Birth of :
Matthew Hayden (1971-), Australian batsman who made 549 runs – an Australian record for a three-match series – on his tour of Indian in 2001 and whose 380 against Zimbabwe in October 2003 was for six months Test cricket’s highest individual score (In 2003 he also became the first Test player to score 1,000 Test runs in three consecutive calender years);
Michael Vaughan (1974-), English batsman and captain who has the distinction of being the first ever player to appear on the cover of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.
In 1900 HRH Prince Christian Victor (HRH Prince Victor Albert Ludwig Ernest Anton Christian of Schleswig-Holstein in full), batsman and wicket-keeper who played for I- Zingari was killed in the Boer War, aged 33. He is the only member of royalty to play first-class cricket.
In 1983 Sunil Gavaskar scored his 29th century (121) to equal Don Bradman in the second Test against the West Indies at Delhi. It was the fastest of his 34 centuries coming in only 94 balls. When on 104 he passed another milestone; he became the third batsman after Sobers and Boycott to score 8,000 Test runs.
The first 199 in Test history!
In 1984 Mudassar Nazar fell at the final hurdle when he was caught behind off Shivlal Yadav in the second Test between Pakistan and India at Faisalabad. It was catching: Mohammad Azharuddin, Matthew Elliott, Sanath Jayasuriya, Steve Waugh and Andy Flower have all since made 199 in a Test – but of the six, only Elliott (at Headingley in 1997) has been on the winning side. This one ended in a draw: Mudassar added 250 for the second wicket with Qasim Omar, who made 210 in 685 minutes, the longest Test innings in Pakistan.
In 1986 Pakistan dismissed West Indies for 53 in the second innings of the first Test at Faisalabad. This was their lowest ever Test score until Australia skittled them for 51 in Trinidad in 1998-99, and still the lowest in a Test in Pakistan. They plumbed new depths when they were dismissed for 47 in the first Test against England in Jamaica in March 2004. Imran Khan took 4 for 30 and Abdul Qadir 6 for 16. Pakistan won by 186 runs. It was one of only eight defeats (in 82 matches) suffered by West Indies in the 1980s.
In 2000 India was dismissed for 54 runs – the lowest ever Indian score – against Sri Lanka at the Coca-Cola tournament in Sharjah. The margin of 245 runs was India’s largest margin of defeat and also the record for all ODIs at the time. India’s previous lowest was 63 against Australia. Sanath Jayasuriya slammed 189 off 161 balls with 21 fours and four sixes. Chaminda Vaas took 5 for 14 and Muttiah Muralitharan 3 for 6.
