Events in Sports History in March 1996

NBA Record

Mar 1 Atlanta's Lenny Wilkens becomes first coach in NBA history to reach 1,000 career victories when the Hawks beat Cleveland Cavaliers, 74-68

Cricket World Cup

Mar 2 Despite Sachin Tendulkar's masterful 137 in India's 3 for 272, Sri Lanka wins Cricket World Cup match in Delhi by 6 wickets; Sanath Jayasuriya 79, Hashan Tillakaratne 70no

Baseball Hall of Fame

Mar 5 Earl Weaver & Jim Bunning, elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Mar 6 Aravinda De Silva smashes 145 v Kenya in cricket World Cup at Kandy Sri Lanka score 5-398 in 50 overs in World Cup v Kenya

Sports History

Mar 7 Magic Johnson is 2nd NBA player to reach 10,000 career assists

Mar 9 Javed Miandad's last international in Pakistan's Cricket World Cup Quarter Final loss to India

Cricket World Cup

Mar 9 Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya hammers 82 off 44 balls (13x4 3x6) v England in Cricket World Cup Quarter Final

Mar 10 37th SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Mississippi State beats Kentucky, 84-73
Mar 10 43rd ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: #12 Wake Forest beats #18 Georgia Tech, 75-74
Mar 14 Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi
Mar 16 England beats Ireland, 28-15 at Twickenham for a second consecutive Five Nations Rugby Championship and Triple Crown; fly-half Paul Grayson lands 6 penalties, a conversion and drop goal

Boxing Title Fight

Mar 16 Mike Tyson TKOs Frank Bruno in 3rd round to gain heavyweight title

Mar 16 Montreal Canadien's 1st game in their new arena (Bell Center)
Mar 17 Cricket World Cup, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan: Aravinda de Silva scores 107 no and takes 3/42 as Sri Lanka beats Australia by 7 wickets; Sanath Jayasuriya, Player of Series
Mar 17 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan: Sri Lanka upset Australia by 7 wickets for their first title; Player of the Match: Aravinda de Silva (SL) 107 no (124), 3/42 & 2 catches
Mar 18 50,000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BT's Swimathon '96
Mar 25 Ice Dance Championship at Edmonton won by Gritshuk & Platov (RUS)
Mar 25 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Michelle Kwan (USA)

Sports History

Mar 25 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Todd Eldredge (USA)

Cricket History

Mar 26 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Qld v Vic)

Mar 29 Cleveland Browns choose new name for their relocated team - Baltimore Ravens
Mar 29 NY Yankees beats NY Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game
Mar 30 149th Grand National: 7/1 favourite Rough Quest, ridden by Irish jockey Mick Fitzgerald wins by 1¼ lengths from Encore Un Peu

Cricket History

Mar 30 Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs NZ at Port-Of-Spain

Mar 30 NY Mets beats NY Yankees 5-3 in an exhibition game
Mar 31 15th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Georgia, 83-65; 3 Volunteers in All-Tournament team: Michelle Marciniak, Chamique Holdsclaw, Tiffani Johnson
Mar 31 First time in MLB history, the regular season opens in March with Seattle Mariners beating Chicago White Sox, 3-2 in 12 innings at the Kingdome, Seattle

Golf Major

Mar 31 Nabisco Dinah Shore Women's Golf, Mission Hills CC: Patty Sheehan wIns by 1 stroke ahead of runners-up Meg Mallon, Kelly Robbins and Annika Sörenstam

PGA Players Championship

Mar 31 PGA Players Championship, TPC at Sawgrass: Fred Couples shoots a final round 64 to win his 2nd PC title, 4 strokes ahead of runners-up Colin Montgomerie and Tommy Tolles