1939 – The last day of first-class cricket in England before the declaration of war against Germany two days later. It was the most publicised world title match ever played and Fischer was the first American to win the title1976 – England women’s cricket Captain Clare Connor was born. 23.3 b approximately in today’s value)Ishant Sharma (on left) and Dhammika Prasad had a heated confrontation on the fourth day before India staged a come-from-behind win against Sri Lanka at the SSC in 2015 to record a Test series win in Sri Lanka after 22 years2015 – A come-from-behind win against Sri Lanka at the SSC gave India their first Test series victory in the country since 1993. Sri Lanka were set a target of 386. Angelo Mathews scored a fighting century and Kusal Perera scored an aggressive fifty, but Ravichandran Ashwin and Ishant Sharma combined to give India victory by 117 runs, and with it their first overseas series win since 2011

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