Legends who left Test cricket together

On this day in 1974, two famous West Indies cricketers played their past day of Examination cricket: Garry Sobers and Rohan Kanhai. Listed here is a appear at some of the circumstances when two or additional large names from the same workforce played their past Examination with each other.

Occasions of 3 popular players of a workforce who played their past Examination together ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Garry Sobers and Rohan Kanhai – v England, Port of Spain, 1974

Sobers and Kanhai held various records for West Indies when they played their past Examination: they were being the two most experienced players at the time, getting played ninety three and seventy nine matches, they were being West Indies’ top rated two operate-getters, with 8032 and 6227 operates – Sobers was the general chief as well – and they were being also the pair with the most century partnerships (6). Sobers was also their second-optimum wicket-taker at the rear of Lance Gibbs, and was conveniently the foremost allrounder in the game.

The past Examination was not a memorable one particular for them, while. Sobers scored and 20, whilst Kanhai made two made seven. West Indies lost the match by 26 operates just after Tony Greig’s 13-wicket haul, and the 5-match collection was drawn one-one.

The decline of these two was certainly large for West Indies, but their subsequent massive names were being just all-around the corner: in the pretty subsequent collection, against India, West Indies handed debuts to Viv Richards and Gordon Greenidge, who went on to rank among their best batsmen.

Greg Chappell, Dennis Lillee and Rod Marsh – v Pakistan, Sydney, 1984

The popular Australian trio of the seventies and ’80s bid adieu to Examination cricket just after the remaining game of this 5-match collection against Pakistan. The retirement of the 3 remaining a large gap in Australian cricket, supplied that they were being the toppers in their respective parts: Chappell was Australia’s optimum operate-getter with 7110 operates in 87 Checks, whilst Lillee ended with 355 wickets and Marsh with 355 keeping dismissals, both of those general history holders for most wickets and most keeping dismissals in Checks at the time. Chappell was also Australia’s most thriving captain and second only to Clive Lloyd at the time.

In contrast to Sobers and Kanhai, the 3 Australians had a memorable remaining Examination, acquiring significant milestones in that game. Chappell went previous Don Bradman’s tally of 6996 operates in his remaining Examination innings of 182. Lillee grew to become the very first bowler to acquire 350 Examination wickets with 4 wickets in every innings, and Rod Marsh played his 96th Examination as wicketkeeper, going previous Alan Knott’s history for most Checks by a keeper. Between them Lillee and Marsh accounted for 95 dismissals in Checks, which is still a history by a bowler-wicketkeeper mixture. Australia won by 10 wickets and Chappell, who was Person of the Match, also accomplished the unusual distinction of scoring a century in his very first and past Examination.

Their departure certainly strike Australia challenging. After the trio’s exit, they lost 4 successive Examination collection and did not get any of their subsequent 8 collection, which involved two Ashes collection. Right before their exit, Australia had just regained the Ashes in the prior year, and had lost only two of their past 10 collection.

Viv Richards, Malcolm Marshall and Jeff Dujon – v England, The Oval, 1991

They were being the 3 stalwarts of West Indies’ dominant aspect of the nineteen eighties, and like the Australian trio, they were being the team’s foremost top rated operate-getter, wicket-taker and wicketkeeper – Richards retired with 8540 operates, Marshall with 376 wickets and Dujon with 272 dismissals. Only Sunil Gavaskar and Allan Border had additional operates than Richards, only Richard Hadlee and Ian Botham had additional wickets than Marshall and only Rod Marsh had additional dismissals than Dujon at the time.

In contrast to the Australian trio, while, they could not pretty finish on a significant, as England won that past Examination of the collection by 5 wickets to stage the collection two-two. In the remaining Examination, Richards scored two and 60, Dujon and five and Marshall picked up only two wickets. For the very first time in seven decades, West Indies were being asked to comply with on by any workforce, whilst England enforced their very first comply with-on about West Indies in 22 decades.

West Indies, while, had more than enough depth at the time to go on their profitable techniques: they had not lost a collection due to the fact 1978 and they stored that history going till 1995.

Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and Justin Langer – v England, Sydney, 2007

The most thriving spinner and the most thriving rapidly bowler, Warne and McGrath, both of those retired in the same Examination alongside with one particular of Australia’s best openers, Langer. It was the very first occasion of 3 players, every with additional than 100 Checks, retiring in the same match. The event was even additional distinctive as Australia sealed a comprehensive five- Ashes triumph, profitable the fifth Examination by 10 wickets. In their remaining Examination, McGrath picked up 3 wickets in every innings, Warne picked up only two wickets but scored a critical seventy one in the very first innings. Langer got 26 operates in the very first innings, whilst in the second he remained not out as his lover strike the profitable operates.

With Warne, McGrath and Langer in the line-up, Australia had lost only one particular of their past sixteen collection – the 2005 Ashes. But just after their exit, Australia lost 3 of their subsequent 8 collection – one particular every to India, South Africa and The Ashes.

Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq – v West Indies, Roseau, 2017

Seldom have a country’s most thriving batsman and most thriving captain retired with each other, as Younis Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq did for Pakistan in 2017.

Younis ended his vocation with 10,099 operates just after starting to be the only Pakistan batsman to score about 10,000 operates, in his remaining collection. Misbah’s 26 Examination wins as a captain are just about twice as lots of as any other Pakistan captain, and they lost just one particular collection underneath Misbah in the UAE. Younis played in 53 of Misbah’s 56 Checks as captain and they were being 39 decades and forty two decades of age respectively at their retirement. After their retirement, Pakistan have won only two of their seven Examination collection, and have won only 4 matches out of sixteen, shedding 10. Pakistan still MisYou.

Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman – v Australia, Adelaide, 2012

Two of India’s 3 most experienced Examination players and two of their top rated 4 operate-scorers played their past Examination in Adelaide in 2012.

The significant position for the two batsmen collectively was certainly their epic 376-operate partnership in that Kolkata Examination, but they also keep on being the only Indian pair to set with each other two triple-century partnerships in Checks. At the time of their retirement, only two Indian pairs had additional partnership operates than they did.

This past collection was not memorable for both of them. Dravid scored only 194 operates and Laxman a hundred and fifty five, in 8 innings every, as India were being drubbed four-.

Other sets of players who played their past Examin
ation with each other just after playing seventy five or additional matches:

  • Ian Botham and Allan Lamb, v Pakistan, Lord’s 1992

  • Graham Gooch and Mike Gatting, v Australia, Perth, 1995

  • Shaun Pollock and Herschelle Gibbs, v West Indies, Durban, 2008

  • AB de Villiers and Morne Morkel, v Australia, Johannesburg, 2018

  • Hashim Amla and Dale Steyn, v Sri Lanka, Port Elizabeth, 2019