7 catches dropped by england team in the test match. Was this a record for ashes test match? So many England batsman getting out to yorkers. Was this another record? Video quality is so so poor.
Smith was very very poor in the '93 Ashes particularly against Warne and May, that's why England left him at home. He was great against pace, not so much against quality spin.
Why was Hick not playing? Hard to see how he should have been dropped, after 98* last match. (After consulting Wikipedia) Oh, I see, he was injured. That was his last chance for an Ashes century.
No doubt Warne was great bowler but England and South Africa were very poor at spin, particularly at Shame warne, they were afraid to face him, so many times they will be beaten by normal deliveries
The send-off Chris Lewis gave to Craig McDermott when he got him out always makes me laugh. Lewis got fined for it but it was probably worth every penny as McDermott was supposed to be a right gobshite on the pitch towards the England players. And no way should Steven Rhodes been our wicketkeeper on that tour, he was decent but Jack Russell was a better 'keeper and batsman. Rhodes had a nightmare tour and never played for England again.
@@mrkipling2201Agreed. But what I will say about Rhodes is that he had a very good summer in '94 against New Zealand and South Africa with both bat and gloves but he was very poor on that 94/95 Ashes tour. Jack Russell was harshly treated in being dropped for him in the first place as he'd not done much wrong on the tour to the West Indies in early '94.
Excellent bowling by Fraser in this match and exposing Illingworth's blunder in not selecting him in the original touring party. Look at how much better the bowling was in this and the 4th test compared to the first and second test.
Agreed. The selections for the tour were baffling, to say the least. Rhodes and McCague for example. When it should have been Russell and Fraser selected instead.
This is the perfect exhibition of what a great bowler Shane Warne was. Few of the English batsmen could pick his variations. He was the difference between the two teams here.
He as illingworth's pick because he believed he was the best English player of spin but had a poor series and averaged only 22 in the Tests. No wonder he retired from international cricket at the end of it.
Illingworth left Angus Fraser out of the touring party (allegedly because he had an ordinary series against New Zealand) but then had to call him after a few bowlers were injured. Guess what? The bowling standard improved a lot after his arrival.
Devon Malcolm, with his comically inept fielding, really was cricket's Mr Magoo. Fine bowler though on his day. The difference between the two sides in this match was definitely the catching. It is sad, watching this again, to see Gooch and Gatting ending their test careers on such low notes. It was a tour too far for both of them. There was no last hurrah here for either.
