Born on this day were:
George Giffen (1859-1927), one of Australia’s greatest all-rounders who scored a century and took ten wickets in the same match in first-class cricket nine times (A stand at the Adelaide Oval bears his name);
Vallance Jupp (1891-1960), English all-rounder who played eight Tests for England (Jupp did the double of 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in a season ten times); and
Roger Telemachus (1973-), South African pace bowler.
In 1982 Imran Khan demolished Sri Lanka in the third Test at Lahore taking 8 for 58 and 6 for 58. His match figures are the best by a Pakistani, and the best by a seam bowler on the subcontinent. He became the first Pakistani to take 150 Test wickets.
In 1986 Asanka Gurusinha (116 not out) and Arjuna Ranatunga (135 not out) both made centuries in an unbeaten fourth-wicket partnership of 240 in the third Test against Pakistan at Colombo. They also became in the process the first Sri Lankan pair to bat through a whole day. It was the highest partnership for any wicket at the time for Sri Lanka.
In 1991 Dean Jones lost his stumps to a Courtney Walsh no-ball, in the second Test at Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana. He did not hear the call and walked off the field. As he did so Carl Hooper ran him out, and umpire Clyde Cumberbatch upheld the decision even though it contravened Law 38.2, which states that a batsman can only be run out if he is attempting to run.
In 1994 Sachin Tendulkar opened in a ODI match for the first time. He scored 82 off 49 balls against New Zealand at Auckland. It was an epoch-making decision as he reinvented himself into a player of most destructive qualities.
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