26th August...

1854:
English left-hander Arnold Fothergill (2 Tests in 1889) was born.

1890:
Australian batsman Tommy Andrews (16 Tests from 1921 to 1926; 592 runs) was born.

1893:
In the Ashes Test at Manchester, Australian fast bowler CTB Turner was struck on the hand and dislocated a finger, English captain WG Grace, a medical practitioner pulled the joint back into place.

1908:
Australian left-armer Bill Hunt (1 Test in 1931) was born.

1909:
South African pace bowler Eric Davis (5 Tests from 1935 to 1939) was born.

1920:
Surrey's Percy Fender blasts an unbeaten 113 in just 42 minutes against Northamptonshire at Northampton, which included the record fastest first-class hundred in 35 minutes.

1930:
West Indian batsman Joe Solomon (27 Tests from 1958 to 1965; 1326 runs) was born.

1963:
West Indies beat England at the Oval to become the first holders of the Wisden Trophy.

1967:
Indian keeper-batsman Dilawar Hussain (3 Tests from 1933 to 1936) died at Lahore aged 67.

1970:
South African left-arm pace bowler Brett Schultz (9 Tests from 1992 to 1997) was born.

1974:
Intikhab Alam in the Oval Test match against England became the first Pakistani to do the Test all-rounder's double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets.

1978:
On the third day of the Lord's Test match saw between England and New Zealand saw only 151 runs being scored from 82.3 overs - the fewest runs scored in a compete day's play in England.

1982:
Majid Khan became the highest run scorer for Pakistan, against England at Leeds when he overtook Hanif Mohammad aggregate of 3915 runs.

1987:
West Indian all-rounder and captain John Goddard (27 Tests from 1947 to 1957) died at London aged 68.

1988:
England keeper-batsman Jack Russell on his Test debut and as a "night-watchman", scores 94, then his highest first-class score, against Sri Lanka at Lord's.

1993:
England left-handed batsman Alan Wharton (1 Test in 1949) died aged 70.

1995:
Gloucestershire batsman Andrew Symonds hits four more sixes in the second innings to record 20 sixes in the match against Glamorgan at Abergavenny.

27th August....

1908:
The greatest batsman of all time Australian Sir Donald George Bradman (52 Tests from 1928 to 1948; 6996 runs, avg. 99.94) was born.

1916:
South African batsman Terence "Tony" Harris (3 Tests from 1947 to 1948-49) was born.

1946:
West Indian offie Tony Howard (1 Test in 1972) was born.

1947:
Kiwi batsman John Morrison (17 Tests from 1973 to 1982; 656 runs) was born.

1965:
Zimbabwe keeper-batsman Wayne James (4 Tests from 1993 to 1994) was born.

1965:
South African batsman Gerald 'Boysie' Bond (1 Test 1938) died aged 56.

1968:
England beat Australia by 226 runs at the Oval with just five minutes to spare on the last day.

1969:
England Test all-rounder Mark Ealham (from 1996 in 8 Tests) was born.

1970:
Australian fast bowler Andy Bichel (from 1997 in 3 Tests) was born.

1970:
England's injury prone left-arm pace bowler Mark Ilott (5 Tests from 1993 to 1995) was born.

1973:
West Indies won the Lord's Test by an innings and 226 to record its largest win over England.

1974:
Pakistani batsman Yousuf Youhana (from 1998 in 24 Tests; 1294 runs) was born.

1974:
By drawing the last Test match at the Oval, the Pakistan team emulated the 1948 Australians by completing their first-class tour of England without defeat.

2000:
South Africa beat Pakistan by 76 runs in the final of the Coca-Cola Cup at the Kallang ground at Singapore.

28th August....

1905:
England batsman Cyril Walters (11 Tests from 1933 to 1934; 784 runs) was born.

1913:
Australian captain and batsman Lindsay Hassett (43 Tests from 1938 to 1953; 3073 runs, 10 hundreds) was born.

1924:
Kiwi all-rounder Tony MacGibbon (26 Tests from 1951 to 1958; 814 runs, 70 wickets) was born.

1948:
New Zealand batsman Murray Parker (3 Tests in 1976) was born.

1956:
England's Jim Laker's three wickets extended his tally of wickets to 46 for the series - the maximum by a bowler in a Ashes series.

1967:
Pakistanis Asif Iqbal and Intikhab Alam put on a record 190 for the ninth wicket in 170 minutes against England at the Oval.

1978:
Playing in their last Test matches against England at Lord's New Zealand's Bevan Congdon (61 matches and 3448 runs) and Richard Collinge (116 wickets) extended their national records.

1980:
The Lord's Test between England and Australia was in celebration to the centenary of the first Test match played in England.

1982:
South African pace bowler Geoff Chubb (5 Tests in 1951) died aged 71

1983:
Richard Hadlee in his 44th Test match became the first Kiwi bowler to take 200 Test wickets, against England at Nottingham.

1984:
Sri Lankan Amal Silva's unbeaten 102 against England at Lord's was his maiden first-class hundred.

1988:
New Zealand batsman Paul Whitelaw (2 Tests in 1933) died aged 78 years.

1990:
Pausing only for scheduled intervals, India's leg-spinner Narendra Hirwani bowled unchanged for 59 overs from the Vauxhall End at the Oval.

1992:
The Khettarama (now Premadasa) Stadium created a unique Test record by providing Colombo a fourth ground to host a Test match, against Australia.

29th August....

1842:
England pace bowler who bowled the first ever ball in Test cricket, Alfred Shaw (7 Tests from 1877 to 1882) was born.

1857:
England pace bowler Sanford Schultz (1 Test in 1879) was born

1882:
Australia beat England by 7 runs at the Oval, which resulted in the creation of the "Ashes". Australian pace bowler Fredrick Spofforth became the first bowler to take 14 wickets in a Test match.

1910:
English all-rounder Allen Hill (2 Tests in 1877) died aged 66.

1913:
New Zealand all-rounder Leo Butterfield (1 Test from 1946) was born.

1923:
Indian medium pacer Hirulal Gaekwad (1 Test in 1952) was born.

1934:
New Zealand left-hander John Guy (12 Tests from 1955 to 1961; 440 runs) was born.

1986:
West Indian left-arm spinner of Chinese origin Ellis "Puss" Achong (6 Tests from 1930 to 1935) died aged 82.

1989:
Australian paceman Terry Alderman's 41 wickets in the Ashes Test made him the only bowler in Test history to take 40-plus wickets in a series twice (He had take 42 wickets in 1981 also in the Ashes series).

1998:
Sanath Jayasuriya makes 213 (in 346 mins, 278 balls, 33 fours) against England at the Oval.

30th August....

1930:
New Zealand batsman Noel Harford (8 Tests from 1955 to 1958) was born.

1934:
Indian leg-spinner 'Baloo' Gupte (3 Tests from 1961 to 1965) was born.

1942:
Pakistani left-arm spinner Pervez Sajjad (19 Tests from 1964 to 1973; 59 wickets) was born.

1949:
English pace bowler Arthur Fielder (6 Tests from 1904 to 1908) died aged 72.

1967:
Kiwi all-rounder Justin Vaughan (6 Tests from 1992 to 1997) was born.

1977:
The Ashes Oval Test match was the last before the start of the Packer circus and the Super Tests in Australia.

1979:
England's Ian Botham completed the all-rounder double of 1000-runs and 100-wickets in just 21 Tests against India at the Oval - the quickest by a Test player.

1988:
England's win by seven wickets at Lord's against Sri Lanka was its first in 18 Test matches.

31st August....

1869:
England keeper Gregor MacGregor (8 Tests from 1890 to 1993) was born.

1888:
18 Australian wickets fell on the second day before lunch on the second day at Manchester - the maximum to fall in a session of a Test match.

1944:
West Indian captain and batsman Clive Lloyd (110 Tests from 1966 to 1985; 7515 runs) was born.

1965:
Kiwi pace bowler Willie Watson (15 Tests from 1986 to 1993; 40 wickets) was born.

1965:
South Africa won its second Test series in England after its first 30 years ago.

1969:
Indian pace bowler Javagal Srinath (46 Tests since 1991; 168 wickets was born.

1973:
England batsman and all-rounder Stan Worthington (9 Tests from 1929 to 1937) died aged 68.

1979:
England keeper EJ "Tiger" Smith (11 Tests from 1911 to 1913) died aged 93.

1985:
England enforces a follow-on on Australia at the Oval for the first time since 1977.

1990:
South African keeper Johnny Lindsay (3 Tests in 1947) died aged 81.

1998:
Sri Lanka beat England by ten wickets at the Oval to record its first Test win in England. Sri Lankan off-spinner Muthiah Muralitharan takes 16 wickets, including 9 for 65 in the second innings.

1999:
Sri Lanka beat world champions Australia by 8 wickets at Colombo to win the AIWA Cup.

1st September....

1908:
Indian and Pakistani leg-spinner Amir Elahi (1 Test in 1947 and 5 Tests in 1952) was born.

1919:
South African all-rounder Ossie Dawson (9 Tests from 1947 to 1949; 293 runs and 10 wickets) was born.

1921:
Indian keeper-batsman Madhav Mantri (4 Tests from 1951 to 1955) was born.

1951:
England keeper-batsman David Bairstow (4 Tests from 1979 to 1981) was born.

1980:
English batsman Geoff Boycott became the fourth batsman to reach 7000 Test runs during his un-beaten innings of 128 against Australia at Lords.

1981:
Australian pace bowler Terry Alderman ended his first Test series with 42 English wickets - the most by any Australian in the Ashes series.

1983:
South African medium pacer and leg-spinner Lennox Brown (2 Tests in 1931-32) died aged 72.

1994:
Pakistani batsman Wallis Mathias (21 Tests from 1955 to 1962; 783 runs) died aged 59.

Compiled by:
Mohandas Menon

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