Portal:Cricket/Anniversaries/July/July 27


 * Australia
 * 1955 - Allan Border is born in Sydney, New South Wales. Border held numerous career records including: top run scorer (11,174 runs); most Test matches played (156); batted in more Test innings than any other player (265); captained Australia 93 times (all consecutive).
 * England
 * 1937 - New Zealand's Jack Cowie takes 10 wickets for 140 runs in the second Test against England at Old Trafford, the first 10-wicket haul in Test cricket for New Zealand and the only one for another 40 years.
 * 1948 - Australia, led by an unbeaten 173 by captain Donald Bradman, hit 404 for three wickets to win the fourth Ashes Test from England at Leeds, then the highest score in a fourth innings to win a Test match. The century is Bradman's last in Tests. The attendance of 158,000 was the highest for any cricket match on English soil and the takings were 34,000 pounds. The attendance remains a record for a Test in England.