2012 Anniversaries

12 January 1962 - Richie Richardson birth
19 January 1922 - Arthur Morris birth
7 March 1952 - Viv Richards birth
7 March 1987 - Sunil Gavaskar is first to reach 10,000 Test runs
25 March 1992 - Pakistan beat England in the World Cup Final
15 April 1912 - John Thayer death (on the RMS Titanic)
17 April 1972 - Muttiah Muralitharan birth
18 April 1992 - South Africa play their first Test following apartheid
28 April 1942 - Mike Brearley birth
2 May 1962 - First limited-overs match is played
28 May 1912 - Jimmy Matthews takes two hat-tricks in a Test
1 June 2002 - Hansie Cronje death
8 June 1932 - Ray Illingworth birth
24 June 1912 - Brian Johnston birth
2 July 1912 - Tom Richardson death
8 July 1972 - Sourav Ganguly birth
12 July 1932 - Hedley Verity takes first-class record figures of 10/10
22 September 1962 - Martin Crowe birth
4 October 1962 - Patsy Hendren death
6 October 1992 - Bill O'Reilly death
18 October 1992 - Zimbabwe play their first Test match
8 November 1987 - Australia beat England in the World Cup Final
16 November 1862 - Charles Turner birth
16 December 1962 - Joel Garner birth