Battle of the Ashes Moments

[fredfertang]

Benaud - though it was nothing to do with him really - apparently it was all Brian Close's fault

 

[Howe_zat]

Is it too late to change my vote? Because thinking about it, Benaud's match is the one that deserves the long-term prizes.

 

[Jarquis]

Wow, not tallied the votes yet but this seems to be a massive upset IMO.

Edit : Tied at 9-9, half hour to run

 

[Jarquis]

(31)Benaud's Match 9 vs 9 (8)Warne dropping Pietersen

 

[Burgey]

Benaud - though it was nothing to do with him really - apparently it was all Brian Close's fault

Thought you would point that out.

Massive injustices done to that bloke all through his career.

 

[Jarquis]

Battle #20

(70)"We'll get 'em in bloody singles"
5th Test: England v Australia at The Oval, Aug 11-13, 1902 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Chasing 263 to win, England wobbled to 48-5 before Gilbert "the Croucher" Jessop's maiden Test century dragged them to within sight of the Australian total. With Jessop back in the hutch, Dick Lilley's dismissal brought Wilfred Rhodes to the crease to join George Hirst with just one wicket in hand and 15 runs still required for victory.

It was then that Hirst uttered his oft-repeated line and, although the story appears to be apocryphal, the two knocked off the runs

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(65)Duncan Fletcher's Reaction to Ponting
4th Test: England v Australia at Nottingham, Aug 25-28, 2005 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

I smiled at Ricky Ponting. He didn't smile back. He was in a terrible temper for some reason. Quite why he was blaming me when his partner, Damien Martyn, had called him for a suicidal single to cover, I don't know. You know what's more? All the palaver caused me to burn my toast.

YouTube - Ricky Ponting 2005 Ashes Run Out

Battle #21

(18)Shane Warne to Andrew Strauss
2nd Test: England v Australia at Birmingham, Aug 4-7, 2005 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo
YouTube - Shane Warne Bold of Andrew Strauss

6.2 amazing delivery! pitched way outside the off stump and turning in sharply, Strauss looking to pad it away fails to make contact and the ball crashes into the stumps, Warne strikes in his first over! England one down 25/1

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(56)Shane Warne sledging Paul Collingwood
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ausveng/engine/match/249226.html

"And to think you got an MBE for getting seven."

 

[Howe_zat]

We've already had Ponting's run-out go through, so Hirst.

Warne's sledging Colly for the other. Getting Strauss out didn't help him much.

 

[four_or_six]

The toast thing for the first, funnier than the actual run-out for me.

And hmmm... Warney. Both great moments, will go for the MBE because it's one of those often-told stories. And Warney had a much better Ashes delivery in here somewhere.

 

[zaremba]

1. We'll get em in singles

2. Warne to.... meh....... abstain

 

[andyc]

Singles and Strauss.

 

[Furball]

Fletcher.

 

[Themer]

Hirst and Warne from my point of view.

 

[Spark]

Hirst and Warne from my point of view.

Which Warne/

 

[pasag]

That 1902 match rivals anything from 05. Should go far. Warne's sledge in the second one, although if it was Warne's 700th wicket where he got Strauss, I'd have gone for that.

 

[vcs]

We've already had Ponting's run-out go through, so Hirst.

Warne's sledging Colly for the other. Getting Strauss out didn't help him much.

This will do for me. Classic sledge.

 

[marc71178]

Toast and the ball that hawkeye claimed didn't happen.

 

[GIMH]

That 1902 match rivals anything from 05. Should go far. Warne's sledge in the second one, although if it was Warne's 700th wicket where he got Strauss, I'd have gone for that.

You were there for the 700th weren't you?

Hirst
The Strauss ball...incredible. Can't vote for the sledge as Colly scored seventeen runs in total to earn his MBE.

 

[morgieb]

"We'll get em in singles" and the Warne sledge.

 

[zaremba]

Can't vote for the sledge as Colly scored seventeen runs in total to earn his MBE.

Ironically 2 more runs than the 15 they got in singles in 1902

 

[fredfertang]

There were actually 9 singles - Rhodes snicked one to the boundary with 14 needed and at one point there was a 2, but one them was an overthrow