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Test Match/Series that changed Cricket

Moss

Moss

International Captain
Australia in England 1882 - All future series between these two given some sort of pre-eminence thanks to some random urn
Pakistan in England 1992 - This was the series which arguably brought reverse swing into the mainstream, even if W&W were branded cheats
Australia in India 2000/01 - haven't looked up the stats but think it would be fair to say captains were much more reluctant to enforce the follow on after this series, or specifically the Kolkata test?
 
Starfighter

Starfighter

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Moss said:
Australia in India 2000/01 - haven't looked up the stats but think it would be fair to say captains were much more reluctant to enforce the follow on after this series, or specifically the Kolkata test?
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Apparently that's true. Worth mentioning that enforcing the follow on is often the worse option anyway. Charles Davis did some calculations a few years ago and showed batting again is better up to the end of day 3.
 
Lillian Thomson

Lillian Thomson

Hall of Fame Member
It wasn't really the series themselves that prompted Clive Lloyd's all fast bowling attack. It was more the retirement of Lance Gibbs and the likes of Padmore and Jumadeen not being up to the task. Roger Harper did well to play twenty odd Tests in that period.
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Lillian Thomson said:
It wasn't really the series themselves that prompted Clive Lloyd's all fast bowling attack. It was more the retirement of Lance Gibbs and the likes of Padmore and Jumadeen not being up to the task. Roger Harper did well to play twenty odd Tests in that period.
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That and the string of world class quicks that came along by the late 1970s. Whatever the conditions, Croft vs Padmore was a no-brainer. Less so when the alternative to a spinner was someone like Vanburn Holder.
 
Lillian Thomson

Lillian Thomson

Hall of Fame Member
wpdavid said:
That and the string of world class quicks that came along by the late 1970s. Whatever the conditions, Croft vs Padmore was a no-brainer. Less so when the alternative to a spinner was someone like Vanburn Holder.
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He just decided to pick the best bowlers irrespective of what they were. His first four man pace attack with no spinner was Roberts, Daniel, Holder and Julian at Trent Bridge in 1976. If Gibbs hadn't retired he would have played. Ironically he used Fredericks, Richards, Gomes and Kallicharran quite a bit in that match.
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Lillian Thomson said:
He just decided to pick the best bowlers irrespective of what they were. His first four man pace attack with no spinner was Roberts, Daniel, Holder and Julian at Trent Bridge in 1976. If Gibbs hadn't retired he would have played. Ironically he used Fredericks, Richards, Gomes and Kallicharran quite a bit in that match.
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Yeah, I think the move towards an all pace attack wasn't a completely done deal at that stage. As you say, their part-time spinners sent down quite a few overs in that match, and maybe the fact that England drew quite comfortably when batting last was a factor in WI bringing back a specialist spinner for the next couple of tests. Fast forward six months to the WI vs Pakistan series, and even then we see a specialist WI spinner in three out of the five tests.

Ditto 12 months later when the off-spinner Parry played in all five tests against Australia. That was an odd series, as WI started by playing all of their Packer players whereas Australia took none of theirs and were predictably slaughtered in the first two tests. Then the WI didn't select their Packer players and all sort of guys came in for the last three tests. But I think the fact that Parry played as part of their first choice XI in the first two tests suggests that either Lloyd or the WI selectors weren't 100% sold on the all pace attack even then.
 
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Aritro

Aritro

International Vice-Captain
Aus v WI 1995.

And yes, I'm aware there were plenty of signs before that but if we're not being simplistic about it, there would be no thread.
 
Kirkut

Kirkut

International Regular
2007 T20 World Cup. Accelerated BCCI to becoming the financial superpower of the game with IPL.
 
A

Arachnodouche

International Captain
The first wins on English soil by India and Pakistan would have been watershed moments for those countries considering the historical context. India's '71 win certainly was an emotional affair and kickstarted the reorientation of the global game.
 
TheGreatest

TheGreatest

U19 Cricketer
India's win in the 2007 T20 World Cup.
The cricketing world would have been very different had India not won the Cup. Maybe, no IPL..no T20 leagues. Proper Test series/tours, no early retirements ( De Villers)
Surprisingly, India was one team which didn't took the Micky Mouse cricket seriously when it started off. If I'm correct the 2007 WC team didn't include Sachin, Zaheer, Harbhajan, and other stars.
 
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