Sporting Events of February 26

1887: George Lohmann took 1st 8-wkt haul in Test Crickets, 8-35 at SCG
1930: West Indies make 1st Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England
1980: R Hadlee scores Test Cricket century v Roberts, Garner, Holding, Croft
1982: Test Cricket debut of Martin Crowe, v Australia Wellington, run out 9
1991: Asanka Gurusinha scores twin Test Cricket tons v NZ (119 & 102)
1993: Allan Border beats Gavaskar's record for most Test Cricket runs 10,123
2008: Atlanta (29-31-4, 62 pts) loses to Montreal (34-21-9, 77 pts) 1-5
2008: Barnsley draws with QPR 0 - 0 in English League Championship Soccer Match at Oakwell Stadium
2008: Boston College (13-13, 4-9 ACC) loses to Virginia Tech (17-11, 8-6 ACC) 48-67 in NCAA Mens Basketball
2008: Burnley beats Coventry 2 - 0 in English League Championship Soccer Match at Turf Moor
2008: Cleveland (32-25) loses to Milwaukee (22-35) 102-105 in NBA Match
2008: Connecticut (22-6, 11-4 Big East) beats Rutgers (10-19, 2-14 Big East) 79-61 in NCAA Mens Basketball
2008: Dhoni becomes second Indian wicketkeeper to take 100 ODI catches
2008: Drake (24-4, 14-3 MVC) loses to Missouri State (15-15, 7-10 MVC) 83-86 in NCAA Mens Basketball
2008: India 180/3 (32.2 ov) wins by 7 wickets over Sri Lanka 179 (47.1 ov) in 11th ODI Match
2008: India beats Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in ODI and enters finals of Commonwealth Bank Series
2008: Minnesota (34-24-5, 73 pts) loses to Washington (29-27-8, 66 pts) 1-4
2008: Morecambe loses to Grimsby 0 - 1 in Johnstone's Paint Trophy (Northern Section Final) Soccer Match at Blundell Park
2008: Ohio State (17-11, 8-7 Big Ten) beats Indiana (24-4, 13-2 Big Ten) 69-72 in NCAA Mens Basketball
2008: Oklahoma State (15-12, 6-7 Big 12) beats Missouri (15-13, 5-8 Big 12) 75-73 in NCAA Mens Basketball
2008: Orlando (37-22) beats New Jersey (25-32) 102-92 in NBA Match
2008: Ottawa (36-22-6, 78 pts) loses to Boston (33-23-6, 72 pts) 0-4
2008: Phoenix (39-18) beats Memphis (14-43) 127-113 in NBA Match
2008: Pittsburgh (36-21-7, 79 pts) beats NY Islanders (30-27-7, 67 pts) 4-2 in NHL Match
2008: Preston beats Stoke 2 - 0 in English League Championship Soccer Match at Deepdale
2008: Sacramento (26-30) loses to Miami (10-44) 86-107 in NBA Match
2008: Seton Hall (17-11, 7-8 Big East) beats South Florida (11-17, 2-13 Big East) 79-75 in NCAA Mens Basketball
2008: Southern Illinois (17-12, 11-6 MVC) beats Bradley (17-13, 9-8 MVC) 71-60 in NCAA Mens Basketball
2008: Tennessee (25-3, 11-2 SEC) loses to (14)Vanderbilt (24-4, 9-4 SEC) 69-72 in NCAA Mens Basketball
2008: Utah (36-21) loses to Minnesota (12-43) 100-111 in NBA Match
2008: Washington (27-30) loses to Houston (37-20) 69-94 in NBA Match
2008: West Virginia (22-5, 11-3 Big East) loses to Pittsburgh (19-8, 9-5 Big East) 75-77 in NCAA Womens Basketball Match

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