Portal:Cricket/Anniversaries/August/August 16
- Australia
- 1950 - Jeff Thomson is born at Greenacre, New South Wales.
- 2000 - the first ever international cricket match played indoors is a One Day International between South Africa and Australia at Colonial Stadium (now called Docklands Stadium), Melbourne. Australia won the match by 94 runs.
- England
- 1860 - Lord Hawke, captain of both Yorkshire and England and one of the legendary mandarins of English cricket, is born at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.