rajapur, Maharashtra.
April 7
- Australia
- 1882 - Bert Ironmonger, second oldest Test player and fourth oldest Test debutant, is born at Pine Mountain, Queensland
April 8
- England
- 1902 - Arthur Wellard, Somerset all-rounder, smiter of more than 500 sixes in his first-class career (which included two Tests), is born at Southfleet in Kent
- 1963 - Alec Stewart is born at Merton
April 9
- Bangladesh
- 2006 - The Australia. It is the 93rd Test match ground worldwide. Bangladesh lead by 158 on the first innings, but the Australians recover to win the match by three wickets.
April 10
- Australia
- 1914 - Tasmanian Jack Badcock is born. Badcock made his first-class debut at the age of 15, the second youngest Australian to do so. Noted for making some large scores, he played for Tasmania and South Australia and in 1936 made 325 for South Australia against Victoria. Other big knocks included 271 in 1938-39 and 274 in 1939-40. He only played in seven Tests, including five on a tour of England in 1938. He managed only 160 runs in 12 Test innings, and that included a century (118) but no scores at all in double figures.
- West Indies
- 1979 - The last day of the 5th Supertest between the West Indies and Australia at Antigua. The match was the final fixture in Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket series held between 1977 and 1979.
April 11
- England
- 1856 - Arthur Shrewsbury is born
- 1913 - The Nevill Ground is destroyed in the only suffragette arson attack on a cricket ground.
April 12
- India
- 1917 - Vinoo Mankad is born at Jamnagar
- West Indies
- 2004 - St John's, Antigua. Lara becomes the first player to regain the record for the highest Test score, having held it before when he made 375 against the same opposition on the same ground 10 years earlier.
April 13
- Ireland
- 1906 - Samuel Beckett, two first class matches for University of Dublin, born.
- South Africa
- Charles Llewellyn, South Africa's first non-white Test cricketer.
April 14
- Australia
- 1947 - England at Lord's in 1972 – the most wickets in a Test by an Australian – is born at Subiaco, Western Australia
- South Africa
- 1876 - Sir Murray Bisset, South African captain who later served as Governor of Southern Rhodesia, born.
April 15
- Australia
- captain, Dave Gregory is born, in Fairy Meadow, New South Wales
April 16
- England
- 1948 - The Australian team arrives in Tilbury, and becomes the first team to complete a tour undefeated. They become known as the Invincibles.
- 1981 - Donald Bradmanfor a duck in Bradman's final Test innings, dies aged 68.
- Pakistan
- 1963 - One-day Internationals, is born in Lahore.
April 17
- Sri Lanka
- 1972 - Muttiah Muralitharan is born at Kandy
- West Indies
- 1978 - In the second innings of the fourth Test in Trinidad against Australia, Derick Parry takes 5 for 15 including four bowled, contributing to Australia's collapse of 94 all out and the West Indies winning the Frank Worrell Trophy.[33]
April 18
- West Indies
- 1958 - Malcolm Marshall is born at Bridgetown, Barbados
- 1994 - St John's, Antigua. Lara will become the first player to regain the record for the highest Test score on the same ground 10 years later, with a score of 400 not out.
- India
- 2008 - the first Twenty 20 match of the 2008 Indian Premier League is played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. Kolkata win by 140 runs.
April 19
- Australia
- 1975 - Jason Gillespie is born at Darlinghurst, New South Wales
- England
- 1873 - Sydney Barnes is born at Smethwick
- 1933 - Dickie Bird (pictured) is born at Barnsley
April 20
- England
- 1912 - England without ever playing for one of the first-class counties, is born at Norton, County Durham
April 21
- India
- 1945 - Madras, (now Chennai)
April 22
- Sri Lanka
- 1983 - The Australia.
April 23
- England
- 1986 - Jim Laker dies. Laker was most famous for a 1956 Ashes Test at Old Trafford, in which he took nineteen wickets in England's victory against Australia.
April 24
- India
- One-day internationalbatsman.
April 25
- In England
April 26
- West Indies
- 1985 - Future New Zealand captain Ken Rutherford makes his Test debut at Barbados. His first 6 scores in Tests were 0, 0, 4 (an edge through the slips), 0, 2 & 5.
April 27
- England
- 1969 - The John Player's County League40-over Sunday competition began in England, with wins for Essex, Glamorgan, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Surrey and Warwickshire.
- 1999 - Second World War, dies aged 84.
April 28
- South Africa
- 1997 - Former Derbyshire batsman Ashley Harvey-Walker is shot dead in a bar in Johannesburg by a gunman who calls out his name and then shoots when Harvey-Walker stands up.
- West Indies
- 2007 - Australia wins the 2007 Cricket World Cup played at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados, beating Sri Lanka in the final.
April 29
- England
- 1948 - Don Bradman is dismissed by spin bowler Peter Jackson for 107, the first time on four tours of England that Bradman has not opened the tour with a double century against Worcestershire
- India
- 1979 - Ashish Nehra born in Delhi.
April 30
- Australia
- 1964 - Australia is born in Brisbane
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May 1
- Windies
- 1951 - Gordon Greenidge is born in Barbados. Greenidge grew up in England from the age of 12. His Test debut was in India in 1974 and his last Test was on his 40th birthday in 1991 at Antigua.[34] He and Desmond Haynes formed one of the most formidable opening partnerships of all time.
- England
- 1930 - Don Bradman makes 236 in his first first-class innings in England, in a tour match against Worcestershire.
- 1963 - The world's first limited overs competition starts: the first Gillette Cup match between Lancashire and Leicestershire at Old Trafford. Due to rain, the 65-overs-a-side match goes into a second day.[35]
- America
- 1751 - 1st American cricket match is played
May 2
- Australia
- 1910 - Laurie Nash born.
- West Indies
- 1969 - Brian Lara is born at Cantaro, Trinidad
May 3
- Australia
- 1955 - David Hookes is born
- England
- 2000 - Godfrey Evans dies, aged 78.
May 4
- Pakistan
- 1990 - Sharjah in the Austral-Asia Cup final against Australia.[36]
May 5
- South Africa
- 1889 -
May 6
- England
- 1970 - Chris Adams, who led Sussex to their first victories in the County Championship, is born at Whitwell, Derbyshire
May 7
- Sri Lanka
- 1972 - Sri Lanka, is born at Galle
May 8
- England
- 1873 -
- Pakistan
- 1938 - Pakistan at the age of 24 and later an international match referee, is born at Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
May 9
- England
- 1901 - England in the 1920s and 1930s and later a tour organiser and manager for Commonwealth teams in India, is born at Warrington
- West Indies
- 1932 - Conrad Hunte, opening batsman in 44 Tests and later international Test match referee, is born at St Andrew, Barbados
May 10
- Zimbabwe
- 1972 - One-day Internationals, is born at Harare
May 11
- Australia
- 1941 - Australia over a dozen seasons and an average of 43, is born at Geelong
- England
- 1906 - John King, batting for Leicestershire against Surrey at The Oval, is given out hit the ball twice, the last such dismissal in England to date
- 1955 - First World War, dies at Fordington, Dorset, aged 80
May 12
- Australia
- 1867 - Australian attack throughout the 1890s and beyond, is born at Abbotsford, Victoria
- England
- 1903 - Jim Parks, Sr., all-rounder who scored 3003 runs and took 101 wickets for a unique double in 1937, is born at Haywards Heath.
- 1979 - Robert Key is born at East Dulwich in south-east London
May 13
- Australia
- 1904 - Tim Wall, fast bowler whose 10 wickets for 36 runs in a single innings for South Australia against New South Wales at Sydney in 1933 remains the best bowling performance in first-class cricket in Australia, is born at Semaphore, South Australia
May 14
- Australia
- 1894 - Hunter Poon, first Australian of Chinese background to play first-class cricket, born.
- 2001 - Gil Langley dies, aged 81.
May 15
- England
- 1924 - Don Kenyon, eight Test caps for England and captain of the first Worcestershire side to win the County Championship in 1964 and 1965 is born at Wordsley, Staffordshire
- 1935 - Ted Dexter, captain of England in the 1960s, is born in Milan, Italy
- 1948 - The Invincibles hit a still standing record of 721 runs against Essex at Southend-on-Sea.[37]
- Australia
- 1917 - Invincible, Ron Saggers is born in Sydenham, New South Wales
May 16
- Australia
- 1906 - North Carlton, Victoria
- West Indies
- 2010 - England win the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, beating Australia in the final played at Kensington Oval, Barbados.
May 17
- Australia
- 1932 - Australia and then a match referee, is born at Kangaroo Point, Queensland
- West Indies
- 1955 - Leslie Hylton is hanged in Jamaica after being convicted for the murder of his wife. Hylton is the only Test cricketer to die by capital punishment.
May 18
- England
- 1935 - Harold Gimblett, a village cricketer aged 21 from Bicknoller, making his first-class debut for Somerset against Essex at Frome, bats at No 8 and hits 123, his hundred coming in 63 minutes and winning the Walter Lawrence Trophy for the fastest hundred of the season.
- 1953 - The Rev. England in 1929, dies at the age of 46 while playing in a match between the diocesan clergy of St Albans and Coventry at Northampton.
- 1959 - Graham Dilley, fast-medium bowler in 41 Tests for England between 1979 and 1989, is born at Dartford, Kent.
May 19
- England
- 1874 - First World War, is born at Cheltenham
May 20
- Australia
- 1968 - Albert Hartkopf dies, aged 78.
- England
- 1911 - Thornbury, Gloucestershire, aged 69. He was known as "The Coroner"
- 1944 - England and also captain and manager of the team, is born at Worcester
- Wales
- 1921 - The first first-class cricket match played by Glamorgan in the County Championship ends in victory for the Welsh county over Sussex at Cardiff by 23 runs.
May 21
- England
- 1993 - Robin Smith hits 167 not out for England against Australia at Edgbaston, the highest score in a One-day International for England.
- India
- 1997 - Saeed Anwar hits 194 runs off 146 balls for Pakistan, the highest score ever made score in One Day Internationals.[38]
May 22
- Australia
- Kyneton, Victoria.
- 1907 – Australian Albert Trott, playing for Middlesex, took four wickets in four balls in Somerset's second innings and followed that with a hat-trick in the same innings, a feat not so far equalled.
May 23
- England
- 1918 - Denis Compton is born in Hendon, Middlesex. In 1947, he made 18 centuries and 3816 runs, the most ever in an English cricket season. He also took 47 wickets.
- 1969 - Colin Milburn loses an eye in a car accident, ending his Test career.
- West Indies
- 2006 - St Kitts
- Zimbabwe
- 1966 - Graeme Hick is born in Harare, then called Salisbury.
May 24
- England
- 1955 - Charles Palmer took eight wickets without conceding a run, seven of them bowled, for Leicestershire against Surrey.[39]
- South Africa
- 1942 - South Africa in the series before the apartheid era ban came into effect and influential administrator in the transition to multiracial cricket in South Africa, is born at Roodepoort.
May 25
- Australia
- 1897 - Alan Kippax (pictured) is born at Sydney
- England
- 1868 - Australian Aboriginal cricket team in England in 1868 play in their first tour match against Surrey. Surrey won by an innings and 7 runs.[40]
May 26
- England
- AEJ Collinswould make the current highest individual score.
- 1976 - Paul Collingwood was born at Shotley Bridge
- 1996: Graham Thorpe took his only two international wickets, in an ODI against India at Old Trafford.
- New Zealand
- 1947 - New Zealand batsman Glenn Turner was born in Dunedin. He is regarded as one of the country's best and most prolific batsmen.
- South Africa
- 1920 - South Africa on tours of England and Australia in the early 1950s, is born at Cape Town
May 27
- Australia
- 1975 - Michael Hussey is born.
- England
- 1887 - Frank Woolley is born at Tonbridge, Kent. Woolley went on to score the second-highest number of runs in first-class cricket, he is one of only two players to score 50,000 runs and take 2000 wickets, and is the only non-wicket-keeper to take 1000 catches.
- 1938 - Don Bradman completes 1,000 runs, the earliest in any English first-class season that this milestone has been achieved.
- India
- 1962 - Former India cricketer Ravi Shastri is born. Shastri, an all–rounder who batted right–handed and bowled left arm spin, has since become a cricket commentator.
- Sri Lanka
- 1977 - Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene is born.
May 28
- England
- 1912 - Jimmy Matthews completed the unique feat of two Test hat-tricks in the same match, both on the same day.
- Second World War to score 1000 first-classruns in England before the end of May.
- West Indies
- 1956 - West Indian wicket-keeper batsman Jeff Dujon was born in Kingston. He has 272 Test dismissals and 3322 Test runs to his name.
May 29
- Australia
- 1839 - Australians Nat Thomson and Ned Gregory were born. Both would play in the first ever Test match. Thomson was the first man to be dismissed in a Test and Gregory made the first duck.
- England
- 1902 - Edgbaston hosted its first Test match, the 12th Test venue worldwide and the only one (out of 94 to the start of the 2007 season) to host its first Test in the month of May.
- West Indies
- 2000 - West Indies recorded the ninth one-wicket victory in Tests as Jimmy Adams and Courtney Walsh added 19 against Pakistan.
May 30
- England
- Minor Countiesmatch.
- 1949 - England's Bob Willis was born. He went on play ninety Tests for England, taking 325 wickets in the process. He also captained his country in eighteen Tests.
- West Indies
- 1909 - George Headley was born in Panama. In his twenty-two Test matches for West Indies, he averaged over sixty.
May 31
- England
- 1815 - The first first-class game at the current Lord's ground was played.
- Manchester, and then is out next ball. Only two other players – W. G. Grace in 1895 and Wally Hammondin 1927 – have achieved 1,000 in the calendar month.
- India
- 1928 - Indian Pankaj Roy was born in Kolkata. He added 413 with Ashok Mankad to make the largest opening partnership in history.
- Sri Lanka
- 1966 - Roshan Mahanama, who shared 576 with Sanath Jayasuriya to make the highest ever Test partnership, was born.
- South Africa
- 1924 - Russell Endean, South African cricketer and first man to be given out handled the ball, was born.
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June 1
- Australia
- Indigenous Australiansto play first-class cricket.
- England
- no ball.
- 1985 - In making 322 against Warwickshire, Viv Richards became the first West Indian to make 300 runs in a day. The 300 came up off only 244 balls, including eight sixes and 42 fours.
- New Zealand
- 1932 - New Zealand seamer, chairman of selectors and umpire Frank Cameron was born.
- South Africa
- 2002 - Hansie Cronje died in a plane crash aged 32. Cronje captained South Africa in 53 matches and admitted to his involvement in match fixing in 2000.
June 2
- Australia
- 1965 - Steve Waugh was born in Sydney, shortly followed by his twin brother Mark. They were the first twins to play together in a Test match, something they would do 108 times.
- England
- 1865 - English bowler George Lohmann was born. He took 112 wickets in 18 Tests, at an average of just 10.75.
June 3
- New Zealand
- 1928 - New Zealand captain and all-rounder John Reid was born. Of his 58 Tests as captain, New Zealand only won three - but these were their first three Test victories.
- Pakistan
- 1966 - Wasim Akram was born. The left-arm fast bowler took 916 international wickets for Pakistan.
- South Africa
- 1904 - Vincent Tancred dies.
- 1981 - Eric Dalton dies.
- Zimbabwe
- 1961 - Kevin Arnott, the first Zimbabwean to face a ball in Tests and second to make a century, was born.
June 4
- Australia
- 1926 - Fred Spofforth dies.
- England
- Edgbaston.
- 1993 - Shane Warne bowled the Ball of the Century to dismiss Mike Gatting during the first Test match of the 1993 Ashes series.
- New Zealand
- 1915 - New Zealand captain and father of Richard, Walter Hadlee is born.
June 5
- Australia
- 1916 - The Invincible Sid Barnes was born. He averaged over sixty in Test cricket.
- England
- Bradman having a career average of 100, was born. Bradman needed only four runs for the achievement, but Hollies bowled him for a ducksecond ball.
June 6
- England
- 1994 - Brian Lara scored 501 not out for Warwickshire at Edgbaston, making the highest score in first-class cricket.
- Pakistan
- Asif Iqbal was born in Hyderabad, India. He started his career as an opening bowler, but made his way into the middle order.
- West Indies
- Herbert Lance, the South African all-rounder nicknamed "Tiger" was born.
June 7
- England
- 1952 - 21-year-old debutant Fred Trueman took three wickets, helping reduce India to 0 for 4 at the start of their second innings at Headingley.
- summer of four captains.
- South Africa
- Charles Llewellyn, South Africa's first non-white Test player, dies.
- West Indies
- 1894 - Karl Nunes, who would lead West Indies in their first Test match, was born.
June 8
- England
- 1932 - Ray Illingworth, the only English captain to regain The Ashes in Australia since the Bodyline series, was born at Pudsey.
- 1945 - England left-arm spinner Derek Underwood was born at Bromley. He was at his best on a sticky wicket and took 297 Test wickets.
- 1950 - West Indian spinners Alf Valentine and Sonny Ramadhin made their Test debut at Old Trafford, sharing fifteen wickets in the match.
June 9
- Australia
- 1975: Andrew Symonds was born in Birmingham, UK. He would go on to hit the most sixes in a first-class innings (16) and match (20) and later play for the Australian national side.
- England
- 1967 - Geoffrey Boycott made his highest Test score, 246 not out, but was dropped for the next match.
- 1983 - The third Cricket World Cup started, with Zimbabwe beating Australia in their first One-day International. Duncan Fletcher scored 69 not out and took four wickets.
June 10
- England
- 1986 - India make their first Test win in eleven attempts at Lord's
- 1991 - England make their first Test win against the West Indiesat home in 22 years
June 11
- Australia
- 1954 - John Dyson is born in Kogarah, New South Wales
- England
- 1907 - Northamptonshire is bowled out for 12 in 40 minutes by Gloucestershire at Gloucester in what is still the lowest score in county cricket and the third lowest first-class score of all time.[41]
- 1927 - The first ball-by-ball radio broadcast from Pelham Warnermade the commentary.
- 1939 - Rachael Heyhoe-Flint is born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire.
- West Indies
- 1951 - Collis King born in Christ Church, Barbados.
June 12
- Australia
- 1956 - Terry Alderman is born at Subiaco, Western Australia. In the 1981 England tour, he took 42 Test wickets, the biggest haul in a series since Jim Laker's 46 in 1956 and the fourth-highest total of all time.
- Pakistan
- 1957 - Javed Miandad is born at Karachi, West Pakistan.
June 13
- New Zealand
- 1970 - New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns was born.
- England
- 1953 - Alec Bedser took 14-99 in the first Test against Australia at Trent Bridge. These were the best bowling figures made by a bowler who was not on a winning team (the match was drawn).
- India
- 1965 - Indian Maninder Singh was born. He made his debut against Pakistan aged 17 years 193 days, India's youngest Test crickter at the time.
June 14
- England
- 1984 - Andy Lloyd makes his debut against the West Indies at Edgebaston and is struck on the temple-guard of his helmet with a bouncer from Malcolm Marshall. He was hospitalised and never played for England again. Lloyd is the only Test Match opening batsman never to have been dismissed.
June 15
- England
- 1909 - The Imperial Cricket Conference, forerunner of the International Cricket Council, founded at Lord's with representatives from England, Australia and South Africa.
- 1960 - Tunbridge Wells. The first-class match is scheduled for three days but is completed in a single day, the last time this happens in a first-class game. Spinner Norman Gifford makes his first-class debut for Worcestershire and takes four Kent wickets (as well as batting twice in a day). Scorecard here.
- 1969 - John Player's County League 40-over Sunday competition, making an unbeaten 128 for Somerset against Surrey at Brislington
- Kenya
- 1969 - Maurice Odumbe born.
- West Indies
- 1995 - Everton Weekes knighted for his services to cricket.
June 16
- England
- 1924 - Birmingham. Arthur Gilligan and Maurice Tate take all 10 wickets in 12.3 overs, with Extras contributing 11 of the 30 runs and Herbie Taylortop-scoring with just seven.
- 1932 - Herbert Sutcliffe and Percy Holmes complete a world record first-wicket stand of 555 playing for Yorkshire against Essex at Leyton. Sutcliffe makes 313 and Holmes is unbeaten on 224, made in 445 minutes. Yorkshire win the match by an innings and 313 runs.
June 17
- England
- 1930 - Nottinghamshire groundstaffer Sydney Copley was called in as a substitute fielder in the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge and takes a spectacular catch to dismiss Stan McCabe off the bowling of Maurice Tate. England won the match by 93 runs.[42]
- 1999 - Australia and South Africa tie the second semi-final of the 1999 Cricket World Cup at Edgbaston[43]
June 18
- England
- 1958 -
- 1986 -
- 2005 - 500-to-1 outsiders Bangladesh defeat Australia by 5 wickets in the 2nd match of the triangular ODI tournament at Sophia Gardens.
June 19
- England
- 1851 - Billy Midwinter, who played in the inaugural Test at Melbourne in 1876-77 and played in eight Tests for Australia and four for England, is born in Gloucestershire.
- 2002 - In a C&G Trophy limited overs match at The Oval, Surrey and Glamorgan hit an aggregate of 867 runs. Ali Brown for Surrey made 268 runs off 160 balls.[45]
June 20
- England
- Jack Russellscores a century, the first by an English wicketkeeper in 44 years.
- 1999 - Australia wins the 1999 Cricket World Cup played at Lord's, London, beating Pakistan in the final.
- India
- 1939 - Ramakant Desai is born
- South Africa
- Orange Free State.
June 21
- England
- 1901 - Nottinghamshire bowled out for 13 at Trent Bridge by Yorkshire, Wilfred Rhodes (pictured) taking 6 for 4
- 1937 - John Edrich is born
- 1981 - Australia win the first Test of what was to be one of the most fascinating Ashes series.[47]
- 1997 - England bowled out for 88 by Australia at Lord's, London, their lowest total there since 1888.[48]
- 2009 - Pakistan win the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, beating Sri Lanka in the final played at Lord's London.
- New Zealand
- 1954 - Jeremy Coney is born.
June 22
- England
- 2006 - Graeme Hick (pictured) completes his 100th first class century for Worcestershire, only the eighth time a batsman has made 100 or more centuries for a single first-class team.
- Australia
- 1994 - Marnus Labuschagne is born
June 23
- England
- 1916 - Leonard Hutton, opening batsman for England in 79 Test matches between 1937 and 1955 and the first professional captain of the team in modern times, is born at Pudsey in Yorkshire
- 1979 - West Indies win the 1979 Cricket World Cup, beating England in the final played at Lord's, London.
- West Indies
- 1928 - Played its first Test match, against England.
- Wakenaam Island, Guyana
June 24
- West Indies
- West Indies in 12 Tests in the 1970s, dies at Port of Spain, Trinidad, aged 45.
June 25
- England
- Australians total 608 for seven on the first day of the match against Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge. The score remained for 73 years as the highest number of runs hit by a cricketer in one day – it was beaten by Brian Lara's 380 runs on his way to the highest first-class score of 501 not out.
- India
- 1932 - Played in their first Test match against England at Lord's becoming the sixth Test nation.
- West Indiesin the final.
June 26
- England
- 1745 - The first recorded .
- 1937 - England's Len Hutton makes his Test début against New Zealand at Lord's, making 0 and 1.[49] In his obituary, Wisden described him as "one of the greatest batsmen the game has produced in all its long history."
June 27
- Australia
- 1939 - Port Adelaide, East Perth and West Torrens.
- England
- 1939 - West Indian Englandwin the match by eight wickets.
- South Africa
- 1980 - Natal.
- 1983 - Dale Steyn is born in Phalaborwa, South Africa.
June 28
- West Indies
- 1888 - George Challenor (pictured) is born
- 1934 - Roy Gilchrist is born
- Australia
- 1915 - Victor Trumper dies
- Pakistan
- 1970 - Mushtaq Ahmed is born
- England
- John Hampshire makes a test century on debut at Lord's, the first Englishman to do so.
- South Africa
- 1928 - Peter Heine, who famously shared the new ball with Neil Adcock for the South Africa in the 1950s, is born.
June 29
- Australia
- 1939 - Alan Connolly is born.
- 1947 - Jeff Moss, Test batting average of 60.00, born.
- England
- 1950 - At Lord's West Indies win a test in England for the first time, with spinners Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine taking 18 wickets.
- 1965 - Paul Jarvis is born.
- Ireland
- 2007 - Sachin Tendulkar (pictured), reaches 15,000 runs in ODI cricket, the first and only cricketer to do so.
- West Indies
- 1939 - Ron Headley, son of George Headley and father of Dean Headley, is born.
June 30
- England
- hat trick in Test cricket in England, dismissing Australians Clem Hill, Syd Gregory and Monty Noble in a match at Headingley[50]
- 1924 - England become the first team to score 500 runs in a single day's play, as they score 503/2 in a match versus South Africa at Lord's [51]
- 1930 - Don Bradman, scores 254 versus England at Lord's in his first test innings there, as Australia reach 720/6.[52]
- Sri Lanka
- 1969 - Sanath Jayasuriya (pictured) is born in Matara
- India
- 1941 - John Jameson, the English cricketer who faced the first ball in World Cup history, is born in Bombay (now Mumbai)
- 1973 - Dodda Ganesh is born.
- South Africa
- 1941 - Peter Pollock, the South African fast bowler and selector, father of Shaun, is born in Pietermaritzburg
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July 1
- England
- 1932 - Tich Freeman takes 8/31 and 9/61 for Kent against Warwickshire at Folkestone
- 1954 - Khalid Hassan made his Test debut for Pakistan at Trent Bridge at the age of 16 years, 356 days.
- 1993 - England makes 5 changes to their team in a match at Trent Bridge versus Australia, after being 2-0 down in the Ashes: Mark Lathwell, Graham Thorpe, Mark Ilott and Martin McCague debut, while Nasser Hussain makes a comeback after a 3 year hiatus. Thorpe scores a century on debut, the first Englishman to do so in 20 years.[53]
- 1994 - Darren Gough (pictured), on the second day of his debut Test match versus New Zealand at Old Trafford, scores 65 runs. He also takes 4/47 in the first innings.[54]
- 1996 - In a tour match against India, Hampshire's Kevan James takes four wickets in four balls followed by a century, the only time the feat has been done in first-class cricket.[55]
July 2
- England
- 1935 - England by 157 runs in the second match of the series at Lord's. The match is the 18th game between the two sides in England, and the South Africans have lost nine of the preceding 17.
- 1954 - Denis Compton makes his highest Test innings of 278 against Pakistan at Trent Bridge.[56]
- Ireland
- 1969 - Dougie Goodwin took 5 for 6, and Alec O'Riordan 4 for 18. [57]
- West Indies
- 1952 - Herbert Chang, Test batsman and member of the Rebel West Indian side to South Africa, born in Jamaica.
July 3
- India
- 1980 - Harbhajan Singh (pictured) is born at Jalandhar, Punjab.
- New Zealand
- 1951 - Richard Hadlee is born at St Albans, Christchurch.
July 4
- England
- 1918 - Surrey and England bowler Alec Bedser and his twin Eric are born in Reading, Berkshire
July 5
- England
- 1921 - England's longest sequence of consecutive defeats.
- New Zealand
- 1954 - John Wright is born at Darfield
July 6
- South Africa
- 1977 - Eastern Cape Province
July 7
- India
- 1981 - Mahendra Singh Dhoniborn.
- South Africa
- 1875 - Vincent Tancred born.
July 8
- India
- 1972 - Sourav Ganguly born.
July 9
- England
- 1965 - At Headingley against New Zealand, John Edrich made 310 runs, which included 52 fours and five sixes.[58] 238 runs or 77% of the score were boundaries, a world record which still stands.
- 1982 - Ian Botham hits his highest Test score of 208, at The Oval against India.[59]
- India
- 1969 - Venkatapathy Raju is born in Alamuru, Andhra Pradesh.
July 10
- India
- 1949 - Sunil Gavaskar born.
July 11
- England
- 1930 - At Headingley in the third Ashes Test, Don Bradman's knock of 309 includes the fastest (214 minutes) double century in Test history and the only time a triple century has been scored in single day.[60]
- 1968 - At Edgebaston in the third Ashes Test, Colin Cowdrey makes his 21st century as well as becoming the first man to make 100 Test appearances.[61]
- Australia
- 1950 - wrist-spinner and Australian selector Kyabram, Victoria.
July 12
India
- 1965 - Sanjay Manjrekar born.
July 13
- Australia
- 1944 - Eric "Fritzy" Freeman born in Semaphore, South Australia
- Darling Point, New South Wales
July 14
- England
- 1976 - Geraint Jones is born at Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea
- Sri Lanka
- 1967 - Hashan Tillakaratne is born in Colombo
July 15
- South Africa
- 1977 - Andre Nel is born at Germiston
July 16
- South Africa
- 1973 - Port Elizabeth
- England
- 1895 -
July 17
- Australia
- 1996 - Alan McGilvray, commentator, dies at the age of 85.
July 18
- Australia
- 1949 - Dennis Lillee is born at Subiaco,
- England, Western Australia.
- India
- 1996 – Smriti Mandhana is born at Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- England
- 1848 - W. G. Grace (pictured) is born at Downend, South Gloucestershire. Grace is credited with making cricket a popular spectator sport, and developed most of the techniques of modern batting.
- 1981 - At the end of the third day of the Headingley Ashes Test, Bookmakers offered odds of 500-1[63] for an England win. The following day would see Ian Botham almost single-handedly save the match and the series.
July 19
- England
- 1876 - John Gunn is born.
- 1877 - Arthur Fielder is born.
- 1952 - Fred Trueman takes 8/31 against India at Old Trafford leading to them being dismissed for 58.[64]
- 1993 - Ian Botham retires from first-class cricket in a tour match for Durham against the Australians. Botham finished the match as wicket-keeper without wearing gloves or pads.
- 2003 - Twenty20 Cup. [65]
- Sri Lanka
- 1979 - Dilhara Fernando is born
- India
- 1955 - Roger Binny is born
July 20
- England
- 1900 - Batsman Maurice Leyland is born.
- 1971 - Controversial fast bowler Ed Giddins is born.
- 1981 - Australia in the third Ashes Test at Leeds, subside to 135 for seven wickets in their second innings in the early afternoon, still 92 behind. Then an eighth wicket stand of 117 between Ian Botham and Graham Dilley avoids the innings defeat and at close of play England are 351 for nine, with Botham still not out. The next day completes the story.[66]
- Sri Lanka
- 2000 - Sanath Jayasuriya (pictured) scores 148 off 156 balls on the first day of a Test series against South Africa in Galle.
- India
- 1911 - CK Nayuduis born.
July 21
- England
- 1863 - Aubrey Smith (pictured), the only player to captain England in his only Test, is born.
- 1934 - Bill Voce is taken out of the attack for bowling four overs of Bodyline for Nottinghamshire against Lancashire.
- 1981 - Australia in the third Ashes Test at Leeds and then being 135 for seven wickets in their second innings in the early afternoon of the previous day, still 92 behind, recover through Ian Botham's unbeaten 149 to 356 all out, setting Australia 130 to win. Then Bob Willis, changing ends to bowl with the wind as Australia get to 56 for one, takes eight of the last nine wickets at a personal cost of 43 runs as England win by 18 runs. This is only the second time in a Test match that a side following on has recovered to win.
- South Africa
- 1945 - Batsman Barry Richards - who could play only four tests because of Apartheid - is born.
- 1994 - South Africa play in England for the first time after re admittance to Test cricket[67]. They had not been able to so for 29 years because of expulsion from Test Cricket because of Apartheid .
- India
- 1934 - All-rounder Chandu Borde - later manager of the Indian cricket team - is born.
- 1947 - Opening batsman Chetan Chauhan is born.
- West Indies
- 1995 - Brian Lara is dismissed for a pair in a tour match at Canterbury.
July 22
- Australia
- 1890 - Jack Barrett scores an unbeaten 67 out of a total of 176 on test debut, as he becomes the first opener to carry his bat through a completed Test innings in an Ashes Test.[68]
- 1995 - English Bodyline series strike bowler Harold Larwood (pictured) dies in Sydney, after having emigrated to his adopted country in 1950.
- West Indies
- 1950 - Frank Worrell makes 261 at Trent Bridge, his highest Test knock.[69]
- 1978 - Batsman Runako Morton is born.
- Sri Lanka
- 1982 - Fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara is born.
- England
- 1935 - Medium-pacer Tom Cartwright, Ian Botham's future coach, is born.
July 23
- Australia
- 1851 - Charles Bannerman (pictured), who faced the first ball in Test cricket, and made the first century is born at Woolwich in England. He still holds the record for the highest percentage of team runs in a completed innings.[70]
- 1934 - Don Bradman completes his second double century, making 304 at Headingley. [71]
- England
- 1942-Double-international Lord's
- 1949 - Jack Robertson makes an unbeaten 331 as Middlesex score 623 for five in a day against Worcestershire at Worcester. The innings remains the highest individual score in Middlesex history.
- 1949 - Brian Close makes his debut aged 18 years 149 days, the youngest ever to play for England.
- 1953 - Batsman and future captain Graham Gooch is born. He is regarded as the most prolific run scorer ever, and was the last English batsman to score a triple century.
- 1994 - Lord's. Called in to explain his actions, he lies to match referee Peter Burge. He later admits to ball-tampering and lying, and is fined £2000 as a result.
- Sri Lanka
- 2008 - The umpire review system is trialled for the first time in a match between Sri Lanka and India at the Sinhalese Sports Club.
- South Africa
- 1949 - All rounder re-admissionis born.
- West Indies
- 1972 - Floyd Reifer is born. He later captained of an understrength team fielded by the West Indies against Bangladesh after the first XI had made themselves unavailable due to a pay dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board.
July 24
- Australia
- 1986 - Laurie Nash dies aged 76.
- Pakistan
- 1947 - Batsman Zaheer Abbas is born.
- England
- 1958 - Ted Dexter, Ray Illingworth and Raman Subba Row make their test debut as England beats New Zealand by an innings and 13 runs, thus becoming the first side to win the opening four Tests of a series in England.
July 25
- England
- 1939 - Manchester.
July 26
- England
- South Africa at Manchester. The rest of the three-day Test is then rained off and MacBryan, a specialist batsman, neither bowls nor bats – and is never picked again for a Test match.
- 1949 - Brian Close makes his Test debut, a record for the youngest Englishman to do so, at 18 years and 149 days old.
- 1956 - Jim Laker takes 10-53 against Australia at Manchester, a bowling record.[72]
- Sri Lanka
- 2006 -
July 27
- Australia
- Sydney, New South Wales. Border held numerous career records including: top run scorer (11,174 runs); most Test matches played (156); batted in more Test innings than any other player (265); captained Australia 93 times (all consecutive).
- England
- Old Trafford, the first 10-wicket haul in Test cricket for New Zealand and the only one for another 40 years.
- England at Leeds, then the highest score in a fourth innings to win a Test match. The century is Bradman's last in Tests. The attendance of 158,000 was the highest for any cricket match on English soil and the takings were 34,000 pounds. The attendance remains a record for a Test in England.
July 28
- South Africa
- 1934 - Louis Tancred, captain for three Tests, dies.
- West Indies
- 1936 - Garry Sobers, a dominant figure in 1960s cricket, is born at Bridgetown, Barbados.
July 29
- Pakistan
- 1963 - Punjab. Azeem was born with two fingers missing on his right (non-bowling) hand.
- Zimbabwe
- 2005 - Hamilton Masakadza becomes the first black African to make debut Test century, at Harare against the West Indies.[74]
July 30
- England
- 1914 - Albert Trott commits suicide in Middlesex by shooting himself. Trott played for both Australia and England and is the only man to hit a ball over the pavilion at Lord's.
- 1889 - Charlie Absolom dies in Trinidad when he was accidentally buried by a misplaced load of sugar whilst loading at Port of Spain.
July 31
- Australia
- oldest living Australian Test cricketerimmediately prior to his death.
- East Africa
- Limited Overs Internationalrun scorer, born.
- England
- England at Lord's, makes a gritty 50 and is hailed in the press as a hero "like the bank clerk that went to war".
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August 1
- In India
- In England
- 1961 - Richie Benaud takes 5 wickets for 12 runs at old Trafford, saving the Ashes series for Australia.[75]
- 1993 - The England women's cricket team win the Women's Cricket World Cup, their first win since the 1st World Cup in 1973.
August 2
- South Africa
- 1887 - First World War, is born at Rawalpindi, then in India
August 3
- England
- 2000 - Manchester
August 4
- India
- 1931 - Naren Tamhane is born at Mumbai
August 5
- India
- 1969 - Venkatesh Prasad is born at Bangalore
August 6
- England
- Clacton, responds to a bowling crisis for his side by taking off his pads and bowling himself. He takes four wickets in 34 balls before conceding a run, including a hat-trick.
August 7
- England
- Edgbaston.
- 1997 - Brothers Adam and Ben Hollioake make their Test debut in the same match, in the fifth Ashes Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
August 8
- Australia
- 1889 - Jack Ryder was born.
- England
- WG Graceplayed his last match in club cricket at the age of 66 for Eltham at home to Northbrook.
- 1965 - Angus Fraser born. Fraser twice took eight wickets in a Test innings in the West Indies.
- Pakistan'sinnings of 708, the highest in their Test history at The Oval came to an end.
- Bodyline Series.
- India
- 1940 - Dilip Sardesai born.
- Pakistan
- Mohammad Wasimborn.
August 9
- England
- 1992 - David Gower is bowled out for 1 by Waqar Younis in his last innings.
- South Africa wins the Trent BridgeTest, its last until 1994.
- 1926 - Denis Atkinson born.
- New Zealand
- 1897 - Ted Badcock born.
- South Africa
- Ernie Voglerdies.
August 10
- England
- 1999 - Former New Zealand
August 11
- Australia
- 1965 - Tweed Heads, New South Wales
August 12
- England
- 1902 - Gilbert Jessop scores 104 runs in 77 minutes as England wins the Fifth Test of the 1902 Test series against Australia by one wicket. The Test would become known as Jessop's Match
- West Indies
- 1969 - Stuart Williams, 31 Tests as a hard-hitting opening batsman but only one century, is born on the island of Nevis
- 1976 - Pedro Collins is born at Boscobelle, Barbados
August 13
- Australia
- 1841 - Johnny Mullagh, star of the Australian Aboriginal cricket team during their tour of England in 1868, born near Harrow, Victoria.
- Pakistan
- 1975 - Shoaib Akhtar is born at Rawalpindi
August 14
- Australia
- 1891 - Johnny Mullagh, star of the 1868 Australian Aboriginal cricket team tour of England, dies, aged 50, near Harrow, Victoria.
- England
- 1948 - Don Bradman is famously bowled for a duck on day-one of the 5th Test in the 1948 tour of England, Bradman's farewell tour.
August 15
- West Indies
- 1951 Jim Allen, West Indian World Series Cricketer, born.
August 16
- Australia
- 1950 - Jeff Thomson is born at Greenacre, New South Wales.
- 2000 - the first ever international cricket match played indoors is a One Day International between South Africa and Australia at Colonial Stadium (now called Docklands Stadium), Melbourne. Australia won the match by 94 runs.
- England
- 1860 - Lord Hawke, captain of both Yorkshire and England and one of the legendary mandarins of English cricket, is born at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
August 17
- Bangladesh
- 1972 - Habibul Bashar is born at Nagakanda, Kushtia province
August 18
- England
- 1875 - The present Somerset County Cricket Club was formed at a meeting at Torquay in Devon, the only one of the county clubs in English cricket to be formed outside its own boundaries
- 1920 - Godfrey Evans is born at Finchley, Middlesex.
August 19
- England
- 1939 - West Indian fast bowler West Indies at The Oval.
- 1953 - follows four drawn matches.
August 20
- England
- 1935 - England at The Ovaland so win a series in England for the first time on their fifth tour
- South Africa
- 1865 - Port Elizabeth.
August 21
- Australia
- 1975 - Simon Katich is born at Middle Swan, Western Australia
- England
- 1914 - Sidcup, Kent
August 22
- Australia
- 1897 – Bill Woodfull is born at Maldon, Victoria
- 1956 – Peter Taylor (Peter who?) is born
August 23
- England
- 1972 - Mark Butcher is born at Croydon, Surrey
August 24
- England
- 1948 - Glamorgan beat Hampshire by an innings and 115 runs at Bournemouth and so win the County Championship, the first time it has been won by a non-English county
August 25
- Pakistan
- 1957 - Sikander Bakht is born in Karachi
August 26
- West Indies
- 1930 - Joe Solomon is born at Port Mourant, Berbice, Guyana
August 27
- Australia
- 1908 - Don Bradman (pictured) is born
- England
- 1968 - England win the fifth and final Test of The Ashes series to square the rubber with six minutes to spare after a final day in which The Oval is flooded by a lunchtime storm. Mopping up by staff and spectators enables play to resume with 75 minutes left and five wickets to get. Derek Underwood took four of them to finish with seven for 50.
- Gary Sobers takes six catches at Lord's, a record for a non-wicketkeeper in a Test
- 1979 - Mike Procter hits six consecutive sixes off Somerset's Dennis Breakwell at Taunton.
August 28
- Australia
- 1913 - Lindsay Hassett is born at Newtown, Victoria
- England
- 1980 - The Centenary Test at Lord's commences. The match ended in a draw.
August 29
- England
- 1842 - Alfred Shaw, who bowled the first ever ball in a Test match, is born at Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire
August 30
- England
- 1921 - The England XI led by Australians, who had earlier won eight AshesTests in a row. MacLaren had maintained throughout the 1921 summer that he could pick a team of amateur cricketers to beat the Australians; when his side was all out for just 43 in the first innings, that seemed unlikely, but they recovered to win by 28 runs.
August 31
- India
- 1969 - Javagal Srinath is born at Mysore, Karnataka.
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September 1
- England
- 1955 – Surrey's 23rd County Championship victory of the season is a record. They win the match against Derbyshire inside two days. They lose their five other Championship matches, and so go through the whole season without drawing a single match
- 1961 – Hampshire defeat Derbyshire by 140 runs at Bournemouth to become County Champions for the first time
- Pakistan
- 1908 – Pakistan's Test Cap No 1 who also played Test cricket for India, is born at Lahore
September 2
- England
- 1980 - Kim Hughes bats for all five days of the Centenary Test at Lord's, the third man to do so.
September 3
- England
- 1900 - Percy Chapman is born at Reading
September 4
- India
- 1977 - Ajit Agarkar born.
September 5
- England
- 1969 - Mark Ramprakash (pictured) is born at Bushey, Hertfordshire
- West Indies
- 1954 - Richard Austin, World Series Cricketer and member of the Rebel West Indian side in South Africa, born.
- Zimbabwe
- 1972 - Manicaland
September 6
- India
- 1990 - Chethan Gaikwad Bill Alley completes 25 years.
September 7
- India
- 1990 - Bangalore, Karnataka
September 8
- England
- 1938 - Pelham Warner's XI in a festival match at Folkestone. It is Woolley's 978th first-class match in a career that began in 1906.
September 9
- Australia
- 1853 - Fred Spofforth, the "Demon", born in Balmain, New South Wales.
- England
- 1959 - West Indian Test all-rounder Collie Smith dies at Stoke-on-Trent after being injured in a road accident three days earlier.
September 10
- England
- 1948 - H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI at Scarborough.
- South Africa
- 1930 - Aubrey Faulkner dies.
- West Indies
- 1989 - Former West Indies Test captain Jeff Stollmeyer dies in hospital in Florida after being injured by intruders at his home at Port of Spain, Trinidad
September 11
- India
- 1911 - Lala Amarnath born.
- 1976 - Murali Kartik born.
- South Africa
- 2007 - Twenty 20 International partnership record of 145 at Johannesburg.[76]
September 12
- England
- 1930 - H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI against the Australians at Scarborough.
September 13
- Australia
- Victoria
- South Africa
- 1963 - England batsman Robin Smith is born at Durban
September 14
- Australia
- 1919 - Gil Langley born.
- India
- Robin Singhborn.
- New Zealand
- 1959 - Brendon Bracewell born.
- South Africa
- One-day International cricket for two countries, is born at Bloemfontein.
- Pakistan
One-day International cricket for two countries, is born at karachi
September 15
- England
- 1928 - Tich Freeman, playing for The Rest against the Champion County, Lancashire, at The Oval, has Dick Tyldesley stumped by Leslie Ames to record his 300th wicket of the English cricket season. Freeman takes four further wickets in Lancashire's second innings on Monday 17 September to finish with 304, at an average of 18.05 runs per wicket, the only player ever to take more than 300 wickets in a season.
September 16
- England
- 1961 - Percy Chapman dies at Alton, Hampshire, aged 61
September 17
- England
- 1940 - Peter Lever is born at Todmorden
September 18
- England
- 1970 - Darren Gough born.
- India
- 1986 - .
September 19
- India
- 1977 - Aakash Chopra born.
- South Africa
- 2007 - Yuvraj Singh (pictured) hits six sixes off Stuart Broad, becoming the first player to hit six sixes in an international Twenty20 match.
September 20
- Pakistan
- 1982 - Jalal-ud-Din takes the first One Day International hat-trick in history, with the wickets of Rod Marsh (bowled), Bruce Yardley (caught Wasim Bari) and Geoff Lawson (bowled), at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad.[77]
- India
- 1986 - Madras.
September 21
- West Indies
- 1901 - Learie Constantine (pictured) is born at Diego Martin, Trinidad and Tobago.
- 1963 - Curtly Ambrose is born at Swetes, Antigua and Barbuda.
September 22
- India
- 1986 - The first Test of the Australian tour to India at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium ends in a tie, the second Tied Test in history.
- New Zealand
- 1962 - Martin Crowe is born in Auckland.
- Sri Lanka
- 1976 - Thilan Samaraweera is born in Colombo.
September 23
- Pakistan
- 1971 - Moin Khan is born in Rawalpindi
September 24
- India
- Pakistan in the final by 5 runs at South Africa.
- 2020 - Dean Jones passed away after collapsing in a hotel in Mumbai.
September 25
- South Africa
- 1969 - Hansie Cronje is born at Bloemfontein
- West Indies
- 1949 - Inshan Ali, 12 Tests, born in Trinidad and Tobago.
September 26
- England
- 1935 - Bob Barber is born at Withington, Manchester
September 27
- India
- 1981 - Lakshmipathy Balaji is born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- New Zealand
- 1981 - Brendon McCullum is born in Dunedin, Otago.
September 28
- Australia
- 1975 - Stuart Clark is born at Sutherland, New South Wales
- 1978 - Ben Edmondson is born in Southport, Queensland
September 29
- South Africa
- 1876 - Charles Llewellyn, South Africa's first non-white Test player, born.
- West Indies
- 1934 - Lance Gibbs is born at Georgetown, British Guiana.
September 30
- Australia
- 1854 - The first cricket match is played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 1952 - Wayne Prior, World Series Cricketer, is born at Salisbury, South Australia.
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October 1
- England
- 1900 - Tom Goddard, the fifth highest wicket-taker in first-class cricket with 2,979 wickets, is born at Gloucester
October 2
- Australia
October 3
- Australia
- 1921 - Ray Lindwall is born at Mascot, New South Wales
October 4
- South Africa
- 1931 - Basil D'Oliveira, who played 44 Tests for England having been unable to play first-class cricket in his native country because of the apartheid regime, is born at Cape Town
October 5
- Australia
- 1940 - Bob Cowper is born
October 6
- In Australia
- 1930 - Richie Benaud is born in Penrith, New South Wales
October 7
- India
- 1978 - Zaheer Khan born.
- South Africa
- 1876 - Louis Tancred, South African captain for three Tests, born.
- Sri Lanka
- 2012 - West Indies win the 2012 ICC World Twenty20, beating Sri Lanka in the final played at Colombo.
October 8
- West Indies
- 1945 - Vanburn Holder is born at Deans Village, Saint Michael Parish, Barbados
October 9
- India
- 1987 - Australia beat India by one run in a 1987 Cricket World Cup match - the closest margin in World Cup history.[78]
- Pakistan
- 1976 - hat trick on his Test debut when he takes the wickets of Javed Miandad, Wasim Raja and Intikhab Alam in the first Test in Lahore
- 1994 - Salim Malik in the second Test at Rawalpindi.[79]
October 10
- New Zealand
- 1922 - Wanganui
- 1936 - Artie Dick is born at Middlemarch
- 1949 - Lance Cairns is born at Picton
October 11
- India
- 1972 - Sanjay Bangar is born at Beed, Maharashtra
October 12
- India
- 1946 - Ashok Mankad is born at Mumbai
October 13
- South Africa
- 1964 - Transvaal
October 14
- Sri Lanka
- 1976 - Tillakaratne Dilshan is born at Kalutara
October 15
- In South Africa
- Kimberley
October 16
- Pakistan
- 1952 - Played in its first Test match, against India at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi.
- South Africa
- 1975 - Jacques Kallis is born at Pinelands, Cape Town.
October 17
- India
- 1970 - Anil Kumble (pictured) is born at Bangalore.
- New Zealand
- 1917 - Ngaruawahia, Waikato.
- Sri Lanka
- 1965 - Aravinda de Silva is born at Colombo.
October 18
- Canada
- 1978 - Former Halifax, Nova Scotia.
- Zimbabwe
- 1992 - played in its first Test match.
October 19
- In Australia
- North Fitzroy, Victoria. Ponsford broke his own world record for the highest first-classscore.
October 20
- India
- Punjab, India.
- 1978 - Virender Sehwag born in Delhi.
- South Africa
- 1966 - Allan Donald born in Bloemfontein.
October 21
- Australia
- 1971 - Damien Martyn is born at Darwin, Northern Territory
October 22
- New Zealand
- Martin Donnellydies.
October 23
- England
- 1915 - W. G. Grace dies
October 24
- South Africa
- 1931 - Sir Murray Bisset, South African captain who later served as Governor of Southern Rhodesia, dies.
October 25
- Australia
- 1982 - David Hookes scores the fastest first-class century in terms of deliveries faced (34)
- England
- 1929 - Wallington, Surrey
October 26
- New Zealand
- 1965 - Ken Rutherford is born in Dunedin
October 27
- Australia
- 1964 - Mark Taylor is born at Leeton, New South Wales
- India
- 1984 - Baroda, Gujarat.
- Sri Lanka
- 1977 - Kumar Sangakkara is born at Matale.
- Australia
- 1986 - David Warner is born at Paddington, New South Wales.
October 28
- Australia
- 2002 - Australia's squad for The Ashesseries and announces his immediate retirement from international cricket
October 29
- Australia
- 1971 - Matthew Hayden is born.
- England
- 1915 - Dennis Brookes is born. Brookes played for Northamptonshire from 1934 to 1959 (as captain from 1954 to 1957), was President of the club from 1982 to 1984 and the gates at the Abington Avenue End of Northampton's County Ground are named after him.
- 1974 - Michael Vaughan (pictured) is born. Vaughan captained England to more Test wins than any of his predecessors.
October 30
- England
- 1936 - Teddy Wynyard, the only Test cricketer to have scored a goal in the FA Cup Final, dies aged 75.
- West Indies
- 1962 - Courtney Walsh is born at Kingston, Jamaica.
- Zimbabwe
- 2006 - Zimbawean Test cricketer Mark Vermeulen allegedly sets fire to the pavilion at the Harare Sports Club.
October 31
- India
- 1987 -
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November 1
- India
- V. V. S. Laxmanborn.
November 2
- Australia
- 1877 - Victor Trumper is born
November 3
- New Zealand
- 1900 - Roger Blunt born.
- 1959 - Vaughan Brown born.
- 1964 - Bryan Young born.
- India
- 1999 - Rajeev Nayyar completes the longest first class innings, 16 hours 55 minutes (1015 minutes) for Himachal Pradesh against Jammu & Kashmir in the Ranji Trophy. He made 271 off 728 balls.
November 4
- England
- 1870 - Derbyshire County Cricket Club is founded in a meeting held at the Guildhall, Derby. The county's first first-class match comes six months later.
- India
- 1988 - India national cricket team Captain Virat Kohli was born.
November 5
- England
- 1901 - England, is born at Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire
- Australia
- - to claim the title for the first time.
November 6
- Australia
- 1931 - Eddie Gilbert dismisses Don Bradman for a duck.
- 1956 - Graeme Wood born.
- New Zealand
- 1921 - Geoff Rabone born.
November 7
- New Zealand
- 1980 - James Franklin is born at Wellington
November 8
- Australia
- 1976 - Brett Lee is born at Wollongong, New South Wales
- India
- 1987 - Australia wins the 1987 Cricket World Cup played at Eden Gardens, beating England in the final.
November 9
- Pakistan
- 1986 - After being bowled out for 53 in the first Test, the West Indies defeat Pakistan in the second Test at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore by an innings and 10 runs.[81]
November 10
- In India
- Calcutta.
- In Bangladesh
- 2000 - played its first Test match.
November 11
- England
- 1930 - septicaemia two weeks after injuring himself by slipping on a dance floor in Nottingham
November 12
- South Africa
- 1910 - Dudley Nourse is born at Durban
November 13
- Australia
- 1858 - Australia in six of his 19 Tests, is born at Kensington in west London
November 14
- Australia
- 1971 - Adam Gilchrist is born.
- India
- 1976 - Hemang Badani is born.
November 15
- New Zealand
- 1903 - Wellington
November 16
- Pakistan
- 1989 - Sixteen year old Sachin Tendulkar makes his Test debut on day 2 of the 1st Test at National Stadium, Karachi and makes 15 runs.[82]
- 1969 - Waqar Younis (Urdu: وقار یونس) is born in Vehari, Punjab, Pakistan.
November 17
- New Zealand
- 1923 - Bert Sutcliffe, left-handed batsman who made the two highest scores by a New Zealander (which are also the two highest ever in New Zealand), is born at Ponsonby, New Zealand
November 18
- India
- 1993 - Zimbabwe tie with India in a Hero Cup One Day International match at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Indore.[83]
November 19
- England
- 1841 - Harry Jupp, who played in the first two Test matches, is born at Dorking
November 20
- New Zealand
November 21
- Australia
- 1870 - Joe Darling is born in Glen Osmond, South Australia
- England
- 1870 - Stanley Jackson is born in Leeds
November 22
- Sri Lanka
- 1970 - Marvan Atapattu is born at Kalutara
November 23
- South Africa
- 1911 - Bernard Tancred, member of South Africa's inaugural Test team (pictured), dies.
November 24
- England
- 1955 - Ian Botham born.
November 25
- Australia
- 1885 - The Western Australian Cricket Association is formally established
- 1915 - Invincible, Ron Hamence is born in Hindmarsh, South Australia. Following the death of Bill Brown on 16 March 2008, Hamence became Australia's oldest surviving Test cricketer.
- Pakistan
- 1952 - Imran Khan was born.
November 26
- West Indies
- 1967 - Swetes Village, Antigua
November 27
- India
- 1950 - At the age of 72, Raja Maharaj Singh is the oldest person to make a first-class cricket debut and to play first-class cricket. Jim Laker bowled him for 4 runs.[84]
- 1983 - Desmond Haynes is given out handled the ball in the fourth Test at Bombay.[85]
November 28
- Australia
- 1919 - Keith Miller is born at Sunshine, Victoria
November 29
- Australia
- 1927 - George Giffen dies at Parkside, South Australia
- Pakistan
- 1977 - Younis Khan born
November 30
- New Zealand
- 1946 - Ken Wadsworth, wicketkeeper in 33 Tests who died of skin cancer aged just 29, was born in Nelson, New Zealand
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December 1
- India
- 1980 - Mohammad Kaif is born
- England
- 1940 - Mike Denness is born
- Sri Lanka
- 1963 - Arjuna Ranatunga is born
December 2
- Australia
- 2006 - , the first English double-century in Australia in 70 years. But Australia still win the match by six wickets.
- South Africa
- 1906 - Eric Dalton born.
- India
- 2009 - Sri Lanka. This was the longest interval between hosting of two successive tests at the same venue - a period of 36 years, 9 months and 21 days. India made their highest test score of 726 for 9 and won the match by an innings.
December 3
- England
- 1905 -
December 4
- West Indies
- 1999 - Sylvester Clarke, fast bowler, dies aged 44.
December 5
- New Zealand
- 1970 - Matthew Horne is born at Takapuna, Auckland
December 6
- In England
- 1949 - Peter Willey is born at Sedgefield in County Durham
- 1977 - Andrew Flintoff is born in Preston, Lancashire
December 7
- Australia
- 1948 - Donald Bradman's Testimonial match at Melbourne ends with the scores level between invitation sides led by Bradman and by Lindsay Hassett. Under the then rules, the match is declared a tie. Bradman himself made his final, 117th, first-class century in the first innings.
December 8
- Australia
- 2006 - Australia in the first two AshesTests of the 2006-07 series, announces his sudden and immediate retirement from all forms of cricket
December 9
- Australia
- 1960 - At the West Indies begin the Test match that will become, five days later, the first Tied Test.
December 10
- Australia
- 1847 - Harry Boyle, who played in 12 of the first 17 Test matches, is born at Sydney
December 11
- In Australia
- Australia v the Marylebone Cricket Club. Future captain Greg Chappell makes his Test debut. The match ends in a draw.[86]
- West Indies
- 1954 - Sylvester Clarke born.
December 12
- India
- 1981 - Yuvraj Singh is born.
December 13
- Australia
- 1946 - Sid Barnes and Don Bradman set a still-standing 5th-wicket Test partnership of 405 runs at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[87]
December 14
- In Australia
- West Indies tour at the Gabba, Ian Meckiff is run out on the last ball and the match ends in a tie, the first Tied Testin history.
- In the Channel Islands
- 1991 - John Arlott, journalist and commentator known as "the voice of cricket", dies at his home on Alderney at the age of 77
December 15
- Australia
- 1976 - Dennis Lillee causes an uproar by using an aluminium bat on the second day of the 1st Ashes Test at the WACA Ground. English captain Mike Brearley complained and after an animated discussion with the umpires, Lillee grudgingly threw the metal bat away and accepted a willow bat.
December 16
- England
- 1882 - Jack Hobbs is born.
- 1969 - Craig White is born at Morley, West Yorkshire.
- West Indies
- 1952 - Joel Garner is born.
December 17
- Australia
- 1927 - Bill Ponsford beats his own world record score for a first-class innings, making 437 out of Victoria's total of 793 in the match against Queensland at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 1946 - On day four of the 2nd Ashes Test at Sydney, Sid Barnes (pictured) is famously out while on 234, equalling Don Bradman's record which had been set just one over before. Barnes later admitted throwing away his wicket: "It wouldn't be right for someone to make more runs than Sir Donald Bradman". The pair had also set a world record fifth wicket partnership of 405 which still stands.
- South Africa
- 1881 - Aubrey Faulkner born.
December 18
- India
- Kathiawar concede Ranji Trophy first round match to Maharashtra.
December 19
- Australia
- 1974 - Ricky Ponting is born in Launceston, Tasmania.
- New Zealand
- 1916 - Former Test captain Merv Wallace is born.
December 20
- United States of America
- 1948 - Beverly Hills.
- 1968 - Learie Constantine is awarded a life peerage, becoming the first black man to sit in the House of Lords. He takes the title of Baron Constantine of Maraval in Trinidad and Nelson in the County Palatine of Lancaster.
December 21
- In Australia
- 1923 - Victoria at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- England
- 1963 - Hove, Sussexat the age of 81.
December 22
- India
- 1947 - Dilip Doshi, 33 Tests and 112 wickets for India, all after the age of 30, is born at Rajkot, Gujarat
- Ireland
- 1989 - Samuel Beckett, two first-class matches for University of Dublin, died aged 83.
December 23
- England
- 1894 - England captain in nine Tests in the early 1920s, is born at Denmark Hill, London
- South Africa
- 1957 - New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. At 21, Craig was the ever youngest Australian captain.[88]
December 24
- England
- 1932 - Colin Cowdrey, the first cricketer to be raised to the peerage for services to cricket, is born in India
December 25
- Australia
- 2000 - Neil Hawke died.
- England
- 1984 - Alastair Cook is born at Gloucester
December 26
- Australia
- 1926 - Victoria hit a world record 1107 runs against New South Wales on day three of a Sheffield Shield match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Victoria won the match by an innings and 656 runs.[89]
- 1928 - Alan Kippax (pictured) (260) and Hal Hooker (62) set a world first-class last-wicket partnership record of 307 at the MCG for New South Wales against Victoria.[90] The stand lasted just under five hours.
- England
- 1967 - England, dies aged 94 at Chadsmoor, Staffordshire.
- West Indies
- 1935 - Rohan Kanhai is born at Port Mourant, British Guiana.
December 27
- England
- South Africa
- South Africa in Johannesburg, still the highest England first-wicket partnership of all time
- West Indies
- 1925 - Glendon Gibbs, Test cricketer and administrator, born.
December 28
- Australia
- 1889 - Victoria and Australia from 1911/12 until 1928/29. He also played Australian rules football for Melbourne University Football Clubbetween 1908 and 1914.
- Pakistan
- 1941 - Intikhab Alam is born at Hoshiarpur, India
December 29
- Australia
- 1960 - David Boon is born at Launceston, Tasmania
December 30
- Pakistan
- 1981 - Faisal Iqbal is born in Karachi
December 31
- England
- West Indies
- 1980 - During the Fourth Test between Pakistan and the West Indies at the Multan Cricket Stadium (pictured), after being pelted with oranges, Sylvester Clarke throws a brick into the crowd, seriously injuring a spectator.