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- England
- 1996 - Umpire Harold "Dickie" Bird's last Test begins at Lord's, London. Sourav Ganguly makes his debut in this Test and scores a century, while Rahul Dravid, also on debut, is dismissed for 95. Jack Russell scores a century, the first by an English wicketkeeper in 44 years.
- 1999 - Australia wins the 1999 Cricket World Cup played at Lord's, London, beating Pakistan in the final.
- India
- 1939 - Ramakant Desai is born
- South Africa
- 1954 - Allan Lamb is born. Lamb played Test cricket for England because of South Africa's ban due to Apartheid. He has over 100 ODI caps and also played for Western Province, Northamptonshire and Orange Free State.