Greatest Tour Match of All Time?

[Spikey]

If I may stop bashing the kiwis for a second, literally who can forget Sri Lanka being bowled out by Australia A for 65 and then an additional 25 over game being played. it's one of the greatest things to ever happen in cricket

Tour Match: Australia A v Sri Lankans at Adelaide, Jan 7, 2003 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo
Sri Lanka thrashed before the lights came on | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

they lost the second match too: http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/102/102712.html

they clearly thought Jimmy Maher had a good hit, because he got dropped for the second game.

two days later Sanath Jayasuriya basically defeated Australia
6th Match: Australia v Sri Lanka at Sydney, Jan 9, 2003 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Spikey]

Weird low scoring game on the 1948 Invincibles tour between Yorkshire and a Bradman-less Australian side.

The Home of CricketArchive

there's a story that after this game bradman turned to sid barnes and said 'well one of us has to play in every game now"

from the same tour, http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/18/18429.html

700 runs in a day. miller got out on purpose

 

[cnerd123]

This is another personal favourite of mine whenever I hear about Krejza and his 12 wickets - Tour Match: Indian Board President's XI v Australians at Hyderabad (Deccan), Oct 2-5, 2008 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Geez that BPXI is so strong. India's tour XIs are **** now.

 

[Furball]

This is another personal favourite of mine whenever I hear about Krejza and his 12 wickets - Tour Match: Indian Board President's XI v Australians at Hyderabad (Deccan), Oct 2-5, 2008 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Pretty sure Mumbai played Australia in the late 90s (1998?) and Tendulkar absolutely destroyed Warne.

 

[Spikey]

australia had 3 interesting ones during the 2005 ashes

1) losing to Somerset: The Home of CricketArchive
this was at the very start of the tour. A couple of days later, they lost to Banga.

2) before the first test: The Home of CricketArchive
Chris Rogers scored a double ton in the 2nd innings.

3) before the last test: The Home of CricketArchive
Essex scored 500 runs in a day. Cook scored 200 runs in a day

 

[Daemon]

australia had 3 interesting ones during the 2005 ashes

1) losing to Somerset: The Home of CricketArchive
this was at the very start of the tour. A couple of days later, they lost to Banga.

2) before the first test: The Home of CricketArchive
Chris Rogers scored a double ton in the 2nd innings.

3) before the last test: The Home of CricketArchive
Essex scored 500 runs in a day. Cook scored 200 runs in a day

As if there already wasn't enough to call it the greatest series of all time

 

[Furball]

2) before the first test: The Home of CricketArchive
Chris Rogers scored a double ton in the 2nd innings

Wtf is Krezja doing batting top 6?

 

[Daemon]

Pretty sure Mumbai played Australia in the late 90s (1998?) and Tendulkar absolutely destroyed Warne.

Yeah this one is kinda famous

Mumbai v Australians at Mumbai (Brabourne), 24-26 February 1998

 

[Daemon]

Wtf is Krezja doing batting top 6?

What's more interesting is why Leicestershire would want him as an overseas player

 

[Spikey]

Wtf is Krezja doing batting top 6?

he was considered an all-rounder of sorts early in his career, batted 7 for most the 04-05 shield season. he was there in one of the nsw vs NZ tour matches i posted above.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Pretty sure Mumbai played Australia in the late 90s (1998?) and Tendulkar absolutely destroyed Warne.

Yeah this one is kinda famous

Mumbai v Australians at Mumbai (Brabourne), 24-26 February 1998

Yep, that's the scorecard I was looking for. Was looking in the wrong year.

 

[Prince EWS]

Wtf is Krezja doing batting top 6?

That was the role he was sort of expected to end up in back around that time; he batted seven in his first season with NSW too. Leics would've rested a bunch of players and the young allrounder they had at the club with a Polish passport probably seemed a good enough candidate to bat six. He batting disappointed even more than his bowling really.

 

[Spikey]

he ended up with more shield hundreds than shield five wicket hauls

1-0, in case you want the final score

 

[Spikey]

one that's actually not as famous as it should be: The Home of CricketArchive

dude took 10 in an innings twice that summer...

 

[AndrewB]

Learie Constantine v Middlesex in 1928: The Home of CricketArchive

Edit: Apparently each of Constantine's innings (86 and 103) took about an hour.

 

[harsh.ag]

one that's actually not as famous as it should be: The Home of CricketArchive

dude took 10 in an innings twice that summer...

Yeah, this is so often overlooked. Good pick.

 

[Spikey]

just went through Australia's tour of India and SA in 69-70 cause I thought there was a candidate in there. i was mistaken, but there's a couple of cracking scorecards in there.

The Home of CricketArchive

fair effort from Lawry & Prasanna

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Procter! Barlow!

 

[Furball]

What's more interesting is why Leicestershire would want him as an overseas player

I'm assuming with a name like Krezja he has some sort of Eastern European ancestry and therefore wouldn't actually count as an overseas player.

 

[NZTailender]

Remember a few moons ago seeing footage on ABC TV of a replay from a game sometime in the 50s or 60s where, I think, the West Indies were playing a tour match against some club side and getting absolutely destroyed.

 

[Jono]

We'll probably never see a full strength FC side play tour games anymore which is a shame because there have been some great ones, especially in the distant past.

What are some of the best ones? My personal favourite is this - Tour Match: Cricket Australia XI v New Zealanders at Sydney, Oct 29-31, 2015 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

The birth of the kiwahhh