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West Indies

• 1958 - Malcolm Marshall is born at Bridgetown, Barbados
• 1994 - Brian Lara completes innings of 375, then the highest score in Test cricket, in the fifth Test between West Indies and England at St John's, Antigua. Lara will become the first player to regain the record for the highest Test score on the same ground 10 years later, with a score of 400 not out.

India

• 2008 - the first Twenty 20 match of the 2008 Indian Premier League is played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. Kolkata win by 140 runs.