Post by Aj_June on May 18, 2020 17:56:48 GMT
Of cricket’s many humiliations, the king pair – two first-ballers in the same match – is surely the most ignominious
www.theguardian.com/sport/the-nightwatchman/2020/may/18/king-pairs-short-history-greatest-indignity-cricket
A west Indian fan of Gavaskar once made a bet with another West Indian fan. Gavaskar's windies fan said that my man will make more runs than both your openers combined. But alas Gavaskar got bowled for just 1.
But then a funny thing happened, Dev and Sandhu got Haynes and Greenidge for ducks and the Gavaskar's fan won the bet. Gavaskar was so famous in the Caribbeans that they wrote songs on him.
Queen's Park Oval, Port-Of-Spain, Trinidad, 11th March, 1983
howstat.com/cricket/Statistics/Matches/MatchScorecard.asp?MatchCode=0950 Match tied.