Note: you must have missed seeing the innings live at the ground. Anyone can merely miss a masterpiece on the telly.
Mine: Greg Chappell scoring a hundred runs before lunch on the Saturday of the NZ v Aus Test match at Lancaster Park, 1981/82. Said to have been a majestic display. I was there in spirit, but first had to attend to the pesky matter of a music lesson or something and arrived at the ground only in time to see NZ collapse in a steaming heap that afternoon.
Oh, and I managed to miss most of Ian Botham's first Test century, being present at the ground but preferring to spend the greater part of it playing cricket with my friends on Lancaster Park's south ground out the back.
"Andrew Dunford" <adunford@artifax.net> wrote in message news:3dt8jjF3fkhU1@individual.net...> Note: you must have missed seeing the innings live at the ground. Anyone> can merely miss a masterpiece on the telly.>
Mine:> Greg Chappell scoring a hundred runs before lunch on the Saturday of the > NZ> v Aus Test match at Lancaster Park, 1981/82. Said to have been a majestic> display. I was there in spirit, but first had to attend to the pesky > matter> of a music lesson or something and arrived at the ground only in time to > see> NZ collapse in a steaming heap that afternoon.
Ha! I managed to see Chappell go from about 140 to 176 before the mighty Jeremy Coney beat him for pace. I heard him hit Hadlee for six in the car on the way to my Grandmother's house (she lived 10 minutes way from the ground, while we lived in Leeston).
The session after lunch was, if I am not mistaken, the last time Hadlee bowled off his original long run in a test.
Oh, and I managed to miss most of Ian Botham's first Test century, being> present at the ground but preferring to spend the greater part of it > playing> cricket with my friends on Lancaster Park's south ground out the back.
What's that cricket game in "Life, The Universe and Everything" where the crowd is kept from seeing the action by a wall, so that they will be convinced that even a terribly dull match they didn't see was instead the most exciting game EVAH?
On Thu, 5 May 2005 12:44:24 +1200, "Andrew Dunford" <adunford@artifax.net> wrote:
Note: you must have missed seeing the innings live at the ground. Anyone>can merely miss a masterpiece on the telly.>
Mine:>Greg Chappell scoring a hundred runs before lunch on the Saturday of the NZ>v Aus Test match at Lancaster Park, 1981/82. Said to have been a majestic>display. I was there in spirit, but first had to attend to the pesky matter>of a music lesson or something and arrived at the ground only in time to see>NZ collapse in a steaming heap that afternoon.>
Oh, and I managed to miss most of Ian Botham's first Test century, being>present at the ground but preferring to spend the greater part of it playing>cricket with my friends on Lancaster Park's south ground out the back.>
Andrew
A few years ago it was the school holidays. I phoned a bunch of friends to see if any of them wanted to go to a Canterbury Shell Cup match, but they were all away on holiday.
That was the game where Chris Cairns went freaking nuts. I think this may have been his most aggressive innings. The sixes were raining down around the boundary. I can't remember what he ended up on, but I think it was about 150.
I also chose not to go and see the NZ/England test on the day that Astle climbed into them for the fastest 200 ever. I was offered some temp work, and chose that because it looked like we were going to lose.
On Thu, 5 May 2005 12:44:24 +1200, "Andrew Dunford" <adunford@artifax.net> tapped the keyboard and brought forth:
Note: you must have missed seeing the innings live at the ground. Anyone>can merely miss a masterpiece on the telly.>
Let's see.
I missed quite a lot of Wilf Slack's 248 for Middx v Worcs at Lord's in 1981 because I was in the Long Bar watching Ian Botham's 149* at Headingley on TV.
Michael Vaughan's second century at Lord's against New Zealand last year: I had a political meeting I needed to go to, and couldn't get to the ground until about teatime.
And although it wasn't an innings, I missed Scott Boswell's amazing over in the C&G Final at Lord's because the traffic on Edgware Rd was clogged up and I was about ten minutes late.
"Mike Holmans" <mike@jackalope.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:souj71129tgrnfl7rgnqhrnh0k49vkfsr9@4ax.com...> On Thu, 5 May 2005 12:44:24 +1200, "Andrew Dunford"> <adunford@artifax.net> tapped the keyboard and brought forth:>
Note: you must have missed seeing the innings live at the ground. Anyone> >can merely miss a masterpiece on the telly.> >
Let's see.>
I missed quite a lot of Wilf Slack's 248 for Middx v Worcs at Lord's> in 1981 because I was in the Long Bar watching Ian Botham's 149* at> Headingley on TV.>
Michael Vaughan's second century at Lord's against New Zealand last> year: I had a political meeting I needed to go to, and couldn't get to> the ground until about teatime.
West Indies?
And although it wasn't an innings, I missed Scott Boswell's amazing> over in the C&G Final at Lord's because the traffic on Edgware Rd was> clogged up and I was about ten minutes late.
Only ten minutes late yet missed the whole over? That was a bit unlucky.
On Thu, 5 May 2005 23:32:46 +1200, "Andrew Dunford" <adunford@artifax.net> tapped the keyboard and brought forth:
"Mike Holmans" <mike@jackalope.demon.co.uk> wrote in message>news:souj71129tgrnfl7rgnqhrnh0k49vkfsr9@4ax.com...>> On Thu, 5 May 2005 12:44:24 +1200, "Andrew Dunford">> <adunford@artifax.net> tapped the keyboard and brought forth:>>
Note: you must have missed seeing the innings live at the ground. Anyone>> >can merely miss a masterpiece on the telly.>> >
Let's see.>>
I missed quite a lot of Wilf Slack's 248 for Middx v Worcs at Lord's>> in 1981 because I was in the Long Bar watching Ian Botham's 149* at>> Headingley on TV.>>
Michael Vaughan's second century at Lord's against New Zealand last>> year: I had a political meeting I needed to go to, and couldn't get to>> the ground until about teatime.>
West Indies?
Yes, that's the one. I didn't see it, you know.>
And although it wasn't an innings, I missed Scott Boswell's amazing>> over in the C&G Final at Lord's because the traffic on Edgware Rd was>> clogged up and I was about ten minutes late.>
Only ten minutes late yet missed the whole over? That was a bit unlucky.
"About", not "only". I may in fact have reached the ground by the end of the over (I was passing Crocker's at the time of the third wide), but I then had to make my way from gate to pavilion and then upstairs to Renee's bar and acquire some refreshment before going out on to the balcony from where I could at last see what was going on, by which time the over after Boswell's was just reaching its end.
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Andrew Dunford wrote:> > Note: you must have missed seeing the innings live at the ground.> Anyone> > can merely miss a masterpiece on the telly.> >
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I am not sure I understand the question. Should we have missed watching> it live even though we had the opportunity to watch it?. If that's the> question, then mine is Tendulkar's 136 RA (run away) against Pakistan.> I was at the ground for the 1st session on the final day. India went to> lunch at 73 for 4. I didn't think India would make it even close (even> if that had been the case I shouldn't have - how many times do you get> to watch a India-Pakistan game live) and I had horrible seats (long leg> - deep extra cover region). I left during the lunch break and gave my> ticket to my brother's friend.
You have understand the rules, and that seems an excellent example which puts you in the running for first prize, which is to write a 5000-word essay on the merits of enforcing the follow-on in Test cricket, in the style of Raju Bharatan. Ideally we're looking for anguished hard-luck stories such as "I was carrying the tray of beers back from the bar when I tripped and fell. During the time it took me to buy another round, Grant Bradburn dismissed Langer, Ponting, Martyn and the Waugh brothers in successive balls".
"James McLaughlin" <a@b.c> wrote in message news:n2ij71h28p7if0dobbqtoped6lf1o35kvp@4ax.com...> On Thu, 5 May 2005 12:44:24 +1200, "Andrew Dunford"> <adunford@artifax.net> wrote:
A few years ago it was the school holidays. I phoned a bunch of> friends to see if any of them wanted to go to a Canterbury Shell Cup> match, but they were all away on holiday.>
That was the game where Chris Cairns went freaking nuts. I think this> may have been his most aggressive innings. The sixes were raining down> around the boundary. I can't remember what he ended up on, but I think> it was about 150.>
I also chose not to go and see the NZ/England test on the day that> Astle climbed into them for the fastest 200 ever. I was offered some> temp work, and chose that because it looked like we were going to> lose.>
This is my tragic tale.>
Bye,> James
Likewise, i too missed Astle's 222 on the 5th day at Jade. After having attended the 1st four days of the match, i had a function to attend in Auckland, hence missing not only the wrapping up of my club match before lunch, but also the opportunity to view the afternoon sessions at jade, with tickets to a box in the hadlee stand.
On the bright side, i did manage to see Astle move from 100 to 222 on the telly, however was unsure whether to laugh or cry.
and side note, i think i saw the shell cup match mentioned, cairns got about 144 if i remember correctly against wellington. That said, the more memorable match was possibly the 1992 final which saw Gavin Larsen trying to bat one handed.
"James McLaughlin" <a@b.c> wrote in message>news:n2ij71h28p7if0dobbqtoped6lf1o35kvp@4ax.com...>
On Thu, 5 May 2005 12:44:24 +1200, "Andrew Dunford">><adunford@artifax.net> wrote:>>
A few years ago it was the school holidays. I phoned a bunch of>>friends to see if any of them wanted to go to a Canterbury Shell Cup>>match, but they were all away on holiday.>>
That was the game where Chris Cairns went freaking nuts. I think this>>may have been his most aggressive innings. The sixes were raining down>>around the boundary. I can't remember what he ended up on, but I think>>it was about 150.>>
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and side note, i think i saw the shell cup match mentioned, cairns got about>144 if i remember correctly against wellington. That said, the more>memorable match was possibly the 1992 final which saw Gavin Larsen trying to>bat one handed.>
The Cairns innings that you're thinking of is 143 vs Auckland in the shell cup semifinal in January 1995. It was a typical Cairns dodo century. He was fairly sedate to about 20 or thirty at a run every couple of balls. Having gotten his eye he then proceeded to smash the bowling to all parts with some massive hits getting to 100 in 88 balls. There was about 9 sixes in total. Auckland did well to restrict Canterbury to 274 in the end but it was way too many. As an Auckland supporter I recall listening to the commentary on the radio, annoyed that we were getting thrashed but entertained by the manner of the thrashing.
