Portal:Cricket/Anniversaries/January/January 22


 * West Indies
 * 1948 - England's Jim Laker took six wickets for 25 runs in nine overs on the second morning of his debut Test against West Indies at Bridgetown, finishing with seven for 103 in the innings.
 * 1988 - Brian Lara (pictured) made his first-class debut for Trinidad & Tobago against the Leeward Islands. He made 14 and 22.


 * Sri Lanka
 * 1966 - Nishantha Ranatunga is born