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Greatest Upsets?
- Thread starter laksh_01
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zaremba
Cricketer Of The Year
1992 Eng v South Africa?What do u think is the greatest upset of all time? Is it:
1983: Zim Vs Aus?
1983: Ind Vs W.Ind?
1992: Eng Vs Saf?
1996: W.Ind Vs Ken?
2005: Ban Vs Aus?
2007: Pak Vs Ire?
2007: Ind Vs Ban?
Got even better to discuss, well wat are we waiting for?
You mean the World Cup semi-final?
England were tipped by many to win the World Cup and had already beaten South Africa (and hosts Australia) in the round-robin stage.
Predictably England ****ed it up in the final (Botham given out for 0 off his thigh pad) but beating South Africa was not a shock.
I'd say Bangladesh v Australia in 2005 but there are some pretty big other shocks in there too.
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
andruid
Cricketer Of The Year
1996: W.Ind Vs Ken?
The way it was so out of the blue
That and
2001: Ind v Kenya in South Africa (strangely enough the first timI saw Kenya cricket on live TV)
2004?: West Indies v. Ireland (it was a tour match and didn't get ODI status)
1996: Sri Lanka
1983: India
and embarrsasingly for me
2007: Kenya v Uganda (That T20 match)
The way it was so out of the blue
That and
2001: Ind v Kenya in South Africa (strangely enough the first timI saw Kenya cricket on live TV)
2004?: West Indies v. Ireland (it was a tour match and didn't get ODI status)
1996: Sri Lanka
1983: India
and embarrsasingly for me
2007: Kenya v Uganda (That T20 match)
zaremba
Cricketer Of The Year
Also Ireland beating the West Indies in 1928
Also Ireland beating the West Indies in 1969 (and bowling them out for 25 along the way).
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
The circumstances of that "victory" make it a bit dubious as an entry.
fredfertang
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
When Durham (many years before they achieved first class status) knocked the mighty Yorkshire out of the old Gillette Cup to become the first minor county to topple a first class county I can recall the utter amazement (although being a Lancastrian may make that a particularly sweet and treasured memory)
At international level the Bangladesh win over Australia in 2005 and Zimbabwe's 20/20 win over them are classic David v Goliath efforts - although even they would have been dwarfed had Bangladesh got home in that Test Match but just getting as close as they did was pretty remarkable
At international level the Bangladesh win over Australia in 2005 and Zimbabwe's 20/20 win over them are classic David v Goliath efforts - although even they would have been dwarfed had Bangladesh got home in that Test Match but just getting as close as they did was pretty remarkable
zaremba
Cricketer Of The Year
Because of the rumours that the Windies had all got pissed up at the Guinness brewery beforehand?
The irony is that when Ireland won they continued with the game as, efffectively, a beer match.
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
It was a one-day two innings match which was incomplete but they decided that if the match wasn't completed the winners would be the team with a first innings lead.
laksh_01
State Vice-Captain
Am sorry actually i was mentioning by the way they won in that match...
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
That makes it an even more stupid entry.
England lost to Zimbabwe in that World Cup though when they were still minnows.
zaremba
Cricketer Of The Year
There are contradictory accounts in different parts of cricinfo (and cricket archive), with some suggesting that they just played on because the result was achieved so quickly.
In any event the rules may have been unusual but so what? The result was certainly an upset! As was Ireland bowling them out for 25.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Ireland over Pakistan, surely.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
This should be limited to Test cricket. It's much easier to pull off an upset in an ODI, making it much more likely.
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
True but real upsets in Tests are few and far between because of the few nations that take part.
fredfertang
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I recall being greatly upset by the result of the 2006/07 Ashes series
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
I became hardened to it after the first delivery of the series.
fredfertang
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
It was a bit of a clue I agree but I didn't twig it - it was 50 or 60 without loss before I worked out what was going to happen and chucked out the caffeine tablets and the whizz and cancelled the Skysports subscription for the winter