December 30, 2001 - January 5, 2002

1922:
England right-hand batsman and right-arm medium bowler Arthur William Carr played in 11 Tests; made his Test debut this day.

1922:
England right-hand batsman and leg break bowler Greville Thomas Scott Stevens played in ten Test; made his Test debut this day.

1922:
South African right-hand batsman and wicket-keeper Robert Hector Catterall played in 24 Tests; made his Test debut this day.

1957:
Australian right-hand batsman Arthur Theodore Wallace Grout played in 51 Tests; made his Test debut this day.

1957:
Australian left-hand batsman and slow left-arm bowler Lindsay Francis Kline played in 13 Tests; made his Test debut this day.

1957:
Australian right-hand batsman and left-arm fast bowler Ian Meckiff played in 18 Tests; made his Test debut this day.

1957:
Australian right-hand batsman and leg break googly bowler Robert Baddeley Simpson played in 62 Tests and two ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1966:
Australian right-hand batsman and leg break bowler Hedley Brian Taber played in 16 Tests; made his Test debut this day.

1967:
Australian right-hand batsman and leg break googly bowler John William Gleeson played in 29 Tests; made his Test debut this day.

1967:
Australian right-hand batsman Andrew Paul Sheahan played in 31 Tests and three ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1967:
Australia vs India in Test, at Oval in Adelaide, Result: Australia beat India by 146 Runs.

1967:
Indian right-hand batsman and right-arm fast bowler Syed Sardar Ali Abid Ali played in 29 Tests and five ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1977:
Indian right-hand batsman and right-arm fast bowler Harvinder Singh, was born in Amritsar. He played in three Tests and 16 ODIs.

1977:
England right-hand batsman and slow left-arm bowler Philippe Henri Edmonds played in 51 Tests and 29 ODIs; made his ODI debut this day.

1977:
Pakistani right-hand batsman Mudassar Nazar played in 76 Tests and 122 ODIs; made his ODI debut this day.

1977:
England right-hand batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler Michael William Gatting played in 79 Tests and 92 ODIs; made his ODI debut this day.

1977:
England right-hand batsman Paul Rupert Downton played in 30 Tests and 28 ODIs; made his ODI debut this day.

1980:
India vs New Zealand in ODI, at Oval in Adelaide, Result: India beat New Zealand by 6 Runs.

1981:
India vs England in Test, at Ferozshah Kotla Ground in Delhi, Result: Draw.

1982:
Indian right-hand batsman and slow left-arm bowler Herbansingh Billa Maninder Singh played in 35 Tests and 59 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1982:
Pakistan vs India in Test, at National Stadium in Karachi, Result: Pakistan beat India by an innings and 86 Runs.

1987:
India vs West Indies in ODI, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Gauhati, Result: West Indies beat India by 52 Runs.

1927:
England right-hand batsman Walter Reginald Hammond played in 85 Tests; made his Test debut this day.

1927:
England right-hand batsman and right-arm medium fast bowler Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt played in 40 Tests; made his Test debut this day.

1927:
South African right-hand batsman and wicket-keeper Horace Brakenridge Cameron played in 26 Tests; made his Test debut this day.

1927:
England right-hand batsman and slow left-arm bowler Cyril Leverton Vincent played in 25 Tests; made his Test debut this day.

1932:
England right-hand batsman and leg break bowler Michael Colin Cowdrey, was born in Pulumala, Ootacamund. He played in 114 Tests and one ODI.

1930:
South African right-hand batsman Kenneth George Viljoen played in 27 Tests; made his Test debut this day.

1938:
England right-hand batsman Norman Walter Dransfield Yardley played in 20 Tests; made his Test debut this day.

1949:
South African right-hand batsman and off break bowler Hugh Joseph Tayfield played in 37 Tests; made his Test debut this day.

1949:
South African right-hand batsman John Cecil Watkins played in 15 Tests; made his Test debut this day.

1952:
Australia vs South Africa in Test, at Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Result: South Africa beat Australia by 82 Runs.

1969:
Indian right-hand batsman Mohinder Bhardwaj Amarnath played in 69 Tests and 85 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1969:
India vs Australia in Test, at M.A.Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk in Chennai, Result: Australia beat India by 77 Runs.

1971:
New Zealand right-hand batsman and left-arm fast bowler Geoffrey Ian Allott, was born in Christchurch. He played in 10 Tests and 30 ODIs.

1976:
Pakistani left-hand batsman and slow left-arm bowler Mohammad Iqbal Qasim played in 50 Tests and 15 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1976:
Pakistani right-hand batsman Mudassar Nazar played in 76 Tests and 122 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1983:
India vs West Indies in Test, at M.A.Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk in Chennai, Result: Draw.

1986:
India vs Sri Lankan in ODI, at Green Park in Kanpur, Result: Sri Lanka beat India by 117 Runs.

1986:
Sri Lankan left-hand batsman and leg break googly bowler Ellawalakankanamge Asoka Ranjit De Silva played in 10 Tests and 28 ODIs; made his ODI debut this day.

1994:
Australia vs England in Test. at Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Result: Australia beat England by 295 Runs.

1875:
England right-hand batsman Walter Scott Lees, was born in Sowerby Bridge. He played in five Tests.

1891:
Australian right-hand batsman and leg break googly bowler Clarence Victor Grimmett, was born in Caversham, Dunedin. He played in 37 Tests.

1900:
England right-hand batsman Walter Latter Cornford, was born in Hurst Green. He played in four Tests.

1943:
New Zealand left-hand batsman and slow left-arm bowler Hedley John Howarth, was born in Auckland. He played in 30 Tests and nine ODIs.

1957:
Pakistani right-hand batsman Mansoor Akhtar, was born in Karachi. He played in 19 Tests and 41 ODIs.

1970:
UAE left-hand batsman and slow left-arm bowler Azhar Saeed, was born in Lahore. He played in seven ODIs.

1975:
England left-hand batsman Marcus Edward Trescothick, was born in Keynsham. He played in 19 Tests and 26 ODIs.

1979:
India vs Pakistan in Test, at Green Park in Kanpur, Result: Draw.

1990:
India vs Bangladesh in ODI, at Sector 16 Stadium in Chandigarh, Result: India beat Bangladesh by 9 Wickets.

1993:
Pakistan vs Zimbabwe in ODI, at Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi, Result: Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 6 Wickets.

1997:
Indian left-hand batsman and off break bowler Hrishikesh Hemant Kanitkar played in two Tests and 34 ODIs; made his ODI debut this day.

1997:
India vs Sri Lanka in ODI, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Indore, Result: Tie.

1935:
West Indian right-hand batsman Rohan Bholalall Kanhai, was born in Port Mourant. He played in 79 Tests and seven ODIs.

1942:
England right-hand batsman Barry Wood, was born in Ossett. He played in 12 Tests and 13 ODIs.

1961:
New Zealand right-hand batsman Graham Thorne Dowling played in 39 Tests; made his Test debut this day.

1968:
West Indian right-hand batsman Charles Allan Davis played in 15 Tests; made his Test debut this day.

1968:
West Indian left-hand batsman and slow left-arm bowler Roy Clifton Fredericks played in 59 Tests and 12 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1973:
Indian right-hand batsman and right-arm off break bowler Nikil Chopra, was born in Allahabad. He played in one Tests and 39 ODIs.

1974:
Indian right-hand batsman and right-arm fast bowler Iqbal Rashid Siddiqui, was born in Aurangabad. He played in one Tests..

1975:
Australian right-hand batsman Gary John Cosier played in 18 Tests and nine ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1979:
Australia vs England in ODI, at Cricket Ground in Sydney, Result: England beat Australia by 4 Wickets.

1981:
West Indian right-hand batsman Peter Jeffrey Leroy Dujon played in 81 Tests and 169 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1983:
Australian right-hand batsman and right-arm fast bowler John Norman Maguire played in three Tests and 23 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1983:
Australian left-hand batsman and off break bowler Gregory Richard John Matthews played in 33 Tests and 59 ODIs.

1985:
Australian right-hand batsman Stephen Rodger Waugh played in 143 Tests and 317 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1987:
Australian right-hand batsman and right-arm fast bowler Anthony Ian Christopher Dodemaide played in 10 Tests and 24 ODIs; made his Test debut this day .

1989:
Australian left-hand batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler Mark Anthony Taylor played in 104 Tests and 113 ODIs; made his ODI debut this day .

1989:
Australian right-hand batsman and right-arm fast bowler Gregory Dale Campbell played in four Tests and 12 ODIs; made his ODI debut this day .

1989:
Sri Lankan left-hand batsman and slow left-arm bowler Sanath Teran Jayasuriya played in 66 Tests and 252 ODIs; made his ODI debut this day .

1990:
England right-hand batsman and slow left-arm bowler Philip Clive Roderick Tufnell played in 42 Tests and 20 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1991:
Australia vs India in Test, at Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Result: Australia beat India by 8 Wickets.

1992:
South Africa vs India in Test, at Crusaders Ground, St Georges Park in Port Elizabeth, Result: South Africa beat India by 9 Wickets.

1992:
New Zealand vs Pakistan in ODI, at Basin Reserve in Wellington, Result: Pakistan beat New Zealand by 50 Runs.

1993:
South African right-hand batsman and right-arm fast bowler Petrus Stephanus De Villiers played in 18 Tests and 83 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1993:
South African left-hand batsman Gary Kirsten played in 78 Tests and 161 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1995:
South African right-hand batsman and slow left-arm chinaman bowler Paul Regan Adams played in 34 Tests and 16 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1996:
South Africa vs India in Test, at Kingsmead in Durban, Result: South Africa beat India by 328 Runs.

1996:
South African right-hand batsman Adam Marc Bacher played in 19 Tests and eight ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1998:
New Zealand vs India in Test, at Basin Reserve in Wellington, Result: New Zealand beat India by 4 Wickets.

1998:
New Zealand right-hand batsman and right-arm off break bowler Matthew David Bell played in 13 Tests and seven ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1998:
West Indian right-hand batsman Darren Ganga played in 13 Tests and 22 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1999:
Australian right-hand batsman and right-arm fast bowler Brett Lee played in 16 Tests and 29 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1999:
Australia vs India in Test, at Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Result: Australia beat India by 180 Runs.

1999:
New Zealand right-hand batsman Mathew Stuart Sinclair played in 17 Tests and 19 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

2000:
Zimbabwian right-hand batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler Douglas Anthony Marillier played in three Tests and 25 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1936:
England right-hand batsman and off break bowler Philip John Sharpe, was born in Baildon. He played in 12 Tests.

1940:
England umpire David Robert Shepherd, was born this day in Bideford.

1948:
South Africa vs England in Test, at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, Result: Draw.

1953:
Australian right-hand batsman Kevin John Wright, was born in North Freemantle. He played in 10 Tests and five ODIs.

1957:
New Zealand left-hand batsman and right-arm fast bowler Bruce Robert Blair, was born in Dunedin. He played in 14 ODIs.

1962:
Pakistani right-hand batsman and right-arm off break bowler Mansoor Rana, was born in Lahore. He played in two ODIs.

1964:
Kenyan right-hand batsman David Lazaro Openda Tikolo, was born in Nairobi. He played in three ODIs.

1965:
Sri Lankan right-hand batsman Anguppulige Gamini Dayantha Wickremasinghe, was born in Colombo. He played in three Tests and four ODIs.

1974:
Indian right-hand batsman and off break bowler Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad played in 40 Tests and 15 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1974:
India vs West Indies in Test, at Eden Gardens in Kolkatta, Result: India beat West Indies by 85 Runs.

1974:
Indian left-hand batsman and slow left-arm bowler Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri played in 39 Tests and 19 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1984:
India vs England in ODI, at Baribati Stadium in Cuttack, Result: England beat India by Faster scoring rate.

1986:
India vs Sri Lanka in Test, at Vidarbha C.A. Ground in Nagpur, Result: India beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 106 Runs.

1993:
Zimbabwian right-hand batsman and right-arm off break bowler Glen Keith Bruk-Jackson played in two Tests and one ODI; made his ODI debut this day.

1993:
Pakistan vs Zimbabwe in ODI, at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Result: Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by 75 Runs.

1910:
New Zealand right-hand batsman John Lambert Kerr, was born in Dannevirke. He played in seven Tests.

1920:
West Indian right-hand batsman Nyron Sultan Asgarali, was born in St James. He played in two Tests.

1920:
South African right-hand batsman and slow left-arm bowler Norman Bertram Fleetwood Mann, was born in Brakpan. He played in 19 Tests.

1926:
England right-hand batsman and slow left-arm bowler Donald Bryce Carr, was born in Wiesbaden. He played in two Tests.

1941:
Pakistani right-hand batsman and leg break googly bowler Intikhab Alam, was born in Hoshiarpur. He played in 47 Tests and four ODIs.

1955:
India vs New Zealand in Test, at Eden Gardens in Calcutta, Result: Draw.

1975:
Zimbabwian right-hand batsman and off break bowler Trevor Raymond Gripper, was born in Salisbury. He played in nine Test and five ODIs.

1990:
India vs Sri Lanka in ODI, at Baribati Stadium in Cuttack, Result: Sri Lanka beat India by 36 Runs.

1992:
New Zealand vs Pakistan in ODI, at McLean Park in Napier, Result: New Zealand beat Pakistan by 6 Wickets.

1997:
India vs Sri Lanka in ODI, at Fatorda Stadium in Margao, Result: Sri Lanka beat India by 5 Wickets.

1894:
Australia vs England in Test, at Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Result: England beat Australia by 94 Runs.

1928:
Australian right-hand batsman and right-arm fast bowler Edward Lambert a'Beckett played in four Tests; made his Test debut this day.

1928:
Australia vs England in Test, at Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Result: England beat Australia by 3 Wickets.

1928:
Australian right-hand batsman Ronald Keven Oxenham played in seven Tests; made his Test debut this day.

1944:
New Zealand left-hand batsman and slow left-arm bowler Rodney Ernest Redmond, was born in Whangarei. He played in one Tests and two ODIs.

1949:
Indian right-hand batsman Syed Mujtaba Hussein Kirmani, was born in Madras. He played in 88 Tests and 49 ODIs.

1960:
Australian right-hand batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler David Clarence Boon, was born in Launceston. He played in 107 Tests and 181 ODIs.

1960:
Australian right-hand batsman and right-arm fast bowler David Robert Gilbert, was born in Darlinghurst, Sydney. He played in nine Tests and 14 ODIs.

1962:
Australia vs England in Test, at Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Result: England beat Australia by 7 Wickets.

1972:
Australian right-hand batsman and right-arm fast bowler Jeffery Robert Thomson played in 51 Tests and 50 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1972:
Australian right-hand batsman and right-arm fast bowler Maxwell Henry Norman Walker played in 34 Tests and 17 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1973:
Australian right-hand batsman Ian Charles Davis played in 15 Tests and three ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1973:
Australian left-hand batsman and left-arm fast bowler Gary John Gilmour played in 15 Tests and five ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1973:
New Zealand right-hand batsman and slow left-arm bowler John Francis Maclean Morrison played in 17 Tests and 18 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1976:
Pakistani right-hand batsman and off break bowler Saqlain Mushtaq, was born in Lahore. He played in 35 Tests and 144 ODIs.

1978:
Australian left-hand batsman and slow left-arm bowler Allan Robert Border played in 156 Tests and 273 ODIs; made his Test debut this day.

1978:
Australia vs England in Test, at Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Result: Australia beat England by 103 Runs.

1978:
India vs West Indies in Test, at Eden Gardens in Calcutta, Result: Draw.

1978:
Indian right-hand batsman and leg break bowler Madireddy Venkateshwar Narasimha Rao played in four Tests; made his Test debut this day.

1979:
Australia vs West Indies in Test, at Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Result: West Indies beat Australia by 10 Wickets.

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