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Spain’s Rafael Nadal (on right) wins his fourth consecutive French Open tennis championship in Paris in 2008, beating rival Roger Federer (left) in straight sets[/caption]
Today marks the birth of Willie Davenport, American 110m hurdler who won the 1968 Olympic gold[/caption]
Biggest all-time ODI total, 491/ 4, by New Zealand Women against Ireland Women in Dublin. The architects of the mammoth score were Captain Suzie Bates, with 151 off 94 balls, and No. 3 Maddy Green, 122 off 77. 17-year-old Amelia Kerr chipped in with 81 at the end, as they gunned for 500 in the last over. It was a hard day on the field for the Ireland players, who lost by 347 runs, but for none more so than leg-spinner Cara Murray who, on debut, ended up conceding 119 runs from her ten overs - the most expensive in all ODIs[/caption]
Spain’s Rafael Nadal (on right) wins his fourth consecutive French Open tennis championship in Paris in 2008, beating rival Roger Federer (left) in straight sets[/caption]
1857 - James Grundy, playing for MCC vs. Kent at Lord’s, became the first man to be given out handled the ball
1943 - Birth of Willie Davenport, American 110m hurdler who won the 1968 Olympic gold
[caption id="attachment_141277" align="aligncenter" width="504"] Today marks the birth of Willie Davenport, American 110m hurdler who won the 1968 Olympic gold[/caption]
1983 - Charlos Vieira begins 191-hour “nonstop” cycling in Leiria, Portugal
1996 - Steffi Graf defeats Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in the longest ever women’s final at the French Open to win her 19th Grand Slam title
2008 - Spain’s Rafael Nadal wins his fourth consecutive French Open tennis championship in Paris by beating rival Roger Federer in straight sets 6-1, 6-3, 6-0
2018 - The biggest ODI team total of all time - 491/ 4 by New Zealand Women against Ireland Women in Dublin
[caption id="attachment_141280" align="aligncenter" width="409"] Biggest all-time ODI total, 491/ 4, by New Zealand Women against Ireland Women in Dublin. The architects of the mammoth score were Captain Suzie Bates, with 151 off 94 balls, and No. 3 Maddy Green, 122 off 77. 17-year-old Amelia Kerr chipped in with 81 at the end, as they gunned for 500 in the last over. It was a hard day on the field for the Ireland players, who lost by 347 runs, but for none more so than leg-spinner Cara Murray who, on debut, ended up conceding 119 runs from her ten overs - the most expensive in all ODIs[/caption]