Thursday, June 30, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 1 July: July 1, 2006:Death of Fred Trueman, the greatest fast bowler of his time.July 1, 1916:Death of William Booth, WWI. Two Tests for England 1913-14July 1, 1969:Birth of Graham Lloyd, son of David, Lancashire batsman, England ODI 1996-98See more:
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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 30 June: June 30, 1924:England score 2-503 in day's play v S.Africa at Lord'sJune 30, 1904:Death of Thomas Emmett, English Test bowler of the sostenuterJune 30, 1941:Birth of John Jameson, England batsman, 465 p/ship with Kanhai for WarwSee more:
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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 29 June: June 29, 1947:Birth of Jeff Moss, one Test Australia v Pakistan 1979June 29, 1939:Birth of Alan Connolly, Australian pace bowler through the sixtiesJune 29, 1969:Birth of Simon Brown, Durham left-arm pace bowler, England 1996See more:
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Monday, June 27, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 28 June: June 28, 1926:Birth of Ruth Dow, Australian women's Test player 1957-58June 28, 1888:Birth of George Challenor, pioneering West Indian batsmanJune 28, 1928:Birth of Peter Heine, solid South African fast bowler in the 1950'sSee more:
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Sunday, June 26, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 27 June: June 27, 1997:Death of June Bragger, England womens Test bowler 1963-66June 27, 1967:Birth of Karen Musson, pace bowler for New Zealand women 1993-96June 27, 1999:Death of John Langridge, brother of James. Scored 34380 runs, mostly for SussexSee more:
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Saturday, June 25, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 26 June: June 26, 1932:Birth of Henry Bromfield, S.African off-spinner in nine Tests 1961-65June 26, 1945:Birth of David Heyn, Sri Lankan batsman 1975 World CupJune 26, 1951:Birth of Gary Gilmour, exciting Aussie all-rounder 1973-77See more:
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Friday, June 24, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 25 June: June 25, 1934:Birth of Willy Rodriguez, occasional leg-spinning bat for WI in 1960'sJune 25, 1946:Birth of Margaret Wilson, one women's Test for Australia 1969June 25, 1964:Birth of Phil Emery, NSW wicket-keeper, Australia 1994See more:
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Thursday, June 23, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 24 June: June 24, 1948:Birth of Dave Orchard, South African umpire on ICC panelJune 24, 1968:Australia all out for 78 v England at Lord'sJune 24, 1995:Death of Inshan Ali, WI chinaman bowler 1971-77, 34 wkts at 47.68See more:
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 23 June: June 23, 1890:Birth of Tom Richmond, Notts leg-spinner with one Test for England 1921June 23, 1891:Death of George Parr, Nottinghamshire and All-EnglandJune 23, 1849:Birth of Edmund Ferdinando Sutton Tylecote, England wicketkeeper 1882-86See more:
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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 22 June: June 22, 1984:Birth of Jerome Taylor, Jamaican fast bowler, WI 2003June 22, 1980:Birth of Kavita Roy, Women's World Cup for India, 2000June 22, 1920:Birth of Chandrasekhar Sarwate, batted in nine Tests for India 1946-52See more:
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Monday, June 20, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 21 June: June 21, 1979:Sri Lanka beat Canada by 60 runs to win the first ICC TrophyJune 21, 1972:Birth of Jeroen Smits, Netherlands wicketkeeper and captain 2003-09June 21, 1992:Last day of Test cricket for Ian Botham and Allan LambSee more:
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Sunday, June 19, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 20 June: June 20, 1973:First World Cup for either gender starts but Jamaican womens game with New Zealand washed outJune 20, 1981:Birth of Taufeeq Umar, Pakistan opening bat, century on Test debut against Bdesh 2001June 20, 1897:Birth of Cyril ("Froggy") Francois, S.African all-rounder v Eng 1922-23See more:
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Saturday, June 18, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 19 June: June 19, 1996:Death of Eric Fisher, left arm pacer in one Test for New Zealand 1952June 19, 1944:Death of Bill Bradley, bowled for England in two Tests 1899June 19, 1959:Birth of Lennie Louw, Namibian left-arm bowler WC03 with SAf fc experience since 1976See more:
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Friday, June 17, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 18 June: June 18, 2006:Death of Netta Rheinberg, stalwart English women's cricket administrator, played one Test 1949June 18, 1990:Death of Dennis Dyer, scored 96 runs in three Tests for South AfricaJune 18, 1979:Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in World Cup upsetSee more:
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Thursday, June 16, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 17 June: June 17, 1938:Death of H.V ("Ranji") Hordern, 7 Tests for Australia 1910-12, 46 wktsJune 17, 1902:Birth of Alec Hurwood, eleven wickets in two Tests for Australia 1930June 17, 1930:Bradman scores 131 in the First Test at Trent BridgeSee more:
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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Today In Cricket History 16 June: rickeyrecricket.com

Today In Cricket History 16 June: June 16, 1899:Victor Trumper's first Test century 135* v England, Lord'sJune 16, 1961:Birth of Robbie Kerr, Queensland opener. Two Tests for Australia 1985.June 16, 1961:Death of O.C.Scott, WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests, best bowling 5-266.See more:
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Newspapers' retreat from cricket coverage reflects game's sad demise

Interesting piece of pessimism from Roy Greenslade. I wonder if lack of #cricket on free-to-air TV in UK is culpable? http://ift.tt/1Xp1GlZ
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Tuesday, June 14, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 15 June: June 15, 1924:Birth of Mohammed Ghazali, Pakistan off-spinner wicketless in 2 Tests 1954June 15, 1977:Birth of Shaker Ahmad Kamal, one ODI appearance for Bangladesh in 1999June 15, 1946:Birth of Roger Tolchard, England keeper played Tests as a batsman 1977See more:
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Monday, June 13, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 14 June: June 14, 1977:Birth of Hendrik Human (Boeta) Dippenaar, South African Test batsman 1999-2007June 14, 1979:Canada all out 45 in World Cup v England, in 40.3 oversJune 14, 1907:Death of Bob McLeod, brother of Charlie. 6 Tests for Australia 1891-93See more:
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Sunday, June 12, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 13 June: June 13, 1976:Birth of Ian Redpath (not that one), prominent Northern Territory batsman, ATSIC XI 2001-02June 13, 1887:Birth of Neville Tufnell, England wk 1910, took stumpings as 12th manJune 13, 1888:Birth of Roy Minnett, Australian all-rounder in nine Tests 1911-12See more:
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Saturday, June 11, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 12 June: June 12, 1964:Birth of Peter Such, England off-spinner 1993-99June 12, 1973:Close finish at Trent Bridge. NZ need 479 to win, all out 440June 12, 1957:Birth of Javed Miandad, supreme Pakistan batsman 1975-96.See more:
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Friday, June 10, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 11 June: June 11, 2001:Death of Trevor Madondo, of malaria age 24. First black Zimbabwe Test batsmanJune 11, 1951:Birth of Mithra Wettimuny, brother of Sidath. Two Tests for SL v NZ 1983June 11, 1833:A to K defeated L to Z by seven wickets at Lord'sSee more:
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Thursday, June 9, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 10 June: June 10, 1911:Birth of C.P. ("Chilla") Christ, Qld spinner late 30'sJune 10, 1995:Death of Ron Morrisby, prolific batsman for Tasmania 1931-52June 10, 1978:Birth of Ian Blackwell, Somerset all-rounder, England ODI 2002-06, one TestSee more:
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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 9 June: June 9, 1995:Death of Charles Rowe, scored 0 in only Test for New Zealand v Aust 1946June 9, 1890:Birth of Douglas Meintjes, batted in two Tests for South Africa 1923June 9, 1972:Birth of Bryan Strang, brother of Paul. Zimbabwe pace bowler 1995-See more:
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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Today In Cricket History 8 June: rickeyrecricket.com

Today In Cricket History 8 June: June 8, 1903:Birth of Leslie Townsend, four Tests for England 1930-34June 8, 1996:Lloyd and Titchard complete 358 stand for 4th wkt Lancs v EssexJune 8, 1946:Birth of Richie Robinson, Victorian keeper, Australian batsman 1977See more:
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Monday, June 6, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 7 June: June 7, 1958:Death of Roger Hartigan, two Tests for Aust in 1908, a century in his 1stJune 7, 1975:Birth of Marlon Black, Trinidad and West Indian fast bowler in Tests 2000-June 7, 1947:Birth of Rudolph Doodnauth, five first-class appearances for Guyana 1973-88See more:
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Sunday, June 5, 2016

Today In Cricket History 6 June: rickeyrecricket.com

Today In Cricket History 6 June: June 6, 2007:First of three one-dayers between Asian XI and African XI, classified as official ODIs.June 6, 1994:Brian Lara scores 501 not out for Warwickshire vs DurhamJune 6, 1967:Birth of Wasim Haider, member Pakistan's 1992 World Cup squadSee more:
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Saturday, June 4, 2016

Today In Cricket History 5 June: rickeyrecricket.com

Today In Cricket History 5 June: June 5, 1945:Birth of Ambar Roy, nephew of Pankaj. Batted in four Tests 1969-70June 5, 1940:Birth of H.R.("Tiger") Lance, S.African batting all-rounder 1961-67June 5, 1952:Test debut of Freddie Trueman v India at HeadingleySee more:
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Friday, June 3, 2016

Today In Cricket History 4 June: rickeyrecricket.com

Today In Cricket History 4 June: June 4, 1910:Birth of George Carew, Barbados batsman, four Tests for WI 1935-49June 4, 1950:Birth of Brian Rose, England batsman in 9 Tests 1977-81June 4, 1937:Death of Donald Eligon, Trinidad, due to a nail in his cricket bootSee more:
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Thursday, June 2, 2016

Today In Cricket History 3 June: rickeyrecricket.com

Today In Cricket History 3 June: June 3, 1981:Death of Eric Dalton, 698 runs for South Africa at 31.72June 3, 1906:Birth of Walter Robins, dynamic England leg-spin all-rounderJune 3, 1954:Birth of Terri Russell, Australian women's ODI wicketkeeper 1982 World CupSee more:
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David Squires on ... Shane Warne and the ball of the century

David Squires on ... Shane Warne and the ball of the century http://ift.tt/1t3a0vA
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Wednesday, June 1, 2016

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Today In Cricket History 2 June: June 2, 2013:Ryan ten Doeschate hits 180* in 92 balls as Essex scores 368/7 in 40 overs v ScotlandJune 2, 1948:Birth of Trevor Jesty, England ODI all-rounder 1983 later umpireJune 2, 1929:Birth of June Bragger, bowled in five women's Tests for England against Aus and NZ 1963-66See more:
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