What was happening as you were entering this world ?

[The Sean]

There was a dismal lack of international cricket on the day of my birth, though NSW were wrapping up an easy win over South Australia...

http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1977-78/AUS_LOCAL/SS/SOA_NSW_SS_11-13NOV1977.html

...and WA and Queensland were on the second day of an eventually drawn match...

http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1977-78/AUS_LOCAL/SS/WA_QLD_SS_12-15NOV1977.html

 

[Fiery]

Not the same year I take it

It's a shame you weren't around to talk about our friend Mr. Wayne Barnes.

No I'm older. Still in "classic denial" about WC tbh. What about the Irene Van Dyke choke last night?

 

[Richard]

England went on to win the test. Does that make it better or worse

Huh? No they didn't. They collapsed in the second-innings to Bruce Reid and lost comfortably.

 

[ohtani's jacket]

No I'm older. Still in "classic denial" about WC tbh. What about the Irene Van Dyke choke last night?

Did they choke? I'm in Japan & didn't see it. That Aussie netball coach is tougher than any Aussie sportsman or woman I can remember.

 

[Richard]

A bundle of excitement on 26/12/1990

1990 Garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess championship
1990 Reggie Williams becomes 1st GM of WLAF's New York-New Jersey Knights
1990 Senior Professional Baseball Association folds

Sheeys, kids are old these days. You'll be 17 in barely a month. How did 1990 get so old?

 

[Fiery]

Did they choke? I'm in Japan & didn't see it. That Aussie netball coach is tougher than any Aussie sportsman or woman I can remember.

As old boots. We lost by 3 goals after a good comeback. Van Dyke missed a couple of short-range sitters at the end

 

[Jamee999]

South Africa were playing their 4th day of Test cricket since re-admission

 

[Richard]

9th.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

A Sunday child in early October. Of course there was no cricket on.

Teams were gearing up for the World Cup, which started when I was four days old with Javed Miandad scoring a century in a narrow win over Sri Lanka. In Srinagar, Himachal Pradesh' team had presumably arrived before their thumping loss to Jammu & Kashmir.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

cbf figuring mine out, 15th of October 1986.

Thanks in advance, Richard.

 

[Athlai]

Apparently

 

[SJS]

South Africa were playing their 4th day of Test cricket since re-admission

I remember the game. Two belaboured knocks by Wessels and Amre for each side to shore up batting collapses from both South Africa and India

 

[SJS]

Huh? No they didn't. They collapsed in the second-innings to Bruce Reid and lost comfortably.

You are right. I know exactly what I did. After seeing this game, I went to see the result of the first test to know where the series stood. That had been won by England. I just went on to putthat in the post as the result

 

[Agent TBY]

World Series - Game 4

Group B: Sri Lanka v West Indies at Kanpur
West Indies won by 25 runs. West Indies 236-8 (50 ov); Sri Lanka 211-8 (50 ov).

Damien Martyn turned sixteen. Alfred Noble would've been 144.

 

[NUFAN]

Sep 3rd 1983

No International Cricket was played on the day. damn.

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics was number 1 on the charts.

 

[JBMAC]

http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16890.html

 

[Perm]

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics was number 1 on the charts.

Good song.

 

[Perm]

http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16890.html

You're 68 and you know how to use a computer?

 

[JBMAC]

You're 68 and you know how to use a computer?

It Aint Rocket Science you young whippersnapper

 

[Richard]

Sep 3rd 1983

No International Cricket was played on the day. damn.

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) by Eurythmics was number 1 on the charts.

The Australian charts?

The week of my birth - and it means so much to me - Bryan Ferry and Slave To Love was released in the UK.