Zoe Goss vs Brian Lara Former West Indies captain and great batsman Brian Lara was at the peak of his career in the year 1994. During this, he scored an inning of 375 runs in the Test match against England, creating a record. In the same year, Lara scored an unbeaten 501 against Durham while playing for Warwickshire in the English county. In the year 1994 itself, Brian Lara was a part of the World XI team and he played against Bradman’s XI in Sydney. The purpose of this match was to raise funds for the Bradman Museum. What happened later in this match became history.
Female bowler took Lara’s wicket
Australia’s women cricketer Jo Goss was included in the Bradman XI at the last minute. In this match played at the Sydney Cricket Ground, everyone was stunned when Goss was asked to bowl to Brian Lara. Joe Goss was asked by Dennis Lillee to bowl to Lara, who was at mid-off. During this, he gave special advice to Goss and said, to put the first 2 balls in swinger to Lara and then an out swinger.
Referring to this exciting incident, Goss once said while talking to cricket.com.au (cricket.com.au), I was the batsman, you do not want to disturb him. This plan worked like a charm. Lara came out early to play a stroke off a ball in that over. The ball edged the bat. The wicketkeeper took the catch. Because Lara was out of the crease, the wicketkeeper also stumped him out. In this way, Joe Goss succeeded in getting Brian Lara out twice on one of his balls.
Joe Goss’s cricket career
Joe Goss represented Australia in 12 Test matches. During this he scored 280 runs. She also played 65 ODIs for Australia in which she managed to score 1099 runs. He has 7 half-centuries to his name in ODIs. His highest score in ODI cricket was 96 not out. Not only this, he also took 20 wickets in Gauss Test and 64 wickets in ODIs.
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