So Englands last pair hung on for 40 minutes to force a draw in the first Test against Australia at Cardiff
It doesn’t match the last wicket stand for the West Indies at Edgbaston against Pakistan in the 1975 World Cup
I was there, but I missed it
When West Indies, needing 267 to win, lost their 9th wicket on 203, with only ANDY ROBERTS!!!! & Deryck Murray left, I decided it would be best to leave – I had to get back to London for work in the morning, it was my first trip to Edgbaston & I needed to make sure I got to New Street with plenty of time to spare
I thought I must have misheard something when I finally got home & switched the radio on
West Indies had won with 2 balls remaining
As far as was humanly possible, I never again left a cricket match before that was definitely that
