First Test Ton You Saw Live

[Goughy]

Inspired by this post

CMJ the first cricket related death to really hit me actually.

Although the person who made the first test century I ever saw live has been dead a long while.

What was the first Test century you saw live at the ground?

As a callow and impressionable young cricketer, mine was Gooch's 154* at Headingley in 91

1st Test: England v West Indies at Leeds, Jun 6-10, 1991 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[vic_orthdox]

I'm actually trying to think of the first Test match that I went to. The first ODI I can pretty clearly; Aus vs Aus A, the second final at the MCG.

 

[Goughy]

I'm actually trying to think of the first Test match that I went to. The first ODI I can pretty clearly; Aus vs Aus A, the second final at the MCG.

Hmm, that is an ODI?

 

[vic_orthdox]

I think it might've been Langer in the 2002/03 series against England at the MCG.

 

[Prince EWS]

Hmm, that is an ODI?

Haha no it's not.

 

[Goughy]

Haha no it's not.

Is that the triangular series where Aus A eliminated England and it was kind of a farce because of England's failure?

 

[marc71178]

Alec Stewart at OT vs SL in 2002, although IIRC most of the crowd were in the car park watching the football at the time he reached 3 figures.

 

[Jarquis]

1st Test: England v India at Lord's, Jul 21-25, 2011 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo
Matty Prior

 

[Goughy]

1st Test: England v India at Lord's, Jul 21-25, 2011 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo
Matty Prior

Until checking that scorecard, I'd never had guessed that Morgan has played 16 Tests

 

[vic_orthdox]

Is that the triangular series where Aus A eliminated England and it was kind of a farce because of England's failure?

Yeah, third team in the triangular was Zimbos, so they included Aus A.

Hence, no longer a triangular.

 

[Spikey]

i feel like I saw one earlier than Gilchrist in the Waugh test (i did not go the day Waugh tonned up), but I feel like there's no way I went to SA or WI or anything before that, so it probably is Gilchrist.

Adam Gilchrist 133 Runs 2003 5th Test SCG - YouTube

 

[Pothas]

As mentioned in the other thread it was Mr Cronje

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63807.html

 

[Jarquis]

Flintoff's first wicket is Kallis snicking off. First dismissal is snicking off to Kallis. Pretty cool.

 

[ankitj]

Sehwag's double hundred against Pakistan in Bangalore in 2005 - 3rd Test: India v Pakistan at Bangalore, Mar 24-28, 2005 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo.

 

[Goughy]

Sehwag's double hundred against Pakistan in Bangalore in 2005 - 3rd Test: India v Pakistan at Bangalore, Mar 24-28, 2005 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo.

Damn, with the exception of Collingwood in Adelaide. How often is a double ton on the losing side? That must have been painful!

 

[Pothas]

Flintoff's first wicket is Kallis snicking off. First dismissal is snicking off to Kallis. Pretty cool.

Yeah, not that I have any recollection of Kallis from that game, had no idea who he was at the time.

Was a really good test though, great series in fact.

 

[ankitj]

Damn, with the exception of Collingwood in Adelaide. How often is a double ton on the losing side? That must have been painful!

Very. By lunch on the 5th day India had lost only one wicket. One of the worst receding into the shell from Tendulkar in that innings. They kept falling one after the other. With that loss India had to contend with 1-1 series result.

 

[Daemon]

Haven't been to an international match before

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Not sure what the rules are here. The first man I saw raise his bat for a century was Desmond Haynes at Lords in 1980 - but he was 90 odd not out from the previous day when I wasn't there.

 

[Goughy]

Not sure what the rules are here. The first man I saw raise his bat for a century was Desmond Haynes at Lords in 1980 - but he was 90 odd not out from the previous day when I wasn't there.

Actually, my memory fails me and embarrasses me. I just checked and the hundred I called, I didn't see Gooch's raise his bat. I saw until the end of the third day when he was 80 odd not out.