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Unfinished Cricket Bat Project - 1960 First Tied Test, Brisbane:…
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Melbourne
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15-May-2012
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Unfinished Cricket Bat Project - 1960 First Tied Test, Brisbane: Full size Cricket Bats (10) each with 15 original signatures - Australians Richie Benaud, Colin McDonald, Ian Meckiff, Alan Davidson, Norm O’Neill, Bob Simpson, Lindsay Kline & Neil Harvey; plus West Indians Gary Sobers, Rohan Kanhai, Cammie Smith, Peter Lashley, Joe Solomon, Gerry Alexander & Wes Hall. A wonderful opportunity for an entrepeneur to complete this project; the bats are in superb condition. The first ever Tied Test was played between the West Indies and Australia. The match was played at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, between December 9 and 14, 1960. Only two ties have occurred in the 2,000 Tests played since 1877. Both Tied Tests involved the Australian cricket team. Both ended in the last possible over of play on the last day with a ball to spare, meaning that within the space of several minutes all four normal Test Match results were possible: a win for the batting side, a win for the fielding side, a draw or a tie. Bob Simpson is the only person to be involved in both Tied Tests # as a player for Australia in the first, and as the Australian team coach in the second. (10 items)
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