Your first live match

[Burgey]

Sydney Test of 74-75. But I can hardly remember a thing about it. Was only 5 years old.

 

[watson]

My 'Aussie Grandad' took me to The Oval in 1976 to watch the West Indian quicks bowl. When we walked into the ground I remember watching either Bob Woolmer or Dennis Amiss smacking a ball from Andy Roberts to the cover point fence. That was the first ball I ever saw in Test cricket, and I can still picture it.

5th Test: England v West Indies at The Oval, Aug 12-17, 1976 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[adub]

Day two of this one.

2nd Test: Australia v England at Sydney, Jan 4-8, 1980 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Sitting on the old concrete 'seats' in the small pavillions where the O'Reilly stand is now. Still remember the walk around the back of the Sheridan stand and onto the hill winding your way between the guys in stubbies and no shirts with their styrofoam eskies full of tubes. 16 wickets fell so there was plenty happening on and off the ground.

 

[ankitj]

First ODI was this: 4th ODI: India v England at Kanpur, Jan 28, 2002 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

First test was this (day 3): 3rd Test: India v Pakistan at Bangalore, Mar 24-28, 2005 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Saw Sehwag's superb batting in both games. MoM award in the first one. Double century in the other.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Day 3 and 4 of :

1st Test: India v Pakistan at Chennai, Jan 28-31, 1999 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Not a bad first match

 

[vandem]

Student days, watched all of the Eden Park victory vs Aus in 1986, was the final match in a double header series that started with Hadlee's 9-52 at Brisbane.

3rd Test: New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Mar 13-17, 1986 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Highlight was one piece of Coney captaincy magic. Aus had a first inning lead of 50-ish, were 3-55 with Border settling in to build a lead on a spinning pitch, with Bright and Matthews to bowl last. He swept off spinner Bracewell for four, followed by Coney moving a fielder from leg side to off side, making the leg side gap bigger. IIRC a couple of balls later Border swung across the line again, aiming for the leg side gap, ball held up and spun into off stump. Middle order and tail crumbed after that.

 

[honestbharani]

Day 3 and 4 of :

1st Test: India v Pakistan at Chennai, Jan 28-31, 1999 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Not a bad first match

Not bad at all


My first match was the tied test at Chennai in 1987.. I was 3 and a half and lived about 5 mins from the ground. My uncles were going and they took me with them for a session.. All I remember was Ravi Shastri batting well, a fan removing his shirt and causing disruption in the stand, police hitting him and taking him out of the ground and eating some bananas in the stand

 

[Johnners]

First ever T20i match in Australia (iirc?) - Australia v South Africa @ the Gabba 2006.

Marto's innings was just

 

[sledger]

Hampshire vs Surrey in a county game in 2005. Most of the day was rained off, but Obnoxious Weed Singh hit loads of sixes. Pothas to confirm.

 

[fredfertang]

Sydney Test of 74-75. But I can hardly remember a thing about it. Was only 5 years old.

You didn't miss anything worth watching

 

[vic_orthdox]

Think I went to games beforehand but the first I can remember is the 2nd final at the MCG between Australia and Australia A, 1994/95.

 

[Jono]

First game I remember going to was an ODI vs. Pakistan where Anthony Stuart got a hat-trick at the MCG. Around 1996 I think.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Was at the same one.

 

[Johnners]

Was January 97, remember listening to it on the radio whilst camping at Fraser Island. Distinctly remember that year because a cousin did his best effort to chop his foot off with a tomahawk whilst chopping wood.

 

[marc71178]

http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/54/54504.html

I pissed off Andy Moles by standing up behind the bowlers arm. Next ball he got out.

 

[morgieb]

I think it was a tour match against South Africa in 01/02.

Dickload of time since I've actually been to one. Apart from that and a trial T20 against two NSW sides, I have not been to one.

 

[Hurricane]

Around 1980ish give or take a year or two. England vs Northern Districts. I decided that day it would be an honour to wear the maroon cap one day (never happened obvs)

Chris Smith opened the batting for England and just left everything alone outside off stump for half an hour and then just when you thought he would never get a run, he started scoring at will and brought up a 50 before you could blink. I was amazed he had scored 50 as my high score at the time was 12.

 

[Top_Cat]

2nd Match: Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, Dec 17, 1995 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Remember Slater hitting a huuuuuge 6 into the Members, thinking that Ian Bishop wasn't all that quick and that Shiv Chanderpaul seemed to have hours to play every ball.

 

[artvandalay]

3rd and final day of the first test in Mumbai between India and Australia in 2001. Was a largely unremarkable day though.

 

[morgieb]

Sydney Test of 74-75. But I can hardly remember a thing about it. Was only 5 years old.

1874 or 1974?