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On this day in cricket
- Australia
- 2006 - Paul Collingwood scores 206 for England in the second Ashes Test at Adelaide, the first English double-century in Australia in 70 years. But Australia still win the match by six wickets.
- South Africa
- 1906 - Eric Dalton born.
- India
- 2009 - Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai hosts its 18th Test match, the third Test match of the series between India and Sri Lanka. This was the longest interval between hosting of two successive tests at the same venue - a period of 36 years, 9 months and 21 days. India made their highest test score of 726 for 9 and won the match by an innings.