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Cricket in History (Part 19)

Cricket: Cricket Competitions - International Teams

Events in Sport


Birthdays in Sport

Birthdays 1801 - 1,900 of 2,039

  • 1972-11-18 Jason Arnberger, cricketer (NSW opening batsman 1994-95 -)
  • 1972-11-22 Mavan Atapattu, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test batsman)
  • 1973-01-06 Sairaj Bahatule, Indian cricketer (promising Bombay leg-spin all-rounder), born in Mumbai, India

Rahul DravidRahul Dravid (50 years old)

1973-01-11 Indian cricket batsman and captain (164 Tests, 13,288 runs @ 52.31, 36 x 100s; 344 ODIs), born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

Rahul Dravid
  • 1973-02-06 Lulama Masikazana, South African cricket wicket-keeper (Kwazulu for E Province), born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (d. 2011)
  • 1973-03-20 Nico Boje, cricketer (South African ODI left-arm spinner 1996)
  • 1973-03-28 Andrew Whittall, cricketer (cousin of Guy Zimbabwe off-spinner 1996)
  • 1973-04-01 Stephen Fleming, New Zealand cricket batsman and captain (111 Tests; 7,172 @ 40.06; 280 ODIs), born in Christchurch, New Zealand

Sachin TendulkarSachin Tendulkar (49 years old)

1973-04-24 Indian cricket batsman and captain (200 Tests, 15,921 runs @ 53.78, 51 x 100s; highest run scorer in international cricket), born in Mumbai, India

Sachin Tendulkar
  • 1973-06-02 Jayantha Silva, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test left-arm spinner 1995)
  • 1973-06-06 Ashfaq Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistan pace bowler 1993-)
  • 1973-06-14 Daniel Marsh, cricketer (son of Rod South Aust slow lefty since 1993)
  • 1973-06-30 Dodda Ganesh, Indian cricketer and pace bowler (Karnataka & India), born in Bengaluru, India
  • 1973-07-16 Shaun Pollock, South African cricket all-rounder, captain (108 Tests, 3,781 runs @ 32.21, 421 wickets; 303 ODIs) and broadcaster (SuperSport), born in Port Elizabeth, RSA
  • 1973-07-28 Nixon A. McNamara McClean, West Indies cricket fast bowler (ODI 1996)
  • 1973-08-01 Ben Johnson, Australian cricketer (promising South Australian opening batsman), born in Naracoorte, South Australia
  • 1973-08-02 Danie Keulder, Namibian cricketer, born in Keetmanshoop, Namibia
  • 1973-08-05 Sanwar Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer
  • 1973-08-08 Shane Lee, cricket all-rounder (NSW & Somerset, Australian ODI 1995-)
  • 1973-10-29 Adam Bacher, South African cricket batsman (19 Tests; 13 ODIs), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 1973-11-10 Zahid Fazal, Pakistani cricket batsman (occasional Tests since 1992), born in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan
  • 1973-11-12 Zahir Shah, Afghan cricketer (attention-grabbing Rawalpindi leg-spinner), born in Kunar Province, Afghanistan
  • 1973-11-29 Craig Glassock, Australian cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper 1994-95), born in Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia
  • 1973-12-12 Michael Di Venuto, Australian cricketer (exciting Tasmanian batsman), born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
  • 1974-01-09 Craig Wishart, Zimbabwean cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman vs South Africa 1995), born in Harare, Zimbabwe
  • 1974-01-23 Glen Chapple, English cricketer (Lancashire & England A pace bowler), born in Skipton, United Kingdom
  • 1974-01-30 Robert Rollins, English cricketer (big-hitting Essex wicketkeeper-batsman), born in London, England
  • 1974-02-23 Herschelle Gibbs, South African cricketer (South African Test batsman 1996), born in Cape Town, South Africa
  • 1974-02-27 Jimmy Maher, Australian cricketer (Queensland lefty batsman victorious 1995 side), born in Innisfail, Australia
  • 1974-03-09 Mark Harrity, Australian cricketer (promising South Aust left-arm fast bowler), born in Semaphore, South Australia
  • 1974-03-16 Heath Streak, cricketer (Zimbabwean pace bowler 1993-)
  • 1974-03-30 Martin Love, Australian cricketer (high scoring Queensland batsman, Aust 1995), born in Mundubbera, Australia
  • 1974-04-12 Kabir Khan, Pakistani cricketer, born in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • 1974-08-11 Anju Jain, Indian cricketer(women's team)
  • 1974-08-18 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Guyanese cricketer (WI left-handed batsman 1994-), born in Unity Village, Guyana
  • 1974-08-27 Michael Mason, New Zealand cricketer
  • 1974-09-05 Rawl Lewis, West Indian cricketer, born in Grenada
  • 1974-10-29 Michael Vaughan, English cricketer and commentator (Captain of England), born in Eccles, England
  • 1974-11-01 V. V. S. Laxman, Indian cricket batsman (134 Tests; 8,781 runs @ 45.5; best 281, 2001), born in Hyderabad, Telangana
  • 1974-11-20 Brad Williams, Australian cricket fast bowler (4 Tests, 9 wickets; 25 ODIs, 35 wickets), born in Frankston, Australia
  • 1974-12-03 Charl Willoughby, South African cricket fast bowler (2 Tests; 3 ODIs; Somerset), born in Cape Town, South Africa
  • 1974-12-19 Ricky Ponting, Australian cricket batsman, captain, coach and broadcaster (168 Tests, 13,378 runs @ 51.85; 41 x 100s), born in Launceston, Tasmania
  • 1974-12-29 Brad Hodge, Australian cricketer (promising Victorian middle-order batsman), born in Sandringham, Australia
  • 1975-01-15 Greg Loveridge, New Zealand cricketer (NZ leg-spinner, did not bowl v Zim 1996), born in Palmerston North, New Zealand
  • 1975-01-27 Chaminda Vaas, brilliant Sri Lankan cricket pace bowler (1994- )
  • 1975-02-28 Azhar Mahmood, Pakistan cricket all-rounder (21 Tests, 900 runs @ 30.00, 3 x 100s, 39 wickets), born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • 1975-03-05 Chris Silverwood, cricketer (England Test pace bowler v Zimbabwe 1996)
  • 1975-03-28 Atta-ur-Rehman, Pakistani cricketer (quickie, debut v England, 1992 at age 17), born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
  • 1975-04-19 Jason Gillespie, Australian cricket fast bowler (first Aboriginal male to play Test cricket for Australia; 71 Tests, 259 wickets, BB 7/39, HS 201no; South Australia CA, Yorkshire CCC, Sussex CCC), born in Sydney, Australia
  • 1975-05-27 Michael Hussey, Australian cricketer
  • 1975-06-04 Dinanath Ramnarine, cricketer (Trinidad & Tobago leg-spinner)

Andrew SymondsAndrew Symonds (1975-2022)

1975-06-09 Australian cricket all-rounder (26 Tests, 2 x 100, 10 x 50, HS 162no, 24 wickets; Queensland CA, Kent CCC, Deccan Chargers), born in Birmingham, England

Andrew Symonds
  • 1975-07-17 Andre Adams, New Zealand cricketer, born in Auckland, New Zealand
  • 1975-07-21 Ravindra Pushpakumara, Sri Lankan cricketer (Test pace bowler)
  • 1975-07-31 Andrew Hall, South African cricket batsman (21 Tests; HS 163 v India 1st Test 2004), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal
  • 1975-08-03 Chris Nevin, New Zealand cricket wicketkeeper-batsman (37 ODIs, 19 dismissals), born in Dunedin, New Zealand
  • 1975-08-13 Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricket fast bowler (regarded as fastest bowler in history 161.3km/h; 46 Tests, 178 wickets, BB 6/11; Somerset CCC, Durham CCC, Worcestershire CCC), born in Morgah, Pakistan
  • 1975-08-15 Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer, born in Bangalore
  • 1975-08-21 Simon Katich, Australian cricketer, born in Middle Swan, Australia
  • 1975-10-06 Reon King, West Indian cricketer from Guyana
  • 1975-10-09 Mahendra Nagamootoo, West Indian cricketer (Guyanese leg-spinner), born in Whim, Berbice, Guyana
  • 1975-10-16 Jacques Kallis, South African cricket all-rounder, captain (166 Tests, 13,289 runs @ 55.37, 45x100, HS 224, 292 wickets; Western Province, Middlesex CCC, Glamorgan CCC, Kolkata Knight Riders), born in Cape Town, South Africa
  • 1975-12-25 Marcus Trescothick, English cricket batsman (76 Tests, 14 x 100s, HS 219; 123 ODIs; Somerset CCC), born in Keynsham, England
  • 1976-02-08 Khaled Mashud, Bangladeshi cricketer and captain of Bangladesh, born in Rajshahi, Bangladesh
  • 1976-02-20 Rohan Gavaskar, Indian cricket batsman (11 ODIs; son of Sunil Gavaskar), born in Kanpur, India
  • 1976-04-13 Everton Matambanadzo, Zimbabwean cricket pace bowler (v Paki 1996), born in Harare, Zimbabwe
  • 1976-06-26 Mpumelelo Mbangwa, Zimbabwean cricketer (Zimbabwe pace bowler v Pakistan 1996), born in Plumtree, Matabeleland
  • 1976-07-03 Henry Olonga, Zimbabwean cricket fast bowler (30 Tests, 68 wickets, BB 5/70; 50 ODIs, 58 wickets; Matabeleland), born in Lusaka, Zambia
  • 1976-07-14 Geraint Jones, English Papua New Guinean cricketer (played for England and Papua New Guinea), born in Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea
  • 1976-07-20 Debashish Mohanty, Indian cricketer
  • 1976-07-27 Scott Mason, Australian cricketer, born in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (d. 2005)
  • 1976-08-12 Pedro Collins, West Indian cricket fast bowler (29 Tests, 106 wickets; 30 ODIs, 39 wickets; Barbados, Middlesex), born in St. Peter, Barbados
  • 1976-09-01 Clare Connor, England cricket all-rounder (16 Tests; hat-trick v India 1999) and administrator (Managing Director Women's Cricket for England and Wales Cricket Board), born in Brighton, England
  • 1976-09-13 Craig McMillan, New Zealand cricket all-rounder, coach and broadcaster (55 Tests; 197 ODIs), born in Christchurch, Canterbury
  • 1976-10-08 Mohammad Hussain, Pakistani cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 3 wickets; 14 ODIs, 13 wickets; Lahore), born in Lahore, Pakistan (d. 2022)
  • 1976-10-14 Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sri Lankan cricket all-rounder (87 Tests, 16 x 100, HS 193, 39 wickets; 330 ODIs; 80 T20Is), born in Kalutara, Sri Lanka
  • 1976-11-08 Brett Lee, Australian cricketer (brother of Shane, AIS representative), born in Wollongong, Australia
  • 1976-11-21 Saleem Elahi, Pakistani cricket batsman (13 Tests, 1 x 50; Lahore City CC, Habib Bank Ltd CC), born in Sahiwal, Pakistan
  • 1976-12-03 Mark Boucher, South African cricket wicketkeeper (147 Tests, record 555 dismissals; 295 ODIs), born in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  • 1976-12-29 Saqlain Mushtaq, British-Pakistani cricketer (Pakistan Test off-spinner 1995), born in Lahore, Pakistan
  • 1977-01-15 Simon James Cook, British cricketer, born in Oxford, England
  • 1977-01-20 Paul Adams, South African cricketer (lefty very unorthodox bowler for South Africa), born in Cape Town, South Africa
  • 1977-03-02 Andrew Strauss, English cricket batsman and captain (100 Tests, 21 x 100s, 7,037 runs; 127 ODIs), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 1977-04-12 Glenn Rogers, Australian-born Scottish cricketer, born in Sydney, Australia
  • 1977-05-27 Mahela Jayawardene, Sri Lankan cricketer
  • 1977-07-06 Makhaya Ntini, South African cricketer, born in Mdingi, Cape Province, South Africa
  • 1977-07-15 André Nel, South African cricket fast bowler (36 Tests, 123 wickets, BB 6/32; Highveld Lions, Northamptonshire CCC, Essex CCC, Surrey CCC), born in Germiston, South Africa
  • 1977-07-19 Ed Smith, English cricketer
  • 1977-08-08 Mohammad Wasim, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1977-08-20 James Ormond, English cricketer, born in Coventry, England
  • 1977-08-26 Liam Botham, English cricketer and ruby player (son of Ian Hampshire all-rounder 1996), born in Doncaster, England
  • 1977-09-12 Nathan Bracken, Australian cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 12 wickets; 116 ODIs, 174 wickets; NSW), born in Penrith, Australia
  • 1977-09-19 Aakash Chopra, Indian cricketer, born in Agra, India
  • 1977-10-13 Gareth Batty, English cricketer, born in Bradford, Yorkshire
  • 1977-10-27 Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lankan cricketer, born in Matale, Sri Lanka
  • 1977-11-11 Ben Hollioake, Australian born English cricketer, born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2002)
  • 1977-12-04 Ajit Agarkar, Indian cricket all-rounder (26 Tests, 58 wickets, top score 109; 191 ODIs; Mumbai), born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
  • 1977-12-04 Shahid Nazir, Pakistani cricket fast bowler (15 Tests, 36 wickets; 17 ODIs; Faisalabad, Lahore Badshahs), born in Faisalabad, Punjab
  • 1977-12-06 Andrew Flintoff, English cricketer, born in Preston, Lancashire, England
  • 1978-02-16 Wasim Jaffer, Indian Cricketer

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