1983
A memorable day for Indian cricket, and a nasty surprise for West Indies. Most people thought the Windies just had to turn up to win the World Cup final at Lord's, an opinion that was reinforced when India struggled to 183 all out. West Indies then motored to 50 for 1, with Viv Richards scything seven fours in a 28-ball 33, but the match turned when he hoicked Madan Lal high in the air and was superbly caught by Kapil Dev. The drama of 57 for 3 soon turned into a crisis at 76 for 6, as India's medium-pacers wobbled West Indies to death, and the cricket world slowly realised that a monstrous shock was on the cards. The Man of the Match was Mohinder Amarnath, for 26 and 3 for 12. The highest score in the whole match was Kris Srikkanth's 38.

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1963
The end of an astonishing Lord's Test between England and West Indies. When the last ball was bowled, all four results were possible. England needed six to win with their final pair, David Allen and Colin Cowdrey - broken arm and all - at the crease. Allen blocked the final ball from Wes Hall, and Cowdrey, who intended to bat left-handed to protect his arm, did not have to face a ball. It had been a sensational match, the momentum of which swung time and time again. The Wisden Almanack said simply: "It was a game to remember."

1934
Australia's only defeat in a Lord's Test in the 20th century. Their remarkable record - 11 wins, 13 draws and one defeat - was tarnished when Hedley Verity spun them to an innings defeat almost single-handedly. Verity took 7 for 61 and 8 for 43: his performances are 62nd and 8th respectively in the Wisden 100. On this, the third and final day, he took 14 wickets for 80 runs, including six in the final hour. At one point Australia crumbled from 94 for 3 to 95 for 8. Not entirely surprisingly, this is remembered as "Verity's Match".

1955
Birth of Vic Marks, the England offspinner turned broadsheet correspondent. Marks played six Tests and 34 one-day internationals, and is one of only three England bowlers to take two five-fors in one-day internationals (Darren Gough and Mark Ealham are the others). Marks is also the only Englishman to take a five-for in a World Cup match, against Sri Lanka in 1983 on his home ground at Taunton. He struggled for penetration at Test level with the ball, although he made fifties in his last three innings, in Pakistan in 1983-84. He is now cricket correspondent of The Observer, and a regular on Test Match Special.

1953
Birth of Ian Davis, the Australian opener who played 15 Tests in the 1970s. He was only 20 when he made his debut, against New Zealand at Melbourne in 1973-74, but never really lived up to the billing. He made one Test century, against Pakistan at Adelaide in 1976-77, and a classy 68 in the second innings of the Centenary Test the same winter.

1932
The beginning of India's inaugural Test. It only took England three days to hammer them by 158 runs at Lord's. In a low-scoring match, Douglas Jardine's 79 and 85 not out were decisive. For India, Mohammad Nissar made a good early impression with 5 for 93 in the first innings.

1971
Kenya's best batsman is born. The classy Steve Tikolo has played for Border in South Africa, and has a first-class average of nearly 50. He top-scored in Kenya's sensational win over West Indies in the 1995-96 World Cup, and in the same tournament slammed 96 against Sri Lanka, and 71 against England in the 1999 World Cup. Two years previously he'd hammered a glorious 147 against Bangladesh in the ICC Trophy final.

Other birthdays

1905 Ian Cromb (New Zealand)
1923 Jack Hill (Australia)
1934 Willie Rodriguez (West Indies)
1955 Vic Marks (England)
1964 Phil Emery (Australia)
1967 Roshan Jurangpathy (Sri Lanka)

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