The weirdest cricket Test ever was played between South Africa and Australia in November 2011 at Newlands in Cape Town, South Africa. We saw
wickets tumbling at record breaking speed and we witnessed the Nelson of all Nelsons. I discuss the entire Test, the insane bowling and batting
collapses and the ‘glitch in the Matrix’ Nelson moment on the third and final day.
Let me know if you remember this insane cricket match and what crazy matches do you remember?
Chapters of The Weirdest Cricket Test Match Ever Played:
00:00 – 00:42 – Intro
00:43 – 01:02 – Day 1
01:03 – 06:09 – Day 2
06:10 – 07:52 – Day 3
07:53 – 08:24 – Closing
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Do you remember this insane cricket match? What's the strangest match you can remember and why?
Australia used sandpaper in their 1st bowling innings
It’s called pitch doctoring
1-1 test series at home for SA…not great
2-1 odi to Aus
1-1 t20
Not a great result for a home series
I was expecting a 4th innings drama after Nelson.
Just needed the 11th batsmen to be on strike in the 11th over of the day after facing 11 balls for 11 runs while the bowler had 1/11 off 1.1 overs & the non striker to be on 111 off 111 balls
Dus hoekom krieket die wonderspel is.wonderlik!
It's probably one of the lowest periods in Australian cricket. They'd just lost the Ashes in their own country by a huge margin and then bowled out for 47. That period between the retirement of their great players and the emergence of the current great team was a weird time for them.
Great video. Thank you. Amazing game.
Doesn't take a genius to figure out how so many wickets fell. That protea bowling line up was insane
5:05 For only the second time, we saw all four innings of a Test Match one one day.
The first time was 30/6/2000, England v West Indies at Lord's. Even more remarkable, Courtney Walsh batted or bowled in all four innings. The Windies started Day 2 on 267-9, with Walsh on 1 not out. He was dismissed without any further scoring. England were then dismissed for 134 in 48.2 overs, with Walsh taking 4-43. So far, so straightforward.
The Windies then had a collective rush of blood to the head and were bowled out for 54 in 26'4 overs, Walsh 3 not out.
There was time for seven balls to be bowled before bad light forced a close. Walsh bowled one of them.
England went on to win by two wickets.
Weirder than Cronje’s dodgy declaration?
5:22 I don't think you understand the term 'record breaking'.
Steyn, Morkel, Philander on debut and Kallis. At a stage we had Abbot also. When we toured Aus the commentators said its the best bowling lineup ever to tour Aus. Even better than the great West Indian teams
Whenever Australia square off with South Africa, something is going to happen. A bizarre run-out, 800 runs scored in an ODI, 23 wickets fall in a day. Compelling stuff.
I saw this match, Cummins debuted after this match
I'm starting to wonder if I'll ever understand this game. It's exactly like listening to a foreign language to me
Even the scores SA 236 = 2+3+6=11 and Aus 47 = 4+7=11 , a lot of 11s in a game where it started with two elevens
Of course the pitch helped the bowlers on both sides. Sometimes it keeps taking the edge. Eg when India got all out for 36 in Adelaide a few years ago. Wasn’t bad batting, or a terrible pitch, just a bit of seam. There’s a big element of randomness in cricket scoring. But well done to Smith and Amla for chasing down the target.
and ?
It was match fixing
Now South Africa is a weak team and Australia is a strong team.
Watched the game live. Was super happy and excited as the Africans got all out in 96 and were excited as the Kangaroos would bat for 2 more days and give the target of at least 350+ but the collapse happened. As Rudolph got out, I thought a similar collapse would happen with the South Africans, but Amla and Smith played such a wonderful inning.
The second test was thriller as well.
Fortunately Australia came back and drew the other test and the series 😅
Amazed no one mentioned NELSON Mandela?!
Their are no such thing as an co-incident. Their is a lot people do not understand about GOD's creation. It's all about numbers.
Great video! I remember I was studying for an exam the next day. I went to study at the beginning of Aus 2nd innings and after like 30-40mins I stopped to take a short break and was shocked (and happy🇿🇦) and the score I saw! Safe to say, I did not return to studying that exam until the innings was over😂
Superb vid! Well done mate. 👍🏻
thanks for the memories as i was there.
EXCEPT IT WAS 2011 So no
Great storytelling! Aussie here, who loved both those sides
Years later, Nathan Lyon would be part of a team that bowled India out for a total of 36, funny how that works.
Mad series of coincidences