Remember it well!
Such an under-rated great, and a true gentleman as well.
Yeah saw it in full too. Gotta say though in a match of that type you never really know who's putting what effort in.....pretty casual affair. Attapattu got a big ton from memory?
Chanderpaul. Princess of Wales Memorial Match: MCC v Rest of World XI
Ah, SA toured Eng that year, Attapattu got a ton in the Lords one dayer, thats what I mustve been thinking of.Chanderpaul. Princess of Wales Memorial Match: MCC v Rest of World XI
I'd wager McGrath was putting in a fair effort TBF from memory. He was chirping away n cursing after being hit for 4 as usual.
Probably. My memory of the SRI leg of that 98 summer is pretty vague outside of Murali spinning out ENG ATM.
Just about remember that.
Ye i remember him & Vijay Bhardwaj (spell check) coming to AUS 99/00 with alot of hype & they looked way short of international quality.
Pretty sure they played a tri series with SA and Eng for the one dayers, significant because it was the first one in england, and the first time they had used coloured clothing in england for one dayers, only about 20 years late!!! Though I recall SA playing 3 one dayers too vs Eng, I dunno, boring summer, struggling to remember!
This was awesome. India-Pak in the '90s was something else.
Those who think Tendulkar doesn't play fast bowling well should watch this.
I remember having seen that live. That was an age ago!
I saw that match. It was the Diana memorial exhibition ODI match. McGrath, Donald and Srinath were bowling to Tendulkar. All of them had pretty decent spells. None of them were mauled as badly as that 1-minute video clip (they cut and pasted a couple of boundaries) suggests. Both Donald and McGrath were actually hit by Aravinda De Silva. Donald's first spell (mainly to Tendulkar) was 6 overs and 17 runs and McGrath first spell was 6 overs and 21 runs, and Srinath's was 6 overs and 23 runs. The bowler that was massacred by Tendulkar in that match was Aamir Sohail whose 2 overs cost nearly 40 runs. Kumble was also spanked by Tendulkar in that match. The contest became meaningless after Aamir Sohail's 2 overs. I am certain there should be far better examples to show Tendulkar's capability against great pace attacks than this exhibition ODI match!
So true. I think that Tendulkar is probably the best player of pace in sub-continent at the moment (well, I will put him on par with Dravid). I too believe that some other knocks of Tendy can be a better example of him against pace.
