"with Trumper making 121. They added a further 87 to the total before declaring, and Saunders then bowled the University out, taking seven for 67. Marylebone Cricket Club (240 & 280/8d) drew with Australians (271 & 217/3) At Lord's, the Marylebone Cricket Club side captained by W. G. Grace included two players who would turn out for England in the first Test match, C. B. Fry and Ranjitsinhji. In both innings, the two passed 20, with Ranjitsinhji's 67 in the first innings being the highest score for MCC. Grace won the toss and chose to bat, and MCC made 240,"
"Shepherd during a radio interview to mark his retirement explained it as ""One arm, one eye and one lump of sugar in his tea."" It is thought by the superstitious that bad things happen on that score, although an investigation by the magazine ""The Cricketer"" in the 1990s found that wickets are no more likely to fall on Nelson and indeed, the score at which most wickets fall is 0 (a duck). It may be considered unlucky because the number resembles a wicket without bails (a batsman is out if the bails are knocked off their wicket). The New Zealand"
"From then on, Shepherd became a fixture on the international scene, his round figure instantly recognisable by players and spectators alike. He was a very jolly character, with red face and white hair under a white flat cap, universally liked on and off the field. Perhaps his most famous quirk was his habit of lifting one foot off the ground whenever the score reached 111, or multiples thereof, they being regarded as unlucky by Shepherd in a ritual dating back to his childhood cricket team days. The number 111 is known as the ""Nelson"", and is considered unlucky for the"
"and once on 99. Ashton Agar, playing on debut for Australia against England, came in as the last batsman and compiled the highest ever score for a number 11 batsmen, but fell for 98 with a rash pull shot from a bouncer, after nervously swatting and missing at two previous deliveries. Nervous nineties are also applicable for the batsmen who get dismissed at 190s or the 290s. Steven Smith the Aussie skipper against West Indies in April 2015 and Younus Khan of Pakistan both missed a chance of a double ton (199). Perhaps the most unlucky was former New Zealand"
"when they left the field on 152/4 and their actions - as ordered by their captain - won them few friends and was bad for Australian cricket. If there had been no Ashes and £1,000 a man for winning today's game, I daresay there would have been a result. the fact that these matches are played in a series is a damper. The fact that the Ashes must be fought for is a further damper. I believe that if a series is drawn, then the Ashes should at least go into pawn so that no one holds them. I am"
"out and thus missing out on the milestone. Batsmen dismissed on 99 are considered the unluckiest of the nervous nineties victims. The opposing captain may position his fielders near the batsmen in order to create extra pressure to get the batsman out. As a result of this many batsmen fail to convert scores of nineties into centuries. Statistically, one of the worst victims of the nervous nineties was Australian opener (and now commentator) Michael Slater, dismissed in the nineties 9 times in his test career, and surviving to make a century 14 times. West Indian batsman Alvin Kallicharran's record was"
"as Bakht was backing up too far – the fourth such instance in Test cricket. Later in the day, Australian batsman Andrew Hilditch was given out after an appeal for handled the ball and became the only non-striker to have suffered that decision. Hilditch picked up a wayward throw that had dribbled onto the pitch and handed the ball back to Sarfraz Nawaz who appealed and the umpire had to give him out. This incident was in retaliation for Hurst’s actions. The brief series was one of the most bad-tempered in history, caused in part by Pakistan’s decision to play"
"happens rarely. It has happened on only three occasions in Test cricket, with Australia losing on all three occasions. In the first innings of the First Test at Sydney, Australia had scored a massive 586 (Syd Gregory 201, George Giffen 161) and then dismissed England for 325. England responded with 437, leaving them ahead by 176. However, at stumps on the fourth day, Australia were 113 for 2 and looked to be the winners. But heavy rain fell overnight (in this era, pitches were not covered between days of play), and next morning England's slow left-arm bowlers, Bobby Peel and"
"nearly a million Australian dollars for the privilege. For the first time the first day of the Third Test at Melbourne was held on Boxing Day in an Ashes series, now a cricketing tradition. Chappell's team was labelled the ""ugly Australians"" thanks to his hard-nosed captaincy, intimidatory fast bowling and constant sledging as ""Rod Marsh and his captain Ian Chappell would vie with each other in profanity"". Dennis Lillee had injured his back in 1973, but now returned to Test cricket with 25 wickets at an average of 23.94, but the real surprise was Jeff Thomson whose javelin throw bowling"
"was an act of true cowardice and I consider it appropriate that the Australian team were wearing yellow"". Even the Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser, called the act ""contrary to the traditions of the game."" Commentating for Channel 9 at the time, former Australian captain Richie Benaud described the act as ""disgraceful"" and said it was ""one of the worst things I have ever seen done on a cricket field."" According to Benaud, Greg Chappell ""got his sums wrong"" and instead of using Dennis Lillee for the last over, he was forced to use his brother Trevor, a considerably less"
"appeal for everything; when that happens it will mean the end of all those things for which cricket is supposed to stand"". Cary wrote ""there was not doubt of the legality of the catch"", Jack Fingleton called it ""one of the most unfortunate decisions in the history of the Tests."" and most English pressmen shared their view. However, E.W. Swanton reported ""The Don waited for the decision, confident that it was a bump ball, and the umpire Borwick, ruled 'not out'"". In the Australian dressing rooms the players were divided as to whether he was out or not. When Bradman"
"""One Eye, One Arm, One Leg"" near the end of his life. This is in fact inaccurate - Nelson never lost a leg. Alternate meanings include ""One Eye, One Arm, One Ambition"" and ""One Eye, One Arm, One Arsehole"". It is particularly known as a score in cricket. A score of 111 or multiples thereof (222 = ""double nelson"", 333 = ""triple nelson"" and so on) is considered unlucky by some in English cricket. To combat the bad luck those watching are supposed to lift their feet off the ground, famously the international umpire David Shepherd, had a whole retinue"
"by admitting that ""with a bit of luck I'd have won the game"". ""Australia's cricket ego was in no way deflated by what happened at Brisbane. All teams have their bad days, and that generally was considered sufficient excuse for Australia's collapse for 228 on a plumb pitch: as for the other collapse – Australian cricket thought does not believe in pondering long over national deficiencies on a sticky pitch. The possibility of a wet pitch in Brisbane was suggested by other Tests there and the weather preceding the game. There was too many clouds about in Brisbane for the"
"Australia lost all 20 wickets within 3 days and batting 501 balls. The groundsman said that the Galle wicket for the Australian test was prepared deliberately for the bowlers by preparing the pitch poorly without using a roller. He also ensured the bookmakers that the five-day test match would finish within three days rather than end in a draw. After knowing about the pitch conditions, the match-fixers made money by betting that the match would not end in a draw. The Australian cricket team also raised concerns over the pitch conditions at the time of the test match as they"
"Australia's innings wrapped up at 107. However, the Australian captain claimed that, ""The Indians dismissed us too quickly for their own good. They, in turn, had to now face the unpleasant wicket and were immediately in trouble, losing seven wickets for 61 before stumps."" At the end of the fifth day, the Australian bowlers, Bill Johnston and Ian Johnson showed that they could exploit the conditions just as well, reducing the Indians to seven down; but with a lead of 142, which was a high target on this wicket, the match seemed set for a thrilling finish. However, rain on"
"they lost all 10 wickets for just 101 runs to lose by 14 runs. It was an embarrassing display by the top order with Ponting, Clarke, Symonds and Hussey scoring 6 runs combined. A 35-run 10th wicket stand by Brett Lee and Johnson gave Australia a late chance to win the game, but Jayasuriya bowled Lee with his only delivery of the match. The win was too little too late for Sri Lanka, who finished their tour of Australia with a record of 0–2 in tests against Australia, 1–3 in ODI's against Australia, and 1–1–2 in ODIs against India. Sri"
"Although it was not universally illegal to bowl underarm at the time, it was widely accepted to be contrary to the spirit of the game. A visibly agitated McKechnie could do little but block the ball to avoid being dismissed, then throwing his bat away in disgust, and so Australia won the game. It was described as ""the most disgusting incident I can recall in the history of cricket"" by then Prime Minister of New Zealand, Rob Muldoon. Chappell played in the fourth final taking 1–41. He then returned to Sheffield Shield making 71 against WA. This form helped Chappell"
"Johnson was dismissed for 87 while playing grade cricket and Keith Miller commented ""That's funny, I once saw Bradman dismissed for 87"". It turned out that Bradman had actually been dismissed for 89 and the MCG scorers hadn't updated his last two runs before his dismissal however the superstition remained. Statistics have shown that more Australian batsmen are in fact dismissed on the numbers surrounding 87. On 11 November 2011, in a match between South Africa and Australia with the time at 11:11 with South Africa requiring 111 runs to win, the majority of the crowd and umpire Ian Gould"
"inside the crease when the bails came off. Symonds went on to make 162 not out and brought Australia back into the game. After these incidents, Symonds said, """"I was very lucky. I was out when I was 30, given not out. That's cricket though, I can sit here and tell you about my bad decisions as well - but I won't."""" On the fifth day, Bucknor declared Rahul Dravid out caught behind though television replays later showed the ball had brushed his pad without touching his bat. In response to an official complaint about Bucknor's umpiring from the BCCI,"
"on 123 in the first innings, but their teammates were unable to build on the platform and Australia ended on 321. Morris was rested from the non-first-class match against Durham, which was a rain-affected draw. Australia proceeded to The Oval for the Fifth Test. England won the toss and elected to bat on a pitch affected by heavy rain prior to the match. With the score at 2/17, Lindwall bowled a bouncer, which Compton hooked. Morris ran from his position at short square leg to take a difficult catch, described by Fingleton as ""one of the catches of the season""."
"the ground. This action was legal at the time (although was not allowed in that particular tournament according to the tournament rule book), but nevertheless seen as being against the spirit of cricketing fair play. The series was tied 1–1, with New Zealand having won the first match, and Australia the second. At the end of the third match, the batsman at the non-striker's end, New Zealand's Bruce Edgar, was on 102 not out; his innings has been called ""the most overlooked century of all time"". The match would have three other moments of controversy before the underarm incicent. First,"
"of four. Edrich made a battling 88 and put on 124 for the 3rd wicket with May (44), but when Bailey was out for 23 the tail collapsed from 220/5 to 257 all out despite Tyson making his highest Test score of 37 not out. The wickets were again distributed amongst the bowlers with Richie Benaud taking 3/43. The newspapers widely criticised Hutton's decision to put Australia in to bat, though they accepted he would have done better if England had held onto their chances in the field. Only once before had a team come from behind to win in"
"risk losing the Test and a series victory. Clarke had become the fourth batsman in the Test to make a century after he reached 100 in the over where Ponting was dismissed; he was out finally to Sharma, caught by Laxman, on 118 and Australia's score was 490/5. His dismissal brought Gilchrist to the crease in what was looking increasingly like his last Test innings given that it was the fourth day and India were still to bat again. However, any hope of final innings glory was dashed when Gilchrist was dismissed cheaply by a catch from Sehwag in the"
"to the toss, something considered unusual in cricket circles. However, India won the Test series 2–1, ending Australia's run of 16 consecutive Test match victories in the Second Test. The match saw India looking set for defeat after conceding a first innings lead of 274. Waugh chose to enforce the follow-on and V. V. S. Laxman (281) and Rahul Dravid (180) batted for the entire fourth day's play to set Australia a target of 384 on a dusty, spinning wicket. The Australians were unable to survive and became only the third team to lose a Test after enforcing the follow-on."
"registering 61 against Pakistan in a must-win pool match for Australia. Smith went on to score only 2 against India, as Australia were knocked out of the tournament. It was believed that Smith was incorrectly given out, having clean missed a ball the umpires deemed to have been edged. Smith then led the Australian Cricket Team on their tour of Sri Lanka. The three Test series was a disaster for the Aussies, losing 3–0. Smith was Australia's highest run scorer in the series, scoring 247 runs at an average of 41, including one century and one fifty. Throughout the following"
"to bat. Allan Border scores a century in each innings, helping Australia recover from a collapse each time. Steve Waugh scores his first test half century. Martin Crowe was knocked out by a Bruce Reid bouncer and was taken to hospital for x-rays but returned to score a century. A bad tempered match with allegations of cheating on both sides. Australia led by 56 runs in the first innings but collapsed badly in the second to be all out for 103. John Bracewell gets 10-106. Australia's bowlers only took two wickets in New Zealand's second innings as they reached 160."
"Australia went on to reach the target of 64 and win by eight wickets after the Indians fell for 137, sparking off another riot. Former Indian captain Lala Amarnath defended Lawry, saying that he was not responsible for the umpiring error. Ajit Wadekar, who played in the match, said that ""With a little graciousness, the unfortunate episode...could have been avoided"". He said that an Australian win was inevitable, so Lawry should have adjourned the game and defused the riot. In another incident, Lawry threw his baggy green cap on the ground after the umpires adjourned play for the luncheon interval;"
"had inflicted what remains the heaviest Test series defeat in Australian cricket history. Lawry's men did not win any of the three matches against provincial sides after the start of the Tests, meaning that they went eight matches without victory. In the four Tests, sixteen catches were dropped, with around 60 dropped in a total of 12 first-class matches, while the tired pace spearhead Graham McKenzie took 1/333 and was thought to be suffering from hepatitis. Behind the scenes, the South African Cricket Board approached the Australian Cricket Board attempting to organise a Fifth Test. The players were unreceptive to"
"the match billed as an ""English XI"" versus ""Dave Gregory's Australian XI"", which was later recognised as a Test. Harris's side was weak, with a long batting tail. The game was largely unremarkable, decided as it was primarily by the weather. Harris won the toss and elected to bat after thunderstorms struck on the morning before the opening afternoon's play. His side fell foul of this error and was soon all out for 113, Spofforth taking the first Test hat-trick. Australia was 95 for three by stumps. Australia was well ahead by the end of the second day. Around 7,000"
"captain Bill Woodfull and a maiden Test century by Bradman. This left England needing 332 to win. Australia had ended the 5th day (it was a timeless match) on 347–8 and the pitch was showing increasing signs of wear. Overnight, a storm broke and soaked the pitch which, as the sun shone on it through the morning, became what Bradman later described as ""the worst sticky I ever saw"". The Melbourne pitch was ""infamous as the worst in the world after rain and under a hot sun"". Even ""Wisden"" admitted that it ""may fittingly be described as a beastly wicket""."
"22 Tests at an unflattering average of 32.74. Even at that point in his career he was the leading wicket taker for Sri Lanka having gone past Rumesh Ratnayake's aggregate of 73 wickets. During the second Test between Sri Lanka and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Boxing Day 1995, Australian umpire Darrell Hair called Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan for throwing in front of a crowd of 55,239. The off-spinner was no-balled seven times in three overs by Hair, who believed the then 23-year-old was bending his arm and straightening it in the process of delivery; an illegal"
"3/80, taking a wicket with his final ball in Test cricket when Alan Smith was caught at slip by Bob Simpson. This left Australia with a target of 241 in 60 overs, but there was to be no fairytale finish as the match ended in a draw. The Ashes series was the only one of seven series that Australia failed to win since Davidson became the team's frontline strike bowler in 1957–58. Of the 33 Tests in this period, Australia won 16, lost four, drew 12 and tied one. Davidson missed one of the drawn games through injury and broke"
"only six wickets in the Tests at an average of over 50 runs per wicket. His performance with the bat was worse, scoring just 61 runs at an average of only 7.62. Once again, Johnson's place in the team was questioned. Acerbic cricket pundit Sid Barnes—a former teammate—joked that Johnson was ""Australia's non-playing captain"". Bill Ferguson, the Australian team's scorer, was also critical: ""Had Johnson been told by his friends in the press that he was, in fact, a passenger, he might have pondered on the advisability of standing down. [...] There would have been no shame in standing down."""