One of the shortest Tests in history, and a record no other match can break
Today is Sat, January 29, 2011
1998
One of the shortest Tests in history. The first Test between England and West Indies in Jamaica lasted just 62 bone-crushing deliveries. England were 17 for 3 at the time - Alec Stewart was still there having made an imperious, unbeaten 9 - and their physio Wayne Morton had been on six times in 66 minutes. When Nasser Hussain came to the crease, Stewart apparently greeted him with the words: "It's Saturday, it's eight o'clock, it's the lottery." Thankfully England's number came up when the umpires, Steve Bucknor and Srinivas Venkataraghavan, courageously called off play because of the unsafe pitch.
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