Portal:Cricket/Anniversaries/June/June 3


 * New Zealand
 * 1928 - New Zealand captain and all-rounder John Reid was born. Of his 58 Tests as captain, New Zealand only won three - but these were their first three Test victories.


 * Pakistan
 * 1966 - Wasim Akram was born. The left-arm fast bowler took 916 international wickets for Pakistan.


 * South Africa
 * 1904 - Vincent Tancred dies.
 * 1981 - Eric Dalton dies.


 * Zimbabwe
 * 1961 - Kevin Arnott, the first Zimbabwean to face a ball in Tests and second to make a century, was born.