Portal:Cricket/Anniversaries/May/May 8

England

• 1873 - H. D. G. Leveson-Gower, captain of England in South Africa and an administrator who was knighted for his services to cricket, is born at Titsey in Surrey

Pakistan

• 1938 - Javed Burki, captain of Pakistan at the age of 24 and later an international match referee, is born at Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India