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February 1
- Australia
- 1932 - Donald Bradman scores 299 not out for Australia against South Africa in fourth Test at Adelaide. His batting partner, last man Pud Thurlow, is run out going for Bradman's 300th run.
- 1981 - Trevor Chappell bowls an underarm delivery in one of the final matches against New Zealand in the Benson & Hedges World Series Cup at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The incident caused a diplomatic row.
- Pakistan
- 1982 - Shoaib Malik is born in Sialkot
February 2
- In Bangladesh
- 1968 - Aminul Islam is born. Aminul made a century in his debut Test against India at Dhaka. The match was also his country's first Test. The only other two men to achieve the same feat were Charles Bannerman (AUS) and Dave Houghton (ZIM).
- In Australia
- 1988 - In the Bicentennial Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (pictured), David Boon makes an unbeaten 184 to save the match after Australia was forced to follow on.
February 3
- In the West Indies
- 1851 – Lord Harris is born in Trinidad, the son of the English Governor. Harris was the second captain of England and was a key figure in the early Tests between England and Australia as well as the Imperial Cricket Conference which established rules and expanded Test cricket to include South Africa.
- In Australia
- 1933 – Fast bowler Tim Wall takes 10 wickets for 36 runs in a single innings for South Australia against New South Wales at Sydney. This remains the best bowling performance in first-class cricket in Australia. New South Wales win the match.
- 1936 – Bobby Simpson is born in Marrickville, New South Wales. Simpson was a star of the game as an opening batsman (with Bill Lawry), captain and coach for the Australian cricket team. Remarkably for a batsman, Simpson's first Test century came seven years after his debut and he made 311 runs.[1]
February 4
- Australia
- 1929 - Archie Jackson makes a debut 164 at Adelaide.
- 1937 - Australia win the fourth Test at Adelaide to level The Ashes series 2-2, having lost the first two matches to England. A double century by Donald Bradman and 10 wickets in the match for Chuck Fleetwood-Smith (pictured) enable the Australians to win by 148 runs after trailing by 42 in the first innings.
- New Zealand
- 1990 - Richard Hadlee becomes the first man to take 400 Test wickets. The match was at Christchurch against India.[2]
- Pakistan
- 1935 - The first non-Muslim cricketer to play for Pakistan, Wallis Mathias is born in Karachi.
- South Africa
- 1894 - Rolland Beaumont is born in Natal.
February 5
- England
- 1766 - Silver Billy Beldham, one of the great cricketers of the early 1800s, is born at Wrecclesham in Surrey
- South Africa
- 1970 - Barry Richards scores 140 out of 229 in three hours in only his second Test match for South Africa, against Australia at Durban. But his highest Test innings is upstaged by Graeme Pollock's 274, completed the following day, which was South Africa's highest Test score at the time.
February 6
Australia
- 1948 - Don Bradman plays his last Test innings in Australia. He tore a rib muscle and retired hurt at 57.
- 1971 - Brad Hogg is born on this day.
England
- 1886 - Wicketkeeper and umpire Tiger Smith is born in Birmingham.
- 1931 - Fred Trueman is born in Stainton, near Doncaster.
New Zealand
- 1997 - Daniel Vettori became New Zealand's youngest Test cricketer at 18 years 10 days.
- South Africa
- 1970 - Graeme Pollock completes innings of 274 in Test match against Australia at Durban, then the highest Test innings for South Africa. Pollock put on 200 for the sixth wicket with Tiger Lance, who made 61: this is still South Africa's highest sixth wicket partnership.
February 7
- In India
- 1999 - At Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi, Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble (pictured) becomes only the second man to take all ten wickets in a Test innings after Jim Laker in 1956.
- In Australia
- 1995 - English batsmen Mike Gatting and Graham Gooch both retire from Test cricket after being out for 0 and 11 respectively in the 5th Ashes Test in Perth.
- 1972 - Former Western Warrior wicket-keeper and batsman Ryan Campbell was born on this day in Perth.
February 8
- Australia
- 1879 - During a Sydney match between a touring English team and a team from the New South Wales Cricket Association, a riot ensues after star Australian batsman Billy Murdoch was given out by Victorian umpire George Coulthard (pictured).
- India
- 1963 - Mohammad Azharuddin born.
February 9
- Australia
- 1970 - Glenn McGrath is born
- England
February 10
- In Australia
- 1937 - Australian opener and captain and later commentator Bill Lawry was born on this day in Thornbury, Victoria.
February 11
- Australia
- 1851 - First Intercolonial match in Australia at Launceston Racecourse between an eleven of Van Diemen's Land and the Colony of Victoria.
- West Indies
- 1948 - Billy Griffith, pressed into service as emergency opening batsman by England in second Test against West Indies at Bridgetown, scores his maiden first-class century, finishing (the following morning) with 140.
February 12
- In India
- 1949 - Gundappa Viswanath is born in Bhadravati, Mysore. Viswanath made over 6000 Test runs at an average of 41 from 91 matches.
- In New Zealand
- 1941 - Ross Morgan is born in Auckland. Morgan played 20 Tests in the 1960s and 1970s as a middle-order batsman.
February 13
- West Indies
- 1948 - Andy Ganteaume, 53 not out overnight in second Test between West Indies and England at Bridgetown, completed a century and finished with 112 in what would prove to be his only Test innings.
- 1957 - Thelston Payne born in Barbados.
February 14
- In England
- 1902 - Australian bowler Bert Hopkins (pictured) takes CB Fry and Ranjitsinhji both for ducks on the opening day of the second Ashes Test at Lord's.[3]
- In South Africa
- 1896 - South Africa is bowled out for 30 runs in their second innings by England at Port Elizabeth[4]
February 15
- New Zealand
- 1978 - After 48 years and in the 48th Test between the two countries, New Zealand finally win a Test match against England, winning by 72 runs in a low-scoring match at Wellington.
- West Indies
- 1956 - Desmond Haynes is born in Barbados
February 16
- Australia
- 1933 - Archie Jackson, (pictured right), who appeared in eight Test matches for Australia, dies at Brisbane from tuberculosis at the age of 23.
- New Zealand
- 1979 - First Test is staged at McLean Park in Napier, New Zealand. The ground is the 50th Test venue worldwide. The match is between New Zealand and Pakistan.
- West Indies
- 1904 - Ellis Achong, who appeared in six Tests in the 1930s and is sometimes credited as the origin of the term "chinaman" to describe slow left-arm unorthodox spin bowling, is born in Trinidad.
- 1954 - Michael Holding is born at Kingston.
February 17
- Australia
- 1882 - First Test match staged at the Sydney Cricket Ground started.
- 1936 - Barry Jarman born.
- New Zealand
- Sri Lanka
- 1982 - Played in their first Test match
- 1996 - Won the World Cup hosted by India/Sri Lanka/Pakistan[5]
February 18
- Australia
- 1911 - Billy Murdoch (pictured), captain of the Australian team on the tour of England after which The Ashes were instituted, collapses and dies during the Test match between Australia and South Africa at Melbourne.
- 1948 - Bruce Francis born in Mosman, New South Wales.
- England
- 1922 - Ben Brocklehurst, fleetingly captain of Somerset in the 1950s and long-standing owner of The Cricketer, is born at Knapton Hall in Norfolk.
February 19
- England
- 1891 - Off-spinning all-rounder Farmer White, fleetingly England's Test captain in the 1920s, is born at Holford, Somerset
February 20
- England
- 1862 - Silver Billy Beldham, one of the great cricketers of the early 1800s, dies at Tilford in Surrey aged 96.
- 1949 - Eddie Hemmings is born at Leamington Spa
February 21
- Australia
- 1970 - Michael Slater is born
- India
- 1987 - Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, Rajasthan, stages its first and so far only Test match
- West Indies
- 1930 - First Test staged at the Bourda ground at Georgetown, Guyana starts.
- 1965 - Keith Arthurton is born on the island of Nevis.
- 1979 -Glendon Gibbs, Test cricketer and administrator, dies in Georgetown, Guyana.
February 22
- Bangladesh
- 2006 - Bangladesh win a One-day international match against Sri Lanka for the first time in 16 attempts, winning the second of a three-match series by four wickets at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra
- New Zealand
- 1991 - Seddon Park at Hamilton becomes the sixth Test venue in New Zealand when it stages the second Test in the series against Sri Lanka.
February 23
- South Africa
- 1974 - Herschelle Gibbs is born in Cape Town.
- Canada
- 2003 - John Davison makes a century off 67 balls in a World Cup match against the West Indies, the fastest in World Cup history at that time.[6]
February 24
- Australia
- 1959 - Fast bowler and TV personality Mike Whitney is born at Surry Hills.
- England
- 1931 - Brian Close is born in Rawdon, West Yorkshire, where Hedley Verity learned his cricket. Close is the youngest man ever to play Test cricket for England.
- South Africa
- 2008 - Mark Boucher takes the world record for most dismissals (416) by a wicket-keeper, from Adam Gilchrist.
- West Indies
- 1945 - Everton Weekes makes his first-class debut for Barbados, against Trinidad, aged 19 years and 364 days. He scores 0 and eight.
February 25
- Australia
- 1855 - Big-hitting George Bonnor is born at Bathurst, New South Wales.
- 1960 - Glenn Bishop, two Limited Overs Internationals for Australia, born in Adelaide.
- 2001 - The greatest batsman of all time, Sir Don Bradman, (pictured right), died in Adelaide at the age of 92.
- Sri Lanka
- 1966 - Don Anurasiri, 18 Tests and 45 ODIs, is born in Panadura.
February 26
- Pakistan
- 1955 - First-ever Test match is staged at the National Stadium, Karachi
- West Indies
- 1925 - Everton Weekes is born
February 27
- Australia
- 1937 - Jack Badcock hits 118 for Australia in the decisive Ashes Test at Melbourne, the only time in 12 innings in seven Tests that specialist batsman Badcock is not dismissed while still in single figures.
- New Zealand
- 1932 - First Test ever between New Zealand and South Africa begins at Christchurch. South Africa win by an innings and 12 runs.
- South Africa
- 1944 - Graeme Pollock is born in Durban, Natal.
February 28
- New Zealand
February 29
- England
- New Zealand
- 1988 - Mark Greatbatch, on his Test debut, bats throughout the final day for an unbeaten 107 to secure a draw for New Zealand in the second Test against England at Eden Park, Auckland.