3rd June....

1899:
England captain and batsman WG Grace was appearing in his last Test match at Nottingham against Australia at the age of 50 years 320 days - the oldest to captain a Test team.

1904:
South African batsman Vincent Tancred (1 Test in 1899) died (suicide) aged 28.

1906:
English Test all-rounder Walter Robins (19 Tests from 1929 to 1937; 612 runs and 64 wickets) was born.

1906:
New Zealand all-rounder Norman Gallichan (1 Test in 1937) was born.

1928:
New Zealand captain and all-rounder and ICC match referee John Reid (58 Tests from 1949 to 1965; 3428 runs & 85 wickets) was born.

1930:
South African pace bowler Michael Melle (7 Tests from 1950 to 1953) was born.

1940:
West Indian pace bowler Richard "Prof" Edwards (5 Tests from 1968 to 1969) was born.

1951:
Australian batsman David Ogilvie (5 Tests from 1977 to 1978) was born.

1960:
Australian fast bowler and now Zimbabwe coach Carl Rackemann (12 Tests from 1982 to 1990) was born.

1966:
Pakistani captain and all-rounder Wasim Akram was born.

1972:
New Zealand pace bowler Robert Kennedy (4 Tests in 1996) was born.

1977:
Bangladesh pace bowler Hasibul Hossain in Tests was born.

1981:
South African all-rounder Eric Dalton (15 Tests from 1929 to 1939) died aged 74.

1994:
New Zealand pace bowler Jack Cowie (9 Tests from 1937 to 1949) died aged 82.

4th June....

1876:
South African batsman Robert Dower (1 Test in 1899) was born.

1887:
West Indies batsman and captain Nelson Betancourt (1 Test in 1930) was born.

1910:
West Indian Gorge Carew batsmen (4 Tests from 1935 to 1948) was born.

1915:
New Zealand captain and batsman Walter Hadlee (11 Tests from 1937 to 1951; 543 runs) was born.

1926:
Australian fast bowler Frederick Spofforth (18 Tests from 1877 to 1887; 94 wickets) died in England aged 72.

1950:
England's left handed batsman Brian Rose (9 Tests from 1977 to 1981) was born.

1950:
England's off-spinner Sam Staples (3 Tests in 1928) died aged 57.

1957:
Peter May (285 not out) and Colin Cowdrey (154) put on a record 411 for the fourth wicket for England in the second innings at Birmingham, while West Indian off-spinner Sonny Ramadhin bowled a record 98 overs in the same innings.

1958:
England's pace bowler Tony Pigott (1 Test in 1984) was born.

1964:
Geoff Boycott, made his Test debut - against Australia at Nottingham. He opened the England innings with off-spinner Fred Titmus, when John Edrich reported ill just before the match. Boycott opened his account by steering a four off the 16th ball he faced in Test cricket.

1966:
West Indies beat England by an innings and 40 runs at Manchester, to inflict the home side its first three- day defeat in a five-day Test match.

1971:
Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas scores 274 (in 544 mins, 467 balls, 38 fours) against England at Birmingham.

1975:
West Indian leg-spinner Dinanath Ramnarine since 1998 was born.

1979:
English batsman Eddie Dawson (5 Tests from 1928 to 1930) died aged 75.

1999:
Australia beat India by 77 runs at The Oval in the World Cup.

2000:
Playing in his last Test match before announcing his imminent emigration to Australia, Zimbabwean Murray Goodwin scores an unbeaten 148 against England at Notringham. It was then the highest individual score made by an Zimbabwean batsman in a Test match abroad.

5th June....

1884:
Australian batsman Claude Jennings (6 Tests in 1912) was born

1906:
South African batsman Jack Robertson (3 Tests in 1935-36) was born.

1912:
England leg-spinner Eric Hollies (13 Tests from 1935 to 1950; 44 wickets) was born.

1916:
Australian batsman Sid Barnes (13 Tests from 1938 to 1948, 1072 runs, avg. 63.06) was born

1921:
West Indian pace bowler Lance Pierre (1 Test in 1948) was born.

1932:
South African pace bowler Henry Taberer (1 Test in 1902) died aged 61.

1936:
South African off-spinner Kelly Seymour (7 Tests from 1963 to 1970) was born.

1945:
Indian left-handed batsman Ambar Roy (4 Tests in 1969) was born.

1952:
Len Hutton became the first 'professional' cricketer to lead England in a Test match - against India at Leeds.

1952:
Vijay Manjrekar scores 133 against England at Leeds, which incidentally was his maiden first-class hundred of his career.

1974:
West Indian pace bowler Merv Dillon was born.

1999:
South Africa beat Pakistan by three wickets at Nottingham in the World Cup.

6th June....

1890:
England all-rounder and leg-spinner Ted Bowley (5 Tests from 1929 to 1930) was born.

1909:
India's pace bowler MJ Gopalan (1 Test in 1934) was born - currently the oldest living Indian Test cricketer.

1917:
West Indian pace bowler Prior Jones (9 Tests from 1947 to1951; 25 wickets) was born.

1930:
England's fast bowler Frank "Typhoon" Tyson (17 Tests from 1954 to 1959; 76 wickets) was born.

1940:
South African all-rounder Tiger Lance (13 Tests from 1962 to 1970) was born.

1943:
Pakistan captain and all-rounder Asif Iqbal (58 Tests from 1964 to 1980; 3575 runs and 53 wickets) was born in Hyderabad, India.

1951:
England captain and batsman Lord Tennyson (9 Tests from 1913 to 1921) died aged 61.

1956:
Zimbabwe Test batsman Andy Pycroft (3 Tests in 1992) was born.

1957:
English captain and batsman Mike Gatting (79 Tests from 1978 to 1995; 4409 runs) was born.

1969:
Indian all-rounder and left-arm spinner Sunil Joshi was born.

1972:
Sri Lankan pace bowler Dulip Liyanage (8 Tests from 1992 to 1994) was born.

1973:
Pakistani pace bowler Ashfaq Ahmed (1 Test from 1993) was born.

1984:
English left-arm pace bowler Bill Voce (27 Tests from 1929 to 1947; 98 wickets) and Larwood's partner during the Bodyline series died, aged 74.

1988:
South African pace bowler Joe Partridge (11 Tests from 1963 to 1965; 44 wickets) died (suicide) at Harare, aged 55.

1994:
West Indian Brian Lara scores a record unbeaten 501 for Warwickshire against Durham at Birmingham.

7th June....

1846:
England batsman Charlie Absolom (1 Test in 1879) was born.

1875:
England's lob bowler George (GHT) Simpson-Hayward (5 Tests in 1910, 23 wickets) was born.

1894:
West Indies captain and batsman Karl Nunes (4 Tests from 1928 to 1930) was born.

1929:
England batsman Joseph McMaster (1 Test in 1889) died aged 68. The Test match he played was the only first-class match of his career.

1930:
New Zealand all-rounder Ian Leggat (1 Test in 1954) was born.

1952:
India created a dubious record by losing its first four wickets without a run on the board in the second innings against England at Leeds. Debutant Fred Trueman takes three wickets in eight balls.

1957:
English pace bowler Neal Radford (3 Test from 1986-1988) was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

1957:
Mickey Stewart holds seven catches as a fielder in an innings for Surrey against Northamptonshire at Northampton - still a record in first-class cricket.

1958:
Australian batsman Roger Hartigan (2 Tests in 1908, including a hundred on debut) died aged 78.

1964:
South African all-rounder Charlie 'Buck' Llewellyn (15 Tests from 1895 to 1912; 544 runs and 48 wickets) died in England, aged 87.

1971:
England were made to follow-on for the first time against Pakistan in the Birmingham Test.

1975:
The first World Cup begins in England. India's Sunil Gavaskar scores a dubious unbeaten 36 while batting throughout the 60 overs against England at Lord's.

1975:
Australia's paceman Dennis Lillee (5-34) became the first bowler to take a five-wicket haul in ODI history in the World Cup match against Pakistan at Leeds.

1975:
West Indian pace bowler Marlon Black was born.

1993:
Englishman Graham Gooch (133) was dismissed "handled the ball" against Australia at Manchester in 1993 off the bowling of Shane Warne. 2000:
Pakistan won its first ever Asia Cup one-day title by defeating Sri Lanka at Dhaka by seven wickets in the final.

8th June...

1866:
England wicket-keeper Hylton 'Punch' Philipson (5 Tests from 1892 to 1895) was born.

1891:
South African batsman Fred Susskind (5 Tests in 1924) was born.

1901:
South African batman Archibald Palm (1 Test in 1927) was born.

1903:
England off-spinner Leslie Townsend (4 Tests in 1930 to 1934) was born.

1906:
Indian batsman S Nazir Ali (2 Tests from 1932 to 1934) was born

1919:
New Zealand pace bowler Guy Overton (3 Tests in 1953-54) was born.

1924:
New Zealand wicket-keeper Ian Colquhoun (2 Tests in 1955) was born.

1929:
Indian off-spinner VM Muddiah (2 Tests from 1959 to 1961) was born.

1932:
England captain and all-rounder Ray Illingworth (61 Tests from 1958 to 1973; 1836 runs and 122 wickets) was born.

1945:
England's left-arm spinner Derek Underwood (86 Tests from 1966 to 1982; 297 wickets) was born.

1946:
Australian wicket-keeper Richie Robinson (3 Tests in 1977) was born.

1948:
Australia wicket-keeper Sammy Carter (28 Tests from 1907 to 1921) died aged 70.

1950:
West Indian 'spin-twins' Sonny Ramadhin and Alf Valentine made their Test debut at Manchester against England. Valentine took 11 wickets in the match including 8-104 in the first innings.

1951:
Dudley Nourse scores 208 against England at Nottingham, which still remains the highest individual score made by a South African captain in Tests. It was the first Test double hundred by a South African in England.

1972:
South African born English all-rounder Tony Greig makes Test debut against Australia at Manchester. He top-scored in both innings with scores of 57 and 62. He also claimed five wickets in the match.

1998:
South African captain and batsman Jackie McGlew (34 Tests from 1951 to 1962; 2440 runs) died aged 69.

1999:
India beat Pakistan at Manchester by 47 runs in the World Cup.

9th June....

1890:
South African pace bowler Doug Meintjes (2 Tests in 1923) was born.

1905:
Australian pace bowler Harry "Bull" Alexander (1 Test in 1933) was born.

1934:
Australian Arthur Chipperfield against England at Nottingham became the first batsman in Test history to miss a hundred by one run on debut

1937:
West Indian pace bowler Charlie Stayers (4 Test in 1962) was born.

1947:
South African opener Alan Melville scores 189 against England at Nottingham, which was then the highest individual score made by a South African captain in Tests.

1964:
Sri Lankan paceman Graeme Labrooy (9 Tests from 1986 to 1991) was born.

1967:
England's Geoff Boycott scores an unbeaten 246 (in 573 minutes and 555 balls) against India at Leeds, only to be dropped for the next Test for slow scoring!

1972:
Zimbabwe's left-arm pace bowler since 1995, Bryan Strang was born.

1975:
Australia's hard-hitting one-day batsman Andrew Symonds was born in Birmingham.

1977:
New Zealand's right arm leg-spinner Bill Merritt (6 Tests from 1930 to 1931) died aged 68.

1977:
Zimbabwe's latest Test pace bowler Brighton Watamba was born.

1983:
Zimbabwe's maiden one-day international match results in a 13 run victory over Australia at Nottingham. Their captain Duncan Fletcher (now coach of the England cricket team) scores an unbeaten 69 and captures four wickets in this match.

1995:
New Zealand's right hand batsman Gordon Rowe (1 Test in 1946) died aged 79.

Compiled by
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