Today @acscricket launches First-Class to Harrogate, a celebration of first-class cricket in Harrogate, where Yorkshire played 1882-1996. Stephen Blades superbly details many of the matches across a 114-year span of social and economic change. On sale at shop.acscricket.com

Georgetown keeper, 2nd of four cricketing brothers - Test regular Robert, f-c cricketers Bertie & Harry 4 Tests v Eng 1934-35, part of WI’s first series win over Eng Died of malaria at 24, the youngest WI Test cricketer to die Cyril Christiani born #onthisday 1913 #cricketcounts

Northants stalwart: 21,844 f-c runs 4 Tests, 119 runs, HS 43 Bridgetown 1990: umpire was bullied into giving him out by an intimidating Viv Richards appeal, one of cricket’s more debated decisions Later an international umpire Rob Bailey born #onthisday 1963 #cricketcounts

Faisalabad 1986. WI chasing 240 v Pak Stumps on day 4: 43/9 #onthisday they were all out for 53, adding 10 more Abdul Qadir 6/16 Then WI’s lowest Test total; Pak won by 186 runs Richards and his men humbled #cricketcounts

A mouth watering statistic from today in South Africa’s innings v Australia. It is the first time in Test match history that six people have scored 2 or less in an innings whilst five others have scored more than 40. The highs and lows of cricket. #cricketcounts

Yorked Gilchrist on debut Karachi 2006: Butt, Younis & Yousuf, a hat-trick in the 1st over of a Test 100 wkts & 1105 runs in 29 Tests 102 at Bengaluru vs Pak ODIs: 173 wkts; 3/16 & Player of the Match in the 2007 World T20 final Irfan Pathan born #onthisday 1984 #cricketcounts

Oxford zoologist, later a biology teacher at Sevenoaks At the crease, the patient specimen: 35 in 6½ hours at Madras 1982; 78 in 7 hours at Old Trafford 1981 1755 runs @ 32.50 in 31 Tests, 2 100s Chris Tavaré born #onthisday 1954 #cricketcounts

839 runs in his first Ashes series 334* at Peshawar 1998, then declared, level with Bradman 7525 runs @ 43.49 in 104 Tests, 19 100s; led Aus in 50 - w/l 26/13. Slip catcher supreme, 157 cts - 51 off Warne Mark 'Tubby' Taylor born #onthisday 1964 #cricketcounts

Played for Aus before playing f-c cricket Tests: 8786 runs @ 44.59, 26 100s; 335* v Pak at Adelaide 2019 ODIs: 6932 runs @ 45.30, 22 100s; 2 WC titles T20Is: Player of the Tournament as Aus won the 2021 WC Also, Cape Town 2018 David Warner born #onthisday 1986 #cricketcounts

Left-handed elegance; keeper & captain Tests: 12400 runs @ 57.40, 38 100s, 11 doubles, 2nd only to Bradman Without the gloves: an astronomical 66.78; with them: 40.48 ODIs: 14234 runs, 25 100s; four in a row at the 2015 WC Kumar Sangakkara born #onthisday 1977 #cricketcounts

Shot at Aubers Ridge 1915, left for dead, memorial service held, found & taken prisoner by the Germans Lived to 90 Middlesex stalwart: 18594 runs for the county One Test, in SA 1931: 18 & 1 - à la Bradman! Later a f-c umpire Harry Lee born #onthisday 1890 #cricketcounts