Battle of the Test Matches II

[morgieb]

Bodyline wins a lower scoring battle, winning 5 out of the 9 votes cast.

A juicy and interesting battle up now.

3rd Test: England v India at The Oval, Aug 19-24, 1971 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

3rd Test: India v Australia at Chennai, Mar 18-22, 2001 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

1st Test: Australia v Pakistan at Colombo (PSS), Oct 3-7, 2002 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[BoyBrumby]

Chennai, for me.

 

[Teja.]

While Colombo and The Oval each had a bowling performance for the gods (Shoaib and Chandra), Chennai was one the best overall games ever. 1300+ runs, 38 wickets, a double century, a 15-fer and a Tendulkar ton to boot.

 

[ankitj]

Chennai. Remember watching it nervously in college canteen when India had to get some 15 odd runs with 3 wickets in hand. One of the great memories.

 

[ankitj]

Best friends sharing MoS trophy after the Chennai test...

 

[Satyanash89]

Chennai... Saw it live... get goosebumps just thinking about that day. I guess its kinda underrated because it came on the back of probably the best test ever.
So many great moments in that match, but Mark Waugh's catch to get rid of VVS is something ill always remember.

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Chennai

 

[GIMH]

Chennai

 

[morgieb]

UPDATE: Chennai 6, Colombo 0, The Oval 0.

Surprised it's this lopsided.

 

[Jono]

Am I missing something? Racking my brain hard to figure out why Cape Town 2006 was nominated. Can't remember the test super well other than Stuart Clark dominating on debut. Looking at the scorecard isn't giving me anything.

 

[morgieb]

Am I missing something? Racking my brain hard to figure out why Cape Town 2006 was nominated. Can't remember the test super well other than Stuart Clark dominating on debut. Looking at the scorecard isn't giving me anything.

Yeah I dunno - vcs nominated it - maybe he was confusing it with Joburg that series?

 

[Daemon]

Everyone that doesn't know cricket history and every Indian fan will vote Mohali.

Everyone else vote for The Oval.

Some people actually enjoy watching cricket y'know.

 

[morgieb]

Yeah we've seen enough here. Chennai wins in a walk.

Another battle that looks a forgone conclusion....

1st Test: Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, Dec 9-14, 1960 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

3rd Test: West Indies v England at St John's, Feb 15-19, 2009 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

3rd Test: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 3-7, 2010 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Edit: morgieb's a faster typer.

Tied Test, dur.

 

[Jono]

Tied test for me

 

[ankitj]

Tied test of Brisbane.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Yeah, Brisbane for me too, please.

Posterity's a bitch to Meckiff, isn't she? Poor fella's best remembered for being called for chucking and for being run out to tie a test.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Tied test

 

[morgieb]

Should I just call it now or wait until the 10 vote mark is reached?

 

[Satyanash89]

Tied Test... no contest really... lets just move on to the next battle