Portal:Cricket/Anniversaries/July/July 26


 * England
 * 1924 - Jack MacBryan fields for two-and-three-quarter hours for England in the fourth Test against South Africa at Manchester. The rest of the three-day Test is then rained off and MacBryan, a specialist batsman, neither bowls nor bats – and is never picked again for a Test match.
 * 1949 - Brian Close makes his Test debut, a record for the youngest Englishman to do so, at 18 years and 149 days old.
 * 1956 - Jim Laker takes 10-53 against Australia at Manchester, a bowling record.


 * Sri Lanka
 * 2006 - Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene set a world record 624 run Test partnership at the Sinhalese Sports Ground, Colombo.