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Heroic in the face of a hammering

The Sean

The Sean

Cricketer Of The Year
The Sean said:
AB's epic series in the Caribbean in 1984 must rank. Off the top of my head he scored 521 runs at 74 against Marshall and Garner at their best, as Australia lost the series 3-0, a scoreline which flattered us.
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Burgey said:
Border in the West Indies in 1984 averaged 70 odd, more than twice the next best by an Australian batsman iirc.
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In your own time Burge. :ph34r:
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
tooextracool said:
If we arent restricting ourselves to test cricket, I'd throw Paul Nixon from the 2007 world cup. Averaged 39 odd, was responsible for keeping us alive in games we had no reason to be alive in and kept like he was on crack. All while being 36 and everyone around him was complete crap. Was possibly the only positive to come out for us that world cup though he never played again.
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If we extend this to one-day series, then KP in SA during 2005 has to be right up there. Three hundreds was it, whilst his side went down 5-1?
 
TT Boy

TT Boy

Hall of Fame Member
Athlai said:
Not the most prolific encounter, but Gambhir saved India from utter humiliation.

2nd Test: New Zealand v India at Napier, Mar 26-30, 2009 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo
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Was a complete and utter road mind and not the greatest of attacks (putting it mildly). Franklin at first change, opening the bowling in the first innings and Franklin at this point was well and truly gone as an international bowler.

All-round records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo
 
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Outswinger@Pace

Outswinger@Pace

International 12th Man
weeman27bob said:
Mahela Jayawardene on his Galle hundred against Australia | Specials | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo

All that effort I'd put into interviewing Mahela too...
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It's quite clear that Mahela prefers seeing Mitch Johnson play in the Australian team:

Mitch is always going to be that aggressive bowler in the line-up. He's probably got the licence to do whatever he wants, and he's naturally a wicket-taking bowler - he's not a guy who is going to bowl one length, one line and wait the whole day.
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As an opposition batsman, I don't blame him wanting to face this "natural wicket-taker" everytime he bats in a test match against Aus. :laugh:
 
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