Tuesday, January 11, 2005

Tsunami match in MCG

Ricky has proved his class again.
Ricky really slammed all the Asian bowlers in the 'tsunami' charity match in MCG.
I think if there is one bowler who can fool Ricky it has to Anil Kumble. But even Anil was clueless for a moment but later took Ricky's wicket after Ricky did all the damage on Asian team. Anyway it could have been far worse had Ricky gone towards scoring a big 150+ score. The stumping of Ricky by Sangakkara was out of the world stuff. The delivery that got Ricky stumped was a fast-one(as most of Anil's deliveries are) and reached the keeper in half-volley length, guess that was just way difficult take. I am sure most of keepers of the world would have missed, but the Sri Lankan keeper didnt and got handsome praise from Richie Benaud.

Another out of the keeping stuff, that comes to my memory is the Ian Healy stumping by Nayan Mongia in the 1996 Delhi one-off test against Australia off the bowling of Kumble. Nayan had earlier got 150+ score but till took a tremendous take when the ball was going doing the leg-side and the length was again a half-volley to the keeper. Mongia's effort out-classes Sangakkara's because Mongia took that impossible take down the leg side and knocked off the bails.