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Cricket's interesting moments by A. C. de Silva Cricket is a game that has stood the test of time and is loved and cherished by many thousands all over the world. The game has had many interesting moments through the years and there have also been quite a number of unsavoury incidents too which goes to make it the most talked about sport in the world. Talking of unsavoury incidents, it happened long years ago in the 1932-33 Australia-England series in Australia which came to be known as the 'bodyline' series and which ultimately was the backdrop to a hit on the screen named 'Bodyline' in October 1984. The main character of the film - Harold Larwood - the great England fast bowler who was one of the three central characters in the Bodyline Test series in Australia in the winter of 1932-33. Larwood emigrated to Australia in disgust after being made the scapegoat of the scandalous affair. Besides Larwood, there are a whole lot of famous cricketers who figured in the five-test series. First Test at Sydney Australia: 360 (S. J. Cabe 187, V. Y. Richardson 49, Harold Larwood 5 for 96, B. Voce 4 for 110) and 164 (J. H. Fingleton 40; Harold Larwood 5 for 28) lost to England 524 (H. Sutcliffe 194, W. R. Hammond 112, Nawab of Pataudi (snr) 102; Wall 3 for 104, O'Reilley 3 for 117 and 1 for no loss Second Test at Melbourne Australia: 228 (Fingleton 83; Voce 3 for 54) and 191 (Don Bradman 103 not out; Hammond 3 for 21) beat England 169 (Sutcliffe 52, Wall 4 for 52, O'Reilley 5 for 63) and 139 (O'Reilley 5 for 66, M. Ironmonger 4 for 26). Third Test at Adelaide England: 341 (M. Leyland 83, R. E. S. Wyatt 78, E. Paynter 77, H. Verity 45; Wall 5 for 72) and 412 (S. Douglas Jardine 56, Hammond 85, Ames 69, Leyland 42, Wyatt 49, Verity 40; O'Reilley 4 for 79, Ircomonger 3 for 87) beat Australia 222 (Ponsford 85; Allen 4 for 71) and 193 (Woodfull 73 not out, Bradmon 66). Fourth Test at Brisbane Australia: 340 (V. Y. Richardson 83, Woodfull 67, Bradmon 76; Larwood 4 for 101) and 175 (Larwood 3 for 49, Allen 3 for 44) drew with England: 356 (Jardine 46, Sutcliffe 86, E. Paynter 83; O'Reilley 4 for 120, Ironmonger 3 for 69) and 162 for 4 wkts (Leyland 86). Fifth Test at Sydney Australia 435 (Bradman 48, O'Brien 61, McCabe 73, L. S. Darling 85, Oldfield 52; P. K. Lee 42; Larwood 4 for 98, Verity 3 for 62) and 182 (Woodfull 67, Bradman 71; Verity 5 for 33) lost to England by 8 wickets. England: 454 (Sutcliffe 56, Hammond 101, Larwood 98, Leyland 42, Wyatt 51, G. O. Allen 48; O'Reilley 3 for 100) and 168 for 2 wkts (Hammond 75 not out, Wyatt 61 not out). |
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