Date: 05.03.2013
Right-arm medium pacer Salil Ankola debuted alongside Sachin Tendulkar in the Karachi Test against Pakistan in 1989. This proved to be his only Test for India. However, he went on to represent the country in 20 ODIs before turning his focus to a career in acting.
Date: 04.03.2013
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle played for Portsmouth Association Football Club (AFC Portsmouth) as a goalkeeper.
Date: 03.03.2013
On a sticky wicket in Brisbane in December 1950, Australia declared for 32-7 in their second innings against England who had, in their first innings, declared for 68-7. The bizarre match ended in a 70-run win for the Aussies!
Date: 01.03.2013
Zimbabwe`s Andy Flower made 232* against India at Nagpur in November 2000. The African team were following on and he helped push the game to a draw.
Date: 28.02.2013
Between 1995-2012, Ponting played 168 Tests for Australia.
Date: 27.02.2013
Andy Flower has the record for the highest score (232) by a wicketkeeper batsman. He scored this double ton against India at Nagpur in November 2000.
Date: 26.02.2013
Alfred Ewart Hall, a left-arm pacer, who was born in England, holds the record for the best figures by a South African debutant in Tests. In 1923, he nearly bowled his side to a win in the second Test (his first) against England at Cape Town taking 11 wickets.
Date: 23.02.2013
Sri Lanka played their first Test match against England in February 1982. They won the toss and elected to bat first. England won the match by seven wickets.
Date: 19.02.2013
The New Zealand team lead by Geoff Rabone was bundled out for a paltry total of 26 runs by England in the second innings of the Auckland Test in 1955 which, till date, is the lowest by any nation.
Date: 13.02.2013
Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of International Olympics Committee, said that “the most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part.”
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