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P A de Silva refused to leave the field
when given out “obstructed; field” in the Sri-Lanka vs. New-Zealand match at
Wellington in 1977. Under pressure the umpire was persuaded to reverse his decision. |
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In
the West Indies vs. England match at Scarborough, a throw from the boundary by Michael
Holding hit one set of stumps and went on to hit the other set. The batsmen were out of
their creases but the umpire was too confused to give either ‘out’. |
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David
Boon broke his bat in two whilst playing for Australia vs. New Zealand at Adelaide in
December 1990. |
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Geoff
Boycott confused both scorers and umpires when he took strike at the wrong end, following
a drinks interval, England vs. Australia at Sydney December 1979. |
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Larry
Gomes suffered a broken nose and the loss of two teeth while batting for West Indies vs.
Sri Lanka at Melbourne in February 1985. |
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The
first ODI in which ‘wides’ and ‘no balls’ were added to the
bowlers’ analysis was India vs. Pakistan at Jaipur on October 2, 1983. |
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During
the India vs. New Zealand at Nagpur on November 26, 1995, a wall collapsed killing 12
people and injuring dozens more |
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The
match between New Zealand and India at Auckland on February 14, 1981 was the first in New
Zealand in which colored clothing, white balls and black sightscreens were employed. |
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When
the New Zealand vs. Pakistan Test scheduled for Dunedin in February 1989 was cancelled due
to rain, an ODI match was organized for the fourth day of the Test. The pitch was almost
unplayable and Richard Hadlee picked up 5 wickets. |
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Moin
Khan hit the final three balls of the innings for six the bowler Ian Bishop of West
Indies, conceded 27 in the over- at Sharjah October 1995. |
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India refused to continue the match against Pakistan when Sarfaraz Nawaz bowled
four successive bumpers and the umpire took no action. The game was at Sahiwal in 1978/79. |
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25,000
spectators turned up to watch England play its first ODI match at Chandigarh.
Unfortunately violent thunderstorm flooded the ground. In order to placate the crowd a 15
over game was staged in unplayable conditions. |
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