That Sunday evening when Donald was bowing to Atherton at Trent Bridge was pure theatre. Test cricket at its best. Memorable series that was brilliant to watch.
I assume DM Mordecai will be uploading the full highlights of this series in a few months' time. He's currently reached the 1994 England vs South Africa series and he's going forward in chronological order.
I just love this series.I was 10 when i actually started following the game(fromthe Ind-Aus Sachin's series) and this was the first 5 match series that i followed. went on for almost 2 and half months(unheard of today). Most of my friends and family were supporting SA and felt absolutely dejected after final game. As a 10 year old i just could not believe how a side which dominated 3 and half tests could go on to lose the series. But thats the beauty of a 5 match test series. You just have to hang in there and score when the opportunity comes.Eng almost repeated this during the ashes 98-99 when although they should have lost 5-0 somehow with the help of weather and some exceptional 4th inngs bowling were 2-1 going into the 5th test.Had slater not made that freaking awesome 128 out of 180 in the 2nd inngs eng might have drawn the series 2-2. The 2005 ashes is definitely the best 5 match series in the last 25 yrs but these were'nt bad either.
some very good observations there. I was also 10 at the time and supporting England, I remember even then, I couldn't quite believe it. Darren Gough was my hero.
@@pimpmyhogauge7873 nice observation, there was another long test series which was in fact 6-tests in the same year 1998 WI vs Eng. Probably not talked much about coz it was not played at England, Australia or India, but indeed it was memorable. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8adqUMZktqM.html
Hansie Cronje: such a tragedy to me. I met him in 1991 when my university played a touring side which included him and his fast bowling brother, Frans. He was such a modest, decent, approachable guy who was clearly destined for greatness. He was an incredibly talented batsman who smashed us (especially me) around for a quick 50 before he threw his wicket away to keep the game alive. I met his parents too later that year while on tour. Totally kind, good people. He did not deserve his fate.
Walter Cairns he won’t be the first or the last unfortunately. Maybe if he’d been playing today he wouldn’t have done it because of the increase in money the players get now, especially with sponsorships and other things. Who knows?? Some people are going to do that no matter how much money they have already.
@@thadtuiol1717 He was honest enough to admit . And one should always see the matches in text as how much some players cheating affected the result , in cases of Pakistan and Indian players or Aussies as well . The person who realises one’s mistake is most likely accepted by God in his court of justice ,life .
I watched Soccer Worldcup 98 at the same time. Brazil was my fav. Hardcore Proteus fan by then. Both lost at last step. Then came to reality and then realised I had to prepare for my exams too. But what a phase of life. 22 yrs passed just like that! Cricket was at its best those times. Quality of fast bowling, now it's so commercialized only batsmen dominates and all mixer fruit juice due to regional premiere leagues. Just power hitting! Shit of Cricket.
Only because unfortunately having to be burdened with the gloves. His average when not having to keep wicket is far better than his numbers when keeping and overall, and much more fitting a man of his class
I was at days three, four and five of the Old Trafford Test and that game was the turning point of the series. South Africa should've won that game and with it the series after making us follow-on.
@@RW-nr6bh I didn't have such confidence! I remember us being something like 180/9 at stumps on that third day and the crowd loudly booed the England players off. But South Africa did bat on too long, the likes of Cullinan and Kallis batted really slowly on the second day when they needed to press on and that cost them in the end.
@@RW-nr6bh There was no chance we were going to escape the follow-on after they scored well over 500 in their first innings and we started that 4th day around 180/9. If that game would've been played now through SA would batted again instead of enforcing it with the follow-on having gone out of the game nowadays.
I still remember Croft was plumb in front to that last ball from Donald. But no replays were shown and everything was quickly forgotten. Typical English heroism..
