1851 - Charles Bannerman (pictured), who faced the first ball in Test cricket, and made the first century is born at Woolwich in England. He still holds the record for the highest percentage of team runs in a completed innings.[1]
1942-Double-international Andy Ducat, who played both football and cricket for England, dies while batting in a cricket match at Lord's
1949 - Jack Robertson makes an unbeaten 331 as Middlesex score 623 for five in a day against Worcestershire at Worcester. The innings remains the highest individual score in Middlesex history.
1949 - Brian Close makes his debut aged 18 years 149 days, the youngest ever to play for England.
1953 - Batsman and future captain Graham Gooch is born. He is regarded as the most prolific run scorer ever, and was the last English batsman to score a triple century.
1994 - Mike Atherton uses dirt to tamper with the ball in a match against South Africa at Lord's. Called in to explain his actions, he lies to match referee Peter Burge. He later admits to ball-tampering and lying, and is fined £2000 as a result.
Sri Lanka
2008 - The umpire review system is trialled for the first time in a match between Sri Lanka and India at the Sinhalese Sports Club.
1972 - Floyd Reifer is born. He later captained of an understrength team fielded by the West Indies against Bangladesh after the first XI had made themselves unavailable due to a pay dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board.
