Events in Sport
Events 601 - 700 of 921
- 1987-03-24 WA win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria
- 1987-04-19 Brendon Kuruppu scores 201* on Test Cricket debut (Sri Lanka v NZ)
Cricket History
1987-04-21 Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka)
Cricket History
1987-07-06 Pakistan cricket all-rounder Imran Khan reaches 300th Test wicket milestone, during 3rd Test vs England at Leeds
- 1987-10-13 West Indies score 4-360 in 50 overs in Cricket World Cup v Sri Lanka
Cricket World Cup
1987-11-08 Cricket World Cup, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India: David Boon scores 75 as Australia beats England by 7 runs for their first title;
Cricket History
1987-11-25 Pakistan cricket leg-spin bowler Abdul Qadir takes 9-56 against England in 1st Test at Lahore; best figures by a Pakistani, and by any bowler against England
- 1987-12-05 David Boon's 5th Test Cricket century, 143 v NZ at Brisbane
- 1988-01-15 19-year-old Indian cricket leg-spinner Narenda Hirwani records best bowling figures on debut in Test history; captures 16-136 in 255 run 4th Test win v West Indies in Madras; Hirwani takes 8 wickets in each innings
Cricket Debut
1988-01-22 1st-class cricket debut of Brian Lara, Trinidad & Tobago v Leeward Is
- 1988-01-22 1st-class cricket debut of Hansie Cronje, OFS v Transvaal
- 1988-02-02 David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184* v England at Sydney
- 1988-02-29 New Zealand cricket batsman Mark Greatbatch scores an unbeaten 107 on debut to rescue a draw in 2nd Test v England at Eden Park, Auckland
- 1988-04-02 West Indies cricket fast bowling great Curtly Ambrose makes his debut in 9 wicket 1st Test defeat to Pakistan in Georgetown, Guyana; low key debut with 2-108
- 1988-04-21 1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence
- 1988-05-29 Graeme Hick scores his 1,000th run of 1st-class cricket season
- 1988-07-05 Wist Indies cricket paceman Malcolm Marshall takes career best 7-22, beat England by an innings & 156 at Old Trafford
- 1988-09-15 Test Cricket debut of Ian Healy, vs Pakistan at Karachi
- 1988-09-16 Javed Miandad completes 211, his 5th Test Cricket double, v Australia
- 1988-09-28 Javed Miandad scores his 19th Test Cricket century (v Aus, Faisalabad)
- 1989-01-30 Last day of 1st class cricket for Dav Whatmore
- 1989-02-04 Australian cricketer Dean Jones scores 216 v WI at the Adelaide Oval
- 1989-02-10 Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak v NZ age 16 years 189 days
- 1989-03-27 Delhi beat Bengal by innings & 210 to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
- 1989-08-01 Australia beats England by 9 wickets in the 4th cricket Test at Old Trafford, taking an unassailable 3-0 series lead to regain the Ashes
- 1989-08-10 Australia 0-301 at end of day one, 5th Test Cricket at Trent Bridge
- 1989-11-01 Despite 107 from Desmond Haynes, Saleem Malik with 71 leads Pakistan to 4 wicket win v West Indies in cricket's Nehru Cup Final in Kolkata, India
Cricket Debut
1989-11-15 Test Cricket debut of Waqar Younis & Sachin Tendulkar at Karachi
- 1989-11-24 Sachin Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty aged 16 years 214 days, a record
- 1989-11-25 David Boon scores 200 v NZ at cricket WACA
- 1989-12-16 Commencement of 1st Test Cricket play at Bellerive Oval, Hobart (v SL)
- 1989-12-17 Michael Bevan scores cricket century on 1st-class debut (114 SA v WA)
Cricket Debut
1989-12-26 ODI cricket debut for Australia's Mark Taylor and Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya at the MCG
- 1990-01-19 Police break up protests in Johannesburg against the cricket players defying a boycott on playing in apartheid South Africa
- 1990-01-23 Australian cricketer Dean Jones scores twin test tons vs. Pakistan at Adelaide Oval
- 1990-02-04 Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar)
- 1990-02-22 1st day India v NZ cricket at Auckland NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps
- 1990-03-01 England cricket has its first win against West Indies in 16 years and 24 matches; 9 wicket victory in the 1st Test in Kingston, Jamaica; Allan Lamb's first overseas century 132
- 1990-03-28 Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient
- 1990-04-10 Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown
- 1990-07-09 New Zealand cricket legend Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 in 3rd Test v England at Edgbaston to end Test career with 431 wickets
- 1990-07-10 Final day of Test Cricket for Richard Hadlee as New Zealand go down by 114 runs in 3rd Test v England at Edgbaston
- 1990-07-27 Tom Moody scores 100 in 26 mins in county cricket, world record
- 1990-11-23 Test Cricket debut of Saeed Anwar (Pak v WI), scores 0 & 0
- 1990-11-25 India bowl the Sri Lankan cricket team out for 82; Venkatapathy Raju (I) takes 6-12 off 17.5 overs
- 1991-01-25 Mark Waugh scores ton in 1st Test Cricket innings, v England Adelaide
- 1991-02-01 Australian cricket fast bowler Craig McDermott sets up a 9 wicket, 5th Test win over England with a career best 8-97 in Perth
Cricket Record
1991-02-04 NZ cricketers Martin Crowe and Andrew Jones make a world record 467 run stand, against Sri Lanka at the Basin Reserve in Wellington
- 1991-02-22 Test Cricket debut of Sanath Jayasuriya, vs NZ at Hamilton
- 1991-02-25 Andrew Jones scores twin Test Cricket tons v Sri Lanka (122 & 100*)
- 1991-02-26 Asanka Gurusinha scores twin Test Cricket tons v NZ (119 & 102)
- 1991-03-03 David Boon completes 10th Test Cricket century, 109* v WI at Kingston
- 1991-04-23 Outstanding West Indian cricket opening batsman Gordon Greenidge scores 226 in his final Test innings at home in Bridgetown, Barbados; WI win 4th Test v Australia by 343 runs
- 1991-05-01 West Indian batsman Gordon Greenidge plays his last Test cricket innings, scoring 43 vs Australia in Antigua; 7,558 runs @ 44.72; 19 x 100s
- 1991-05-07 Haryana beat Bombay in the Ranji Cricket Trophy final by 2 runs
- 1991-06-06 Test Cricket debut of Graeme Hick, v West Indies at Headingley
Cricket History
1991-08-12 Last day in Test Cricket for Viv Richards, Dujon & Marshall
- 1991-10-25 Aaqib Javed takes 7-37 in 10 overs v India in cricket 1-dayer at Sharjah
- 1991-11-10 South Africa's 1st cricket international since 1970 - one-day v India
- 1991-11-29 Test Cricket debut of Javagal Srinath, v Australia at the Gabba
- 1991-12-02 Australia routs India by 10 wickets in the 1st cricket Test in Brisbane; first Test to be officiated by a match referee; former England captain MJK Smith does the honours
Cricket Debut
1992-01-02 Australian cricket spin bowling great Shane Warne (145 Tests, 708 wickets; 194 ODIs) makes Test debut v India in 3rd Test at Sydney Cricket Ground
- 1992-01-03 Australian cricket batsman David Boon scores an unbeaten 129 in drawn 3rd Test against India in Sydney; his 11th Test century
- 1992-01-05 Indian cricket all-rounder Ravi Shastri scores 206 in 3rd Test in Sydney before being Shane Warne's first Test wicket, the first of 708 for Australia
- 1992-01-07 Last day of Test cricket for Pakistan's Imran Khan
- 1992-02-02 David Boon's 13 Test Cricket century, 107 v India at Perth
- 1992-02-05 Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar
- 1992-02-05 Mike Whitney career-best 7-27 at WACA in Test Cricket win v India
- 1992-02-23 Cricketer Andy Flower scores 115* on ODI debut as Zimbabwe lose to Sri Lanka
- 1992-03-21 Pakistan scores 6-264 to overhaul NZ in exciting World Cup cricket semi
- 1992-03-22 England beat South Africa in rain-ruined cricket World Cup semi final
- 1992-03-25 Cricket World Cup, Melbourne (MCG): Imran Khan scores 72 in his final ODI as Pakistan beats England by 22 runs for their first title; Martin Crowe (NZ), Player of Series
- 1992-03-31 Ranji Trophy Cricket Final, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi: Delhi (Ajay Sharma 175 in 532) beats Tamil Nadu (449) on 1st innings
- 1992-04-01 Sheffield Shield Men's Cricket Final, Perth: West Australia beats NSW by 44 runs; Justin Langer 149
- 1992-04-18 Start of South Africa's 1st Test Cricket since 1970 (v WI Bridgetown)
Cricket History
1992-06-21 Last day of test cricket for English star players Ian Botham and Allan Lamb
Cricket History
1992-08-09 Last day of Test Cricket for David Gower
- 1992-08-19 Romesh Kaluwitharana scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (SL v Australia)
- 1992-08-19 Sri Lanka make their highest cricket score ever 8-547 v Australia
- 1992-08-22 Greg Matthews (4/76) & Shane Warne (3/11) spin Australia to a famous 16-run win v Sri Lanka in 1st cricket Test in Colombo
- 1992-08-28 Test cricket debut of Muttiah Muralitharan, vs Australia at Colombo
- 1992-11-15 Praveen Amre scores century on Test Cricket debut (103 v SA, Durban)
- 1992-11-30 David Boon's 14th Test Cricket century, 111 v WI at Brisbane
- 1992-12-02 Kiwi opening batsman John Wright becomes first New Zealander to make 5,000 runs in Test cricket when he scores 14 in the 2nd innings of the drawn 1st Test against Sri Lanka in Moratuwa
- 1992-12-09 Sri Lanka's third-ever Test Cricket victory (v NZ by 9 wkts)
- 1992-12-30 Australian cricket spin bowling great Shane Warne takes 7/52 to lead Australia to 139 run win v West Indies in 2nd Test in Melbourne
- 1992-12-30 Last day of Test Cricket for Michael Whitney
- 1993-01-05 Brian Lara scores his maiden Test century with 277 for the West Indies v Australia in drawn 3rd Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground
Cricket Record
1993-02-26 Allan Border beats Gavaskar's record for most Test Cricket runs 10,123
- 1993-03-30 Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
- 1993-06-04 Cricket's "Ball of the Century" - Australian spin bowler Shane Warne bowls England batsman Mike Gatting with his first ball of an Ashes series; Australia wins 1st Test at Old Trafford by 179 runs
Cricket History
1993-06-07 Cricket's Graham Gooch dismissed handled the ball vs Australia at Old Trafford
- 1993-06-19 David Boon completes 15th Test cricket century, 164* v England at Lord's
- 1993-07-06 England cricket batsman Graham Thorpe scores 114 on Test debut, in drawn 3rd Test v Australia at Trent Bridge
- 1993-07-19 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Ian Botham
- 1993-07-23 David Boon completes 17th Test Cricket century, 107 at Headingley
- 1993-08-01 England wins the women's cricket World Cup for the first time since the inaugural event in 1973 with a 67 run victory over New Zealand at Lord's
- 1993-10-25 Daryll Cullinan hits unbeaten 337 for Transvaal against Northern Transvaal, South African 1st-class cricket record score
- 1993-11-01 After playing 12 Tests for Australia, fast bowler Michael Whitney plays his final day in 1st class cricket for NSW in a tour match loss v New Zealand in Newcastle
- 1993-11-27 David Boon completes his 18th Test Cricket century (106 v NZ, Hobart)
Birthdays in Sport
Birthdays 601 - 700 of 2,039
- 1923-09-05 Ken Meuleman, Australian cricketer, born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2004)
- 1923-11-01 Bruce Dooland, Australian cricket all-rounder (3 Tests; Nottinghamshire; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1955), born in Cowandilla, South Australia (d. 1980)
- 1923-11-05 Ian Munro, British medical journalist, humanitarian and cricketer, born in Bradford, England (d. 1997)
- 1923-11-17 Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand cricket batsman (42 Tests, 5 x 100s, TS 230no; Otago CA), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2001)
- 1923-11-28 Lorna Beal (née Larter), Australian cricket wicket-keeper (7 Tests; 16 dismissals), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2020)
- 1923-12-03 Trevor Bailey, English cricket all-rounder, writer and broadcaster (61 Tests, 1 x 100, 10 x 50, HS 134no, 132 wickets; BBC), born in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England (d. 2011)
- 1924-02-27 Norman Marshall, West Indian cricket spin bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago), born in Saint Thomas, Barbados (d. 2007)
- 1924-03-18 Madhusudan Rege, Indian cricket batsman (1 Test; Maharashtra), born in Panvel, India (d. 2013)
- 1924-05-15 Don Kenyon, English cricket batsman (8 Tests, 1 x 50; Worcestershire CCC), born in Wordsley, Staffordshire, England (d. 1996)
- 1924-05-22 Cecilia Robinson, English cricket batsman (14 Tests, 2 x 100s; Kent WCT), born in Canterbury, England (d. 2021)
- 1924-05-31 Russell Endean, South African cricket wicketkeeper (28 Tests, 3 x 100, HS 162no, 41 dismissals; Transvaal, MCC), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2003)
- 1924-06-08 Ian Colquhoun, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests, 4 dismissals), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2005)
- 1924-06-15 Mohammed Ghazali, Pakistani cricketer (off-spinner wicketless in 2 Tests 54), born in Mumbai, India (d. 2003)
- 1924-06-27 Bob Appleyard, English cricketer (superb England off-spinner, brief career), born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England (d. 2015)
- 1924-08-01 Sir Frank Worrell, West Indian cricket batsman and captain (51 Tests @ 49.48; 9 x 100s), born in Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados (d. 1967)
- 1924-08-12 Derek Shackleton, England cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, 18 wickets, BB 4/72; Hampshire CCC, MCC), born in Todmorden, England (d. 2007)
- 1924-08-28 Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (26 Tests, 70 wickets; Canterbury CA), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 2010)
- 1924-09-24 Sammy Guillen, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (5 Tests West Indies & 3 Tests New Zealand), born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago (d. 2013)
- 1924-11-11 Rusi Modi, Indian cricketer (strong Indian batsman in post-War years), born in Bombay, India (d. 1996)
- 1924-11-26 Jasu Patel, Indian cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 29 wickets, BB 9-69 v Aust 1959; Gujarat), born in Ahmedabad, India (d. 1992)
- 1924-12-24 Roy Miller, West Indian cricket all-rounder (1 Test; Jamaica), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2014)
- 1925-01-12 Ralph Legall, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests), born in St Michael, Barbados (d. 2003)
- 1925-01-17 A H Kardar, cricketer (Pak 1st Test capt, prev played for India)
- 1925-01-25 Eric Dempster, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (5 Tests, TS 47, 2 wickets; Wellington CA), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2011)
- 1925-02-23 Ian Smith, South African cricket leg-spinner (1947-58) who averaged 64.08, born in Durban, South Africa (d. 2015)
Everton Weekes (1925-2020)
1925-02-26 West Indian cricket batsman (48 Tests; 4,455 runs @ 58.61, 15 x 100s), born in Saint Michael, Barbados
- 1925-03-26 Maqsood Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 16 Tests 1952-56), born in Amritsar, British India (d. 1999)
- 1925-04-13 Frank Chamberlain, English cricketer and CEO (Test & County Cricket Board), born in Elton, Huntingdonshire (d. 2004)
- 1925-04-14 H. G. Kischenchand, Indian cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52)
- 1925-05-02 David Ironside, South African cricketer (South African swing bowler in 3 Tests v NZ 1953-54), born in Lourenco Marques, Mozambique (d. 2005)
- 1925-05-18 Nigel Howard, English cricket batsman and captain (4 Tests; Lancashire, MCC), born in Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire (d. 1979)
- 1925-06-23 Richard Barber, cricketer (scored 12 & 5 in only Test NZ v WI 1956)
- 1925-07-01 Frank Lowson, England cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 50s; Yorkshire CCC), born in Bradford, England (d. 1984)
- 1925-07-18 Hubert Doggart, English cricket batsman (2 Tests; Cambridge University CC, Sussex CCC) and executive (President MCC 1981–82), born in London, England (d. 2018)
- 1925-07-25 Alistair Taylor, South African cricketer (one Test as opening bat for South Africa 1956), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (d. 2004)
- 1925-08-27 Ken Grieves, Australian cricketer (NSW leg-spin all-rounder), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1992)
- 1925-10-12 Gilbert Parkhouse, Welsh cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1950-59), born in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales (d. 2000)
- 1925-10-24 Ken Mackay, Australian cricketer (exciting Aussie all-rounder), born in Windsor, Queensland, Australia (d. 1982)
- 1925-12-03 Ken Funston, South African cricket batsman (18 Tests, top score 92), born in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 2005)
- 1925-12-12 Dattu Phadkar, Indian cricketer (pace bowling all-rounder for India), born in Kolhapur, India (d. 1985)
- 1925-12-12 Ghulam Guard, Indian cricketer (lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959), born in Surat, Gujarat (d. 1978)
- 1926-01-17 Sir Clyde Walcott, West Indian cricket batsman (44 Tests @ 56.68; 15 x 100s) and administrator (ICC chairman 1997-2000), born in St Michael, Barbados (d. 2006)
- 1926-02-20 Edgar Meuli, cricketer (opened NZ batting in Test v South Africa 1953)
- 1926-03-28 Polly Umrigar, Indian cricketer (Indian batsman & captain), born in Solapur, India (d. 2006)
- 1926-04-18 Doug Insole, English cricketer (England batsman of the 50's, nine Tests), born in Clapton, London (d. 2017)
- 1926-05-24 Len Maddocks, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (7 Tests, 19 dismissals; Victoria, Tasmania), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2016)
- 1926-05-27 Gordon Leggat, New Zealand cricket batsman (9 Tests, 2 x 50; Canterbury), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 1973)
- 1926-05-31 Probir Sen, Indian cricket wicketkeeper (14 Tests, 31 dismissals; Bengal), born in Comilla, Bangladesh (d. 1970)
- 1926-08-07 John Woodcock, English cricket journalist ('The Times' 1954-88; Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1981-86; President Cricket Writers' Club 1986-2004), born in Longparish, England (d. 2021)
- 1926-08-09 Denis Atkinson, West Indian cricketer (WI all-rounder, 219 v Australia 1955), born in Rockley, Christ Church, Barbados (d. 2001)
- 1926-10-11 John Dewes, British cricketer (England opener late 40's early 50's), born in Latchford, Cheshire, England (d. 2015)
- 1926-10-27 Nana Joshi, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (12 tests, 27 dismissals, 1 x 50; Maharashtra CC), born in Baroda, Gujarat, India (d. 1987)
- 1926-11-22 Zulfiqar Ahmed, Pakistani cricket pace bowler ((9 Tests, 20 wickets; Punjab, Bahawalpur), born in Lahore, Pakistan (d. 2008)
- 1926-12-14 Frank King, West Indian cricketer (WI fast bowler in 14 Tests in 50's, 29 wkts), born in Delamere Land, Brighton, St Michael, Barbados (d. 1990)
- 1926-12-24 Ronald Draper, South African cricketer (South African batsman v Australia 1949-50), born in Oudtshoorn, South Africa
- 1926-12-28 Donald Carr, English cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 1 x 50, 2 wickets; Derbyshire CCC) and official (secretary Test and County Cricket Board 1976-86), born in Wiesbaden, Germany (d. 2016)
- 1927-01-11 John Hayes, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (15 Tests, 30 wickets; Auckland CA), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2007)
Fazal Mahmood (1927-2005)
1927-02-18 Pakistan cricket fast bowler (34 Tests, 139 wickets), born in Lahore, Pakistan
- 1927-03-30 Wally Grout, Australian cricket wicketkeeper (51 Tests, 187 dismissals, 3 x 50s), born in Mackay, Australia (d. 1968)
- 1927-04-18 Jim De Courcy, Australian cricketer (Australian batsman 1953), born in Newcastle, New South Wales (d. 2000)
- 1927-05-01 Israr Ali, Pakistan cricket all-rounder (4 Tests; member of Pakistan's first Test team that played against India 1952–53), born in Jalandhar, Punjab, India (d. 2016)
- 1927-05-05 Sid O'Linn, South African cricketer (soccer for South Africa 1947, cricket 1960), born in Oudtshoorn, Cape Province (d. 2016)
- 1927-05-06 Michael Frederick, Barbadian cricketer (one Test WI v England 1954, scored 0 & 30), born in St Peter, Barbados (d. 2014)
- 1927-05-22 Eric Petrie, New Zealand cricket wicketkeeper (14 Tests, 25 dismissals, 1 x 50; Auckland, Northern Districts), born in Ngāruawāhia, New Zealand (d. 2004)
- 1927-06-16 Tom Graveney, England cricket batsman (79 Tests; top score 258; 732 first class games), born in Riding Mill, Northumberland (d. 2015)
- 1927-07-16 John Warr, English cricket bowler (avg 281) and president (MCC), born in Ealing, Middlesex, England (d. 2016)
- 1927-07-18 Zin [Parke Gerald Zinzan] Harris, New Zealand cricketer (father of Chris NZ batsman in 50's & 60's), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 1991)
- 1927-07-26 Gulabrai Ramchand, Indian cricket all-rounder (33 Tests, 2 x 100, 41 wickets, BB 6/49; Sind, Bombay, Rajasthan), born in Karachi, Pakistan (d. 2003)
- 1927-08-15 Eddie Leadbeater, English cricketer (England leg-spinner with an avg of 109), born in Lockwood, West Yorkshire, England (d. 2011)
- 1927-10-10 Clairmonte Depeiaza, West Indian cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955), born in Mount Standfast, Saint James Parish, Barbados (d. 1995)
- 1927-10-18 Ramesh Divecha, cricketer (eleven wickets for India in early 50's)
- 1927-10-25 Headley Keith, South African cricket batsman (8 Tests @ 21.19; Natal), born in Dundee, South Africa (d. 1997)
- 1927-11-06 Eric St Eval Atkinson, West Indian cricketer (bro of Denis WI pace bowler 1958-59), born in Rockley, Christ Church, Barbados (d. 1998)
- 1927-12-28 Norma Whiteman. Australian cricket fast bowler (7 WTests, 22 wickets, BB 4/33; NSWCA), born in Bathurst, Australia (d. 2023)
- 1928-01-01 Khan Mohammad, Pakistani cricket fast bowler (13 Tests, 54 wickets; Pakistan's first ball and wicket in Test cricket), born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan (d. 2009)
- 1928-01-05 Imtiaz Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistan wicket-keeper in 41 Tests 1952-62), born in Lahore, Pakistan (d. 2016)
- 1928-01-07 Vijay Rajindranath, Indian cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India), born in Amritsar, British India (d. 1989)
- 1928-01-17 Ken Archer, Australian cricket batsman (5 Tests; Queensland CA), born in Brisbane, Australia
- 1928-02-03 C V Gadkari, Indian cricket batsman 6 Tests, 1 x 50; Maharashtra, Services), born in Pune, India (d. 1998)
- 1928-02-11 Gerry Alexander, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (25 Tests, top score 108, 90 dismissals), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2011)
- 1928-03-10 Arthur Milton, English cricketer (opening batsman late 50's)
- 1928-03-19 Clive Van Ryneveld, cricketer (South African all-rounder 1951-58)
- 1928-05-31 Derek Ufton, English soccer defender (1 cap; Charlton Athletic), manager (Plymouth Argyle) and cricket wicketkeeper (Kent), born in Crayford, England (d. 2021)
- 1928-05-31 Pankaj Roy, Indian cricket batsman (45 Tests, 5 x 100, HS 173; WR opening partnership [Vinoo Mankad] 413; Bengal), born in Dhaka, Bangladesh (d. 2001)
- 1928-06-03 John Reid, New Zealand cricket all-rounder and captain (58 Tests; 6 x 100s; 85 wickets) and ICC Match Referee (50 Tests 1993-2002), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2020)
- 1928-06-28 Peter Heine, South African cricketer (solid South African fast bowler in 1950's), born in Winterton, Natal, South Africa (d. 2005)
- 1928-07-10 Jack Nel, South African cricket batsman (6 Tests, Western Province), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2018)
- 1928-08-02 Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), born in Chadderton, Lancashire (d. 1990)
- 1928-10-08 Neil Harvey, Australian cricket batsman (79 Tests @ 48.41, 21 x 100, HS 205; Victoria CA, NSW CA), born in Melbourne, Australia
- 1928-10-18 R H "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer (century on Test debut for India)
- 1928-10-24 Ken Hough, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in two Tests v England 1959), born in Auburn, New South Wales, Australia (d. 2009)
- 1928-10-27 Datta Gaekwad, Indian cricket captain and batsman (11 Tests, 1 x 50; Baroda CC), born in Vadodara, India
- 1928-11-11 Trevor Meale, New Zealand cricketer (batted in 2 Tests NZ v England 1958), born in Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2010)
- 1928-11-17 Colin McDonald, Australian cricket batsman (47 Tests, 5 x 100s; Victoria), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2021)
- 1929-01-23 Ian Thomson, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 9 wickets; Sussex), born in Walsall, England (d. 2021)
- 1929-01-30 Hugh Tayfield, South African cricketer (celebrated South African off-spinner 1949-60), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 1994)
- 1929-02-09 Lennox Butler, cricketer (1 Test WI v Aust 1955, 16 & 2-151)
- 1929-03-06 David Sheppard, bishop (Liverpool)/cricketer (England batsman)
- 1929-03-11 Jackie McGlew, South African cricket batsman (34 Tests, 7 x 100, HS 255no; Natal), born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (d. 1998)
- 1929-03-24 Cuan McCarthy, cricketer (36 Test wkts for South Africa, 1 career no-ball)
Deaths in Sport
Deaths 601 - 700 of 1,165
- 1978-10-26 George "Jackie" Grant, West Indian cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies at 71
- 1978-11-13 George Hearne, South African cricket batsman (3 Tests; Western Province), dies at 90
- 1979-02-02 Jim Burke, Australian cricket batsman (24 Tests; record for most innings in a complete career without scoring a duck [44]) and broadcaster (ABC), dies of self inflicted gunshot wounds at 48
- 1979-02-05 Eddie Paynter, English cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg 59.23), dies at 77
- 1979-02-08 Jim Smith, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests), dies at 72
- 1979-02-09 C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies
- 1979-04-02 Ivan Barrow, Jamaican cricket wicketkeeper (11 Tests; first West Indian Test century-maker in England), dies at 68
- 1979-05-31 Nigel Howard, English cricket batsman and captain (4 Tests; Lancashire, MCC), dies at 54
- 1979-06-04 Edward Dawson, cricketer (England batsman in 5 Tests 1927-30), dies
- 1979-06-29 Ben Barnett, Australian cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1938), dies at 71
- 1979-07-07 D P Conyngham, cricketer (one Test for South Africa), dies
- 1979-07-07 Dalton Conyngham, South African cricket medium-pace bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Natal, Transvaal, Western Province), dies at 82
- 1979-07-17 Doug Meintjes, South African cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies
- 1979-08-23 Mian Mohammad Saeed, cricketer (1st Pakistan capt 1948-49), dies
- 1979-08-31 E J "Tiger" Smith, English cricket wicket-keeper (11 Tests, 20 dismissals; Warwickshire CCC) and umpire (8 Tests 1933-38), dies at 93
- 1979-09-07 Janardan Navle, Indian cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests, 1 dismissal; first Indian wicket-keeper; Hindus CC), dies at 76
- 1979-09-12 Denis Smith, cricketer (England left-handed batsman 1935), dies
- 1979-11-14 Bill Farrimond, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies
- 1979-12-14 Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, Indian cricketer (2 Tests for India, avg 205), dies at 56
- 1979-12-21 Mac Anderson, New Zealand cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies at 60
- 1980-01-12 Hans Ebeling, cricketer (Vict stalwart, bowled for Aust 1934), dies
- 1980-01-31 Jacobus Petrus Duminy, South African cricket batsman (3 Tests; Western Province, Transvaal, Oxford University CC) and academic (principal & vice-chancellor University of Cape Town), dies at 82
- 1980-02-28 Ian Alexander Ross Peebles, cricketer (45 wkts for England), dies
- 1980-03-18 Herman Griffith, West Indian cricket fast bowler (13 Tests; 44 wickets; best 6-103), dies at 86
- 1980-04-02 Dick Howorth, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests, 19 wickets; Worcestershire CCC), dies at 70
- 1980-04-12 Stanley De Silva, cricketer (motor bike Sri Lanka '79 World Cup), dies
- 1980-05-02 Clarrie Grimmett, Australian cricket spin bowler (37 Tests; 216 wickets @ 24.21; ICC Cricket Hall of Fame), dies at 88
- 1980-06-10 Denys Morkel, South African cricketer (batsman scored 663 runs 1927-32), dies
- 1980-07-18 Naoomal Jeoomal, Indian cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), dies at 76
- 1980-08-02 Verdun Scott, New Zealand cricket batsman, rugby league utility back (10 Tests; 1 cap), dies at 64
- 1980-08-09 P K "Perker" Lee, Australian cricketer (Australian bowler 1931-33, 2 Tests), dies at 75
- 1980-08-21 Jack Cheetham, South African cricket batsman and captain (24 Tests; Western Province), dies at 60
- 1980-09-08 Bruce Dooland, Australian cricket all-rounder (3 Tests; Nottinghamshire; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1955), dies at 56
- 1980-10-10 Walter Keeton, cricketer (opening bat in 2 Test for Eng 1934-39), dies
- 1980-10-14 S N Banerjee, cricketer (one Test for India), dies
- 1980-11-21 Jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies
- 1980-11-22 Herbert Wade, cricketer (South African batsman & captain 1935-36), dies
- 1980-11-23 Herby Wade, South African cricket batsman & captain (10 Tests, 327 runs; Natal), dies at 75
- 1980-12-28 Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricket spin bowler (1 Test India, 5 Tests Pakistan), at 72
- 1980-12-31 Arthur Wellard, English cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 7 wickets, BB 4/81; Somerset CCC), dies at 78
- 1981-02-13 Jack Crapp, English cricketer (7 Tests for England 1948-49, 319 runs), dies at 68
- 1981-03-06 George Geary, English cricket fast bowler (14 Tests, 46 wickets), dies at 87
- 1981-03-14 Ken Barrington, English cricketer (82 Tests for England, 6806 runs), dies of a heart attack at 50
- 1981-03-26 Tim Wall, Australian cricket fast bowler (18 Tests, 56 wickets, BB 5/14; South Australia), dies from Parkinson's disease at 76
- 1981-03-30 Noel Harford, New Zealand cricketer (8 Tests for NZ 1955-58), dies at 50
- 1981-04-16 Eric Hollies, English cricket spin bowler (13 Tests, 44 wickets; dismissed Donald Bradman for 0 in his final Test innings), dies at 68
- 1981-04-21 Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies
- 1981-05-08 Maurice Fernandes, West Indian cricket captain (WI in 1st Test win, 1930 v England), dies at 83
- 1981-05-09 Nip Pellew, Australian cricketer (10 Tests 484 runs at 37), dies at 87
- 1981-06-03 Eric Dalton, South African cricket batsman (15 Tests, top score 117), dies at 74
- 1981-08-14 lDudley Nourse, South African cricket batsman and captain (34 Tests, 9 x 100s, HS 231; Nata), dies at 70
- 1981-09-09 Phiroz Palia, Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests; United Provinces), dies at 71
- 1981-11-22 Jack Fingleton, Australian cricket batsman (18 Tests, 1,189 runs @ 42.46, 5 x 100s), dies at 73
- 1982-01-03 Derek Sealy, West Indian cricket batsman (11 Tests; youngest West Indian Test player 17:122), dies at 69
- 1982-02-10 K R Meher-Homji, cricket wk (Test as Indian, catch no stumped), dies
- 1982-02-10 Khershed Meherhomji, Indian cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), dies at 70
- 1982-02-12 Hal Hooker, cricket (307 partners with Kippax for last wicket), dies
- 1982-02-25 J K Irani, cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies
- 1982-04-20 Andy Sandham, English cricket batsman (14 Tests; 1st triple centurion 325 v WI 1930), dies at 91
- 1982-04-28 Nobby Clark, English cricketer (32 wickets in 8 Tests 1929-34), dies at 81
- 1982-06-13 Ken Mackay, Australian cricketer (Aussie all-rounder 1956-63), dies at 56
- 1982-07-15 Donald Beard, cricketer (4 Tests for NZ 1952-56), dies
- 1982-07-30 Frank Nicholson, South African cricket wicket-keeper (1935-36), dies
- 1982-08-24 Jack Siedle, cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for South Africa), dies
- 1982-08-28 Geoff Chubb, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 21 wickets; Border), dies at 71
- 1982-09-19 Ted Badcock, New Zealand cricketer (7 Tests for NZ 1930-33, 16 wkts), dies at 85
- 1982-09-26 Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (Australian off-spinner v WI 1930-31), dies at 80
- 1982-09-29 Slinger Nitschke, Australian cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1931-32), dies at 77
- 1982-12-13 Jack Badcock, Australian cricketer (7 Tests, 1 century but inconsistent), dies at 68
- 1982-12-18 Ray Emery, New Zealand cricketer (2 Tests NZ v WI 1952, 46 runs, 2 wkts), dies at 67
- 1983-01-23 Fred Bakewell, English cricket batsman (6 Tests, top score 107; Northamptonshire), dies at 74
- 1983-02-02 Bryan Valentine, British cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 100; Kent CCC, Cambridge University CC), dies at 75
- 1983-04-18 Alan Melville, South African cricket batsman (11 Tests, 4 x 100, HS 189; Natal, Oxford University CC, Sussex CCC, Transvaal), dies at 72
- 1983-04-28 Ron James, Australian cricketer (NSW's Sheffield Shield capt 1949-50), dies at 62
- 1983-07-14 Jack MacBryan, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Cambridge University CC, Somerset CCC) and field hockey player (Olympic gold GB & Ireland 1920), dies at 90
- 1983-07-27 Mufasir-ul-Haq, cricketer (Pakistani left-arm quick 1965), dies
- 1983-07-28 Alec Marks, cricketer (good NSW batsman 1928-37), dies
- 1983-08-12 (Henry) Giff Vivian, New Zealand cricket batsman (7 Tests @ 42.1, top score 100), dies at 70
- 1983-09-01 Lennox Brown, South African cricket leg spinner (3 wickets at 63 for South Africa), dies at 72
- 1983-09-07 Henry Promnitz, South African cricketer (5-58 on debut for South Africa 1927-28), dies at 79
- 1983-10-18 Vijay Manjrekar, Indian cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies at 52
George Headley (1909-1983)
1983-11-30 West Indies cricket batsman (22 Tests; 2,190 runs @ 60.83; 10 x 100), dies at 74
- 1983-12-02 Atholl Mckinnon, South African cricket spin bowler (8 Tests, 26 wickets), dies from a heart attack at 51
- 1983-12-31 Bill Hunt, cricketer (Test for Aust, out 0, took 0-25 & 0-14), dies
- 1984-02-28 Leslie Walcott, cricketer (Test for WI v England 1930), dies
- 1984-03-06 Ian Cromb, New Zealand cricketer (5 Tests for NZ, 123 runs, 8 wkts), dies at 78
- 1984-03-13 Dick Whitington, journalist/cricketer (South Aust & AIF batsman), dies
- 1984-04-04 John Arnold, cricketer (Eng bat v NZ 1931, scored 34 only Test), dies
- 1984-06-06 Bill Voce, English cricket fast bowler (27 Tests, 98 wickets, BB 7/70; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 74
- 1984-07-30 Maurice Tremlett, cricketer (England pace bowler 1948-49), dies
- 1984-09-07 Don Tallon, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (21 Tests, 58 dismissals, 2 x 50s; Queensland CA), dies of heart disease at 68
- 1984-09-08 Frank Lowson, England cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 50s; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 59
- 1984-09-15 Jack Ikin, English cricketer (England opener 1946-55), dies at 66
- 1984-10-11 K. M. Rangnekar, Indian cricketer (33 runs at 5 50 for India), dies at 67
- 1984-10-11 Sid Carroll, Australian cricketer (prolific NSW opener 1945-59 avg 39 59), dies at 61
- 1985-01-09 Don Brennan, cricket wicket-keeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies
- 1985-02-07 Uday Merchant, cricket (bro of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies
- 1985-03-17 Dattu Phadkar, Indian cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies at 59
- 1985-04-05 Tyrell Johnson, West Indian cricketer (WI left-arm quickie, one Test 1939), dies at 68
- 1985-06-15 Len Hopwood, cricketer (took 0-155 in two Tests Eng v Aust 1934), dies