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A gentle giant

1932 One of the alltime greats was born, but one who didn't always seem to know it

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Fredericks flays the Aussies

1975 Perhaps the most audacious innings in Test history

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Ponsford's purple patch

1927 Bill Ponsford broke his own world record of 429, set in 1922, by hitting 437 for Victoria against Queensland at Melbourne

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Faisalabad face-off

1987 The end of one of the most fractious matches in Test history

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The greatest Test of all

1960 Australia and West Indies played out Test cricket's first tie in a sensational finish at Brisbane

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Caribbean cool

1966 A cricketing charmer is born

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The birth of the Master

1882 Birth of The Master

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Tiger, tiger, bowling spin

1905 Into the genteel world of cricket, a Tiger is born

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Robinson turns the tide

1984 The day the tide turned on England's all-conquering tour of India, as they squared the series with an eight-wicket win in the second Test at Delhi

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Punter comes knocking

1976 A change of ball led to one of the most sensational Test debuts of all time

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A limpet at the crease

1934 The Little Master was born

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It was a flippin' draw

1996 The first Test match to be drawn with the scores level is flippin' murder for the visting coach

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The great accumulator

1981 To his undisguised satisfaction, Geoff Boycott broke Garry Sobers's Test record of 8032 runs

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A Christmas gnome

1891 An unlikely cricketing giant was born

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A lack of festive spirit

1995 No Christmas spirit from Australian umpire Darrell Hair as he called Muttiah Muralitharan for throwing

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A hop, skip and a jump

1940 One of the most recognisable figures in Test cricket is born

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Sunny's delight

1983 Batting against West Indies at Madras, Sunil Gavaskar scored his 30th Test century , breaking the record set by Don Bradman back in 1948

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The rarest of rare feats

1978 After defeats in the first two Tests against England, Australia gave a first Test cap to Allan Robert Border - and never regretted it

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A Boy's Own ending

1982 A dramatic finish at Melbourne kept England's hopes alive in the series

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Peter definitely could

1929 One of the most talented of all post-war cricketers was born

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