Cricket Australia Gold - 24/7 Channel

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Watching the Gabba test in the 94-95 Ashes and Tony Greig said ''the natives are getting restless''. Now we know where Dwayne got that saying from. This is the test where Warnie took 8-71.

 

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They are showing an ODI series from the mid 90s now between Australia and Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka had a great ODI side back then and were a real drawcard with Jayasuriya, Kaluwitharana, Aravinda, Ranatunga, Vaas and Murali.

It was a far cry from when they first turned up for the WSC tri series back in the mid 80s when they were like the equivalent of Bangladesh.

Unfortunately they couldn't maintain that standard and reverted back to being a minnow again but at least they won a World Cup in 1996.

 

[Gough]

You could put together a decent argument that the Whatmore Sri Lankan side changed the way cricket is played. It was only a couple of years after they redefined they way teams approached the first fifteen overs in ODI cricket that T20 cricket came along.

 

[Plugger35]

You could put together a decent argument that the Whatmore Sri Lankan side changed the way cricket is played. It was only a couple of years after they redefined they way teams approached the first fifteen overs in ODI cricket that T20 cricket came along.

They got the jump on other ODI teams by approaching the first 15 overs like a T20 instead of an ODI with Jayasuriya and Kaluwitharana.

Before that teams were happy to just get to 50 off the first 15 overs which seems ridiculously slow now and 220 was seen as a decent total.

 

[icyflakes]

They are showing an ODI series from the mid 90s now between Australia and Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka had a great ODI side back then and were a real drawcard with Jayasuriya, Kaluwitharana, Aravinda, Ranatunga, Vaas and Murali.

It was a far cry from when they first turned up for the WSC tri series back in the mid 80s when they were like the equivalent of Bangladesh.

Unfortunately they couldn't maintain that standard and reverted back to being a minnow again but at least they won a World Cup in 1996.

It was genuinely sad to watch them do so poorly in last years ODI WC. You felt like they were doing really well in quite a few games and then capitulated.

They were absolutely a great team back then and even now and again can pull out some decent results - they tied at home against Australia in a 2 match series just a couple years ago. You just feel like there's enough talent there to be more than what they are, but what they hell to do they do with a political situation like they have. Can only work with what they have.

 

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It was genuinely sad to watch them do so poorly in last years ODI WC. You felt like they were doing really well in quite a few games and then capitulated.

They were absolutely a great team back then and even now and again can pull out some decent results - they tied at home against Australia in a 2 match series just a couple years ago. You just feel like there's enough talent there to be more than what they are, but what they hell to do they do with a political situation like they have. Can only work with what they have.

They still have a lot of talent but they lack the experience and steel of the older players they had back when they won the World Cup in 1996

Even back in 2007 when they made the World Cup final they still had Jayasuriya, Vaas and Murali plus Sangakkara, Jayawardene and Malinga

 

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Another Australia v India test in 1991 at the Gabba and it's that man McDermott again getting the big wickets of Tendulkar and Kapil Dev.

Now he's just got the wickets of Ravi Shastri and Kiran More.

 

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McDermott does tend to get overlooked for great Australian bowlers these days, the likes of McGrath and Warne overshadowed him later on.

Merv Hughes and Bruce Reid are underrated too, both fine test bowlers back in their day.

 

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Some rare footage of a young Tendulkar bowling medium pace now.

 

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The Sydney test of that 1991/92 Indian test series is on now.

A young Shane Warne on debut just dropped Shastri off a tough caught and bowled chance.

I've got a feeling that could be costly for him.

 

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Tendulkar joins Shastri at the crease, this could be a partnership worth watching.

 

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This channel is like crack for a cricket addict like me.

I tune in and see a test match and I can't just watch a few minutes, I have to keep watching to see how it ends.

 

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Richie Benaud didn't even give Warne a mention when he took 1 for 150 against India.

Can't say I blame him, I remember thinking "where the hell did they get this fat bogan from?".

I thought he would be a one test wonder like Bryce McGain.

 

[icyflakes]

McDermott does tend to get overlooked for great Australian bowlers these days, the likes of McGrath and Warne overshadowed him later on.

Merv Hughes and Bruce Reid are underrated too, both fine test bowlers back in their day.

I don't even remember McDermott as I was a tad young, but watching this channel and basically every match he's in he is dominating. But being immediately followed by two of the greatest bowlers Australia's ever seen puts him under the radar.

 

[Cleavy]

must be adding more content? there's an Australia vs South Africa Test on currently.

AUS vs SA, South Africa tour of Australia 1993/94, 3rd Test at Adelaide, January 28 - February 01, 1994 - Full Scorecard

Get cricket scorecard of 3rd Test, AUS vs SA, South Africa tour of Australia 1993/94 at Adelaide Oval dated January 28 - February 01, 1994.

www.espncricinfo.com

 

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They're currently showing Warnie's test debut.

What an era for both Australia and India.

 

[Sammo360]

Have they run out of content already? They're showing the Quad series that had Australia A again.

 

[wagstaff]

Seems they've run out of available series to show as there's been nothing new over the past couple of weeks.

Goodness knows how often they've shown that 91/92 Oz v India Test series. Seems to be on once a day.

 

[010203]

I started watching this channel again on YouTube and you wouldn't believe it - there was a rain delay at the SCG in the 1995 test between Australia and England.