Battle of the drawn test matches

[OverratedSanity]

Nothing like a thrilling draw imo. No joke noms like SL 952 declared please. I'll run it with 32 nominations if there's enough interest.

 

[Burgey]

Nominate:

Old Trafford 2005

Adelaide 1960-61

Aus v Pakistan this year

TOTAB’s epic v WI 1984

Please

 

[OverratedSanity]

Nominate:

Old Trafford 2005

Adelaide 1960-61

Aus v Pakistan this year

TOTAB’s epic v WI 1984

Please

I second those and add:

India vs SA Steyn bopping shami test 2013
Faf and AB blockathon Adelaide 2012
Cardiff 2009

 

[wpdavid]

Aus / India tied test

England vs India at the Oval in 1979

 

[OverratedSanity]

That's cheating. Tied tests are not draws and hence are ineligible for nomination.

 

[_Ed_]

Painful for NZ fans, but a great game: 3rd Test, England tour of New Zealand at Auckland, Mar 22-26 2013 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo

 

[Adders]

Painful for NZ fans, but a great game: 3rd Test, England tour of New Zealand at Auckland, Mar 22-26 2013 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo

Was gonna nominate this one. IIRC Broad got very close to the record for most balls faced without scoring a run......ended up with 6 off 77 (including a 4) but I think those runs came right at the end of his innings.

 

[ankitj]

Painful for NZ fans, but a great game: 3rd Test, England tour of New Zealand at Auckland, Mar 22-26 2013 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo

Why doesn't it have a player of the match?

 

[fredfertang]

England vs India at the Oval in 1979

Certainly this one, and Monty and Jimmy's rearguard in 2009

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

This one doesn't qualify, but would have had Shannon Gabriel not tried to whack Yasir Shah out of Windsor Park on the last ball of the match.

#MisYou

Scorecard - 2016-2017 West Indies v Pakistan - 10/05/2017

 

[Howe_zat]

Graeme Onions v Morne Morkel Centurion 2009

Adil Rashid v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 2015

Australia vs immovable object Brisbane 2010

 

[Burgey]

Why doesn't it have a player of the match?

The judges called it a draw too

 

[Burgey]

This one doesn't qualify, but would have had Shannon Gabriel not tried to whack Yasir Shah out of Windsor Park on the last ball of the match.

#MisYou

Scorecard - 2016-2017 West Indies v Pakistan - 10/05/2017

Haha yep that was probably the worst shot in cricket history given the context. Is Gabriel still playing? He should have had his papers marked after that

 

[Howe_zat]

cricinfo commentary:

'Yasir to bowl his last over of the series. He's taken 24 wickets so far.'

after 2 balls

'Around the wicket now. And whoa, it's begun drizzling! The floodlights have come on.'

After 4

'The ball before, they had a chance of taking a single, but Chase turned it down. He trusts Gabriel to see this over out.'

After 5

'Everyone is standing ten feet or less than ten feet from the bat.'

Yasir Shah to Gabriel, OUT

 

[James]

Greatbatch and Snedden in this marathon:

Only Test, New Zealand tour of Australia at Perth, Nov 24-28 1989 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo

 

[Starfighter]

England vs West Indies, Lords, 1963

Australia vs immovable object Brisbane 2010

He said no joke noms.

 

[AndrewB]

Adelaide 1968-9
Lords 1953 (Watson and Bailey)

 

[Dendarii]

Dredging up painful memories, but Atherton's 185* at the Wanderers (with support from Russell) definitely should be on the list.

2nd Test, England tour of South Africa at Johannesburg, Nov 30 - Dec 4 1995 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo

 

[Starfighter]

West Indies vs Pakistan, Bridgetown, 1958

 

[Burgey]

Greatbatch and Snedden in this marathon:

Only Test, New Zealand tour of Australia at Perth, Nov 24-28 1989 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo

Oh yeah. That was Greatbatch’s finest hour wasn’t it? Fmd that was a great knock against an attack which had just come off the Ashes.