indiaholic
International Captain
Best was the Ahmedabad test against SA in 2008. Steyn
Worst was an IPL game.. SRH vs KKR. Some ****s had brought in vuvuzelas.
Worst was an IPL game.. SRH vs KKR. Some ****s had brought in vuvuzelas.
Remember it well. I wasn't there, but in those days on Test Match Special on Radio 3 you would get the commentators answering letters that people had sent in and it was often more entertaining than the cricket. (No instant communication in those days of course). I was on Bigbury Beach listening to it (yes it was raining there as well).My first day at at Test match was the Saturday of the Old Trafford Test against West Indies in 1980
What I would have given to be at that day. Still remember listening to every ball practically eating the radio, so nervous. Think Sehwag may have destroyed us Day 5 so wasn't too upset by the rain.Ironically enough, I think I felt the best and worst during the same game. That 2004 test against Australia, Day 4.. Going in, we all expected them to fold in a session or so and India to canter but Martyn batted like a God that series and Gilles-freaking-pie decided he will block everything. The first 2 sessions were the worst but then the last session was literally the time I could actually feel what everyone means when they talk about how players have to fight not just the bowlers, but the pressure from the close in fielders and the crowd, which can feel like a cauldron. This was the pre-renovated MAC stadium and it was literally a cauldron. I have mentioned earlier here in CW how I remarked to my cousin at how nervous Lehmann looked and I remember he walked out looking like he had no idea how he can survive and he came back just as fast. Best part was, that look had not left his face.
Guess I was able to perceive it at a greater level as I was in the pavilion stand for that day. Warne was sitting a few feet away from me. And spoke to us chaps post game. Greatest experience of my cricket following life. And, of course, the rain from nowhere on Day 5. It was burning hot for 4 days before it. It was burning hot for the next 10 days. But for 6 hours from 8 AM the next day, the rain just HAD to come and destroy one of the best set up day 5s of all time.
Good.Ganguly hit the back of his head on the ground while taking his catch in front of where we were sitting.
That's an incredible game to have witnessed. Very jealous. Clarke's knock in the first innings, being rolled out for 96, 47ao with that Haddin shot, and a Graeme Smith 4th innings special.Good
Hands down this one:
1st Test: South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, Nov 9-11, 2011 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo
To see a comeback like that live was incredible, doubt will come close to seeing that again ever.
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The only test loss i have attended was the first time Australia came to Newlands post isolation. We werent hammered but it was a loss. The bad memory of the game was the refusal by players like Warne and Hayden to give autographs to kids at the boundaries edge when they were fielding there. The crowd eventually started to heckle them.
What I would have given to be at that day. Still remember listening to every ball practically eating the radio, so nervous. Think Sehwag may have destroyed us Day 5 so wasn't too upset by the rain.
The size of the 22 yards 'wicket-to-wicket' was what surprised me when I first started going, that and the distance between the (batsman's) stumps/bails and the wicketkeeper (during seam bowling): all appeared much larger distance wise than what is seen on camera.I've attended my first ever game at a cricket stadium in the recent Ind vs Eng Mumbai test. I must say that the clean bowled dismissals you see at a stadium look nowhere as awesome compared to watching it on a tv where you get to see the ball hitting the stumps in slow motion and the sound of it captured through stump mikes. Also the boundaries look huge in tv compared to the actual size.