Portal:Cricket/Anniversaries/May/May 29


 * Australia
 * 1839 - Australians Nat Thomson and Ned Gregory were born. Both would play in the first ever Test match. Thomson was the first man to be dismissed in a Test and Gregory made the first duck.


 * England
 * 1902 - Edgbaston hosted its first Test match, the 12th Test venue worldwide and the only one (out of 94 to the start of the 2007 season) to host its first Test in the month of May.


 * West Indies
 * 2000 - West Indies recorded the ninth one-wicket victory in Tests as Jimmy Adams and Courtney Walsh added 19 against Pakistan.