When in search of a special 100, the batsman offered the players of another team for ‘bribe’!

Dennis Amiss: During the recent England-India Test series, India’s batsmen made several new records of 100 counting. Out of these, there were three 100 such labels of ‘greed’ and remained in the discussion differently:

At Lord’s, KL Rahul was criticized for a hurry to complete 100 before lunch on the third day and alleged that Rishabh Pant was dismissed just before the break.

In Old Trafford, England captain Ben Stokes accused Washington Sundar and Ravindra Jadeja of continuing batting without meaning in the process of completing their respective 100s, despite receiving a respectable draw for India with their unmatched attempts. He believed that even if he did not come in his record, he would get praise for him as he played.

As soon as the last hour began in that day’s game, Stokes offered Handshek. Then Jadeja was on 89 and Washington at 80 runs, so the visiting team refused the handshake. After that, 5 overs played in which part-time bowlers Brooke and Joe Root bowled to save big bowlers from being tired. As soon as Jadeja (his 5th) and Washington (his first) became 100, the test was drawn.

What happened in Old Trafford was not unique at all. There are many examples when looking for a particular record, without the hope of winning/defeat, continued the game in the Test as long as he stopped the game draw in the Test as long as he made a record or made a special record. That is why this handshake offer of Stokes did not get much support, but the interesting thing is that even then Stokes made this refusal an issue.

There is also a unique anecdote in cricket that gives a glimpse of a different thinking of the captain of another team in this case.

In his career from 1960 to 1987, famous and successful batsman from England and Varikshire scored 43423 runs in first class cricket with 102 scores at 42.86 average. The increase in limited over cricket has steadily decreasing the count of first class cricket matches and that is why there is usually no record of 100 centuries like 100 centuries in the wonderful discussion of the modern era batsmen. Achieving this is now almost ‘impossible’. Dennis Ameis set this record in 1986 and since then only Mark Ramprakash has reached this destination. Run machines like Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar also missed this record. Therefore, it will now be easy to understand how special it was for them when Dennis Ames were close to this record and how desperate they were to make 100th 100.

Dennis Ames made his 100th 100 on the day of July 29, 1986, but after a strange spectacle, which has very little information about. On 26, 28 and 29 July 1986, Lencashire-Wriqshire played the match in Edgbaston, Birmingham, in 1986, the Britanic Assurance County Championship was in 1986 and Dennis Ames set this record. Varikshire won the toss and batted first, but the decision turned upside down and the entire team collapsed for just 138 runs. Dennis Ames scored 33 runs. Lakshire replied by making the end of 293-9 innings.

Varikshire batted better in the second innings and this 3 -day match became lifeless by moving towards the draw. When the day/match play was close to the end of the end, then batting well, not out batsman Dennis Ames felt that if he gets a chance, he would make 100 this time. He knew that in this last phase of career, he would not be able to play much and do not know any chance to make 100 after this. So he requested Langshire captain Clive Lloyd to play more for half an hour so that he would make his 100th 100. Note- Clive Lloyd turned out to be so generous that not only agreed, but for help on his part time bowlers attack. Dennis Ames made 101* and it was his 100th 100.

Recalling Dennis Ames later said, “I never thought that I will be able to make 100 first class 100. That day I was playing well. Ever since 98 or 99 centuries reached, it was difficult and runs were not getting easily. When there was no hope of getting a clear result in this match, I requested me to keep a chance to make a chance to play the Lawkshire team. Cooked. I have been playing for the age of 44 years.

According to the match reported in the newspapers of that time, the pack-up time was 5.30 pm and Ames was then at 62*. Ames promised that he would try to score runs quickly but also had to offer ‘bribe’ of Champagne to persuade Lakshire players. John Abraham and Neil Fairbadar bowled in a friendly manner. Lloyd had said, “Dennis is one of England’s top players, and I felt right to give them a chance to make 100.”

In his autobiography “Not out at clos of play: a life of play: a life in cricket), Dennis Ames also mentioned this story and admitted that what he did was wrong, but also believed that he was not being scored as before. He made a total of 102 first class 100. When the 100th 100 was created, the age was 43 years but was actually playing very well. When he was at the crease, a total of 162 runs were scored and 101 of them were from Dennis Ames.

In the book of another thing related to the same 100th 100, Dennis Ameis mentioned, “When the Queen honored me with the title of MBE, she said that I have heard that you have joined a big club. I felt that maybe she was talking about Edgbaston Spree Lawn Tennis Club. Then I realized that she was talking about 100 centuries.”