View Full Version : Our most " Gutting " losses
NSWCROW
20 Jul 2010, 21:06
ODI
96 WC final vs SL Lahore
06 5th ODI vs SA Jo'burg ( 434 :eek: )
TEST
Edgbaston 2005
Mumbai 2001
Discuss and add your own gents
Santana
20 Jul 2010, 21:30
09 The Oval
08 Perth & Melbourne
99 Kandy
99 Bridgetown
93 Adelaide
Some off the top of my head.
PalaceGun
20 Jul 2010, 21:43
1993 Adelaide
2005 Edgbaston (Brett Lee must put that full toss away...)
ODI's get forgotten about two seconds after they finish...
OzBomber
20 Jul 2010, 21:58
I was speechless after we lost to the Saffers in that ODI. When I went bed we had scored 434 and Boeta Dipenaar (sp?) had gone cheaply bowled by Bracken I think. They were 1/3 and I thought it was safe to go to bed.
Woke up the next morning and checked the scores on my phone on Planet 3. It said that we'd lost. I first thought I was dreaming then I tried to convince myself there was a rugby game between the 2 nations the same night. I continued to read and I was just absolutely shocked that we lost.
I watched the Edgbaston test live and it was just amazing. I expected it to be over in a couple of overs. But Warne and Binga hung around and slowly it went from 100 need to 90 down to 80 then all the way to around 50 when Warne trod on his stumps. At the time I was just thinking how could you do something so stupid and with Kasper in I thought it was game over. Then Kasper started hitting runs! I though "hello we can still win this.". The runs needed kept falling. 30 needed... 20 needed... Then suddenly we were in single figures. My heart was in my mouth every time we went for a shot or there was a small edge. Especially when I think it was Kasper who edged the ball down to 3rd man and was dropped by Simon Jones. We need less than 4 to win then Binga got a full bunga outside off which he absolutely smashed. I thought it was 4 but he hit it straight to the fielder. The rest is history. 2m either side and we wouldve won the Ashes and Warney wouldve retired. I was absolutely gutted after that loss. Just losing by something which could be completely changed by a few less no balls or that silly midfield late in the day. It's why all those small things matter It can come back to bite you.
They are just my personal experiences. I could speak about the 5th test but I don't think anyone would want to.
Illinois Nazi
21 Jul 2010, 01:08
Adelaide 1993 and Edgbaston 2005. Nothing else comes close.
Keyser Soze
21 Jul 2010, 01:13
Adelaide 1993 and Edgbaston 2005. Nothing else comes close.
There the two that come to mind for me as they were so close
Adelaide 1993 and Edgbaston 2005. Nothing else comes close.
1983 against England in Melbourne was pretty harsh.
Johnson#26
21 Jul 2010, 17:26
Edgbaston for sure. I was shaking after Kasper got out. Incredible finish.
I remember being pretty shattered after we didn't win Steve Waugh's last Test in Jan 2004 (albeit we drew the game).
Was also really shocked by our loss to NZ in the opening game of the VB Series in 01/02. Had never really seen Australia get beaten before. Went for a walk at the place we were staying while Punter and Martyn were still in, and got back to find that Cairns, Bond, Harris and Vettori were rolling through us. Punter got out to a flick shot down to third man, from memory, and then Martyn, S.Waugh, Harvey, Warne and Lee were all skittled/caught behind in quick succession. Brad Williams and McGrath put up a bit of a fight at the end, but it wasn't enough. And I still maintain that the ball McGrath was given out to (caught behind by Parore) was one he never actually hit. :p He was banned for the next match vs RSA for dissent.
Fourth Test, Headingley, 1972.
Not so much the closeness of the result, more the fact that with the Ashes on the line the wicket suddenly and mysteriously got affected by a disease called fuserium which would have provided enormous assistance to a spinner in the mould of Derek Underwood.
And, surprise, surprise, Underwood just happened to be selected for that match after not playing the first three tests. And in a further surprise, he took 10 wickets in the match and England won to retain the Ashes.
Just all one big co-incidence of course. :D
One of the main reasons I felt not a skerrick of sympathy for the Poms when they got worked over in 74/75. Karma in bucketloads.
94-95 against England in Adelaide was a sh*t loss too. If I hadn't made a packet backing Gatting to get a hundred in the first innings I would have felt worse.
I am suprised about people remembering one day losses. I can barely remember the wins let alone the losses.
OzBomber
21 Jul 2010, 18:45
If you don't remember the 434 game then you're not a true cricket fan. It's arguably the greatest ODI game ever played. The only one that could beat it is the 99' Semi.
Meh wasn't in a WC. No reason to be 'gutted' tbh.
Calcuta 2001
whats_at_stake
21 Jul 2010, 22:00
Meh wasn't in a WC. No reason to be 'gutted' tbh.
Calcuta 2001
That Test was probably one of the greatest tests of all time. Changed the whole follow on decision massively. Such massive concentration- sadly innings like these will be gone once the current 28+ year olds retire.
GoDoggies
21 Jul 2010, 23:35
Nothing is worse then Edgbaston 2005 for me. Geraint Jones hadn't held a catch all series then takes one diving forward and we loose. Richie Benuads commentary from that still rings in my ears
PalaceGun
22 Jul 2010, 00:42
If you don't remember the 434 game then you're not a true cricket fan.
What a load of rubbish...
We need less than 4 to win then Binga got a full bunga outside off which he absolutely smashed. I thought it was 4 but he hit it straight to the fielder. The rest is history. 2m either side and we wouldve won the Ashes and Warney wouldve retired.
So did i and i agree we win that test and we would of gone up 2-0 and won the series from there.
Not winning at Cardiff last year, wasn't so much gutted as opposed to bloody pissed off!
98 boxing day test against the Poms losing by 12 runs, the game was in the bag!
I know the match wasn't lost, but the 1st Ashes Test in 2009 at Cardiff was a damn shocker of a draw and in the end meant we lost the Ashes.
I was there for days 1, 2 and 5 - the first time I had been to a match outside Australia.
Australia dominated for the match's entirity right up until the last hour or two of day 5.
At tea, England were 7/169, still 70 runs behind Australia's first innings total of 6/674, with the new ball to come.
I'll never understand why Hilfenhaus, after taking his 3rd wicket in only his 15th over (3/47) to leave England at 8/221, did not bowl again for the rest of the match (18 further overs were to come).
Walking out of Sofia Gardens with only a draw was embarrassing as Australia made 6/674 for the match and England made 19/687.
Then to end up losing the series because of that (and a couple of other horrendous sessions) in one we statistically dominated was shocking.
Belnakor
23 Jul 2010, 16:08
If you don't remember the 434 game then you're not a true cricket fan. It's arguably the greatest ODI game ever played. The only one that could beat it is the 99' Semi.
the '99 Semi annihilates the 434 game by the length of the straight.
OzBomber
23 Jul 2010, 16:57
the '99 Semi annihilates the 434 game by the length of the straight.
Flemington Straight? ;)
It's why I said arguably.
The Falcon Strike
23 Jul 2010, 18:09
1993 Adelaide
2005 Edgbaston (Brett Lee must put that full toss away...)
ODI's get forgotten about two seconds after they finish...
Exact same 2 for me!
Was lucky enough to be at the 99 semi, most amazing one day game I have ever seen, but it's not a scratch on any of the test matches mentioned above. Also went to the final, worst game ever.
Carl Spackler
23 Jul 2010, 22:09
Definitely Adelaide 1993, Calcutta 2001 and Edgbaston 2005 as others have said.
Also 1993/94 against South Africa when McGrath bunted the catch back to de Villiers.
The one wicket loss to Pakistan in Pakistan (mid 90's) when Healy missed a stumping from Warne and it went for four byes would be up there except it wasn't televised so no one ever saw it.
Wallaby
24 Jul 2010, 08:09
The whole 86/87 series. You do NOT lose your home series to the Poms. That's when I knew we were really shit.
Adelaide 92/93. In the last over, Mcdermott flicked one off his pads - 2 or 4 for sure. It hit Desi Haynes' hand at short leg and stopped dead - he never saw it. A couple of balls later....................
Also, the one against Pakistan where they had a last-wicket partnership of 50+ to beat us (Inzi and Saqlain?). Apparently Dickie Bird at square-leg said the Aussies were robbed by the Paki umpire (only one neutral ump back then).
Over the last 30+ years, the aussies have a pretty bad record in really close tests - if you take 2 or less wickets or less than 20 runs as a category, I reckon we have lost about 3 out of 4.
Take Aim
24 Jul 2010, 08:44
I know the match wasn't lost, but the 1st Ashes Test in 2009 at Cardiff was a damn shocker of a draw and in the end meant we lost the Ashes.
I was there for days 1, 2 and 5 - the first time I had been to a match outside Australia.
Australia dominated for the match's entirity right up until the last hour or two of day 5.
At tea, England were 7/169, still 70 runs behind Australia's first innings total of 6/674, with the new ball to come.
I'll never understand why Hilfenhaus, after taking his 3rd wicket in only his 15th over (3/47) to leave England at 8/221, did not bowl again for the rest of the match (18 further overs were to come).
Walking out of Sofia Gardens with only a draw was embarrassing as Australia made 6/674 for the match and England made 19/687.
Then to end up losing the series because of that (and a couple of other horrendous sessions) in one we statistically dominated was shocking.
We were still 0-0 at the end of that match. I wouldn't say we lost the Ashes because of Cardiff. Our batsmen got their stats up in the 2nd innings, after the damage had already been done.
The most galling thing about the 2009 Ashes series is as follows:
1) James Anderson, IMO the most over-rated bowler in the world, routs us in the first innings at Lords to set the win up.
2) Stuart Broad, after bowling pies all series, routs us in 5 overs at the Oval.
3) Bill Gordon shamelessly doctoring the Oval wicket making the result hinge on the toss - which England won.
Due to the latter point, I will never have any sympathy for any English sporting team that is robbed. I loved it when that goal wasn't given in the world cup. I admit it, I had a perverse type of enjoyment from seeing the pommy fans in tears after getting knocked out against Germany.
I hope this summer Australia hammer England like never before. I will never have any sympathy for the English. Their bias, idiotic media shit me to tears.
I just hate the English.
Adelaide 92/93. In the last over, Mcdermott flicked one off his pads - 2 or 4 for sure. It hit Desi Haynes' hand at short leg and stopped dead - he never saw it. A couple of balls later....................
Hit his foot i thought, but it was so long ago the memories are a little hazy.
i remember the look on AB's face after that game, and i remember even though i was 12, i was gutted.
That is our worst loss, to come so close to doing the unthinkable and defeating the great West Indians, and to have it snatched away so cruelly was terrible.
ManWithNoName
24 Jul 2010, 13:14
the '99 Semi annihilates the 434 game by the length of the straight.
This.
A game where the bowlers dominate will beat a game where the bat dominates anyday of the week and twice on Sunday. A game with a legitimate even contest between the two will beat anything. Slogfests are boring as batshit.
Gazza_11
27 Jul 2010, 16:47
The 434 game against South Africa tops my list, one of the few times I've actually cried after a sporting game haha. Then there are a lot of second places.
The second two ODI's in New Zealand in 2007, losing to Bangladesh in 2005, losing to India at Perth in 2008, the WIndies and South Africa chasing down 400 against us in 2004 and 2008 respectively...
albundysmate
28 Jul 2010, 20:30
2005 2nd ashes test. simon jones was plumb billy
2008 mcg test. bowl yorkers for crying out loud
NSWCROW
28 Jul 2010, 20:39
Also 1993/94 against South Africa when McGrath bunted the catch back to de Villiers.
Damien Martyn :mad:
PalaceGun
28 Jul 2010, 20:47
Damien Martyn :mad:
the other nine batsmen who got out :mad:
Johnson#26
28 Jul 2010, 21:23
2008 mcg test. bowl yorkers for crying out loud
That wasn't gutting I reckon. It was just pathetic and limp. But it importantly underlined that we are (and continue to be) a mediocre Test cricket outfit. It's all well and good beating up on the Windies and Pakistan on our home turf and NZ (albeit over there), our current side is a mile off beam. That Test, though, was a strange one to watch. Went to watch the 5th days play in hope that we might be able to at least make a game of it. Nup. Rolled over and got belted.