You just like seeing Australia lose don't youIndia vs. Australia Eden Gardens 2001
India vs. Australia Chennai 2001
WI vs. Australia Barbados '99
England vs. Australia Edgbaston 2005
England vs. Australia Headingley 2019
India vs. England Chennai 2008
India vs. Australia Mohali 2010
India vs. SA Cape Town 2011
India vs. SA Jo'burg 2013
South Africa vs. England Lord's 2012
Am sure I'm missing out loads as it's a bit of an India-centric list. The WI '99 one with Lara's knock will always be special because that was the first Test match that made me properly fall in love with Test cricket and understand why it is the most special form of the game.
Edgbaston 2005 Eng vs Aus (Eng victory)
Adelaide 1993 Aus vs WI (WI victory)
Adelaide 2006 Aus vs Eng (Aus victory)
Yep, absolutely these ones.India vs. Australia Eden Gardens 2001
England vs. Australia Headingley 2019
Actually, I prefer Australia over a lot of other teams and loved watching them in their prime. They've usually always played an attacking brand of cricket. Would pay to watch the likes of Gilchrist, Warne, Martyn, Ponting etc. They had incredible resilience so it's no surprise teams have had to pull out some superhuman performances over the years to defeat them.You just like seeing Australia lose don't you
I'm a year older than you so these were rather conveniently timed in my case. Can stay late up at night in Class XI without it affecting you too much.Messed up my 10th standard Chemistry exam but worth it. That Lara knock in Barbados. His knock in Jamaica messed up my Math exam.
And the 2001 India Australia series totally messed up my 12th board exams but again, looking back, all worth it. I basically did not miss a single ball of both series. Two best test series I have watched, 2005 Ashes being 3rd. But these two get ranked higher for no draws.
Hehe, so we are exactly the same age. My dad clearly told me no TV till end of 10th exam and hence did not move the TV when we shifted the house around that time. Very clever of him. Missed all those Lara classics due to that. Due to the same reason, only heard radio commentary of Sachin's 136 two months prior to that.Messed up my 10th standard Chemistry exam but worth it. That Lara knock in Barbados. His knock in Jamaica messed up my Math exam.
And the 2001 India Australia series totally messed up my 12th board exams but again, looking back, all worth it. I basically did not miss a single ball of both series. Two best test series I have watched, 2005 Ashes being 3rd. But these two get ranked higher for no draws.
Yeah, I remember trying to stay up all night to watch games in the Windies in that era.. Usually wound up sleeping either during or just after the tea break and will wake up for the 6:30 news on Star News english to learn what happened. The dumbos did not have any sports section in the 6 o clock news or the ones before that.Hehe, so we are exactly the same age. My dad clearly told me no TV till end of 10th exam and hence did not move the TV when we shifted the house around that time. Very clever of him. Missed all those Lara classics due to that. Due to the same reason, only heard radio commentary of Sachin's 136 two months prior to that.
Came running back home after 12th chemistry exams to watch India vs Australia Kolkata 2001, couldn't watch much though.
One match which was conveniently timed for me : India vs WI Port of Spain 2002. Stayed awake until 3:00 AM to watch the final moments of this memorable match.
It's one of those useless skills that exist only to bring some momentary nostalgic joy to me. I think it's to do with the fact that we often anchor certain memories while growing up to our childhood idols, or something that gave us a lot of pleasure at the time. In my case, it's almost always something to do with cricket (or Wimbledon). Going by the outpouring of sentimental articles about the '90s that came out when Sachin/Dravid/Kumble retired, I'm sure it's a pretty common phenomenon.how can you all recall a test match simply by the date, venue and teams involved?
I struggle so much with that. I can recall test matches by the narratives, or major moments, but the lists in this thread...I'd need to google each and every game mentioned to remember which one it was
This is one my favourites as I went to all but one day of it. England v Pakistan in 2016 as well for similar reasons.England vs. India Edgbaston 2018 also worth a mention
Yeah this is true. Another weird thing for me is the fact that I have a great sentimental attachment to the place where I was born and spent the first 10-12 years of my life in, but none whatsoever to any place I've lived or visited since then.A bit weird if we think about it but some childhood memories linger longer than adulthood ones. For instance, I still remember the run out of David Boon in the 1992 WC opener but don't remember much from the 2011 WC opener between India and Bangladesh though I saw both the matches.