1978 - Chris Old, bowling for
England against
Pakistan on the first day of the first Test at
Edgbaston, takes four wickets in five balls, the middle (and non-wicket-taking) ball of the five being a
no ball.
1985 - In making 322 against Warwickshire, Viv Richards became the first West Indian to make 300 runs in a day. The 300 came up off only 244 balls, including eight sixes and 42 fours.
New Zealand
1932 - New Zealand seamer, chairman of selectors and umpire Frank Cameron was born.
South Africa
2002 - Hansie Cronje died in a plane crash aged 32. Cronje captained South Africa in 53 matches and admitted to his involvement in match fixing in 2000.
June 2
Australia
1965 - Steve Waugh was born in Sydney, shortly followed by his twin brother Mark. They were the first twins to play together in a Test match, something they would do 108 times.
England
1865 - English bowler George Lohmann was born. He took 112 wickets in 18 Tests, at an average of just 10.75.
June 3
New Zealand
1928 - New Zealand captain and all-rounder John Reid was born. Of his 58 Tests as captain, New Zealand only won three - but these were their first three Test victories.
Pakistan
1966 - Wasim Akram was born. The left-arm fast bowler took 916 international wickets for Pakistan.
1912 - Eric Hollies, the man who prevented
Bradman having a career average of 100, was born. Bradman needed only four runs for the achievement, but Hollies bowled him for a
duck second ball.
June 6
England
1994 - Brian Lara scored 501
not out for Warwickshire at Edgbaston, making the highest score in first-class cricket.
Pakistan
1943 - The Pakistani batsman Asif Iqbal was born in Hyderabad, India. He started his career as an opening bowler, but made his way into the
middle order.
West Indies
1940 - Herbert Lance, the South African all-rounder nicknamed "Tiger" was born.
June 7
England
1952 - 21-year-old debutant Fred Trueman took three wickets, helping reduce India to 0 for 4 at the start of their second innings at Headingley.
1950 - West Indian spinners Alf Valentine and Sonny Ramadhin made their Test debut at Old Trafford, sharing fifteen wickets in the match.
June 9
Australia
1975: Andrew Symonds was born in
Birmingham, UK. He would go on to hit the most sixes in a first-class innings (16) and match (20) and later play for the Australian national side.
England
1967 - Geoffrey Boycott made his highest Test score, 246 not out, but was dropped for the next match.
1983 - The third Cricket World Cup started, with Zimbabwe beating Australia in their first One-day International.
Duncan Fletcher scored 69 not out and took four wickets.
June 10
England
1986 - India make their first Test win in eleven attempts at
Lord's
1991 - England make their first Test win against the
West Indies at home in 22 years
1907 - Northamptonshire is bowled out for 12 in 40 minutes by
Gloucestershire at
Gloucester in what is still the lowest score in county cricket and the third lowest first-class score of all time.
[1]
1953 - Alec Bedser took 14-99 in the first Test against Australia at Trent Bridge. These were the best bowling figures made by a bowler who was not on a winning team (the match was drawn).
India
1965 - Indian Maninder Singh was born. He made his debut against Pakistan aged 17 years 193 days, India's youngest Test crickter at the time.
June 14
England
1984 - Andy Lloyd makes his debut against the West Indies at Edgebaston and is struck on the temple-guard of his helmet with a bouncer from
Malcolm Marshall. He was hospitalised and never played for England again. Lloyd is the only Test Match opening batsman never to have been dismissed.
June 15
England
1909 - The
Imperial Cricket Conference, forerunner of the International Cricket Council, founded at
Lord's with representatives from England, Australia and South Africa.
1960 - Kent beat
Worcestershire by an innings and 101 runs at the
Nevill Ground,
Tunbridge Wells. The
first-class match is scheduled for three days but is completed in a single day, the last time this happens in a first-class game. Spinner
Norman Gifford makes his first-class debut for Worcestershire and takes four Kent wickets (as well as batting twice in a day). Scorecard
here.
1924 - South Africa are bowled out for 30, equalling the then Test record for a low score, in the first
Test against
England at
Birmingham.
Arthur Gilligan and
Maurice Tate take all 10 wickets in 12.3 overs, with Extras contributing 11 of the 30 runs and
Herbie Taylor top-scoring with just seven.
1932 - Herbert Sutcliffe and Percy Holmes complete a world record first-wicket stand of 555 playing for
Yorkshire against
Essex at
Leyton. Sutcliffe makes 313 and Holmes is unbeaten on 224, made in 445 minutes. Yorkshire win the match by an innings and 313 runs.
June 17
England
1930 - Nottinghamshire groundstaffer Sydney Copley was called in as a substitute fielder in the first
Ashes Test at
Trent Bridge and takes a spectacular catch to dismiss
Stan McCabe off the bowling of
Maurice Tate. England won the match by 93 runs.
[2]
1851 - Billy Midwinter, who played in the inaugural Test at Melbourne in 1876-77 and played in eight Tests for Australia and four for England, is born in Gloucestershire.
2006 - Graeme Hick (pictured) completes his 100th
first class century for
Worcestershire, only the eighth time a batsman has made 100 or more centuries for a single first-class team.
1921 - Charlie Macartney (pictured) scores 345 runs in four hours as the
Australians total 608 for seven on the first day of the match against
Nottinghamshire at
Trent Bridge. The score remained for 73 years as the highest number of runs hit by a cricketer in one day – it was beaten by
Brian Lara's 380 runs on his way to the highest first-class score of 501 not out.
1937 - England's Len Hutton makes his Test début against New Zealand at
Lord's, making 0 and 1.
[9] In his obituary, Wisden described him as "one of the greatest batsmen the game has produced in all its long history."
1939 - West Indian George Headley becomes the first player to complete two centuries in a Test match at
Lord's when he follows his first innings 106 with a second innings of 107. But
England win the match by eight wickets.
1978 - Chris Old, bowling for
England against
Pakistan on the first day of the first Test at
Edgbaston, takes four wickets in five balls, the middle (and non-wicket-taking) ball of the five being a
no ball.
1985 - In making 322 against Warwickshire, Viv Richards became the first West Indian to make 300 runs in a day. The 300 came up off only 244 balls, including eight sixes and 42 fours.
New Zealand
1932 - New Zealand seamer, chairman of selectors and umpire Frank Cameron was born.
South Africa
2002 - Hansie Cronje died in a plane crash aged 32. Cronje captained South Africa in 53 matches and admitted to his involvement in match fixing in 2000.
June 2
Australia
1965 - Steve Waugh was born in Sydney, shortly followed by his twin brother Mark. They were the first twins to play together in a Test match, something they would do 108 times.
England
1865 - English bowler George Lohmann was born. He took 112 wickets in 18 Tests, at an average of just 10.75.
June 3
New Zealand
1928 - New Zealand captain and all-rounder John Reid was born. Of his 58 Tests as captain, New Zealand only won three - but these were their first three Test victories.
Pakistan
1966 - Wasim Akram was born. The left-arm fast bowler took 916 international wickets for Pakistan.
1912 - Eric Hollies, the man who prevented
Bradman having a career average of 100, was born. Bradman needed only four runs for the achievement, but Hollies bowled him for a
duck second ball.
June 6
England
1994 - Brian Lara scored 501
not out for Warwickshire at Edgbaston, making the highest score in first-class cricket.
Pakistan
1943 - The Pakistani batsman Asif Iqbal was born in Hyderabad, India. He started his career as an opening bowler, but made his way into the
middle order.
West Indies
1940 - Herbert Lance, the South African all-rounder nicknamed "Tiger" was born.
June 7
England
1952 - 21-year-old debutant Fred Trueman took three wickets, helping reduce India to 0 for 4 at the start of their second innings at Headingley.
1950 - West Indian spinners Alf Valentine and Sonny Ramadhin made their Test debut at Old Trafford, sharing fifteen wickets in the match.
June 9
Australia
1975: Andrew Symonds was born in
Birmingham, UK. He would go on to hit the most sixes in a first-class innings (16) and match (20) and later play for the Australian national side.
England
1967 - Geoffrey Boycott made his highest Test score, 246 not out, but was dropped for the next match.
1983 - The third Cricket World Cup started, with Zimbabwe beating Australia in their first One-day International.
Duncan Fletcher scored 69 not out and took four wickets.
June 10
England
1986 - India make their first Test win in eleven attempts at
Lord's
1991 - England make their first Test win against the
West Indies at home in 22 years
1907 - Northamptonshire is bowled out for 12 in 40 minutes by
Gloucestershire at
Gloucester in what is still the lowest score in county cricket and the third lowest first-class score of all time.
[1]
1953 - Alec Bedser took 14-99 in the first Test against Australia at Trent Bridge. These were the best bowling figures made by a bowler who was not on a winning team (the match was drawn).
India
1965 - Indian Maninder Singh was born. He made his debut against Pakistan aged 17 years 193 days, India's youngest Test crickter at the time.
June 14
England
1984 - Andy Lloyd makes his debut against the West Indies at Edgebaston and is struck on the temple-guard of his helmet with a bouncer from
Malcolm Marshall. He was hospitalised and never played for England again. Lloyd is the only Test Match opening batsman never to have been dismissed.
June 15
England
1909 - The
Imperial Cricket Conference, forerunner of the International Cricket Council, founded at
Lord's with representatives from England, Australia and South Africa.
1960 - Kent beat
Worcestershire by an innings and 101 runs at the
Nevill Ground,
Tunbridge Wells. The
first-class match is scheduled for three days but is completed in a single day, the last time this happens in a first-class game. Spinner
Norman Gifford makes his first-class debut for Worcestershire and takes four Kent wickets (as well as batting twice in a day). Scorecard
here.
1924 - South Africa are bowled out for 30, equalling the then Test record for a low score, in the first
Test against
England at
Birmingham.
Arthur Gilligan and
Maurice Tate take all 10 wickets in 12.3 overs, with Extras contributing 11 of the 30 runs and
Herbie Taylor top-scoring with just seven.
1932 - Herbert Sutcliffe and Percy Holmes complete a world record first-wicket stand of 555 playing for
Yorkshire against
Essex at
Leyton. Sutcliffe makes 313 and Holmes is unbeaten on 224, made in 445 minutes. Yorkshire win the match by an innings and 313 runs.
June 17
England
1930 - Nottinghamshire groundstaffer Sydney Copley was called in as a substitute fielder in the first
Ashes Test at
Trent Bridge and takes a spectacular catch to dismiss
Stan McCabe off the bowling of
Maurice Tate. England won the match by 93 runs.
[2]
1851 - Billy Midwinter, who played in the inaugural Test at Melbourne in 1876-77 and played in eight Tests for Australia and four for England, is born in Gloucestershire.
2006 - Graeme Hick (pictured) completes his 100th
first class century for
Worcestershire, only the eighth time a batsman has made 100 or more centuries for a single first-class team.
1921 - Charlie Macartney (pictured) scores 345 runs in four hours as the
Australians total 608 for seven on the first day of the match against
Nottinghamshire at
Trent Bridge. The score remained for 73 years as the highest number of runs hit by a cricketer in one day – it was beaten by
Brian Lara's 380 runs on his way to the highest first-class score of 501 not out.
1937 - England's Len Hutton makes his Test début against New Zealand at
Lord's, making 0 and 1.
[9] In his obituary, Wisden described him as "one of the greatest batsmen the game has produced in all its long history."
1939 - West Indian George Headley becomes the first player to complete two centuries in a Test match at
Lord's when he follows his first innings 106 with a second innings of 107. But
England win the match by eight wickets.