On this day in 1844 the extended third day of the first International match played out between America and Canada.
America added a further three runs to their overall total to be all out for 64. Seeing the brevity of the first two innings - a day to play out the second innings should be more than enough.
Just as in Canada's first innings their were a slew of single figures scored punctuated by a score of 14 from Winkworth and 13 from George Phillpotts. This could not counterbalance the row of three ducks whereby French, Birch and John Wilson were all out with not a single run put on the board. Canada were all out for 63. Only two American bowlers had a go - Sam Wright took his match figures to 9 whilst Henry Groom got a fivefer. America were set 82 runs to win.
The two big scorers for America were both openers - a rare occurrence for how the game has panned out thus far. Turner and John Syme combined for 25 runs - a gargantuan partnership in this match. This stonking start was then let down by yet another string of three ducks in a row followed by a third an over later. America could only muster 58 runs - leaving them 23 runs behind Canada.
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Re: On This Day
by The Professor » Mon Sep 26, 2016 7:26 am
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Re: On This Day
by The Professor » Tue Sep 27, 2016 6:59 am
On this day in 1896 Worcestershire's Gilbert Ashton was born.
Ashton was one of those very common things in the early 1900s - a cricketer and teacher. This meant that he would only turn out for Worcestershire during the school holidays. However when he made himself available he was a must pick. In the Summer of 1922 he played only two games - scoring 125 and 84.
As the 1930s approached, Ashton played even less cricket; playing only two matches between 1934 and 1936.
During the war he served in the Royal Field Artillery where he gained an MC and lost a thumb.
He did make an (inglorious return to cricket in 1944 where he got 0 for Worcestershire against an RAF XI.
After retiring from playing, Ashton served as a magistrate, and was also President of Worcestershire CCC.
In all he played 100 innings with an average of 24.01.
Ashton was one of those very common things in the early 1900s - a cricketer and teacher. This meant that he would only turn out for Worcestershire during the school holidays. However when he made himself available he was a must pick. In the Summer of 1922 he played only two games - scoring 125 and 84.
As the 1930s approached, Ashton played even less cricket; playing only two matches between 1934 and 1936.
During the war he served in the Royal Field Artillery where he gained an MC and lost a thumb.
He did make an (inglorious return to cricket in 1944 where he got 0 for Worcestershire against an RAF XI.
After retiring from playing, Ashton served as a magistrate, and was also President of Worcestershire CCC.
In all he played 100 innings with an average of 24.01.
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Re: On This Day
by The Professor » Wed Sep 28, 2016 7:21 am
On this day in 1990, New Zealand's Doug Bracewell was born.
What better time to share my top 3 Bracewell moments.
3. 96 with the bat v India A - 2013
Usually more of a star with the ball; Bracewell showed his class at the level below with a score of 96 with the bat in Visakhapatnam.
2. The wicket of Tendulkar in 2012 -
I do like to pick an individual wicket and the young New Zealender removing the Indian superstar was a key moment in the development of Bracewell's career. Bracewell managed to do what most bowlers struggled with and made Tendulkar look very uncomfortable for protracted lengths of the game before sending him back. Getting Tendulkar bowled at the age of 21 is no mean feat.
1. 9-92 v Australia in 2011
Bracewell helped destroy Australia with impressive figures in the Second test of the 2011 series. Bagging Michael Clarke twice must have been fun but as well as that he added some impressive dismissals to his rosta - and against their nearest rivals.
What better time to share my top 3 Bracewell moments.
3. 96 with the bat v India A - 2013
Usually more of a star with the ball; Bracewell showed his class at the level below with a score of 96 with the bat in Visakhapatnam.
2. The wicket of Tendulkar in 2012 -
I do like to pick an individual wicket and the young New Zealender removing the Indian superstar was a key moment in the development of Bracewell's career. Bracewell managed to do what most bowlers struggled with and made Tendulkar look very uncomfortable for protracted lengths of the game before sending him back. Getting Tendulkar bowled at the age of 21 is no mean feat.
1. 9-92 v Australia in 2011
Bracewell helped destroy Australia with impressive figures in the Second test of the 2011 series. Bagging Michael Clarke twice must have been fun but as well as that he added some impressive dismissals to his rosta - and against their nearest rivals.
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Re: On This Day
by The Professor » Thu Sep 29, 2016 7:47 am
On this day in 1876 the first non-White South African cricketer, Charlie Llewellyn was born.
Llewellyn was born out of wedlock to an English father and a black mother. Being a mixed race youngster was difficult in that time and Llewllyn struggled through his formative years.
Llewllyn’s ability as a hard hitting left-handed batsman, slow left arm bowler and a great fielder, particularly at mid-off coupled with his relative lightness of skin allowed him to be selected for the South African team despite the race bar on many other more dark skinned compatriots. He made his Test debut for South Africa against England at Johannesburg on 2 March 1896, aged 19 years and 155 days. He did not perform well and was not reselected for the next three years where his domestic form forced a recall for the 1898/99 series against England.
At the end of the series, dropped again and frustrated by the racial inequality in South Africa, Llewellyn joined Hampshire where he would stay for a decade. Between 1899 and 1910 he hit 8,772 runs for the county, average 27.58, took 711 wickets for 24.66 runs apiece and brought off 136 catches. Five times he scored over 1,000 runs and five times dismissed more than 100 batsmen in a season, achieving the double in 1901 and repeating the performance in all matches in 1908 and 1910. One of his best all-round feats was against Somerset at Taunton in 1901 when he played an innings of 153 in one hundred minutes and took 10 for 183 runs. He even made an appearance for an English XI against Australia being a rare example of a player to play Tests for two teams. In the same year he played for England, he was recalled to the South Africa side where he, yet again, faced Australia.
His performances for Hampshire and South Africa, for whom he was now playing more regularly, saw him named as of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year in 1910. He retired at the end of the Australia series in 1910 but came out of retirement in 1912 to play in the Triangular Tournament against Australia and England. He re-retired after that tournament after playing 15 Tests (five against England and ten against Australia), scored 544 runs at 20.14 and 48 wickets at 29.60.
While Llewellyn was the first non-white South African Test cricketer, it was not until November 1992 that South Africa had its second.
Llewellyn was born out of wedlock to an English father and a black mother. Being a mixed race youngster was difficult in that time and Llewllyn struggled through his formative years.
Llewllyn’s ability as a hard hitting left-handed batsman, slow left arm bowler and a great fielder, particularly at mid-off coupled with his relative lightness of skin allowed him to be selected for the South African team despite the race bar on many other more dark skinned compatriots. He made his Test debut for South Africa against England at Johannesburg on 2 March 1896, aged 19 years and 155 days. He did not perform well and was not reselected for the next three years where his domestic form forced a recall for the 1898/99 series against England.
At the end of the series, dropped again and frustrated by the racial inequality in South Africa, Llewellyn joined Hampshire where he would stay for a decade. Between 1899 and 1910 he hit 8,772 runs for the county, average 27.58, took 711 wickets for 24.66 runs apiece and brought off 136 catches. Five times he scored over 1,000 runs and five times dismissed more than 100 batsmen in a season, achieving the double in 1901 and repeating the performance in all matches in 1908 and 1910. One of his best all-round feats was against Somerset at Taunton in 1901 when he played an innings of 153 in one hundred minutes and took 10 for 183 runs. He even made an appearance for an English XI against Australia being a rare example of a player to play Tests for two teams. In the same year he played for England, he was recalled to the South Africa side where he, yet again, faced Australia.
His performances for Hampshire and South Africa, for whom he was now playing more regularly, saw him named as of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year in 1910. He retired at the end of the Australia series in 1910 but came out of retirement in 1912 to play in the Triangular Tournament against Australia and England. He re-retired after that tournament after playing 15 Tests (five against England and ten against Australia), scored 544 runs at 20.14 and 48 wickets at 29.60.
While Llewellyn was the first non-white South African Test cricketer, it was not until November 1992 that South Africa had its second.
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Re: On This Day
by The Professor » Fri Sep 30, 2016 7:40 am
On this day in 1869 Australian cricketer and Australian rules footballer, Ernie Jones was born.
In a glittering career Jones played in 19 Tests between 1894 and 1902 whilst also turning out for three Aussie Rules Football teams.
Jones' career was studded with controversy. His action was oft criticised and he was also the first bowler to be banned for his action. He was also the bowler who bowled a ball through WG Grace's beard. In his own words: "I can see W. G. now. He threw his head back, which caused his beard to stick out. Down the pitch went W. G., stroking his beard, to Harry Trott and said: "Here, what is all this?" And Trott said: "Steady, Jonah." To which Jones made that famous remark: "Sorry, Doctor, she slipped." I do not think the ball actually touched W. G.'s beard."
Despite this criticism Jones is often mentioned as one of the finest fast bowlers that there has been - and in terms of sheer pace he was definitely head and shoulders above his contemporaries.
The name of Harry Trott is one that is always linked to Jones. It is Trott that helped Jones adapt his action and avoid controversy to become the fine bowler he turned into.
Another of my favourite Jones stories also emphasises the fact that questions about pitch preparation have long been in the game. F.S. Jackson reports that "During our stand Jones, who altogether bowled 53 overs and took four wickets for 164 runs, came to me and tossing the ball up in the air, let it light on the pitch. Instead of bouncing a bit, it stopped dead, and Jones said: This is going to ruin cricket. "
In a glittering career Jones played in 19 Tests between 1894 and 1902 whilst also turning out for three Aussie Rules Football teams.
Jones' career was studded with controversy. His action was oft criticised and he was also the first bowler to be banned for his action. He was also the bowler who bowled a ball through WG Grace's beard. In his own words: "I can see W. G. now. He threw his head back, which caused his beard to stick out. Down the pitch went W. G., stroking his beard, to Harry Trott and said: "Here, what is all this?" And Trott said: "Steady, Jonah." To which Jones made that famous remark: "Sorry, Doctor, she slipped." I do not think the ball actually touched W. G.'s beard."
Despite this criticism Jones is often mentioned as one of the finest fast bowlers that there has been - and in terms of sheer pace he was definitely head and shoulders above his contemporaries.
The name of Harry Trott is one that is always linked to Jones. It is Trott that helped Jones adapt his action and avoid controversy to become the fine bowler he turned into.
Another of my favourite Jones stories also emphasises the fact that questions about pitch preparation have long been in the game. F.S. Jackson reports that "During our stand Jones, who altogether bowled 53 overs and took four wickets for 164 runs, came to me and tossing the ball up in the air, let it light on the pitch. Instead of bouncing a bit, it stopped dead, and Jones said: This is going to ruin cricket. "
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Re: On This Day
by The Professor » Sat Oct 01, 2016 8:38 am
On this day in 1900 Tom Goddard - the fifth highest wicket taker in first class cricket - was born.
Goddard was a slow bloomer. He initially joined Gloucestershire in 1922 and was nothing but average for his first six years. At the age of 28 he was dropped by Gloucestershire. Up to this point he bowled solely fast.
After being dropped Goddard remodelled his action to become a spinner and was immediately resigned by Gloucestershire. In 1929, his first season as a spinner, he took 184 wickets and for the next three years he bagged above 140.
After 1932 Goddard became Gloucestershire's opening bowler - something unheard of for a spinner. This did not deter him and some of his highest figures came in this role.
1939 was a feast of a season for Goddard enjoying figures of 17 for 106 v Kent and 16 for 99 v Worcestershire.
In 1951 Goddard was forced to retire from the game due to pneumonia and pleurisy but he was too close to 3000 wickets for his likely and he came back in 1953 to an tempt to reach the total. He could not and his total wickets stands at 2979.
Until his death Goddard ran a furniture shop.
Goddard was a slow bloomer. He initially joined Gloucestershire in 1922 and was nothing but average for his first six years. At the age of 28 he was dropped by Gloucestershire. Up to this point he bowled solely fast.
After being dropped Goddard remodelled his action to become a spinner and was immediately resigned by Gloucestershire. In 1929, his first season as a spinner, he took 184 wickets and for the next three years he bagged above 140.
After 1932 Goddard became Gloucestershire's opening bowler - something unheard of for a spinner. This did not deter him and some of his highest figures came in this role.
1939 was a feast of a season for Goddard enjoying figures of 17 for 106 v Kent and 16 for 99 v Worcestershire.
In 1951 Goddard was forced to retire from the game due to pneumonia and pleurisy but he was too close to 3000 wickets for his likely and he came back in 1953 to an tempt to reach the total. He could not and his total wickets stands at 2979.
Until his death Goddard ran a furniture shop.
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Re: On This Day
by The Professor » Sun Oct 02, 2016 10:13 am
On this day in 2015 a team effort from South Africa sees them get the better of India.
India started strongly with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli at their most destructive. They showed no remorse and dispatched all of South Africa's bowlers with equal disdain. It was Sharma who had the most of the run of play and he became only the second Indian centurion in T20s. Both he and Kohli were dispatched in the 15th over by Kyle Abbott; Sharma for 106 and Kohli for 43. Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni then saw out the bulk of the rest of the innings with India finishing on 199.
South Africa attacked from the off. Hashim Amla knicked his first ball to the boundary for four. India's bowlers looked as powerless as South Africa's did - and Amla and AB de Villiers looked as dominant. When spin came on things started to look a bit more dangerous. Axar Patel strangled the run rate and then Ravi Ashwin got the wicket of de Villiers. There was a period in the chase where things looked a bit sticky for South Africa. For the gain of only two runs, they lost de Villiers and Faf du Plessis, leaving them on 95-3.
This brought together JP Duminy and Farhaan Behardien who needed 107 runs off 61 balls. Nerves would have been added to the mix when there was an lbw shout against Duminy 4 balls into his spell. It was turned down by the umpire. This seemed to give Duminy a renewed sense of purpose and he began to swing big. Seeing the way his partner was going, Behardien joined in. No bowlers were spared. 9 was scored off a Bhuvneshwar Kumar over. Boundaries were de rigour. South Africa glided over the line with two balls to spare.
India started strongly with Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli at their most destructive. They showed no remorse and dispatched all of South Africa's bowlers with equal disdain. It was Sharma who had the most of the run of play and he became only the second Indian centurion in T20s. Both he and Kohli were dispatched in the 15th over by Kyle Abbott; Sharma for 106 and Kohli for 43. Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni then saw out the bulk of the rest of the innings with India finishing on 199.
South Africa attacked from the off. Hashim Amla knicked his first ball to the boundary for four. India's bowlers looked as powerless as South Africa's did - and Amla and AB de Villiers looked as dominant. When spin came on things started to look a bit more dangerous. Axar Patel strangled the run rate and then Ravi Ashwin got the wicket of de Villiers. There was a period in the chase where things looked a bit sticky for South Africa. For the gain of only two runs, they lost de Villiers and Faf du Plessis, leaving them on 95-3.
This brought together JP Duminy and Farhaan Behardien who needed 107 runs off 61 balls. Nerves would have been added to the mix when there was an lbw shout against Duminy 4 balls into his spell. It was turned down by the umpire. This seemed to give Duminy a renewed sense of purpose and he began to swing big. Seeing the way his partner was going, Behardien joined in. No bowlers were spared. 9 was scored off a Bhuvneshwar Kumar over. Boundaries were de rigour. South Africa glided over the line with two balls to spare.
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Re: On This Day
by The Professor » Mon Oct 03, 2016 8:30 am
On this day in 1862 Lancashire and England cricketer Johnny Briggs was born.
Briggs's father was a professional cricket and rugby player and helped Johnny to begin his career young. He first featured in a professional cricket game as a substitute fielder at the age of thirteen. He also was a competent rugby and hockey player.
In 1877 Briggs moved to Lancashire but did not attract the eye of the cricket club until 1879. By 1882 he was an established member of the squad. Up until this point Briggs had not shown anything spectacular with wither bat or ball but in 1885 his cricket underwent a Renaissance. He took 67 wickets in a year and was called up to the England side who whitewashed the Australians.
Due to the fact he was playing when he was, Briggs name is at the top of lots of lists of firsts. Briggs was only the third ever player to register a hat trick when he got three in a row against Australia in 1892. He was also part of the first team to ever win a game after having been asked to follow on. He was also one of the first professional sportsman to receive an X-Ray when he broke a rib in 1899. Between 12th January 1895 to 2nd January 1904 he held the record for most Test wickets.
Briggs' form for England improved his play for Lancashire. Every year between 1889 and 1896 he claimed over 100 wickets.
Briggs life ends sadly. He was confined to a mental asylum in 1900 and died there two years later.
Briggs's father was a professional cricket and rugby player and helped Johnny to begin his career young. He first featured in a professional cricket game as a substitute fielder at the age of thirteen. He also was a competent rugby and hockey player.
In 1877 Briggs moved to Lancashire but did not attract the eye of the cricket club until 1879. By 1882 he was an established member of the squad. Up until this point Briggs had not shown anything spectacular with wither bat or ball but in 1885 his cricket underwent a Renaissance. He took 67 wickets in a year and was called up to the England side who whitewashed the Australians.
Due to the fact he was playing when he was, Briggs name is at the top of lots of lists of firsts. Briggs was only the third ever player to register a hat trick when he got three in a row against Australia in 1892. He was also part of the first team to ever win a game after having been asked to follow on. He was also one of the first professional sportsman to receive an X-Ray when he broke a rib in 1899. Between 12th January 1895 to 2nd January 1904 he held the record for most Test wickets.
Briggs' form for England improved his play for Lancashire. Every year between 1889 and 1896 he claimed over 100 wickets.
Briggs life ends sadly. He was confined to a mental asylum in 1900 and died there two years later.
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Re: On This Day
by The Professor » Tue Oct 04, 2016 7:23 am
On this day in 1997 one of the most promising young cricketers Rishabh Pant was born.
Plying his trade for the India Under-19 side and Delhi he has had a very impressive few formative years.
Having only made his first class debut in October of last year, he went on to score an 18-ball fifty, the fastest at Under-19 level. The U19 World Cup was a strong performance from here where he scored a fifty and a century and was also the captain of the side.
Pant has also shown his class in the IPL. His stand out performance was a scorching fifty that saw Delhi beat Gujarat in this year's edition.
A young man to watch.
Plying his trade for the India Under-19 side and Delhi he has had a very impressive few formative years.
Having only made his first class debut in October of last year, he went on to score an 18-ball fifty, the fastest at Under-19 level. The U19 World Cup was a strong performance from here where he scored a fifty and a century and was also the captain of the side.
Pant has also shown his class in the IPL. His stand out performance was a scorching fifty that saw Delhi beat Gujarat in this year's edition.
A young man to watch.
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Re: On This Day
by The Professor » Wed Oct 05, 2016 7:20 am
On this day in 1932 Indian Test cricketer Madhav Apte was born.
The mysterious case of Madhav Apte is one of the more intriguing in Indian cricket. Playing only 13 Tests between 1952 and 1953 he impressed in them all - averaging 49.27 and top scoring with 163 he was inexplicably dropped with no reason given.
Apte started his career as a legspin googly bowler. In 1948, Vinoo Mankad became his college coach, and turned him into an opening batsman. In 1951-52, he had scored over 3000 runs in local cricket but had yet to play a First Class game.
Apte kick started his career with 30, 10 not out and 42 against Pakistan in the first ever time the rivals had met in India. He was then selected for the team to play the West Indies, a team they were expected to be comfortable thrashed by. He continued to impress in the West Indies with scores of 64, 52, 64, 9, 0, 163 not out, 30, 30, 15 and 33.
Despite this strong start to his career, he never played for India again and, to this day, knows not why. Some suggest the absence of Test cricket in 1954 had an effect. The mystery thickened when India replaced Apte with Naren Tamhane - a batsmen who was not an opener.
Apte dedicated the rest of his long career to playing for Bombay, for whom he scored 2070 runs.
He also has a place in the history of Indian cricket as he was instrumental in the selection of Sachin Tendulkar in the CCI team at the age of 14.
The mysterious case of Madhav Apte is one of the more intriguing in Indian cricket. Playing only 13 Tests between 1952 and 1953 he impressed in them all - averaging 49.27 and top scoring with 163 he was inexplicably dropped with no reason given.
Apte started his career as a legspin googly bowler. In 1948, Vinoo Mankad became his college coach, and turned him into an opening batsman. In 1951-52, he had scored over 3000 runs in local cricket but had yet to play a First Class game.
Apte kick started his career with 30, 10 not out and 42 against Pakistan in the first ever time the rivals had met in India. He was then selected for the team to play the West Indies, a team they were expected to be comfortable thrashed by. He continued to impress in the West Indies with scores of 64, 52, 64, 9, 0, 163 not out, 30, 30, 15 and 33.
Despite this strong start to his career, he never played for India again and, to this day, knows not why. Some suggest the absence of Test cricket in 1954 had an effect. The mystery thickened when India replaced Apte with Naren Tamhane - a batsmen who was not an opener.
Apte dedicated the rest of his long career to playing for Bombay, for whom he scored 2070 runs.
He also has a place in the history of Indian cricket as he was instrumental in the selection of Sachin Tendulkar in the CCI team at the age of 14.
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Re: On This Day
by The Professor » Thu Oct 06, 2016 7:05 am
On this day in 1992 Derbyshire's Tom Milnes was born.
Milnes only affiliation with the England set-up was a solitary Under-19 appearance against Sri Lanka Under-19s in 2011. In the same year he made his first start for Warwickshire. He has been a bit part player since then.
In 2015 he joined Derbyshire on loan and, when he was dropped by Warwickshire at the end of the season, Derbyshire signed him full time. In the last year he played regularly for Derbyshire but also dropped into the 2nds occasionally.
Milnes only affiliation with the England set-up was a solitary Under-19 appearance against Sri Lanka Under-19s in 2011. In the same year he made his first start for Warwickshire. He has been a bit part player since then.
In 2015 he joined Derbyshire on loan and, when he was dropped by Warwickshire at the end of the season, Derbyshire signed him full time. In the last year he played regularly for Derbyshire but also dropped into the 2nds occasionally.
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Re: On This Day
by Dr Cricket » Thu Oct 06, 2016 4:11 pm
365notout wrote:On this day in 1997 one of the most promising young cricketers Rishabh Pant was born.
Plying his trade for the India Under-19 side and Delhi he has had a very impressive few formative years.
Having only made his first class debut in October of last year, he went on to score an 18-ball fifty, the fastest at Under-19 level. The U19 World Cup was a strong performance from here where he scored a fifty and a century and was also the captain of the side.
Pant has also shown his class in the IPL. His stand out performance was a scorching fifty that saw Delhi beat Gujarat in this year's edition.
A young man to watch.
he wasn't the captain of the under 19 india side was the kishan guy, the one that wasn't good enough to be in the team if he wasn't captain and really not sure why he was captain or even selected in the first place for india and then one of the ipl franchises.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/conte ... 20471.html
in memory that was one of the weakest India squad ever to an under 19 world cup and was surprising they made it easily to the final, was a poor tournament all round for talent.
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Re: On This Day
by The Professor » Fri Oct 07, 2016 7:09 am
On this day in 1964 Hanumant Singh nearly saved the last day of the 1st test between India and Australia with some brave rear guard action.
Singh started the day on 0 with his team 24/4 and held the day's action together as the rest of the lower order disintegrated.
The day started brightly as he and Vijay Manjrekar put together a stand of 93 however when Norm O'Neill got Manjrekar on 40 many Indian fans would have thought it would have been game over.
Nawab of Pataudi and Chandu Borde then both went in short order with only a further single run on the board.
Bapu Nadkarni then took some of the heat off of Singh with 30 runs out of a partnership of 38 but then fell to Neil Hawke.
The game ended with both Singh and Salim Durani going for three runs and Australia winning emphatically despite the middle order fight.
Singh started the day on 0 with his team 24/4 and held the day's action together as the rest of the lower order disintegrated.
The day started brightly as he and Vijay Manjrekar put together a stand of 93 however when Norm O'Neill got Manjrekar on 40 many Indian fans would have thought it would have been game over.
Nawab of Pataudi and Chandu Borde then both went in short order with only a further single run on the board.
Bapu Nadkarni then took some of the heat off of Singh with 30 runs out of a partnership of 38 but then fell to Neil Hawke.
The game ended with both Singh and Salim Durani going for three runs and Australia winning emphatically despite the middle order fight.
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Re: On This Day
by The Professor » Sat Oct 08, 2016 10:30 am
On this day in 1969, just as yesterday, India had a hard fought last day to turn the tide, this time against New Zealand.
The day began with Nawab of Pataudi jnr on 27 and Farokh Engineer on 2. The omens for the day seemed bad when Pataudi put on only one more run leaving India 102-8 with 174 runs still to get. Engineer had had most of the strike in the partnership and had motored to 19 but was out shortly after Pataudi. The last wicket partnership of Erapalli Prasanna and Bishan Bedi put on five more runs, all scored by Bedi, before the former was dismissed. It only took forty minutes of the final day to end proceedings. Vic Pollard had got two wickets in the day to make it five across the two innings.
New Zealand had won by 167 runs.
The day began with Nawab of Pataudi jnr on 27 and Farokh Engineer on 2. The omens for the day seemed bad when Pataudi put on only one more run leaving India 102-8 with 174 runs still to get. Engineer had had most of the strike in the partnership and had motored to 19 but was out shortly after Pataudi. The last wicket partnership of Erapalli Prasanna and Bishan Bedi put on five more runs, all scored by Bedi, before the former was dismissed. It only took forty minutes of the final day to end proceedings. Vic Pollard had got two wickets in the day to make it five across the two innings.
New Zealand had won by 167 runs.
"It has been said of the unseen army of the dead, on their everlasting march, that when they are passing a rural cricket ground the Englishman falls out of the ranks for a moment to look over the gate and smile."
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Re: On This Day
by The Professor » Sun Oct 09, 2016 10:48 am
On this day in 1987 Australia beat India by a single run in the World Cup.
Kapil Dev won the toss and elected to bowl.
Australia soon made them regret that decision with three back to back partnerships of fifty and above; the most impressive of which came from the openers David Boon and Geoff Marsh who got 110. Marsh and Boon put on 100 at almost 5 an over. After Boon was dismissed by Ravi Shastri one short of his half century, Marsh marched on and got 110 all on his own. Marsh, in 95-degree heat and high humidity, batted more than three hours and hit a six and seven fours in 141 balls.
By the end of the innings Australia had accrued 268. Sportingly Dev approached the umpires in the innings break to inform them that a ball adjudged a four had actually gone for six. Surely those extra two runs would not be important, right?
It certainly did not seem like it would when Sunil Gavaskar, Kris Srikkanth and Navjot Sidhu took them over the 200 mark for the loss of only two wickets. Craig McDermott, who had been carted around the ground earlier in the day, returned to completely gut the middle order, meaning India went from 207-3 to 246-6. Even after this India had four wickets in hand and needed just 24.
When the last over began, the requirement was 6, with the last man, Maninder Singh, taking strike. He managed two 2s but was then bowled by Steve Waugh. Australia had won by a run.
Kapil Dev won the toss and elected to bowl.
Australia soon made them regret that decision with three back to back partnerships of fifty and above; the most impressive of which came from the openers David Boon and Geoff Marsh who got 110. Marsh and Boon put on 100 at almost 5 an over. After Boon was dismissed by Ravi Shastri one short of his half century, Marsh marched on and got 110 all on his own. Marsh, in 95-degree heat and high humidity, batted more than three hours and hit a six and seven fours in 141 balls.
By the end of the innings Australia had accrued 268. Sportingly Dev approached the umpires in the innings break to inform them that a ball adjudged a four had actually gone for six. Surely those extra two runs would not be important, right?
It certainly did not seem like it would when Sunil Gavaskar, Kris Srikkanth and Navjot Sidhu took them over the 200 mark for the loss of only two wickets. Craig McDermott, who had been carted around the ground earlier in the day, returned to completely gut the middle order, meaning India went from 207-3 to 246-6. Even after this India had four wickets in hand and needed just 24.
When the last over began, the requirement was 6, with the last man, Maninder Singh, taking strike. He managed two 2s but was then bowled by Steve Waugh. Australia had won by a run.
"It has been said of the unseen army of the dead, on their everlasting march, that when they are passing a rural cricket ground the Englishman falls out of the ranks for a moment to look over the gate and smile."
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