Players who had a fitting end to their career

[indiaholic]

Exactly my point. But he made it slightly better by playing evry shot in his repertoire once.

 

[aussie tragic]

After scoring only 15 runs in his previous two Tests vs Pakistan, Greg Chappell announced his retirement before he batted in the last Test of the series. This meant he had 6928 runs with another 68 runs required in his last Test to go past Bradman as leading run scorer for Australia.

He batted once making 182 which also meant he became one of the few to score a century in first and last Test. He also took 2 catches to break the then world record for number of career catches.

5th Test: Australia v Pakistan at Sydney, Jan 2-6, 1984 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Daemon]

Exactly my point. But he made it slightly better by playing evry shot in his repertoire once.

Yeah when he drove the ball past mid on to bring up his 50 and then paddled one to fine leg it gave me goosebumps. Was so good.

 

[Heboric]

Gary Kirsten

3rd Test: New Zealand v South Africa at Wellington, Mar 26-30, 2004 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

With Smith helped to win third test against New Zealand therefore preventing a series loss against New Zealand

 

[smash84]

Gavaskar scoring 96 from 264 balls on an absolute nightmare of a pitch in a vain attempt to draw a test match.

That innings was epic

 

[ImpatientLime]

MA Atherton c Warne b McGrath 9 (20)

 

[Howsie]

Shane Bond

Eight wickets, 150k plus bowling, won NZ the game on the last day. Broke his foot in doing so, retired the next day

 

[Nate]

Atul Sharma

 

[honestbharani]

BCL.. think scored an incredible hundred with lil support from rest of the batsmen in a losing cause in his last test??

 

[indiaholic]

Don't think he announced his retirement after a test match... Not sure..

 

[OverratedSanity]

He got an amazing double in his last series (smashed kaneria to smithereens) but didn't get many in his last test iirc.

He was runout in his last odi in the 07 wc. Screwed over by Marlon Samuels.

 

[indiaholic]

Just checked.. A duck and a 49 in a Windies loss by 199 runs.. So not much in the last test.

 

[honestbharani]

aaahh..must have confused some other test that series to be his last.

 

[TheJediBrah]

He got an amazing double in his last series (smashed kaneria to smithereens) but didn't get many in his last test iirc.

He was runout in his last odi in the 07 wc. Screwed over by Marlon Samuels.

as if we needed any more reason to hate the ****

 

[Burgey]

Shane Bond

Eight wickets, 150k plus bowling, won NZ the game on the last day. Broke his foot in doing so, retired the next day

Deadset the ultimate microcosm of that bloke's career.

 

[SteveNZ]

Shane Bond

Eight wickets, 150k plus bowling, won NZ the game on the last day. Broke his foot in doing so, retired the next day

I don't think there's a better answer than this one. You look back on Shane Bond's bowling numbers in all formats and it's just insane.

 

[Zinzan]

I don't think there's a better answer than this one. You look back on Shane Bond's bowling numbers in all formats and it's just insane.

You had me do something I rarely do, which is to look at statguru's combined Test/ODI/T20 numbers of bowlers since 1970 who've taken more than 100 wickets by average.

It's staggering that Bond is 2nd only to Garner, considering the ODI era he played in wasn't nearly as conducive to low averages as the 70s,80s & even 90s were.

and dat SR of 31 is just insane....

 

[indiaholic]

Bowled 28 overs in the first innings and 21 in the second.. That is tough on a bowler like him.

 

[ankitj]

Steve Waugh - 80

Scored runs as he typically did

Came here to post this. Also Muttiah Muralitharan, Imran Khan (ODIs), Richard Hadlee.

 

[Shady Slim]

and dat SR of 31 is just insane....

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