Re: Great Test partnerships

by ten years after on Wed 21 Nov 2007, 22:32

skully wrote:One that made me bleed was that nuffy Tim Robinson with the classical David Gower in Ashes 85. We had the Poms one for not many then they put on 318 or so. Never looked like getting them out.

Edgbaston 85. I Saw every ball. Bliss.

by skully on Wed 21 Nov 2007, 23:29

Basil wrote:
skully wrote:One that made me bleed was that nuffy Tim Robinson with the classical David Gower in Ashes 85. We had the Poms one for not many then they put on 318 or so. Never looked like getting them out.

Same series - 6th test: 351 added by Gooch and Gower for the second wicket.

I was well and truly gawn by the 6th Test and tried to tell myself I didn't care (yeah right). But at least with that partnership was by two players (GG and DG) of true class. But Tim Robinson FFS. That just highlighted how sh!te we were.

by JGK on Thu 22 Nov 2007, 00:22

Good comment about Gower skully. If you are going to die, you may as well die watching an artist at work.

by horace on Thu 22 Nov 2007, 00:27

the contrast in the styles of gooch and gower was something to behold, akin only to TGM and magoo

by JKLever on Thu 22 Nov 2007, 00:29

horace wrote:the contrast in the styles of gooch and gower was something to behold, akin only to TGM and magoo

Maybe so, but Gooch's 153* against the WI at Leeds is still one of the greatest knocks i've ever seen.

As much as I loved Gower too ( and it was criminal he wasn't still playing test cricket in the mid 90's) I doubt he was capable of that.

by horace on Thu 22 Nov 2007, 00:45

goochie never lacked for courage

by JGK on Thu 22 Nov 2007, 00:51

horace wrote:goochie never lacked for courage

Other than when he dropped himself rather than face Alderman in 1989.

by JKLever on Thu 22 Nov 2007, 00:55

JGK wrote:
horace wrote:goochie never lacked for courage

Other than when he dropped himself rather than face Alderman in 1989.

It wasn't just Alderman though.

As an Essex member I remember he was having a shocking year in all cricket that year. I'm pretty sure he was going through marriage difficulties at that time too.

by Dello on Thu 22 Nov 2007, 00:58

And he was probably a bit down about losing his - at the time - un-advanced hair and all.

by ten years after on Fri 23 Nov 2007, 01:03

JKLever wrote:
horace wrote:the contrast in the styles of gooch and gower was something to behold, akin only to TGM and magoo

Maybe so, but Gooch's 153* against the WI at Leeds is still one of the greatest knocks i've ever seen.

As much as I loved Gower too ( and it was criminal he wasn't still playing test cricket in the mid 90's) I doubt he was capable of that.

David Gower played cricket with a brush instead of a bat.

I remember seeing Gooch in the mid 1980s coming in to bat in a county match with about 20 minutes left in the days play. He finished at about 45 not out of which probably 40 were from boundaries. He basically hit every ball where he wanted.

I remember cursing that Essex had not had two hours to bat that evening. I think he could have scored 200 in a session. On his best form he was one of the greatest batsmen ever to grace the game.

by PlanetPakistan on Mon 14 Jul 2008, 17:32

Most memorable ones for me

AUS
Gilly/ Langer vs PAK at Hobart 1999

BAN
Umar / Bashar vs PAK at Peshawar 2003

ENG
Atherton/Russell vs SA (don't remember the year OR the ground)

IND
Laxman/Dravid vs AUS at Kolkata 2001

NZ
Crowe/Jones vs SL 1990

PAK
Inzi/Mushy vs AUS 1994

SA
Smith/Mckenize vs ENG Lords 2008:D

SL
Jayawerdena/Sangakkara vs SA 2006