Top 10 weird dismissals of cricket

Here are the Top 10 weird cricket dismissals. Interestingly, Michael Clark is in the first and the last one!

The notorious old WACA pitch!

In the early 90s the WACA Ground in Perth used to be one scary strip for batsmen. Take a look at this clip where the Aussies are at the receiving end of the West Indian pacers. Is that even legal?

The Pakistan/England Ball Tampering Controversy

Here is a look at the old ball tampering controversy that had names like Imran, Akram & Waqar on one side and Lamb, Botham etc on the other.

Ian Botham is out hit wicket off Ambrose

Here is Ian Botham getting out in a most unfortunate manner. But, wait a sec – what going on with those commentators?

When Murali got called: ENGLAND vs SRI LANKA, 1998/1999 CU SERIES GAME 8

The controversial thriller at the Adelaide Oval, with umpire Ross Emerson calling Muttiah Muralitharan for throwing. But what an exciting finish and guess who had the last say!!

Shoaib Akhtar’s magic arm!

This is a small clip, but worth watching to see how Shoaib Akhtar bends his arm backward while throwing the ball in from the deep. I cannot do this-can you? Pretty scary, if you ask me!

Six or a Catch: “The Dhoni Incident” in Antigua

Dhoni's brutal assault on Dave Mohammed ( 3 consecutive sixes) was seemingly cut short after what would have been a 4th successive six was apparently caught by Darren Ganga at the mid-wicket fence. TV Replays were not clear if Ganga had stepped over the thin paper that was used as the boundary line leading to a comical situation with neither umpires nor players knowing what to do next. The author of this clip places the blame on Lara: you be the judge. 

The Aluminium Bat incident!

Way before the Ricky Pointing and the spiked Kookabura bat controversy, there was Dennis Lillee with his Aluminium Bat. Here is the episode during the Ashes series in the early 80s, when England skipper Mike Brearly complained about the Aluminium bat that Lillee was using which ended up with the umpires banning that bat. 

The controversial run out of Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Here is Dhoni smacking Flintoff for 3 consecutive boundaries and then off the 4th ball being given out controversially by the 3rd umpire. Day 3 of the Mumbai Test.

Fleming verbally abuses Mark Richardson…..or does he?

This clip of Stephan Fleming verbally abusing Mark Richardson off camera became a cult hit in New Zealand this past week. Read this News Item to get the full picture and then watch this piece from SKY Sports for further clarification.