Not The Greatest One Day Game Ever
March 13, 2006South Africa chase 434 to win the 5 match one day series. Is this the greatest one day match of all time? I have been a strong backer of the first one dayer between India and Pakistan in 2003. A lot of people will still feel the South Africa-Australia World Cup 1999 semi-final was better than this. I would not give this game the best one day game tag because it wasn’t a contest between the bat and the ball - some thing which is essential to me when I judge the greatest games.
If a team was dismissed for 65 and another team dismissed team 1 for a total below 65, would you call it the greatest one dayer? Not really. So why even consider this conclusion here.
However, no team had even made 400 before this match, let alone chase such a score. Crap bowling from both teams? Most definitely. But it takes more than crap bowling to score 400. It takes even more to chase such such a 434. Has one day cricket taken another step forward with further insignificance of bowlers? It appears so. The bowling standards and the batting adapatability has been increasing with every year. A total of 230 was par score in the early 90s and a total of more than 250 a winning one.
I can rejoice for the moment and savour the victory regardless of the future.
I don’t get any chance to watch any cricket here in the USA
:(, so don’t even know what’s happening in this game. Just try to keep upto date my reading news. Please tell me what’s happening? I remember that while I was growing up, 278/300 were considered winning scores (as you mentioned). Then, I think it becamse like 310, 350. Now 450+!!!!!!!!!!! and still that’s not a winning score!!!! Is it something to do with the way they are making the bats and balls and the pitches nowadays, using modern technology?? Gees…very soon we will hear that 500 or 600 is not a winning score! Is that good or bad? Don’t know, but just wish that it will not take away the charm of cricket.
Comment by KL — March 13, 2006 @ 8:42 pm
This is the thought which is coming in many cricket follower’s minds. What will happen next? Even if a score of 434 is not chased in the near future, at least teams will have more confidence to chase bigger scores in the 300 region.
It has to do with a mixture of pitches, bowling standards declining and shift towards batsmen.
For experiencing the match again, check out cricinfo’s ball by ball text commentary.
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