Molehill
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Aus won that because they finished higher in the Group Stage.
So if we apply that logic in 2019......checks notes.....
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Asterisked cricketing victories
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So if we apply that logic in 2019......checks notes.....
The only thing that makes that final an asterisk is the scoring of the overthrows as a 6 not a 5. That England won the tournament in a superover on boundary countback was all within the playing conditions of the game. It means the victory was by the tiniest of margins but it was still a victory. There are plenty of examples of other cricket matches that are tied or drawn which have tiebreakers or means of determining a winner.
RossTaylorsBox
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Santner ducked a wide.
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
Back to the original point, a couple of Tests where Pakistan visited England possibly deserve an asterisk. That England won the 2006 series '3-0' is slightly odd when they were struggling in the Final test. Thanks Darryl!!
And then of course Stuart Broad's finest batting hour probably gets an asterisk against it too in 2010.
And then of course Stuart Broad's finest batting hour probably gets an asterisk against it too in 2010.
More so than the Cronje-assisted test in 2000?
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True and the Broad - Trott record stand
Molehill
Cricketer Of The Year
It's a tough one to weigh up. England were 100-7, so it wasn't like Pakistan weren't trying to take wickets, they were just throwing in the odd no ball to order. I'm trying to remember at what point the story broke in the match (I remember being on holiday in France at the time), because once it did, Pakistan folded like a pack of cards.
subshakerz
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England beating Pakistan at the Oval 2006.
Starfighter
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Certainly was a hairy situation that one.
subshakerz
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Also Pakistan losing the test to WI in Guiyana in 1988, when the series was on the line. WI were 8 down and somehow made it against Imran, Wasim and Qadir. The umpire I believe later admitted that he was worried about being attacked by the crowd if he umpired differently.
subshakerz
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Nobody mentioned the Sydney test of Pakistan in 2009 yet. Pakistan were very generous.
GIMH
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It broke on the Saturday night. Think the game was pretty much done anyway but they collapsed in a heap on the Sunday.
Weren't there rumours already before then? I think Sky had already picked out and analysed some of the no-balls during the lunch break on Friday but I might be retrofitting the timeline of events to the things I've read and seen in the years since.
Obviously as it was a NotW story the release would've been ahead of the Sunday papers, so Saturday evening as said.
Nothing was ever uncovered to suggest that there was any wider match-fixing of that game and you'd imagine it wouldn't been. My personal, unsubstantiated speculation was that within the Pakistani time it became clear quite quickly that something fishy was going on and their morale feel through the floor, leading to the remarkable turnaround.
Also, just occasionally number 9s do score remarkable centuries and perhaps that this one example happened in this particular game was just a coincidence.
ankitj
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ankitj
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This thread is about victories. I don't know why you all keep bringing up 2019 world cup final.