12th June
- This day in 2017, Ladies and Gentlemen this is Pakistan Cricket Team for you. They showed tremendous fight back, equally well supported by Sri Lanka Cricket poor fielding. The 75 runs unbroken stand between Sarfraz Ahmed and Mohammed Amir is the highest eight-wicket stand in ICC – International Cricket Council Champions trophy history. Two iconic mistakes 18 years apart,13th June 1999 ICC – International Cricket Council world cup Super SIx Herschelle Gibbs dropped Steve Waugh. Now 12th June Thisara Perera drops Pakistan Cricket Team skipper Sarfraz Ahmed. Sri Lanka Cricket
- 2016 MS Dhoni became the first-ever captain in limited over cricket to defeat all test playing nations in their own background. No other captain in history including the likes of Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh, Arjuna Ranatunga, Stephen Fleming has managed to achieve this feat. MS Dhoni along with former Sri Lanka Cricket skipper Arjuna Ranatunga has won in all 10 test playing nations.
- “As far as I was concerned, cricket was war and I was at war whenever I played” ~ Javed Miandad #OnThisDay birth of one of the finest batsman Indian subcontinent produced Javed Miandad. One of the two cricketers whose test average new fell below 50. He still holds the record for the youngest double centurion.
- Ever imagined a team being bundled out for 6 runs. All though some folks consider it doubtful this day Bs were bowled out for 6 runs against England the lowest ever first-class score. #All_Out
- The birth of one of the finest cricket writer and historian Gerald Howat. The great Windies Cricket team player Sonny Ramadhin was the storekeeper of the oil firm(Trinidad Leaseholds Ltd ), where he worked for three years. The author of classic Cricket All My Life novel, spanning the history of the beautiful sport.
- The birth of the man who scalped first hat-trick in limited-overs cricket.As the saying goes “Ishwar Yat Karoti Shobhnam Karoti” (It’s in Sanskrit, which means, Whatever happens, happens for Good).Jalal-ud-Din was not selected for the match but Imran Khan refused to play the match due to some personal issues and he got the chance. He did which was done by no one in the world before….”ODI Cricket First Hat trick”.