What's the worst ODI you've attended?

[Molehill]

For me, I'm going to nominate Australia v Pakistan 2001. Bought tickets for the Final of the Nat West Series, so firstly not great that it didn't include England. Pakistan then rolled over and Australia won easily. To make matters worse, it would be the last time the crowd would be allowed to walk onto the hallowed turf at the end of the game after a beer can was thrown into the Aussie balcony during the post match proceedings (was it Mark Waugh who was hit?).

AUS vs PAK Cricket Scorecard, , Final at London, June 23, 2001

Live Cricket Scoreboard: Get Australia vs Pakistan Final, cricket scorecard, NatWest Series 2001 dated June 23, 2001.

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[TheJediBrah]

You got to see the GOAT ODI team in action, lucky guy

 

[Chin Music]

Australia v England 1999 Melbourne tri-series final. England were absolutely abysmal.

AUS vs ENG, Carlton & United Series 1998/99, 2nd Final at Melbourne, February 13, 1999 - Full Scorecard (espncricinfo.com)

 

[Ali TT]

I'm pretty sure I've only been to one and it was the final game of the England v South Africa series in 2012. They rolled us over for 180 and chased it down with time to spare despite an early wobble. From an England perspective, the whole tour had been pretty miserable so this match was fitting. It had also all been overshadowed by the Olympics/Paralympics as well. Having been to a few events in those, the whole atmosphere at the cricket was pretty flat.

 

[_Ed_]

I witnessed more than a dozen consecutive NZ losses between about 1997 and 2007, and most of them were day/night games that didn't even make it into darkness, so there's plenty of contenders to choose from.

 

[Chin Music]

I haven't attended that many. The first ODI I attended was England v India in 1983, which was a cacophony of pie-chucking. Don't recall attending any until my year down under in 1998/99 where I think I attended 3 in Melbourne. I then attended one at Lord's in 1999, Australia v Zimbabwe (a good game) and then finally the 2005 game I mentioned in the other thread.

 

[Molehill]

I'm pretty sure I've only been to one and it was the final game of the England v South Africa series in 2012. They rolled us over for 180 and chased it down with time to spare despite an early wobble. From an England perspective, the whole tour had been pretty miserable so this match was fitting. It had also all been overshadowed by the Olympics/Paralympics as well. Having been to a few events in those, the whole atmosphere at the cricket was pretty flat.

A similar one but in reverse I went to was this.

ENG vs SA Cricket Scorecard, Final at London, July 12, 2003

Live Cricket Scoreboard: Get England vs South Africa Final, cricket scorecard, NatWest Series 2003 dated July 12, 2003.

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We were in a Baker Street pub by about 3pm.

 

[Yeoman]

https://wisden.com/matches/scorecard/131904/england-v-australia-at-the-oval-2nd-odi

For me it was this one. Not that the match itself was terrible however it was (at least for me) pervaded by the sense that it didn’t really matter who won, in the way that an international feels that it should. I haven’t been to a bilateral ODI orT20 since.

 

[The Sean]

A similar one but in reverse I went to was this.

ENG vs SA Cricket Scorecard, Final at London, July 12, 2003

Live Cricket Scoreboard: Get England vs South Africa Final, cricket scorecard, NatWest Series 2003 dated July 12, 2003.

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We were in a Baker Street pub by about 3pm.

If nothing else it gave an interesting scorecard. Jimmeh going for five an over and conceding nearly half SA's runs just looks ridiculous given how hard it seems to have been for them to make runs otherwise.

And Kallis probably isn't looking back on this as among his very best days - a 12-ball duck followed by three wicketless overs conceding 33!

 

[The Hutt Rec]

This one for me ... a good comprehensive NZ win, but sitting through the thrill of England racing to 89 all out off 37 OVERS made it possibly the most boring innings of cricket I've ever witnessed.

NZ vs ENG Cricket Scorecard, 2nd ODI at Wellington, February 16, 2002

Get cricket scorecard of 2nd ODI, NZ vs ENG, England tour of New Zealand 2001/02 at WestpacTrust Stadium, Wellington dated February 16, 2002.

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[TheJediBrah]

If nothing else it gave an interesting scorecard. Jimmeh going for five an over and conceding nearly half SA's runs just looks ridiculous given how hard it seems to have been for them to make runs otherwise.

And Kallis probably isn't looking back on this as among his very best days - a 12-ball duck followed by three wicketless overs conceding 33!

Jimmy was pretty loose back then, sprayed it around, definitely could have been held back a few more years

 

[Yeoman]

Most respondents have (understandably) mentioned games where the side batting first was knocked over for a small score. As a measure of how the formats are viewed differently, would people have felt the same if they had been at the first day of the Trent Bridge test in 2015, when Australia were bowled out for 60, or similar occurrences in test matches?

 

[Ali TT]

Most respondents have (understandably) mentioned games where the side batting first was knocked over for a small score. As a measure of how the formats are viewed differently, would people have felt the same if they had been at the first day of the Trent Bridge test in 2015, when Australia were bowled out for 60, or similar occurrences in test matches?

Well I think it is about the importance of the games. An Ashes match will have more meaning than a random ODI game but for comparison, I took great pleasure out of England's recent semi-final victories in WC19 and T20WC22 despite them being hugely one-sided affairs.

 

[Yeoman]

Thanks for interesting response. I would have said that a test match is a primal trial of strength so the equivalent of a first round knockout is a dramatic and purposeful occurrence. One day games by contrast are intended to be exciting, so one feels a let down when they are not.