Hauritz movie
Australian off-spinner, batting late in the innings against Pakistan at the MCG. Makes a game of it with bat. Reaches 75, suddenly he’s on the rough end of a contentious LBW decision, and he’s on his way back to the pavillion.
Yes, Greg Matthews was unhappy when he was dismissed for 75 on debut in the Boxing Day Test of 1983. He firmly believed he had hit the ball with his bat, and indicated as much to the crowd as he stormed off the ground. No umpiring reviews in 1983, no match referees to punish dissent either. And we came to love Matthews’ exuberant behaviour and his bowling.
Nathan Hauritz made 75 in the Melbourne Test twenty-six years later.
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