weirdest scorecards

[fredfertang]

Was clicking around and ended up reading an interesting footnote on Leslie Hylton's profile

One of the first things I wrote for the site was about Hylton From Kensington Oval to Perdition | Cricket Web

 

[Compton]

Was Southee injured btw? Or was it deemed unsafe for Southee but not Henry, Bracewell and Neesham?

Left the field after bowling his three overs. Stated reason was an upset stomach. Presumably sick to the stomach at the pitch they had been served with

 

[Bijed]

cook took a single wicket and it was ishant sharma

younis took a for fer for the game, including dilshan as keeper (which he did on occasion) and rangana as an opening night watchman the next morning, and took them bowling second change

pakistan managed to completely and totally pakistan a fairly well restricted game, first levelling the sri lanka total with five wickets left then only leading by just fifty

they proceeded to bowl sri lanka out for a small total, before lollapsing in amazing fashion to his roundness with the highest score in the inns being 28: and then the sundries second

misbah's run out too is the stuff of T20

and then you've got other novelties like angelo batting at seven and eight and sri lanka actually batting deep, yousuf's runout a bit of a joke too

Yeah, that's what I like about the scorecard tbh, at first glance it seems pretty normal, but the deeper you look the weirder it becomes.

However,

they proceeded to bowl sri lanka out for a small total, before lollapsing in amazing fashion to his roundness with the highest score in the inns being 28

Lollapsing to His Roundness isn't really weird, it is to be expected

 

[AndrewB]

NSW v Victoria in the 1926-7 Sheffield Shield isn't particularly weird in itself, but when you compare it with what had happened when the same teams [url="http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12150.html]met in Melbourne[/url] earlier that season...

(Admittedly, Victoria made - if I'd counted correctly - 7 changes between the two games).

 

[Furball]

Yeah, that's what I like about the scorecard tbh, at first glance it seems pretty normal, but the deeper you look the weirder it becomes.

However,



Lollapsing to His Roundness isn't really weird, it is to be expected

Pretty sure Herath had come out of English club cricket obscurity to win that game for Sri Lanka.

On bowlers batting in weird positions, didn't Morne Morkel open the 2nd innings at Sydney in 2008/09?

 

[Bijed]

On bowlers batting in weird positions, didn't Morne Morkel open the 2nd innings at Sydney in 2008/09?

Yup, went about as well as you might have expected, with him bagging a 2-ball duck.

 

[AndrewB]

This was a more successful example.

 

[Bijed]

Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament, 18th Match: Boost Region v Kabul Green at Amanullah, Oct 29-31, 2016

Not dead-set weird as such, but I did a bit of a double-take at exactly how the first-innings total of 319 had been made.

Yes, I open up a lot of random scorecards on Cricinfo

 

[srbhkshk]

Ind(W) vs Pak(W)

It seems like Pakistani females have outdone the males by some distance in being behind the modern the game, never have I seen such atrocious strike rates in my life.

 

[Spikey]

NSW v Victoria in the 1926-7 Sheffield Shield isn't particularly weird in itself, but when you compare it with what had happened when the same teams [url="http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12150.html]met in Melbourne[/url] earlier that season...

(Admittedly, Victoria made - if I'd counted correctly - 7 changes between the two games).

this is a good one

 

[ankitj]

This one is as bizarre as any

Those declarations made no sense. What was going on?

 

[AndrewB]

Those declarations made no sense. What was going on?

"The wicket being saturated by overnight rain, the game could not be resumed until after tea on Wednesday. Then two disasters swiftly overtook England, for in the first over Hylton disposed of Hammond and Holmes, and Wyatt, realising the treacherous state of the wicket, declared with his side still 21 runs in arrear. In the hope that conditions might improve, G. C. Grant altered his batting order, but Smith sent back R. S. Grant, Martindale and Achong with four runs on the board. Hylton and Christiani carefully played out time, raising the total to 33. More heavy rain fell during the night leaving the pitch waterlogged, and not till half past three could cricket be attempted next day. A strong breeze and bright sunshine then rendered the wicket difficult, and bowlers took command to such an extent that three batsmen left for the addition of 18 runs before tea. During the interval, G. C. Grant, in turn, adopted the bold policy of declaring, leaving England 73 runs to get for victory" says Wisden.

Odd things could happen in the days of sticky wickets... in the 3rd Test of the 1936-37 Ashes, Australia declared at 200-9 on day 2 because the wicket had become very difficult; England later declared on 76-9, still 124 behind, in the hope of getting some quick wickets, but only took one before bad light stopped play. By the 3rd day, after a dry rest day, the pitch had eased, and Australia reached 194-5, and by day 4 "the pitch had become as perfect as any batsman could wish". It was suggested afterwards that England should have declared earlier.

 

[NotMcKenzie]

Well, damp pitches often produced interesting scorecards.

 

[Starfighter]

Well, damp pitches often produced interesting scorecards.

I love that scorecard, there's so much happening in it.

You've got Australia being 3/0 in the second innings, at the time the worst start in test history (before India claimed the record) and Ian Johnston batting at 3.
The two declarations on ridiculously low scores (with plenty of wickets lost). The idea of declaring on 7/32 is patently ridiculous today (although it was a bit silly even then).
Alec Bedser batting at five in the second innings. You can probably add Arthur McIntyre's mere presence in the team as well.
Len Hutton batting at 6, then 8. Apparently the idea was to 'save' him for when conditions were a bit easier, but unsurprisingly he ran out of partners chasing a small target in the second innings.

Such were the days of uncovered wickets.

 

[morgieb]

I think it would be fun if we didn't have pitch covering for like a series. Could lead to some crazy matches.

 

[Smudge]

No scorecard online as yet, but . . .

Most of us would be happy just to hit the winning runs.
Not Amrit Gossal. He hit ALL the runs.

The 26-year-old Indian swatted a six second ball and just kept swinging.

In just under four overs he had bashed 51 runs from 21 deliveries to secure a 10-wicket win for Queenstown in Central Otago premier club cricket.

Poor Cromwell. The team could not have been too optimistic after scoring 49 all out from 25 overs. But it might have banked on 10 or so overs to generate a little bit of pressure.

Instead, Gossal put the second ball of the innings over midwicket for six. The next went back over the bowler’s head and his third bounced before crossing the boundary.

Gossal had to settle for a single off the fifth ball of the over, enabling his team-mate to have a brief go. He defended and that was the last time he got to face. It was a rather small part to play in a sensational opening stand.

Gossal fronted up for the next 16 deliveries and swatted 34 runs in a relentless onslaught.

Not bad for a guy who has only been playing hard-ball cricket since moving to New Zealand almost two years ago.

He started the summer in the second grade but was promoted after scoring three 100s.

https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cricket/one-man-scores-all-runs

 

[SeamUp]

Glenn Turner & Clive Rice making their teammates look rather ineffectual.

Glamorgan v Worcestershire at Swansea, Jun 29-Jul 1, 1977 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Hampshire v Nottinghamshire at Bournemouth, Jul 4-6, 1981 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

PS Ricey against Marshall too boot.



A few more

1st Test: Australia v England at Brisbane, Dec 1-5, 1950 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Lancashire v Leicestershire at Manchester, Jul 14-17, 1956 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Derbyshire v Essex at Chesterfield, Aug 6-8, 1947 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Pool A: South Africa Women v Bermuda Women at Stellenbosch, Feb 18, 2008 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Kirkut]

Well, damp pitches often produced interesting scorecards.

32/7 and declared

 

[Kirkut]

Only Test: West Indies v South Africa at Bridgetown, Apr 18-23, 1992 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

122/2 to 148 all out was bizarre. Or maybe that's how amazingly good Ambrose and Walsh were.


1st Test: India v New Zealand at Ahmedabad, Nov 4-8, 2010 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

India 15/5 in 3rd innings and Harbhajan Singh rescues with an amazing 100. He was in a terrific batting form in 2010.

 

[Bijed]

This one's had a pretty crazy first day