The Classic Cricket Clip is weekly feature which is meant to highlight glorious crickets moments from the past to rekindle some of your favorite memories. It's really just a chance for me to be a jingoistic ass.
In honor of the ever important 16th anniversary of Pakistan's 1992 World Cup win, here are the highlights from the final.
The action itself isn't that fascinating but the official theme song from that year pushes the experience to another level. I dare you to try not humming it for the rest of the day. It's impossible not to. It's seared on to your brain 10 seconds in like the first time you hear Canon in D Minor or, you know, a tumor. You can find a bonus clip here, because I didn't want to embed it. It's the trophy presentation ceremony and it features Imran Khan's famous speech that marked the end of his career. Surprisingly remarkably douchey.
Your Classic Cricket Clip of the Week is a weekly feature where we showcase a cricket clip from yesteryear found on youtube while searching for the latest Neha Dhupia music video.
This week's clip comes to us from the tightly contested 1996 World Cup Quarterfinal match between defending champion Pakistan and India played in front of a packed house in Bangalore. Lefty opener Amir Sohail and Pakistan came out swinging while giving chase to a not so formidable score of 288. Behind Sohail's quick start, Pakistan were 113/1 with one ball left in the fifteenth over, leading to this classic exchange with Venkatesh Prasad...
After hitting a four, Sohail reportedly told Prasad to "go fetch" the ball. But since it's not completely clear what he said, I'm going to assume it was something more along the lines of "Ay Lamboo, doh coke leh ke aah!", infuriating Prasad and putting his exclusivity deal with Leher Pepsi at risk. Either way, the moment was the turning point of the game as India went on to defeat a deflated Pakistan by 39 runs.
Trivia: Yes that is politician and one-time Mr. Jemima Goldsmith, Imran Khan doing the commentary. Who knew he was involved with cricket.
If you know of a clip that you feel should be featured, please be a farishta and send them over to us at biharishabab@gmail.com. If selected, you will be thanked on this here fine blog and sent an official replica bat that Aamir Khan used in the classic hindi film Awwal Number signed by Dev Anand, may he rest in peace.
I was initially going to do a belated Asia Cup update in this space, but as I'm sure you all know by now, Sri Lanka beat India pretty handily by 100 runs. Sannath Jayasuriya had 125 for Sri Lanka and BAW Mendis allowed only 13 runs for an insane 6 wickets. Mendis was named Man of the Match and Man of the Series. Oh wait, look at that! I guess I just did an entire Asia Cup update. I can't even introduce a new feature without taking the chance to point out the shortcomings of the Indian Cricket Team.
Anyway, here's a brand new feature we are starting on Bihari Shabab that we hope will garner a lot of interest. That's right, cricket clips found on the internet when all we were really looking for were clips of that scene from Raja Hindustani. But seriously, have you ever found yourself in a trance watching cricket clips on youtube for hours? Then this feature is for you.
Our inaugural clip comes to us from the first ever Australasia Cup Final played some 22 years ago. The game, which became an instant classic the moment it ended, was between natural rivals India and Pakistan. It took place in the simmering hotbed of Desis that is Sharjah, UAE which would become the site of many more India / Pakistan classics.
Going into the final over, Pakistan needed 9 runs to tie, and 10 to win and they looked towards perhaps the greatest batsman in their history, Javed Miandad, for some "magic"
If you remember seeing this before, we hope it brought back some vivid memories. If it's the first time you saw it, we hope it gives you a glimpse into how something as arbitrary as a cricket match can mean so much to so many people. We hope you enjoy this new feature in the weeks and months ahead. We look forward to your participation and promise not to be as melodramatic moving forward.
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