28th July

• The birth of greatest allrounder Sir Gary Sobers the first man to hit six sixes in an over in first-class cricket. He converted his maiden hundred to triple century scored, the breathtaking 365 runs against Pakistan at Sabina Park West Indies cricket. The score was the highest test score at that time surpassing Len Hutton’s 364.

• The number 94 Sachin Tendulkar went on to make his fifth double ton. The 203 Sri Lanka CricketColombo, Sri Lanka also witnessed Suresh Raina as 12th Indian Cricket Team player to score test century on debut.

• Rahul Dravid Caught Romesh Kaluwitharana bowled Chaminda Vaas. Sri Lanka Cricket former left-arm bowler scalped his 200th One Day International victim.

• Suresh Raina and Gautam Gambhir clinched the thriller against Sri Lanka Cricket at Colombo, Sri Lanka

• Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena scored a double century against Cricket South Africa. Mahela went to make 374 runs while Sanga was out for 287. The duo added 624 runs for the third wicket, this remains most runs for any wicket in test cricket history. Muttiah Muralitharan 10 wickets guided Sri Lanka Cricket to an innings and 153 runs victory.

• The death of former South African and Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club from 1979 to 1987 Clive Rice.

• Edgbaston Pakistan David Frith said that “like a man who had given up all hope of wealth and then seen some diamonds in the ditch, England had ruptured themselves in their anxiety to grasp the prize”. England in quest for 124 in 18 overs only managed to draw the test with score at 109.

• The Salman Rushdie‘s The Moor’s Last Sigh depiction of The Kissing of Abbas Ali Baig central character Abbas Ali Baig became the first Indian Cricket Team player to score a century on debut in an overseas match.
• England finest allrounder Ian Botham made his test debut.
• Blackcaps former allrounder Jacob Oram and Zimbabwe leg spinner Paul Strang are born.