ON THIS DAY: 2001
1877: Test cricket was inaugurated when James Lillywhite’s touring England team met the Australians at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
1990: Playing for New Zealand against Australia at Wellington, Richard Hadlee took five wickets in an innings for the 100th time in his career.
1991: Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergey Bubka became the first man to clear 20 feet (6.1 metres) indoors.
2012: Barcelona announced defender Eric Abidal was to undergo a liver transplant a year after he had surgery to remove a tumour.
2013: Bobs Worth, trained by Nicky Henderson and ridden by Barry Geraghty, won the Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup.