Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Reliving Wahab Riaz's top 3 performances on his birthday
June 28, 1985 - You think of Wahab Riaz, and almost instinctively, three spells come to mind.
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Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Pakistan chase down 300+ against India in 2008 Asia Cup clash courtesy of Younis Khan's adroit ton
July 2, 2008 - This was a year before the Lahore terrorist attack took place and cricket was still blooming in Pakistan.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Avishka Fernando and Nicholas Pooran raise the bar with maiden ODI tons in 2019 World Cup
July 01, 2019 - It is an uncanny similarity that two youngsters, both playing their ninth ODI and with no three-figure score under their belt,
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Sanath Jayasuriya is born - dasher who revolutionized one-day opening
June 30, 1969 - Jayasuriya sits proudly at the 4th spot in the list of highest run-scorers in ODI cricket just behind Sachin Tendulkar, Kumar Sangakkara and Ricky Ponting with 13,430 runs.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Sachin Tendulkar bolts past 15,000 runs in ODI cricket
June 29, 2007 - What's remarkable is that after almost one and a half decades of Tendulkar achieving the feat,
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Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Kevin Pietersen is born - a career of calibre and controversy
June 27, 1980 - Love him or hate him, but you cannot ignore him. The expression doesn't fit many better than Kevin Pietersen, who divided opinion sharply, on and off the field.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Dominic Cork announces himself with best bowling figures (7/43) by an Englishman on Test debut
June 26, 1995 - Figures of 19.3-5-43-7 in the second innings against West Indies at Lord's not only brought Dominic Cork the Man of the Match award
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Sri Lanka take Test series 1-0 with last-ball victory against England, Angelo Mathews shines with 160
24 June, 2014 - Sri Lanka had tried thrice but failed each time. When they toured England in 2014
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Viv Richards, Collis King & Joel Garner help West Indies successfully defend World Cup title in 1979
June 23, 1979 - After West Indies became the first-ever ODI champions by beating Australia by 17 runs in the 1975 Prudential World Cup, the team had little difficulty in storming into the finals of the next edition....
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Ganguly and Dravid cast shadows of coming events on Test debut at Lord's
June 22, 1996 - Two youngsters walked down the stairs of Lord's, making their Test debuts, on a chilly morning. One stroked a superb ton, the other fell just short......
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Shane Warne spins Australia to first of three consecutive World Cup titles in 1999
June 20, 1999 - Australia lost their second match of the 1999 Cricket World Cup against New Zealand by 5 wickets and conceded another defeat against Pakistan in their third match
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Bairstow, Hales school Australia with highest ODI total at Trent Bridge
June 19, 2020 - Despite England slowing down in the last five overs and missing the ambitious 500-run mark by 19 runs, the Eoin Morgan-led side made history with the highest ODI total of 481
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Tied semi-final against Australia brings South Africa the chokers tag
June 17, 1999 - With just nine required to win off the last over, Klusener hit back to back boundaries off Damien Fleming on the first two deliveries. Then the choke happened.....
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Shoaib Akhtar's scorching yorkers take Pakistan to 1999 World Cup final
June 16, 1999 - How do you play a fullish, in-swinging delivery which pitches outside the off stump and comes back sharply to knock back your leg pole?
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Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Afghanistan's Test debut against India began
June 15, 2018 - If one just keeps harping on about how momentous an occasion this was for Afghanistan and how much it meant to the players and the nation, the significance of the match may still not hit home.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Malcolm Marshall's lethal bouncer ends Andy Lloyd's career
une 14, 1984 - Malcolm Marshall had a peculiar action. He ran to the crease like a hot knife through butter....
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Herschelle Gibbs drops the 1999 World Cup
June 13, 1999 - After Gibbs dropped Steve Waugh's catch, that in effect took Australia to the final, Waugh, as he writes in his autobiography, Out of My Comfort Zone......
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Javed Miandad is born - never far from a scrap or two
June 12, 1957 - Javed Miandad's Test average never went below 50 all through his career. Miandad has the best of 280*, which is one of his six double centuries, the most by any Pakistan batsman.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Saqlain Mushtaq bags 2nd hat-trick in World Cup history
June 11, 1999 - HK Olonga st Moin Khan, AG Huckle st Moin Khan, M Mbangwa lbw - Saqlain Mushtaq bagged the 2nd ever hat-trick in a World Cup and became only the 2nd player to take a hat-trick twice in ODIs after compatriot Wasim Akram.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Yeah Viv talk nah - Denesh Ramdin's jibe at Viv Richards
June 10 , 2012 - Ramdin, who had been recalled to the side, was in poor form in the series and had managed scores of 6, 43, 1 and 6 in his last four innings.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Mushfiqur Rahim is born - Bangladesh's cricketing powerhouse
June 09, 1987 - When Mushfiqur Rahim made his Test debut in 2005 against England at Lord's, he was only 16. This made him the youngest player to play a Test match at the Home of Cricket.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Shane Bond is born - fast but fragile
June 7, 1975 - If there is only one stat you want to know about New Zealand's tearaway pacer Shane Bond.....
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Ajinkya Rahane is born - all grace and elegance
June 6, 1988 - While Rahane averages more than 45 in away Test matches with 7 centuries and 15 half-centuries, only 4 of his 11 Test tons have come at home.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Netherlands script history with last-ball win over England in 2009 T20 World Cup's opening encounter
June 5, 2009 - As Netherlands qualified for the 2009 T20 World Cup, many of the Dutch players took a two-week leave from work to play the tournament....
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Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Ben Stokes is born - from outcast to OBE
June 4, 1991 - With the holes that Ben Stokes has managed to dig himself into over his international career, the easiest thing for a mere mortal would have been was to simply lose one's way.....
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Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Wasim Akram is born - the Sultan of Swing
June 3, 1966 - Not many will argue against the fact that Wasim Akram is the greatest left-arm fast bowler to take the cricket field ever.
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Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Steve Smith is born - unorthodoxy meets brilliance
June 2, 1989 - When Steve Smith was banned for 12 months in the wake of the Newlands ball tampering scandal, many feared that he might never be the batsman he was
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Shane Warne engineers inaugural IPL win for Rajasthan Royals with rookie brigade
June 1, 2008 - The triumph of Rajasthan Royals in the inaugural edition of the Indian Premier League is just another example of what can be achieved through determination, raw skill and the right leadership....
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Viv Richards' 189* - best ODI knock ever played
May 31, 1984 - By the mid-80s, Viv Richards had established himself as the greatest ODI player across the world
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Alastair Cook scales 10,000-run mountain in Test cricket
May 30, 2016 - With a flick off Nuwan Pradeep, Alastair Cook became the first and only England batsman to reach the 10,000 - run milestone in Tests
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - David Warner too good for Kohli-led RCB as SRH register maiden IPL title win
May 29, 2016 - The Sunrisers Hyderabad became the first team outside the top two to win an IPL title since the playoffs were introduced. RCB's wait for their first IPL title was extended, and continues to date.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Mahela Jayawardene is born - exquisite timer, astute leader
May 27, 1977 - Over a 17-year-long international career, Mahela Jayawardene represented Sri Lanka in 149 Test matches, 448 ODIs and 55 T20Is.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Sunil Narine is born - maverick who redefined T20 trends twice
May 26, 1988 - At a time when off spinners were beginning to be discarded for their ineffectivity in T20s, Sunil Narine blazed a trail with his gamut of variations
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid etch unique record with Test tons
May 25, 2007 - India had been unceremoniously ousted from the 2007 ODI World Cup after crushing defeats against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Gibbs & Symonds take Deccan Chargers to 2009 IPL title win
May 24, 2009 - Entering into the final of the 2009 IPL, the Deccan Chargers had a lot stacked against them.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Tendulkar pays tribute to father with whirlwind 140* against Kenya at 1999 World Cup
May 23, 1999 - The visual of Sachin Tendulkar looking to the heavens after reaching a milestone has become part of the cricketing lingo over the years.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Pakistan's Sarfaraz Ahmed is born
May 22, 1987 - Pakistan have always been searching for stability in terms of leadership but the search has almost been never ending. It is therefore implicit that they haven't settled on some individual for long.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Saeed Anwar breaks record for highest ODI score with 194 against India
21 May, 1997 - Combatting Chennai's heat, Pakistan's Saeed Anwar struck 22 fours and 5 sixes in an Independence Cup match against India, scoring 118 of his 194 runs in boundaries
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Sarah Taylor is born - 'the best wicketkeeper in the world'
May 20, 1989 - Apart from being the most successful wicketkeeper in women's cricket, Sarah Taylor has won three World titles and three Ashes.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Alan Melville is born - South Africa's forgotten batting genius
May 19, 1910 - Alan Melville, who played for South Africa between 1938 and 1949, holds a unique record - he scored four Test centuries in consecutive innings over eight years
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - An England 1999 World Cup victory that made them dangerously complacent
May 18, 1999 - A loss to Australia in the semi final of the 1975 World Cup, a loss to West Indies in the final of the 1979 World Cup, a loss to India in the semi final of the 1983 World Cup, a loss to Australia in the final of the 1987 World Cup,
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Bhagwat Chandrasekhar is born - the spinner who flummoxed even the great Viv
May 17, 1945 - Bhagwat Chandrasekhar was a freak wrist spinner who converted adversity (his polio-stricken right hand) into a weapon and won India many a Test matches through the 70s.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Flower-Collingwood's unorthodox approach takes England to maiden World Cup victory
May 16, 2010 - While a lot of credit is given to the captain-coach combination of Eoin Morgan and Trevor Bayliss which won England the 2019 World Cup, and rightly so,
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Hansie Cronje, Bob Woolmer earpiece experiment leaves ICC bemused
May 15, 1999 - Football has managers; cricket has coaches. While you see the managers running along the sidelines and throwing their hands in joy or anger, the coach in cricket sits inside the dressing room and (at least) appears to be far less involved in the game.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Michael Hussey snatches victory from jaws of defeat in 2010 T20 World Cup semi-final against Pakistan
May 14, 2010 - Michael Hussey is known as Mr. Cricket for a reason. Most of his shots were straight out of the cricketing manual. With 60* off just 24 balls, Hussey changed the way people perceived him as a batsman.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq end on a high
May 13, 2017 - The Pakistan tour of West Indies in 2017 was a special one. Two of Pakistan's tallest cricketing figures Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq were playing their last international series and their team-mates wanted to ensure that the greats got a winning farewell.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Mumbai Indians lift 4th IPL title; Pollard, Hardik and Malinga the heroes
May 12, 2019 - Mumbai Indians had won the IPL title in 2013, 2015 and 2017. Hence, when it came to 2019, the arithmetic progression said that the franchise should win again. But cricket does not work on APs, or does it?
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - When a Yorkshire team-mate faced Geoff Boycott's wrath
May 11, 1972 - Geoff Boycott was never the most jolly bloke around. When he saw one of his Yorkshire team-mates celebrating his dismissal in a county match against Gloucestershire, this is what the fuming skipper did
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Steve Smith pummels Australia to 2010 World T20 semis with his leg spin
May 10, 2010 - When Steve Smith was picked in the Australian squad for the 2010 World T20, he had an experience of just five T20 Internationals under his belt.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Kerry Packer shakes up things with World Series Cricket
May 6, 1977 - Kerry Packer, an Australian business tycoon, initially just wanted to secure the rights of cricket in Australia for his Channel 9 network.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Pat Cummins is born - the complete bowler
May 8, 1993 - There was a time when physios were struggling to keep him on the field and now, Pat Cummins is the No. 1 Test bowler in the world. In 2019,
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - When an Indian Prince piled up 333 runs in 5 and a half hours in County cricket
May 7, 1930 - Duleepsinhji, nephew of the legendary KS Ranjitsinhji, smashed a record 333 runs in five and a half hours playing for Sussex against Northants in 1930 in a knock that included 33 boundaries and a six.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Bob Simpson, Bill Lawry bat on for two and a half days against Hall, Griffith, Sobers & Gibbs
May 6, 1965 - The Australian opening combination of Bob Simpson and Bill Lawry added 382 against West Indies - the highest opening stand for Australia. 55 years have passed and the record still stands.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Deandra Dottin becomes first woman to score T20 ton
May 5, 2010 - With an unbeaten 112 off 45 balls in the opening encounter of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 in 2010 against South Africa, all-rounder Deandra Dottin became the first woman to score a T20 century.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Wasim Akram claims his 2nd ODI hat-trick in Austral-Asia Cup Final
May 4, 1990 - Less than six months ago, Wasim Akram had bagged his first ODI hat-trick against the West Indies at Sharjah in the Champions Trophy.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Inzamam, Shoaib rout New Zealand by an innings in record win
May 3, 2002 - While Inzamam-ul-Haq cracked a magnificent 329, becoming the second Pakistani to score a triple ton, Shoaib Akhtar claimed his best figures of 6/11 to hand New Zealand the fifth-biggest defeat in Test history within three days.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Brian Lara is born - the Prince who played like one
May 2, 1969 - 375, 501* and 400* are numbers that have been rendered immortal in international cricket by Brian Charles Lara. All the three figures have the same underling values - panache, flair and an insatiable hunger for big runs.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Gordon Greenidge is born - the best of both (West Indies & England) worlds
May 1, 1951 - A cocktail of English defence and West Indian aggression puts West Indian opener Gordon Greenidge in the most exotic breed of cricketers.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Rohit Sharma is born - a daddy hundred addict
April 30, 1987 - By the middle of the first decade of this century, those following Indian cricket closely knew that after Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar, Mumbai had churned out another batting star in Rohit Sharma.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Andre Russell is born - the apple of T20's eye
29 April, 1988 - Russell led the Rajshahi Royals to the BPL title in the last edition apart from ending as the Man of the Match in the final and the Man of the tournament.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Aussies score World Cup hat-trick amid utter chaos
April 28, 2007 - No matter how hard Adam Gilchrist tried to light up the 2007 ODI World Cup final with a scintillating 149 off 104 balls, the mismanagement that had been a common thread throughout the tournament, led to a rather daft finish.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Shoaib Akhtar breaches 100-mph barrier
April 27, 2002 - Shoaib Akhtar had been after the 100-mph mark ever since his ODI debut in 1998, and achieved it in 2002 in a match against New Zealand at Lahore. Next year, the 'Rawalpindi Express' officially breached the barrier at the 2003 World Cup.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - South Africa star Jacques Rudolph slams double on Test debut
April 26, 2003 - Jacques Rudolph was earmarked for greatness from quite early on. The sheer load of his domestic runs forecasted the sparkling success that the Transvaal-born was destined for. Although the left-hander proved those convictions right on debut, he failed to realise his full potential in international cricket.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Lethal pitch, Windies' unrestrained fast bowling cause India's 'Bloodbath'
April 25, 1976 - West Indies won the Jamaica Test by picking up just 11 legitimate wickets. Anshuman Gaekwad, Gundappa Viswanath and Brijesh Patel suffered serious injuries in trying to counter the terrifying West Indian bowling.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Sachin Tendulkar is born - much more than numbers, the legacy lives on
April 24, 1973 - You sign in on Twitter and three of the top five trends in India read: #HappyBirthdaySachin #SachinTendulkar and Master Blaster. If by an any chance, you'd forgotten the greatness and the popularity of the man, here's a reminder.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Chris Gayle muscles his way to highest T20 score at IPL
April 23, 2013 - Chris Gayle's unbeaten 175 came off only 66 balls in a match between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Pune Warriors in IPL 2013. Seven years on, no one has been able to break the record.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Tendulkar storm that hit Australia post the desert storm
April 22, 1998 - After the sand storm in Sharjah held up play for 25 minutes, another storm hit the venue as Tendulkar blasted his way to 143 off 131 balls, with 9 fours and 5 sixes, taking down Shane Warne.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - A Curtly Ambrose-Steve Waugh stand-off for the ages
April 21, 1995 - As was Ambrose's style, he ran up to Waugh in his follow through and dished up the famous stare. But unlike others, Tugga was quick to respond. As the two players stared at each other, threatening to break into a fight..
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Aamer Sohail & Inzamam-ul-Haq run riot with 263-run stand against Kiwis
April 20, 1994 - After Saeed Anwar's quick-fire start, the young Inzamam-ul-Haq came to the crease and for the next 179 minutes, gave a fine specimen of his lazy elegance.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Harold "Dickie" Bird is born - the grand old man of umpiring
April 19, 1933 - No umpire before or after Harold "Dickie" Bird has commanded the level of respect which cut across nationalities. His celebrated life is rife with rich and amusing anecdotes.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Baz lights up first-ever IPL spectacle
April 18, 2008 - With millions pumped into the IPL, there were nerves about how the tournament would fare. Brendon McCullum set the perfect tone as he went on to clobber an unbeaten 158 off just 73 deliveries in the first-ever IPL game. Cricket has never been the same since.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Muttiah Muralitharan is born - spin wizard par excellence
April 17, 1972 - Muralitharan's unusual action and magician-like hands made him a nightmare for batters.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Saleem Malik is born - the first casualty of match-fixing
April 16, 1963 - Saleem Malik compiled 5,768 runs at 43.69 from 103 Tests with 15 hundreds and 7,170 runs from 283 ODIs, with 5 hundreds and 47 fifties, but he will forever be remembered as the first cricketer to be slapped a life ban for match-fixing.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Viv Richards schools Gower's Boys with fastest Test century
April 15, 1986 - While England were trying to save the Test and thus the whitewash, it was in the best interest of West Indies to force the issue. An attacking batsman by default, this was the perfect scenario for Richards to go all out.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Mohammad Amir is born - talent gone astray
April 13, 1992 - “What I went through, only I can understand. There were times in the beginning, as a human being, where I felt very negative. Would I ever play cricket again? Do I want to play cricket again?”
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Brian Charles Lara 400 not out
April 12, 2004 - It took Australian opener Matthew Hayden nearly a decade to top Lara's 375 with 380 against Zimbabwe in Perth. Only six months had passed when Lara snatched the record back
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Ian Bell is born - perfect technique, imperfect temperament
April 11, 1982 - The selfless Ian Bell batted everywhere from one to eight, and was one of the best close-in fielders in the game. But, for a player of his talent
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Viv Richards and Richie Richardson turn up the heat against Australia
April 9, 1984 - In the 25-year period from 1976 to 2000, West Indies won 20 out of their 23 home series. This was when West Indies cricket was at its peak, in the mid-1980s, during a 18-year period they didn't lose a single series at home.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - The versatile and selfless Alec Stewart is born
April 8, 1963 - Alec Stewart aka Gaffer remains one of the finest wicketkeeper-batsmen England have ever had. Had he not been pushed around in the batting order and played as a pure batsman, the numbers would have been far better.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Underrated English opener ‘Sacker’ was born
April 7, 1943 - Dennis Amiss was on 85 First-class hundreds in 1978 when his manager persuaded him to aim for the remaining 15.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Sri Lanka break final jinx with T20 World Cup win as Sangakkara, Jayawardene sign off in style
April 6, 2014 - After four losses in World Cup finals, Sri Lanka finally turned the tide with a commanding six-wicket win over India to win the 2014 World T20 and give a fitting farewell to legends Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.
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Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Steve and Mark Waugh become first male twins to play together in Tests
April 5, 1991 - Liz and Rose Signal became the first-ever twins to play international cricket together on July 6, 1984 at Headingley, well before the Waugh brothers. Interestingly, that was the only Test of Rose's career.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Steven Finn, youngest Englishman to 50 Test wickets, was born
April 4, 1989 - You tend to feel that Steven Finn has been playing forever, when the truth is that he turns 31 today, and not 38 as you might have thought.
Cricket World Rewind: #OnThisDay - Remember the name: Brathwaite stuns England to win 2016 World T20
April 3, 2016 - The images of an inconsolable Ben Stokes on his haunches, Carlos Braithwaite with his hands aloft, Gayle, Sammy and Samuels waving their jerseys. It was sheer madness, exactly four years ago.