www.pointcricket.com New Zealand needed six runs to tie the match from the final ball, with eight wickets down. The Australian captain (Greg Chappell) ordered the bowler (his brother, Trevor Chappell) to bowl underarm rolling the ball along the ground to avoid the possibility that the No. 10 New Zealand batsman (Brian mckechnie) would score a six from the last ball to tie the match, requiring the teams to play more matches to decide the series. This was not against the rules of cricket, but it was widely perceived as unsportsmanlike. It was described as “the most disgusting incident I can recall in the history of cricket” by the then Prime Minister of New Zealand, Rob Muldoon, who also said that “It was an act of cowardice and I consider it appropriate that the Australian team were wearing yellow”. Even the Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Fraser, called the act “contrary to the traditions of the game”. Commentating for Channel 9 at the time, Richie Benaud described the act as “disgraceful” and called it “one of the worst things I have ever seen done on a cricket field”