Cricket Tickles
Manoj Madhavan -
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 6:13 PM
Keeping to my promise, I have dished out a few more incredible episodes from the cricket world.
Enjoy.
1. Lee Kenneth Germon of New Zealand led his country on his debut (against India in 1995)! He was essentially a keeper and could bat only in the lower-middle order.
2. Melbourne 1920-21
While watching the second Test in the Ashes series, Mrs Park dropped her knitting. She bent down to pick it up, and missed her husband, Roy Lindsay Park’s entire international cricket career. Park was bowled at the first and only ball he faced in Test cricket. He was never included in the team.
3. In the only Test he played for India, Keki Tarapore scored two runs and took 0-72. His fielding was equally bad with the ball making its way in between his legs on most occasions. The match was against West Indies in 1948-49.
Tarapore went on to become a coach! He was also the manager of the Indian team on its tour to England in 1967 and West Indies in 1971. India won that series against that country for the first time.
4. Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards is the only player to have represented his country, West Indies, in both cricket and football World Cup. Football: 1974 qualifiers for Antigua.
He is also the only West Indies captain who never lost a Test series.
Howlers on the field:
Umpires DJ Constant and J Birkenshaw in the Leeds Test between India and England in 1986 allowed 12 Indians on the field during the game. When the error was discovered after one over, substitute Raman Lamba had to leave the field.
In a match between MCC and Combined University in 1893, players were permitted to wear gloves because of the extreme cold.
Cheers