Today In Cricket History: 23 March People born on this day: 1906: Maurice Allom, England pace bowler 1930-31, hat-trick against WI 1908: Ben Barnett, Australian wicket-keeper on the 1938 England tour 1939: Michael Tissera, Sri Lankan batsman 1975 World Cup 1940: Brian Hastings, New Zealand batsman in the seventies 1944: Salim Altaf, Pakistan medium-pacer in 21 Tests 1967-78 1948: Wasim Bari, Pakistans most successful wicket-keeper 1953: Denis Aberhart, Canterbury and Central Districts pace bowler later NZ coach 1961: Debbie Wilson, Australian womens Test player 1984-91 1968: Mike Atherton, Lancashire batsman and England captain 1968: Atul Wassan, Indian pace bowler 1989-90 People died on this day: 1906: Victor Barton, scored 23 in only Test England v S.Afr 1892 1950: Douglas Carr, England leg-spinner took 7 at 40.29 in only Test 1909 1961: A.C.Russell (or C.A.G.), 10 Tests for England 910 runs @ 56.87 2002: Ben Hollioake, aged 24 in car accident. Exciting England ODI all-rounder 1997-2002 2011: Fred Titmus, England offie in 53 Tests across two decades 1955-75 Events on this day: 1962: Nawab of Pataudi captains India v WI age 21 years 77 days 1980: Border completes 150 in each innings of Test v Pakistan, unique 1994: Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev 1998: Western Australia defeat Tasmania to win the Sheffield Shield final 2003: Australia defeats India by 125 runs to win the World Cup final
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 02:31:55 +0000
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