2nd September...

1857:
Australian batman Tom Groube (1 Test in 1880) was born in New Zealand.

1866:
South African left arm medium pacer Charles Vintcent (3 Tests from 1889 to 1892) was born

1893:
South African batsman Alfred Cooper (1 Test in 1913) was born.

1896:
Australian all-rounder Nat Thompson (2 Tests in 1877) died aged 57.

1912:
Australian left-hander Ernest Bromley (2 Tests from 1933 to 1934) was born.

1970:
Zimababwe off-spinner Stephen Peall (4 Tests from 1993 to 1994) was born.

1973:
Sri Lankan batsman Indika de Saram (4 Tests from 1999) was born.

1980:
Australian batsman Kim Hughes at Lord's becomes the third batsman to bat on all the five days of a Test match.

1999:
The Kallang ground became the second venue in Singapore to host a ODI match when West Indies took on Zimbabwe in the Singapore Challenge Cup.

2000:
England's Craig White became the first bowler to dismiss West Indian left-hander Brian Lara first ball - at the Oval.

3rd September...

1841:
England left-handed all-rounder Tom Emmett (7 Tests from 1877 to 1882) was born.

1856:
South African batsman Bob Stewart (1 Test in 1889) was born in Azamgarh, India.

1882:
English captain and all-rounder JWHT "Johnny Won't Hit Today" Douglas (23 Tests from 1911 to 1925; 962 runs and 45 wickets) was born. He still remains the only Test cricketer to win a gold medal in the Olympics (1908, boxing).

1900:
England captain and left-handed batsman Percy Chapman (26 Tests from 1924 to 1931; 925 runs) was born.

1905:
New Zealand's left-hander John Mills (7 Tests from 1930 to 1933) was born.

1916:
England all-rounder Kenneth Hutchings (7 Tests from 1907 to 1909) died in France (War) aged 33.

1933:
West Indian batsman Basil Butcher (44 Tests from 1958 to 1969; 3104 runs) was born.

1944:
England pace bowler Geoff Arnold (23 Tests from 1967 to 1975; 115 wickets) was born.

1951:
English fast bowler Arnold Warren (1 Test in 1905; 6 wickets) died aged 76.

1971:
England batsman Percy Holmes (7 Tests from 1921 to 1932) died aged 84.

1974:
Indian left-arm spinner Rahul Sanghvi was born.

1974:
Pakistan became the first visiting side to win the Prudential Trophy two-nil when it beat England by 8 wickets at Birmingham.

1975:
Following on, England in the second innings against Australia at The Oval made 538 in 886 minutes to save the match.

2000:
West Indian pace bowler Curtly Ambrose (405 wickets in 98 Tests) claimed his final wicket (Marcus Trescothick) of his distinguished Test career at the Oval against England.

4th September...

1888:
Australian off-spinner Gerry Hazlitt (9 Tests from 1907 to 1912; 23 wickets) was born.

1902:
English leg-spinner Tommy Mitchell (5 Tests from 1933 to 1935) was born.

1910:
South African leg-spinner Denis Tomlinson (1 Test in 19135) was born in Rhodesia.

1939:
South African keeper-batsman Denis Lindsay (19 Tests from 1963 to 1970; 1130 runs and 59 dismissals) was born.

1950:
Pakistani medium pace bowler Ehteshamuddin (5 Tests from 1979 to 1982) was born.

1962:
Indian keeper-batsman Kiran More (49 Tests from 1986 to 1993; 1285 runs and 130 dismissals) was born.

1962:
Pakistani batsman Rizwan-uz-Zaman (11 Tests from 1981 to 1989, 11 Tests) was born.

1967:
New Zealand batsman Darrin Murray (8 Tests from 1994 to 1995) was born.

1971:
South African all-rounder Lance Klusener from 1996 was born.

1974:
Pakistani batsman Naved Ashraf Qureshi (2 Tests from 1998 to 2000) was born.

1972:
Australian batsman Alan Kippax (22 Tests from 1925 to 1934; 1192 runs) died aged 75.

1974:
West Indian batsman Lincoln Roberts (1 Test in 1999) was born.

1979:
Sunil Gavaskar's 221 against England at the Oval in 490 minutes, 443 balls with 21 fours was the highlight in India's bid to score 438. Match ends as a draw as India reach 429-8.

1985:
Dilip Vengsarkar's tenacious 406-minute innings of an unbeaten 98 runs against Sri Lanka at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground, Colombo, helped India to avoid defeat.

1996:
English left-arm spinner Cecil "Sam" Cook (1 Test in 1947) died aged 75.

2000:
England regained the Wisden Trophy after a wait of 31 years, when they beat the West Indies in the five match Test series - 3-1.

5th September...

1867:
Australian batsman John Cottam (1 Test in 1887) was born.

1909:
Australian batsman Archie Jackson (8 Tests from 1929 to 1931; 474 runs) was born.

1910:
India's left-handed all-rounder Phiroz "PE" Palia (2 Tests from 1932 to 1936) was born.

1923:
Australian batsman Ken Meuleman (1 Test in 1946) was born.

1931:
Kiwi leg-spinner William Bell (2 Tests in 1954) was born.

1937:
South African left-hander Colin "Tich" Wesley (3 Tests in 1960) was born.

1945:
Aussie left-hander Clem Hill (49 Tests from 1896 to 1912; 3412 runs) died aged 68.

1947:
Aussie off-spinner Bruce Yardley and later Sri Lankan coach (33 Tests from 1978 to 1983; 978 runs and 126 wickets) was born.

1954:
West Indian batsman Richard Austin (2 Tests in 1978) was born.

1961:
South African paceman Ernest Bock (1 Test in 1935) died aged 52.

1969:
England batsman Mark Ramprakash from 1991 was born.

1971:
English all-rounder Adam Hollioake from 1997 was born in Melbourne, Australia.

1972:
Zimbabwean all-rounder Guy Whittall from 1993 was born.

1973:
West Indies' first ever one-day international match, at Leeds against England. But a one- wicket win with 3 balls to spare for the home team. Gary Sobers scores a duck in his only one-day international match.

1974:
West Indian leg-spinner Raul Lewis (3 Tests from 1997 to 1998) was born in Grenada.

1976:
England captain and all-rounder Arthur Gilligan (11 Tests from 1922 to 1925; 209 runs and 36 wickets) died aged 81.

1987:
England's pace bowler Bill Bowes (15 Tests from 1932 to 1946; 68 wickets) died aged 79.

1992:
The Khettarama Stadium at Colombo became the first venue in Sri Lanka to host a day-night one-day match. Australian Craig McDermott claimed a wicket (Roshan Mahanama) off the first ball of the match.

1996:
The one-day encounter between Sri Lanka and India at the Khettarama Stadium at Colombo was the first international to be "replayed" as per the then ICC rules after the earlier match played the previous day was washed out with India 16-0 in 4 overs.

2000:
West Indian left-handed opening batsman Roy Fredericks (59 Tests from 1968 to 1977; 4334 runs) died in New York, USA, aged 57

6th September...

1880:
England hosted its first Test match at home, against Australia at the Oval, London. WG Grace (152) scores England's first Test hundred.

1917:
England captain and batsman FG "George" Mann (7 Tests from 1948 to 1949) was born.

1942:
England all-rounder Richard Hutton (5 Tests in 1971) was born.

1950:
English all-rounder AJL "Arthur" Hill (3 Tests in 1896) died aged 79.

1968:
Pakistani left-handed opening batsman Saeed Anwar since 1990 was born.

1970:
England's left-handed batsman Gerald Smithson (2 Tests in 1948) died aged 43.

1971:
Indian batsman Devang Gandhi (4 Tests in 1999) was born.

1996:
Australian Steve Waugh was reprimanded and fined 30% of his match fee for challenging Sri Lankan umpire BC Cooray's decisions regarding wide deliveries, against India at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground at Colombo.

1990:
England captain and batsman Sir Len Hutton (79 Tests from 1937 to 1955; 6971 runs) died aged 74. (His son Richard was born the very same day in 1942).

7th September...

1857:
Australian batsman John McIlwraith (1 Test in 1886) was born.

1864:
South African keeper-batsman EA "Baberton" Halliwell (8 Tests from 1892 to 1902) was born.

1871:
England all-rounder George Hirst (24 Tests from 1897 to 1909; 790 runs and 59 wickets) was born.

1894:
Australian captain and batsman Vic Richardson (19 Tests from 1924 to 1936; 706 runs) was born.

1914:
English batsman Norman Michell-Innes (1 Test in 1935) was born in Calcutta.

1945:
Kiwi all-rounder Vic Pollard (32 Tests from 1965 to 1973; 1266 runs and 40 wickets) was born.

1955:
Pakistani off-spinner Azhar Khan (1 Tests in 1980) was born.

1956:
England batsman CB "Charles" Fry (26 Tests from 1896 to 1912; 1223 runs) died aged 84.

1967:
England batsman Steve James (2 Tests in 1998) was born.

1973:
West Indian opener Roy Fredricks records his team's first one-day hundred when he scored 105 in 122 balls against England at The Oval.

1976:
West Indies left-handed batsman Wavell Hinds from 2000 was born.

1983:
South African spinner Henry Promnitz (2 Tests in 1927) died aged 79.

1984:
Australian keeper batsman Don Tallon (21 Tests from 1946 to 1953; 394 runs and 58 dismissals) died aged 68.

1986:
Australians Geoff Marsh and David Boon put on a then world record partnership of 212 runs for the first wicket against India at Jaipur. However the team still lost the match.

1996:
Sri Lanka win the Singer World Series at the Premadasa (Khettarama) Stadium by defeating Australia by 50 runs in a repeat of the 1996 World Cup final. Sri Lankan Aravinda deSilva scored 334 runs without being dismissed in the tournament.

8th September...

1880:
Australian Billy Murdoch (153 not out) became the first player to score a hundred in Tests while captaining the side, against England at the Oval.

1908:
South African keeper Johnny Lindsay (3 Tests in 1947) was born.

1914:
New Zealand's right arm leg-break bowler Doug Freeman (2 Tests in 1933) was born in Sydney.

1944:
Australian right arm leg-spinner Terry Jenner (9 Tests from 1970 to 1975; 24 wickets) was born.

1952:
England all-rounder Geoff Miller (34 Tests from 1976 to 1984; 1213 runs and 60 wickets) was born.

1980:
Australian right-arm leg spinner Bruce Dooland (3 Tests from 1947 to 1948) died aged 56.

1984:
England batsman Frank Lowson (7 Tests from 1951 to 1955) died aged 59.

1999:
West Indies won the Singapore Challenge Cup at Kallang defeating India by four wickets. It was the West Indies' first tournament victory since November 1993. A record 51 sixes were hit in the tournament.

Compiled by:
Mohandas Menon

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