dajesmac
Club Captain
I just played what would have to be one of the most amazing test matches ever.
Batting first in the 5th test hosting the Windies as Australia, I was already up 3-0 in the series and was quite happy to bat first and bat the Windies out of the game. And that's exactly what I did - or thought I did - making a massive first innings total of 639-7dec batting for almost two days. David Warner hit 167, Shaun Marsh hit 165 and Steve O'Keefe hit a wonderful 139 at number 8.
After declaring an hour before play, I was in control at stumps having them 32-3 thanks to Hilfy, Harris and Siddle. The next day the trend continued, bowling them all out for 228, with a lead of 411. Surely it would be a waste not to send them in?
Apparently not. Before I knew it, the Windies were 391-0 (albeit Barath had retired hurt). Barath made 129, Gayle 194, Bravo 107, and my bowling attack had been blown to smitherines. The West Indies were taking the piss, and declared 205ish runs ahead with less than a session to go, purely to try and bowl me out, knowing I had no chance to win.
Out of frustration, I decided to take them on. I set Warner and Cowan to 6 bars of aggression each. I needed 207 runs in roughly 90 minutes - 24 overs to be precise. Cowan went for a golden duck and Hughes at 3 went soon after unfortunately, and Warner and Ponting scrapped their way to 65-2 from the first ten overs. I needed 140 to win from the last 14 overs of day 5 - ten an over. It was impossible.
Then, something amazing happened. David Warner and Ricky Ponting went absolutely insane. Warner cracked 108 not out from 74 balls, and Ponting was dismissed for 75 off of 47 balls.120 runs came from the next ten overs, leaving me a run a ball for the last four overs, before I won with three balls remaining.
Surely this surpasses the Adelaide Test.
Batting first in the 5th test hosting the Windies as Australia, I was already up 3-0 in the series and was quite happy to bat first and bat the Windies out of the game. And that's exactly what I did - or thought I did - making a massive first innings total of 639-7dec batting for almost two days. David Warner hit 167, Shaun Marsh hit 165 and Steve O'Keefe hit a wonderful 139 at number 8.
After declaring an hour before play, I was in control at stumps having them 32-3 thanks to Hilfy, Harris and Siddle. The next day the trend continued, bowling them all out for 228, with a lead of 411. Surely it would be a waste not to send them in?
Apparently not. Before I knew it, the Windies were 391-0 (albeit Barath had retired hurt). Barath made 129, Gayle 194, Bravo 107, and my bowling attack had been blown to smitherines. The West Indies were taking the piss, and declared 205ish runs ahead with less than a session to go, purely to try and bowl me out, knowing I had no chance to win.
Out of frustration, I decided to take them on. I set Warner and Cowan to 6 bars of aggression each. I needed 207 runs in roughly 90 minutes - 24 overs to be precise. Cowan went for a golden duck and Hughes at 3 went soon after unfortunately, and Warner and Ponting scrapped their way to 65-2 from the first ten overs. I needed 140 to win from the last 14 overs of day 5 - ten an over. It was impossible.
Then, something amazing happened. David Warner and Ricky Ponting went absolutely insane. Warner cracked 108 not out from 74 balls, and Ponting was dismissed for 75 off of 47 balls.120 runs came from the next ten overs, leaving me a run a ball for the last four overs, before I won with three balls remaining.
Surely this surpasses the Adelaide Test.
, scoring 200 in 24 overs is highly possible.
