Born on this day were:
Alan Connolly (1939), Australian seam bowler in the 1960s;
Ronald George Alphonso 'Ron' Headley (1939), West Indian opener who was the son of great George and father of England seamer Dean (He played just two Tests, both in England in 1973 and played much of his cricket in England for Worcestershire and Derbyshire); and
Paul Jarvis (1965), English pace bowler.
In 1931, Les Ames and 'Gubby' Allen added 246 for the eighth wicket against New Zealand at Lord's. Allen scored his only Test hundred and Ames his first in England. At the time it was the highest for the eighth-wicket in Test history, but it was has been passed thrice in the last ten years.
In 1950, West Indies won their first Test in England, beating the hosts by 326 runs at Lord's. The spearhead of the West Indian attack were spinners Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine who were both playing their second Test. Valentine's match figures were 116-75-127-7 (the 75 maidens are still a Test record), and Ramadhin's 115-70-152-11. A famous Calypso song – 'With those little pals of mine, Ramadhin and Valentine' – was born.
In 2000, Sanath Jayasuriya and Marvan Atapattu put on 335 against Pakistan at Kandy – the fifth highest opening partnership in Test history and Sri Lanka's highest by almost 150 runs. Atapattu remained unbeaten on 207- his third Test double hundred and Jayasuriya made 188. The match was drawn.
In 2007, Sachin Tendulkar became the first player to complete 15,000 runs in one-day internationals, during India’s match against South Africa in Belfast.
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| Sachin Tendulkar hitting down the ground |
