England Test Cricket Early 1990s

[ianfoard]

Hi
Does anyone know which test match in England in the early 1990s featured an England innings which started off disastrously (5 for 3)? Graham Gooch was still not out after this start and I think he went on to help get a reasonable total.

Thanks if anyone can help

[robelinda]

surely a few minutes on cricinfo would tell you. i'll test my theory right.....now, here i go....

[Top_Cat]

Backing Rob to have footage of it up within the hour.

(actually, that'd be cool)

[robelinda]

how about this one

2nd Test: England v West Indies at Lord's, Jun 20-24, 1991 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

[robelinda]

I could do it, but I'm just too tired.

However, i have done Robin Smith's 148* from the same match

*BRUTAL* ROBIN SMITH 148* vs WEST INDIES 1991 2nd test - YouTube

[robelinda]

Hah, could be this match too, in fact it probably is.

4th Test: England v West Indies at Birmingham, Jul 25-28, 1991 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

[Spikey]

gonna have to be more specific

[Top_Cat]

Good lord, that was a top knock by Judge.

[robelinda]

I've checked all the scorecards from 1990 to 1994, where Gooch played tests in england, those two are the only candidates.

[robelinda]

Good lord, that was a top knock by Judge.

Just staggering seeing the bowling lineup he faced. Puts our guys to shame, cant even play a forward defence to a straight ball.

[Jacknife]

I could do it, but I'm just too tired.

However, i have done Robin Smith's 148* from the same match

*BRUTAL* ROBIN SMITH 148* vs WEST INDIES 1991 2nd test - YouTube

Watched this vid 3 or 4 times already, The Judge was the absolute bollocks, one of my all time favorite players.

[wpdavid]

Hah, could be this match too, in fact it probably is.

4th Test: England v West Indies at Birmingham, Jul 25-28, 1991 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Even more remarkably, it features a decent performance from Chris Lewis.


The other time in that series was the 2nd innings at Leeds, although the score of 38 for 3 is slightly higher than what we're discussing here.