On this day in 1991, English cricket witnessed one of its most infamous moments of self-sabotage. A moment that has lived on not because of brilliance, but because of disbelief. It was the fourth Test against Australia in Adelaide. Lunch was just one ball away. Australia had set a trap that was obvious to everyone in the ground. Everyone, that is, except David Gower. Facing Craig McDermott, Gower casually rolled his wrists and wafted the ball straight into the waiting hands at deep square leg —

Some batsmen win admiration for their sheer elegance — the kind who seem to have been born with a textbook in hand. Watching them bat is a lesson in balance, timing, and effortless grace. And when such players decide to shift gears and unfurl the full range of their stroke-making, the spectacle becomes something truly special. That was exactly the case on this day in 1983, when David Gower produced one of the finest one-day innings of his career against New Zealand in the Benson & Hedges World S