1946 - Birth of 'the regal' Majid Khan, cousin of Imran, who was picked primarily as a bowler when he made his Test debut at 18 but was soon ensconced in the middle order by virtue of his scintillating stroke-play. He became the first Pakistani, and the first person for 42 years, to make a Test hundred before lunch, against New Zealand in Karachi in 1976-77. But his most celebrated knocks came at a lower level: he led Punjab University to victory over Karachi with an unbeaten double-hundred after they had been 5/4, and he smashed 147 in 89 minutes for Pakistan against Glamorgan - who he later represented with distinction - in 1967, an innings that included 13 sixes - five in one over from the off-spinner Roger Davis. A Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1970, Majid made almost 4,000 runs in 63 Tests before becoming an International Cricket Council (ICC) Match Referee, and later Chief Executive of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
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Birth of 'the regal' Majid Khan, cousin of Imran Khan, present Pakistan Prime Minister[/caption]
Birth of 'the regal' Majid Khan, cousin of Imran Khan, present Pakistan Prime Minister[/caption]
1955 - The first World Series colour TV broadcast on NBC-TV - Yanks beat Dodgers
1973 - England's leading female leg-spinner was born. At the age of six, Kathryn Leng informed her primary-school teacher that she would play cricket for England, and she was true to her word! Also a fine middle-order bat, Leng made history in 1999 when she became the first woman to play in the men's Bradford League. She also became the first woman to play in a university match, for Leeds vs. Bradford UCCE
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Kathryn Leng, who informed her primary-school teacher one day that she would play cricket for England! How true?[/caption]
Kathryn Leng, who informed her primary-school teacher one day that she would play cricket for England! How true?[/caption]
1975 - Tom Fleming claims men's title in the New York City Marathon with a timing of 2:19.27 seconds. Kim Merritt wins women's event in 2:46.14
1976 - Muhammad Ali beats Ken Norton in 15 for the world heavyweight boxing title
1980 - Australian Williams driver Alan Jones clinches his first Formula-1 World Drivers Championship by winning the Canadian Grand Prix at the Île Notre-Dame Circuit
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Australia's Alan Jones, who clinched his first Formula-1 World Drivers' Championship by winning the Canadian GP[/caption]
Australia's Alan Jones, who clinched his first Formula-1 World Drivers' Championship by winning the Canadian GP[/caption]
1984 - The first floodlit One-Day International (ODI) cricket match outside Australia took place in New Delhi, and Kepler Wessels broke the habit of a lifetime by playing some shots. His 107, the only ODI hundred of his career, led Australia to a comfortable 48-run victory over India in the first of a five-match series
1996 - In Nairobi, Muttiah Muralitharan and Romesh Kaluwitharana rained on Kenya's parade. In the first official ODI there, Muralitharan took 4/18 and 'Kalu' thrashed an 89-ball ton as Sri Lanka eased home by seven wickets, with almost 20 overs to spare. That was the first match of the Kenya Centenary Cup