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Catch to win 2005 Ashes Test at Edgbaston was the defining moment of my career testing

Posted on July 27, 2015 from Andaman-nicobar ι Report #17168

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For Geraint Jones — and millions of others — it all seemed to happen in slow motion. Ten years on from the catch which saved the summer, Richie Benaud’s commentary still does the job.

 Jones… Bowden… Kasprowicz the man to go, and Harmison has done it. Despair on the faces of the batsmen, and joy for every England player on the field.

The bare details of the final ball of the 2005 Edgbaston Test — the venue of Wednesday’s crucial third Test — are dramatic enough. Australia needed three to win with their last pair, Brett Lee and Michael Kasprowicz, at the crease. They had already added 59. One more streaky boundary and that would have been that.



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