Cricket in History (Part 7)

Events 601 - 700 of 943

• 1986-12-22 India score 7-676 v Sri Lanka at Kanpur in Cricket
• 1987-03-07 Gavaskar becomes 1st cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs
• 1987-03-15 Last day in Test cricket for Larry Gomes & Joel Garner
• 1987-03-15 NZ beat WI by 5 wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket
• 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)

• 1987-10-13 West Indies score 4-360 in 50 overs in Cricket World Cup v Sri Lanka
• 1987-11-08 Cricket World Cup, Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India: Player of the match David Boon scores 75 as Australia beats England by 7 runs for their first title

• 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
• 1988-01-15 Indian cricket wicketkeeper Kiran More stumps 5 West Indian batsman in 4th Test at Madras; world Test record

• 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

• 1988-04-21 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

• 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)

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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)

• 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

• 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

• 1993-06-19 David Boon completes 15th Test cricket century, 164* v England at Lord's

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Birthdays 601 - 700 of 2,053

• 1921-10-15 Gul Mohammad, Pakistani cricket batsman (9 Tests [8 India, 1 Pakistan], HS 34, 2 wickets; Baroda), born in Lahore, Pakistan (d. 1992)
• 1921-11-06 Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricket all-rounder, captain (NZ 12 Tests @ 31.22, 16 wickets), born in Gore, Southland (d. 2006)
• 1922-01-19 Arthur Morris, Australian cricket batsman (46 Tests, 12 x 100, HS 206, BA 46.48; NSWCA), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2015)
• 1922-02-01 Clifford McWatt, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests, 10 dismissals; British Guiana), born in Georgetown, Guyana (d. 1997)
• 1922-02-09 Jim Laker, English cricket spin bowler (46 Tests; 193 wickets; world best 19-90 4th Test v Australia 1956), born in Bradford, Yorkshire (d. 1986)
• 1922-02-24 Kanwar Rai Singh, Indian cricket batsman (1 Test; Services, Southern Punjab), born in Darkati, India (d. 1993)
• 1922-02-26 Bill Johnston, Australian cricket fast/spin bowler (40 Tests, 160 wickets @ 23.91; Victoria), born in Beeac, Australia (d. 2007)
• 1922-03-05 Ebrahim Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests, 3 dismissals; Gujarat, Mumbai), born in Daman, India (d. 1994)
• 1922-03-13 Brun Smith, New Zealand cricket batsman (4 Tests @ 47.40), born in Rangiora, Canterbury (d. 1997)
• 1922-04-21 Allan Watkins, Welsh cricket all-rounder, (15 Tests, England @ 40.15, 11 wickets; Glamorgan), born in Usk, Wales (d. 2011)
• 1922-04-30 Anton Murray, South African cricket all-rounder (10 Tests; 1 x 100; 18 wickets), born in Grahamstown, South Africa (d. 1995)
• 1922-05-13 Michael Ainsworth, British cricketer (d. 1978)
• 1922-06-21 Jim McConnon, English cricketer (England off-spinner against Pakistan 1954), born in Burnopfield, England (d. 2003)
• 1922-07-04 Ghulam Ahmed, Indian cricket spin bowler (22 Tests, 68 wickets, BB 7/49, 1 x 50; Hyderabad), born in Hyderabad, India (d. 1998)
• 1922-08-17 Roy Tattersall, English cricketer (brilliant England off-spinner early 50's), born in Bolton, England (d. 2011)
• 1922-09-30 Allan Rae, Jamaican cricketer (prolific WI opening batsman 1948-53), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2005)

• 1922-10-10 Harry Cave, New Zealand cricketer (NZ bowler & Test captain in the 1950's), born in Whanganui, New Zealand (d. 1989)
• 1922-12-08 George Fullerton, South African cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51), born in Kensington, South Africa (d. 2002)
• 1923-01-08 Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (Yorkshire & England left-arm bowler of 50's), born in Ardsley, South Yorkshire (d. 1985)
• 1923-03-31 Lawrie Miller, New Zealand cricket batsman (13 Tests), born in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand (d. 1996)
• 1923-04-10 John Watkins, South African cricket all-rounder (15 Tests, 29 wickets, 3 x 50s; Natal), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 2021)
• 1923-04-30 Alan Wharton, English cricketer (England batsman once v NZ 1949, scored 7 & 13), born in Heywood, Lancashire, England (d. 1993)
• 1923-05-23 Nirode Chowdhury, Indian cricket medium pace bowler (2 Tests, 1 wicket; Bengal, Bihar), born in Jharkhand, India (d. 1979)
• 1923-06-14 Donald Smith, English cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 wicket; Sussex CCC), born in Broadwater, Sussex, England (d. 2021)
• 1923-06-22 Jimmy Cameron, Jamaican cricketer (WI batsman 1948-49), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1994)
• 1923-06-25 Jack Hill, Australian cricketer (Australian leg-spinner of mid 50's), born in Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia (d. 1974)
• 1923-08-10 Fred Ridgway, England cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 7 wickets, BB 4/83; Kent CCC, MCC), born in Stockport, England (d. 2015)
• 1923-08-12 John Holt, West Indian cricket batsman (17 Tests, 1066 runs at 36.75; 2 x 100s), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1997)
• 1923-08-18 Jenni Irani, Indian cricketer, born in Karachi (d. 1982)
• 1923-08-18 Sadu Shinde, Indian cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 12 wickets, BB 6/91; Maharashtra, Bombay, Baroda), born in Mumbai, India (d. 1955)
• 1923-08-23 Ken Rickards, West Indies cricketer (WI batsman two Tests 104 runs), born in Jamaica (d. 1995)

• 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 Abdul Hafeez Kardar, Pakistani cricketer and politician (captained Pakistan's 1st Test, prev played for India), born in Lahore, British India (d. 1996)
• 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)

• 1925-03-26 Maqsood Ahmed, Pakistani cricket all-rounder who played 16 tests (2 x 50, 3 wickets; Karachi Blues, Rawalpindi) and broadcaster (PTV, BBC, Radio Pakistan), 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 Gogumal Kischenchand, Indian cricketer (5 Tests for India 1947-52), born in Karachi, British India (d. 1997)
• 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)
• 1925-07-01 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 Scotch Taylor, South African cricket batsman (1 Test; Transvaal) and executive (president South African Hockey Union), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (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 cricket batsman (7 Tests England, 2 x 50; Glamorgan CCC, MCC), born in Swansea, 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 cricket medium pace bowler (2 Tests, 3 wickets; Bombay, Gujarat), born in Surat, India (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 cricket all-rounder & captain (59 Tests, 12 x 100, HS 223, 35 wickets; Bombay, Gujarat), 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)

• 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 fast-medium bowler (2 Tests, 1 wicket; Middlesex CCC, University of Cambridge CC) and executive (president MCC 1987-88), born in Ealing, England (d. 2016)
• 1927-07-18 Zin Harris, New Zealand cricket batsman (9 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 101; Canterbury), 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)

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Deaths 601 - 700 of 1,198

• 1979-08-23 Mian Mohammad Saeed, cricketer (1st Pakistan captain 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, English cricketer (England left-handed batsman 1935), dies at 72
• 1979-11-14 Bill Farrimond, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies
• 1979-12-14 Nirode Chowdhury, Indian cricket medium pace bowler (2 Tests, 1 wicket; Bengal, Bihar), dies at 56
• 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
• 1980-01-31 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
• 1980-05-02 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 cricket batsman (3 Tests, Sind), dies at 76
• 1980-08-02 Verdun Scott, New Zealand cricket batsman (10 Tests, 3 x 50; Auckland) and rugby league utility back (1 Test; Auckland Pakehā), dies at 64

• 1980-08-09 Philip Lee, Australian cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 5 wickets; South Australia), 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 and captain 1935-36), dies
• 1980-11-23 Herby Wade, South African cricket batsman and 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 cricket batsman (8 Tests, 2 x 50; Manawatu, Hawke's Bay, Franklin), 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 batsman (2 Tests, HS 22; British Guiana), 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 Khershed Meherhomji, Indian cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), dies at 70
• 1982-02-12 Hal Hooker, Australian cricketer (world record 10th wicket 307 partnership with Kippax), dies at 83
• 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, South African cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for South Africa), dies at 79
• 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 cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 11 wickets, BB 4/22; Queensland), 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 cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 2 wickets, BB 2/52; Auckland, Canterbury), 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 captain 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, Pakistani cricketer (left-arm quick bowler 1965), dies at 38
• 1983-07-28 Alec Marks, Australian cricketer (good NSW batsman 1928-37), dies at 72
• 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 cricket batsman (55 Tests, 7 x 100, HS 189no; Bombay, Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra), dies at 52

• 1983-12-02 Atholl Mckinnon, South African cricket spin bowler (8 Tests, 26 wickets), dies from a heart attack at 51
• 1984-02-28 Leslie Walcott, cricketer (Test for WI v England 1930), dies
• 1984-03-06 Ian Cromb, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (5 Tests, 1 x 50, 8 wickets; Canterbury), dies in a car accident at 78
• 1984-03-13 Dick Whitington, journalist/cricketer (South Aust & AIF batsman), dies
• 1984-04-04 Johnny Arnold, English cricket batsman (1 Test, HS 34; Hampshire CCC) and soccer winger (1 cap; Oxford City, Southampton, Fulham), dies at 76
• 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, Indian cricketer (brother of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies at 68
• 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
• 1985-06-15 Percy Fender, English cricket all-rounder (13 Tests, 29 wickets, BB 5/90, HS 60; Sussex CCC, Surrey CCC, MCC), dies at 92
• 1985-07-23 Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (b. 1923)
• 1985-07-31 Murray Chapple, New Zealand cricket batsman (14 Tests, 3 x 50; Canterbury, Central Districts), dies at 55
• 1985-08-02 Sandy Bell, South African cricket fast bowler (16 Tests, 48 wickets, BB 6/99; Western Province, Rhodesia), dies at 79
• 1985-08-22 Ginty Lush, Australian cricketer (NSW quickie of 30's), dies at 71
• 1985-10-13 Jack Wilson, Australian cricket spin bowler (1 Test; 43 wickets on England Tour 1956), dies at 64
• 1985-11-19 Lall Singh, Indian cricketer (Test for India 1932), dies at 75
• 1985-11-21 Ramnath Kenny, Indian cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), dies at 55
• 1985-12-16 Dick Pollard, cricketer (England fast-medium bowler 1946-48), dies
• 1985-12-31 Mal Matheson, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (2 Tests) and rugby union Test referee (Australia v NZ 1946), dies at 79
• 1986-01-25 Dennis Smith, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (1 Test; lone wicket off first ball; Otago, Canterbury), dies at 73
• 1986-03-05 Teddy Hoad, West Indies cricket batsman, captain (4 Tests, Barbados), dies at 90
• 1986-04-05 Colin McCool, Australian cricket all-rounder (14 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 104no, 36 wickets, BB 5/41; NSW, Queensland, Somerset CCC), dies at 69
• 1986-04-23 Jim Laker, English cricket spin bowler (46 Tests; 193 wickets; world best 19-90 4th Test v Australia 1956), dies from complications of gall bladder surgery at 64
• 1986-04-24 Bill Edrich, English cricket all-rounder (39 Tests, 6 x 100, HS 219no, 41 wickets; MCC, Middlesex CCC), dies following a fall at 70
• 1986-06-15 Keki Tarapore, Indian cricketer (Test for India 1948), killed by motor-scooter at 75

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