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The Kiwi opener’s marathon effort of more than nine-and-a-half hours was the cornerstone of New Zealand’s first-innings total of 378 against England. ....
De real Master, whom the West Indies couldn’t out at all Sumit Chakraberty Filed on March 11, 2021 Sunil Gavaskar showed mastery over pace in his debut series in the West Indies, and mastery over spin in his last Test on a rank turner in Bangalore. Imagine a 21-year-old debutant cricketer inspiring a song in another land. Such was the mesmerising debut series of Sunil Gavaskar in the West Indies 50 years ago. The Little Master scored 774 runs in four Tests at an average of 154.80, which remains a record for the most runs in a debut series. Records aside, it was a defining year for Indian cricket, because India beat the West Indies for the first time in Gavaskar’s debut Test on March 6, 1971, went on to win the series, and followed that up with a maiden series win in England. ....
It’s irony indeed that India too won the MCG Test by a similar margin, and Paranjpe – who was part of that semifinal win and scored an unbeaten half-century and the winning runs with Tendulkar batting alongside him – cannot help but draw a unique comparison. “Ajinkya’s knock reminded me of that Tamil Nadu innings from Sachin, when he took us (Mumbai) through single-handedly. Tough players steer their teams through tough situations. You could feel he wants to see his team through, says Paranjpe. It was a psychological battle and not an ordinary innings. He rattled the Aussies, and that coming after the Adelaide jolt made it even more special.” ....
Iconic players remember 1975 ICC World Cup triumph, say team never fully recognised Spread the love By Neto Baptiste The 1975 West Indies squad that captured the region’s first ICC Cricket World Cup title has not received just recognition for having achieved the feat in One Day International (ODI) cricket. This is the belief of former fast bowler and one of two Antiguans in the team at the time, Sir Andy Roberts, who said the squad not only dominated that world cup, but went on to enjoy unparalleled success at the time. “I don’t think anybody has given any recognition to the West Indies team for the first three World Cups. We may have lost the third one, but up to 1983 we had never lost a game in the World Cup and it was only one team that beat the West Indies in the World Cup up to then, and that was India; they beat us twice in 1983,” he said. ....