Heroic in the face of a hammering

[Bahnz]

Martin Crowe in Pakistan in 1990. New Zealand got hammered 3-0, and managed a series high score of 287 as Waqar and Wasim ripped us to shreds. But Crowe still averaged 61 in the series, nearly twice as much as the next best kiwi batsmen. He was so good that afterwards Waqar said that Crowe was the best batsman he ever bowled to.

 

[robelinda]

Martin Crowe in Pakistan in 1990. New Zealand got hammered 3-0, and managed a series high score of 287 as Waqar and Wasim ripped us to shreds. But Crowe still averaged 61 in the series, nearly twice as much as the next best kiwi batsmen. He was so good that afterwards Waqar said that Crowe was the best batsman he ever bowled to.

Martin Crowe 174 vs Pakistan 2nd test 1988/89 - YouTube

 

[smash84]

Martin Crowe 174 vs Pakistan 2nd test 1988/89 - YouTube

gun video......my favorite NZ cricketer vs my favorite pakistan cricketer (Martin Crowe vs Imran Khan). Check out the reverse swing that Imran gets at 2:58 bloody awesome and bowling with a fair bit of pace even at 38. Imran

 

[zaremba]

Robin Smith was pretty good from memory in the 1989 Ashes.

Indeed he was, but oddly, despite the walloping that England got (4-0 but without the rain it would have been 6-0), he didn't win the award for England's man of the series. A prize for anyone who can guess / remember who won it without looking it up.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Indeed he was, but oddly, despite the walloping that England got (4-0 but without the rain it would have been 6-0), he didn't win the award for England's man of the series. A prize for anyone who can guess / remember who won it without looking it up.

Atherton?

 

[wpdavid]

Atherton?

No way - debuted and scored about 10 runs in 4 innings IIRC.

Maybe Jack Russell? Made his maiden test ton and generally equipped himself well.

 

[zaremba]

Yep, Jack Russell. I remember the citation was to the effect that he was the only English player to outplay his Australian counterpart (a clumsy young Ian Healy).

wpdavid wins a commemorative can of baked beans

 

[honestbharani]

I know Lara in the SL series was huge but I am yet to see a batsman look more better than Lara did in the 99 series against Australia, against a really "great" bowling attack... I know it was not a hammering but in the batting side, it was mostly because of Lara.

 

[robelinda]

Agree 10000%. That was out of this batting, completely dominated, in such a supreme way, in spite of insane media and crowd abuse. Was amazing just to watch it live, you couldn't believe your eyes at the mastery. Big scores, match winnings scores, ridiculous fast ton in the 4th test- what a massacre that was.

Brian Lara 213 vs Australia 2nd test 1999 - YouTube

Brian Lara 100 vs Australia 1999 Antigua - YouTube

Brian Lara 153* vs Australia 1999 Barbados - YouTube

 

[robelinda]

Agree 10000%. That was out of this batting, completely dominated, in such a supreme way, in spite of insane media and crowd abuse. Was amazing just to watch it live, you couldn't believe your eyes at the mastery. Big scores, match winnings scores, ridiculous fast ton in the 4th test- what a massacre that was.

Brian Lara 213 vs Australia 2nd test 1999 - YouTube

Brian Lara 100 vs Australia 1999 Antigua - YouTube

Brian Lara 153* vs Australia 1999 Barbados - YouTube

 

[sumantra]

Pretty sure Andy Flower must have had some.

remember a two test match series against india in india in 2000...

 

[smash84]

Agree 10000%. That was out of this batting, completely dominated, in such a supreme way, in spite of insane media and crowd abuse. Was amazing just to watch it live, you couldn't believe your eyes at the mastery. Big scores, match winnings scores, ridiculous fast ton in the 4th test- what a massacre that was.

Brian Lara 213 vs Australia 2nd test 1999 - YouTube

Brian Lara 100 vs Australia 1999 Antigua - YouTube

Brian Lara 153* vs Australia 1999 Barbados - YouTube

gun batting

 

[morgieb]

Matty Hayden 2001 vs India?

Hardly a hammering tbh.

Siddle or Hussey in the most recent Ashes?

 

[morgieb]

Has to be Rodney Hogg in 78/79, no? 41 wickets @ 12.85 in a 5-1 shellacking.

****, good find.

 

[tooextracool]

Hardly a hammering tbh.

Siddle or Hussey in the most recent Ashes?

Siddle was pretty ordinary for most of the Ashes series if you ask me. If SIddle was heroic then the crims must have low aspirations these days.

 

[tooextracool]

If we arent restricting ourselves to test cricket, I'd throw Paul Nixon from the 2007 world cup. Averaged 39 odd, was responsible for keeping us alive in games we had no reason to be alive in and kept like he was on crack. All while being 36 and everyone around him was complete crap. Was possibly the only positive to come out for us that world cup though he never played again.

 

[Burgey]

Border in the West Indies in 1984 averaged 70 odd, more than twice the next best by an Australian batsman iirc.

 

[Burgey]

If we arent restricting ourselves to test cricket, I'd throw Paul Nixon from the 2007 world cup. Averaged 39 odd, was responsible for keeping us alive in games we had no reason to be alive in and kept like he was on crack. All while being 36 and everyone around him was complete crap. Was possibly the only positive to come out for us that world cup though he never played again.

Not a bad shout that.

 

[JBMAC]

How about Lindsay Kline and Ken Mackay,Adelaide Test, 1960/61 series between WI and the Aussies. Gotta be up there
I also recall a Border/Thompson fight against the poms at the MCG

 

[OMM!]

Alec Stewart 9* vs. West Indies in 1998 at Sabina Park.

I filled my pants just watching it, so God knows what was going through his mind against Ambrose and Walsh on that pitch!!!