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Lanky Fast bowler Niel Foster was only able to play 29 Tests for England because of his injuries[/caption]
Lanky Fast bowler Niel Foster was only able to play 29 Tests for England because of his injuries[/caption]
1733 - First international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni
1921 - American Soccer League is formed
1962 - English seamer Neil Foster was born. Back and knee injuries plagued his career, so much that the plates in his body once apparently set off an airport metal detector. He is the only man to snare both Javed Miandad and Viv Richards for 0 in Tests
1965 - Australia’s Bill Lawry and Bob Simpson put together the highest opening stand for Australia in Tests. They also became the first opening pair to score double-centuries in the same innings of a Test. the match was against the mighty West Indies in Barbados