Zimbabwe Cricket Photo Quiz

[zimfan1]

can anyone name both these players in a match between zimbabwe and west indies

[Dr_Situ(ZimFanatic)]

Its Bryan Strang running out....a west indian
he he

[Dr_Situ(ZimFanatic)]

The other one seems to be darren ganga. The outfit suggests that this may be from Tri-series down under where Streaky won us one of the match by his superb bowling.

[BaijuSpeaks]

It seems to be Bryan Strang and Shervin Cambell...Am i right?

[zimfan1]

spot on dr its bryan strang and darren ganga from the tri series in Australia

[Dr_Situ(ZimFanatic)]

So the scores-

Dr_Situ(ZimFanatic): 7
CrimsonAvenger: 6
brmtaylor.com admin: 5
andrewn9: 4
zimdan: 1
BaijuSpeaks: 1
TrainDriver: 1
Rayzer: 1

Here's my next question. Simple if you have actually seen this tense match.
John Rennie, Skipper Campbell & Cricket's famous chicken farmer ever, all are on cloud 9 but Andy Flower is not rejoicing. There is a definite reason for that. Can anybody tell?

[Dr_Situ(ZimFanatic)]

Hmmm...lemme give a hint.

Opposition is India

& it's the fall of last wicket.

[CrimsonAvenger]

Well, it was that famous tied game. You gave the hint, just as I was about to type the answer. They all thought they had won the game based on less no. of wickets lost, but the rules had changed by then, and the result was declared as a tie. Flower knew it, while the others didn't.

Robin Singh getting run out, and India ending level on runs, were all out. Zimbabwe had lost 7 or 8 wickets. Brandes got a 5-for I think.

[Dr_Situ(ZimFanatic)]

you are partially correct since it wasnt the number of wkt issue rather the WIDE isue.

A last ball finish at the Boland Park. In the 1st instance in ODI history, an extra in the form of a wide, decided a tie. If one were to rewind the frames of the closing minutes& replay it, the drama viewed will be intense.

Robin Singh & Venky Prasad , ask for water to cool themselves , b4 returning to their respective ends for the last ball of the 100th over to be bowled. RS has an afterthought & walks upto Prasad to talk things over & get back to his crease. Eddo Brandes, my childhood idol, is ready @ the top of his mark to bowl around the wkt with a rich 5-fer.

The majority of Paarl’s spectators have never seen a situation like this before.(This was also the 1st ever mt on this picturesque venue). There was a lot of tension & grim faces in the Indian dressing (which I hated). Indians never thought they would come so close to success. Zimbabweans, too, were apprehensive (They hav never beaten India before though tied once). They never thought they would come so close to defeat. For a brief instance, the 10,000-odd spectators did not support any1 in particular…neither the Zimbabweans nor the Indians.
The drama went well into the second minute & ended in a fraction of a second; a delivery touching in xcess of 125 kmph would precede the result. Brandes had decided to angle the ball just a shade around the leg stump. The delivery passed wide off RS’s front pad & the batsman took off for a single with Prasad responding.

The line of action was straight, & would have measured less than 55 yards from Brandes’ bowling mark & that of WK Flower. Ball was collected on leg side & thrown back at the stumps. It missed (& I missed a beat too) & Prasad was safe. Brandes then showed some fine cricketing sense in pressure cooker situation. He picked up the loose ball & hit the stumps at the non-striker’s end, to beat the scampering RS. The Zimbabweans swarmed around Brandes thinking they had won (except Andy, being a keeper he knew that was WIDE). Dejected Indians walked back even as the spectators surged on to the ground , not knowing that the result was a tie.

No one remembered umpire Koertzen’s hand signaling a wide. Even the 3rd umpire Orchard was not sure. Koertzen’s hands were not in line with his shoulders as one would have expected. I remembered having endless debate with my mates but argument in favour of Rudi was that he had to move to the left& see if charging RS was “in” or “out”. Rudi asked for help. Replays confirmed that RS was “out”. To make doubly sure, Orchard sought clarification from Rudi if he had declared a wide? Andy Flower’s fears came true(as in pic). It was confirmed wide & made the scores level at 236.

I was again crest fallen. It was a second tie. Initially in Hero cup, Ali Shah threw the match away by following typical asian habit of throwing the match away when in control.
But it was great drama & still vivid in my memory. Brandes & Robin Singh were rightly given joint MOM.
Its painful to be keeper at times, right Andy.

[CrimsonAvenger]

Ah! I get it now. We were completely under control for a long while with the ball with an extremely tight spell by Paul "sntranlehold" Strang. Then Robin and Jadeja went berserk and Streaky had one of those very rare off days, right?

Indeed that delivery being declared wide was heart-braking. I had started hating Koertzen and Orchard from then on, but all that hate disappeared and got transferred to compatriot Brian Jerling after WC 2003. You know the reason. Right? Even to this day, I switch off the television if he is officiating