HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Robin' Singh (1963-), Indian all-rounder who was born in the West Indies and who was only the second player after Courtney Walsh to take five wickets in a ODI in five overs or less; and
Aamir Sohail (1966-), Pakistani batsman who was later chairman of selectors in Pakistan and is now a famous commentator.
Kepler Wessels (1957-), left-hand batsman who played for both Australia and South Africa scoring Test centuries and 1,000 runs for both the countries he represented (He also led the Proteas in their first World Cup in 1992);
Jeff Crowe (1958-), New Zealand batsman and captain who is the brother of the Martin Crowe;
In 1928 Percy 'Tich' Freeman took his 300th wicket of the season – against Lancashire while playing for The Rest, a landmark no one else has reached. Freeman finished with 304 as The Rest won by an innings. Two hundred and fifty wickets in a season has been achieved 12 times, six of them by Freeman.
In 1996 two Kent pace bowlers took hat-tricks against Hampshire at Canterbury. It was the first for Martin McCague but the third of the season for Dean Headley, equaling the world record set by Charlie Parker in 1924 and India's JS Rao in 1963-64. Headley's two previous hat-tricks in 1996 were against Derbyshire at Derby and Worcestershire, again at Canterbury.
In 1997 play was stopped during the second ODI of the Sahara Cup between India and Pakistan at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club when Inzamam-ul-Haq attacked a megaphone-wielding-heckler with his bat. Incensed at being called fat and aloo (potato), Inzamam lost his cool and ran into the stands to settle scores with his baiter Shiv Kumar Thind.
In 2007 Rahul Dravid resigned as India’s captain: Mahendra Singh Dhoni took over as one-day skipper.
