I took my father to Lords for the third day of the first test in 1996. You could take a hamper with whatever you liked in it back then. We had sandwiches and quite a lot of wine and I remember I had a tiny Casio mini TV with me to watch the replays because we were in the Compton stand so we couldn't see the giant display. When Atherton was LBW to Wasim (according to this video - I can't remember much about the cricket), I watched it again on my little telly and said "That was never out!" And I heard a loud, "No!" behind me and found about 30 people peering over my shoulder at my two inch screen. Good job me and my dad were onto our second bottle of finest Aussie Chardonnay by about lunchtime otherwise I might have been quite surprised. England were crap but it was a lovely day with my dad, who I miss. This just reminded me of him I suppose.
Memories. I was at the Oval on the final day of the fifth test match. I was only 17 and one of the fans who invaded the pitch after Akram got his 300th test wicket. I remember taking some of the grass as a souvenir. I also remember two drunk Zimbabwe fans sitting in front of us who were egged on to streak onto the pitch lol.
Of all sports i always used to wonder why there was more streakers at cricket. Then i went to trent bridge for a day and realised how many drinks it was possible to consume during a days play. At the end of the day streaking seemed like the most natural thing in the world!! Hope youre well!
Waqar Younis, the original god of pace and swing. Akthar cld've learnt a lot from him and perhaps would've had as a great career as Waqar had if he'd toned down the controversy and just focused on his fitness and accuracy.
Other than the backwards cap, Inzamam-ul-Haq is exactly how i remember. That almost lazy style at the crease, using brute force to smash the spinners down the ground or incredible timing flicking off the legs or driving the quicks thru cover. Also very Inzamam-ul-Haq like - the brilliant hundred and, i dont remember seeing it but.... The Salim Malik run-out. Can i guess that involved Inzy?
@@Waseemashraf1979 ive always thought that Pakistan batsmen have never ever got the respect that their skills deserved. It seems so unfair. Yes there have been many amazing bowlers but they have always been celebrated by all cricketing nations, Imran, Wasim, Waqar, Shoaib, Sami, Gul, Asif, Aamir, Mushy, Saqlain, Danish, and many more have been championed for their amazing skills. Yet in the coverage i have seen the Pakistan batsmen have never ever been given the respect that their skills deserve. I remember watching Sohail, Anwar, Ijaz, Salim, Inzy, Yousef, Misbah, Younis, Umar Akmal absolutely destroy attacks and yet none are mentioned as being anywherr near the best of their era. In fact there was a time (around 2006, but that is a guess) where Mohammed Yousef was by a million miles, the best batsman on earth for that particular year, yet I never hear his name mentioned as such. I dont know if its because the games major powers are India, Aus and Eng, and they see Pak as a threat or if its because of the volatile climate in Pakistan. I dont know but it is a damn shame!
@smart Dude when did i talk about 2001? Read my comment again, i talked about the 2000 home series where you guys were beaten 1-0. And, coming back to India, yeah we have been pathetic in England since 2011 but before that for about 13 years we didn't lose a series to England- neither in England and certainly not at home. We won in 2007 in England. Have pakistan won ANY Test series in England in the 21st Century? Ohh! And btw what about playing in Australia? 🤣🤣🤣 the last time you guys won anything there, social media was still a decade away.
I wonder when people talk about great batsmen...no one mentions anwar....he's records might not show an average of 55.....but he was an extraordinary batsman!!!!
Because when it comes to a Pakistani player nobody thinks of a batsman all think for bowlers who do well. It's like trend setter which bowlers have done since from start.
What a great series it was . I wanted to see Waqar Younis's left hand bowling in this series so I adjusted a 5 feet tall 3 feet wide mirror on the side wall and very fondly watched him bowling with left hand with equal skill and speed :p
Saeed anwar's 176 in the Oval test is my first ever cricketing memory and Since then he became a batting super hero for me.............. What a wonderful batsman he was ... This innings is still a treat to watch
I was 9 at that time and i remembered the class innings by saeed, and remembered that my late brother said to me at that time when saeed got out playing a false shot that "if he not played that shot he is going to break the record of lara", such authority saeed puts on giving no chance till that.
No disrespect to your brother but Saeed Anwar would never have gone past lara even if he didn't get out because Wasim Akram was the captain of the side and this was the second inning so he definitely would have declared after Pakistan reached 500+ to win that test Match, when Lara scored 400 he was the captain of the west Indies, he could have declared at 300 and give West Indies the chance to win against England instead he played a selfish knock and the match was a draw
Love this upload and series! Thanks Rob. ps Don't understand how they can say that Pakistan had inconsistent results in the tour games...in the beginning..I remember Pakistan trouncing every side...except maybe 1 game in the county games before the test series. Saqlain took so many wickets but couldn't get into the side itself.
I miss these moments of Pakistan, we had a good side in the 90s - Saeed Anwar, Inzamam, Malik, Ijaz, Wasim, Waqar, Mushy and could play Test Cricket. I just can't see us now ever winning a Test series in England; Australia or South Africa.
Yes, unfortunately, I agree with you, the side of the mid 90s was awesome, current Pakistani batsmens are not proficient enough to win outside of the sub continent/west indies.
HiGday RoblindaMate. This is from the Ultimate Cricket 96 VHS. Can you Upload the 3rd Test v India at Trent Bridge as i was there. And also can you Upload the One Day Series v India and Pakistan from this VHS.Cheers Mate.
The problem for England was they played a much weaker Indian side earlier in the summer in ideal swing conditions. The much stronger Pakistani team came in later summer and the weather was much hotter and the pitches less green. Ideal conditions for reverse swing and they killed England. The planning should have been the other way around, play Pakistan earlier in the summer and India later.
They used to give early season matches to the lesser teams. Top teams used to get the prime time of the summer. India was terrible outside home back then. If I m not wrong they hv won only 1 away test from their victory against England in 1986 to 2000 till they beat Bangladesh in their inaugural test. That's some stats considering even Bangladesh hv won more away tests in any given 14 years period than India did in that period.
then saeed inzi yousuf ijaz moin wasim waqar shoaib mushtaq saqlain razzaq now fakhar imam malik asif imad shadab hassan faheem still need to know downfall of pak cricket
