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Calendar 2009
July 2009

The month will always stay fresh in the memory of the great Roger Federer, who won a record-setting 15th Grand Slam title after clinching a titanic Wimbledon final.

Also partaking the joys of July are a veritable platoon of birthday boys - from our very own MS Dhoni, Sourav Ganguly, Sunil Gavaskar to Barry Richards and Sir Garry Sobers.

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01

That colorful English and Yorkshire cricketer Darren Gough made his Test debut on this day in 1994
02

The original Brylcreem man Denis Compton crafted his career-best Test score of 278 against Pakistan at Trent Bridge in 1954
03

Dhoni leads India to an eight-wicket win in the St Lucia ODI against the West Indies

Birth in 1951 of the legendary Richard Hadlee

The Turbanator Harbhajan was born on the same day 29 years later, in 1980
04

Serena Williams downs big sister Venus to clinch her third Wimbledon

The Williams sisters then combine to win the women's doubles

Birth in 1918 of the great English seamer Alec Bedser
05

Roger Federer wins his 15th Grand Slam title, beating Andy Roddick in an epic Wimbledon final

Birth in 1954 of the former India coach, the gentle John Wright

Is it a Bird? Most certainly it is. The famous umpire Harold Dickie Bird makes his Test debut
06

Birth in 1890 of the first triple-centurion in Tests - Andrew Sandham

The first twins to play in the same Test - Rose and Liz Signal - make their debut for the New Zealand women against England in 1984
07

Birth in 1981 of the Indian skipper MS Dhoni
08

Birth in 1972 of India's most successful skipper, a certain Sourav Chandidas Ganguly

Ashes 2009 gets underway with the first Test at Cardiff, Wales
09

Botham plunders his highest Test score - a beefy 208 - against Gavaskar's Indians at Kennington Oval in 1982
10

Birth in 1949 of the peerless Sunil Gavaskar

In 1990, another legend Sir Richard Hadlee bows out of Test cricket
11

In 1968, Michael Colin Cowdrey becomes the first cricketer to play 100 Tests

The man with the famous initials MCC celebrated the distinction with his 21st Test ton

In 1930, Don Bradman smashes 309 not out on the first day of the Headingley Test
12

Birth in 1965 of Sanjay Manjrekar

In 1932, Hedley Verity claimed the most miserly ten-for in first-class cricket, his figures reading 19.4-1-10-10
13

In 2002, Ganguly's India, propelled by young guns Yuvraj and Kaif, famously chased down England's total of 325 to clinch the NatWest final at Lord's

Eighteen years ago, India had on the same day made their ODI debut
14

Birth in 1967 of that flinty left-hander Hashan Tillakaratne, who made 4545 runs in 83 Tests
15

Birth in 1977 of Andre Nel, the South African who once had a memorable confrontation with Sreesanth
16

Another famous cricketer celebrates his birthday. Raise your glasses to Shaun Pollock, folks
17

In 1893, Arthur Shrewsbury became the first man to notch up 1000 Test runs
18

Birth in 1848 of the man they called the Champion - WG Grace

In 1949, another great, Dennis Keith Lillee, wends his way into this world
19

In 2003, the first-ever Twenty20 Cup final saw Surrey beat Warwickshire by nine wickets. A revolution was taking hold
20

In 1981, Botham smashed 145 runs on the fourth day of the Headingley Test to spark the most famous Ashes turnaround of 'em all
21

Birth in 1945 of South African great Barry Richards
22

In 1995, the man who terrorised Australian batsmen during the Bodyline series Harold Larwood (90) breathed his last down under
23

Birth in 1953 of Graham Gooch, who remains England's highest run-getter in Tests with 8900 runs
24

Birth in 1947 of Zaheer Abbas, a man who had an especial fondness for Indian bowling
25

In 1914, a 66-year-old WG Grace bids adieu to club cricket with a 69 not out
26

In 1998, Atherton denied a fiery Allan Donald and South Africa victory at Trent Bridge with a heroic 98 not out
27

Birth in 1955 of Allan Border, the first man to amass 11000 Test runs

Jonty Rhodes, born in 1969, shares his birthday with Border
28

Birth in 1936 of the greatest all-rounder cricket has seen, Sir Garry Sobers
29

Zimbabwean Hamilton Masakadza, 17 years and 352 days old, becomes the first black African to score a Test ton
30

In 1995, Dominic Cork became the first Englishman to claim a hat-trick in 38 years
31

In 1956, Jim Laker claims the first ten-for in a Test innings at Old Trafford against Australia