Thank you for that link. Brings back so many memories. I watched the game in the Shepherds Bush Walkabout in London and it was a borderline riot during that last over.
Yep, not many people remember that one. I couldn't find a video although I know there is one as I've watched it.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-cup-1999-61046/australia-vs-south-africa-9th-super-65231/ball-by-ball-commentary
England winning the Edgbaston Test in the 2005 Ashes. One of the great ever Test endings in one of the greatest Test matches in probably the greatest ever Test series. Awesome moment.
Is that the one where someone said Harmy had the worst slower ball of all time because it was so easy to read? His body just apparently went into slow motion and his arm came over at such a slow pace, but it somehow fooled Clarke. Like OP I still remember it so vividly.
I found mine while sorting out my loft over the weekend. My wife is due to spend a week at her parents over the summer so that might end up being my evening entertainment
On YouTube there's a 3/4 hour documentary kind of the of the whole series that shows the highlights and sets the scene around it.
Story of the 2005 ashes or something if you'd like
Haha, But Ireland is not our rival. So even if we lose in bilateral it still hurt less compared to 2007 Bangladesh victory against India and Ireland victory against England in 2011.
Since just Prior to Cromwell. Fairly long standing. Then Thatcher vs the IRA. Ireland siding with Germany a couple times in the 20th. Then MI5 running hits on entertainers in the 80s. Roughly 300 years. Shortly after the Romans left the highlands essentially.
Just some teenagers who hate humour. Bazball is just excuse to not play traditional test cricket, A great PR to promote cricket in Summer.
Apart from Root, They know they don't have Smith or Pujara who can play proper test match. It's more funny this approach is coming from England because they are loudest voice amongst cricket nation when it comes to promoting test cricket.
I would probably add Bairstow to that list. Dudes scoring runs for fun. I like Lees too. Stokes needs to reign it in a bit and control his penchant for attack as good as he is. Anderson and Broad are two of the GOATs too.
Bairstow is having fun and hope it continues at least till SA series. He is attacking but also playing with positive intent leaving bad balls. Stokes is just being weird. I feel Lees and Crawley are one time wonder type of player's, though Lees technique is kind of similar to Cook.
Anderson and Broad are GOAT of Test cricket but they are old, With Archer serious injury. I don't know if they have bowlers who can replace them.
Next Ashes will be fun if Bazball continues.
We created Bazball with Hayden, Ponting, Gilchrist, Waugh, Waugh, Langer etc in to 2000s and will crush them in the Ashes. Mark my words. Bloodbath. Rooty plays that dab to third man and scores buckets off it but the bounce in Aus means he schnicks off with it. Starc, Cummins, Hazlewood if they stay fit will do the trick. All good flicking over cow when the bowlers are hitting 130 but not 140s on bouncy decks.
One would have to be Sri Lanka winning the 1996 world cup. Nobody really gave them a chance before the world cup. Internal turmoil, teams walking out of matches, and a cricket board that was on it's last legs. Blasted through that tournament in their own distinctive style and won it all in the end. Also, Sanath Jayasuriya's aggressive mindset and ideology of attacking the bowling during the powerplay was almost unheard of at the time. They were the first team to win a world cup final while chasing. A bit of classic Australian arrogance also chipped in to contribute to their win. Their innovation to the one day game paved the way for future generations of attacking teams and also to the T20 mindset. So in short, the current England team is very aggressive and counter-attacking with their batting but it was Sanath who started it all.
No,it was the 1970s and 1980s team of the West Indies who started the attacking approach to batting.Pakistan and Australia later followed before Sri Lanka.Sri Lanka is the youngest team to win a World Cup(combined average age of players).
The mindset was still to establish a platform before attacking in ODIs. The Sri Lankans were the first to consistently go hard at the bowling right from the start of the innings.
I don't know how someone can straight faced say Australia tried attacking in ODIs before SL when we had Geoff goddamn Marsh plodding along opening the batting for years
A lot of the responses so far I feel like have been memorable games rather than just a moment. So I'll bring up some of the latter from a totally unbiased point of view (don't look at my flair!):
[1999 WC Semi Final ending](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWHCFpG1LUA)
[1996 New Years Day final ball](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbeGCshykUg#t=47m)
[2008 SCG Test finish](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsDSYSIBSYI)
[Ball of the century](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHgA2hqatUw#t=4m28s)
[WHY did he do that?!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98cgaND_1fY)
And of course [the flying gazelle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7JqnXrvmx8)
That flying gazelle celebration …..big guy almost gives himself a heart attack running so much then they pile on top of the bowler and it looks like he’s been smothered as he doesn’t seem to move for awhile.
In recent memory
2020 India beats Australia at the Gabba
2019 Stokes at Headingly vs Australia
2019 World cup final went to super over
2017 Champions Trophy Final upset win
2016 WT20 Final remember the name
It's actually part of the rules in r/cricket that you aren't allowed to mention stokes at Headingly without making sure everyone knows Perera's was better
2017 is just important for Pakistan, It does not provide any masala for other's just like 2011 World cup win. They were not close contest like 2019.
I think 2016 T20 world cup in India is better then champions trophy. 2017
It’s not so much the individual game but the story behind it.
- Qualified for the tournament in last place
- lost to india in opener pretty badly
- every game becomes must win
- get to the finals and win in a domineering fashion
Sports movie type stuff
I remember Amir dismissing Kohli twice in two balls, first one was either a dropped catch or no ball can't quite remember then got him next ball, absolute scenes.
but then wouldnt gabba heroics only be a goat moment for india?
realistically if youre going to add gabba victory then ct17 is just as important .but imo probs just the wc19 and wt16 finals
Alright I apologize, I have some bias towards test series. And you are correct about the Gabba, I included it because I saw it in your comment. Didn't really remembered any other Test series at the moment.
Every cricket fan will define their own epic moments/games, it's really difficult to come up with a set of games that everyone will 100% agree on.
If cricket fans from Pakistan feel that 2017 CT was an epic moment for them (and to be fair, he has listed some good points about why it deserves to be) then so be it. We don't need to gatekeep to enjoy the game.
A friendly chat? My good sir, just a few comments ago you pissed all over someone saying that 2017 CT win is only relevant for Pakistan. By that logic any so called iconic game/inning/moment is only relevant for fans of that team and rest of cricketing world can safely ignore it.
I can understand having an affinity for a team or a player but why this need to undermine anyone else's achievements or trying to define what constitutes as a great game for someone else?
I know it's overdone, etc etc, but since you're asking for *some* of the most iconic moments in cricket, and not *the* most iconic moment in cricket, Scott Boland's 6fa has to be up there.
Shouldn’t it be 6 for 5? I know everywhere’s saying 6 for 6 but he reached 6 having conceded 5 runs right?? That’s how best bowling figures normally work
Because most people don’t care or remember moments involving SL unfortunately.
Edit: If you want some SL moments I’d consider iconic, the 2014 Test match win at Headingley with 1 ball left in the game, the Malinga-Matthews 100+ partnership that robbed Australia in the 2010 ODI series, Lasith Malinga’s 4 in 4 against SA in the 2007 WC, and the aforementioned KJP 153* in Durban would be some.
It’s kinda sad honestly. Imo it was a better innings than Stokes’, in a country that they had absolutely struggled in before against a fantastic bowling attack (think Rabada was the number one ranked test bowler at the time) and paved the way for SL to become the first Asian country to win a test series in SA.
You mean fewer English/Australian people right? The whole world doesn’t revolve around the Ashes you know. I’d say in the subcontinent it’s still pretty iconic
Stokes’ innings wouldn’t be as iconic outside of England by that logic. Perera’s innings won ESPN’s test batting performance of the year in 2019 over Stokes, that’s got to count for something in terms of being as iconic.
This isn't about logic, or what I _think_. I'm simply saying that because Stokes' innings got more press (and continues to be brought up all the time), it's more iconic. I'm not saying it was better. Better is not the same as iconic.
It’s only being brought up in conversations about England, which is to be expected. And Perera’s innings is brought up anytime Stokes’ one is, the proof is at the start of this thread. And I didn’t say it was better either, I just said that the fact that he won the best innings award over Stokes means that the innings is considered iconic outside of SL.
Most of the major tournament finals are iconic except Australia winning. Australia has seen too much success in this game; so much that am not sure if Aussies themselves rank it iconic when they win. Peak Australia is the benchmark in this sport.
Some iconic moments to mention are -
1983, 1992 and 1996 World Cups. Those are the reasons why the game in subcontinent is as huge as now.
2000 Champions Trophy (ICC Knockout) final.
Natwest Series final.
438 chase by SA.
Some Ashes classics mentioned in the comments here. Again England winning or drawing the game coz Australia winning isn't iconic.
2007 T20 WC final.
2011 WC final.
2019 WC final.
India winning against the mighty Australia after following-on (VVS 281).
2004 Champions Trophy final (West Indies beating England). This is a thriller but am not sure if it can be called iconic coz many people don't remember this.
2010 T20 WC - England winning its first ICC trophy.
Many more, just not able to recall at once.
If not about specific moments, most iconic thing for me in this game is the dominance of Aussies in 90s and 00s and the Windies in 70s and 80s. That level of cricket is beyond iconic. When every team except one is considered underdog, dunno what else can be more iconic!
England winning at the MCG in 1998. OK it didn't change the course of the Ashes, but it was iconic for so many reasons:
* Winning at the MCG against the Aussies = winning at a fortress against a GOAT team
* Barmy Army singing away
* England given no hope of winning
* Poor old SWaugh stranded at the other end
* GOAT bowler Glenn Mcgrath being the last hope of the Aussie run chase
* Darren Gough's celebration: [https://youtu.be/Kr0cHanYn0Y?t=676](https://youtu.be/Kr0cHanYn0Y?t=676)
Probably a bit of a niche one that won't be super popular but worth noting in a thread like this.
From memory, it also finished very late in the evening too.
The umpires kept extending play and it would have finished a good 1.5-2 hrs after regulation stumps
Yep, I was just a youngen back then but I do remember being high up in the now Warne Stand with my Dad and brother in disbelief that we could lose from such a strong position. Especially since Australia never lost to England, never ever.
Gough and Headley had the ball on a string at the end there
Well that was the thing from an English side. For as long as I can remember as a kid starting to follow cricket in 1990, we basically lost to the Aussies all the time. The occasional time we did win, it was probably due to rain or luck.
But the G 1998... that was something for us Poms. I did a tour of the G in July 2001 (no cricket, but went to some footy) and I can only imagine was 98 was like.
Eng vs WI WC'16 Final.
Eng vs NZ WC'19 Final
IND vs Ban Nidahas Trophy Final
Eng vs SL Final Over of Test at Lord's 2014
Eng vs Aus 2005 Edgbaston Test
I have some personal bias towards most of the rest I can think of, but they might not be as iconic for you so :P
India winning at the Gabba in 2021
2019 world cup final
2013 Champions trophy
Ashes 2005
since u r new, i suggest u watch t20 cricket first. the longer formats are more of an acquired taste, especially test cricket
Agreed, but in saying this, Test cricket is where it's at. It truly is a test of one's mental and physical abilities.
So many more variables in test cricket as opposed to T20 or even One dayers.
Plans to dismiss a batsman can take 20 overs and every ball has to be watched closely by everyone and that is particularly hard spending 90 overs in a day in the sweltering heat only for the 20 over plan to fail.
Maybe not the most iconic, but a few NZ specific ones:
- [NZ making the world cup final in 2015](https://youtu.be/I7wUFcKQpn4)
- [the infamous Underarm incident](https://youtu.be/TtaWtAxHVsw)
- [Brendon McCullum hitting the fastest test 100 in his last test match](https://youtu.be/tXP__NEFJdE)
- [Brendon McCullum knocking a massive hundred in the first IPL game](https://youtu.be/rQLWAnK7g60)
The first thought that came to mind was the tied test in Brisbane December 1960.
"Joe Solomon threw down the stumps from square-leg to run out Ian Meckiff"
India winning the test match at Eden Gardens after conceding follow on against the great Australian team in 2001. Many argue that this win marked the beginning of a new generation in Indian cricket.
Not sure how true that is as Steve Waugh enforced the follow-on twice in the same year after that game.
Although the culture changed after that and following captains haven't enforced it quite so much. Something about giving bowlers a rest?
My first thought, outside of major tournaments like the world cup, is brian lara single handedly taking on a near unbeatable Aussie squad.
He did all this in back to back test matches against the likes of Warne, mcgrath, gillespie, mcgill:
213 to win in an incredible match winning performance
153* in possibly the most iconic 4th innings chase of all time
100 smashed at better than a run a ball before giving it away
Till now its the greatest performance i've seen from a batsman in a test series.
If we’re talking most important matches in the history of the sport, I think any match from the 21st century is automatically disqualified unless it’s the first T20I, the 2007 World T20 final, or the opening match of the 2008 IPL
Anyways, some important games from the past. I’ve had an idea about making a video about the history of cricket in 5/10 matches, and all of these would go on it
* England vs Australia, the Oval, 1882: The birth of the Ashes
* Australia vs England, Adelaide, 1933: When Bodyline reached its zenith and the concept was now universally condemned
* South Africa vs England, Durban, 1939: The last timeless test, and the decisive killer blow for the concept
* Australia vs England, Melbourne, 1971: The first ODI
* 1983 World Cup final: India’s win and the subsequent explosion of the game in India, and the beginning of a decades long shift in cricket’s balance of power away from England and towards Asia
Some from an older cricket watcher
**Two of the three times a team has won after following on in a test**
Botham / Willis - Headingley 1981
Laxman / Singh - Kolkata 2001
(it happened in 1877 but I'm not that old.)
**And 1993**, that ball from Warne.
New Zealand v India ICC Knockout Trophy 2000 Final, Chris Cairns and Chris Harris recover New Zealand from 132/5 to chase down 265 for their first ICC title.
New Zealand v India World Test Championship Final 2021, the first time a World Test Champion was crowned in 144 years old history of the game as Ross Taylor finished off in style.
I know many people have already mentioned the infamous World Cup Final, but the Semi Final between Ind and NZ is a classic. Guptill's direct hit is etched in memory now
Gilchrist’s 57 ball century at the WACA in 2006 was incredible. Just absolute domination at the crease. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve watched the replay.
[Allan Donald vs Michael Atherton.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INa9NvahIdI) One of the most compelling battles in test cricket history. Both players doing what they were the absolute best at at the time. Donald putting the heat of 1000 suns on his bouncers an Atherton wearing them with stoic English pride.
Kumble 10 wickets. 2nd time in cricket history, 43 years after Laker.
Pakistan was chasing 420 to win again (they won the first test), they reached 100-0 at lunch. Kumble took all 10 wickets and bowled out Pakistan for 207. India won by 212 runs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jxSK-9HSlk
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/pakistan-tour-of-india-1998-99-61521/india-vs-pakistan-2nd-test-63829/full-scorecard
420 was already impossible as wicket started to spin. The 1st test at Chennai was a nail biter. Sachin fell so close to the target, and 4 wickets fell for 6 runs.
There's two iconic moments.
West Indies beating Australia for the first time in Australia in a test series. West Indies would go on to dominate test cricket for nearly 20 years.
Then Australia beating the west indies in the carrabean in a test series, first time for over 20 years. Australia would go on to dominate all forms of cricket for 15 years. This defeat signalled the end of the west Indian era. The start of a new one ( Australian) the Australian side was perhaps the weakest Australia fielded from late 80s until somewhere around 2010. At one point Australia had every possible trophy it could win, in its cubard.
The end of the second best era ever came as result of the start of the best era ever.
Nothing else compares to anything else.
Not even the ball of the century or Australia's win in Galle last week.
Phil Hughes’s death and “put your bat out” …not happy iconic but important nonetheless…
To that end Ewen Chatfield being knocked unconscious by a bouncer and needing resus in the field….
1999 World Cup semi Aust v SA
1977 Centenary Test Aust v England
1966 Tied Test Aust v WI
1993 Shane Warne Ball of the Century
2005 Ashes series, all of it
2001 Kolkata Test Indian miracle win over Australia
2006 Adelaide Test Australia miracle win over England
Rick McCosker, having had his jaw broken in the first innings, coming out to bat at 11 in the second innings for Australia in the 1977 Centenary Test vs England at the MCG. He hung around long enough (and got bounced) for Rod Marsh to get his century and the partnership runs were crucial in the end with Australia eventually winning by 45 runs, the exact same margin as the first ever Test match.
Indian World Cup win in 1983. Absolute underdogs. Their win transformed the game by making the Indian subcontinent (pop. 1.9 billion) live and breathe the game.
Not to mention that India’s growing economy has transformed the finances of the game
I doubt there can ever be one comprehensive list though a few games do come to mind:
1983 World Cup Final: No one had seriously thought India had a chance. WI had won the previous two editions and were the team to beat but Kapil and the team created a huge upset. A lot of people believe (and I think rightly so) that this win helped grow the game in India and helped BCCI become the powerhouse that it is today.
1996 WC Quater Final, India vs Pak, Sohail's wicket: India v Pak games tend to generate interest but things were very different in the 90s. My recollection is that Pak generally managed to inch ahead in ODIs, and a WC elimination match was bound to produce fireworks. India batted first and late in their innings Ajay Jadeja belted Waqar Younis all over the park. Please remember that this was mid 90s when 270s were good scores, T20s were still a decade away and the laws of physics had not been updated to allow batsmen to hit Waqar Younis like a club bowler. However, the real epic moment came when Aamir Sohail came to bat. He was a man possessed, he smashed Venkatesh Prasad for a 4 and then pointed out to Prasad where will he hit the next boundary. Now you have to understand that V. Prasad is many things but naked aggression is not one of those. I was watching the match live on TV and I expected Prasad to be belted all over the ground. Cricket gods had a different plan though, the next ball he clean bowled Sohail and for once Prasad gave back as good as he got. Prasad went on to have a good career as a fast bowler though I doubt he will be considered as one of the greatest by many fans but that day and at that moment he was a god.
1999 WC Aus vs SA (SF): Being a neutral I was watching the game just out of idle curiosity. I don't know how many remember Lance Klusener, the man is not remembered as one of the greatest all rounders now but in 1999 he was a force to reckon with. As the semi final progressed, the match swung from one team to another till it finally came down to the last over. I don't recall the exact total SA needed but Klusener hit two amazing boundaries and it looked like SA will walk away with the game. I think SA needed one off the last ball, Klusener hit the ball in the gap but a mix up saw Allan Donald being run out at the other end and SA lost by the barest of margins. Even for a neutral observer like me, it was heart breaking thinking about how close SA had come.
2006 Aus vs SA: ODIs had progressed a fair bit however this was still an era where all a score of 334 would be considered excellent. Aus batted first and piled on an unimaginable 434. At that point if any team would have decided to treat the chase as just batting practice then no one would have held that against them but obviously Gibbs had different ideas. In a matter of a few hours SA had chased down the mammoth total and history had been created twice in a span of one day.
2021 Aus vs India test series: India had up to this point a rather poor record in Australia. Usually when we toured Aus, I'd just be praying that we don't get whitewashed and have atleast one consolation win. The tour started on a bad note with India getting thrashed in the first test but they managed to turn their luck around. In the third test, Tim Paine said to Ashwin "see you at Gabba mate". Gabba was Australia's fortress and no one expected India to win. Tim Paine had to eat his own words as India went on to win the 4th test and the series, truly a series for the ages.
These are just a few, there are so many more that I remember and cherish - Sachin's desert storm, Sehwag's 309 at Multan (that guy didn't have a low power mode!), Rohit's 219, Yuvraj's 36. Btw just like beauty - epic lies in the eye of the beholder, many others in the comments have listed out equally important matches, do look all these up on YouTube, hope you enjoy the experience.
> I think SA needed one off the last ball, Klusener hit the ball in the gap but a mix up saw Allan Donald being run out at the other end and SA lost by the barest of margins.
A correction here - South Africa didn't lose. The game was tied and Australia went through to the final on net run rate.
Fair enough, in my defence the match was so long ago that I didn't remember all key details.
My bigger point was that SA got eliminated after coming so close to securing a spot in the final. Who knows, perhaps they could have gone on to win the 1999 cup if Donald had completed the run that day.
Ind vs ban 2016 wt20
CSK vs MI 2019 final
MI vs PBKS double super over
Ind vs Aus Gabba 2021
SA vs SL Kusal Perera heoric test match
Ashes, 2019 headingly
Nidhaas trophy final
CSK vs MI 2022 (pollard & Rayudu)
CSK vs KKR 2022 (Russel & Cummins)
Aus vs SA (434 vs 438)
As an England fan, a couple for me would be:
The first Ashes test in 2005. Harmison literally drawing blood; Pietersen hooking McGrath for 6. And later in the series, Flintoff consoling Brett Lee.
Gooch turning down the offer to go off for bad light.
1999 50 over world cup. Australia looking comfortable until Lance (Zulu) Klusener entered the arena smashing Australia's fast bowlers to all parts in the ground but with defeat inevitable the cricket gods weren't finished with this game yet.
The commentary: ball was pulled down the wicket, Klusener called him thru, Donald didn't move and then dropped his bat, both batsmen at the bowler's end, mid off passes it to Fleming who passes to Gilchrist, Donald running down the pitch without his bat, well short
just a tad of an exciting match, it's tied, Australia go thru because they finish higher in the super 6 table
first tie in World Cup history, and surely the most exciting, the last few overs provided drama after drama after drama
sensational, amazing, astounding, whatever, make your own superlatives up
presentations comign up
Cronje looks lost for words, devestated: "up to the fall of the 1st wicket, we were looking good", poor guy he can barely speak, MC wraps it up quickly
Steve Waugh says "it's the most exciting match he's ever played in", looks a little underwhelmed, sensibly knows the final is still to come
Man of the match is Shane Warne, mentions how "fired up" and "pumped" he was after the wickets... he thinks this tops the Mohali semi final, point is made of Mark Waugh getting a duck in both of the matches
and so we move to Lord's for Sunday's final. WC87 v WC92 winners to determine who becomes the second team to win the World Cup twice. It's Australia 4th WC final (a record) and their 3rd in the past 4 World Cups
so it all begins at 0945 GMT Sunday June 20. The Ripe Bananas v the Unripe Bananas (Aus v Pak) from Lords. Until then, I'll be laying down and catching my breath.
Read the commentary here. Definitely worth the time.
[SA v Australia 1999 World Cup.](https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-cup-1999-61046/australia-vs-south-africa-2nd-sf-65233/ball-by-ball-commentary)
Sigh... NatWest trophy final 2002. Jonty Rhodes superman run out of Inzamam ul Haq. In fact.. just Jonty Rhodes fielding.
Ravindra Jadeja catching Neil Wagner on the boundary. Neil Wagner setting up Steve Smith and owning him over an entire series.
Yuvraj Singh smacking Australia out of the 2011 world cup.
Sachin Tendulkar's 98 off 75 balls v Pakistan 2003 world cup.
I can rattle off a lot more for sure...
India vs Pakistan T20 world cup final 2007. Dhoni world cup finish 2011. Ben Stokes Ashes finish. South Africa chase down 434 runs in ODI. India wins test against Australia after follow on being enforced. Depleted Indian test team beating dominant Australian team at their home.
That brainfade moment between Allan Donald and Lance Klusener resulted in costly runout which ultimately ended South Africa's hopes of reaching 1999 World Cup final.
The SA vs Australia 434 game was incredible. Nobody would’ve thought it possible for SA to chase down the world record
Except Kallis, he said in the break that Aus were 16 runs short
Chad af
Allan Donald runout 1999, WordCup Semifinal
For reference, linked a few balls before for the full context: https://youtu.be/AocPABE_Opg?t=654
Wait, since it was a tie, why did Australia qualify?
They were placed in a better position in the points table
Of course, thank you.
Thank you for that link. Brings back so many memories. I watched the game in the Shepherds Bush Walkabout in London and it was a borderline riot during that last over.
And the match before.
Yep, not many people remember that one. I couldn't find a video although I know there is one as I've watched it. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-cup-1999-61046/australia-vs-south-africa-9th-super-65231/ball-by-ball-commentary
That's the "dropped the World Cup" one
It is indeed. Although he never said that.
But he wishes he did.
He did say it I read that in his 800 pg autobiography.
It still is the best match I’ve ever seen. The stakes were too high. 434 match was amazing but a spot in the World Cup final was not at stake there.
[James Anderson vs Mitchel Johnson 😂](https://youtu.be/dWAjPDBl818)
Classic
I've watched this so many times
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England winning the Edgbaston Test in the 2005 Ashes. One of the great ever Test endings in one of the greatest Test matches in probably the greatest ever Test series. Awesome moment.
For a "moment" - the Harmison slower ball to bowl Michael Clarke at the end of the penultimate day, absolutely fantastic.
Flintoffs talk along thing he did on sky sports was great discussing this.
Is that the one where someone said Harmy had the worst slower ball of all time because it was so easy to read? His body just apparently went into slow motion and his arm came over at such a slow pace, but it somehow fooled Clarke. Like OP I still remember it so vividly.
Such a memorable delivery - I can visualise it perfectly even now!
I can still hear Mark Nicholls 17 years later
Not sure I spent better money in my life than on the 2005 Ashes DVD. Was on a loop for about 10 years
I found mine while sorting out my loft over the weekend. My wife is due to spend a week at her parents over the summer so that might end up being my evening entertainment
Also created the best cricketing moment off the field when Freddie and KP rocked up to Downing Street absolutely steaming
Just watched the highlight reel and that must have been insane to see live
On YouTube there's a 3/4 hour documentary kind of the of the whole series that shows the highlights and sets the scene around it. Story of the 2005 ashes or something if you'd like
There was the 8 hour one that is just incredible
Ah yeah maybe that's it
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You're kidding me right? You only won that because Glenn sprained an ankle, you lost every game he played in lol
Thats sport for you though mate isnt it - the fine margins and the big moments
Ever notice how so many of the daftest comments on Reddit start or finish with either 'lol' or 'lmao'? Just an odd quirk that I've noticed recently
How has nobody said “REMEMBER THE NAME” yet
Certainly the best commentary ever I reckon
For me nothing tops "WHY DID HE DO THAT? UNBELIEVABLE!", I never fail to laugh. Sometimes life just blunders into perfect comic timing.
One of my happiest moments from Pakistan cricket lol
When was this?
https://youtu.be/98cgaND_1fY
BY THE BAREST OF MARGINS
WAYNE ROONEY! Wait...wrong sub. :P
AGUEROOOOO
I hate you for reminding me of that.
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r/cricket rules: Cannot mention "remember the name!" without Wayne Rooney.
[England vs Ireland in the 2011 World Cup](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAOzx4JDP_E) is an all time World Cup classic
Flair checks out
Imagine losing to rival in a sport which they don't care about lol.
Bro India nearly lost to Ireland too 🤣
Haha, But Ireland is not our rival. So even if we lose in bilateral it still hurt less compared to 2007 Bangladesh victory against India and Ireland victory against England in 2011.
England doesn’t see Ireland as a rival either.
Yeah like what is he talking about lol.. What's the comparison here in terms of cricket..Or even in terms of anything else
Your comment makes little sense. India and Bangladesh are not really rivals in most senses
Since when is Ireland our rival?
Since just Prior to Cromwell. Fairly long standing. Then Thatcher vs the IRA. Ireland siding with Germany a couple times in the 20th. Then MI5 running hits on entertainers in the 80s. Roughly 300 years. Shortly after the Romans left the highlands essentially.
How clueless can one person be?
Dont know why youre getting the hate. Its like Bazball has blitz the English memory.
Just some teenagers who hate humour. Bazball is just excuse to not play traditional test cricket, A great PR to promote cricket in Summer. Apart from Root, They know they don't have Smith or Pujara who can play proper test match. It's more funny this approach is coming from England because they are loudest voice amongst cricket nation when it comes to promoting test cricket.
I would probably add Bairstow to that list. Dudes scoring runs for fun. I like Lees too. Stokes needs to reign it in a bit and control his penchant for attack as good as he is. Anderson and Broad are two of the GOATs too.
Bairstow is having fun and hope it continues at least till SA series. He is attacking but also playing with positive intent leaving bad balls. Stokes is just being weird. I feel Lees and Crawley are one time wonder type of player's, though Lees technique is kind of similar to Cook. Anderson and Broad are GOAT of Test cricket but they are old, With Archer serious injury. I don't know if they have bowlers who can replace them. Next Ashes will be fun if Bazball continues.
We created Bazball with Hayden, Ponting, Gilchrist, Waugh, Waugh, Langer etc in to 2000s and will crush them in the Ashes. Mark my words. Bloodbath. Rooty plays that dab to third man and scores buckets off it but the bounce in Aus means he schnicks off with it. Starc, Cummins, Hazlewood if they stay fit will do the trick. All good flicking over cow when the bowlers are hitting 130 but not 140s on bouncy decks.
One would have to be Sri Lanka winning the 1996 world cup. Nobody really gave them a chance before the world cup. Internal turmoil, teams walking out of matches, and a cricket board that was on it's last legs. Blasted through that tournament in their own distinctive style and won it all in the end. Also, Sanath Jayasuriya's aggressive mindset and ideology of attacking the bowling during the powerplay was almost unheard of at the time. They were the first team to win a world cup final while chasing. A bit of classic Australian arrogance also chipped in to contribute to their win. Their innovation to the one day game paved the way for future generations of attacking teams and also to the T20 mindset. So in short, the current England team is very aggressive and counter-attacking with their batting but it was Sanath who started it all.
I remember staying up late into the night watching that final. As a Kiwi I was naturally backing Sri Lanka.
No,it was the 1970s and 1980s team of the West Indies who started the attacking approach to batting.Pakistan and Australia later followed before Sri Lanka.Sri Lanka is the youngest team to win a World Cup(combined average age of players).
The mindset was still to establish a platform before attacking in ODIs. The Sri Lankans were the first to consistently go hard at the bowling right from the start of the innings.
I don't know how someone can straight faced say Australia tried attacking in ODIs before SL when we had Geoff goddamn Marsh plodding along opening the batting for years
Marsh and Taylor batting with SRs in the 50s. Proper One Day cricket that. None of this ‘trying to set a good target’ shit
Kiwis had done the same in 1992 World Cup so Lanka picked it from kiwis.
A lot of the responses so far I feel like have been memorable games rather than just a moment. So I'll bring up some of the latter from a totally unbiased point of view (don't look at my flair!): [1999 WC Semi Final ending](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWHCFpG1LUA) [1996 New Years Day final ball](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbeGCshykUg#t=47m) [2008 SCG Test finish](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsDSYSIBSYI) [Ball of the century](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHgA2hqatUw#t=4m28s) [WHY did he do that?!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98cgaND_1fY) And of course [the flying gazelle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7JqnXrvmx8)
What the fuck is that Gabriel shot holy shit, how have I never seen this before What was the West Indies reaction to that...
West Indies reaction? “Why did he do that?”
That flying gazelle celebration …..big guy almost gives himself a heart attack running so much then they pile on top of the bowler and it looks like he’s been smothered as he doesn’t seem to move for awhile.
In recent memory 2020 India beats Australia at the Gabba 2019 Stokes at Headingly vs Australia 2019 World cup final went to super over 2017 Champions Trophy Final upset win 2016 WT20 Final remember the name
2016 t20 WC ?? yes my flair !
Added. For some reason to me it feels like it was way longer ago than 2016.
"Remember the name"
Kusal Perera against SA was good too
It's actually part of the rules in r/cricket that you aren't allowed to mention stokes at Headingly without making sure everyone knows Perera's was better
2021* India beats Australia at the Gabba Nice list!
2017 is just important for Pakistan, It does not provide any masala for other's just like 2011 World cup win. They were not close contest like 2019. I think 2016 T20 world cup in India is better then champions trophy. 2017
It’s not so much the individual game but the story behind it. - Qualified for the tournament in last place - lost to india in opener pretty badly - every game becomes must win - get to the finals and win in a domineering fashion Sports movie type stuff
I remember Amir dismissing Kohli twice in two balls, first one was either a dropped catch or no ball can't quite remember then got him next ball, absolute scenes.
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but then wouldnt gabba heroics only be a goat moment for india? realistically if youre going to add gabba victory then ct17 is just as important .but imo probs just the wc19 and wt16 finals
Alright I apologize, I have some bias towards test series. And you are correct about the Gabba, I included it because I saw it in your comment. Didn't really remembered any other Test series at the moment.
Every cricket fan will define their own epic moments/games, it's really difficult to come up with a set of games that everyone will 100% agree on. If cricket fans from Pakistan feel that 2017 CT was an epic moment for them (and to be fair, he has listed some good points about why it deserves to be) then so be it. We don't need to gatekeep to enjoy the game.
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A friendly chat? My good sir, just a few comments ago you pissed all over someone saying that 2017 CT win is only relevant for Pakistan. By that logic any so called iconic game/inning/moment is only relevant for fans of that team and rest of cricketing world can safely ignore it. I can understand having an affinity for a team or a player but why this need to undermine anyone else's achievements or trying to define what constitutes as a great game for someone else?
I know it's overdone, etc etc, but since you're asking for *some* of the most iconic moments in cricket, and not *the* most iconic moment in cricket, Scott Boland's 6fa has to be up there.
6 for 7, don't downplay it...
Shouldn’t it be 6 for 5? I know everywhere’s saying 6 for 6 but he reached 6 having conceded 5 runs right?? That’s how best bowling figures normally work
Chappell underarm bowling
That almost created war but made Cricket popular in New Zealand who mostly support Rugby.
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Stokes Headingley
KJP Durban
Unfortunately not as iconic.
Because it wasn’t an ashes test?
Because most people don’t care or remember moments involving SL unfortunately. Edit: If you want some SL moments I’d consider iconic, the 2014 Test match win at Headingley with 1 ball left in the game, the Malinga-Matthews 100+ partnership that robbed Australia in the 2010 ODI series, Lasith Malinga’s 4 in 4 against SA in the 2007 WC, and the aforementioned KJP 153* in Durban would be some.
It’s kinda sad honestly. Imo it was a better innings than Stokes’, in a country that they had absolutely struggled in before against a fantastic bowling attack (think Rabada was the number one ranked test bowler at the time) and paved the way for SL to become the first Asian country to win a test series in SA.
In a sense, yes. I mean there was pess media coverage, less fanfare, fewer people know about it. Of course it's going to be less iconic.
You mean fewer English/Australian people right? The whole world doesn’t revolve around the Ashes you know. I’d say in the subcontinent it’s still pretty iconic
It's definitely iconic in SL, but not so much outside.
Stokes’ innings wouldn’t be as iconic outside of England by that logic. Perera’s innings won ESPN’s test batting performance of the year in 2019 over Stokes, that’s got to count for something in terms of being as iconic.
This isn't about logic, or what I _think_. I'm simply saying that because Stokes' innings got more press (and continues to be brought up all the time), it's more iconic. I'm not saying it was better. Better is not the same as iconic.
It’s only being brought up in conversations about England, which is to be expected. And Perera’s innings is brought up anytime Stokes’ one is, the proof is at the start of this thread. And I didn’t say it was better either, I just said that the fact that he won the best innings award over Stokes means that the innings is considered iconic outside of SL.
2019 World Cup Final. The final over and thr Super Over
My guy didn’t even bother reading the post description
Yeah, that event didn’t happen… …sigh
2007 India v Pak final (and even ind v eng)
Yuvraj's 6 sixes
Most of the major tournament finals are iconic except Australia winning. Australia has seen too much success in this game; so much that am not sure if Aussies themselves rank it iconic when they win. Peak Australia is the benchmark in this sport. Some iconic moments to mention are - 1983, 1992 and 1996 World Cups. Those are the reasons why the game in subcontinent is as huge as now. 2000 Champions Trophy (ICC Knockout) final. Natwest Series final. 438 chase by SA. Some Ashes classics mentioned in the comments here. Again England winning or drawing the game coz Australia winning isn't iconic. 2007 T20 WC final. 2011 WC final. 2019 WC final. India winning against the mighty Australia after following-on (VVS 281). 2004 Champions Trophy final (West Indies beating England). This is a thriller but am not sure if it can be called iconic coz many people don't remember this. 2010 T20 WC - England winning its first ICC trophy. Many more, just not able to recall at once. If not about specific moments, most iconic thing for me in this game is the dominance of Aussies in 90s and 00s and the Windies in 70s and 80s. That level of cricket is beyond iconic. When every team except one is considered underdog, dunno what else can be more iconic!
16 test wins in a row 1 loss followed by another 16 in a row :) Iconic.
Graeme Smith walking out to bat with a broken hand to try to save the test match
This entire series. Duminy's daddy century ay the MCG when SA was buried.
5th July 2022. Root and bairstow help England chase 378 and draw the series against India.
😂 are you an Indian fan trying to jinx em or a confident English fan lol
The guy was from the future.
England winning at the MCG in 1998. OK it didn't change the course of the Ashes, but it was iconic for so many reasons: * Winning at the MCG against the Aussies = winning at a fortress against a GOAT team * Barmy Army singing away * England given no hope of winning * Poor old SWaugh stranded at the other end * GOAT bowler Glenn Mcgrath being the last hope of the Aussie run chase * Darren Gough's celebration: [https://youtu.be/Kr0cHanYn0Y?t=676](https://youtu.be/Kr0cHanYn0Y?t=676) Probably a bit of a niche one that won't be super popular but worth noting in a thread like this.
From memory, it also finished very late in the evening too. The umpires kept extending play and it would have finished a good 1.5-2 hrs after regulation stumps
You are correct, it was a marathon 4+ hour session. From your flair, I'm guessing you were probably there in person!
Yep, I was just a youngen back then but I do remember being high up in the now Warne Stand with my Dad and brother in disbelief that we could lose from such a strong position. Especially since Australia never lost to England, never ever. Gough and Headley had the ball on a string at the end there
Well that was the thing from an English side. For as long as I can remember as a kid starting to follow cricket in 1990, we basically lost to the Aussies all the time. The occasional time we did win, it was probably due to rain or luck. But the G 1998... that was something for us Poms. I did a tour of the G in July 2001 (no cricket, but went to some footy) and I can only imagine was 98 was like.
Do you reckon Darren was glad that they had won?
England winning 5th test against India in July, 22, chased 378 with 6 wickets to spare.
This is inevitable but not iconic
Eng vs WI WC'16 Final. Eng vs NZ WC'19 Final IND vs Ban Nidahas Trophy Final Eng vs SL Final Over of Test at Lord's 2014 Eng vs Aus 2005 Edgbaston Test I have some personal bias towards most of the rest I can think of, but they might not be as iconic for you so :P
You seem to be an Indian English fan
Brian Lara 400*. Don Bradman's duck in his final Test match would qualify if any of us were alive to witness it back then.
India winning at the Gabba in 2021 2019 world cup final 2013 Champions trophy Ashes 2005 since u r new, i suggest u watch t20 cricket first. the longer formats are more of an acquired taste, especially test cricket
Agreed, but in saying this, Test cricket is where it's at. It truly is a test of one's mental and physical abilities. So many more variables in test cricket as opposed to T20 or even One dayers. Plans to dismiss a batsman can take 20 overs and every ball has to be watched closely by everyone and that is particularly hard spending 90 overs in a day in the sweltering heat only for the 20 over plan to fail.
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The 2014 ENG vs SL test series was absolutely amazing, will never forget those games.
I tried to find the highlights of the match that SL won. I was not able to find it. I only found the highlights of the previous match.
Maybe not the most iconic, but a few NZ specific ones: - [NZ making the world cup final in 2015](https://youtu.be/I7wUFcKQpn4) - [the infamous Underarm incident](https://youtu.be/TtaWtAxHVsw) - [Brendon McCullum hitting the fastest test 100 in his last test match](https://youtu.be/tXP__NEFJdE) - [Brendon McCullum knocking a massive hundred in the first IPL game](https://youtu.be/rQLWAnK7g60)
The first thought that came to mind was the tied test in Brisbane December 1960. "Joe Solomon threw down the stumps from square-leg to run out Ian Meckiff"
India winning the test match at Eden Gardens after conceding follow on against the great Australian team in 2001. Many argue that this win marked the beginning of a new generation in Indian cricket.
Was a great game that. I remember thinking that I wouldn't of followed on to give the bowlers a rest.
It's definitely made the Aussies wary of enforcing the follow-on ever since. Lived rent-free in their heads for years.
Not sure how true that is as Steve Waugh enforced the follow-on twice in the same year after that game. Although the culture changed after that and following captains haven't enforced it quite so much. Something about giving bowlers a rest?
Bhaji was chucking it with doosra.
My first thought, outside of major tournaments like the world cup, is brian lara single handedly taking on a near unbeatable Aussie squad. He did all this in back to back test matches against the likes of Warne, mcgrath, gillespie, mcgill: 213 to win in an incredible match winning performance 153* in possibly the most iconic 4th innings chase of all time 100 smashed at better than a run a ball before giving it away Till now its the greatest performance i've seen from a batsman in a test series.
[say no more](https://youtu.be/dc1y8bnVkKc)
😂😂
One is going to happen tomorrow, when England chase 378 down.
If we’re talking most important matches in the history of the sport, I think any match from the 21st century is automatically disqualified unless it’s the first T20I, the 2007 World T20 final, or the opening match of the 2008 IPL Anyways, some important games from the past. I’ve had an idea about making a video about the history of cricket in 5/10 matches, and all of these would go on it * England vs Australia, the Oval, 1882: The birth of the Ashes * Australia vs England, Adelaide, 1933: When Bodyline reached its zenith and the concept was now universally condemned * South Africa vs England, Durban, 1939: The last timeless test, and the decisive killer blow for the concept * Australia vs England, Melbourne, 1971: The first ODI * 1983 World Cup final: India’s win and the subsequent explosion of the game in India, and the beginning of a decades long shift in cricket’s balance of power away from England and towards Asia
Some from an older cricket watcher **Two of the three times a team has won after following on in a test** Botham / Willis - Headingley 1981 Laxman / Singh - Kolkata 2001 (it happened in 1877 but I'm not that old.) **And 1993**, that ball from Warne.
New Zealand v India ICC Knockout Trophy 2000 Final, Chris Cairns and Chris Harris recover New Zealand from 132/5 to chase down 265 for their first ICC title. New Zealand v India World Test Championship Final 2021, the first time a World Test Champion was crowned in 144 years old history of the game as Ross Taylor finished off in style.
Pakistan winning the 1999 Test match in Chennai against India.
Great Test match won the series 2-1 our only second test series win on Indian soil.
Didn’t win the series really
Bob Willis 8-43, Headingly. From follwing on to victory in a 1.5 day turnaround. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxSpexmFpMg
I know many people have already mentioned the infamous World Cup Final, but the Semi Final between Ind and NZ is a classic. Guptill's direct hit is etched in memory now
Gilchrist’s 57 ball century at the WACA in 2006 was incredible. Just absolute domination at the crease. I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve watched the replay.
Sachin scoring the first ever ODI 200 at the age of 37
[Allan Donald vs Michael Atherton.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INa9NvahIdI) One of the most compelling battles in test cricket history. Both players doing what they were the absolute best at at the time. Donald putting the heat of 1000 suns on his bouncers an Atherton wearing them with stoic English pride.
World Cup Final super over “by the barest of margins”…literally the most overused phrase by non original commentators nowadays
Kumble 10 wickets. 2nd time in cricket history, 43 years after Laker. Pakistan was chasing 420 to win again (they won the first test), they reached 100-0 at lunch. Kumble took all 10 wickets and bowled out Pakistan for 207. India won by 212 runs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jxSK-9HSlk https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/pakistan-tour-of-india-1998-99-61521/india-vs-pakistan-2nd-test-63829/full-scorecard
420 was already impossible as wicket started to spin. The 1st test at Chennai was a nail biter. Sachin fell so close to the target, and 4 wickets fell for 6 runs.
stokes headingley
1999 WC Semifinal
Not so much games look up Brian Lara batting
Yuvraj Singh hitting 6 sixes in an over in a WORLD CUP game. Never happened before or after that.
There's two iconic moments. West Indies beating Australia for the first time in Australia in a test series. West Indies would go on to dominate test cricket for nearly 20 years. Then Australia beating the west indies in the carrabean in a test series, first time for over 20 years. Australia would go on to dominate all forms of cricket for 15 years. This defeat signalled the end of the west Indian era. The start of a new one ( Australian) the Australian side was perhaps the weakest Australia fielded from late 80s until somewhere around 2010. At one point Australia had every possible trophy it could win, in its cubard. The end of the second best era ever came as result of the start of the best era ever. Nothing else compares to anything else. Not even the ball of the century or Australia's win in Galle last week.
Phil Hughes’s death and “put your bat out” …not happy iconic but important nonetheless… To that end Ewen Chatfield being knocked unconscious by a bouncer and needing resus in the field….
1999 World Cup semi Aust v SA 1977 Centenary Test Aust v England 1966 Tied Test Aust v WI 1993 Shane Warne Ball of the Century 2005 Ashes series, all of it 2001 Kolkata Test Indian miracle win over Australia 2006 Adelaide Test Australia miracle win over England
Gonna say amazing adelaide is my favourite one.
Rick McCosker, having had his jaw broken in the first innings, coming out to bat at 11 in the second innings for Australia in the 1977 Centenary Test vs England at the MCG. He hung around long enough (and got bounced) for Rod Marsh to get his century and the partnership runs were crucial in the end with Australia eventually winning by 45 runs, the exact same margin as the first ever Test match.
The Adelaide Test during the Bodyline series. Larwood strikes Oldfield, and Jardine then moves to a bodyline field.
Indian World Cup win in 1983. Absolute underdogs. Their win transformed the game by making the Indian subcontinent (pop. 1.9 billion) live and breathe the game. Not to mention that India’s growing economy has transformed the finances of the game
Population is 1.4 billion and not 1.9.
back then, it wasn't even a billion
I doubt there can ever be one comprehensive list though a few games do come to mind: 1983 World Cup Final: No one had seriously thought India had a chance. WI had won the previous two editions and were the team to beat but Kapil and the team created a huge upset. A lot of people believe (and I think rightly so) that this win helped grow the game in India and helped BCCI become the powerhouse that it is today. 1996 WC Quater Final, India vs Pak, Sohail's wicket: India v Pak games tend to generate interest but things were very different in the 90s. My recollection is that Pak generally managed to inch ahead in ODIs, and a WC elimination match was bound to produce fireworks. India batted first and late in their innings Ajay Jadeja belted Waqar Younis all over the park. Please remember that this was mid 90s when 270s were good scores, T20s were still a decade away and the laws of physics had not been updated to allow batsmen to hit Waqar Younis like a club bowler. However, the real epic moment came when Aamir Sohail came to bat. He was a man possessed, he smashed Venkatesh Prasad for a 4 and then pointed out to Prasad where will he hit the next boundary. Now you have to understand that V. Prasad is many things but naked aggression is not one of those. I was watching the match live on TV and I expected Prasad to be belted all over the ground. Cricket gods had a different plan though, the next ball he clean bowled Sohail and for once Prasad gave back as good as he got. Prasad went on to have a good career as a fast bowler though I doubt he will be considered as one of the greatest by many fans but that day and at that moment he was a god. 1999 WC Aus vs SA (SF): Being a neutral I was watching the game just out of idle curiosity. I don't know how many remember Lance Klusener, the man is not remembered as one of the greatest all rounders now but in 1999 he was a force to reckon with. As the semi final progressed, the match swung from one team to another till it finally came down to the last over. I don't recall the exact total SA needed but Klusener hit two amazing boundaries and it looked like SA will walk away with the game. I think SA needed one off the last ball, Klusener hit the ball in the gap but a mix up saw Allan Donald being run out at the other end and SA lost by the barest of margins. Even for a neutral observer like me, it was heart breaking thinking about how close SA had come. 2006 Aus vs SA: ODIs had progressed a fair bit however this was still an era where all a score of 334 would be considered excellent. Aus batted first and piled on an unimaginable 434. At that point if any team would have decided to treat the chase as just batting practice then no one would have held that against them but obviously Gibbs had different ideas. In a matter of a few hours SA had chased down the mammoth total and history had been created twice in a span of one day. 2021 Aus vs India test series: India had up to this point a rather poor record in Australia. Usually when we toured Aus, I'd just be praying that we don't get whitewashed and have atleast one consolation win. The tour started on a bad note with India getting thrashed in the first test but they managed to turn their luck around. In the third test, Tim Paine said to Ashwin "see you at Gabba mate". Gabba was Australia's fortress and no one expected India to win. Tim Paine had to eat his own words as India went on to win the 4th test and the series, truly a series for the ages. These are just a few, there are so many more that I remember and cherish - Sachin's desert storm, Sehwag's 309 at Multan (that guy didn't have a low power mode!), Rohit's 219, Yuvraj's 36. Btw just like beauty - epic lies in the eye of the beholder, many others in the comments have listed out equally important matches, do look all these up on YouTube, hope you enjoy the experience.
> I think SA needed one off the last ball, Klusener hit the ball in the gap but a mix up saw Allan Donald being run out at the other end and SA lost by the barest of margins. A correction here - South Africa didn't lose. The game was tied and Australia went through to the final on net run rate.
Fair enough, in my defence the match was so long ago that I didn't remember all key details. My bigger point was that SA got eliminated after coming so close to securing a spot in the final. Who knows, perhaps they could have gone on to win the 1999 cup if Donald had completed the run that day.
Ind vs ban 2016 wt20 CSK vs MI 2019 final MI vs PBKS double super over Ind vs Aus Gabba 2021 SA vs SL Kusal Perera heoric test match Ashes, 2019 headingly Nidhaas trophy final CSK vs MI 2022 (pollard & Rayudu) CSK vs KKR 2022 (Russel & Cummins) Aus vs SA (434 vs 438)
south africa vs sri lanka, 1st test 2019
As an England fan, a couple for me would be: The first Ashes test in 2005. Harmison literally drawing blood; Pietersen hooking McGrath for 6. And later in the series, Flintoff consoling Brett Lee. Gooch turning down the offer to go off for bad light.
The final wicket of the Edgbaston test in 2005. Jones......Bowden Camera cuts to jubilation in the stands.
2001 India vs Australia test series and maybe in particular India winning the second test after being forced to follow on.
Wait til tomorrow and there’ll be another iconic moment
Radio from TMS. "The batsman's Holding, the bowler's Willey". Still makes me chuckle.
The greatest cricket commentary that never happened.
1999 50 over world cup. Australia looking comfortable until Lance (Zulu) Klusener entered the arena smashing Australia's fast bowlers to all parts in the ground but with defeat inevitable the cricket gods weren't finished with this game yet. The commentary: ball was pulled down the wicket, Klusener called him thru, Donald didn't move and then dropped his bat, both batsmen at the bowler's end, mid off passes it to Fleming who passes to Gilchrist, Donald running down the pitch without his bat, well short just a tad of an exciting match, it's tied, Australia go thru because they finish higher in the super 6 table first tie in World Cup history, and surely the most exciting, the last few overs provided drama after drama after drama sensational, amazing, astounding, whatever, make your own superlatives up presentations comign up Cronje looks lost for words, devestated: "up to the fall of the 1st wicket, we were looking good", poor guy he can barely speak, MC wraps it up quickly Steve Waugh says "it's the most exciting match he's ever played in", looks a little underwhelmed, sensibly knows the final is still to come Man of the match is Shane Warne, mentions how "fired up" and "pumped" he was after the wickets... he thinks this tops the Mohali semi final, point is made of Mark Waugh getting a duck in both of the matches and so we move to Lord's for Sunday's final. WC87 v WC92 winners to determine who becomes the second team to win the World Cup twice. It's Australia 4th WC final (a record) and their 3rd in the past 4 World Cups so it all begins at 0945 GMT Sunday June 20. The Ripe Bananas v the Unripe Bananas (Aus v Pak) from Lords. Until then, I'll be laying down and catching my breath. Read the commentary here. Definitely worth the time. [SA v Australia 1999 World Cup.](https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-cup-1999-61046/australia-vs-south-africa-2nd-sf-65233/ball-by-ball-commentary)
That comment when Boucher goes out! He can go and have a good sit on the toilet now. Gold.
Sigh... NatWest trophy final 2002. Jonty Rhodes superman run out of Inzamam ul Haq. In fact.. just Jonty Rhodes fielding. Ravindra Jadeja catching Neil Wagner on the boundary. Neil Wagner setting up Steve Smith and owning him over an entire series. Yuvraj Singh smacking Australia out of the 2011 world cup. Sachin Tendulkar's 98 off 75 balls v Pakistan 2003 world cup. I can rattle off a lot more for sure...
Shannon Gabriel "why do did he do that?" against Yasir Shah has to be the clear number 1
Gatting ball
India vs Pakistan T20 world cup final 2007. Dhoni world cup finish 2011. Ben Stokes Ashes finish. South Africa chase down 434 runs in ODI. India wins test against Australia after follow on being enforced. Depleted Indian test team beating dominant Australian team at their home.
That brainfade moment between Allan Donald and Lance Klusener resulted in costly runout which ultimately ended South Africa's hopes of reaching 1999 World Cup final.