Battle of the Ashes Moments

[vcs]

Yeah that Lee-Flintoff moment was certainly a brilliant one. But I get the impression Warne is fairly well-loved even among English fans, so I can see quite a few voting for him. That moment kind of epitomized around a decade and a half of Ashes contests for me...

 

[zaremba]

That moment kind of epitomized around a decade and a half of Ashes contests for me...

It did for us too. That's the problem

 

[GotSpin]

It's going to be a great battle. My money's on Flintoff commiserating with Lee though because, while other contenders (eg Botham's 149* or Warne's Ball of the Century) might be to an extent divisive, both sets of supporters will vote for Flintoff/Lee - and rightly so. It's maybe my favourite moment in the whole of sport, and certainly my favourite photograph of all time (at least among those suitable for viewing on a family website).

I always though the picture of Kaspa down on one knee and Lee at the other end was way better

Kind of like this one

 

[zaremba]

Gotta say, Lee and Kasprowicz were utterly heroic in that innings. Such guts in the face of some horrible and sustained short-pitched bowling. It's not just that they got so close, it's that they went through so much in getting so close

What a Test that was

 

[pasag]

They were both at Edgbaston...

Yeah but only one of them really happened...

 

[Jarquis]

(52)Ian Botham's 5 for 1 2 vs 15 (5)Climax of Edgbaston 2005 - or something

 

[Jarquis]

Battle #16

(36)Nasser's Double
1st Test: England v Australia at Birmingham, Jun 5-8, 1997 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com
YouTube - Nasser Hussain 207 Runs 1997 1st Test Edgbaston

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(69)Trumper's 104
4th Test: England v Australia at Manchester, Jul 24-26, 1902 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

Trumper made a century before lunch in an innings where only 3 other batsmen scored more than 5

Battle #17

(50)Ian Botham hitting 22 in an over
1st Test: Australia v England at Brisbane, Nov 14-19, 1986 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com
YouTube - Ian Botham smashes Merv Hughes for 22 in an over! (Cricket)

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(15)Flintoff's Greatest Over
2nd Test: England v Australia at Birmingham, Aug 4-7, 2005 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

What an over this has been from Flintoff Two key wickets. Ponting for a duck. It does not get much better than this if you are an English bowler.

Freddie Flintoff's Greatest Over Video

 

[Jarquis]

Battle of the centuries + battle of the English allrounders.

 

[pasag]

Trumper's knock is one of the greatest of all time. If I could go back to one innings in history this would be it. Freddy in the other one.

 

[Howe_zat]

Ooh, nice.

Trumper and Flintoff.

Trumper because that kind of innings was just unheard of back then. The image of him dancing down the pitch must be the longest-lasting action shot in cricket history.

And Flintoff because of... just watch the video.

(As an aside, I won't vote for anything that happened in the 1990s. And by "happened" I mean "allegedly happened".)

 

[Burgey]

Trumper and Flintoff.

TBF Merv was cod ordinary at that stage of his career. Flintoff's over was a thing of wonder.

 

[Themer]

Trumper and Flintoff quite easily for me

 

[zaremba]

First battle: Abstain. Hussain's was one of the best innings I've ever seen, an absolutely beautiful knock. But I'm not going to vote against Trumper.

Second battle: Fred by a long way.

 

[four_or_six]

In the first, it's a personal thing, but Nasser. I was massively into cricket at that point, and loved Nasser.

For the second, Freddie.

 

[King Pietersen]

Great innings from Nasser, but I'd have to go with Trumper. Then for the 2nd one, it's Flintoff all the way. Epic over.

 

[marc71178]

Nasser and Freddie

 

[Howe_zat]

I notice this is the second time Freddie's owning Botham.

 

[GotSpin]

Trumper and Flintoff

 

[DragonPunk]

Trumper and as much as it pains me Freddie the fat bastard.

 

[vcs]

Trumper and Flintoff.