GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
All asterisked tbf
99 tied semi (@TheJediBrah rules therefore render this invalid)
03 forfeits galore
07 DL final
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20 Greatest ODIs (by ESPNCricinfo)
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99 tied semi (@TheJediBrah rules therefore render this invalid)
03 forfeits galore
07 DL final
Molehill
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Valid points, you can add in Gilchrist blatantly cheating in the '07 Final too.
honestbharani
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The Celkon Cup Classic, I am sure.
I think they included the last one as a political statement - the context of the series was that it was the first India / Pakistan bilateral cricket since the Kargil war, and no one knew how tense it would be. The reality turned out there was huge warmth between the two sides and the crowds.
Yes, but for the other cricketing countries has very little relevance as we are less interested in the fact that those two countries keep falling out and then stop playing each other for years at a time.
I do appreciate that India and Pakistan probably constitute about 95% of all the cricket fans in the world and that if the list is trying to appeal to those demographics then so be it. There's also probably an effort to make run of the mill ODIs more relevant by not just focusing on matches in the major competitions. It is definitely not, however, a list of the greatest ODIs of all time.
TheJediBrah
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*Gilchrist cheated using squash-ball in glove + Sri Lanka had to bat in pitch darkness
Given the Brits are responsible for all of this…
wpdavid
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Clearly untrue that no-one saw it.
The World Cup classic no one saw
Few witnessed Kapil Dev's demolition of Zimbabwe in 1983, but that only added to the magic of the now storied inningswww.thecricketmonthly.com
Best bit imo is at 10.05 when the real Kapil Dev catches the ball in the crowd.
honestbharani
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****ing love that movie, exaggeration and all...
wpdavid
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Accompanied by a picture of Miandad celebrating at the end of a match against New Zealand. fwiw I reckon it's the 1992 WC semi-final.
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Molehill
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At number 8 we have the 1995 semi between Windies and Australia. McGrath and Warne bowling them to a very unlikely victory.
A decent match, but Top 20 of all time? I have rather more recollection of the other semi....
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A decent match, but Top 20 of all time? I have rather more recollection of the other semi....
IND vs SL Cricket Scorecard, 1st Semi-Final at Kolkata, March 13, 1996
Live Cricket Scoreboard: Get India vs Sri Lanka 1st Semi-Final, cricket scorecard, Wills World Cup 1995/96 dated March 13, 1996.
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- At the fall of the 8th Indian wicket, sections of the crowd vented their disgust with the state of the match by setting fire to some areas of the stands and throwing fruit and waterbottles onto the field. The match was briefly stopped and when play was about to resume, the crowd again threw bottles at the deep fielders. The match referee stopped the game and the game was awarded to Sri Lanka by default.
Burgey
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That's freaking gold
Nintendo
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Wait whats the reasoning for this being #8 in the article? The Australia windies semi from that same tournament seems like a better game? If your gonna go with the SL winning the WC as underdog's angle, I feel like the final vs AUS would be a better story, no?At number 8 we have the 1995 semi between Windies and Australia. McGrath and Warne bowling them to a very unlikely victory.
A decent match, but Top 20 of all time? I have rather more recollection of the other semi....
IND vs SL Cricket Scorecard, 1st Semi-Final at Kolkata, March 13, 1996
Live Cricket Scoreboard: Get India vs Sri Lanka 1st Semi-Final, cricket scorecard, Wills World Cup 1995/96 dated March 13, 1996.
- At the fall of the 8th Indian wicket, sections of the crowd vented their disgust with the state of the match by setting fire to some areas of the stands and throwing fruit and waterbottles onto the field. The match was briefly stopped and when play was about to resume, the crowd again threw bottles at the deep fielders. The match referee stopped the game and the game was awarded to Sri Lanka by default.
Molehill
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The Aus/Windies semi is Number 8, sorry didn't make myself clear. I just pointed out that the other semi has stuck in my mind rather longer.....although not exactly for cricketing reasons.
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LMAO at the dude who questioned why Ind/Zim in 1983 made it because it was minnow bashing. It was a group stage match at a point where both India and Australia had a 2-2 record with both teams having to face each other and Zimbabwe as their remaining opponents. Australia had beaten India 320 to 158 by 162 runs in their first match so the possibility of India winning the second leg later was seen as slim. Australia also had superior NRR. So any hope of India remaining in the world cup rested at the time on winning this match.
The first 5 batsman made 0,0,1,5 and 9 respectively. The organisers of the match by now were getting worried, afraid that the match would be a fiasco and over by lunchtime. They mentioned their fears to Dave Ellman-Brown (manager of the Zim team) who cautiously advised them that things could still change. The BBC, anticipating a startling Zimbabwean victory, phoned him as well, intending to come over and do an interview. Kapil entered at 17/5. Kapil then batted till the end of the innings of 60 overs with his 3 other partners scoring 22 (48), 17 (39), 24 (56) to get to 264/5. The chase had Kevin Curran try to pull off a similar heist coming in at 103-5 and batting with the tail till Zimbabwe were within 30~ runs with overs to spare until getting out at 235/9 with 73 (93). Classic competitive high stakes game with one of the best ODI innings of all time, come on.
Quoting the Widen match report from the World Cup:
"A remarkable match contained one of the most spectacular innings played in this form of cricket. India, who had chosen to bat on a pitch from which the ball moved a lot, were 9 for four - soon to be 17 for five - when their captain, Kapil Dev, came in. No-one could foresee then that a week later India would be winning the whole tournament; indeed, qualification for the semi-final was in grave doubt. With Binny and Madan Lal, Kapil Dev took the score to 140 for eight and by then was in full flow. Kirmani provided sensible support in an unbroken ninth-wicket stand of 126 in sixteen overs while Kapil Dev, with six 6s and sixteen 4s in all, reached 175, beating the previous highest for the tournament. Glenn Turner's 170 for New Zealand against East Africa at Edgbaston in 1975. The match was still not firmly in India's hands, for Curran, who with Rawson had been responsible for India's early disasters, played a dashing innings of 73, and it was not until he was ninth out at 230 in the 56th over that India were safe."
The first 5 batsman made 0,0,1,5 and 9 respectively. The organisers of the match by now were getting worried, afraid that the match would be a fiasco and over by lunchtime. They mentioned their fears to Dave Ellman-Brown (manager of the Zim team) who cautiously advised them that things could still change. The BBC, anticipating a startling Zimbabwean victory, phoned him as well, intending to come over and do an interview. Kapil entered at 17/5. Kapil then batted till the end of the innings of 60 overs with his 3 other partners scoring 22 (48), 17 (39), 24 (56) to get to 264/5. The chase had Kevin Curran try to pull off a similar heist coming in at 103-5 and batting with the tail till Zimbabwe were within 30~ runs with overs to spare until getting out at 235/9 with 73 (93). Classic competitive high stakes game with one of the best ODI innings of all time, come on.
Quoting the Widen match report from the World Cup:
"A remarkable match contained one of the most spectacular innings played in this form of cricket. India, who had chosen to bat on a pitch from which the ball moved a lot, were 9 for four - soon to be 17 for five - when their captain, Kapil Dev, came in. No-one could foresee then that a week later India would be winning the whole tournament; indeed, qualification for the semi-final was in grave doubt. With Binny and Madan Lal, Kapil Dev took the score to 140 for eight and by then was in full flow. Kirmani provided sensible support in an unbroken ninth-wicket stand of 126 in sixteen overs while Kapil Dev, with six 6s and sixteen 4s in all, reached 175, beating the previous highest for the tournament. Glenn Turner's 170 for New Zealand against East Africa at Edgbaston in 1975. The match was still not firmly in India's hands, for Curran, who with Rawson had been responsible for India's early disasters, played a dashing innings of 73, and it was not until he was ninth out at 230 in the 56th over that India were safe."
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