Saturday, July 9, 2011

June 25 2011 ... Day's Play

1932 -- India's First ever Test Match at Lords versus England, captained by Col CK Nayudu. Mohammed Nissar excelled with a 5 for 93 bowling effort in a gallant losing cause.

1963 -- Exciting draw at Lords between England and West Indies. Last wicket pair of David Allen playing out the last over bowled with an injured (broken-arm) Colin Cowdrey at the non-strikers end.

1983 -- India pull of historic win at Lords beating the West Indies by 43 runs in the Prudential World Cup. Kapil's Devils as they were dubbed, humbled Clive Lloyd's heroes in a shocking upset.

1915 -- Birthday of Steve Tikolo one of Kenya's finest batsmen, who had an outstanding performance in 1996 World Cup.

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