Born on this day were : Sajeewa de Silva( 1971-) , Sri Lankan left-arm pace bowler ; and Rahul ‘ The Wall’ Dravid (1973-), outstanfing Indian batsman ( and ODI wicket –Keeper) who is the only Indian to make four consecutiveTest centuries ,( With more than 6,800 Test runs and 7,200ODI runs he is arguably the world’s best No. 3 batsman).
In 1902 English bowler Johnny Briggs died in an asylum in Cheshire, aged 39. He took 118 wicket for England at 17.74 a piece . His career ended when after being hit over the heart by a drive from Tom Hayward he suffered an epileptic seizure during the 1899 Headingley Test against Australia.This brought on mental illness and he ended his days in an asylum . It is said that he would bowl up and down the wards , and report the score to the nurses at the end of the day.
In 1930 J.E.D. Sealy made his debut for the West Indies against England at Bridgetown at the age of 17 years 121 days – still a West Indian record . Also making their debuts in this match were George Headley ( West Indies) and Bill Voce ( England). (In 1988 Phil Simmons made his debut for the West Indies against India at Madras.)
In 1959 Hanif Mohammad of Pakistan hit a record 499 ( at the time ) in an innings lasting over ten hours while playing for Karachi against Bahawalpur , at Karachi . He broke the record (452 not out ) of the great Don Bradman set in 1930. He was run out while trying to steal a run to keep the strike . His partner at the other end was Abdul Aziz who was to die tragically a week later in the course of a match , and for whom the score card read a bizarre : did not bat , dead When Bradman met Hanif on the Australian tour of Pakistan in 1964-65 he is said to have remarked after shaking his head : So you are the fellow . I always thought that the batsman who broke my record would be six feet two inches tall . But you are shorter than me!
In 1979 Mike Brearley became only the second English captain after Sir Len Hutton to regain and then successfully defend the Ashes when England beat Australia by 93 runs in the fourth Test at Sydney.
In 1994 Hyderabad declared at 944 for 6 in a Ranji Trophy match against Andhara Pradesh at Secunderabad .Maturi Sridhar made 366 ( the third highest score by a non –Test player in first –class cricket), Vivek Jaisimha 211 and Noel David 207, an unprecedented three double centuries in the same innings . Andhra however held out for a draw, with three wickets left , and 502 runs to get . This is the fourth highest total in first- class cricket. Sridhar came to the crease at 30 and he was dismissed with the score on 880, a world record in which 850 runs were added during one batsman’s innings at the crease.
In 2001 Steve Waugh played his 300th ODI- in the first match of the Carlton Series against West Indies at Melbourne.
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