Sanatha Jayasuriya celebrates his century struck in 48 balls against Pakistan at Padang, Singapore on 2 April 1996, barely a fortnight after their World Cup triumph[/caption]
1906 - South Africa completes a 4-1 cricket series drubbing of England
1908 - The Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday
1933 - K.S. Ranjitsinhji, the legendary Indian cricket player dies
1955 - Pancho Gonzales retains tennis title by winning a tournament playing under table tennis rules
1969 - Milwaukee Bucks sign Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor)
1974 - Tony Greig takes 8/86 vs. West Indies at Port of Spain, and followed it us pith 5/70 in second inning
1988 - Test debut of legendary Caribbean “pacie” Curtly Ambrose, West Indies vs. Pakistan, Georgetown
1996 - Sri Lanka (349/9 in 50 overs) beat Pakistan (315 all out) in Singapore as Jayasuriya hits ton in 48 balls, an ODI world record
2008 - Liam Tancock of England sets new world record in 50m backstroke (24.47 seconds) at Sheffield, England
2011 - Sri Lanka lose to India in the World Cup final by six wickets in Mumbai