All the Happening in Cricket on January 3
Centuries in International Cricket
- 2016 BA Stokes England v South Africa
- 2016 JM Bairstow England v South Africa
- 2014 SPD Smith Australia v England
- 2014 AD Mathews Sri Lanka v Pakistan
- 2013 Nasir Jamshed Pakistan v India
- 2012 AN Petersen South Africa v Sri Lanka
- 2012 JH Kallis South Africa v Sri Lanka
- 2011 JH Kallis South Africa v India
- 2010 JH Kallis South Africa v England
- 2009 TM Dilshan Sri Lanka v Bangladesh
- 2008 VVS Laxman India v Australia
- 2006 WU Tharanga Sri Lanka v New Zealand
- 2006 AG Prince South Africa v Australia
- 2006 JH Kallis South Africa v Australia
- 2005 JH Kallis South Africa v England
- 2005 RT Ponting Australia v Pakistan
- 2004 SB Styris New Zealand v Pakistan
- 2004 CH Gayle West Indies v South Africa
- 2004 MV Boucher South Africa v West Indies
- 2004 VVS Laxman India v Australia
- 2004 SR Tendulkar India v Australia
- 2003 SR Waugh Australia v England
- 2002 DR Martyn Australia v South Africa
- 2001 DJ Cullinan South Africa v Sri Lanka
- 2000 JL Langer Australia v India
- 1997 L Klusener South Africa v India
- 1997 BM McMillan South Africa v India
- 1993 MJ Greatbatch New Zealand v Pakistan
- 1992 DC Boon Australia v India
- 1986 M Amarnath India v Australia
- 1985 M Azharuddin India v England
- 1985 RJ Shastri India v England
- 1982 HA Gomes West Indies v Australia
- 1981 GS Chappell Australia v India
- 1977 Sadiq Mohammad Pakistan v Australia
- 1967 RG Pollock South Africa v Australia
- 1963 DS Sheppard England v Australia
- 1961 CC Hunte West Indies v Australia
- 1952 DG Phadkar India v England
- 1952 AL Hassett Australia v West Indies
Five Wickets in an International Innings in International Cricket
- 2014 BA Stokes England v Australia
- 2011 S Sreesanth India v South Africa
- 2010 Mohammad Asif Pakistan v Australia
- 2000 GD McGrath Australia v India
- 2000 AA Donald South Africa v England
- 1999 SCG MacGill Australia v England
- 1999 J Srinath India v New Zealand
- 1998 SK Warne Australia v South Africa
- 1997 EA Brandes Zimbabwe v England
- 1996 OD Gibson West Indies v Sri Lanka
- 1995 D Gough England v Australia
- 1987 J Garner West Indies v England
- 1984 GF Lawson Australia v Pakistan
- 1981 KD Ghavri India v Australia
- 1979 RM Hogg Australia v England
- 1978 BS Chandrasekhar India v Australia
- 1977 DK Lillee Australia v Pakistan
- 1973 AW Greig England v India
- 1967 GD McKenzie Australia v South Africa
- 1966 GD McKenzie Australia v England
- 1962 SF Burke South Africa v New Zealand
- 1961 Fazal Mahmood Pakistan v India
- 1959 I Meckiff Australia v England
- 1959 JB Statham England v Australia
- 1958 R Benaud Australia v South Africa
- 1957 JH Wardle England v South Africa
- 1955 Mahmood Hussain Pakistan v India
- 1955 JB Statham England v Australia
- 1952 AL Valentine West Indies v Australia
- 1950 CL McCool Australia v South Africa
People born on this day
- 1886: Arthur Mailey, great Aussie leg-spinner and cartoonist
- 1932: Jaswick Taylor, WI pace bowler late fifties, 10 wkts in 3 Tests
- 1943: Helen Lee, two Tests for Australian women against England 1963
- 1963: Aamer Malik, Pakistani batsman in 13 Tests 1987-90
- 1966: Chetan Sharma, Indian Test pace bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987
- 1979: Brett Arnel, New Zealand pace bowler 2010
- 1989: Alex Hales, Notts batsman, England T20 2011-
People died on this day
- 1961: Bob Catterall, 1555 runs in 24 Tests for South Africa 1922-31
- 1982: Derek Sealy, West Indies 1930-39
- 1992: Ken Grieves, NSW and Lancashire leg-spin all-rounder
