Portal:Cricket/Anniversaries/February/February 4
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- Australia
- 1929 - Archie Jackson makes a debut 164 at Adelaide.
- 1937 - Australia win the fourth Test at Adelaide to level The Ashes series 2-2, having lost the first two matches to England. A double century by Donald Bradman and 10 wickets in the match for Chuck Fleetwood-Smith (pictured) enable the Australians to win by 148 runs after trailing by 42 in the first innings.
- New Zealand
- 1990 - Richard Hadlee becomes the first man to take 400 Test wickets. The match was at Christchurch against India.[1]
- Pakistan
- 1935 - The first non-Muslim cricketer to play for Pakistan, Wallis Mathias is born in Karachi.
- South Africa
- 1894 - Rolland Beaumont is born in Natal.