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On This Day - 25 January: Wasim Akram, 18, enters Test cricket

24 Jan 2022

     

# ACHIEVEMENTS / HISTORIC EVENTS

1924 - The first Winter Olympic Games open in Chamonix, France

1952 - The debut of Richie Benaud in Sydney. He made three and 19 and took 1/14, bowling out Alf Valentine

1985 - Picked up by the great Javed Miandad, the 18-year-old Wasim Akram made his debut today in the second Test between Pakistan and New Zealand, in Auckland

[caption id="attachment_186036" align="alignnone" width="455"] On this day in 1985, 18-year-old Wasim Akram made his Test debut for Pakistan at Auckland[/caption]

1987 - Stefan Edberg of Sweden wins second career Grand Slam title and second Australian title, beating home town favourite Pat Cash 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 5-7, 6-3 in the 75th Aus Open tennis

1998 - Spice Girl Victoria Beckham and soccer player David Beckham get engaged

[caption id="attachment_186037" align="alignnone" width="358"] On this day in 1985, 18-year-old Wasim Akram made his Test debut for Pakistan at Auckland[/caption]

2003 - Serena Williams wins fifth Grand Slam singles title and her fourth straight, beating older sister Venus Williams 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 for her first Australian Open title

# UNUSUAL

1957 - In the third Test, at Kingsmead, Hugh Tayfield bowled 137 balls without conceding a run during England’s first innings against South Africa. It remains the record for most consecutive dot-balls delivered

[caption id="attachment_186038" align="alignnone" width="357"] English bowler Hugh Tayfield who in 1957 bowled 137 balls without conceding a run - still a record[/caption]

1991 - More than five years after his twin brother Steve took his bow, Mark Waugh made his Test debut in the fourth Test between Australia and England, in Adelaide, coming into the side in place of Steve, who was dropped after a poor trot and broke the bittersweet news to his sibling. Waugh marked his debut with a stunning century

# BIRTHS

1980 - Birth of Spanish footballer Xavi or Xavier Hernández Creus. In all, he played 767 official matches, a former club record, and scored 85 goals

1988 - The birth of Indian cricketer Cheteshwar Pujara who became the joint-fastest Indian to 1,000 Test runs in terms of matches played

 

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