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#1994

5 incidents tagged

🥊Explosive

Curtly Ambrose Destroys England at Port-of-Spain 1994

West Indies vs England

1994-02-25

Curtly Ambrose's devastating 6/24 in 10 overs at Port-of-Spain 1994 — including dismissing Graham Gooch, the backbone of England's batting — produced one of the great fast bowling spells that left England all out for 46, their lowest total in modern times.

#curtly-ambrose#graham-gooch#1994
🥊Serious

Courtney Walsh vs Sachin Tendulkar — Caribbean Pace Warfare

India vs West Indies

1994-11-05

Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose's sustained pace assault on the young Sachin Tendulkar in the 1994 series — targeting him with bouncers and lifting deliveries from perfect lengths — tested Tendulkar at a formative stage of his career with one of history's great pace combinations.

#courtney-walsh#tendulkar#1994
📋Serious

Persistent Short-Pitched Bowling Rules — Responding to Intimidation

ICC vs Fast Bowling Ethics

1994-01-01

The 1994 ICC rule limiting short-pitched bowling — defining persistent intimidatory use as unfair play and giving umpires power to warn and remove bowlers — responded to the West Indian four-pace-attack era that had made batting genuinely dangerous throughout the 1980s.

#short-pitched#bodyline#intimidatory-bowling
Serious

Devon Malcolm's 9 for 57 — 'You Guys Are History'

England vs South Africa

1994-08-20

After being hit on the helmet by Fanie de Villiers, Devon Malcolm told South Africa 'You guys are history.' He then took 9/57 — the best bowling figures by an England fast bowler in Test history — to bowl South Africa out for 175.

#devon-malcolm#9-wickets#south-africa
Serious

Curtly Ambrose's 7 for 1 — England Demolished in Trinidad

West Indies vs England

1994-04-01

Curtly Ambrose produced one of cricket's most sustained bowling spells — taking 7 English wickets for just 1 run in 32 balls, reducing England from 40/1 to 46 all out as he became virtually unplayable on a lively Queen's Park Oval pitch.

#curtly-ambrose#7-for-1#trinidad