1975
The day the Michael Angelow entered cricket history. It was 3.20pm on the fourth day of the second Test between England and Australia at Lord's, the match was drifting towards stalemate and the hot sun left the crowd snoozing, Angelow, a ship's cook, fuelled by five hours in the Tavern, removed his clothes as a bet and headed towards the square. The bemused players stopped and smiled as Angelow athletically hurdled the stumps at the Nursery End before sauntering off to the Mound Stand where he was arrested by police. He was subsequently fined £10 by a magistrates court – the same amount that his bet had earned him. On the BBC's Test Match Special, commentator Trevor Bailey showed he hadn't quite grasped what this new phenomena was called, shouting gleefully, "It's a freaker".

2000
Against West Indies at Old Trafford, Alec Stewart became the fourth batsman to score a 100 in his 100th Test (after Colin Cowdrey, Javed Miandad and Gordon Greenidge) – and the only one to do it on the Queen Mother's 100th birthday.

2001
A record seven in a row for Australia, who regained the Ashes with victory at Trent Bridge. Chasing 158 to win, the Aussies were wobbling slightly at 89 for 3, effectively 89 for 4 as Steve Waugh had been stretchered off (to widespread laughter and merriment). The icy manner in which Mark Waugh and Damien Martyn closed the deal - adding 70 in 11 overs without breaking sweat - shut everyone up.

1994
In his first innings for England since he'd been caught with dirt in his pocket, Mike Atherton ground out a bloody-minded 99 against South Africa at Headingley. In a way, it was more memorable because he fell just short of the fairytale century, when he was caught and bowled by Brian McMillan. This day was also memorable for another comeback innings: a blistering 72 from Graham Thorpe, who showed the nonsense of his omission for the summer's first four Tests with the first of the roasting counter-attacks that he would go on to patent. Thorpe's innings turned the series: thrashed in the first Test, England, Atherton included, had been on the back foot until he came to the crease. Once he got going they never looked back, and pummelled South Africa to square the series in the final Test at The Oval.

1967
Death of Essex legspinner Peter Smith. After receiving a hoax telegram telling him to report for a Test match in 1933, he finally played in his first 13 years later. He took only three wickets in his four Tests but achieved his own brand of fame as the last player with a moustache to be capped by England until Graham Gooch in 1975.

1902
Birth of Clarence Passailaigue, who played in one Test for West Indies but is best remembered for an unbroken partnership of 487 with the great George Headley for Jamaica v Lord Tennyson's XI in 1931-32. Passailaigue made 260 not out in what is still the highest sixth-wicket stand in first-class cricket.

1919
Death of the first winning captain in international cricket. Dave Gregory led Australia to victory in the very first Test, against England in 1876-77. His brother Ned, who won his only cap in the same match, was the first player to make a duck in Test cricket.

1931
Wicketkeeper Narendra Tamhane was born. One of the best to play for India, he made five dismissals in his debut Test, against Pakistan in 1954-55, and went on to play in 21 Tests, making 51 dismissals, including 16 stumpings.

1927
Fast-medium bowler Maurice Allom took eight wickets for Free Foresters, including a batsman called Hamburger, to dismiss North Holland for 77 and win the match by an innings and one run. Allom later took 14 wickets in five Tests for England, four of them in five balls on his debut, including a hat-trick, against New Zealand at Christchurch in 1929-30.

Other birthdays
1865 Gus Kempis (South Africa)
1970 Steven Jack (South Africa)

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