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    Someone had blundered!

    By Scott 3 years ago, mid-December Leave a comment on this post

    Jagadish mused on Trescothick’s folly in inviting Pakistan to bat first and then watching them run up over 350, and went down memory lane for other invitations that did not work out too well. He invites readers to give their vote for the biggest blunder (I voted for Ganguly’s inviting Australia to bat in the 2003 World Cup final, which led to Australia scoring 359).

    Great idea, that.. Jagadish limits his post to ODI’s so I’ll make the two obvious Test blunders. Both of them were Ashes disasters.

    In 2002, Nasser Hussain decided to invite Australia to bat in the First Test at the Gabba. Hayden and Ponting racked up centuries and plundered the English to be 2 for 364 at stumps. What was the blunder? Hussain no doubt thought his bowlers would get more assistance from the pitch then he thought, and he wasn’t helped that Simon Jones broke down after seven overs.

    In 2005, Ricky Ponting lost the services of Glenn McGrath, but still felt confident enough to invite England to bat at Edgbaston. Freed from the stern discipline of McGrath, the English were bowled out by stumps, but they had racked up 407 at more then five an over. England seized the initative in the Ashes series and never gave it back.

    Any other blunders come to mind in Tests?

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    3 Responses to “Someone had blundered!”

  • S Jagadish wrote:
    December 16th, 2005 at 11.09 am

    Tendulkar’s declaration at 537 against Sri Lanka in 1997 and watching them make nearly 1000 :)

    I’m sure there’re a few in that Classic Cricket Clangers book I mentioned. I’ll take a look :)

  • Zainub - Zany wrote:
    December 16th, 2005 at 11.37 am

    Pakistan vs. India, in Karachi, in 2004.

    Fab batting pitch, Inzi wins toss, invites India to bat first and they rank up a minor sum of 349 runs. Inzi made a big hundred in replu, and even though we only lost by 5 in the end, if you’re conceeding 350 in 50 overs after inviting a side to bat first, that’s got to get a mention.

  • S Jagadish wrote:
    December 16th, 2005 at 1.05 pm

    ODI votes at http://cricket24×7.blogspot.com/2005/12/trescothick-wins-award.html please :)

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