In 1996:
The day Shahid Afridi broke the record for the fastest hundred in one-day history. Promoted to pinch-hit at No. 3 in his first ODI innings, Afridi savaged Sri Lanka in the KCA Centenary Tournament match in Nairobi. He took only 37 balls to reach three figures, comfortably beating Sanath Jayasuriya’s existing record of 48. And that wasn’t the only record to go: Afridi hit 11 sixes (equalling Jayasuriya’s ODI record); the 28 runs he took off one over from Jayasuriya was then a record for batters not called Jayasuriya. Afridi held the century record for 17 years till it was overtaken by Corey Anderson (36 balls). A year later, Anderson’s mark was surpassed by AB de Villiers, who got there in 31.
1998
A big day for Ian Healy. In the first Test in Rawalpindi, he caught Wasim Akram off the bowling of Colin Miller to overtake Rod Marsh’s world record of 355 Test dismissals. In all, Healy took 366 catches and 29 stumpings in his 119 Tests. His record stood for exactly nine years before Mark Boucher overtook his mark in the Karachi Test in 2007.
Cricketers who share their birthday today:
Adam Voges, Rishab Pant, Shadab Khan.
(source: Cricinfo)