My Top Ten Moments of the Decade
10. SA chasing 434 (2006)
It is always a guilty pleasure to see Australia lose. What an initial assault by Ponting and matched to every run by Gibbs. SA for once didn't choke this time.
9. Ashes 2009:
England take sweet revenge after 2006 ashes loss. New found stars in Stuart broad, swann and onions. Strauss is forming a formidable unit in test's for England. Australia you better watch out for ashes 2010.
8. Dravid and Lax at it again but this time in Adelaide: (2003)
From 85-3 they reprise another Kolkatta 2001. Poor OZ's. Agarkar made a very useful contribution this time in the second innings.
7. India winning at Perth, 2008:
The Sydney gate had just happened. OZ's along with 2 other umpires have taken the second test away. This doesn't deny the fact that the tail couldn't bat longer. With a Stoicky tendulkar who made 71 and a defiant dravid who made 93 Indians post 330. The man of the match Irfan and RP singh do the bowling honors along with Laxman at second innings to seal a win at perth. This is the first win after the mighty windies did it in the 80's it seems.
6. CB Series Finals: (2008)
Two finals. Two very characterestically different innings backed up by some good bowling and fielding efforts. One man can rarely win the game so many times. A good and positive start to Dhoni and to the future of his team.
5. Tendulkar 175 in Hyderabad against Australia (2009)
Fantastic fantastic Innings. Only master possible. As usual a neat foul work done at the end.
4. India winning Border Gavaskar Trophy 2-0 in 2008.
Gambhir is a superstar in Indian cricket now. Ishanth Sharma has a well deserved MOS. The mantle is passed from Kumble to Dhoni. Australia are thoroughly outplayed.
3. Sachin Tendulkar vs Pakistan at Centurion, World cup 2003.
Facing a challenging target against the best seam bowlers in foreign conditions Tendulkar leads the chase to an almost brilliant 100 and a win for India. This is the second best tournament played by Sachin the first being Sharjah 1998.
2. Ashes 2005: The single best Test series ever . It should be even in one of the all time top test series-es ever contested. The series started with a statement by Mcgrath at Lord's followed by England's resurgence later in the second test. Ricky Ponting's 156 at Edgbaston(??) is one of the best Innings by any Test Team's Captain. He really held the innings together. This series had absolutely every drama that you could associate with Test cricket.
1. Lax and Wall bully Aus at Kolkatta : A simple embodiment of classy strokeplay by Laxman and fort knox worth solid defense by dravid. This is single handed-ly the main catalyst for India's wins both in home and abroad. Following on and then defeating steve waugh's men is no joke.
Honorable mentions: SA defeating Australia 2-1, India winning t20 at 2007, A test/odi series win in Pakistan in 2004, A Test/ODI Series win in NZL in 2009, Shewag smashing 195 in Melbourne and 309 in Multan, The IPL Invention and India winning a test series in England and so on. The list will be added/updated soon based on other memories.
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