Seven wickets fell in 96 overs
20 boundaries took 414 balls
A man laboured 344 minutes to score 74
Marcus North bowled seven overs for 14 runs
Two men who can't bat knocked away, missed and left 69 deliveries
No-one won
And Test cricket proved, once again, the greatest game on earth. Ain't life gloriously strange?
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What a weird day. Beaten at lunch, no chance at tea. Ecstasy at full time.
I think the "great escape" in the 4th innings has to be the best motif in Test cricket. It leaves a significant group in the audience hoping for no result, which would seem antithetical to the point of a sport. Recall Federer's comment near the end of his marathon final against Roddick: there had to be a winner, and a loser. Well, in cricket, not so -- brilliant.
One day, following a coup held in Dubai, such matches will be decided by a bowl-off.
Also, the heroic Monty may well find that that was his last Test action for a while.
@Brit.
You might be right.
The innings reminded me of Danny the Dwarf Morrison's rearguard partnership with Astle in 97 to save a test against your mob.
And that was his last test too.
A local radio cricket commentator had this as his status on f/b yesterday...
15.59 "What an exciting day. Just touched the wall with my finger - and yes the paint is now dry!
16.14 "Given up on the cricket. Watching the golf now instead..."
Absolutely no irony intended....
Ceci, I trust that man is sans job this morning...?
Bloody hell, LB, and that was only Nathan's second best rearguard against England...!
TOB,
Wrong. That was Astle's best rearguard by a mile. It saved a test.
The other one was just a bit of fun in a test that was already lost. Once he passed the 200 and the target got under 100 and the impossible became a remote possibility he started playing properly.
And was out immediately.
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