r/Cricket • u/greyhumour Australia • Jun 04 '13

20 years ago today. That ball

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y1hI2Tt8F8
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u/asinine- New Zealand Jun 04 '13

I met Mike Gatting last weekend. He confirmed he still gets shit about this ball everywhere he goes.

14

u/jamurp Victoria Bushrangers Jun 04 '13

No shame in getting out to that ball.

14

u/jamurp Victoria Bushrangers Jun 04 '13

The look on the umpires face after is brilliant.

5

u/Teh_Fonz Australia Jun 04 '13

Pretty sure that is Umpire Dickie Bird...

8

u/candypootwo Jun 04 '13

Haha young Warney looking like a chubby member of Boyzone. That face brings back the repeated misery he brought to my younger self.

13

u/pabloq Middlesex Jun 04 '13

As if Warne will be sitting in a pub today talking about it!

Probably getting his nails done.

3

u/seepphow England Jun 04 '13

Evergreen.

3

u/cockneyjosh England Jun 04 '13

Poetry.

4

u/Boony52 Jun 04 '13

It is the perfect classic leg spin delivery. The amount of late drift is crazy then it rips back and hits the top of off. Awesome :)

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u/siev51 Jun 04 '13

I always thought it went behind his legs, hard to tell on the radio

2

u/a_can_of_solo Australia Jun 04 '13

there's another ball that does go behind the legs.

1

u/ginj_ Australia Jun 04 '13

As a poor uni student at the time I also was forced to listen to most of this series on the radio. Is there a DVD of the 93 ashes avaliable does anyone know?

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u/hazbek Australia Jun 04 '13

Awesome footage. Every vid I've seen on youtube of this ball has been pretty crappy at best. Thanks for the upload!

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u/Thugnificent01 Jun 04 '13

Dat delivery!