This day in cricket: West Indian giants hang up their boots, birth of legends and more...

On this day in cricket several important events took place including the birth of legendary South African allrounder Eddie Barlow end of an era with three giants of West Indian cricket Jeff Dujon Malcolm Marshall and Viv Richards retiring and moreThree West Indian giants retireOnThisDay in 1991 the legendary Test careers of vivrichards56 Jeffrey Dujon and Malcolm Marshall came to an end pictwittercomM85gFz2CZZmdash ICC ICC August 12 2016On this day in 1991 saw three giants of West Indies cricket hang up their boots But it wasnt the dream swansong that these legends deserved West Indies greats Jeff Dujon Malcolm Marshall and Sir Viv Richards ended their career with a defeat at The Oval Dujon finished with 272 dismissals a record for a West Indies wicketkeeper Marshall with 376 wickets at only 2094 each and Richards with a Test batting average of over 50The last Test these three played saw the Windies side being made to followon for the first time in 22 years and 48 matchesRichards captaining the islands for the 50th time scored two in the first innings Dujon a first ball duck and Marshall who took one for 62 had a blob against his name as well In the second innings Richards The King was dismissed for 60 with 8540 runs under his beltChappell brothers score centuriesGreg and Ian ChappellIn 1972 Ian and Greg Chappell became the first pair of brothers to ever hit centuries in the same innings of Test IanAustralias captain and his brother achieved this feat against archrivals England at the Oval The centuries helped Australia win the Test though they had lost the series and with the Ashes urnGreg reached the threefigure mark first His 113 in just over four hours came with the help of 17 boundaries His partnership with his brother yielded 201 runs Ian was dismissed for 118 which included 20 boundariesBirth of Eddie Barlow2516 Test runs and 40 Test wickets OnThisDay in 1940 South Africas great allrounder Eddie Barlow was born pictwittercomWk44mIBGrrmdash ICC ICC August 12 2016In 1940 one of South Africas most competitive and successful allrounders Eddie Barlow was born Barlow averaged 4574 in Tests hitting seven centuries and took 40 wickets with his medium pace all while playing in glasses Playing for the Rest of the World against England at Headingley in 1970 he took four wickets in five balls including a hattrick A promising opening partnership with Barry Richards was halted at the embryonic stage by South Africas exclusion from Test cricket after 196970Michael Atherton takes a wicketMike AthertonThe occasional legbreaks ofMichael Atherton finally paid dividend in this 1996 at Leeds The former England skipper has claimed only two Test wickets in his career and one of them was atHeadingley when he took his Lancashire buddy Wasim Akrams wicket Atherton brought himself on for his first Test bowl in six years as the match was heading for a draw and claimed Akrams wicket with lbw with the Pakistani allrounder on7Birth of Pedro Collins1976 saw the birth of West Indian pacer Pedro Collins The Windies fast bowler though is best remembered for a testicle injury courtesy a Jason Gillespie delivery A keen footballer the fastmedium leftarmer had a knack for big scalps dismissing Virender Sehwag Sachin Tendulkar and Steve Waugh three times in five Tests eachBirth of Sri Lankas first openerOn this day in 1956 Sidath Wettimuny who opened the batting in Sri Lankas debut Test vs England in Colombo in 198182 was born He played in 23 Tests His greatest moment came when he batted all day in a Test match at Lords his 190 helping Sri Lanka draw the match He and Mithra Wettimuny opened the innings together against New Zealand in 198283 a rare achievement for a pair of brothersFirst double century of Test cricketOn this day in 1884 Australias Billy Murdoch completed 211 the first doublecentury in Test cricket His effort was in adrawn match at The Oval vs England He was dropped three times but Wisden described it as a magnificent innings Murdoch went on to play one Test for England in Cape Town in 189192Jayasuriya dismissed for 199Sanath JayasuriyaOn this day in 1997 in a drawn match against India at Colombos Sinhalese Sports Club Sanath Jayasuriya became one of only eight batsmen to be dismissed for 199 in a Test innings The others have been Mudassar Nazar Mohammad Azharuddin Matthew Elliott Steve Waugh Younis Khan Ian Bell and Steven SmithBirth of first West Indian captain to win a TestOn this day in 1897 the first man to captain West Indies to victory in a Test match was born Marius Maurice Fernandes played only two Tests and he averaged only 1225 with the bat in them but in the second in Georgetown in 192930 he made some useful runs and masterminded a win by 289 runs that squared the series