We will come back to this later ... please respond to my main point (i.e quality of cricket)
BTW the last ball wide tells us about how professional they were. First of all a part timer will rarely be given the ball and secondly there wont be intentional wides. Simple things like that make a ig difference.
Anyhow back to the main point ... please explain why you feel the quality of cricket is soo good that I should take a second look (no name dropping).
I don't want to derail the thread, but in answering your questions I will hopefully highlight the greatness of some of the players.
Australia had very recently been the world's greatest Test team. They beat England 4-1 in 1974-75 and West Indies 5-1 in 1975-76. What they hadn't done is beat South Africa, because they were banned due to the evils of Apartheid.
There were three teams in the Supertests: Australia, West Indies and the World Eleven, mainly comprised of South Africans and Pakistanis.
Australia reached the Final by bowling West Indies out for 163 and 89 in the semi-final. The world class slow left-armer Ray Bright took 6-52 in the First Innings and Lillee took 7-23 in the Second Innings.
The SuperTest Final really showcased some of the greatest players ever to play cricket.
Australia won the toss, chose to bat, and were dismissed for 189.
Imran Khan actually took 0-35. He was overshadowed by the two South African express bowlers - both considerably quicker than he was. His Sussex team-mate Garth le Roux took 5-57, while the legendary all-rounder Mike Procter too 3-33.
The World Eleven replied with 168 all out. They collapsed against the new ball bowlers Dennis Lillee and Lennie Pascoe, who took 5-51 and 4-53. They actually collapsed under lights to 104-9 with only Barry Richards - with 28 - even reaching 20. The next morning their numbers 10 and 11 profited against the dirty old ball from overs 40 to 65 and actually top-scored.
Australia batted again just before Tea (Lunch) on Day 2 and lasted a full day, reaching 219 all out in 87 overs. The pace of Le Roux took 4-44 and Imran Khan took 3-60, while young David Hookes top-scored with 96.
The World Eleven therefore required 224 to win in 5 sessions. Barry Richards top scored with 101 not out as they knocked the runs off in 57 overs on the third evening. They were actually 84-4 when Procter came in when Zaheer Abbas was dismissed, but Richards and Procter steadied the ship under lights and steered them home.
It was a very similar recipe to the now-legendary inaugural Pink Ball Day/Night Test at Adelaide. Over in three days, with the white ball hard to play under lights and when new.
The match showed the greatness of Lillee, Richards and Procter. Richards' 101 not out to win the match equates to around 300 in modern Test runs.
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