Portal:Cricket/Anniversaries/July/July 18


 * Australia
 * 1949 - Dennis Lillee is born at Subiaco,
 * England, Western Australia.


 * India
 * 1996 – Smriti Mandhana is born at Mumbai, Maharashtra.


 * England
 * 1848 - W. G. Grace (pictured) is born at Downend, South Gloucestershire. Grace is credited with making cricket a popular spectator sport, and developed most of the techniques of modern batting.
 * 1981 - At the end of the third day of the Headingley Ashes Test, Bookmakers offered odds of 500-1 for an England win. The following day would see Ian Botham almost single-handedly save the match and the series.