First memories of cricket

[carnish]

1996 WC ... I got attracted to it during India-Kenya match at Cuttack which I went to see with my Friends Dad and him. I was only 7. I watched the rest of the WC on TV. Was really attracted to the colors of the Jerseys then, esp. The one wore by Holland. Those were good days.

[velu]

1996 WC or west indies tour of india.. Not sure which one I watched it first Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

[FischerTal]

Ind vs Australia 2008...... one team didnt play in the right spirit :--D

[Sidhoni]

The Kolkata test, 2001

[Precambrian]

Sachin getting into Yorkshire cricket team.

[Detonator]

India whitewashing Aussies in 2010 :D then an awful lot of old matches in youtube

[sscomp32]

Same!! I remember I used to hate seeing cricket on tv and wud close the tv down if there was any cricket on:--D. My dad who I think was an average cricket fan but desperately wanted to see that match as it was Indo-pak QF and therefore explained me all the rules during that match so I could let him watch that match on tv:haha:. I remember how I got so serious in that match(my first match) that I went to madir in our house during Pakistani innings n said to god that 'Bhagwan, yeh match jeeta do, gyaaraah rupeyees ka prashad chadhaunga' :cantstop: .... Eventually we won however I didn't give that prasaad... Now I loved that match so much that I myself saw next Indo-srilanka match without my dad as he had some office work n said the same thing to Bhagwan ki yeh match jeeta do, gyarah rupeeka prashad chadhaunga...however India lost and being a kid, I took the blame for not fulfilling my earlier promise and went to temple n chadhofied 11 rupees ... Funny thing is after that Indo-Pak match, my dad never saw a single cricket match and I never missed a single cricket match... As a matter of fact, he hated cricket after that as I didn't focus on my studies us of cricket. :((

:two_thumbs_up: @Bold:- My younger bro used to go and pray to god whenever India lost a wicket in the 1999 World Cup. :cantstop:

[Lord]

India whitewashing Aussies in 2010 :D then an awful lot of old matches in youtube

school kid :hehe:

[StatsRock]

First moment of joy in ODI which I could remember was Kirti AZad ( current BJP MP) winning the Delhi ODI at JLN stadium walloping the Pak bowlers in an almost..

Oh shoot, I remember this game: http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1983-84/PAK_IN_IND/PAK_IND_BFT_21SEP1983 India were 101-7 chasing 198 when Azad walked in, having taking 3-28 in Pak's score of 197-3. He hammered 71* off 40-something balls or so. I remember one of the neighborhood bhaiyyas explaining he hit the ball so far it was travelling to the sun. I was 6 then and believed the sun is so far away you can never reach it. For months later, I used to think that the ball Azad hit was still on its way to the sun! :hysterical:

[StatsRock]

Also remember my father taking me to Eden Gardens in 1978 - 79 to watch many matches.

Not cricket-related but just wondering....can you share your or your Dad's memories of watching Majid Bashkar, Mohd Habib, Shyam Thapa? I bet you followed soccer those days :winky:

[The Outsider]

I guess mine would be Madan Lal going hammer and tongs against Pakistan. I could not recall the exact match, so went on statsguru to search the matches which could have been closest to my memories and came up with these two: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63330.html http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63331.html They were only 10 days apart, so I guess I am in the right ballpark. Probably it was the first one because I vaguely remember us losing the match at the end of the innings. Have some earlier memories of listening to cricket commentaries with my uncle, but can't fit them to a particular match.

[maniac]

91-92 B&H series with Ind-WI-Aus and the WC that followed where my first real real cricket memories,Some of the matches and moments from these tournaments are etched in my head. But I can go as far as the 87 wc and between this and the 92 WC,I have vague memories of Chetan Sharma 100 in a ODI,Aquib Javed 7 wickets vs Ind in Sharjah,Hirwani 16 wk haul,Ind vs Aus wc game where Azhar took 3 wickets,Srikkanth 5 wkts vs NZL,Ind-SA(SA comeback game) where Donald debuted with a bang,Wessels-Cook-Rice,Dave Houghtons knock vs NZL (vaguely remember)

[maniac]

Surprisingly I don't seem to recollect any memories of Kapil before the 91 b and H series,despite him being my fav cricketer even prior to that :hmmm:

[maniac]

^I dont know if this counts and I swear I am not looking this up on Cricinfo.....Didn't he become the highest ODI wicket taker in a Sharjah game in the 90 or 91

[StatsRock]

I guess mine would be Madan Lal going hammer and tongs against Pakistan. I could not recall the exact match, so went on statsguru to search the matches which could have been closest to my memories and came up with these two: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63330.html http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63331.html They were only 10 days apart, so I guess I am in the right ballpark. Probably it was the first one because I vaguely remember us losing the match at the end of the innings. Have some earlier memories of listening to cricket commentaries with my uncle, but can't fit them to a particular match.

Oh yeah, there were several innings where Madan Lal was a fighter :cantstop: The innings you listened to must have been the Karachi Test '82. I recollect listening to the radio when he made 74 against Pak at Bangalore '83 but that was a slow innings, rebuilding from 85-6 with Binny.

[StatsRock]

^I dont know if this counts and I swear I am not looking this up on Cricinfo.....Didn't he become the highest ODI wicket taker in a Sharjah game in the 90 or 91

And right you are! I do remember he went past Garner's 146 in ODIs. Fiddling with the dates gave me this: http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=wickets;qualmax1=200;qualmin1=100;qualval1=wickets;spanmax1=16+Oct+1988;spanval1=span;template=results;type=bowling So yeah, it was the match against Windies, Oct 16 1988. This wasnt telecast on TV although I guess there was a delayed highlights package on DD.

[StatsRock]

From 87 Reliance cup onwards very vivid memories - Bush great catches contest

Saved it up from elsewhere...these were the catchers: Crowe, Arnott, Hooper, Gavaskar, Richards, Wright, Azhar, Mahanama.

[maniac]

And right you are! I do remember he went past Garner's 146 in ODIs. Fiddling with the dates gave me this: http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=wickets;qualmax1=200;qualmin1=100;qualval1=wickets;spanmax1=16+Oct+1988;spanval1=span;template=results;type=bowling So yeah, it was the match against Windies, Oct 16 1988. This wasnt telecast on TV although I guess there was a delayed highlights package on DD.

Oh......May be it was 200 wickets in ODI....I vaguely remember watching it live...and pretty sure that was Sharjah

[maniac]

There you go http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65944.html Lol had to go round about....work my way backwards and subtract 53 manually from his total tally of 253...Proud of myself :--D

[The Outsider]

There you go http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65944.html Lol had to go round about....work my way backwards and subtract 53 manually from his total tally of 253...Proud of myself :--D

Or you could have used this: http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/30028.html?class=2;template=results;type=bowling;view=cumulative