Cricket "purists" value test cricket over all other forms of the game.

And of all the tests ever played, there is a strong argument to say the first test between Australia and West Indies at Brisbane in December 1960 is the greatest match of all.

More the 1400 runs, twenty wickets and a match remembered for outstanding fielding exploits.

Wins for either side looking likely at some stage or a draw. Yet the result was none of these. It ended in a "tie". The same score after each side was dismissed twice.

But its legacy is so much more than being a great game of cricket. The two captains being Ritchie Benaud & Frank Worrall ensured positive attacking cricket was played in great sporting spirit with mutual respect.

The teams, match & series captured the imagination of the public and revived a sport that had bec ...