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Bert Sutcliffe's 80 Not Out — Bandaged at Ellis Park After Tangiwai, 1953
South Africa vs New Zealand
1953-12-26
On Boxing Day 1953 at Ellis Park, Bert Sutcliffe — knocked unconscious before lunch by a Neil Adcock bouncer — returned to the crease with his head wrapped in bandages and made 80 not out. As the ninth wicket fell, fast bowler Bob Blair, who had earlier learned that his fiancée had died in the Tangiwai rail disaster on Christmas Eve, walked out of the tunnel to a stunned silence and added 33 in 10 minutes. New Zealand reached 187. The story remains the most emotional in their cricket history.
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