Having a Lash ... The Best Chases

[Benchwarmer]

Thinking about the fact that few sides will make a big effort to chase down a target of more than 300 on the final day of a game, it got me thinking about the best fourth innings chases.

As an ex-Victorian, I used to watch the Shield games on the ABC from 4-6 each day it was on (oh, for those days again) and you will all remember Hookesy going ballistic at the Vic skipper (Scholes or Gary Watts? Spelly?) back in 1981-82 about a late day 4 declaration which set SA about 230 in the last session. Hookesy went out to bat and blitzed a ton in 43 minutes of 34 balls and got out for about 105. In the end, SA got about 7-215 and fell just short. ABSOLUTELY CLASSIC CRICKET!

Then there was Victoria mowing down 450 on day 4 against NSW at Newcastle about 3-4 years ago. The then coach Hookesy said the guys were told to treat the day as two one-dayers and the target was to score 3-230 in each "half". They did it about five down.

Locally, my old club's 1st XI chased down an outright target in a two dayer of 138 in 18 overs in style back in the mid 1980s ...0-140 in 17 overs (one player was 117no and the other 23no).

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Thinking about the fact that few sides will make a big effort to chase down a target of more than 300 on the final day of a game, it got me thinking about the best fourth innings chases.

As an ex-Victorian, I used to watch the Shield games on the ABC from 4-6 each day it was on (oh, for those days again) and you will all remember Hookesy going ballistic at the Vic skipper (Scholes or Gary Watts? Spelly?) back in 1981-82 about a late day 4 declaration which set SA about 230 in the last session. Hookesy went out to bat and blitzed a ton in 43 minutes of 34 balls and got out for about 105. In the end, SA got about 7-215 and fell just short. ABSOLUTELY CLASSIC CRICKET!

Then there was Victoria mowing down 450 on day 4 against NSW at Newcastle about 3-4 years ago. The then coach Hookesy said the guys were told to treat the day as two one-dayers and the target was to score 3-230 in each "half". They did it about five down.

Locally, my old club's 1st XI chased down an outright target in a two dayer of 138 in 18 overs in style back in the mid 1980s ...0-140 in 17 overs (one player was 117no and the other 23no).

Graham Yallop was the captain. He also told Rod McCurdy (with Victoria at the time) to untie and tie his bootlaces to waste time because of the onslaught.

http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/S ... 42924.html

That 100 in 34 balls is still the fastest "authentic" first class century. There have been quicker, but those have been in County Cricket in England when bowlers deliberately bowl crap in order to induce a declaration.

[LBT]

What about S.A's chase of 400+ vs QLD in the early 90's
Sleep and Neilson got us home i reckon.

[jackpot jim]

What about S.A's chase of 400+ vs QLD in the early 90's
Sleep and Neilson got us home i reckon.

I was there for that one and SA Chased down just over 500 to win Outright. Think it was about 506 ? which was 1 run short of the world Record 4th inngs successful run chase.

[LBT]

The Jetty hotel at Glenelg used to have a framed picture of the final scoreboard from that game. Needless to say, i'ts gone "missing".

[Pup]

Thinking about the fact that few sides will make a big effort to chase down a target of more than 300 on the final day of a game, it got me thinking about the best fourth innings chases.

As an ex-Victorian, I used to watch the Shield games on the ABC from 4-6 each day it was on (oh, for those days again) and you will all remember Hookesy going ballistic at the Vic skipper (Scholes or Gary Watts? Spelly?) back in 1981-82 about a late day 4 declaration which set SA about 230 in the last session. Hookesy went out to bat and blitzed a ton in 43 minutes of 34 balls and got out for about 105. In the end, SA got about 7-215 and fell just short. ABSOLUTELY CLASSIC CRICKET!

Then there was Victoria mowing down 450 on day 4 against NSW at Newcastle about 3-4 years ago. The then coach Hookesy said the guys were told to treat the day as two one-dayers and the target was to score 3-230 in each "half". They did it about five down.

Locally, my old club's 1st XI chased down an outright target in a two dayer of 138 in 18 overs in style back in the mid 1980s ...0-140 in 17 overs (one player was 117no and the other 23no).

That was a brilliant chase by Victoria a few years back against the blues. Hussey was super.