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Old 06-15-2019, 01:51 AM   #449
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Originally Posted by Frankie View Post
I thought the best World Cup defeat was when the Ozzies lost to Bangladesh about 10 years ago. Bangladesh aren't too shabby now, but back then they were on about the same cricketing ability level as Alaska are now.



Probably our most inglorious moment in ODIs. June 18th 2005. It was not a World Cup match though. It was part of a 3-way series that included England, Bangladesh & Australia. Near full strength Australian side. Andrew Symonds was missing due to having a big night on the booze the night before. Typical Queenslander












Probably a bigger shock to us was that we lost the Ashes a couple of months later. The first time we had lost an Ashes series on English soil since 1985. Haven't won an Ashes series in England since then either.









And here's another doozy


Losing to the Netherlands in 1964.









At least we lost to the Dutch only the once. I wonder how many times the Poms have lost to them in cricket?? Not good reading for those from "the mother country"



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