- Australia
- 1890 - Jack Barrett scores an unbeaten 67 out of a total of 176 on test debut, as he becomes the first opener to carry his bat through a completed Test innings in an Ashes Test.[1]
- 1995 - English Bodyline series strike bowler Harold Larwood (pictured) dies in Sydney, after having emigrated to his adopted country in 1950.
- West Indies
- 1950 - Frank Worrell makes 261 at Trent Bridge, his highest Test knock.[2]
- 1978 - Batsman Runako Morton is born.
- Sri Lanka
- 1982 - Fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara is born.
- England
- 1935 - Medium-pacer Tom Cartwright, Ian Botham's future coach, is born.