I decided to mine for information on cricketers who share my birthday. This is what i managed to unearth:
May 8, 1970: Michael Bevan, Australian, Left hand batsman and Left arm Chinaman bowler. He was the mainstay of the Australian middle order for a long time. He was widely regarded as one of the finest ODI batsman in the world for his ability to see out a match, and his phenomenal average. He played 232 ODI matches for Australia, and was a part of the 1999 and 2003 teams that won the World Cup.
May 8, 1961: Riaz Poonawalla, UAE, Right Hand batsman and Right arm off break bowler. Poonawala started his first-class cricket career playing for his native Maharashtra for whom he played 28 games between 1982-83 and 1987-88. He later emigrated to the United Arab Emirates for whom he played in the 1994 ICC Trophy. Poonawala also competed in two One Day Internationals in the 1994 Pepsi Austral-Asia Cup.
May 8, 1942: Robin Hobbs, England, Leg-spinner, Played in 7 Tests from 1967 to 1971. He still bowls for local club Hutton CC. He was the last English leg spin bowler to take 1000 first class wickets. His century in 44 minutes for Essex against Australians in 1975 is one of the fastest first-class centuries ever scored.
May 8, 1938: Javed Burki, Pakistan, Right hand bat and Right arm medium bowler, Played in 25 Tests from 1960-69. Javed Burki is the cousin of Imran Khan and also Majid Khan. He is the son of Wajid Ali Burki (Retired Army General) who was a minister in the Pakistan government in 1960s, same time his son was made captain of Pakistan Cricket team.
May 8, 1902: Milford Laurenson “Curly” Page, New Zealand, Right hand batsman and Right arm slow bowler, Played in the early 1930’s for New Zealand and Canterbury. He was New Zealand’s second Test captain, and captained 7 of the Tests in which he played. Page also played half-back for the All Blacks in the third Test against New South Wales in 1928 at Christchurch.
May 8, 1873: Henry Leveson-Gower, England, Captained them from 1909-10, Later became an official.
It was also on May 8, 1896 when Yorkshire amassed 887 runs against Warwickshire in a county match.