Birthdays of Cricketers on November 23
1842 : James Lillywhite Jr, cricketer (1st England Test captain)
1858 : Frank Hearne, cricketer (bro of George & Alec, Eng & S Afr)
1893 : Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler (took 60 wickets for S Africa)
1935 : Ken Eastwood, cricketer (opened for Aust v Eng SCG 1971)
1953 : Martin Kent, cricketer (Queensland batsman played for Australia 1981)
1956 : Bruce Edgar, cricketer (NZ opener through the 80')
1958 : Martin Snedden, cricketer (NZ medium-pacer of 80's)
1960 : Jayananda Warnaweera, cricketer (Sri Lankan fastish off-spin bowler)
1961 : Merv Hughes, cricketer (Australian pace bowler 1985-94 Extrovert)
1964 : Kapila Wijegunewardene, cricketer (Sri Lankan fast-medium bowler)
1967 : Gary Kirsten, cricketer (South African lefty opening batsman 1993-)