If...

[Shady Slim]

so this is probably already a thing but here's one of those token threads where we muse what would the outcome would have been if x event didn't happen

eg what would have happened if kaspro didn't glove behind two runs short of victory, or what would have happened if marsh dropped kohli on the boundary at adelaide, etc

 

[Gnske]

Vaughan would have been hung from the rafters of the Lords pavilion

 

[Red]

Flintoff's legacy would be considerably less.

 

[TheJediBrah]

If Allan Donald didn't forget how to run in 1999 . . .

would South Africa still have been choking consistently for the past 2 decades?

 

[honestbharani]

I think they would have won that WC but not sure if much else would have changed, except maybe holding off Australia's ODI domination by a few years... A good chance that Steve Waugh's legacy would have been a bit lesser too. Would they have made Ponting the ODI captain earlier?

 

[TheJediBrah]

I think they would have won that WC but not sure if much else would have changed, except maybe holding off Australia's ODI domination by a few years... A good chance that Steve Waugh's legacy would have been a bit lesser too. Would they have made Ponting the ODI captain earlier?

All very possible. It's the one single moment I can think of that could have potentially affected the future of 2 big nations.

I'm not saying that South Africa could have became the undisputed no.1 team through the 2000s instead of Australia but you never know

 

[vcs]

So we speculate on what would have happened if the massive game-deciding event had gone the other way.

Well, that's an easy one. The winning team would have lost and vice versa.

 

[cnerd123]

Would Franchise T20 be such a threat to the structure of International Cricket had Misbah Ul Haq not tried that silly little scoop sweep?

 

[jimmy101]

I think they would have won that WC but not sure if much else would have changed, except maybe holding off Australia's ODI domination by a few years... A good chance that Steve Waugh's legacy would have been a bit lesser too. Would they have made Ponting the ODI captain earlier?

Hard to see a semi-final loss in that '99 WC holding off Australia's domination unfortunately. By 2000, everything was just clicking for Australia. They had brought Martyn & Hayden back into the team. Gilchrist had become established as the #1 keeper & Langer was transitioning into a full-time opener. McGrath & Gillespie were now well into their great partnership. Ponting, Warne, Bevan & the Waughs were still as great as ever whilst new boy Brett Lee was making big waves. Not too mention the ridiculous amount of talent they had at Shield level.

The only real 'problem' they had was the impending retirement of the Waugh brothers. Had they lost the 99 WC semi, it is conceivable that their careers may have been shortened a year or so by the hand of the selectors.

As for Ponting's captaincy, it's hard to see him being made captain sooner than he was. They probably would have opted for Warne if anyone.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Would Franchise T20 be such a threat to the structure of International Cricket had Misbah Ul Haq not tried that silly little scoop sweep?

Franchise T20 would still have been around, IMO, except that the IPL is delayed and isn't necessarily the most lucrative league, Wonder Woman and Aquaman go to war, Thomas Wayne becomes the Batman, end of days etc. You didn't stop Hitler, you didn't stop JFK getting assassinated. No, you caused ripples in space time with your selfish changing of a silly cricket shot, and Misbah is the villain?

 

[cnerd123]

#MisbahsFault

 

[Coronis]

If X player got to play more or at all they would be the best batsman/bowler/allrounder of all time.

 

[StephenZA]

If Allan Donald didn't forget how to run in 1999 . . .

would South Africa still have been choking consistently for the past 2 decades?

No probably not....

 

[marc71178]

eg what would have happened if kaspro didn't glove behind two runs short of victory

DRS would've come in a lot earlier following the shocking LBW not given early in that 10th wicket partnership.

 

[Smudge]

. . . a face could launch a thousand ships
Then where am I to go?

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Don't even talk **** decisions that series

 

[Adders]

DRS would've come in a lot earlier following the shocking LBW not given early in that 10th wicket partnership.

Wish I could like this post twice.

 

[Daemon]

If not for the Sydney '08 debacle, would the inevitable conceptualisation of DRS have been delayed?

 

[TheJediBrah]

eg what would have happened if kaspro didn't glove behind two runs short of victory

or if the practice ball McGrath stepped on the first morning of that Test had been just 10cm to the left

 

[Daemon]

or if the practice ball McGrath stepped on the first morning of that Test had been just 10cm to the left

He might have rolled his left ankle then