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Today In Cricket History: 2 September
People born on this day:

1970: Stephen Peall, Zimbabwean off-spinner 1993-96
1988: Ishant Sharma, Indian fast bowler since 2007
1973: Indika de Saram, Sri Lankan batsman 1999
1893: Alfred Cooper, one Test S.Africa v England 1914, 6 and 0, ct 1
1981: Chris Tremlett, grandson of Maurice. Hampshire fast bowler, England 2007

People died on this day:

1896: Nat Thompson, played the first Two Tests for Australia
1936: Dallas Page, road accident. Gloucestershire captain
2009: Hylton Ackerman, coach, Western Province captain. World XI batsman 1971-72. Father of HD.
2003: Peter West, urbane BBC-TV cricket and ballroom dancing presenter
1996: Paddy Clift, Rhodesian and Leicestershire all-rounder 1970-88

Events on this day:

1980: John Arlott calls his last game, England v Australia at Lord's

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