Best one day matches of all time!!

[Deja moo]

My pick....................

India vs Australia ( sharjah 98 )
Australia vs South Africa ( WC99 semifinal )
India vs South Africa ( Hero Cup94 semifinal )
India vs England ( Natwest final )
India vs Pakistan ( WC2003 )
India vs Pakistan ( Dhaka98 final )
England vs Namibia ( WC 2003 )
A rather myopic view of world cricket, but what the heck !!

 

[Tim]

I notice that the common theme in both of your lists is India...I think there are probably too many to pick..best leave Wisden to waide through it all & make a mess of it.

 

[V Reddy]

I think the last Natwest Series between Ind-Eng-Srl was superb too. The one dayer between England and Sri Lanka in AUS when Jayawardene scored a century was great too. Too many to tell but can't remember any:P

 

[krkode]

Of all those that I have seen live, I'd have to say:

India v Pakistan (India need 315 to win, Ganguly scored 127, Kanitkar hits the winners with 3 required off 2 balls) - 'twas the game that sparked my love of cricket.

Australia v SouthAfrica (WC99, SF) (Waugh's century was a classic, indeed)

India v Pakistan (WC2003) Quite a spectacle, indeed. This was the first match I saw in 3 years (after moving to the USA) and boy was I lucky to be treated to such a come-back :P

 

[Mr. P]

WC2003 final.

hey why not? records tumbles, big hitting, and ponting was seeing it like a beach ball.

 

[marc71178]

Nah, Martyn's terrible batting ruined that game for me

Mind you it was a ground breaking time in Cricketweb's history with the live coverage.

 

[Mr. P]

ha ha

 

[luckyeddie]

Nah, Martyn's terrible batting ruined that game for me

Mind you it was a ground breaking time in Cricketweb's history with the live coverage.

My fingers are still bleeding

 

[Eclipse]

Zim Vs Aus CUB series a few years ago was a great game.

I would have to say 1999 WC semi Final though.

 

[Hoggy]

ODI # 1028
Benson & Hedges World Series, 1995/96, 5th Match
Australia v West Indies
Sydney Cricket Ground (day/night)
1 January 1996 (50-overs match)

Result: Australia won by 1 wicket
Points: Australia 2, West Indies 0

Toss: West Indies
Umpires: PD Parker and TA Prue
TV Umpire: IS Thomas.
Match Referee: GT Dowling (NZ)
Man of the Match: PR Reiffel


West Indies innings (43 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
SC Williams c Healy b Reiffel 5 20 16 0 0
SL Campbell lbw b Warne 15 73 45 2 0
PV Simmons c Warne b Reiffel 4 11 10 1 0
S Chanderpaul c Taylor b Reiffel 3 15 11 0 0
CL Hooper not out 93 133 96 8 0
JC Adams c Waugh b Warne 0 1 2 0 0
RA Harper run out 28 65 63 1 0
OD Gibson b McGrath 4 11 9 0 0
+CO Browne c Warne b Reiffel 2 12 6 0 0
CEL Ambrose b Warne 0 2 1 0 0
*CA Walsh not out 3 2 2 0 0
Extras (lb 6, w 7, nb 2) 15
Total (9 wickets, 43 overs, 172 mins) 172

FoW: 1-13 (Williams), 2-21 (Simmons), 3-28 (Chanderpaul),
4-54 (Campbell), 5-54 (Adams), 6-135 (Harper),
7-150 (Gibson), 8-164 (Browne), 9-168 (Ambrose).

Bowling O M R W
McGrath 9 2 22 1 (2w)
Reiffel 9 2 29 4 (2w, 2nb)
Law 6 0 34 0
Lee 6 0 20 0 (3w)
Warne 9 2 30 3
Bevan 4 0 31 0

Australia innings (target: 173 runs from 43 overs) R M B 4 6
MJ Slater c Simmons b Ambrose 5 25 26 0 0
*MA Taylor run out 1 12 4 0 0
ME Waugh c Harper b Gibson 16 55 38 2 0
RT Ponting b Ambrose 0 1 1 0 0
SG Law c Browne b Ambrose 10 20 14 2 0
MG Bevan not out 78 150 88 6 0
S Lee c Browne b Gibson 0 1 2 0 0
+IA Healy b Harper 16 49 37 0 0
PR Reiffel c Hooper b Simmons 34 64 48 2 0
SK Warne run out 3 7 4 0 0
GD McGrath not out 1 5 1 0 0
Extras (lb 2, w 3, nb 4) 9
Total (9 wickets, 43 overs, 199 mins) 173

FoW: 1-4 (Taylor), 2-15 (Slater), 3-15 (Ponting), 4-32 (Law),
5-38 (Waugh), 6-38 (Lee), 7-74 (Healy), 8-157 (Reiffel),
9-167 (Warne).

Bowling O M R W
Ambrose 9 3 20 3
Walsh 9 2 22 0 (3nb)
Gibson 9 2 40 2
Harper 8 0 38 1 (2w)
Simmons 5 0 31 1 (1nb)
Hooper 3 0 20 0 (1w)



Rain interrupts play after 17 overs in West Indies innings.
108 minutes of play lost: Match reduced to 43 overs.

Warne gets wickets off the first and third balls in his first over.

Bevan hits a 4 off the last ball to win the match.

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[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Australia v SouthAfrica (WC99, SF) (Waugh's century was a classic, indeed)

Waugh's hundred was the game preceding the semi final.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

In no particular order:-

1/ England v Australia in the 2003 WC was great for about 75% of the match.

2/ The whole Australia v WI ODI series in 1999 (bar the crowd incidents)

3/ 1999 WC SF - Aus v SA - my all time fav.

4/ The whole India v WI ODI series in 2002 (bar the crowd incidents)

5/ Singapore Challenge Final (1999?)- Powell 124 v India. An incredible innings of clean and brutal hitting.

 

[V Reddy]

4/ The whole India v WI ODI series in 2002 (bar the crowd incidents)

5/ Singapore Challenge Final (1999?)- Powell 124 v India. An incredible innings of clean and brutal hitting.

4. I was praying for Sarwan to hit that 4 in that series. If WI had lost that match, it would have been a big controversy.

5. That was a great innings too but sadly it was against India :!(

 

[krkode]

Waugh's hundred was the game preceding the semi final.

My bad. They were both still classic :P

The Donald-Klusner fiasco :O

 

[Langeveldt]

My bad. They were both still classic :P

The Donald-Klusner fiasco :O

Mm, classic :rolleyes:

 

[PY]

I really enjoyed W.I. vs South Africa WC 2003.

Probably because it was first ODI I'd listened to fully before and the monster hitting by Powell (40 off 18) and Sarwan (32 off 15) and the marvelous century by Lara. Then good old Zulu livened things up a bit after it looked over as a win for W.I. with a rather lively 57 off 48 balls. West Indies won by 3 runs.

Also there's one of the ODI games last year I went to, England vs Sri Lanka, Freddie hit the quickest fifty by an England player. Can't remember much after that because of the free Scrumpy's they were handing out.

Damn pretty women with their alcohol tank backpacks

 

[Mr. P]

yes, classic is good.
but brutal is BETTER! (WC2003 final: ponting)

 

[luckyeddie]

How's about both brutal and classic?

1984, Texaco Trophy, England v Richa sorry West Indies, Old Trafford.

One of the greatest one day innings of all time by anyone anywhere IMO - under the circumstances, the Ponting WC2003 knock doesn't come close (great though it was).

The rest of the match wasn't too hot - after Viv, it was too one-sided to qualify as a great match, but I can still see some of Richards' shots in my mind's eye.



Viv's masterclass

 

[Anil]

How's about both brutal and classic?

1984, Texaco Trophy, England v Richa sorry West Indies, Old Trafford.

One of the greatest one day innings of all time by anyone anywhere IMO - under the circumstances, the Ponting WC2003 knock doesn't come close (great though it was).

The rest of the match wasn't too hot - after Viv, it was too one-sided to qualify as a great match, but I can still see some of Richards' shots in my mind's eye.



Viv's masterclass

his 189...right? One hell of an innings....one hell of a match...

Another incredible match was the Sharjah one (India vs Pak) where Miandad hit a magnificient century and that famous last ball six off Chetan Sharma....

Tendulkar's 2 centuries against Australia at Sharjah.....

 

[Mr. P]

Eng v Pak 2003 WC?