Portal:Cricket/Anniversaries/January/January 29
- Australia
- 1966 - Bobby Simpson (pictured) and Bill Lawry put on then-record 244 for first wicket in fourth Test against England at Adelaide. England had been all out for 241 the previous day.
- Pakistan
- 1955 - Miran Bux (Miran Bakhsh) makes Test debut for Pakistan v India at Lahore aged 47 years and 284 days, the second oldest debutant of all time (after James Southerton).
- 2006 - India's Irfan Pathan takes a hat-trick with the last three balls of the first over in the third Test at Karachi.
- West Indies
- 1951 - Andy Roberts is born at Antigua.