SL won by four wickets1815 – The first first-class game is staged at the third and final home of Thomas Lord’s Cricket Ground. Steve Bucknor1946 – Birth of the most experienced Test umpire Steve Bucknor who broke Dickie Bird’s record in 2002. In Colombo, in 1997-98, he added 576 for the second wicket with Sanath Jayasuriya, the second-highest partnership in Test history. In last wicket’s partnership of 106, Michael Holding (on right) only made 121984 – The greatest innings in ODI history, at least according to everyone who witnessed it on that day! At one point, West Indies were 166/ 9 and they ended up making 272/9 to win the match by 104 runs.

Source: The Nation May 31, 2021 06:00 UTC