Michael Atherton FAIL on 99 - Run Out vs Australia 2nd test Lord's 1993 ASHES

[wisden550]

Hahahaha, that is the best!  Thanks Rob!

[barbs400AA]

other batsmens fault

[chasersbf]

Beautiful commentary. Those 3 yards are going to taunt him for the rest of his life.

[thelostpiranha]

You've left out Donald there in your description.

[inxia38]

Boycott's comments at 1:10 are hilarious considering that he was once run out on 99. Maybe he forgot about that... like he forgot his little domestic violence rampage.

[JimmersThomas]

Atherton was a much better batsman than his stats show. You look at the quality of bowlers he had to face throughout his career and you see why those runs he scored were so well deserved and fought for. Players like Cook or Pietersen - decent batsmen that they still are - wouldn't be massaging their 50-ish averages if they'd had to ply their trade against Ambrose, Walsh, Donald, Pollock.. etc etc. Good cricket writer/commentator/analyst too - sensible and knowledgable bloke.

[jstreete]

@JimmersThomas That's definitely right. It amused/saddened me that Paul Collingwood finished with a higher average than Atherton. Atherton was in poor or at best average teams for the whole of his England career, and he had to a lot of great bowlers.

[JimmersThomas]

@jstreete Yeah, but I suppose it puts into context the achievements of Lara, Ponting, Border, Tendulkar, Dravid etc. Although of course Lara didn't have to face Walsh and Ambrose, Ponting didn't have to face Warne and McGrath, The Indians didn't have t face Kumble, etc etc.. still I think those boys earned their runs the hard way

[Kcila]

Sad but it was deserved karma - what Athers vdid to Graeme Hick at Sydney in 1994/5 was indeffensible.

[robelinda2]

@Kcila I don't know about that, Hick was told when Athers would declare, but Hick was just letting balls go and blocking, not even trying to force the pace. I might upload the few overs leading up to that declaration, that would be a cool upload!!!!!!

[inxia38]

@robelinda2 That would be a very good upload, Rob. I remember the declaration the same way you did. Hick was dawdling. And yet so many English fans hated Atherton for that. Sorry Graeme but England was trying to win a Test match.

[robelinda2]

@inxia38 Ive just edited it, and its uploading now, I did the final 3 overs of the England innings, Hick has ample time but he just blocked. Crazy.

[copyalater]

@Crkt4Eva I laugh hard and my heart breaks simulataneously - this MUST be gold!

[mymentor]

Remember this well. I was sad for Athers - really wanted him to get an Ashes ton.

[77Fortran]

tragedeeee tragedeeee

[arvindr25]

change the description rob. it implies that atherton got to his century.

[GetBackToNowhere]

Nice one Athers

[cricmahanty]

Athers FAIL !

[sanilgandhi]

I was just reading abt this on cricinfo thanks a lot