A TO Z of Sydney

A for Allan Australia skipper Borderrsquos 746 against the West Indies at the SCG in 198889 stunned everyone including himself His leftarm spin also fetched four wickets in the second innings for Border to become an obvious manofthematch choice against Viv Richardsrsquo West IndiesB for Bucknor The Jamaican often copped criticism for his umpiring decisions After the infamy of declaring Sachin Tendulkar out lbw to a ball which was well over the stumps in Brisbane 200304 Bucknorrsquos overall decisionmaking was slammed during the 200708 SCG TestC for Cheteshwar An epic 193 in the 201819 Test before rain ruined the game for India to win the series was followed by contributions of 50 and 77 in the 202021 drawn Test which kept the series open for IndiaD for Denness After managing just 65 runs in three matches England captain Mike decided to drop himself for the 197475 Sydney Test He returned for the Adelaide and Melbourne Tests to score 51 14 and 188E for Edrich Lefthanded John took a mighty blow on the ribs from Dennis Lillee in the 197475 Test The standin England captain returned with two fractures to stay unbeaten with 33 as Australia won the Test and with it the AshesF for Fanie Thanks to De Villiers South Africa drew first blood in their first Test series against Australia on being readmitted to international cricket They won the second Test at Sydney through De Villiersrsquo 10wicket haul in a lowscoring gameG for Greg The then Australia captain scored a matchwinning double century in the first of the three Tests against India at the SCG in 198081 It was Chappellrsquos first Test against India and his team romped home with an innings victoryH for Harbhajan The 200708 Test has gone down in history as the Monkeygate game where Singh had a verbal with the late Andrew SymondsI for India Itrsquos been ages since India won a Test at the SCG The solitary victory there was witnessed in 197778 when Bishan Singh Bedirsquos men outwitted Bob Simpsonrsquos team by an innings and four runsJ for Jenner A blow on Terryrsquos head from a John Snow delivery during the seventh Test of the 197071 series infuriated some intoxicated fans who manhandled him It led to England captain Ray Illingworth taking his team off for a whileK for Kumble One of three All 10 men Anilrsquos best analysis after his 1074 was witnessed in the 200304 SCG Test where he claimed 8141 and followed it up with four in the second inningsL for Laxman He lit up the SCG in 2000 with 167 as opener in Indiarsquos second innings for a lost cause His next two visits to the crease in Test matches there produced knocks of 178 200304 and 109 200708 Very Very Special indeedM for Madan The Delhi allrounder didnrsquot figure in the playing XI of the 197778 Test but his spectacular rolling catch to dismiss Peter Toohey is still remembered by his teammates who were part of that SCG TestN for Nathan Like he is at most Australian venues Lyon is the man to watch at SCG from tomorrow He is two wickets short of the 50 mark here and hersquoll be playing his 14th SCG TestO for Oldfield Stumper Bert was one of Australiarsquos seven debutants in the 192021 SCG Test against England He went on to serve his country in 54 Tests across 17 years He was only considered a lsquokeeper in the making in 1919P for Phadkar The Mumbai allrounder came into the side for the second Test of the 194748 series at Sydney and scored Indiarsquos first half century of the series He also scored a century in the Adelaide TestQ for Quirky The great Vinoo Mankad while opening the batting was bowled by Ray Lindwall in both innings for the same score 5 He ended up with two hundreds in the 194748 Test seriesR for Ravi Indiarsquos first Test double centurion at the SCG His 206 is still the highest score by an Indian opening batsman This was the last threefigure score in his Test careerS for Sachin SCG can be also called Sachin Cricket Ground and for good reason His first Test there witnessed a fine innings of 148 not out In 200304 came the epic 241 not out and the 200707 Tendulkar helped himself to another unbeaten century 154 His last Test visit to the SCG in 201112 produced an innings of 80T for Toohey One of Australiarsquos most successful batsmen in the 197778 series was NSW man Peter In the Sydney Test of that series he scored a fighting 85 in the second innings with an injured ankleU for Usman Lefthanded opening batsman Khawajarsquos best Test score against India at the SCG is just 27 But he has taken big hundreds off England and South Africa at the ground where he averages 10400So watch out IndiaV for Viv His greatness notwithstanding Richards couldnrsquot notch up a threefigure score in four SCG Tests his best being 58 in the second innings of the 198485 gameW for Warne Started his career at the SCG in 199192 and end it there in 200607 The late Shane was always a hit be it bowling from the Randwick or Paddington EndX for X factor Scott Boland who claimed three wickets in each innings on his home turf of Melbourne Sydney may not be any less differentY for Yadav Offspinner Shivlal dismissed Steve Waugh en route to a fifer in the 198586 Sydney Test and was Indiarsquos team manager when Waugh played his final Test there 18 years laterZ for Zaheer Leftarm pacer Khan started things in style when Australia came out to bat after India were restricted to 191 in the 201112 SCG Test He sent back David Warner 8 Ed Cowan 16 and Shaun Marsh 0 to have Australia reeling at 337 But the hosts lost their next wicket at 325middayrsquos group sports editor Clayton Murzello is a purist with an open stance He tweets ClaytonMurzelloSend your feedback to mailbagmiddaycomThe views expressed in this column are the individualrsquos and donrsquot represent those of the paper