People born on this day:
1891: Ted McDonald, great Australian quick of the twenties
1931: Graeme Hole, Australian batsman of the fifties
1935: Ian Meckiff, Australian quick 1957-63, career ended by throwing calls
1948: Dayle Hadlee, brother of Richard, NZ medium-pacer of the 70's
1959: Kapil Dev, India's finest all-rounder 1978-94
1966: Shahid Saeed, Pakistani batsman in one Test v India 1989
1973: Sairaj Bahutule, Bombay leg-spin all-rounder, Tests for India 2001-
1974: Ali Hussain Rizvi, Pakistan Test off-spinner v South Africa 1997
1979: Clea Smith, Australian womens ODI pace bowler 2000-
People died on this day:
1907: Walter Read, England batsman, 117 at no.10 v Aust 1884
1915: Reginald Wood, one Test England v Australia 1886
1939: Albert Ward, England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95
Events on this day:
1930: Bradman scores 452* for NSW against Qld, 377 mins, 49 fours
1937: Bradman scores 270 Aust v England at the MCG, incl 110 singles
1947: Ray Lindwall smashes 100 v England in MCG Test
1965: Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against S.Africa, his best Test bowling
1984: Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh and Lillee
1986: Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland, aged 39
1992: Shane Warne takes 1-150 in his first Test innings
1992: Sachin Tendulkar completes 148* v Australia at the SCG
1993: Last day of Test cricket for Greg Matthews
2004: Steve Waugh scores 80 on his last day of Test cricket
2004: Dwayne Smith makes 105* on debut for WI at Cape Town
2004: Central Province (SL) beats Southern Province chasing 512, world fc record
