Which is the most important dismissal in cricket?

[bagapath]

A wicket at a crucial time that decided the fate of the innings, the bowler or batsman's career, match, series, international ranking of the teams, and world order...

And I am including tests, one-dayers and first class matches...

Could it be this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2-bYv8kyMs&feature=related

 

[NUFAN]

I think I'll go for this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNEcISTrcs4

 

[zaremba]

M. Kasprowicz c Jones b Harmison, Edgbaston 2005

 

[Goughy]

M. Kasprowicz c Jones b Harmison, Edgbaston 2005

From those in recent memory, that would be up there

 

[LA ICE-E]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tucNG561p7c

 

[Richard]

Maybe would've been Stephen Waugh c Browne b K Benjamin 42, Sabina Park, 1995.

As it was, though, the catch was dropped.

 

[DaRick]

If we include dropped chances:

MEK Hussey c. Kallis b. Pollock 27, Melbourne 2005

Who knows what would've happened in that Test series (and even in world cricket) if Kallis had held that catch? The possibilities are almost frightening.

The Waugh one would probably be more significant, though...as would the Kasprowicz dismissal.

 

[biased indian]

catch dropped then S waugh dropped by Gibbs in world cup

 

[biased indian]

Tendulkar Caught by Akram Bowled Saqlain in chennai

 

[biased indian]

how about the ones not given

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhDhT34YBbo&feature=related

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Surely the most important dismissal ever should be of some lasting significance (important misses is surely a separate thread) in the history of the game not a random dismissal of little consequence beyond the time in which it happened.

The dismissal right at the end of this sequence is surely the winner.

Howzat

 

[silentstriker]

Howzat

 

[Top_Cat]

Maybe would've been Stephen Waugh c Browne b W Benjamin 42, Sabina Park, 1995.

As it was, though, the catch was dropped.

Was Kenny Benjamin, to be honest.

 

[Richard]

Hmm, maybe it might've been.

Still would've been better if it was Winston, mind - Kenneth Benjamin was crap compared to his namesake.

 

[wpdavid]

Gatting's reverse sweep in the 1987 WC final, which decided the game and set up Aus' recovery from the mid80's and paved the way eventual world domination. Without Fat Gatt's brainstorm, none of that would ever have happened.

 

[Richard]

It didn't, though. It cost England a World Cup victory, but that's it.

Australia's Test revivial didn't start for another 2 years, and had zero to do with the victory in the 1987 World Cup.

 

[NUFAN]

It didn't, though. It cost England a World Cup victory, but that's it.

Australia's Test revivial didn't start for another 2 years, and had zero to do with the victory in the 1987 World Cup.

Haha you can't say it had zero to do with it.

It gave everyone in Australian Cricket the belief that we could take on the world in the shorter game and win.

 

[Richard]

But they already had that - they almost won the World Cup in 1975, 12 years previously.

In any case, as I said - that was the shorter game, the revival in the longer game was a) different and b) didn't start for another 2 years.

 

[NUFAN]

But they already had that - they almost won the World Cup in 1975, 12 years previously.

In any case, as I said - that was the shorter game, the revival in the longer game was a) different and b) didn't start for another 2 years.

Almost winning a world cup and winning one is completely different.

 

[Top_Cat]

But they already had that - they almost won the World Cup in 1975, 12 years previously.

In any case, as I said - that was the shorter game, the revival in the longer game was a) different and b) didn't start for another 2 years.

The guys who actually played in that final have spoken many times about how winning the 1987 WC gave them much confidence and self-belief which transferred to their Test form. You won't need to look far to see Steve Waugh, Bobby Simpson, David Boon, AB and others quoted as saying exactly that. Considering the same players who led the WC win led the revival in Aussie fortunes, you can't credibly argue a disconnect between the two.