The other birthday boy
Damien Fleming, the former Australia seamer, shares a birthday with Sachin Tendulkar
Dustin Silgardo
25-Feb-2013
Damien Fleming, the former Australia seamer, shares a birthday with Sachin Tendulkar. He tells Mid Day's Clayton Murzello about April 24, 1998, when Tendulkar was smashing Australia's bowling all over the park in Sharjah.
Here's the anecdote: "I remember it flashing up on the screen that it was Sachin's birthday when he was smashing us on the field. When the game was about to end, it flashed up, 'Happy birthday, Damien Fleming', and there is nothing like being booed by 30,000-40,000 people really to make it special," said Fleming with a chuckle.
Dustin Silgardo is a former sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo