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).
1937 - Australia win the fourth Test at
Adelaide to level
The Ashes series 2-2, having lost the first two matches to
England. A double century by
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.
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1997 - Daniel Vettori became New Zealand's youngest Test cricketer at 18 years 10 days.
South Africa
1970 - Graeme Pollock completes innings of 274 in Test match against
Australia at
Durban, then the highest Test innings for
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.
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).
1948 - Billy Griffith, pressed into service as emergency opening batsman by
England in second Test against
West Indies at Bridgetown, scores his maiden first-class century, finishing (the following morning) with 140.
1941 - Ross Morgan is born in
Auckland. Morgan played 20 Tests in the 1960s and 1970s as a middle-order batsman.
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West Indies
1948 - Andy Ganteaume, 53 not out overnight in second Test between
West Indies and
England at Bridgetown, completed a century and finished with 112 in what would prove to be his only Test innings.
1902 - Australian bowler Bert Hopkins (pictured) takes
CB Fry and
Ranjitsinhji both for ducks on the opening day of the second Ashes Test at Lord's.
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1978 - After 48 years and in the 48th Test between the two countries,
New Zealand finally win a Test match against
England, winning by 72 runs in a low-scoring match at
Wellington.
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.
1937 - Jack Badcock hits 118 for
Australia in the decisive
Ashes Test at
Melbourne, the only time in 12 innings in seven Tests that specialist batsman Badcock is not dismissed while still in single figures.