A look back at cricket history being made on this day.
Today's video includes the international cricketers who were born, those who scored centuries and the cricketers who have registered five-wicket hauls.
The cricketers who were born on this day are Brice Bolton, Pankaj Roy, Asim Kamal and few others.
Cricketers who scored a century on this day are Sachin Tendulkar, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Sourav Ganguly, Viv Richards and others.
Saqlain Mushtaq, Steve Finn are among the few who claimed a five wicket haul on this day.
Ryan Harris has lot of reasons to cheer for especially after a brilliant all-round performance which was instrumental in pulling out his team out of trouble which they eventually went on to win. However In an interview to a sports website Harris mentioned that he wasn’t even sure of playing the first test at Barbados.
At age 32, Harris is facing lot of competition and especially from James Pattinson who has been impressive in most of the test matches he has played and was overlooked for the first test in favor of Harris.
Harris has been injury-prone yet has managed to be picked by selectors whenever he’s available. He has been inconsistent in the side over the years due to various injuries
For past few years West Indies was seen upon as a team to defeat. Most of the touring teams touring to the Caribbean looked to add another away win to their kitty.
After a string of defeats, criticisms against Darren Sammy, and the feud between WICB and Chris Gayle , the team finally seems to be settling down.
It somewhat reminds of some good quality teams where the board may not be the best at its administration but it may not drastically affect the performance of on-field. The home series against Australia has a lot of positives for WI.
Probably one of the notable features of the on-going first test against the aussies is, a solid performance put forward by the batsmen against a decent pace attack. It’s too early to
