Loved these days as a kid ,going for a swim on the beach ,but made sure I was home for 11.30 when the day's play started .West Indies won the series 2-0 with Sobers scoring a classic 150 in 3rd test on his farewell appearance in England
I was at the 2nd test at Edgbaston which ended in a draw. I got to see the greats, Keith Boyce a wonderful bowler, who was my hero. I also saw Vanburn Holder, Clive Lloyd, Rohan Kanhai, Alvin Kallicharran, Sir Garfield Sobers.........and many more. It was unbelievable to see my heroes. After that, The West Indies built that great team with Viv Richards, etc. Great times...........
Simply a pleasure to watch such quality players in action. Note the muted celebrations after any wicket by bowlers and fieldsmen. Compare it to the wildness of the modern era !!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for posting. I was at this match as a twelve year old with my Dad. Fifty years later I still have wonderful memories of the day. Alan Knott was my hero, but what a privilege it was to see the likes of Clive Lloyd and Sir Gary Sobers. Keith Boyce played for my county Essex, what a superb all rounder. Cricket and the world have changed a great deal since then.
Their names were impressive their behavior more humble and more impressive and the exicution of game was most impressive i will always love them i will always remember their game.great wi team.
Boycott was a fine cricketer. Anyone who tells you otherwise doesn't know what they are talking about, or they are prejudice against him due to his personality. He was as committed in the field as he was with the bat and far from being selfish (as some would have you believe), he always put in a good shift for his team.
I remember the West indies were a outstanding Team in the 70s, the Australians were the team to beat though back then , beat West indies 2 nil in 1973 Then in 1975-76 Australia thrashed west indies 5 to 1 World series cricket intervened in 77-78 Then the 80s came along the west indies at there best brilliant side Looking at the names from the 70s to the 80s from the west indies, looked very similar in class
I was at the game. Remember this team well. Hayes at one point in the series scored a century against bowlers like Boyce. He moved hie feet so well to meet the ball. The West Indies were amazing to watch and yes muted celebrations.
Enjoying seeing these 70's games. I see Clive Lloyd in or near his pomp. Saw him more when he was captain of the 1980's team. I'm sure I saw arguably the finest team play in 1984.
These old cricket vids are so nostalgic.Supporters on the field,fans running on to congratulate batsmen [and stuffing a few notes in their pockets].All in good innocent spirit.The entire atmosphere was different. Young men,old men and those between years glued to their transistor or portable radios.Days when Test cricket had a rest day.And their were the 4 day territorial game before a Test match here....I'm choking with emotion.So many days cricket we saw at Guaracara and the QP Oval.So many quality cricket If I remember correctly the return series took place in the WI in 1974 and ended 1-1 Thanks for uploading this vid.....more please
@@saleemkirmani5583 Bradman never played in the subcontinent ,West Indies or South Africa only in England.Although his statatics are awesome in the body line series he was exposed as being vulnerable to extreme pace.Sobers on the other hand was incredible against the fastest bowlers of his era.
@@goga1054 Bradman played against the strongest opposition 37 times vs England with 19 hundreds including 311 at Headingly in one day. He played 5 times each vs South Africa, the West Indies and India. It's true he didn't play in the subcontinent. His batting achievements are massive. I'm a huge fan of Gary Sobers. He's the best all rounder of all time. His impact on world cricket is massive and underrated as well. It's true Bradman had trouble during Bodyline. His average was 56 even at that time.
@@saleemkirmani5583 It is every individual to his own viewpoint.Sobers is from our generation and Bradman from the generation of our forefathers! With every generation cricket underwent changes which affected the technique of batting and bowling.Bradman was suspect against extreme pace while Sobers showed no visible weakness against them .It is not fair to compare batsmen or bowlers of different periods so let’s say both were great batsmen of all time.
It's interesting to hear Ritchie saying that Kallicharan was nowhere near the pitch of the ball when he hit Underwood. This is now an orthodox stroke in modern cricket. Sobers was a god.
that test match was huge for me. I was 13 years old at the time and started to listen to cricket in 1971 when India toured West Indies and beat us for the first time. All five tests were drawn v New Zealand in 1972 and Australia beat us in early 1973. I think we went 18 or 19 tests without a win at that point so I never heard West Indies win a test as yet. Then came this test. Waking up at 6:00am and hearing John Arlott was an experience I will never forget. Still gives me goosebumps 49 years later. On the the first morning "Snow is bowling about the fastest he's ever enjoyed and he looks extremely hostile. He moves in and bowls to Fredericks and Fredericks cuts ( crowd applauding) and its four runs........" OMG. I made a picture of it in my mind that I can still see.
The crowd running on to the ground 😀😀😀😀😀😀 unheard of event these days ! Everything looks so casual and much fun without the professionalism and money these days !!!!!!!
Did you see the GREAT Rohan Kanhai scoring his first and only double ducks in Test cricket strange things have been happening for a while now grrat MEMORIES.
When cricket was still a gentleman's game and the skills were incredible. The Windies went on to dominate for another 15 years and oh the names that would follow! I also love the lack of jumping around like fools when a wicket falls. It's unfortunately taught to young players now that you must do that now.
Great video. It will be even greater if you upload sir Gary sobers 254 video with all 33 boundaries and 2 sixers. The 30 minutes video of that 254 innings which is available on UA-cam does not contain all 33 4s
Sad that there will be no mass support for them if they are. The grounds in the Caribbean are either empty or full of tourists for test cricket these days.
Wonderful, and not just coz I woz there. One mild pedant-ish point: Graham Roope is identified as John Snow. Now while Roope would have been flattered, Snowy might yet sue.
How many test match sides could say that they had 2 left arm fast medium seamers aswell as 2 left arm wrist spin bowlers (3 if Sobers had bowled his wrist spin assortment!!) in the same test match side?
Real gentelman game those days. Talented ,gifted players making no ackward celebrations like todays pampered players. There must be a rule by icc for curbing such overacting of modern players
Holding the bat up as the bowler is running in exemplifies the importation of baseball practices into contemporary cricket. Check out also the open leg stances of today’s batsmen compared with the closed legs stances of Sobers, Kallicharan, Fredericks et al.
My order is Sobers, Lara Viv,lara was more an entertainer than viv both were fesrless batters bowlers were affraid of bowling viv batted without head gear sohe was the more fearless one but imo Lara was the biggest batting entertainer of all wi batters Sobers the Boss most clasic
Watch the reaction of bowler and fielders after a wicket fall. Now a days the jubilation appears like bowler has not taken the wicket but has killed the batsman.
In his first test match he batted as low as 9!! Throughout his test career he batted in every position from opener to number 9! The guy was a captain's dream.
@@tonyparkes9958 West Indies won 14 out of 15 Tests versus England somewhere along the way, and much of it in the UK if not all, in the 1980s. I'm not taking sides and I don't care, but I think they did. Suffice to surmise that they have long since taken to the English surfaces.
@@davidpollard4051 When Roope first started for Surrey he was very much an all rounder. He'd let his bowling go by the time his England career started. I do remember though that in this match he had Clive Lloyd dropped. By Alan Knott of all people!
@@simonparker57 I remember him as a very good slip fielder and for being at the non strikers end when Boycott struck the boundary to bring up his century to complete his 100th first class century at Headingley in 1977.
@@simonparker57 true, when i was a young lad I wanted to invade the pitch. But it has changed, ppl invade with every half century and century. Let the players play man😄😄😄
If our 14 year olds play first league in our Islands we used to be trends setters now we're just world 🌎 followers in cricket,and ill say this parents follow their children into first division cricket bring they friends, who's going to follow school cricket.like anything spots, school the faster learners will be first, late one's will fill in slots now greed from all schools went to court to change that, when our guys should be developed at 18 -21 we have guys developing at 29-to any age after 29 this is the truth check back the records people like Keith Holder Andrew Mason etc etc etc etc plus BCA are responsible including peter short see i put his name in common letters it's because he's a common person no hate speach hear just the truth even w i cricket board or whatever you call ourselves need to go back to our old ways. We players to teach our school guys,their don't have players to teach the youngsters at practice in the week or on weekends ps please acknowledge....
Oh 1970s how much I love you 💕 the best era for test cricket. The ashes, the West Indies and australia and india produced the best in that time
Loved these days as a kid ,going for a swim on the beach ,but made sure I was home for 11.30 when the day's play started .West Indies won the series 2-0 with Sobers scoring a classic 150 in 3rd test on his farewell appearance in England
Fabulous to see! This was the very first Test Match I watched on TV and was the start of a lifetime love of Test Cricket!
West. Indies. Have. A. Great side. With. Lloyd. Keith. Boyce kallicharran sobers. David Murry. Julian
West. Indies. Have. A. Great side. With. Lloyd. Keith. Boyce kallicharran sobers. David Murry. Julian
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Keith Boyce was a Great Cricketer , I remember him making 95 at Adelaide in the 75/76 series a Dynamic Innings.
I was at the 2nd test at Edgbaston which ended in a draw.
I got to see the greats, Keith Boyce a wonderful bowler, who was my hero.
I also saw Vanburn Holder, Clive Lloyd, Rohan Kanhai, Alvin Kallicharran, Sir Garfield Sobers.........and many more.
It was unbelievable to see my heroes.
After that, The West Indies built that great team with Viv Richards, etc.
Great times...........
Dang how old are you
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@@user-kn8un4ru8pMe too, that isn’t old. despite what some people think 😂 I was at this game aged 12. Great times.
Simply a pleasure to watch such quality players in action. Note the muted celebrations after any wicket by bowlers and fieldsmen. Compare it to the wildness of the modern era !!!!!!!!!!
Well said sir, all that demonic cheering when a wicket falls👏👏👍
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Thanks for posting. I was at this match as a twelve year old with my Dad. Fifty years later I still have wonderful memories of the day. Alan Knott was my hero, but what a privilege it was to see the likes of Clive Lloyd and Sir Gary Sobers. Keith Boyce played for my county Essex, what a superb all rounder. Cricket and the world have changed a great deal since then.
Their names were impressive their behavior more humble and more impressive and the exicution of game was most impressive i will always love them i will always remember their game.great wi team.
I must admit, it is great to hear all the old commentaters from that time. It reminded me of my DAD!☺☺☺
Who is the commentator in the beginning of the 1974/75 ashes series never knew his name
Geoffrey Boycott's outfield returns always came in directly over the bails.
Boycott was a fine cricketer. Anyone who tells you otherwise doesn't know what they are talking about, or they are prejudice against him due to his personality. He was as committed in the field as he was with the bat and far from being selfish (as some would have you believe), he always put in a good shift for his team.
I remember the West indies were a outstanding
Team in the 70s, the Australians were the team to beat though back then , beat West indies 2 nil in 1973
Then in 1975-76 Australia thrashed west indies 5 to 1
World series cricket intervened in 77-78
Then the 80s came along the west indies at there best brilliant side
Looking at the names from the 70s to the 80s from the west indies, looked very similar in class
I was at the game. Remember this team well. Hayes at one point in the series scored a century against bowlers like Boyce. He moved hie feet so well to meet the ball. The West Indies were amazing to watch and yes muted celebrations.
I watched my very first test match at Lord's in this series. Saw Sir Garry score a hundred. Great match.
Thanks for sharing this. I have always wanted to see Lance Gibbs and Keith Boyce bowl. This is wonderful.
Enjoying seeing these 70's games. I see Clive Lloyd in or near his pomp. Saw him more when he was captain of the 1980's team. I'm sure I saw arguably the finest team play in 1984.
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These old cricket vids are so nostalgic.Supporters on the field,fans running on to congratulate batsmen [and stuffing a few notes in their pockets].All in good innocent spirit.The entire atmosphere was different.
Young men,old men and those between years glued to their transistor or portable radios.Days when Test cricket had a rest day.And their were the 4 day territorial game before a Test match here....I'm choking with emotion.So many days cricket we saw at Guaracara and the QP Oval.So many quality cricket
If I remember correctly the return series took place in the WI in 1974 and ended 1-1
Thanks for uploading this vid.....more please
those that say it wasnt the good old days are speaking rubbish
"Days when Test cricket had a rest day"" :D .....try explaining this to any novice today !
I took a portable radio to Lords just a few days ago!
I saw the Test at Lord’s in this series.It was great to see the legendary Sobers at his very best….A great series for the West Indies.
Sobers is peerless among all cricketers apart from Bradman. I rate them as equals in their contributions to world cricket.
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Bradman never played in the subcontinent ,West Indies or South Africa only in England.Although his statatics are awesome in the body line series he was exposed as being vulnerable to extreme pace.Sobers on the other hand was incredible against the fastest bowlers of his era.
@@goga1054 Bradman played against the strongest opposition 37 times vs England with 19 hundreds including 311 at Headingly in one day. He played 5 times each vs South Africa, the West Indies and India. It's true he didn't play in the subcontinent. His batting achievements are massive. I'm a huge fan of Gary Sobers. He's the best all rounder of all time. His impact on world cricket is massive and underrated as well. It's true Bradman had trouble during Bodyline. His average was 56 even at that time.
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It is every individual to his own viewpoint.Sobers is from our generation and Bradman from the generation of our forefathers! With every generation cricket underwent changes which affected the technique of batting and bowling.Bradman was suspect against extreme pace while Sobers showed no visible weakness against them .It is not fair to compare batsmen or bowlers of different periods so let’s say both were great batsmen of all time.
@@goga1054 There's no doubt that both of them were the best players of all time.
'Windiescricketvideos'! Finally! Love it! Keep'em coming.
Would be doing some classics until UA-cam say that is it lol.
It's interesting to hear Ritchie saying that Kallicharan was nowhere near the pitch of the ball when he hit Underwood. This is now an orthodox stroke in modern cricket. Sobers was a god.
Wow, what a match
thank you for posting this wonderful one
that test match was huge for me. I was 13 years old at the time and started to listen to cricket in 1971 when India toured West Indies and beat us for the first time. All five tests were drawn v New Zealand in 1972 and Australia beat us in early 1973. I think we went 18 or 19 tests without a win at that point so I never heard West Indies win a test as yet. Then came this test. Waking up at 6:00am and hearing John Arlott was an experience I will never forget. Still gives me goosebumps 49 years later. On the the first morning "Snow is bowling about the fastest he's ever enjoyed and he looks extremely hostile. He moves in and bowls to Fredericks and Fredericks cuts ( crowd applauding) and its four runs........" OMG. I made a picture of it in my mind that I can still see.
Wow,what a gem!
1973 rohan kanhai score 6000 runs the second west indian sobers was the first in the third test both score over 150runs
The crowd running on to the ground 😀😀😀😀😀😀 unheard of event these days ! Everything looks so casual and much fun without the professionalism and money these days !!!!!!!
What a great team the WI were in the 70s and such a pleasure to see them again, albeit a little on the blurred side.
Oh, exceedingly illustrious. Went down 1 - 5 in a 6 Test series in Australia in 1975-76. [ That's sufficiently 1970s ].
When proper cricket was played and in proper cricket clothes
Cricket needs a strong Windies team again🏴
Did you see the GREAT Rohan Kanhai scoring his first and only double ducks in Test cricket strange things have been happening for a while now grrat MEMORIES.
He made 10 and 0
@@kakabelly57 Yes he made 10 . Thanks for the correction ❤️🇯🇲
When cricket was still a gentleman's game and the skills were incredible. The Windies went on to dominate for another 15 years and oh the names that would follow! I also love the lack of jumping around like fools when a wicket falls. It's unfortunately taught to young players now that you must do that now.
I love cricket ❤️
Great video. It will be even greater if you upload sir Gary sobers 254 video with all 33 boundaries and 2 sixers. The 30 minutes video of that 254 innings which is available on UA-cam does not contain all 33 4s
Beggars can't be choosers.
@@jahno7154 true😊 beggers can't be choosers
A great batting by Clive loyde play brilliant
I strongly believe West Indies will be champions again soon
Sad that there will be no mass support for them if they are. The grounds in the Caribbean are either empty or full of tourists for test cricket these days.
Wonderful, and not just coz I woz there. One mild pedant-ish point: Graham Roope is identified as John Snow. Now while Roope would have been flattered, Snowy might yet sue.
Sir Viv, Holding,Roberts,garner, Marshall,croft,Haynes,greenidge is yet to make debut for WI, when this match was played.
Also Walsh and Ambrose.
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Looking at those games and the competitiveness of those teams comparing to west indes of today makes us very sad indeed
How many test match sides could say that they had 2 left arm fast medium seamers aswell as 2 left arm wrist spin bowlers (3 if Sobers had bowled his wrist spin assortment!!) in the same test match side?
Ah Clive Lloyd. Hero from my youth
19:01 At least he was dressed...and well dressed at that. A few years later, the streakers started.
Boyce is a beast with a ball.
Thanks for sharing. Sadly it didn't turn out to be the first of many 100s for Frank Hayes, as Jim Laker had predicted.
He had a short career in Test cricket but I loved watching him bat. Very Calculated when he clicked.
1973! West Indies underdogs what a time that was
Real gentelman game those days. Talented ,gifted players making no ackward celebrations like todays pampered players. There must be a rule by icc for curbing such overacting of modern players
The bat is grounded until the bowler bowls. In modern cricket they hold the bat up as the bowler runs in. Very inelegant.
Holding the bat up as the bowler is running in exemplifies the importation of baseball practices into contemporary cricket. Check out also the open leg stances of today’s batsmen compared with the closed legs stances of Sobers, Kallicharan, Fredericks et al.
20:54 Jesus Christ Boycott hooked a six!!!!!!
My order is Sobers, Lara Viv,lara was more an entertainer than viv both were fesrless batters bowlers were affraid of bowling viv batted without head gear sohe was the more fearless one but imo Lara was the biggest batting entertainer of all wi batters Sobers the Boss most clasic
Windies great team
Sad to see how far they have fallen now......
The beginnings of the great team add Greenidge Richards and the 4 quicks a few years later and they were unbeatable
Really liked Jim Lakers voice
Great to Sobers..as I was born in 1968
Very good
West Indies will be champions again.
That would be something!
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Watch the reaction of bowler and fielders after a wicket fall. Now a days the jubilation appears like bowler has not taken the wicket but has killed the batsman.
Asking you if you can upload ipl would be grateful for it thank you
look how far down the order Sobers bats
Roy Fredericks is my favourite opener after Barry Richards
In his first test match he batted as low as 9!! Throughout his test career he batted in every position from opener to number 9! The guy was a captain's dream.
He was batting at 7 because Murray went in an nightwatchman
Kalicharan!!
Sobers run out looked pretty close on further inspection
The Geoff Arnold LBW appeal sounds like 2 foxes copulating..
This culminated in the famous Blackwash tours of 1976 and 1984
West indies beat England 3-0 in 1976 so no blackwash 76
@@tonyparkes9958 West Indies won 14 out of 15 Tests versus England somewhere along the way, and much of it in the UK if not all, in the 1980s. I'm not taking sides and I don't care, but I think they did. Suffice to surmise that they have long since taken to the English surfaces.
What happened to Snow ? Barely bowling above medium pace ? Nothing like the bowler of 70-71.
I think at one time it was actually Roope bowling and not Snow. Similar haircuts, different pace!
@@simonparker57 I hadn't realised Roope was a bowler. That would explain everything though.
@@davidpollard4051 When Roope first started for Surrey he was very much an all rounder. He'd let his bowling go by the time his England career started.
I do remember though that in this match he had Clive Lloyd dropped. By Alan Knott of all people!
@@simonparker57 I remember him as a very good slip fielder and for being at the non strikers end when Boycott struck the boundary to bring up his century to complete his 100th first class century at Headingley in 1977.
@@davidpollard4051 A very good goalie too for Corinthian Casuals.
Hayes never passed 50 again in a test match. Was slightly unlucky all his tests were played against the Windies
51:18 Umpire never made it with those stumps...
Imagine what The Groover would do with today's bats, mayhem
wish the presenter had troubled to check the pronunciations, especially Dennis Amiss - not hard Benaud mentions him on the tape
Geoff Arnold’s lbw appeals sounds like 2 foxes during the mating season..
invading the pitch was just like going to school.
I don't like pitch invasions😡 ppl should applaud from the stands😯😯😯
@@lyndonjames9178 It was great when you could sit anywhere and field the ball when it came to the boundary!
@@simonparker57 true, when i was a young lad I wanted to invade the pitch. But it has changed, ppl invade with every half century and century.
Let the players play man😄😄😄
The best Windies batsman at that point of time was Lawrence Rowe, who missed this series.
It was Roope bowling at Lloyd not Snow!🤦
Yes. I was thinking exactly the same thing!
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I hink it was the year 1976
very hard to understand , batsmen without helmets facing fast bowlers on english pitches. would be seen as murder today. The right stuff !
Helmets didn't exist then.
Watching TV
Boycott hitting a six at 20:55.
The last time england were the best side in the world
Incorrect.
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Remember Andy Robert's Joel ganer Michael holding then Malcolm maschall
The batsman's Holding the bowler's Willey
If our 14 year olds play first league in our Islands we used to be trends setters now we're just world 🌎 followers in cricket,and ill say this parents follow their children into first division cricket bring they friends, who's going to follow school cricket.like anything spots, school the faster learners will be first, late one's will fill in slots now greed from all schools went to court to change that, when our guys should be developed at 18 -21 we have guys developing at 29-to any age after 29 this is the truth check back the records people like Keith Holder Andrew Mason etc etc etc etc plus BCA are responsible including peter short see i put his name in common letters it's because he's a common person no hate speach hear just the truth even w i cricket board or whatever you call ourselves need to go back to our old ways. We players to teach our school guys,their don't have players to teach the youngsters at practice in the week or on weekends ps please acknowledge....
They DON’T bat like SOBERS anymore😢
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That was Roope not Snow.
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Did I see Sir Geoffrey hitting a six..??!!
Yes.
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It was a body double.
43:17 Mah mum could have heet that with a steek of rooobarb
It was not the first test but the final test.
This WAS the 1st test. The 2nd test was at Edgbaston and the last test was at Lord's!!
Was this test match played in the CONGO
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