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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Wed Jun 21, 2017 7:03 am

Yeah...he co-wrote a book alongside W.G.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Wed Jun 21, 2017 10:18 am

On this day in 2014 Elton played Harrow in a game that has very old fashioned roots.

Harrow won the toss and chose to bat and were soon paying the dividends despite the comparatively early loss of both openers. Robbie White and Hong Kong's Anshuman Rath put on 28 between them before Rath joined up with Stewart for a partnership worth 67. When Rath left for 59 the score was 175-3.

Wijeratne then came to the crease and got a combative forty runs but the lower order did not manage to capitalise on the strong batting of those higher up the order. The last five batsmen collectively put on 14 runs and Harrow were all out for 233. MacMillan's 4-39 were the best figures for Eton.

Eton had a similar wobble at the top of their order but did not have the wealth of talent in the middle order to set it right. At number three, Jamie Gnoddle got 73 runs but cycled through five partners to get there. Ironically it was not until he was out, caught behind off the bowling of Matthew Elworthy, that Eton saw a partnership, of any worth come together. MacMillan and Griffin put 37 together in their eight wicket partnership but it was too little and too late. Eventually Eton were all out for 170 and handed Harrow a 63 run win. Rath would have been most pleased with his day after he also got 3 of the Eton wickets.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:22 am

On this day in 1785 The Times carried its first mention of cricket.

The story read thus:

It is recommended to the Lordling Cricketters who amuse themselves in White Conduit Fields, to procure an Act of Parliament for inclosing their play ground, which will not only prevent their being incommoded, but protect themselves from a repetition of the severe rebuke which they justly merit, and received on Saturday evening from some spirited citizens whom they insulted and attempted vi et armis to drive from the foot path, pretending it was their bounds.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Fri Jun 23, 2017 7:15 pm

On this day in 1891 George Parr, one of the most well known figures in early cricket, died.

Parr made his debut in 1845 and went on to take a prominent role in cricket for the next quarter of a century, becoming the best batsman in the game throughout the 1850s. The highlight of his career came in 1859 where he scored a dizzying 130 against Surrey.

Domestically Parr represented Nottinghamshire and rose to be their captain. He also became the player manager of the All England Eleven - one of the many initiatives to get a national team formed.

Parr played in 207 first-class matches and had 358 innings, in 30 of which he was not out. He scored 6,626 runs at an average of 20.20.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Sat Jun 24, 2017 11:15 am

On this day in 2012 Alex Hales blasts England to T20 victory over West Indies.

With the exception of Dwayne Smith, West Indies efforts with the bats looked paper thin, however the bowling and the fielding from the English was of a good standard. One example of some spectacular fielding came when Johnny Bairstow sprinted in to execute a diving catch to dismiss Lendl Simmons in the fifth over. By the end of the sixth over, West Indies were 29-2 and, two runs after, lost Marlon Samuels off the bowling of Graeme Swann. All though this Smith was a mainstay. When he fell in the fifteenth over for 70, Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard upped their tempos and began to go at a run a ball. Pollard focussed in on some vulnerable bowlers - taking 14 off one Samit Patel over. West Indies ended their innings on 172.

From the off, Hales seemed as if he was eager to prove his doubters wrong - attacking short balls which his critics say is his weakness. Hales found a strong partnership alongside Ravi Bopara and together they smashed the ball around to make 159 together - the highest partnership off any wicket for England in this format. Bopara too was keen to banish some doubts and prove his worth in England's limited overs teams. Both players managed to zero in on some truly dreadful bowling performances by the West Indians; when coupled with their fielding it made life just a little bit easier for the English. Hales' 99 was the highest score by an English player in T20 cricket.

Neither batsmen could see the endeavour through with Hales being dismissed in the eighteenth and Bopara in the nineteenth overs. Eoin Morgan hit the winning runs to leave England with a seven wicket win.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Sun Jun 25, 2017 9:18 am

On this day in 1946 England take Test victory over England.

At the start of the day, India were 4 batsmen down and only 66 runs in arrears. Vijay Hazare was on 26 and Nawab of Pataudi was on 16 but both batsman - and another - were out in the opening overs. Hazare began to hit aggressively and managed to get another 8 runs before he was sent back by Alan Bedser. His replacement, Gul Mohammad then shared a partnership with Pataudi in which he got nine runs before Doug Wright got him and then returned for Pataudi. India were now 190-7.

England then made light work of the tail with the exception of a stubborn partnership worth 59 between Lala Amarnath and Dattaram Hindlekar, where the former was very impressive and managed to get himself a fifty in defiance of some very good bowling from Bedser and Wright. India were all out for 275 runs - a lead of 47.

Len Hutton and Cyril Washbrook made light work of that total and shared the runs near equally to hand England victory in the First Test.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Mon Jun 26, 2017 8:23 am

On this day in 2015 Ben Raine tie the game for Leicestershire with last ball against Yorkshire.

Yorkshire named a side replete with international talent but found themselves lacking on the day. Gale won the toss and chose to bowl and Leicestershire were under pressure from the off. Regularly wickets stalked Leicestershire until the middle overs when Niall O'Brien and Andrea Agathangelou put on 45 between them. They eventually got to 142-7.

Leicestershire's defence started brightly when Aaron Finch and Andrew Hodd were both gone for two runs a piece but Yorkshire's Jack Leaning showed great timing and prowess to lead Yorkshire's chase. He was set up by a strong innings from Bairstow who arrested the early slide with a score of 37 before he became Raine's second wicket.

Leaning shepherded Yorkshire through the death overs alongside Will Rhodes for the most part but was at the non-striker's end when Raine delivered his final ball with Yorkshire needing just a solitary run. Raine sent it down and caught Adil Rashid on the pad to send him packing and tie the game. Raine ended with figures of 3-23.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Tue Jun 27, 2017 7:08 am

On this day in 2015 Luke Wright blasts Sussex to victory over Gloucestershire.

Michael Klinger was the main man in Gloucestershire's innings and helped them set up a decent score. He and Hamish Marshall scored 88 runs by the half way mark before Marshall was caught off the bowling of Tymal Mills for 37. Ian Cockbain then joined the attack and showed no sign of slowing with he and Klinger scoring 42 in 4 overs. None of them batted through to the end but they were responsible for a laudable total of 185.

The Sussex chase began poorly with Chris Nash gone for 4 and Matt Machan going shortly after to leave them on 13-2. Wright tried to hold things together but at the halfway stage his team were on a paltry 67-3.

Wright showed signs of things to come in the 17th over when he took 21 from a Kieran Noema-Barnett over and with two overs to go Sussex needed a further 43 runs but did not allow for Wright's pyrotechnics. In one James Fuller over Wright hit 4 sixes and Fuller was ordered out of the attack for two no-balls. That one over saw 34 runs added meaning nine from the final over. Wright scored two maximums to claim a remarkable victory for Sussex and finish on 111*.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Wed Jun 28, 2017 7:35 am

On this day in 2015 Daniel Bell-Drummond impresses despite Australian victory.

The Australians declared overnight giving Kent a notional target of 549.

Bell-Drummond atoned from a first innings duck by catching the England selectors eyes as he beat a talented Australian bowling attack to get to a hundred. He particularly punished Ryan Harris and Fawad Ahmed off whom he scored 76% of his runs. The latter looked particularly unimpressive as the Kent man brushed him off with ease. With Nathan Lyon watching on, Ahmed's future looked bleak. On the other side of the coin Mitchell Johnson and Peter Siddle had economies of 2.41 and 2.83 respectively.

Once Bell-Drummond was dismissed on 127, caught lbw by Harris, it was only Mitchell Claydon who showed the Australians any defiance with a gutsy half century. Eventually Kent were all out for 294 - a 255 run victory for the Australians.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Thu Jun 29, 2017 7:13 am

On this day in 1825 fire decimates Lord's Pavilion.

At about half past one in the morning fire broke out in the, almost entirely wooden, Pavilion.

The fire quickly spread through the Pavilion, which had only just undergone refurbishments and extensions, and, despite the best endeavours of the fire service, the building was soon destroyed.

By three o'clock the whole Pavilion was reduced to a heap of ruins.

One of the less obvious losses was a very valuable wine cellar frequented by the Cricketers.

No other adjoining buildings were destroyed despite the fact that the building sits nearby houses and an orphanage.

The game that was to be held the following day between Eton and Harrow was cancelled.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Fri Jun 30, 2017 5:13 pm

On this day in 1951 Glamorgan play a cynical game and start Day 1 of a 4 day game looking for a draw.

In the 1950s Trent Bridge was a glorious batting track and teams who batted first would regularly get scores exceeding 400. Wilf Wooler, captain of Glamorgan, came to this fixture with a new plan in mind; occupy the crease, bat for as long as possible, gain the four batting points and potentially escape with a draw.

This saw some particularly puritanical cricket. Emrys Davies' 110 in four hours was steady going but from there on in nothing was risked. Phil Clift batted with Davies throughout the morning session for the gain of just 19 runs.

Once Davies was dispatched half way through the afternoon session, the rest of the day was dominated by Gilbert Parkhouse and Wilf Jones. Jones was dismissed before the end of the day's play for 20 but Parkhouse stood unopposed for 34.

At stumps Glamorgan were 183-3.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Sat Jul 01, 2017 10:17 am

On this day in 1951 Nottinghamshire try something different against Glamorgan's blockathon.

After the full three sessions yielded a mere 183 runs on the first day, Reg Simpson, the Nottinghamshire captain chose to take extreme action. In the early overs of the second day he brought himself on to bowl and stood by the umpire narrating what he was about to do. He then went on to bowl underarm. His plan was to limit any run scoring at all. Nottinghamshire then interspersed underarm bowling with overarm bowling which saw a yield of four wickets very soon after but the experiment soon wore off and treacle slow batting ensued. Len Muncer and Haydn Davies upped the run rate towards the end but Glamorgan were all out for 330.

When Nottinghamshire came out to bat they did no better. They lost three quick wickets before the end of the day to finish on 36-3. Opener Walter Keaton (24) was just joined by Freddie Stocks as the overnight batsmen.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Sun Jul 02, 2017 10:57 am

On this day in 1951 Nottinghamshire are forced to follow on as Glamorgan's plan comes together.

The overnight pair of Walter Keeton and Freddie Stocks turned the tide and led Nottinghamshire from the precipice. Keeton added another 16 runs to his score whilst Stocks got his half century just after lunch. He was joined by Charlie Harris - a figure synonymous with slow batting. He spent the majority of the afternoon session in pursuit of 29 runs.

The cricket became turgid. Desperate to fight fire with Fire, Wilf Wooler also took an age in between overs setting his fields. This led to the rare sounds of both teams being booed. It got so bad that Wooler refused to bowl until the catcalling stopped.

After Harris and, his partner in crime, Peter Harvey were dismissed, Glamorgan ripped through the Nottinghamshire tail. Their total of 172 meant that Glamorgan asked them to follow on.

Bad light brought a premature end to the day's play but Glamorgan were able to dislodge Keeton for a duck in the second innings but Reg Simpson and Cyril Poole managed to consolidate and the day's play ended with Nottinghamshire on 46-1 - still 112 behind Glamorgan.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Mon Jul 03, 2017 6:34 am

On this day in 1951 Cyril Poole saves the draw with a big score.

Poole managed to restore some normality to the game as his score of 135 went along at a relatively regular pace. It took him just over three and a half hours to get his score with minimal support from those around him. By lunchtime the draw looked an inevitably.

Not one to let a game turn too normal, Wilf Wooler had another trick up his sleeve. He selected eleven bowlers throughout the course of the final day - including the wicketkeeper Haydn Davis. In a very satisfying confluence of events, Davis was bowling at fellow wicketkeeper Eric Meads when he hit his own wicket for 2. Davis was not the only player to pick up a rare wicket. Gilbert Parkhouse got 1 of 2 career wickets in this match when he dismissed Freddie Stocks. The Nottinghamshire second innings ended on 269-7 to top off a most unusual game.

It is believed the the curator at Trent Bridge began to modify the batting friendly pitch after this game.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Tue Jul 04, 2017 7:44 am

On this day in 2006 Sri Lanka break the highest runs scored in an ODI in a game against the Netherlands.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat....and set about batting the life out of the game. Two performances were key to Sri Lanka's success. Sanath Jayasuriya scored 157 off 104 balls and, once he had been dismissed, Tillakaratne Dilshan got 117 off 79. All the other batsmen were equally aggressive if not shorter lasting. With the exception of Kaushal Lokuarachichi who got a 0 and Chamara Kapuedera who got 1, the lowest strike rate was Upul Tharanga's 85.71. In their allocated overs Sri Lanka got 443 runs. The level of the Sri Lankan attack was best seen by the fact that the best figures for Netherlands were Ryan ten Doeschate's 2-51.

Netherlands made a decent fist of the chase and even had some big hitters of their own but Tim de Leede (51 off 42), Darron Reekers (39 off 27) and ten Doeschate (39 off 32) could not match what had gone before. Kaushal Lokuarachchi had the best figures for Sri Lanka; ending on 3-41. Netherlands were all out for 248.
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