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Ajit Wadekar plays a hook shot vs. England at Lord’s in July 1971[/caption]
Ajit Wadekar plays a hook shot vs. England at Lord’s in July 1971[/caption]
1912 - Greek athlete Konstantinos Tsiklitiras breaks the world record in standing long jump with a 3.47m jump
1933 - Walter Hammond scores 336 versus New Zealand at Auckland, with 47 fours and 10 sixes
1938 - Joe Louis knocks out Harry Thomas in five rounds for heavyweight boxing title
1941 - Birth of Ajit Wadekar, the Indian legendary batsman and Skipper
1953 - Weekes, Worrell, and Walcott –the “Three Ws”-- all make centuries in an innings versus India
1957 - Birth of David Gower, the elegant England left-handed batsman during 1978-92
1973 - Birth of Stephen Fleming, former New Zealand Captain