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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Fri Jan 29, 2016 8:36 am

On this day in 1986 soldier and cricketer Kenneth Came died.

Born in Berkshire, Came was drafted into the army after World War II and soon began rising up the ladder. He married into a cricketing family by tying the knot with the daughter of Walter Robins who had played for England nineteen times.

It was at the rank of captain that he made his debut for his home county, squeezing in nine apperances between 1956 and 1957. He made two apperances for the Army team. His only first class appearance was for the Free Foresters vs Oxford University - he had no wickets and was bowled for 6.

His military career reached it's pinnacle when he was appointed aide-de-camp to The Queen in 1978.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Sat Jan 30, 2016 11:16 am

On this day in 2015 James Taylor and Jos Buttler combined to pull England from a tricky situation against India.

India started off as no stranger to the collapse themselves. After a strong start from Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinkya Rahane that garnered 83 runs. Once they fell, to Chris Woakes and Steven Finn, respectively the rest of the batting order let them down. Despite not being the England bowler with the most wickets, that went to Finn, Moeen Ali was the most impressive and continued his good spell against India. He set about the collapse through the dismissal of Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina. India were 107-3.

Whilst all was crumbling around him Rahane had got himself set and was playing some good stuff, despite the fact the quality of his partners were waning. When Finn got his scalp, India's chances plummeted despite a last gasp partnership between Mohammed Shami and Mohit Sharma of 35.

Despite their disappointment with the bat, India would have felt they were in poll position later on in the day when they had England at 66-5 but they did not account for the partnership of Taylor and Buttler. They were the perfect partnership. Buttler got the boundaries he could get through Indian inaccuracy whilst Taylor scored steadily. Both fell before the target but Woakes and Stuart Briad pushed the Englan team through to the final of the Tri-Series against Australia.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Sun Jan 31, 2016 11:04 am

On this day in 2014 Australia's dominance with bat and ball swept England away in the second T20i, sealing a series defeat.

Brad Hodge, playing his first game in six years, did not get to bat but was a contributor with the ball and was involved in two dismissals in the field. He opened the bowling to Michael Lumb, who looked strong before lofting the ball and was caught by Nathan Coulter-Nile. Hales soon followed and the wheels came off.

England could have felt aggrieved with one of their dismissals; Eoin Morgan being dismissed by a run out when his bat was grounded. The third umpire ruled Morgan out; a reprieve after a batsman makes his ground then lifts off the ground only applies to the feet, not the bat.

This was not the most damaging run out for England as, two overs later, Root got run out for 18. Buttler looked like he could push on but was out lbw through a Coulter-Nile dismissal.

England were despondent with the bat and, were it not for a 34 run partnership between Stuart Broad and Tim Bresnan, would have fallen below 100. The highest score before that was 22 from Jos Buttler.

The defining partnership for Australia was that of Cameron White and George Bailey who drove Austalia to victory with a partnership of 78. England's bowlers, with the exception of Tim Bresnan, were taken for a ride and ended up with economies over 6 an over. 
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Mon Feb 01, 2016 7:57 am

On this day in 1929 a fast scoring performance for England gave them the edge over Australia on day one of the 4th Test.

England had been dominate against Australia all Summer and spirits were high for the visitors in Adelaide.

Spirits were not abated as the opening pair of Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe raced away to an 141 run partnership before both players were dismissed without another run gained. This was the beginning of a dull patch for England.

Wally Hammond tried to seize the initiative and kept strike but soon enough Douglas Jardine was out for just 1 run. He was soon joined back at the pavilion by Patsy Hendren for 13. England had gone from 141-1 to 179-4.

Hammond needed another partner desperately and found one in Percy Chapman, with whom he accrued 67 runs to stave off a middle order collapse. Time was called on the day's play when Jack Ryder claimed the wicket of Chapman.

The day ended with Hobbs on 47 and England at 246/5.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Tue Feb 02, 2016 8:03 am

On this day in 1929 Wally Hammond's 119 spared the blushes of the England tail.

After such a strong start yesterday England's first innings ended with a whimper. The only ray of light was the display of defiance from Wally Hammond who converted his score of 48 yesterday into a century. Hammond scored 72 of the last 88 runs, batting altogether for nearly four hours and a half. He hit nine fours, his driving all through was splendid.

The star of Australia's bowling was Clarrie Grimmett who added to his two wickets from yesterday with a further three today.

For England, Hammond was the lone man keeping his cool whilst the tail enders crumbled about him; at the start of the Australia innings debutant Archie Jackson was the lone man keeping his cool whilst the openers crumbled around him. At 19-3 Australia looked disconsolate. Three of the top four had fallen for the accumulation of six runs. It was only for the batting of Jackson, accompanied by Jack Ryder that saw Australia through the day. Jackson stands on 70 and Ryder on 58 with England 203 runs ahead going into the rest day.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Wed Feb 03, 2016 7:44 am

On this day in 1929 there was a rest day…which allows us to look at Wally Hammond’s wonderful tour of Australia.

Wally Hammond’s tour of Australia was probably the best spell of cricket that was seen by an England cricket in the pre-war period.

The England side were always strong favourites, and so it proved when they dominated the Australian team from the outset but it was Wally’s wonderful Winter that defined this series.

This was Hammond’s first Ashes series and what a series it was. In total the Gloucestershire player scored 779 runs at an average of 113.12. This is the second highest average ever for a five match test series.

Up to this point in the series Hammond’s series totals read: 44, 28, 251 (his maiden test century and the highest score to this day for England v Australia), DNB, 200, 32, 118.

That year’s Wisden described Hammond as “wonderful”, “splendid” and “stylish.”

Even more spectacularly Hammond’s style of play was far more conservative than he had ever been before. He had decided that, due to the easier bowling conditions, that he would play more within himself and allow the bad balls to come to him. Imagine what he would have done if he had gone for it.
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Re: On This Day

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Wed Feb 03, 2016 7:57 am

Bowled a bit too.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Wed Feb 03, 2016 8:24 am

Weirdly he bowled awfully on this tour.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Thu Feb 04, 2016 9:17 am

On this day in 1929 Australia's batsmen batted throughout the day to edge into a slight first innings lead.

The stand out performer for today was Archie Jackson. He finished Day Two strongly, ending with 70, today he added another 94 to that. This marked that rare achievement for a test batsman, the century on debut. Jackson was the 12th man to achieve this feat and the fifth Australian.

Such was the force of Jackson's innings that he was the driving force in the partnership with seasoned batsman Don Bradman. Bradman accrued an 80 ball 40 before falling to Mairice Tate.

Tate and Jack White were the star bowlers for England. White bagged the next two Australian wickets for England and therefore sealed his five fer (although one of these was dubious due to Ted a'Beckett hitting his own wicket.) Tate began to tidy up the tail with the wicket of Charles Grimmett. The day ended with one Australian batsman still in hand and Australia 31 runs ahead.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Fri Feb 05, 2016 11:26 am

On this day in 1929 Hammond struck again to take the test away from Australia.

England, brought into bat a few overs into the morning, started poorly. Before they had eaten into Australia's 35 run lead they had lost both of their openers to tempting shots caught by wicket keeper Bert Oldfield.

Any joy that was conceded by this was then nullified by the fact that this brought about a partnership that slowly and painfully put to death any chance of an Australian victory in this test.

The manner of Hammond's dominance came today in sharp contrast to how he played in the first innings. Today he ground out his century slowly, taking the majority of the day to accumulate his century. Jardine followed suit and also played well within himself ensuring that he did nothing foolish to lose his wicket. The mounting frustration for the Australian bowlers caused them to try and play cleverly and ended up forcing them into bad balls which the Englishmen made them pay for.

At the end of the day England were on 206/2 - Hammond on 105* and Jardine on 73*.

Hammond became the 4th player to score a century in both innings of a test match.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Sat Feb 06, 2016 11:17 am

On this day in 1929 Wally Hammond grinds out a sizeable total despite being let down by the tail.

The day started productively for Hammond and Doug Jardine who started Day 6 as they finished Day 5. Slowly plodding their way forward, pouncing on bad balls and rejecting anything that might lose them their wicket.

Jardine went first through a Ron Oxenham delivery to leave the score at 283-3.

Hammond ploughed on but was let down by his middle order. The next three batsmen he partnered with only contributed 11 runs. The next batsmen that fell was Hammond himself who eventually got 177, caught and bowled by Jack Ryder. The score was 327-7.

The last batsman to offer any resistance was Maurice Tate, who held together the tail with a stubborn 49. He was eventually caught lbw through an Oxenham delivery. Oxenham was the bowler of the day, claiming five wickets. By the time the Australian's cleared up the tail, England had a lead of 348. They would have hoped for more after Hammond's great display with the bat.

Australia began their second innings well by losing no wickets in the first few overs. Bill Woolfull is on 7 and Archie Jackson on 16.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Sun Feb 07, 2016 10:48 am

On this day in 1929 Australia batted throughout the day to draw closer to England's total.

England's hopes of tying up this test match by rattling through the Australian order have been thwarted. A dominant display of stoicism from the Aussies sees them 88 runs away from their first victory of the series with 4 batsmen still in hand.

After surviving last night unscathed Archie Jackson and Bill Woodfull fell close to each other in the morning session. Soon after Stork Hendry went for five. This left Australia at 74-3 and Australia would have felt confident.

Then came a partnership that defined the day's play and took the advantage back to Australia. Alan Kippax and Jack Ryder came together and added another 134 runs on to the total. As is the way with this Australian team, both batsmen fell within 3 runs of each other making the score 224-5. Both players were bowled by Jack White, claiming his fourth wicket in the innings.

Australia lost one more batsmen that day, also to Jack White, leaving Don Bradman and Ron Oxenham together at the end of the day's play. Their mission is to get 88 runs tomorrow seize their first victory of 1929.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:24 pm

On this day in 1929 Australia had a very clear brief: score 88 runs without losing four wickets. They couldn't achieve it.

Don Bradman was the most effective Australian batsmen for the day as he was the mainstay amongst some bit part cameos.

Ron Oxenham didn't give them the best of starts as he lost his wicket for the gain of only ten runs. When Bradman's wicket was given up Australia needed 28 runs and had only the tail to help them get it. They only managed 9.

The last two wickets were got by Jack White, as were the other four bagged today. This left him with figures of 8-126. Costly but destructive.

The twelve run victory was the closest Australia came to winning that Summer, in what was Wally Hammond and Jack White's season of destruction.
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Re: On This Day

Postby Arthur Crabtree » Mon Feb 08, 2016 9:19 pm

Hard luck you Aussies.
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Re: On This Day

Postby The Professor » Tue Feb 09, 2016 8:58 am

On this day - A Brendon McCullum souvenir special.

On this day in 2015 a joint effort between Tim Southee and Brendon McCullum saw New Zealand produce a crushing victory over England in the World Cup.

England's batting form was woeful - the top scorer being Joe Root's 46 and the next best score being Moeen Ali's 20. No batsmen got over 50.

New Zealand, as they are wont to do, showed dominance in the field led by McCullum - surely one of the top ten captains in terms of field placements the game has seen.

This was mostly down to the fine work of Tim Southee, who became the third NZ bowler to get a five-fer in a World Cup match and went on to bag 7. Southee's bowling was awesome - well-timed, versatile and ultimately devastating. Whilst his name will be a footnote in this game, Daniel Vettori was also showed a level of control over the English batsmen that made them look amateur in comparison.

Southee's bowlers left Joe Root looking about for other batsmen to form a partnership with. It looked like much maligned Eoin Morgan could manage this. Root was the more dominant partner and they got a partnership of 47 before Morgan fell for 17.

In stark contrast to England's batting McCullum scored the third quickest fifty in ODI. He ended up with 8 4s and 7 6s and a strike rate of 308. England's bowlers were ineffective. Stuart Broad ended up with an economy of 11.57 and Steve Finn of 24.50.

The spoils were shared between Southee and McCullum but it was very much New Zealand's day
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