England vs. Pakistan – 2001
In 2001 England hosted NatWest Tri-series involving Australia and Pakistan as the other two sides. England took on Pakistan in the tournament’s 7th match at Headingley, Leeds. England lost Marcus Trescothick’s wicket on the match’s very first pitch, after losing the toss.
Waqar Younis, Pakistan’s skipper, kept taking wickets with the new ball and chose to bowl his 10 overs in one session. The pair have shared a partnership of 67 runs in 18.4 overs for the 8th wicket.
In the short chase, Pakistan didn’t struggle much as Abdul Razzaq scored 75 while batting at No.3. In 39.4 overs, Pakistan reached 149/4, and further 8 runs in 61 balls required. Although everyone was doubtful whether it was a four or a six, the pitch was invaded by a huge part of the crowd as players and umpires struggled to find safe places.
The attack resulted in injuries to one of the ground steward and was admitted to the hospital. Alec Stewart, the England skipper, agreed to concede the match when Pakistan was just four runs away from a victory.
India vs. West Indies – 2002
West Indies won their 2002 tour of India in the first two games of the 7-match ODI season. As Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan scored 72, 74 and 84 runs respectively, the West Indians plundered 300/5 in their 50 overs. When India stood away from a comfortable win by 101 runs, the crowd began raining the outfield with bottles.
The crowd’s outbreak goal was unclear, with India in the driver’s seat. The crowd stopped the play from resuming, and matching referee Mike Proctor found D / L form. India had 81 runs ahead of 119/1 par score after 27.1 overs and have been declared winners. The opposing candidate protested to the ICC just a few days after the game about using the D / L method to decide the winner in crowd alteration.
They worried the incident could cause the crowd to replicate the same mistake in the future. The Rajkot ODI was, in reality, the series’ 3rd consecutive match that was troubled because of the crowd. When West Indies needed 13 runs from 3 overs, the crowd set fire to the stands. West Indies had been declared to win via the D / L method, but play resumed once things got better at the venue.
The game went down dramatically to the final ball, where it required three runs.
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