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On This Day - 9 June

09 Jun 2021

 

1914 - Honus Wagner becomes the first Major League Baseball player to get 3,000 hits

1972 - Birth of one of a unique cricket sextet. When Zimbabwe played New Zealand in the first Test in Harare in 1997-98, Bryan (born this day) and Paul Strang were one of three sets of brothers in the side, along with the Rennies (Gavin and John) and the Flowers (Andy and Grant)

[caption id="attachment_141674" align="alignnone" width="460"] On 9 June 1983, rookie Zims sprang a surprise beating the Aussies in the World Cup curtain raiser. Their 34-year-old Captain Duncan Fletcher (centre, in front) was the man of the match[/caption]

1975 - In Birmingham, England, a big-hitting but controversial Australian is born. Andrew Symonds was included in the England A squad to tour Pakistan in 1995, but decided he was a fair-dinkum Aussie after all. He was one of the stars of Australia’s World Cup campaign in 2003, made his Test debut in 2004, and got his maiden hundred in the Ashes two years later. The 2007-08 season was his best, with 777 runs in nine Tests against Sri Lanka, India, and West Indies

1983 - The beginning of the third World Cup - and one of the biggest shocks in cricket history. Nine years before they were granted Test status, Zimbabwe, inspired by their 34-year-old Captain Duncan Fletcher, stunned Australia with a 13-run victory in their first-ever one-day international (ODI), at Trent Bridge

[caption id="attachment_141678" align="alignnone" width="332"] In 2017, leg-spinner Rashid Khan took 7/18 to help Afghanistan beat West Indies by 63 runs in St. Lucia[/caption]

2017 - Leg-spinner Rashid Khan took 7/18, the best figures by an Associate bowler in an ODI and fourth-best overall, to help Afghanistan beat West Indies by 63 runs in St. Lucia. Rashid picked up two wickets from his first two deliveries and was on a hat-trick twice in his first two overs. This was Afghanistan’s first 50-over win over a Full Member side that wasn’t either Zimbabwe or Bangladesh

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