Memorable Moments In Cricket.>

[Ernest]

Well I will give you all a moment of madness, England where playing Australia quite a few years ago, and Australia had the upper hand, no doubt about that.
Australia needed about 40 to win, and the heavens opened it really poured with rain, but England stayed on to let Australia wim, OBTW it was a ODI, anyone remember, anyone old enough to remember.
sporting of England or Stupid?

Ern

[Richie Benauds Love Child]

Originally Posted by Rachael

Well, RBLC.. I'm not sure it SHOULD have had the same impact on me as it did at the time (I blame being an impressionable youth) but the Robin Smith innings is without doubt the most memorable single session of cricket I watched in the days before anyone bothered explaining the game to me.

Sticks in my mind because a few years later I singled the innings and the batsman out in company where I should have known better and got patronised horribly for my naivitee in thinking that Smith's bravado and heroism must have been backed by some fantastic cricketing ability that should mark him as greater than his peers: I went off suitably embarassed.. and started my slow crawl towards an appreciation of the less obviously dramatic aspects of the game.

I'm pretty sure it WAS the innings where his jaw was smashed in though... dodged all the short stuff.. and got caught by one that spat off the bat. He was wearing a helmet..but no face guard: ended a right mess.

Cricketing ability or not, he must have had conkers the size of footballs to hang around for that length of time, and history (and you !) might not be as kind but he was still the one of the best of a pretty aveerage bunch at the time.

Odd he never wore a face guard - I remebered at the time he endorsed one but never actually used it. Bet he did after that !

[Occasional Fan]

Originally Posted by Occasional Fan

Was it a one-dayer against England at Newlands in 2000? Or am I just dreaming that I was there? I remember the catch, but I could well have seen it on the box and then convinced myself that I was present. There's a name for that sort of delusion.

No. Completely deluded. Still don't know where it was, but Rhodes didn't take a catch at Newlands the day I was there.

[Maranello]

Ern, for most Pakistanis of a certain age it will have to be an ODI:


the final of the Australasia Cup in Sharjah, 1986... Pakistan v India, playing for the title of almost best in the world (only Eng and WI from the Test teams of that time were not taking part in the tourny)

Pakistan all but out after losing crucial wickets of Imran Khan, Manzoor Elahi and Wasim Akram in quick succession... but Mianded stuck around and shepherded the tail through..

finally, Pak needed 5 from the last 3 balls, with 2 wickets in hand...and then the w/keeper gets bowled...

a single off the penultimate ball leaves Pak requiring 4 of the last ball of the Final..and Mianded hits Sharma low full-toss for a six!

Definitely a great moment, on a range of different levels!

[Ernest]

Maranello,
those down to the wire matches are always the best, I think that is why one will always stick in your mind, but I have just thought of one with Lancashire playing Surrey at the Ovel, in a one day match.

Point being it is the reverse of what you saw, I cant remember the year, but it was of the time, when Cricket was shown on the BBC.

I think Surrey only needed about 25 - 30 with 8 wickets standing I think, I had given the game up (I think anyone would have), and then what a collapse, and Lancashire won.

I can see why a "six" of a low full toss would be memorable, not your average shot.

Ern

[Mike Small]

That six is pretty famous. According to some the most famous of cricket's history - my exboss refers to it all the time. I remember reading a column at cricket info by Kamran Abbasi, he's a doctor and he reckoned that that one six had lasting phycological impact on indian cricket (which only broke away recently) and in particualr on Chetan Sharman. I also recall seeing one of his interviews on TV some time back, he said after that match he didn't want to leave his house for a long, long time - people would call him by all sorts of names. Miandad was also a part of that same show and he said he wasn't expecting a full toss.

[Maranello]

Ern, I don't remember that one at all...so probably a while back.. do you remember who did the damage / took the wickets?

[Ernest]

Originally Posted by Maranello 22603

Ern, I don't remember that one at all...so probably a while back.. do you remember who did the damage / took the wickets?

Yes I have it here http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archiv...a/8/a8033.html

Have a peep.

1-0, 2-212, 3-215, 4-216, 5-216, 6-219, 7-220, 8-225, 9-229, 10-230 (55 ov) 

Lancashire bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls 

DeFreitas 11    2 37 1 - - 

Martin  11    2 29 1 - - 

Austin  11    0 40 3 - - 

Wasim Akram11    1 47 2 - - 

Watkinson   11    0 66 1 -

Look at the fall of wickets astonishing, have never seen the like.

Ern

[Maranello]

remarkable...from 212/1 with two v. set batsmen ..to 220/7 and 230/all out... its interesting that most of the bowlers pitched in, there was no one 'wrecker' (eg Akram), but everyone had one or two...must have been the sheer ineptitude of the batsmen just for that one afternoon then!!

[Ernest]

The thing is Maranello,
I would have missed that had it not been on TV, and it was a special, well I am a Lancastrian who was wondering what the heck, was going on.

A lot to be gained by watching domestic cricket, no store set in it these days, I think it would be a good idea if on these channels which have next to nothing on, out of season, we could watch teams from other countries, we would gain, by see who was coming through and where,

Channel 5, and I think Euerosport, show domestic football matches from other countries.

And I am sure crickets lovers in India, Pakistan Aussie land, everywhere would like to do the same,

Ern