da 888casino： All Today’s Yesterdays – August 18 down the years August 17 | August 19 2000 An unforgettable victory for England at Headingley , and the first twoday Test in over 50 years
Wisden CricInfo staff18-Aug-2003
All Today’s Yesterdays – August 18 down the years
August 17 | August 19
2000
An unforgettable victory for England at Headingley, and the first twoday Test in over 50 years. When West Indies began their second inningsmidway through the afternoon session, they were exactly 100 runs behindEngland. After 26.2 overs, they’d been demolished for just 61 – theirsecond double-figure score in three Tests – and England had beaten themby an innings for the first time since 1966. It was unforgettablydelirious stuff. The cherry on the icing came when Andy Caddick tookfour wickets in an over, the last three all castled by swinging yorkers.
da dobrowin： 1934
The end of one of the monumental partnerships. England needed only adraw at The Oval to retain the Ashes – but big Bill Ponsford made hislast Test a memorable one. His 266 achieved the rare feat of outscoringDon Bradman, who hit a mere 244. Their stand of 451, made in only fivehours, was then the highest for any wicket in Tests and is still in thetop four. England, understandably overwhelmed, lost by a whopping 562runs.
1920
One of the great wicketkeepers and characters was born. Extrovert andgenuinely brilliant standing back or close up, Godfrey Evans played in91 Tests for England, making 219 dismissals, both world records at thetime, and hitting two dashing hundreds. A vivid personality long afterhis retirement, with the most famous mutton-chop whiskers in cricket, hewas the Ladbrokes rep who quoted odds of 500-1 against England winningthe famous Headingley Test of 1981.
1974
Birth of Shiv Chanderpaul. When he made his debut against Englandat Georgetown in 1993-94, he was the first teenager to play in a Testfor West Indies since Elquemedo Willett in 1972-73. Chanderpaul’s slimframe encases the ideal temperament for a Test batsman – and West Indieshave missed it when his frequent injuries have ruled him out. He scoredonly two hundreds in his first 53 Tests, but improved that ratio bynotching three in four matches against India in 2002.
1926
After the humiliations of the early 1920s and the frustrations of thisrain-affected series, England made Percy Chapman captain, recalled the48-year-old Wilfred Rhodes, and regained the Ashes. On this the last dayat The Oval, pace bowlers Maurice Tate and Harold Larwood made the earlyinroads, after which Rhodes’s slow left-arm took 4 for 44. Australiawere dismissed for 125 and lost the series 1-0.
1920
The start of one of the alltime great careers. Wally Hammond made hisfirst-class debut for Gloucestershire against Lancashire at Cheltenham.Ironically, for a batsman of the highest possible class, he made a duckin his first innings. He went on to set any number of world records,among them becoming the first man to score 7000 Test runs and the firstto take 100 Test catches. Three of his big scores are in the Wisden 100:his 336 not out at Auckland in 1932-33, another Test record at the time- and two majestic double-hundreds against Australia. One of theundisputed legends of the game.
1956
Birth of dashing batsman and film star Sandeep Patil, who played in 29Tests for India. His four Test centuries included genuinely brilliantknocks at Adelaide in 1980-81 (174) and Old Trafford in 1982 (129 notout), when he hit six fours in an over from Bob Willis. His important 27in a low-scoring match helped India win the 1983 World Cup final.
1936
On the last day at The Oval, England captain and pace bowler Gubby Allencompleted figures of 7 for 80, the best of his Test career, to helpEngland beat India by nine wickets and take the three-match series 2-0.
Other birthdays
1879 Hugh Bromley-Davenport (England)
1908 Bill Merritt (New Zealand)
1923 Jahangir Khan Irani (India)
1923 Sadu Shinde (India)