Test South Africa & New Zealand tour of Zimbabwe 2025 - 4 Tests, T20I tri-series

[sabso]

Not the only time a declaration has robbed wiaaaaaan of glory:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...-vs-leicestershire-1297743/live-cricket-score

2nd ever test triple by a South African

 

[sherb]

Not the only time a declaration has robbed wiaaaaaan of glory:

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...-vs-leicestershire-1297743/live-cricket-score

2nd ever test triple by a South African

He's not really "robbed" if he declares on himself though (as he did in the current match).

 

[Lunchtime]

From Wiaan.

"I thought we had enough and we need to bowl. Secondly, Brian Lara is a legend let's be real. He got 401, or whatever it was, against England

For someone of that stature to keep that record is pretty special. I think if I get the chance again, I would probably do the same thing

Speaking to Shuks, he kinda said to me as well: 'Listen, let the legends keep the really big scores'

You never know what's my fate, or what is destined for me, but I think Brian Lara keeping that record is exactly the way it should be"

 

[corbies]

He got 401 or whatever it was

 

[Ilkka Sinisalo]

From Wiaan.

"I thought we had enough and we need to bowl. Secondly, Brian Lara is a legend let's be real. He got 401, or whatever it was, against England

For someone of that stature to keep that record is pretty special. I think if I get the chance again, I would probably do the same thing

Speaking to Shuks, he kinda said to me as well: 'Listen, let the legends keep the really big scores'

You never know what's my fate, or what is destined for me, but I think Brian Lara keeping that record is exactly the way it should be"

Yeah I would not have begrudged him for going after the record, but at the same time it feels a lot better with it being held by a generational talent like Lara against a good test side in England.

 

[sherb]

He got 401 or whatever it was

He crossed 400 with 501 and came up with.................

 

[Rabish Binney]

He crossed 400 with 501 and came up with.................

Apart from the mind blowing fact that BC scored 501, he did have some luck early on....

"After the early loss of Dominic Ostler to Anderson Cummins, before he had even reached 20 Lara had been bowled by a Cummins no-ball and dropped by Durham keeper Chris Scott. "With my luck, he'll go on to get a 100," was Scott's famous line"

 

[PhatBoy]

Apart from the mind blowing fact that BC scored 501, he did have some luck early on....

"After the early loss of Dominic Ostler to Anderson Cummins, before he had even reached 20 Lara had been bowled by a Cummins no-ball and dropped by Durham keeper Chris Scott. "With my luck, he'll go on to get a 100," was Scott's famous line"

No Cummins no Goins

 

[Sammo360]

Apart from the mind blowing fact that BC scored 501, he did have some luck early on....

"After the early loss of Dominic Ostler to Anderson Cummins, before he had even reached 20 Lara had been bowled by a Cummins no-ball and dropped by Durham keeper Chris Scott. "With my luck, he'll go on to get a 100," was Scott's famous line"

Mulder was also cleaned bowled while on 247 off a no-ball. I don’t think it’s possible to bat that long without a little bit of luck. Matthew Hayden also had luck on his side when he made that 380.

 

[PhatBoy]

Mulder was also cleaned bowled while on 247 off a no-ball. I don’t think it’s possible to bat that long without a little bit of luck. Matthew Hayden also had luck on his side when he made that 380.

Not sure about some of the triples but I don’t recall (stand to be corrected of course) knocks like Warner’s triple or Lara’s 277 or Laxman’s 281 ever having a chance but agreed they’re the exception rather than the rule

 

[Jack Mundy]

Not sure about some of the triples but I don’t recall (stand to be corrected of course) knocks like Warner’s triple or Lara’s 277 or Laxman’s 281 ever having a chance but agreed they’re the exception rather than the rule

Lara may have knocked stumps on pull in 1994. Had close lbw at start in 2004

 

[PhatBoy]

Lara may have knocked stumps on pull in 1994. Had close lbw at start in 2004

True, didn’t his heel(?) hit the bottom of the stumps in 94?

 

[Jack Mundy]

True, didn’t his heel(?) hit the bottom of the stumps in 94?

I only found out from BBC story years later. I watched 2004 innings. There was big catch behind appeal not lbw.

 

[Jack Mundy]

From Wiaan.

"I thought we had enough and we need to bowl. Secondly, Brian Lara is a legend let's be real. He got 401, or whatever it was, against England

For someone of that stature to keep that record is pretty special. I think if I get the chance again, I would probably do the same thing

Speaking to Shuks, he kinda said to me as well: 'Listen, let the legends keep the really big scores'

You never know what's my fate, or what is destined for me, but I think Brian Lara keeping that record is exactly the way it should be"

Nice guy. Think he should've went for it tho

 

[Sea fog]

Imagine had SA played most of its best players. The records could have tumbled more. Think Rabada and Jansen would have troubled their bats.

 

[big_e]

John Howard was so impressed that Tubby Taylor declared on 334* so as to not break Bradman's Australian record that it literally won Tubs the Australian of the Year Award.

That's the folklore but not really why he declared on 334.

"I spent hours that night contemplating what to do," Taylor told cricket.com.au.

"I finally got to sleep at about 2 o'clock in the morning. I was thinking about what to do so I certainly didn't crash as well as I'd hoped.

"I think ideally I would have batted on for 20 minutes just to put their openers out in the field for 20 more minutes before we declared.

"But I thought if I did that I would then end up on 340 not out or something like that and I think people would have assumed that I'd batted on just for my own glory.

"I didn't want to send that message either so the more I thought about it, I came to the decision that the best thing I can do is declare (and) end up on the same score as Sir Donald, which I'm more than delighted with."

"I think my sister Lisa said 'bat on you idiot'," Taylor said with a chuckle.

"So she probably would have liked me to go past (Bradman).

"I reckon after phone calls to home and my sisters and everyone else, it really just came down to me.

"Everyone was just saying 'you do what you think is right and what's in the best interests of the team'.

"And I think at the end of the day I did that.

"If I'd batted on ... I was pretty well saying goodbye to the chance of winning the game."

"I don't want people to think for a minute that I just batted to 334 and said 'that's it, I'm now going to declare'.

"That's not how it went. It was a quirk of fate that I ended up on the same score and I had the chance to work out what I wanted to do."

On this day: Taylor equals Bradman with 334 | cricket.com.au

Former Australia Test captain Mark Taylor reflects on his Bradman-equalling triple ton in Peshawar

www.cricket.com.au

 

[sherb]

Apart from the mind blowing fact that BC scored 501, he did have some luck early on....

"After the early loss of Dominic Ostler to Anderson Cummins, before he had even reached 20 Lara had been bowled by a Cummins no-ball and dropped by Durham keeper Chris Scott. "With my luck, he'll go on to get a 100," was Scott's famous line"

There's a clip of Lara and Scott on The Front Bar.

 

[sherb]

Found it.

 

[sabso]

Not sure about some of the triples but I don’t recall (stand to be corrected of course) knocks like Warner’s triple or Lara’s 277 or Laxman’s 281 ever having a chance but agreed they’re the exception rather than the rule

Shubbys 269 didn’t have a serious chance.

 

[Snarls Barkley]

Not sure about some of the triples but I don’t recall (stand to be corrected of course) knocks like Warner’s triple or Lara’s 277 or Laxman’s 281 ever having a chance but agreed they’re the exception rather than the rule

Reckon Warner was out on a no ball during his triple but could be misremembering. Think he was already on a bucket load

There was a pretty long period there where Labuschagne kept getting dropped and Warner kept going out on no balls

 

[Lunchtime]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/wiaan-mulder-brian-lara-told-me-i-should-have-gone-for-the-record-1494451

 

[ioppolo]

Zimbabwean newspaper pls.



* I haven't fact checked if this is legit or not.

 

[sabso]

Zimbabwean newspaper pls.

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* I haven't fact checked if this is legit or not.

“An emoji of mediocrity”

 

[Sammo360]

I found the rest of the article.

SCHOOLBOYS MOLEST CHEVRONS AT QUEENS...The nation patiently watches as its cricket team becomes a meme of incompetence and an emoji of mediocrity - herald

Guest Writer WHAT happened at Queens Sports Club wasn’t just a defeat. It was a humiliation of catastrophic proportions. The Zimbabwe national cricket team, better known as the Chevrons, was…

www.heraldonline.co.zw

Nothing to be excited about in the T20s either. Not much hope of qualifying for the next T20 World Cup if they continue play like this.

 

[Sammo360]

https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ben-curran-and-sikandar-raza-in-zimbabwe-squad-for-nz-tests-1496109

Brendan Taylor to be added to the Zimbabwe squad for the Test series against New Zealand when his ban expires on July 25. Bennett, Ben Curran, Raza and Taylor return along with Ervine and Williams is a far better batting lineup than the previous series.