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The Inaugural CW "Worst Dismissal Ever" Competition
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BoyBrumby
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I know getting out on the last ball of a day is kinda Clarke's schtick, but has his dismissal by Harmy at the end of day 3 of the 2nd test in 2005 had a mention yet?
Strolls out of the crease and allows himself to be yorked by a slower ball that he tried to shovel through the leg side.
Decent nut, but given Oz were 7 down in the 4th innings and still facing a deficit of (IIRC) 99 it must score pretty well on the "match awareness" quotient.
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Strolls out of the crease and allows himself to be yorked by a slower ball that he tried to shovel through the leg side.
Decent nut, but given Oz were 7 down in the 4th innings and still facing a deficit of (IIRC) 99 it must score pretty well on the "match awareness" quotient.
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I don't think getting out at a bad time, early in your innings, to a pretty good ball is reason enough to be in this category itbt.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Its not even close imo. He was just outdone by good bowling. Wasn't premeditated or anything. He got a full ball and went to flick it through the legside and didn't realise it was the slower ball. Really don't think it fits the thread.
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Pre-dropping, Clarke used to seemingly deliberately hit dickloads of stuff at catchable height through covers etc. Much more unforgivable than the Harmison one.
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Satyanash89
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He was beaten by the loop. Good surprise slower ball, imo
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BoyBrumby
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Well, I wouldn't have been happy for an English player to have got out playing that shot with stumps beckoning given the match situation at the time, but whatevs.
I think the credit on that needs to go to Harmison. Was completely done over by a ball he didn't expect, adjusted to it late and tried to do the first thing that came into his mind given it was on leg stump before pitching and knocking into off/middle. Smart bowling and even better to execute it.
Amazingly I can't think of any NZ shots off the top of my head.
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Yeah exactly and people (you, Brumby****) too quickly forget that Harmi had delivered an absolutely brilliant over to lead up to that ball. Smacked Clarke's splice a few times with some 90mph+ nastiness immediately before that ball in what was a pretty intense atmosphere. Clarke was pretty rattled and after what came before it, I would have defied anyone not named Bradman to have thought a slower-ball was a possibility. Was an epic moment in the match and one of the few times you could say for sure that Harmi genuinely out-thought someone.
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wellAlbidarned
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Suresh Raina charging out of his crease like a meth addicted tiger, playing for non-existent turn and getting bowled by Jeetan Patel [/thread]
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Indeed.
BoyBrumby
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It was a nice bit of bowling from Harmy, but if Clarke's playing straight he's not yorked. & match situation, last ball of day, etc, etc...
Any road tho, it seems iniquitous to me that a lot of posters have jumped on Tait's dismissal at Trent Bridge (a #11, after all) and a proper batsman gets a free pass.
Any road tho, it seems iniquitous to me that a lot of posters have jumped on Tait's dismissal at Trent Bridge (a #11, after all) and a proper batsman gets a free pass.
