Feb 18 2012 ... Day's Play
1977 -- Test Match debuts of West Indies fast bowlers Colin Croft & Joel Garner against Pakistan at Bridgetown Barbados. Both of them played a significant part in Clive Loyd's strategy of having a fearsome battery of four pace men.
1996 -- Kenya makes its ODI debut by playing their first ODI against India in the Cricket World Cup.
1996 -- Sachin Tendulkar scores an unbeaten 127 in India's win over Kenya.
1927 -- Birthday of Fazal Mahmood, legendary medium fast bowler who played for Pakistan in 34 Test matches , during 1952-1962 and taking 139 wickets. He led Pakistan to many notable victories, finest being at the Oval in 1954.
1938 -- Birthday of Barry Knight of England, all-rounder who played 29 Tests with average level of success. In first class cricket one of the few who took over 1000 wickets and scored over 10,000 runs. Later in Australia as a coach he mentored Allan Border.
1966 -- Birthday of Phil De Freitas of England, medium fast bowler born in Dominica. He played 44 Tests and took 140 wickets. Also an ODI performer he took 115 wickets in 103 ODI matches. Career spanned from 1986 to 1995.
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