An ordinary player who turned out to be the world’s best coach! Here is the cover photo of “If Better is Possible” by former Aus Coach John Buchanan who celebrates his 68th birthday today[/caption]
1884 - John Wisden, the publisher and cricketer of Sussex, dies
1902 - Soccer match riot between Scotland and England kills 25
1919 - Heavyweight Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba
1927 - Johnny Weissmuller set records in the 100 and 200-metre freestyle
1930 - England total 849 in cricket Test versus West Indies at Kingston as Andrew Sandham makes 325
1974 - Last day of Test cricket for West Indies legends Garry Sobers and Rohan Kanhai
1974 - The six-day Test, the last of Sir Sobers, is named the “Trinidad thriller”. England had to defend a target of 226 to take the final Test against West Indies and square the series, and they did so with just 26 runs to spare. Tony Greig was their hero taking 5/70. As England celebrated, little did they know that they would not win another Test against West Indies for 16 years
1984 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breaks Wilt Chamberlain’s all-time career scoring record of 31,419 points (31,421)
1953 - Birth of John Buchanan, batsman for Queensland and Sheffield Shield Coach before becoming Australia’s amazing World Cup winning Coach in 2003
2018 - Star TV India bid $ 944 million to retain the TV and digital rights to Indian cricket for 2018 through 2023. This was in an electronic auction where they beat Sony Pictures, Facebook, and Google. The purchase came about seven months after Star bid an astonishing $ 2.55 billion for the Indian Premier League (IPL) rights for 2018-22. These made certain Star ensured they kept their tight hold on cricket rights in the game’s most lucrative market intact