Do you share your birthday with a Test cricketer?

[Smudge]

Paul McEwan, Brumby? You poor bugger.

I'm exactly 10 years younger than Brian Charles Lara.

Others are:
1901 Bob Wyatt (England)
1910 Laurie Nash(Australia)
1914 Dennis Dyer (South Africa)
1925 David Ironside(South Africa)
1929 Graham Gedye (New Zealand)
1940 Bryan Davis (West Indies)
1955 Ian Callen (Australia)

 

[andruid]

Mine is the same date as the day of the tigermoth

Ian Salisbury
Herbie Collins
Gavin Ewing...

Did I mention I am only 2 years younger than Riaz Afridi

 

[Fiery]

Punter.

Also (who I wasn't aware of):

Nayan Mongia (India)
Rajesh Chauhan (India)
Henry Charlwood (England)
Susil Fernando (Sri Lanka)
Iqbal Sikander (Pakistan)
Paul McEwan (New Zealand)
Charith Senanayake (Sri Lanka)
Mervyn Wallace (New Zealand)

Have to admit to only having heard of Mongia tho.

"Merv Wallace should have been one of the greatest names in New Zealand's cricket history. That he wasn't is largely because of the whims of selectors. Considered by many contemporaries to be one of the best New Zealand batsmen of his generation, he scored all round the wicket, although his cover-driving was particularly notable. He was outstanding in England in 1937, and when he returned 12 years later he ended the tour with 1722 runs at (49.20) - he reached 910 runs in May alone"

 

[Magrat Garlick]

David Brain.

Also Razor Smith, Reg Perks and Luke Sutton. Not a particularly good day for birthdays, it seems.

Edit: Ooh. Basil D'Oliveira.

 

[Silver Arrow]

I share mine with James Franklin

 

[archie mac]

From memory

Les Favell
Richie Benaud
Tony Greig

But alas I seem to remember that 'Tiger' O'Reilly passed away on my birthday one year

 

[Craig]

Good to see people using Stats Spider.

 

[chaminda_00]

Brett Lee and some other retards.

 

[pasag]

Chopra, who I now feel should certainly open against Australia

More interestingly, Dean Jones made his 210 (well 154 of it) in the famous tied Test at Madras before being rushed to hospital, on my second birthday.

 

[andyc]

David Brain.

Also Razor Smith, Reg Perks and Luke Sutton. Not a particularly good day for birthdays, it seems.

Edit: Ooh. Basil D'Oliveira.

AWTA, though you forgot Adam Voges

 

[ohtani's jacket]

Alvin Kallicharran!

New Zealand lost the '92 World Cup semi-final to Pakistan on my birthday. Funny, I can remember crying after that loss, but I don't remember it being my birthday.

Border was busy surviving the last 105 minutes of a Test in Trinidad with the last man Terry Alderman, while I was busy being 5. Waugh took his best Test bowling figures of 5-28 on my birthday, and Australia lost the 2nd Test to India in '98. Gavaskar made his first Test century, but I wasn't born.

 

[Josh]

July 2

A bunch of people I've never heard of... and then Michael Papps... Oh god.

 

[pup11]

Mine is on 11th August not sure whether i share my birthday with any of the cricketers.

 

[Laurrz]

i only know of Andrew Strauss

 

[TT Boy]

Jeff Thomson.

 

[shankar]

Roger Twose and the record holder for most test wickets

 

[nightprowler10]

Cyril Poole, Brun Smith, Robert Samuels, James Brinkley, Denesh Ramdin, Roland Butcher, Dirk Wellham, Clifford Roach, Ivo Francis Walter Bligh, Bernard Julien.

A few historic ODIs happened on my birthday as well, including the Jo'burg one.

 

[Nate]

As has been mentioned, Nathan Bracken.

All else in life means nothing. EDIT: Including that on the same date, in 2005 we lost the Ashes, and in 2007 we lost to Zimbabwe.

 

[Prince EWS]

As has been mentioned, Nathan Bracken.

All else in life means nothing. EDIT: Including that on the same date, in 2005 we lost the Ashes, and in 2007 we lost to Zimbabwe.

Yeah, sorry to steal your thunder, but I felt it deserved to be the first reply.

 

[Nate]

No, no, exactly the opposite. Am proud of you tbh.