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Eng vs Aus Lord Test: Lord’s Cricket Ground is called “Mecca of Cricket”, but in the year 1888 this field became the graveyard of batsmen. Yes, in that historic Test match, 27 wickets fell within just four hours. The match played between England and Australia is considered one of the most unique and scary Test matches in cricket history.
Lords became ‘horror show’ for batsmen
The match was played on 16 and 17 July 1888. Looking at the first day’s game, it seemed that the pitch is a bit difficult, but no one thought that the next day it would cause such havoc. On the first day, Australia’s team collapsed for 116 runs. The England team ended the day with 18 runs for 3 wickets. On the first day of the match, 13 wickets fell on this pitch.
As soon as the sun on the second day came out, Lord’s pitch began to wave like a serpent. England’s team was reduced to 53 runs. The ball was moving so much that the batsmen could not understand whether the ball was going in or outside. The bowlers used both air and surface.
Australia did not even survive, England’s condition worse
After taking a 63 -run lead in the first innings, when Australia came out to bat for the second time, he felt that he would give a big goal to England, but there the situation there, the whole team is only 60 runs. England bowlers bowled tremendously and put a series of wickets.
Now England needed only 124 runs to win. It seemed easy to hear, but Lord’s pitch once again cheated everyone. England’s second innings ended for 62 runs, that is, even half of the target could not be made.
Test ended in just two days
The result of this match came in two days. This is one of the select Test matches that ended in less than 48 hours. A total of 40 wickets fell in this historic match and the two teams scored just 291 runs.
Interestingly, about 136 years later, the Test played between India and South Africa in 2024 also ended in just two days, which made this Lord’s Test once again in the discussion.