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Just watched the highlights. Must be the greatest one day innings ever. To stand and not move and hit sixes and fours for the second hundred. Off spin and pace.

Pity most of the country wasn't awake to see it. Will have to watch the full replay at some stage.
 
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shad said:
Great article in the age which goes through the history of strange dismisals in cricket complete with video links.

www.theage.com.au

Think Bairstow stumping was stinky? Here’s our list of controversial cricket outs

Where does a recent Ashes flashpoint rank in the hall of infamy after Sri Lanka’s Angelo Matthews was dismissed for taking too long to get to the crease?
www.theage.com.au www.theage.com.au
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The Hilditch one is the probably the most controversial one, he was not impacting the play and was trying to help the Pakistan team by field the ball.
 
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MD Jazz said:
Just watched the highlights. Must be the greatest one day innings ever. To stand and not move and hit sixes and fours for the second hundred. Off spin and pace.

Pity most of the country wasn't awake to see it. Will have to watch the full replay at some stage.
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To my mind, unquestionably the greatest ODI double century. And much of it on one leg, crippled by cramp, at times virtually full-body. Won the game for Australia almost single-handed too. In the debate for one of the greatest innings of all time, delivering 21 x 4s and 10 x 6s when could barely run for most of the second ton.

Also acclaimed as such by his captain, Cummins, along with the likes of Tendulkar and Michael Vaughan among many.
 
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leon said:
To my mind, unquestionably the greatest ODI double century. And much of it on one leg, crippled by cramp, at times virtually full-body. Won the game for Australia almost single-handed too. In the debate for one of the greatest innings of all time, delivering 21 x 4s and 10 x 6s when could barely run for most of the second ton.

Also acclaimed as such by his captain, Cummins, along with the likes of Tendulkar and Michael Vaughan among many.
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Agree. There are bigger one day scores but this is the first double ton made in the second innings, and to win the game
 
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Incredible knock. Dropped with a sitter on 25 ish and then went nuts. Folklore.

In the five best innings in my lifetime by an Aussie.
 
Nico said:
This is the bizarre thing about cricket. There's the rules of the game, and the subjective so called "spirit of the game".

So you legally dismiss a batsman, but you then have to check if the dismissal is within the "spirit of the game". If the dismissal is deemed not in the spirit of the game by the opposition, you are then labelled as cheats, even though the dismissal was legal??

What other sport/game has rules which can be usurped by an unwritten "spirit of the game"?

Sprit of the game is an absolute nonsense in modern cricket. Besides, it died with Bodyline.

Play hard and to the laws of cricket. If it's out, it's out ...end of story.
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100%spot on Nico.
Players from all teams around the world have been fudging, manipulating n outright cheating the rules for over a hundred years trying to gain sneaky advantages to win games. Yet pontificating imbeciles constantly bleat about the mankad, running out a wandering batsman or claiming a timed out wicket as being outside the esoteric " spirit " of the game. What an absolute steaming great pile of horse *smile*. The only reason there are rules to games or competitions is to structure how the game is to be played and what is permitted to be done during the game. If so many players weren't so busy trying to cheat the rules there'd never be an issue. Play the game by the rule book and enjoy the spirit in the bar after the game.
 
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That Joe Root's highlight package from their game against the Dutchies was almost as enjoyable as Maxies double ton. Pity the ball didn't mangle his nut sack on the way through to his stumps.
 
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