The Joy of Six
In the Guardian , Rob Smyth looks at six memorable one-day matches between England and South Africa beginning with the infamous 21 off one ball equation during the semi-final of the 1992 World Cup.
George Binoy
25-Feb-2013
In the Guardian, Rob Smyth looks at six memorable one-day matches between England and South Africa beginning with the infamous 21 off one ball equation during the semi-final of the 1992 World Cup.
For such a cerebral game, cricket can be hideously dunderheaded, happy to toss commonsense into a sea of bureaucracy and another word that begins with 'bu'. The denouements to the 2005 Ashes and the 2007 World Cup spring to mind, but surely nothing will ever match the tragifarce of the 1992 semi-final. The shambolic rain rule was one thing, but the fact that the game could not continue when the players returned to the field, or on the following day, because the host broadcaster Channel Nine wouldn't have liked it is beyond comprehension.
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo