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On This Day: This incident of removing the wristband is from the Benson & Hedges World Series Final, which was played today in 1993 on 16th January. The teams of Australia and West Indies were face to face.
Curtly Ambrose took revenge on the whole of Australia for taking off the wrist band.
New Delhi. The bowler is on runup and the batsman suddenly moves from his/her position. You must have seen all this many times, pointing towards the site screen and saying that someone is passing in front or something like that. But have you ever seen a batsman telling the opposing bowler that the wrist band he/she is wearing is disturbing? Due to this he/she is having difficulty in judging the ball. So take off your wrist band and go bowling. This has happened and that too not in any ordinary match, in the final of the World Series, when Dean Jones forced Curtly Ambrose to take off his/her wrist band.
This incident of removing the wristband is from the Benson & Hedges World Series final, which was played today on 16th January in 1993. The teams of Australia and West Indies were face to face. In this day-night match, West Indies, batting first, scored 239 runs for 8 wickets. Brian Lara scored the maximum 67 runs while opening the match. Carl Hooper played 45 innings and Gus Logie and Desmond Haynes played 38-38 innings. For Australia, Greg Mathews, Allan Border and Steve Waugh took 2 wickets each.
Australia, while chasing the target, got a good start from openers Mark Taylor (28) and David Boon (16). Both added 41 runs. Dean Jones came to the crease after David Boon was out on this score. Dean Jones, one of the greats of that era, suddenly stopped batting. he/she moved from his/her position. Pointing towards bowler Curtly Ambrose he/she said something. Looks like there might be a problem with the site screen. But it was not so. What Dean Jones was complaining about had rarely been seen before. This Australian batsman was asking Curtly Ambrose to remove his/her wrist band.
When Ambrose ignored Dean Jones, he/she went to the umpire. Citing the rules, the umpire asked Ambrose to remove the wrist band. After this Ambrose had to take off his/her white wrist band, which was the color of the ball.
Curtly Ambrose was very angry after being forced to remove his/her wristband. he/she vented his/her anger on Dean Jones on the entire Australian team. Ambrose, famous for his/her stormy bowling, took 5 wickets after spending only 32 runs. These included the wickets of both Australia’s openers and wicketkeeper batsman Ian Healy. Result: Despite a good start, the Australian team faltered and was all out after scoring 214 runs in 49.3 overs. West Indies won this match by 25 runs. Curtly Ambrose was the biggest hero of this match.
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January 16, 2025, 1:25 pm IST