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Calendar 2009
November 2009

November has featured the debuts of more than one cricketing great.

Sachin Tendulkar, Waqar Younis and Glenn McGrath all made their first international appearances during this month.

The list of birthday boys is almost equally impressive and includes Adam Gilchrist, VVS Laxman and Victor Trumper among others.

Now, try matching that all you other months!

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01

The birth in 1974 of the stylish VVS Laxman, whose 281 against Australia at Kolkata in 2001 changed the course of Indian cricket.
02

Birth in 1877 of the peerless Victor Trumper, among the greatest and most popular cricketers the game has ever seen.
03

In 1978, a team conceded an international tie for the first time when Bishan Bedi decided to pull out, with India needing 23 off 14 deliveries with as many as eight wickets in hand against Pakistan, after Sarfaraz Nawaz bowled four bouncers on the trot.
04

Birth of the great wicketkeeper Rod Marsh, who for a brief period was that odd man - an Aussie who was an English selector.
05

The second semi-final of the 1987 World Cup between England and India in Bombay marked the final international appearance of the great Sunil Gavaskar, who was bowled for four in a match that the hosts lost by 35 runs.

Death of Peter the Cat, a permanent fixture at the Lord's Cricket ground between 1952 and 1964 and the only animal whose obituary has been published in the Wisden Almanack.

In 1994, George Foreman became the oldest World boxing heavyweight championship at 45, knocking out Michael Moorer.
06

Birth in 1956 of Graeme Wood, who played 59 Tests for Australia, before the arrival of Mark Taylor ended his career.
07

A bombshell revelation! In 1991, basketballing great Magic Johnson calls a press conference to announce to the world that he was HIV+ve.
08

In 1947, the great Don Bradman scores his 99th first-class century for South Australia against Victoria.
09

In 1968, one of Australia's finest wicketkeepers, Wally Grout, died of a sudden heart attack at the age of 41, less than three years after playing the last of his 51 Tests.
10

In 1991, South Africa returned to international cricket after 21 years in the wilderness, playing their first ODI against India at Kolkata, a match the hosts won by three wickets.
11

Birth in 1924 of Rusi Modi, the first batsman to score 1000 runs in a Ranji Trophy season.
12

In 1993, the great Glenn McGrath made his Test debut against New Zealand at Perth.

Two years later, another great cricketer from down under New Zealand's Martin Crowe bowed out of Test cricket.
13

In 1992, Riddick Bowe beat Evander Holyfield to clinch the World Boxing Heavyweight Championship for the first time.
14

Birth in 1904 of Harold Larwood, the bowler who tamed the great Don Bradman and the Australians during the controversial Bodyline series.

Sixty-seven years later, in 1971, Adam Gilchrist, probably the greatest wicketkeeper-batsman in cricketing history, was born.
15

In 1989, Sachin Tendulkar makes his Test debut against Pakistan at Karachi.

The Test also sees the debut of another cricketer who would go on to make his mark in the years to come, the great fast bowler Waqar Younis.