Date-stamped : 06 May95 - 06:30
ENG B+H 1993 - Round 1 : SURREY v LANCASHIRE
The Oval, 11 May 1993

Lancashire achieved one of the most dramatic one-day victories of
all  time  after  the Surrey innings went from the sublime to the
farcical. They were only 25 runs short of  victory  thanks to   a
212-run  partnership  between  Stewart and Thorpe; then they con-
trived to lose nine wickets for just 18 runs  -  and the   match.
Only  Lynch, who walked for a leg-side catch by Hegg, could claim
not to have thrown his wicket away. The remainder had no excuses.
Thorpe`s  magnificent  three-hour century was wasted, and he lost
the Gold Award to Fairbrother, for a  fine  87  which  help  Lan-
cashire  together.  Stewart`s  95  should have been turner into a
century; instead the loss of his off-stump began  the  tumble  of
wickets.  Lynch  and  Thorpe  fell  in  Wasim Akram`s tenth over;
Austin`s medium pace accounted for Ward, Brown and Butcher;  Wat-
kinson  whipped out Waqar Younis, while Bicknell and Boiling were
run out. The TCCB used the game for the first experiment in  Bri-
tain with a third umpire replaying difficult decisions on televi-
sion and communicating with his colleagues on the field by   two-
way  radio.  But  Allan  Jones`s only involvement proved that the
camera could be as uncertain as the human eye.   He  was   unable
to  judge  whether Wasim Akram should be given run out, and ruled
that he should stay. A photograph taken from another  angle  sug-
gested that Wasim Akram had been lucky.

Thanks: 1994 Wisden
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