The Australian cricketer Keith Miller toured England in 1948 as a member of The Invincibles, a team that went undefeated in their 34 tour matches. Miller (28 November 1919 – 11 October 2004) was an all- rounder: a fast bowler and a right-handed middle-order batsman. Don Bradman, the team captain, typically used him and Ray Lindwall in short bursts with the new ball. Miller took 13 wickets at an average of 26.28, playing a key role in subduing England's leading batsmen, Len Hutton and Denis Compton, with a barrage of short-pitched bowling. In the First Test, Miller took seven wickets, including Hutton and Compton twice, bearing a large part of the bowling workload. With the bat, he scored 184 runs in the Tests at an average of 23.15, including 74 in the second innings of the Second Test at Lord's, and a rapid 58 in the Fourth Test that helped Australia regain the momentum in the match. In all first- class matches on the tour, he took 56 wickets at 17.58 and scored 1,088 runs at 47.30. A carefree cricketer, Miller was seen as charismatic; his joie de vivre on the field alienated his captain, and his friendship with Princess Margaret was particularly scrutinised by the media. Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Miller_with_the_Australian_cricket_team_in_England_in_1948> _______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries: 936: Shi Jingtang was enthroned as the first emperor of the Later Jin by Emperor Taizong of Liao, following a revolt against Emperor Fei of Later Tang. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shi_Jingtang> 1443: Having deserted the army of the Ottoman Empire, Skanderbeg went to Krujë in Middle Albania and using a forged letter from Sultan Murad II to the Governor of Krujë, became lord of the city. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skanderbeg> 1905: Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith first presented his Sinn Féin policy, declaring that the 1800 Act of Union of Great Britain and Ireland was illegal. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in> 1943: World War II: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin (all three pictured) met at the Tehran Conference to discuss war strategy against the Axis powers. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran_Conference> 1971: Prime Minister of Jordan Wasfi al-Tal was assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Cairo. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasfi_al-Tal> _____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day: sickle: (agriculture) An implement having a semicircular blade and short handle, used for cutting long grass and cereal crops. <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sickle> ___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:   He that is down needs fear no fall; He that is low, no pride; He that is humble, ever shall Have God to be his guide. I am content with what I have, Little be it or much: And, Lord, contentment still I crave, Because thou savest such.   --John Bunyan <https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Bunyan>