View Full Version : Well, that was short lived. Wonder how Gilly feels?
Grendel
17 Mar 2002, 00:38
About Nathan Astle's astonishing knock of 222 from 168 (the 200 coming up of off just 153)!!
I know that record's are made to be broken but that's just ludicrous!
Still full credit to the bloke for going a long way to restoring what looked like being a rout for the Kiwi's. Who knows what may have happened if Cairns had been fully fit. Awesome innings.
There was a quick audio grab from Gilly on the radio yesterday, didn't seem upset at all, but was amazed at the innings. I reckon he'd be itching to get a videotape of it, must have been fantastic to watch.
PAfolwr
17 Mar 2002, 06:36
HOOLY DOOLY!!!
Watching it was amazing.
Dropped short, EVERY ball was cleanly hooked, pitched up, EVERY ball was cleanly driven, short of a good length, he advanced and hit cleanly EVERY ball thru midwicket.
For a hour Hoggard and Caddick were going for 15 runs per over, only Ashley Giles the spinner, landing the ball a foot outside leg stump slowed him down somewhat.
These were not the English bunnies bowling either, Hoggard got 7 wickets in the 1st innings, Caddick had 6-70 in the 2nd.
Bradman still has the record for the fastest 200 ever time wise, but Astle was slowed down by hitting the second new ball twice out of the ground, and losing the ball each time.
Astle on 199 at the non-strikers end, Cairns facing as the number 11 batsman and he then decides to carve into the English bolwers as well, you should of heard the collective nervy cheer from the crowd when Cairns actually blocked the last delivery of the over.
At one stage deep into the tail you were worried about losing a test by over 300 runs, the barmy army singing away, wickets falling all the time, hoping anybody could hang around with Astle so he can get a century.
Less than a hour later... 9 down and still 150 runs behind and a pommie commentator is talking about this test being 50/50. :rolleyes:
They went surprisingly quiet those poms.
847 runs in less than two days of cricket. :eek:
Desredandwhite
17 Mar 2002, 10:01
I reckon Gilly's feel ing alright. His side won the match.
Individual awards are nice.. but not the real thing.
Didn't Astle also score his second 100 off only 39 balls?
Astles scoresheet from the ball he scored 100:
Over 77 - . 4 . (105 of 117)
Over 78 -
Over 79 - 1 (106 of 118)
Over 80 - 1 (107 of 119)
Over 81 - 4 4 1 (116 of 122)
Over 82 - . 4 2 4 4 4 (134 of 128)
Over 83 -
Over 84 - 6 2 4 1 1 (148 of 133)
Over 85 - . . 4 6 6 4 (168 of 139)
Over 86 - 1 (169 of 140)
Over 87 - 6 6 6 . . (187 of 145)
Over 88 - 1 (188 of 146)
Over 89 - . . (188 of 148)
Over 90 - 6 . 4 1 (199 of 152)
Over 91 - 1 . . 1 (201 of 156)
Over 92 - 6 1 2 4 1 (215 of 161)
Over 93 - . . . 1 (216 of 165)
Over 94 - 6 . OUT (222 of 168)
simply astonishing. The seven overs (81 - 87 inclusive) saw him hit 80 runs from 26 balls.
lioness
30 Mar 2002, 13:05
Damn, that's an innings I would've loved to see. Even if it was against my boys. :mad:
bperson745
30 Mar 2002, 18:35
Anybody know if Perore did, in fact, announce his retirement earlier in the week? I heard the speculation sometime around Tuesday, but I lost track of the story the next day.
Parore announced his plan to retire after the current test against the poms, he is only is 31.
He was first picked as an 18 year old, brought into that god awful New Zealand team of the early to mid 90s. I still reckon he has 3-4 good years in him.
It is a shame because his keeping has improved so much over the last five years, to the point were it is now world class, especially in support of the New Zealand spin attack of Vettori and .... err Vettori.
During this period his batting has fallen off, especially his application and concentration, but if he is working so hard at his glovework that is a trade off I'm prepared to accept.
He has always had his problems with authority, his talkative style on the pitch, and his ability to alienate 'traditionalists' means even in New Zealand people tend to love him or loath him.
He has outlasted all his local contemporaries, and the next generation besides, their comparative standard of wicketkeeping shown up to be an embarrasment. Without Parore the cupboard is bare.
To the point were the media took the story of Lou Vincent offering to try keeping seriously.
I hope after six months out of the game he gets bored with his new girlfriend :eek:, and realises he misses touring the likes of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, etc.