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[SillyCowCorner1]

Good find

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

This is awesome. SA back in ‘92. Massive wtf moment when given not out first ball off donald

 

[Burgey]

Probably been posted before, but a classic 1970 cricket doco, The Summer Game

https://youtu.be/exzLN7Nb1qk

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Shoaib Akhtar giving it all. The ball was reversing nuts

 

[Daemon]

love watching akhtar in these sort of spells. one of the more thrilling sights in cricket.

He really put everything he had into each delivery, you'd only see the exhaustion on his face once he got the wicket

 

[thecricketstory]

Kolpak deals after Brexit

Shortly after Brexit, the ECB advised the counties that Kolpak cricket deals will no longer be valid beyond the end of the 2020 season. So how will the end of Kolpak deals affect South African and English cricket?

 

[J_C]

 

[Starfighter]

Now that Vernon Philander's retired from internationals I thought we should celebrate his career by re-living its crowning moment.

 

[cnerd123]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...be-t20-met-test-cricket,-everyone-wore-shorts

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Fire in Babylon

100%

 

[johncarner]

haha, Bruce Reid a comical bat but was decent with the wood in indoor cricket.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Samuels' maiden ODI century:

A lot of familiar faces and voices in this match: Ricardo Powell, Carl Hooper, Srinath, Dravid keeping; the comm box: Sanju Manju, Rawvi Shastri, Danny Morrison.

And that red handkerchief that Steve Waugh gave to Samuels.

 

[Kirkut]

Whaaatt????

I was searching for this since ages. Wish they had the ball by ball version of this knock.

Some say it was his best ever knock ahead of Perth ton and some cracking ODI knocks.

 

[honestbharani]

For me, it will always be the Perth knock. Then the 150 odd in Sehwag's debut test match, and also his exploits in the 2010/11 RSA tests against a rampaging Steyn. Easily his best batting performances. Amazing thing is, it covers 1992, 2001 and 2010. Almost or actually across 3 different decades. Shows how good he was and for how long. Amazing.

 

[vcs]

'96 Cape Town in that partnership with Azhar was probably his best knock in terms of strokeplay vs. pace. Chennai '98 155* for spin.

 

[honestbharani]

'96 Cape Town in that partnership with Azhar was probably his best knock in terms of strokeplay vs. pace. Chennai '98 155* for spin.

I will rate his Chennai knock against Pak better than both quite easily and I would still rate the ones I mentioned better than his 99 Chennai knock vs Pak purely from a batsmanship perspective.

 

[vcs]

The 155 in SA was a great knock. His 2010-11 knocks against Steyn and co. were great in a different kind of way, more about solidity and defiance and some luck (which was probably the only way to survive peak Steyn) and less about dazzling strokeplay.

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah, 3 different features of his batting really. Hence I said batsmanship and not just strokeplay. I agree going by stroke play alone, my ranking will be:


1. Perth 1992
2. Bloemfontein (I think, not sure) 2001
3. Cape Town 1996
4. Chennai 1998

 

[Kirkut]

Yeah, 3 different features of his batting really. Hence I said batsmanship and not just strokeplay. I agree going by stroke play alone, my ranking will be:


1. Perth 1992
2. Bloemfontein (I think, not sure) 2001
3. Cape Town 1996
4. Chennai 1998

The only reason why I am not a big fan of the Perth ton was because of the bowling attack. With Merv Hughes in the side, the prejudiced/discriminatory side of me says that fat people don't bowl fast.

 

[quincywagstaff]

The only reason why I am not a big fan of the Perth ton was because of the bowling attack. With Merv Hughes in the side, the prejudiced/discriminatory side of me says that fat people don't bowl fast.

Pretty sure Perth 1992 is the last home Test that Australia didn't have a spinner in the bowling attack.