Cricket in History (Part 8)

Events 701 - 800 of 943

• 1993-07-06 England cricket batsman Graham Thorpe scores 114 on Test debut, in drawn 3rd Test v Australia at Trent Bridge

• 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)
• 1993-11-27 India defeat West Indies in Bengal Jubilee Cricket Final, Kumble 6-12

• 1994-02-01 South African cricket fast bowler Fanie de Villiers bravely survives 197 minutes for 30 on last day of 3rd Test against Australia in Adelaide; Proteas finally all out 129; Australia win by 191, draw series
• 1994-02-08 Kapil Dev sets world record for Test Cricket wickets with 432
• 1994-03-23 Last day of Test cricket for Kapil Dev

• 1994-03-30 Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
• 1994-03-30 England Cricket all out for 46 at Port-of-Spain

• 1994-06-06 West Indian cricket batsman Brian Lara hits world 1st-class record 501 not out and 390 runs in 1 day for Warwickshire vs Durham at Edgbaston; only quintuple-hundred in first-class history
• 1994-07-02 Middlesex cricket seam bowler Richard Johnson takes all 10 Derbyshire wickets for 45 runs at the County Ground in Derby
• 1994-10-01 Australian cricket batsman David Boon scores 114 during 1 wicket, 1st Test defeat v Pakistan in Karachi; his 19th Test century
• 1994-10-02 Pakistan cricket batsmen Inzamam-ul-Haq & Mushtaq Ahmed put on 57 runs in 8 overs for highest last-wicket partnership ever to win a Test, as the home team beats Australia by 1 wicket in the 1st Test in Karachi

• 1994-12-28 David Boon completes his 20th Test Cricket century (131 v England, MCG)

• 1995-01-01 Raman Lamba (312) & Ravi Sehgal (216) put on an Indian 1st-class record opening partnership 464 in Delhi's innings & 310 run win over Himachal Pradesh in a Ranji Trophy cricket match in Delhi
• 1995-02-01 Zimbabwe batsmen Andy (156) & Grant Flower (201) set world record brotherly stand of 269 to propel Zimbabwe to first ever victory in Test cricket in 1st Test against Pakistan in Harare
• 1995-02-02 Henry Olonga no-balled for throwing in Zimbabwe-Pakistan Test Cricket
• 1995-02-04 Australian cricketer Dean Jones completes 324* for Victoria v South Australia
• 1995-02-04 Zimbabwe's 1st Test Cricket victory, over Pakistan by an inning
• 1995-02-06 Greg Blewett scores his 2nd century in his 2nd Test Cricket

• 1995-03-28 Queensland beat South Australia in cricket to win the 1st ever Sheffield Shield
• 1995-03-31 Ranji Trophy Cricket Final, Wankhede Stadium, Bombay: Bombay (Sanjay Manjrekar 224 in 6/690) beats Punjab (Vikram Rathour 177 in 372) on 1st innings
• 1995-04-14 India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah
• 1995-05-01 Future Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh scores career best 200 including 231 partnership with brother Mark (126) in 4th Test win over West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica
• 1995-05-03 Australia beat West Indies to regain the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
• 1995-07-30 Dominic Cork takes hat-trick in England Test Cricket win v West Indies at Old Trafford
• 1995-08-12 Lara completes 6th Test Cricket century, 152 at Trent Bridge
• 1995-08-25 Gloucestershire cricketer Andrew Symonds scores 254 vs Glamorgan, including a then first-class record of 16 sixes
• 1995-08-26 Brian Lara completes his 7th Test Cricket century, scoring 179 at The Oval in London
• 1995-08-28 Last day of Test Cricket for Richie Richardson
• 1995-09-26 Earliest 1st-class cricket in Aust season (Qld v Western Prov)
• 1995-09-26 Sri Lanka complete 2-1 Test Cricket series win in Pakistan from 0-1
• 1995-09-28 Troy Dixon scores cricket century on 1st-class debut for Qld v W Prov
• 1995-10-27 South African fast bowler Meyrick Pringle takes cricket hat-trick in England tour game at Soweto
• 1995-11-04 1st-class Cricket debut of Paul Adams, W Province v N Transvaal

• 1995-12-03 England cricket wicket keeper Jack Russell dismisses Clive Eksteen with his record 11th catch in 2nd Test v South Africa in Johannesburg
• 1995-12-10 Australian cricket opening batsman Michael Slater scores career high 219 (15 x 4, 5 x 6) in innings and 36 run, 1st Test win v Sri Lanka in Perth
• 1995-12-10 Ricky Ponting makes 96 on Test Cricket debut (Aust v Sri Lanka, WACA)
• 1995-12-26 Paul Adams becomes South Africa's youngest Test Cricket player at 18 yrs 340 days
• 1995-12-27 Australian cricketer David Boon completes his 21st Test Cricket century (110 v SL, MCG)
• 1995-12-31 Matthew Elliott scores separate cricket century same day for Victoria
• 1996-01-29 Last day of Test cricket for Australian cricketer David Boon
• 1996-02-17 1st full ODI for the Netherlands, v NZ, cricket World Cup Nolan Clarke makes ODI debut for Netherlands at age 47

• 1996-02-29 Chasing Kenya's 166, the West Indies are dismissed for a dismal 93 in Cricket World Cup at Pune, India; spinner Maurice Odumbe takes 3/15 and fast bowler Rajab Ali 3/17 for Kenya
• 1996-03-02 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
• 1996-03-06 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
• 1996-03-09 Javed Miandad's last international in Pakistan's Cricket World Cup Quarter Final loss to India

• 1996-03-14 Australia beat West Indies by 5 runs in amazing cricket World Cup semi
• 1996-03-17 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
• 1996-03-17 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
• 1996-03-26 Last day of 1st-class cricket for Allan Border (Qld v Vic)
• 1996-03-30 Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs NZ at Port-Of-Spain
• 1996-03-31 Ranji Trophy Cricket Final, MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras: Karnataka (Vijay Bharadwaj 146 of 8/620) beats Tamil Nadu (370) on 1st innings
• 1996-04-02 Sri Lankan cricket batsman Sanath Jayasuriya hits century in 48 balls (134 off 65), in 34 run win over Pakistan in Singapore; world ODI record

• 1996-04-07 Pakistan beats Sri Lanka to win Cricket's Singer Cup in Singapore
• 1996-05-17 Habib & Whitaker make 320 for 5th Cricket wkt, Leics v Worcs
• 1996-06-08 Australian cricketer Dean Jones takes career-best 5-112 for Derbyshire v Hampshire
• 1996-06-22 Saurav Ganguly scores 131 at Lord's on Test cricket debut
• 1996-07-01 In a tour match v India, Hampshire's Kevan James becomes the only 1st class cricketer to take 4 wickets in 4 balls - and then score a century (103)
• 1996-07-27 David Sales makes 210 on 1st class cricket debut for Northants v Worcs
• 1996-09-14 England Test cricket fast bowler Dean Headley equals WR by taking his 3rd hat-trick of the English County season for Kent v Hampshire at Canterbury
• 1996-10-04 Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi breaks record for fastest hundred in one-day cricket history; in first ODI innings, Afridi savages Sri Lanka for 102 in KCA Centenary Tournament match in Nairobi; reaches 100 in 37 balls

• 1996-10-24 Hasan Raza makes Test Cricket debut for Pakistan age 14 yrs 238 days
• 1996-10-28 Goa upset Karnataka to win their 1st Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever
• 1996-11-07 Wasim Jaffer gets 314* in 2nd cricket FC game for Mumbai v Saurashtra
• 1996-11-24 Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup
• 1996-11-24 Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan v NZ Lahore
• 1996-11-30 South African cricket opening batsman Gary Kirsten follows his 1st innings 102 with 133 in the Proteas' 329 run 2nd Test win v India in Kolkata
• 1996-12-01 South African cricket all-rounder Lance Klusener takes 8-64 on debut in Proteas' 329 run 2nd Test win v India in Kolkata
• 1996-12-18 Start of 1st Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe & England
• 1996-12-22 Zimbabwe & England draw Bulawayo Test Cricket with England needing 1 run to win
• 1996-12-28 India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in cricket 1st innings
• 1997-01-03 Zimbabwe cricket fast bowler Eddo Brandes takes ODI hat-trick as home team scores another upset against England, winning by 131 runs and sweeping series, 3-0 in Harare
• 1997-03-02 Australians Greg Blewett (214) and Steve Waugh (160) bat for the entire 3rd day of the 1st cricket Test against South Africa in Johannesburg; set up Australian innings and 196 run victory
• 1997-03-31 West Indies cricketers win 3rd Test at Bridgetown, Barbados by 38 runs after setting India a modest 120 run target; tourists dismissed for 81 in Brian Lara's debut as Windies' captain
• 1997-07-06 Australian cricket batsman Steve Waugh completes twin centuries (108 & 116) in 268 run 3rd Test win v England at Old Trafford
• 1997-08-06 Sri Lanka slams world record 952 for 6 in the 1st cricket Test against India in Colombo; Sanath Jayasuriya 340, Roshan Mahanama 225 - record partnership 576
• 1997-10-01 Zimbabwe and New Zealand tie their One Day International cricket match in Bulawayo; Black Cap tail-ender Gavin Larson is run out on last ball at 9/233 amidst crowd surging onto field; 13th ODI tie
• 1998-07-06 England cricket spin bowler Robert Croft saves England from defeat with a famous unbeaten 37 in 190 minutes on day 5 of 2nd Test v South Africa at Old Trafford, Manchester
• 1998-08-03 The Oval stages first competitive cricket match played under floodlights in London when home team Surrey loses to Sussex by 8 wickets in the day/night 40-over fixture
• 1998-10-02 With his team struggling at 28 for 3, Australian cricket batsman Steve Waugh smashes a brilliant 157 to guide the tourists to an innings & 99 run win over Pakistan in the 1st Test in Rawalpindi
• 1998-10-04 Australian wicketkeeper Ian Healy overtakes countryman Rod Marsh's world record of 355 Test cricket dismissals during 1st Test win v Pakistan in Rawalpindi; catches Wasim Akram off Colin Miller to reach milestone
• 1999-03-01 Daryll Cullinan scores South African cricket record 275no in the drawn 1st Test against New Zealand at Eden Park, Auckland; Gary Kirsten 128
• 1999-06-20 Cricket World Cup, Lord's, London: Shane Warne takes 4/33 as Australia beats Pakistan by 8 wickets; Lance Klusener (RSA), Player of Series
• 1999-06-20 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Lord's, London, England: Australia wins its second trophy with 8 wicket win over Pakistan; Player of the Match: Shane Warne (AUS) 4/33 (9 overs)

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Birthdays 701 - 800 of 2,053

• 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 (d. 2023)
• 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 footballer (Arsenal, 1951-55) and cricketer (opening batsman, 2 tests - 1958, 1959), born in Bedmister, Bristol, England (d .2007)
• 1928-03-19 Clive Van Ryneveld, South African cricket all-rounder (1951-58), born in Cape Town, Union of South Africa (d. 2018)
• 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 batsman and captain (11 Tests, 1 x 50; Baroda CC), born in Vadodara, India (d. 2024)
• 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)
• 1928-12-16 Doug Ford, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (successful NSW of 50's), born in Maryville, New South Wales (d. 2019)
• 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, British Church of England clergyman (Bishop of Liverpool, 1975-97) and cricketer (England batsman, 1950-63, 22 tests), born in Reigate, Surrey, England (d.. 2005)
• 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, South African cricketer (36 Test wkts for South Africa, 1 career no-ball), born in Pietermaritzburg, Union of South Africa (d. 2000)

• 1929-05-02 Graham Gedye, New Zealand cricket batsman (4 Tests, 2 x 50; Auckland), born in Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2014)
• 1929-05-15 Jack Flavell, cricketer (England pace bowler in 4 Tests 1961-64)
• 1929-05-21 Paul Winslow, South African cricketer (big-hitter for South Africa, 108 v England 1955)
• 1929-05-28 Leslie Wight, cricketer (one Test WI v India 1953, scored 21)
• 1929-06-08 V. M. Muddiah, Indian cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 3 wickets), born in Bangalore, Mysore (d. 2009)
• 1929-06-14 Alan Davidson, Australian cricket all-rounder (44 Tests, 1,328 runs @ 24.59, 186 wickets, best 7/93, 42 catches; NSW), born in Lisarow, Australia (d. 2021)
• 1929-06-21 Agha Saadat Ali, Pakistani cricketer (Paki bat in Test v NZ 1956, scored 8*), born in Lahore, Punjab (d. 1995)
• 1929-07-05 Tony Lock, English cricket spin bowler (49 Tests, 174 wickets, BB 7/35, 2 x 50; Surrey CCC, Western Australia, Leicestershire CCC), born in Limpsfield, England (d. 1995)
• 1929-07-24 Alfred Binns, West Indian cricket wicket-keeper (5 Tests, 17 dismissals; Jamaica), born in KIngston, Jamaica (d. 2017)
• 1929-09-25 Jack Rutherford, Australian cricket all-rounder (1 Test, HS 30, 1 wicket; WA CA), born in Bruce Rock, Australia (d. 2022)
• 1929-10-06 Les Favell, cricketer (stoic Australian batsman late 50's)
• 1929-10-16 B. Satyaji Rao, Indian cricket umpire (17 Tests 1960-79; 5 x Ranji Trophy finals), born in Bangalore, India (d. 2021)
• 1929-10-25 Peter Loader, English cricketer (England quick in 13 Tests 1954-59, later WA), born in Wallington, London
• 1929-11-08 Trevor McMahon, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (v India & Pak 1955-56), born in Wellington, New Zealand
• 1929-12-11 Subhash "Fergie" Gupte, Indian cricket leg-spin bowler (36 Tests, 149 wickets, BB 9/102; Bombay, Bengal), born in Bombay, India (d. 2002)
• 1929-12-15 Keith Andrew, English cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests; Northamptonshire CCC), born in Oldham, England (d. 2010)
• 1929-12-22 Wazir Mohammad, Pakistan cricket batsman (20 Tests, 2 x 100; eldest of Pakistan's 4 Mohammad brothers), born in Junagadh, India
• 1929-12-31 Peter May, English cricket batsman (66 Tests, 4,537 @ 46.77, 13 x 100, 22 x 50; HS 285no; Surrey CCC), born in Reading, England (d. 1994)
• 1930-01-19 John Waite, South African cricket wicket-keeper, born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (d. 2011)
• 1930-03-01 Coimbatarao Gopinath, Indian cricket all-rounder (8 Tests, HS 50), born in Madras, India
• 1930-03-14 Ray Flockton, Australian cricketer (prolific NSW batsman of 50's) (d. 2011)
• 1930-03-29 Gundibail Sunderam, Indian cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 3 wickets; Bombay, Rajasthan), born in Udupi, India (d. 2010)
• 1930-04-10 Shujauddin Butt, Pakistani cricket all-rounder (19 Tests, 20 wickets; Combined Services, Bahawalpur), born in Lahore, Pakistan (d. 2006)
• 1930-04-20 Alan Oakman, English cricket all-rounder (2 Tests; Sussex CCC), born in Hastings, England (d. 2018)
• 1930-04-25 Roy Marshall, West Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests; Hampshire CCC, Barbados), born in Saint Thomas, Barbados (d. 1992)
• 1930-04-29 Alf Valentine, Jamaican cricketer (great West Indian lefty spinner), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2004)
• 1930-06-01 Matt Poore, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (14 Tests 355 runs @ 15.43, 9 wickets), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 2020)
• 1930-06-03 Michael Melle, South African cricketer (pace bowler of early 1950's), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
• 1930-06-06 Frank Tyson, England Test cricket fast bowler/broadcaster (17 Tests, 76 wickets @ 18.56), born in Farnworth, Lancashire, (d. 2015)
• 1930-06-12 Jim Burke, Australian cricket batsman (24 Tests; record for most innings in a complete career without scoring a duck [44]), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1979)
• 1930-06-17 Brian Statham, English cricket fast bowler (70 Tests, 252 wickets @ 24.84), born in Gorton, Manchester, England (d. 2000)
• 1930-07-09 Roy McLean, South African cricketer (prolific South African batsman played 40 Tests), born in Pietermaritzberg, Natal, South Africa (d. 2007)
• 1930-07-11 Jack Alabaster, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (21 Tests, 49 wickets; Otago), born in Invercargill, New Zealand (d. 2024)
• 1930-07-21 Joe Pamensky, South African cricket administrator (president South African Cricket Union 1976-91), born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (d. 2023)
• 1930-07-25 Murray Chapple, New Zealand cricket batsman (14 Tests, 3 x 50; Canterbury, Central Districts), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 1985)
• 1930-08-23 Jack Bannister, English cricket commentator (BBC; Talksport radio) and bowler (Warwickshire 1,198 wickets), born in Wolverhampton, West Midlands (d. 2016)
• 1930-08-26 Joe Solomon, West Indian cricket batsman (27 Tests, 1 x 100, 9 x 50, HS 100no; British Guiana, Berbice), born in Port Mourant, Guyana (d. 2023)
• 1930-08-30 Noel Harford, New Zealand cricket batsman (8 Tests, 2 x 50; Manawatu, Hawke's Bay, Franklin), born in Winton, New Zealand (d. 1981)
• 1930-09-29 Ramnath Kenny, Indian cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for India in 1950's), born in Bombay, British India (d. 1985)
• 1930-10-02 Jayasinghrao Ghorpade, Indian cricket batsman (8 Tests @ 15.26; Baroda), born in Panchgani, Maharashtra (d. 1978)

• 1930-11-14 Alan Moss, English cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 21 wickets; Middlesex CCC), born in London, England (d. 2019)
• 1930-11-24 C T Patankar, cricketer (kept wicket in one Test India v NZ 1955-56)
• 1930-11-24 Ken Barrington, English cricketer (82 tests as batsman for England ), born in Reading, England (d. 1981)
• 1930-12-15 Alimuddin, Pakistani cricket batsman (25 Tests, 2 x 100s, 7 x 50s; Rajputana, Karachi), born in Ajmer, India (d. 2012)
• 1931-01-02 Robin Marlar, English cricket spin bowler (Cambridge University CC, Sussex CCC) and journalist (The Sunday Times; "The Story of Cricket"), born in Eastbourne, England (d. 2022)
• 1931-01-06 Graeme Hole, Australian cricket batsman (18 Tests, 6 x 50; NSW CA), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1990)
• 1931-01-31 Bill Watson, Australian cricketer (NSW & Australian opening batsman mid-1950s), born in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia (d. 2018)
• 1931-02-06 Fred Trueman, England cricket fast bowler (England 67 Tests, 307 wickets), born in Stainton, England (d. 2006)
• 1931-02-16 Gamini Goonesena, Sri Lankan cricket leg-spinner (all-rounder for Ceylon, Notts), born in Colombo, Ceylon (d. 2011)
• 1931-02-24 Brian Close, cricketer (played for England between 1949 & 1976), born in Rawden, West Riding (d. 2015)
• 1931-02-25 John Robin Stephenson, British military officer and cricket administrator (Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), 1987-94), born in Hove, Sussex, England (d. 2003)
• 1931-03-08 Neil Adcock, South African cricket fast bowler (26 Tests, 104 wickets @ 21.10), born in Cape Town, Western Cape (d. 2013)
• 1931-07-04 Peter Richardson, British cricket batsman (34 Tests, 5 x 100, 9 x 50, HS 126; Worcestershire CCC, Kent CCC), born in Hereford, England (d. 2017)
• 1931-07-28 Johnny Martin, Australian cricket left-arm bowler (1960's), born in Wingham, Australia (d. 1992)
• 1931-08-01 Trevor Goddard, South African cricketer (South African opening batsman and opening bowler), born in Durban, Natal, South Africa (d. 2016)
• 1931-08-02 Eddie Fuller, South African cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, 22 wickets, BB 5/66; Western Province, Cumbria CCC), born in Worcester, South Africa (d. 2008)
• 1931-08-04 Narendra Tamhane, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (1950's), born in Bombay, India
• 1931-09-26 Vijay Manjrekar, Indian cricket batsman (55 Tests, 7 x 100, HS 189no; Bombay, Bengal, Rajasthan, Maharashtra), born in Bombay, India (d. 1983)
• 1931-10-04 Basil D'Oliveira, English cricket all-rounder (44 Tests, 2,484 @ 40.06, 47 wickets), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2011)
• 1931-10-21 Jim Parks, English cricket wicketkeeper (46 Tests, 114 dismissals, 2 x 100, 9 x 50, HS 108no; Sussex CCC, Somerset CCC), born in Haywards Heath, England (d. 2022)
• 1931-11-09 Tommy Greenhough, English cricketer (English leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1959-60), born in Rochdale, Lancashire (d. 2009)
• 1931-12-18 Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricket batsman (25 Tests, 1 x 100; Otago CA), born in Dunedin, New Zealand (d. 2007)
• 1932-01-03 Jaswick Taylor, West Indian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 10 wickets; 5/109 in Test debut 1958; Trinidad & Tobago), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1999)
• 1932-01-29 Raman Subba Row, English cricket batsman (13 Tests, 3 x 100, HS 137; Surrey CCC, Northamptonshire CCC), born in London (d. 2024)
• 1932-02-03 Jonathan Fellows-Smith, South African cricket all-rounder (4 Tests, HS 35; Oxford University CC, Northamptonshire CCC, Transvaal), born in Durban, Natal (d. 2013)
• 1932-02-29 Gavin Stevens, Australian cricket batsman (4 Tests, HS 28; South Australia), born in Adelaide, Australia
• 1932-03-31 Godfrey Lawrence, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 8-53 v NZ 1961), born in Salisbury, Rhodesia

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Deaths 701 - 800 of 1,198

• 1986-06-26 Laurie Fishlock, cricketer (4 Tests for England), dies
• 1986-07-24 Laurie Nash, Australian cricket fast-bowler (2 Tests, 10 wickets) and VFL player and coach (South Melbourne), dies at 76
• 1986-07-28 Syd Curnow, South African cricket batsman (7 Tests, HS 47; Transvaal), dies at 78
• 1986-08-03 Rupert de Smidt, South African cricketer (Western Province 1911-13), dies at 102
• 1986-08-10 Don McRae, New Zealand cricket medium pace bowler (1 Test; Canterbury CA) and soccer goalkeeper (1 cap; Nomads United FC), dies at 71
• 1986-08-30 Ellis Achong, West Indian cricket spin bowler (6 Tests, 8 wickets; Trinidad; 1st of Chinese descent to play a Test match), dies at 82
• 1987-01-04 Jack Martin, cricketer (Eng pace bowler, 1-111 & 0-18 in Test), dies
• 1987-01-08 Nana Joshi, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (12 tests, 27 dismissals, 1 x 50; Maharashtra CC), dies at 60
• 1987-01-20 Tom Dollery, cricketer (4 Tests for Eng 1947-50), dies
• 1987-02-13 Milford "Curly" Page, New Zealand cricket batsman and captain (14 Tests, 1 x 100, 2x 50, 5 wickets) and rugby union halfback (Canterbury RU), dies at 84
• 1987-05-03 Dicky Fuller, cricketer (one Test for WI 1935, one run, 0-12), dies
• 1987-05-13 Ron Saggers, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (effective NSW & Aussie late 40's), dies at 69
• 1987-06-14 Les Favell, Australian cricketer (757 runs for Australia), dies at 57
• 1987-06-15 J A K Cochrane, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1931), dies
• 1987-06-24 Hines Johnson, West Indian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests; first WI fast bowler to take 10 wickets in a Test), dies at 76
• 1987-06-26 Glen Hall, South African cricketer (Test for South Africa 1965), commits suicide at 49

• 1987-07-15 Jack O'Hagan, cricketer and composer (Our Don Bradman), dies at 88
• 1987-07-22 A G Kripal Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India), dies
• 1987-07-29 Arthur Chipperfield, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia), dies
• 1987-08-26 John Goddard, West Indian cricket all-rounder and captain (27 Tests @ 30.67; 33 wickets; Barbados), dies at 68
• 1987-09-05 Bill Bowes, English cricketer (Bodyline bowler, 68 wkts for England), dies at 79
• 1987-10-27 Vijay Merchant, Indian cricket batsman (10 Tests, 3 x 100, HS 154; Bombay CC), dies at 76
• 1988-04-10 Cliff Gladwin, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49), dies
• 1988-04-16 Clifford Roach, cricketer (16 Tests early in West Indian cricket history), dies
• 1988-04-24 Bob Newson, South African cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 4 wickets; Transvaal; Rhodesia), dies at 87
• 1988-05-24 Tom Burtt, New Zealand cricketer (NZ slow left-arm bowler in 11 Tests 1947-53), dies at 73
• 1988-06-07 Joe Partridge, cricketer (South African pace bowler 1963-65), commits suicide
• 1988-07-23 Jahangir Khan, Indian cricket fast bowler (4 Tests India; Pakistan selector), dies at 78
• 1988-08-28 Paul Whitelaw, New Zealand cricket batsman (2 Tests; Auckland), dies at 78
• 1988-12-16 Hunter "Stork" Hendry, Australian cricket all-rounder (11 Tests, 1 x 100, 16 wickets; NSW CA, Victoria CA), dies at 93
• 1989-01-15 Wilf Slack, English cricketer, dies while playing cricket in Gambia at 34

• 1989-04-14 Lance Pierre, West Indian cricketer (Test WI v Engl 1948, DNB, 7 overs 0-28), dies at 67
• 1989-05-05 Frank Easton, cricket wicket-keeper (NSW 1933-39), dies
• 1989-06-02 Ted à Beckett, Australian cricket fast bowler (4 Tests, 3 wickets; Victoria), dies at 81
• 1989-09-10 Jeff Stollmeyer, West Indian cricket batsman (32 Tests 4 x 100, HS 160; Trinidad & Tobago) and executive (President WI Board of Control 1974-81), dies from wounds suffered in home invasion at 68
• 1989-09-14 Eddie McLeod, New Zealand cricketer (one Test for NZ), dies at 88
• 1989-09-15 Harry Cave, New Zealand cricketer (New Zealand captain 1955-56), dies at 66
• 1989-10-03 Norman Yardley, English cricket batsman and captain (20 Tests; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1948), dies of a stroke at 74
• 1989-10-26 Andy Roberts, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (7 Tests, 1 x 50, 4 wickets; Northern Districts, Waikato, Hamilton & Bay of Plenty), dies at 42
• 1989-11-22 Vijay Rajindernath, Indian cricketer wicket keeper, dies at 61
• 1989-11-25 Ratu Sir George Cakobau, Fiji cricketer/Gov-General, dies
• 1989-11-29 Sir G O "Gubby" Allen, English cricket all-rounder (25 Tests; refused to bowl 'Bodyline' tactics 1932), dies of complications after stomach surgery at 87
• 1990-01-01 Joe Hardstaff Jr., English cricket batsman (23 Tests, 1,636 runs @ 46.74; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 78
• 1990-02-14 Graeme Hole, Australian cricket batsman (18 Tests, 6 x 50; NSW CA), dies from cancer at 59
• 1990-02-27 Les Ames, English cricket wicket-keeper/batsman (47 Tests, 97 dismissals, 2,434 runs @ 40.56), dies at 84
• 1990-02-28 Colin Milburn, English cricket batsman (9 Tests, 2 x 100, 2 x 50, HS 139; Northamptonshire CCC, MCC, WA CA), dies of a heart attack at 48

• 1990-02-28 Tuppy Owen-Smith, South African cricketer (batsman v England 1929), dies
• 1990-06-18 Dennis Dyer, South African cricketer (scored 96 3 Tests for South Africa), dies at 76
• 1990-07-08 Malcolm Hilton, English cricket slow left-arm (4 Tests), dies at 61
• 1990-08-31 Johnny Lindsay, South African cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests, 5 dismissals; North Eastern Transvaal), dies at 81
• 1990-09-06 Len Hutton, English cricket batsman (79 Tests, 19 x 100, HS 364, BA 56.67; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 74
• 1990-12-23 Frank King, West Indian cricketer (WI fast bowler played 14 Tests 1953-56), dies at 64
• 1991-02-08 Miran Bakhsh, Pakistani cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 2 wickets; Punjab), dies at 47

• 1991-06-28 Ernie McCormick, Australian cricket fast bowler (12 Tests, 36 wickets, BB 4/101; Victoria), dies at 85
• 1991-07-18 Harold Butler, English cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 12 wickets; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 78
• 1991-07-24 Freddie Brown, English cricketer (English Test captain 1950-51), dies at 80
• 1991-11-21 Prior Jones, West Indian cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 25 wickets; Trinidad), dies at 74
• 1991-11-30 Zin Harris, New Zealand cricket batsman (9 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 101; Canterbury), dies at 64
• 1991-12-14 John Arlott, British cricket commentator and writer (BBC), dies of emphysema at 77
• 1991-12-25 Mahmood Hussain, Pakistan cricket swing bowler (27 Tests, 68 wickets; Karachi, Pakistan Universities), dies from diabetes mellitus at 59
• 1992-01-03 Ken Grieves, Australian cricketer (NSW & Lancashire leg-spin all-rounder), dies at 66
• 1992-04-13 Stuart Surridge, English cricketer (Capt of Surrey), dies at 74
• 1992-05-08 Gul Mohammad, Pakistani cricket batsman (9 Tests [8 India, 1 Pakistan], HS 34, 2 wickets; Baroda), dies at 70
• 1992-06-24 Len Darling, Australian cricketer (South Australian & Test batsman of 30's), dies at 82
• 1992-07-15 Johnny Martin, Australian cricketer (NSW & Australian bowler), dies at 60
• 1992-09-14 S A Banerjee, cricketer (1 Test for India 1948, no runs, 5 wkts), dies
• 1992-10-06 Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer, slow-medium leg-spin bowler (144 test wickets at 22.59) and newspaper columnist, dies at 86
• 1992-10-27 Roy Marshall, West Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests; Hampshire CCC, Barbados), dies from cancer at 62
• 1992-12-12 Jasu Patel, Indian cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 29 wickets, BB 9-69 v Aust 1959; Gujarat), dies at 68
• 1992-12-23 Cyril Walters, Welsh cricketer (11 Tests for England, 784 runs), dies at 87
• 1993-02-05 Jack Young, English cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49, 17 wickets), dies at 80
• 1993-02-17 Leslie Townsend, English cricket all-rounder (England in 4 Tests 1930-34), dies at 89
• 1993-03-07 Tony Harris, South African cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 50; Transvaal) and rugby union five-eighth (5 Tests), dies at 76
• 1993-03-22 Cec Pepper, cricketer (NSW & Commonwealth XI leggie), dies
• 1993-04-07 Billy Griffith, English cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 140, 5 dismissals; Cambridge Uni CC, Surrey CCC, MCC, Sussex CCC) and administrator (Secretary MCC), dies at 78
• 1993-04-15 Harry Alexander, Australian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, Bodyline series 1933, 1 wicket; Victoria), dies at 87
• 1993-04-30 Eric Rowan, South African cricket batsman (26 Tests, 3 x 100, HS 236; Transvaal, Eastern Province), dies at 83
• 1993-05-19 Ranga Sohoni, Indian cricket all-rounder (4 Tests, top score 29 no, 2 wickets), dies from a heart attack at 75
• 1993-05-19 S W Sohoni, cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies
• 1993-05-28 Charles Barnett, English cricketer (20 Tests for England), dies at 82
• 1993-06-16 Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricket batsman and captain (43 Tests; 3,073 runs @ 46.56; 10 x 100s; Victoria) and broadcaster (ABC 1956-81), dies at 79
• 1993-07-11 Denis Tomlinson, South African cricket leg-spinner, dies
• 1993-08-24 D. B. Deodhar, Indian cricketer (Grand Old Man of Indian Cricket), dies at 101
• 1993-08-26 Alan Wharton, English cricketer (England batsman once v NZ 1949, scored 7 & 13), dies at 70
• 1993-09-07 Guy Overton, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 9 wickets), dies at 74
• 1993-10-09 C. R. Rangachari, Indian cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies at 77
• 1993-10-14 Bertie Clarke, West Indian cricket spin bowler (3 Tests, 6 wickets; Barbados, Northamptonshire CCC, Essex CCC), dies at 75
• 1993-11-12 Kanwar Rai Singh, Indian cricket batsman (1 Test; Services, Southern Punjab), dies at 71
• 1994-01-05 Brian Johnston, British cricket commentator (BBC radio commentator & cake connoisseur), dies at 81
• 1994-02-25 Hugh Tayfield, cricketer (170 wickets for South Africa in 37 Tests), dies
• 1994-03-03 Bob Crisp, South African cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 20 wickets; Rhodesia, Western Province, Worcestershire), dies at 82
• 1994-05-12 Xenophon Balaskas, South African cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, 22 wickets, BB 5/49, 1 x 100, HS 122no; North Cape, Western Province, Transvaal), dies at 83
• 1994-05-31 Doug Freeman, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 1 wicket; Wellington), dies at 79
• 1994-06-03 Jack Cowie, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 45 wickets; Auckland CA) and umpire (3 Tests 1956–59), dies at 82
• 1994-09-01 Wallis Mathias, Pakistan cricket batsman (21 Tests; first non-Muslim to play for Pakistan), dies at 59
• 1994-11-07 Ebrahim Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests, 3 dismissals; Gujarat, Mumbai), dies at 72
• 1994-11-22 Charles Fortune, South African cricket commentator, dies
• 1994-12-27 Peter May, English cricket batsman (66 Tests, 4,537 @ 46.77, 13 x 100, 22 x 50; HS 285no; Surrey CCC), dies from a brain tumour at 64
• 1995-02-04 Manohar Hardikar, Indian cricketer (batted in 2 Tests India v WI 1958-59), dies at 58

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