The Greatest Comeback In History?

chasingthedon · 05-12-2009, 10:29 PM

Almost sixty years before Headingley, a comeback of even greater magnitude took place in the County Championship match between Warwickshire and Hampshire - CW's Dave Wilson and Martin Chandler look into the match and its background.

Cricket Web - Features: The Greatest Comeback In History?

archie mac · 05-12-2009, 10:46 PM

Great stuff lads, one of my all time favourite cricket stories

Reading a bio on Mead atm, and read quite a good one on his Lordship, always upset me the incident with Bradman in 1930

A ? as slipped into the text

ret · 06-12-2009, 12:12 AM

That's interesting! ..... As for test cricket, I won't be surprised if it is Ind's comeback against Aus in Kolkatta, when Laxman and Dravid turned things around for India

chasingthedon · 08-12-2009, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by archie mac

A ? as slipped into the text

Fixed, thanks.

Faisal1985 · 08-12-2009, 11:28 AM

Pak Vs. NZ..........................great comeback by Amir and Ajmal..............but we lost the game lol

bagapath · 08-12-2009, 11:53 PM

bradman's first series as a skipper must surely be one of the greatest comebacks ever.

Josh · 18-12-2009, 07:04 AM

Hey that's an excellent little bit of reading. Would love to be a part of something like that wouldn't you??

archie mac · 18-12-2009, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bagapath

bradman's first series as a skipper must surely be one of the greatest comebacks ever.

True, but that team had a big advantage

bagapath · 18-12-2009, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by archie mac

True, but that team had a big advantage

is there any book written on that series?

archie mac · 19-12-2009, 12:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bagapath

is there any book written on that series?

I will post a link that Martin sent me, it may have it, but now my little boy is demanding the computer

fredfertang · 19-12-2009, 12:03 AM

There are accounts of the 36/37 tour by English journalists William Pollock and Bruce Harris and also, for the only time for a series in Australia by Neville Cardus, who of course was a journalist too, but a rather special one - no account by a player though - nor, oddly, by an Aussie

jeevan · 19-12-2009, 09:19 AM

Well, but for Kamran Akmal in Karachi 2006 Pakistan might well have done almost the same. They were 0-3 to Irfan's hat-trick at the end of the first over, and 36-6 at the end of 10 overs (or something like that). They ended up with 230 odd (due to Akmal's century mostly).
2nd innings, they declared on 599-6.

bagapath · 19-12-2009, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by archie mac

I will post a link that Martin sent me, it may have it, but now my little boy is demanding the computer

whenever you find time to come back to CW do give me the link.

also read it out to your little boy. may he also grow up to be a cricket fan.

archie mac · 19-12-2009, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by bagapath

whenever you find time to come back to CW do give me the link.

also read it out to your little boy. may he also grow up to be a cricket fan.

http://www.sportspages.com/pdf/The%2...re%20Here!.pdf

I have my doubts

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chasingthedon Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: California, USA Posts: 2,211	The Greatest Comeback In History? Almost sixty years before Headingley, a comeback of even greater magnitude took place in the County Championship match between Warwickshire and Hampshire - CW's Dave Wilson and Martin Chandler look into the match and its background. Cricket Web - Features: The Greatest Comeback In History?

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archie mac Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: canberra Australia Posts: 10,668	Great stuff lads, one of my all time favourite cricket stories Reading a bio on Mead atm, and read quite a good one on his Lordship, always upset me the incident with Bradman in 1930 A ? as slipped into the text __________________ You know it makes sense.

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fredfertang Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: high dudgeon Posts: 9,719	There are accounts of the 36/37 tour by English journalists William Pollock and Bruce Harris and also, for the only time for a series in Australia by Neville Cardus, who of course was a journalist too, but a rather special one - no account by a player though - nor, oddly, by an Aussie Last edited by fredfertang; 19-12-2009 at 10:45 AM.

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jeevan International 12th Man Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: San Jose CA Posts: 1,677	Well, but for Kamran Akmal in Karachi 2006 Pakistan might well have done almost the same. They were 0-3 to Irfan's hat-trick at the end of the first over, and 36-6 at the end of 10 overs (or something like that). They ended up with 230 odd (due to Akmal's century mostly). 2nd innings, they declared on 599-6.

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