00:00Roger Toos born in England, but ultimately finding his true cricketing home in the black
00:05cap of New Zealand.
00:07He was the ultimate competitor, and he was not always the most flashy best man on the
00:13pitch, but when the pressure was high and the ball was moving, he was exactly the man
00:19you wanted in your corner.
00:21Roger Toos have to look back at one of his most legendary gritty test imagining.
00:26It happened during the second test against England at Lourdes in 1999, a series where
00:32New Zealand would eventually secure a historic 2-1 victory on English soil.
00:37Coming in at number three in the second inning, Roger Toos put an absolute masterclass in defensive
00:43resilience.
00:44He did not look to dominate, he looked to survive and exhaust the English attack.
00:49He scored 52 runs of 153 balls in 183 minutes, including 5-4.
00:55It was not a flushing innings, but those 52 runs worn down the opposition, anchored the
01:01top order and gave New Zealand the crucial platform they needed to eventually secure a
01:07massive 9-wicket victory at the home of cricket.
01:10It remains a legendary example of playing for the team over personal glory.
01:15So, let's watch his inning.
01:22Great shot.
01:26That's the way to counter attack.
01:30Magnificent assertive stroke from Toos.
01:34Hit that well.
01:36Certainly was a great shot.
01:39Alan Gale looking to intimidate Roger Toos.
01:42He's not in very good form as far as test match cricket is concerned, but he hit that well.
01:47Got right on top of it.
01:49Look at this bat coming down on the ball, just rolling the wrist.
02:03Pick a ball from Tufnel.
02:05Now and then he'll mix up his pace.
02:09That was a good delivery there.
02:11It's flatter.
02:12Never got up above the batsman's eyes and it turned a bit too.
02:20That was a slower delivery too and just off the pad.
02:26Terrific bowling from Tufnel.
02:29It's lovely flights.
02:32And turn too.
02:33This is actually quite good fun for the left arm into the rough for the left-hander.
02:38I always feel you've got a chance.
02:44Well, it's been a nervy over, I tell you, for Roger Toos.
02:48It's not really been forward enough to cover and smother the spin.
02:53Just having a little bit of a wary look at it.
02:57Good over.
03:03I found the gap.
03:04Just a touch too wide there from...
03:09To the Tufnel.
03:11And he has paid the price.
03:15This is a well-controlled shot by Roger Toos.
03:22Coles wait.
03:24But he's placed it nicely.
03:27Past Andrew Caddy, good point.
03:32Straight up, but it's gone a long way as well.
03:35And he'll go for four.
03:37Another control shot.
03:40And I think the added pressure of that man on the offside, David, caused that shot.
03:45That's his style.
03:46That's his play.
03:48He can become...
03:50Be calmed at the crease.
03:54And block and block and block and block.
03:55And then do that.
03:58Look to go over shot.
04:00Not controlled.
04:02But it's a big open space down the ground.
04:06Mid on and mid off a saving one.
04:11There is pressure around the bat.
04:13There's pressure around the bat that would cause him to do that.
04:18But he's got four.
04:19There's no real danger out there as long as he gets bat on ball.
04:26Changing the field again.
04:28Have to have a V from the offside to the leg side.
04:32Short.
04:35Short.
04:43Short.
04:44Short.
04:45Short.
04:46Short.
04:46Short.
04:47Short.
04:47Short.
04:47Short.
04:47Well, that was a good over for New Zealand.
04:49They're inching closer to the New England total of 186.
04:52It's 180 for three.
04:54Wow.
04:56That's why batsmen wear helmets with grills these days.
05:00All those who question it.
05:02Who think.
05:04He might be a bit soft.
05:07Well.
05:08That hit the grill but he's still hurting.
05:12Short straight delivery.
05:17He to me seems a tough guy.
05:21He's taking a blow here.
05:26Full on.
05:30That's a good bouncer though.
05:35Michael, that to me is his natural line, Dean Headley.
05:38Over the wicket.
05:39He's so comfortable bowling there.
05:41That's a bullseye straight bouncer.
05:45He's had a spell round the wicket but he's gone back over.
05:50Good fast straight.
05:52Directed well.
06:00That's where they played again.
06:03And it's not a very big bouncer as we have said before.
06:05And it's fairly quick.
06:07Another one.
06:12That's the reaction there from Philip Tufnel as he's punched through the offside again by Roger Tews.
06:18Off the back foot.
06:20Baller won't like that.
06:21That it is off the back foot.
06:23Beats Caddick again in front of square.
06:26Reflective.
06:33He's gone for it.
06:34It's up in the air.
06:35Alex Stewart's after it.
06:35It'll be a very good catch.
06:37And in the end I don't think he gets a hand on it.
06:43Again.
06:44Half chance goes Beggin.
06:47Alex Stewart this time had to turn and find the ball over his left shoulder somehow.
06:55While making good pace.
06:59And then he just ran away from the ball.
07:01He'd done the distance but Ian had eluded him just by a fingertip.
07:14Well.
07:16That very nearly carried to Ramfrakash.
07:20I'm not sure whether he picked the ball up early.
07:23I thought he should have been diving forward for this if he didn't see it.
07:30Still a bit short of him I think.
07:32I don't think it really went up in the air after hitting the bat.
07:35It was on its way down after hitting the bat.
07:39Well just going back to the point of Carrick Bowling now.
07:44Maybe he doesn't intend to take the second new ball.
07:46But I wouldn't understand why not.
07:53Of course he has two people up there but it's a second new ball.
08:04Well no stroke played.
08:11And it certainly spun.
08:13That ball spun back in towards the left hander.
08:16Spun back in towards the stumps.
08:19They couldn't be too sure that would have carried on to the off stump.
08:21It was a bit wide.
08:25That's through mid on.
08:26One.
08:27And two's.
08:29Bain's not to run at first.
08:31But he realises that Headley is very quick.
08:33And once again he's saved the boundary.
08:36Yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:39Bit of a wild throw from Hussain.
08:43Helping Headley out.
08:442.25 for three.
08:48Come on, Jack.
08:49Come on, Jack.
08:54Well, that's just out of Reid's reach.
08:57Risky shot from Twos but it's brought him another boundary.
09:00And he celebrates as well.
09:0350 for Roger Twos.
09:05Following in quick succession Matt Horn's 100.
09:12What a convincence in stroke to bring it up.
09:16But he has stuck it out.
09:17The Twos hasn't looked all that comfortable at the crease at times.
09:21But 50 runs.
09:23Well, for the day they still count 52.
09:29Very good partnership with Matthew Horn.
09:33120 the partnership at the moment.
09:40This is up in the air.
09:42Surely this time.
09:44Caddick's got it.
09:47Just a little lapse of concentration from Roger Twos after getting to his 50.
09:53And Dean Headley, who's looked the man most likely to, has delivered for England.
10:00Two short balls in a row.
10:03First one went for four.
10:05Wasn't a controlled stroke.
10:06Butto Mejad went down to fine leg for four runs.
10:10Good knock though by Roger Twos.
10:12It's 2.32 for four.
10:16Roger Twos began his cricketing career, playing county cricketer in England for Warwickshire.
10:21But a move down under to New Zealand changed the course of his sporting life.
10:26Making his international debut for the Black Caps in 1995.
10:30Roger Twos quickly earned a reputation as a fierce left-handed best man.
10:35While he became an incredibly reliable pillar in one day international.
10:40Famously helping New Zealand win the 2000 ICC Knockout Trophy.
10:45His approach to the longer format of the game was defined by sheer will of power.
10:50He knew his limitations valued his wicket above all else.
10:54And possessed an iron-clad defense that frustrated some of the best bowling attacks in the world.
11:00Roger Twos retired from cricket in 2001 to pursue a highly successful career in the banking and corporate world.
11:07But his legacy on the pitch remains perfectly intact.
11:11He proved that sometime the best way to win a cricket match is not by hitting the ball the hardest.
11:17But by refusing to let the baller get the better of you.
11:21That 1999 innings at Lourdes will forever be remembered by Black Caps fans as the ultimate display of mental toughness.
11:29Thanks for watching and let us know in the comments your favorite memories of New Zealand classic late 90s era.
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