अंग्रेजी सर्दियों एक भयानक बात कर रहे हैं. ठंडा और गीला, सीज़न का मतलब कोई घरेलू क्रिकेट भी नहीं है.
क्रिसमस ठंड के कोहरे में एक चमकदार रोशनी है और इसने एक वार्षिक टेस्ट मैच के बारे में सोचा है जो बॉक्सिंग डे से शुरू होता है और आमतौर पर नीले आसमान और गर्म तापमान के तहत आयोजित किया जाता है, जो कल्पना को साकार करता है और जिसे मैं उठाऊंगा कोल्ड बीयर.
बॉक्सिंग डे टेस्ट हर साल आयोजित किया गया है 1980 (के सिवाय 1989 जब एक एक दिवसीय मैच बनाम श्रीलंका बजाय खेला गया था (बू - एड) और ऑस्ट्रेलिया में मेलबर्न क्रिकेट क्लब में - उर्फ एमसीजी). कुछ भारी भीड़ में भी उनका वर्चस्व रहा है (which have approached six figures on occasion).
So with the weather outside truly frightful I’ve taken the opportunity to have a look back at a few recent(ish) games to see how teams have fared against their Antipodean hosts.
Sri Lanka were the visitors last year and were simply blown away. Mitchell Johnson was the chief destroyer back then (कोई घंटी की अंगूठी), taking four wickets and hitting an unbeaten 92. Clarke hit a ton in what was an excellent year for him and Shane Watson and David Warner hit useful half centuries. मेजबान टीम की पहली पारी 460 श्रीलंका को संभालने के लिए अभी तक बहुत ज्यादा था, Kumar Sangakkara comfortably top scoring across both their innings with 58. Victory to Australia by an innings and 201 runs.
Batting collapses from both teams (India were the visitors) dominated the 2011 game. Ed Cowan on debut opened for the Aussies and hit a half century as did Ricky Ponting. For the visitors the erstwhile trio of Sachin Tendulkar, राहुल द्रविड़ और वीरेंद्र सहवाग (ऊपर 450 टेस्ट मैचों में और अधिक से अधिक 37,000 परीक्षण उन दोनों के बीच चलाता है) सब से अधिक रन बनाए 50. With honours almost even after the first two innings Australia’s top order collapsed but were pulled back from the brink thanks to meaningful contributions from Ricky Ponting and in particular Michael Hussey. Second innings resistance by the Indians was futile; James Pattinson did the majority of the damage with a four wicket haul. Comfortable victory for Australia.
England made a far better fist of things then they are doing presently when they turned up in 2010. They gave the Aussies a cricketing lesson, with Jimmy Anderson and Chris Tremlett tearing though the host’s in their first innings – who were bowled out for less than 100. England then turned the screws in uncompromising style, clobbering them for over 500 with Jonathan Trott hitting a massive century and Alastair Cook, Andrew Strauss and Matt Prior all making significant contributions. Australia fared little better second time around (Tim Bresnan the chief destroyer) and England ran out victors by an innings and more.
Before that Australia gave Pakistan a good old-fashioned twonking in 2009 with an all-round team effort with all the batsmen scoring runs and all the bowlers taking wickets.
तो यह है कि मुझे इस साल के मुठभेड़ को अच्छी तरह से पर ले जाता है. Perhaps fittingly for the 26वें December, England suffered yet another sucker punch as the visitors flattered to deceive. England actually managed to fashion a handy lead after the first innings but back came the usual frailties to haunt them. Some of the batting was simply idiotic. Ex-opener and successful Ashes captain Michael Vaughan had some extremely strong words for his former charges. भी सही. It’s not been good enough all series – a lot of players have let a lot of people down this series – will this defeat deliver the fatal knock out punch to England – or will they pull themselves up from the canvas and deliver a belated Christmas present to the much suffering fans?
“गुलाबी गेंद ग्रे/नीली लाल/हरे रंग की कमी दृष्टि में दिखाई देती है, इसकी गंभीरता के आधार पर. मैंने कलर ब्लाइंडनेस के साथ एक अनुकरण किया…”