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William Gilbert Grace
- Australia
- 1949 - Dennis Lillee is born at Subiaco,
- England, Western Australia.
- India
- 1996 – Smriti Mandhana is born at Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- England
- 1848 - W. G. Grace (pictured) is born at Downend, South Gloucestershire. Grace is credited with making cricket a popular spectator sport, and developed most of the techniques of modern batting.
- 1981 - At the end of the third day of the Headingley Ashes Test, Bookmakers offered odds of 500-1 for an England win. The following day would see Ian Botham almost single-handedly save the match and the series.
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