Junior Mcclure - I agree with you and I’m not Jamaican...it looked so effortless, like he was playing in a pub game, until he let go of the ball that is
these guys were humble . because humble is how we carried ourselves back then in the West Indies---they played with a love and passion for the game. their game spoke for itself
You can say that again. The good old days when people play for the love of the game. Today they're given so much money before they even prove themselves. I'm older than dirt but I used to listen to cricket on my transistor radio. Lord how beautiful it was in those days. Thank God for UA-cam.
Holding was poetry in motion the West Indies team in the 70s was full of great players ✌🏽✌🏽had the pleasure of seeing them play (thrash) England at old trafford what a team 👍👍
Actually if you took the time to look at the statistics for test match cricket you would see that England are ranked 4th all time in test match wins, if you exclude Afghanistan who have only played 4 test matches, England are 3rd Australia are 1st, South Africa 2nd.
These are great memories from a kid growing up in Australia and it was a very special time for international competition. Our nationality didn't matter when it came to extraordinary talent, we appreciated, acknowledged and celebrated great achievements, sportsmanship and commentary, no matter what team we were supporting. Again, great memories from a kid growing up during these times.
Unfortunately for everyone the USA are one of the reasons for their current demise. When you spot talent which the West Indies have in spades, if you put in front of them a good or better business deal,because of many factors the parents are convinced. Change sports and try basketball instead. Basketball is serious business in the USA. Given time the same thing will happen here at home in Australia. Sad but true. 🤣👍🍺
This West Indies team was as good as a team can be. Yes the Aussies had a great team after them but these guys just stood out. This bowling attack ♥️♥️♥️
@@joedennehy386 meant the Aussies of 1995-2005. If you are talking about the West Indies in NZ best we let that one go, NZ sure cheated them out of a rest series which was the standard across all sports codes in 1980. Hollow.
I have loved test cricket since my early teens and am 69 yrs old now and even though I am an England fan I have to admit the Windies team of this period was the greatest team ever to grace this fantastic game of ours! Just a delight to watch them play! Great to see Richie introducing the play, he was one Aussie beloved by us English, Knowledgeable and fair he represented all that is great in the game of cricket!
That early 80's West Indies team was probably the best we have ever seen. What a game it would have been between that side and the Aussies of the late 90's, early 00's.
You'd have to think the Aussies of the mid to late 90s might be the only side in history to compete or equal the Great West Indies. I mean Gilly vs Sir Viv, McGrath vs Holding, Hayden n Langer vs Haynes n Greenidge I mean mouth watering stuff! N of course who can forget Warney? From *New Zealand* 🇳🇿👍🏽
Meeean Azz what a game that would have been!! Umpired by dickie bird and Billy Bowden!! I’m not sure who would win though, depends on the wicket!!! 👍 from England 🏴
@@tauseeqhaider650 Not sure about that though. McGrath is that kind of bowler who would adjust and bowl full, just like what Hadlee did in early 80s against Windies, and they were found wanting against him. Viv never owned Chandrashekar who was much like Kumble, so there is no guarantee that he would do Warne
The good old days of televised cricket. Much better than todays coverage. A much simpler and purer form of watching the game not obsessed by technology A time when human abilities by competitors and umpires were respected. Better commentators with more knowledge and charm also. Bring it back.
When will Europeans and Americans play cricket? England is the only major European nation to play the sport, with Australia and New Zealand, South Pacific countries with European base to play sport. Yes, I agree those were golden days, era dominated by West Indies followed by Australian reign!
I was fortunate to watch the West Indies pace battery in the 1970s at different grounds in England during the first World Cup in 1975. There was little to choose between the WI pacers and they were all threatening. Malcolm Marshall was undoubtedly the most successful while Michael Holding's run-up was the stuff of dreams. Speed-wise I don't think the opposing batsmen had any preference between Roberts, Holding, Garner and Marshall.
Wow! I remember listening to these games all through the night,..I would steal my step dads radio but got busted many times because they would hear the static whenever lightening flashed (rain storm). Remember all the names but glad to finally put a face to them. Thank you for sharing.
One thing u really have to recognize about the West Indies players is that they always carry themselves with humility on the pitch, even when they were dominating
the most talented fast bowler there ever has been. With this run up , leap & action ordinary people can only throw, but this man could bowl really fast and become a great.... that is what is called 'genuine GOD given talent'.
Thanks CA for showing us such great classics. The West Indies team was the best as they only let their bat or ball do all the talking and no chatter...
Back in the 80's i use to listen to cricket i like tony k voice. I remembered when Aus vs WI when they had all them fast bowlers thompson, lilie, roberts and holding
SIR Sunil Gavaskar has most no. Of centuries against this mighty bowling attack on most toughest wickets and that too without helmet...phewwwwwww...HATS OFF TO YOU SIR... SPEAKS THE VOLUME OF YOUR TALENT....🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
The most fluidic & wonderful action ever,the Rolls Royce of Fast bowling. Yes, by 83-84 he had cut down his pace to extend his career but was still lethal.
He took 29 wickets in 5 tests in India in '83 with that cut-down pace, next only to Marshall who took 33 or 34!! He single handedly rescued Windies in the Ahmedabad Test and won the only Test many thought they would lose; with a 54* and a 5 for; after Kapil Dev had taken 9 for 84 in the first innings.
Watching this brings back that incredible cricket heritage the West Indies has - that 80s fast bowling battery (in every sense of the word), the batsmen like Viv Richards, Greenidge, Lloyd, even going back to Frank Worrell, Wes Hall, Rohan Kanhai - always great characters and tough competitors. World cricket is so much better for it when the West Indies is strong. Something needs to be done over there to encourage young athletic Caribbean kids back into the game and away from American basketball.
West Indies were then the best cricket team ever in my opinion they had some absolute brilliant players class all round and to me Malcolm Marshall was the greatest fast bowler ever R.I.P. Malcolm Marshall.
Yes. But once the fear factor was neutralized, the WI lost its edge, as batsmen all over played their fast men fearlessly. This also explains the rise of technically sound teams like India, SL who do not rely simply on brute force.
"Whispering death" says it all. Micheal holding bowled many memorable spells but my favourite was his 8/92 at the Oval in 1976. Because traditionally Oval pitch is considered as the batting paradise all 5 days batsmen enjoy batting on it. 8/92 at Oval shows his greatness.
Yes he was sooooo smooth. It actually came about bcoz the non-striker batsman could not hear him coming in to bowl....they were looking down the pitch and Holding would just arrive at the crease and run thru it with complete rhythm....Wooooshhhh
The 1984 team...near prime West Indies. Clive Lloyd was an elder statesman batsman by then...but could still play. As a captain, I lost no sleep with him at the wheel.
Michael Holding is the most handsome and dashing pace bowler of all times. Hats off to Clive Lloyd for assembling the most powerful team of all times and redefining cricket. Wish there was a way to rename the game as Lloyd.
Clive redefined his team because of the 5-1 hammering the Australian pace bowlers had given them in Australia on the 1975-76 tour. Again, F.A.C.T. fact. Lillee, Thomson, Walker and Gilmour. For the uneducated, Dennis, Jeffrey, Max and Gary [gus ]. Yes, the very J.R. Thomson who hit 160kph in that very season. What a great slinging action Jeff had. Look up some old footage people of him in 74-75 against the Poms and watch that ball THUD into Rod Marsh's gloves and tell me he wasn't quick.
Bowling action yes, arguably but statistically no. Since him to name a few, Rabada, Steyn, Waqar, Starc and Shami when considering 50 tests above say as criteria.
This was from 1984. And The quality of telecast is simply amazing.. What quality we are seeing in today's time Australia was doing it in that era .. I stll remember I watched cricket first time on Television was in 1984 when England had come to India... And the quality of telecast by Doordarshan was very poor. You can see the footages of those matches by Doordarshan of that time & will understand what I am trying to say. And then Australia had arranged mini world cup in 1985... And when I watched those matches by Australian channel 9 , I was stunned... It was a pleasure to watch such high quality telecast, almost dream like at that time...
Great to see this, loved the Aussie TV highlights. But for me it was my hero Malcom Marshall , loved the guy & a pleasure that I spent time with him on many occasions
That scorecard featuring the wickets to fall for Australia reads likes a FANTASY LEAGUE TEAM!!! GARNER, HOLDING, MARSHALL, DUJON, GREENIDGE....!!!! THE BEST OF I ALL TIMES, AS ALI WOULD SAY😊😊👍
I used to get into the SCG at 9am to see the Windies warm up before the days play. Michael Holding ran along the turf like he was on a moving walkway at the Airport. And he feet never made a sound, the stories were true my friends
If I recall right Michael Holding was a budding 400 m sprinter who favoured cricket and what a blessing it was not only for the Windies but for all those love the thrills of no holds barred extreme pace bowling delivered with the most fluent run up ever.
And back home,we would have had our transistor radios close our ear as we listen to cricket through the night.And strangely,we use to listen between sleep and wake.Don't know how we did it but we did. Those days in the70s and 80's there was no live tv cricket .And from Jamaica down the islands chain to Guyana the various venues used to be almost full for Shell Shield and later Red Stripe territorial cricket and gates used to be sold out and gates closed for Test cricket especially on the first 2 days of a Test. Young men back then,played the game for fun and because we liked it.Some went on to make it their careers and represented country and/or english county or league and of course,the West Indies. Today,before a youth hold a bat or ball,their question is ''How much you paying me?''
This will sound like bull**** but I was caught in a narrow corridor at The Oval overtaking Dickie Bird in 1988. Michael Holding was coming the other way and they both smiled at each other. Bird said “You were the best I’ve seen. The very best...”
Mike I cried with you. I'm white and you are such a genuine nice guy. Your hurt and pain touched me deep. Nothing wrong with telling the truth... You were a great great cricketer. Your also a great great human being. Thank you you have impacted on me sir.
I am just 19 but highly enthusiastic for the cricket and I can watch west Indian bowlers of that era all day. Big Bird Whispering death The hitman The Bomber And the great Marshal.
The Golden Era of West Indies Cricket. Undisputed Calypso Kings . Surprisingly the whole team was filled with stars ..led by the Super Big Cat Sir. Clive Lloyd Himself.. what a team what a brand of cricket they offered to every cricket lovers delight..😏 🇮🇳
Sure was whispering death and also called Jamaican Arrow. What an athlete. Superb runup and a marvellous action. Sheer joy to watch in the 80s was nemesis of many great batsmen.
Wow, what a piece of cricket history this is, Lloyd, Richards, Greenidge, Haynes, Dujon, Gomes, Richardson, Roberts, Marshall, Holding, Garner. Think Andy Roberts retired before this series and Walsh made it into the line up. Can easily watch Marshall and Holding all day long ripping through lineups. None better !
Love Australia for their love of Test Cricket and having recordings of such beautiful matches. Richie Benaud one of the best commentators of all time. Sorely missing his views now.
I guess he would be in everyone's top 5; those of certain age. Here's mine: Malcolm Marshall, Richard Hadlee, Michael Holding, Imran Khan from that era (1980 - 85); they took wickets in buckets 😜. I read somewhere he never missed a series due to fitness or injury! What an athlete!! Take a bow, MJH!! [Come to think of it, even Kapil Dev (124 tests) didn't miss a single one due to injury or fitness issues. he was dropped once by Gavaskar, that was internal politics)]
What a team that Windies side was! Holding, Marshall, Garner and on this occasion Courtney Walsh and then the batting of Greenidge, Haynes . Lloyd and King Viv. The best ever surely.
What about Roberts , Croft , Clarke , Daniel and later Ambrose & Bishop . Richardson and Gomes also are good batsmen . Dujon kept wickets Mostly in those days b4 that two Murrays
I remember the intro theme to 9 sports. You heard that you knew cricket was on. Such an incredible West Indian team in those days. All around cricket had class back then. The rivalries between countries. Being a teenager in Barbados during that time we hated Australia😊. Looking back all such great teams. Cricket sweet cricket. Thanks for posting the video.
may be in the history of cricket many batsman's will make their name but all will surely have respect for that generation of W indies fast bowlers. Richie Benaud I miss your voice....
Very nostalgic, I am brought to tears when I see these clips... For many reasons such as my father was an avid cricket fan who died three years ago and for how the West Indies team is performing now.
Not because I am a JAMAICAN but Michael holding had one of the most beautiful run up to the wicket that I have ever seen in test cricket
Junior Mcclure - I agree with you and I’m not Jamaican...it looked so effortless, like he was playing in a pub game, until he let go of the ball that is
I always thought Michael was smoothest fast bowler great to watch him what a great man he was and still is.
Ahhhh, the sheer joy watching Holding 'the whispering death' steaming in. Fast bowling at its zenith.
I agree! I've always admired Michael's bowling and have tried to emulate him every time I play local matches.
Junior Mcclure. Agreed, it was effortless rhythm in his run up. Definitely one of the fastest and best bowlers ever.
these guys were humble . because humble is how we carried ourselves back then in the West Indies---they played with a love and passion for the game. their game spoke for itself
Case opened....and resoundingly closed!!
You can say that again. The good old days when people play for the love of the game. Today they're given so much money before they even prove themselves. I'm older than dirt but I used to listen to cricket on my transistor radio. Lord how beautiful it was in those days. Thank God for UA-cam.
@@loisnoble9139 i agree. today dudes do one great thing and they get big headed. its a really un-west indian thing.
What a great Windies team that was! Just loaded with greatness.
Michael Holding a true sporting great, a Thoroughbred of a bowler, one of the greatest of all time
Desperate cricket by Holding? Why not ''Superb fielding by Michael Holding' .
@@rolandbelfonte1487 .
also a great commentator. oh how sky will miss him.
@simonbailey1732. A prince among fast bowlers. Mikey was it.
Did he ever bowl at the stumps or the batmans head? 🙁
Holding was poetry in motion the West Indies team in the 70s was full of great players ✌🏽✌🏽had the pleasure of seeing them play (thrash) England at old trafford what a team 👍👍
Actually if you took the time to look at the statistics for test match cricket you would see that England are ranked 4th all time in test match wins, if you exclude Afghanistan who have only played 4 test matches, England are 3rd Australia are 1st, South Africa 2nd.
This match was in 1984
These are great memories from a kid growing up in Australia and it was a very special time for international competition. Our nationality didn't matter when it came to extraordinary talent, we appreciated, acknowledged and celebrated great achievements, sportsmanship and commentary, no matter what team we were supporting. Again, great memories from a kid growing up during these times.
Very well said.
I am an Indian I have been following West Indian Cricket since their tour of India in 1974.I love West Indies Cricket.
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Such a great west Indies team...wished they were still this good
Unfortunately for everyone the USA are one of the reasons for their current demise. When you spot talent which the West Indies have in spades, if you put in front of them a good or better business deal,because of many factors the parents are convinced. Change sports and try basketball instead. Basketball is serious business in the USA. Given time the same thing will happen here at home in Australia. Sad but true. 🤣👍🍺
This West Indies team was as good as a team can be. Yes the Aussies had a great team after them but these guys just stood out. This bowling attack ♥️♥️♥️
Well they came to New Zealand after this and lost the series
@@joedennehy386 meant the Aussies of 1995-2005. If you are talking about the West Indies in NZ best we let that one go, NZ sure cheated them out of a rest series which was the standard across all sports codes in 1980. Hollow.
Sent shivers down the spine....dominated 70s & 80s...grew up watching them..
I have loved test cricket since my early teens and am 69 yrs old now and even though I am an England fan I have to admit the Windies team of this period was the greatest team ever to grace this fantastic game of ours! Just a delight to watch them play! Great to see Richie introducing the play, he was one Aussie beloved by us English, Knowledgeable and fair he represented all that is great in the game of cricket!
That early 80's West Indies team was probably the best we have ever seen. What a game it would have been between that side and the Aussies of the late 90's, early 00's.
You'd have to think the Aussies of the mid to late 90s might be the only side in history to compete or equal the Great West Indies.
I mean Gilly vs Sir Viv, McGrath vs Holding, Hayden n Langer vs Haynes n Greenidge I mean mouth watering stuff! N of course who can forget Warney?
From *New Zealand* 🇳🇿👍🏽
Meeean Azz what a game that would have been!! Umpired by dickie bird and Billy Bowden!! I’m not sure who would win though, depends on the wicket!!!
👍 from England 🏴
@@mrkipling2201 Aussies are cocky but if they wind up the Windies it be *all on* llol
Apart from Warnie I don't think there's anyone the mighty windies would have had trouble facing, and Viv would totally have owned Warnie too
@@tauseeqhaider650 Not sure about that though. McGrath is that kind of bowler who would adjust and bowl full, just like what Hadlee did in early 80s against Windies, and they were found wanting against him. Viv never owned Chandrashekar who was much like Kumble, so there is no guarantee that he would do Warne
Used to love the stump mics they used in Australia back in the 80s and early 90s. Sound of ball on stumps brings back emotions.
The greatest test side there has ever been. Marshall and Holding awesome.
True 😊👌
Marshall was such a loss. Taken too soon 😢
The good old days of televised cricket. Much better than todays coverage. A much simpler and purer form of watching the game not obsessed by technology A time when human abilities by competitors and umpires were respected. Better commentators with more knowledge and charm also. Bring it back.
Had the same feeling mate! Great pitches, great ambience....btw, you are of German origin?
Karl-Heinz von Scharnhorst to
When will Europeans and Americans play cricket? England is the only major European nation to play the sport, with Australia and New Zealand, South Pacific countries with European base to play sport. Yes, I agree those were golden days, era dominated by West Indies followed by Australian reign!
Aseem Dewan
Yes you are right
West Indies was a force to reckon with. The glory days of West Indies Cricket
👍🏾
Just look at the celebration, no over the top exuberance, just plain simple hand shake or a hug...lovely..perfect simple dominance and realization
HOW were they so good. Pure , immense al natural talent and skill. They don’t make them like these players anymore. 👏
RIP Malcolm Marshall a brilliant fast bowler
The best of his generation in my view. Devastating swing and seam
Great all rounder. Took many brilliant catches, and useful with the bat.
His test average suggests he's the greatest test bowler of all time.
The best
I was fortunate to watch the West Indies pace battery in the 1970s at different grounds in England during the first World Cup in 1975. There was little to choose between the WI pacers and they were all threatening. Malcolm Marshall was undoubtedly the most successful while Michael Holding's run-up was the stuff of dreams. Speed-wise I don't think the opposing batsmen had any preference between Roberts, Holding, Garner and Marshall.
In my whole life I never ever seen a Captain like Clive who was like an father to the rest of the team
Father to us all.
True 👍
Wow! I remember listening to these games all through the night,..I would steal my step dads radio but got busted many times because they would hear the static whenever lightening flashed (rain storm). Remember all the names but glad to finally put a face to them.
Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for one from the vault captain Clive lloyd , superb stroke play .another one of my west Indian heroes ,
One thing u really have to recognize about the West Indies players is that they always carry themselves with humility on the pitch, even when they were dominating
That WI team was a true class act with the leadership of Clive Lloyd.
Always you must respect your opposition.
One of the legends of cricket Micheal Holding . Many thank for your contribution to West Indian cricket .
the most talented fast bowler there ever has been. With this run up , leap & action ordinary people can only throw, but this man could bowl really fast and become a great.... that is what is called 'genuine GOD given talent'.
we lived in Perth in the 80s and my teacher at the time loved cricket so he used to allow us to go into the common area to check the tv for the score.
Nice old days
Thanks CA for showing us such great classics. The West Indies team was the best as they only let their bat or ball do all the talking and no chatter...
Back in the 80's i use to listen to cricket i like tony k voice. I remembered when Aus vs WI when they had all them fast bowlers thompson, lilie, roberts and holding
SIR Sunil Gavaskar has most no. Of centuries against this mighty bowling attack on most toughest wickets and that too without helmet...phewwwwwww...HATS OFF TO YOU SIR... SPEAKS THE VOLUME OF YOUR TALENT....🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
He only played all 4 of them in 81-82 series and averaged 29.
Michael holding literally running in like he is running on silk ...my god what smooth ness
"Whispering Death"
Effortless. I think he was a pretty good 400m sprinter.
Rolls Royce like :) What an attack!!
Not smooth as Muhammad Asif who was most skillful bowler in the history he bowled 38 overs in Humid conditions of subcontinent......
@@AbdulRahman-qu3px shut up fixer fan
The most fluidic & wonderful action ever,the Rolls Royce of Fast bowling. Yes, by 83-84 he had cut down his pace to extend his career but was still lethal.
Fluidic?
Gwyn Williams. Whispering death
He took 29 wickets in 5 tests in India in '83 with that cut-down pace, next only to Marshall who took 33 or 34!! He single handedly rescued Windies in the Ahmedabad Test and won the only Test many thought they would lose; with a 54* and a 5 for; after Kapil Dev had taken 9 for 84 in the first innings.
@@offrampt yes
@@ezleloHe took 30 wickets in that series,not 29.
Once upon a time when Cricket was cricket.
Once upon a time when cricket was gentlemen game with white color T--P even with white shoes.
Once up on time when Cricket was Cricket.
If Smith from Australia was playing back then thay would not done worse the windies
@Everton Simpson $$$$$$$ Greed
@@RehanGhayyurKhan I love the white shirts unbuttoned to the waist, proper trousers (not jogging bottoms) definitely the best look cricket has had.
Watching this brings back that incredible cricket heritage the West Indies has - that 80s fast bowling battery (in every sense of the word), the batsmen like Viv Richards, Greenidge, Lloyd, even going back to Frank Worrell, Wes Hall, Rohan Kanhai - always great characters and tough competitors. World cricket is so much better for it when the West Indies is strong. Something needs to be done over there to encourage young athletic Caribbean kids back into the game and away from American basketball.
West Indies were then the best cricket team ever in my opinion they had some absolute brilliant players class all round and to me Malcolm Marshall was the greatest fast bowler ever R.I.P. Malcolm Marshall.
@23theseeker I'm west Indian and you're right.
Yes. But once the fear factor was neutralized, the WI lost its edge, as batsmen all over played their fast men fearlessly. This also explains the rise of technically sound teams like India, SL who do not rely simply on brute force.
This period would be cricket heaven one of the best West Indian teams ever
"Whispering death" says it all.
Micheal holding bowled many memorable spells but my favourite was his 8/92 at the Oval in 1976.
Because traditionally Oval pitch is considered as the batting paradise all 5 days batsmen enjoy batting on it.
8/92 at Oval shows his greatness.
Got 6-57 in the second.
I can see why he was called "Whispering Death", he looked so quiet like a ghost running up to the wicket.
Yes he was sooooo smooth. It actually came about bcoz the non-striker batsman could not hear him coming in to bowl....they were looking down the pitch and Holding would just arrive at the crease and run thru it with complete rhythm....Wooooshhhh
llyod, Richards, marshall, holding, patterson, greendige, oh my godness these were just dangerous to handle that era.
Gavaskar was able to handle him after he became a fast spinner.
Haynes, Richardson, Garner....!!!
Bring the duck back walking across the screen!!
That will complete the show beautifully
It may hurt someone's feelings though, people would complain. Fecking snowflakes!!
Taff Thomas more than likely.
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Michael holding without any shadow of doubt best complete fast bowler ever
WI team was like a pack of hyenas hunting their prey. Brilliant, just brilliant!!!
Ever seen lions take down a prey?
Can you imagine the current Pu**ies (batsmen) facing these legends again and again?It's relentless and you never get a break.
Wolves not hyenas
Indian scavengers better to be called Hyenas. Pack of Lions is better.
I would have gone with wolves as well
Amazing video quality! Please let cricket lovers enjoy more of the golden old videos.
Watching Holding run in is a gazelle in majestic flight across the pitch.
Ahhhh, the sheer joy watching Holding 'the whispering death' steaming in. Fast bowling at its zenith.
I was at the WACA on that day and it remains one of the best spells of fast bowling I've ever seen. He looked tremendously quick to my young eyes.
You are damn Lucky
He'd slowed down quite a bit from his previous two tours and was almost at the end of his Test career. Holding was very quick.
Fast
Short pitch DelIveries...Furious fast bowling from West Indians...!
Wow....what an Experience.🙏🏻
Oh the glorious days of cricket. Happy birthday Mr. Holding. May God bless you with many more years.
The mighty west indies as they were once called.
It's TRUE that nothing's last forever
The 1984 team...near prime West Indies. Clive Lloyd was an elder statesman batsman by then...but could still play. As a captain, I lost no sleep with him at the wheel.
Michael Holding is the most handsome and dashing pace bowler of all times.
Hats off to Clive Lloyd for assembling the most powerful team of all times and redefining cricket.
Wish there was a way to rename the game as Lloyd.
Clive redefined his team because of the 5-1 hammering the Australian pace bowlers had given them in Australia on the 1975-76 tour. Again, F.A.C.T. fact. Lillee, Thomson, Walker and Gilmour. For the uneducated, Dennis, Jeffrey, Max and Gary [gus ].
Yes, the very J.R. Thomson who hit 160kph in that very season. What a great slinging action Jeff had. Look up some old footage people of him in 74-75 against the Poms and watch that ball THUD into Rod Marsh's gloves and tell me he wasn't quick.
A time when a bowling attack could humiliate a homeside on their turf.
What a beautiful run-up Holding had ! Loving it.
The greatest fast bowler ever.....Michael Holding
Bowling action yes, arguably but statistically no. Since him to name a few, Rabada, Steyn, Waqar, Starc and Shami when considering 50 tests above say as criteria.
This was from 1984. And The quality of telecast is simply amazing.. What quality we are seeing in today's time Australia was doing it in that era ..
I stll remember I watched cricket first time on Television was in 1984 when England had come to India... And the quality of telecast by Doordarshan was very poor. You can see the footages of those matches by Doordarshan of that time & will understand what I am trying to say.
And then Australia had arranged mini world cup in 1985... And when I watched those matches by Australian channel 9 , I was stunned... It was a pleasure to watch such high quality telecast, almost dream like at that time...
When real men played the game..Raw Pace...The greatest team of All time..Holding Marshall and Garner...wow
Imagine the lineup if Ambrose was from that era... Marshall, Holding and Ambrose would have been insane
What a match! what a team! what a coverage! Golden 80s
I loved watching the live telecast at 4 in the morning. The good old days!
This veteran I can watch his bowling all day long. He brings in a rythm that wants you to see again and again.
👌😊
Holding’s run up is like a poetry in motion but ends up delivering pure fire.
Great to see this, loved the Aussie TV highlights. But for me it was my hero Malcom Marshall , loved the guy & a pleasure that I spent time with him on many occasions
That scorecard featuring the wickets to fall for Australia reads likes a FANTASY LEAGUE TEAM!!! GARNER, HOLDING, MARSHALL, DUJON, GREENIDGE....!!!! THE BEST OF I ALL TIMES, AS ALI WOULD SAY😊😊👍
I used to get into the SCG at 9am to see the Windies warm up before the days play. Michael Holding ran along the turf like he was on a moving walkway at the Airport. And he feet never made a sound, the stories were true my friends
You are a lucky guy 😇
I did the same champ back in the World Series years.
My all time favourite pacer Michael Holding 👍
If I recall right Michael Holding was a budding 400 m sprinter who favoured cricket and what a blessing it was not only for the Windies but for all those love the thrills of no holds barred extreme pace bowling delivered with the most fluent run up ever.
You look at Viv Richards getting there first to congratulate the other fields men and the bowlers shows total enthusiasm 😁❤️
And back home,we would have had our transistor radios close our ear as we listen to cricket through the night.And strangely,we use to listen between sleep and wake.Don't know how we did it but we did.
Those days in the70s and 80's there was no live tv cricket .And from Jamaica down the islands chain to Guyana the various venues used to be almost full for Shell Shield and later Red Stripe territorial cricket and gates used to be sold out and gates closed for Test cricket especially on the first 2 days of a Test.
Young men back then,played the game for fun and because we liked it.Some went on to make it their careers and represented country and/or english county or league and of course,the West Indies.
Today,before a youth hold a bat or ball,their question is ''How much you paying me?''
Big bird Joel one of my favourite bowlers of all time
This will sound like bull**** but I was caught in a narrow corridor at The Oval overtaking Dickie Bird in 1988. Michael Holding was coming the other way and they both smiled at each other. Bird said “You were the best I’ve seen. The very best...”
Mike I cried with you. I'm white and you are such a genuine nice guy. Your hurt and pain touched me deep. Nothing wrong with telling the truth... You were a great great cricketer. Your also a great great human being. Thank you you have impacted on me sir.
Holding you beauty! How graceful, how fast, how sharp were you with that easy, languid action!
Mikey. Whispering death. A great energy efficient bowler of all. The GOAT.
Just look at physiques on those WI guys- intimidating just to look at. Now even Rahkeem Cornwall gets a chance. How low can they fall?
Not intimidating, just well conditioned, that's all.
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I am just 19 but highly enthusiastic for the cricket and I can watch west Indian bowlers of that era all day.
Big Bird
Whispering death
The hitman
The Bomber
And the great Marshal.
Legends. Growing up in the 80s was a special time for cricket.
Seen Michael live
Absolutely brilliant unbelievable what a athlete ❤️❤️❤️❤️
We really are longing to see these days again for the West Indies
The Golden Era of West Indies Cricket. Undisputed Calypso Kings . Surprisingly the whole team was filled with stars ..led by the Super Big Cat Sir. Clive Lloyd Himself.. what a team what a brand of cricket they offered to every cricket lovers delight..😏 🇮🇳
Sure was whispering death and also called Jamaican Arrow. What an athlete. Superb runup and a marvellous action. Sheer joy to watch in the 80s was nemesis of many great batsmen.
Wow, what a piece of cricket history this is, Lloyd, Richards, Greenidge, Haynes, Dujon, Gomes, Richardson, Roberts, Marshall, Holding, Garner. Think Andy Roberts retired before this series and Walsh made it into the line up. Can easily watch Marshall and Holding all day long ripping through lineups. None better !
You ruin a great comment with that irritating wow!
Thanks for uploading this album I do remember Holding twice missed hatric in this test and his debut in Perth in 1976
Love Holding's action - so fluid.
Love Australia for their love of Test Cricket and having recordings of such beautiful matches.
Richie Benaud one of the best commentators of all time. Sorely missing his views now.
West Indies cricket team was excellent in 70's 80's and 90's
Just the intro gave me goose bumps, this got me into cricket at a young age and is still my favourite sport . . .
this was also the weakest Australian team Ive ever seen
My favourite BOWLER::: MJ Holding from Jamaica.
I guess he would be in everyone's top 5; those of certain age. Here's mine: Malcolm Marshall, Richard Hadlee, Michael Holding, Imran Khan from that era (1980 - 85); they took wickets in buckets 😜. I read somewhere he never missed a series due to fitness or injury! What an athlete!! Take a bow, MJH!! [Come to think of it, even Kapil Dev (124 tests) didn't miss a single one due to injury or fitness issues. he was dropped once by Gavaskar, that was internal politics)]
Greatest Team to ever play a sport
I had forgot how good an action Holding had. A Great.
That was cricket and the great West Indies team. Sportsmanship, teamwork, performance all phenomenal
that was real thunder storm bowling side of world not yet found again in cricket world.✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋✋
What a wonderful day of cricket those days really enjoyed it, fine players hat's off to those cricketing legends.
What a team that Windies side was! Holding, Marshall, Garner and on this occasion Courtney Walsh and then the batting of Greenidge, Haynes . Lloyd and King Viv. The best ever surely.
What about Roberts , Croft , Clarke , Daniel and later Ambrose & Bishop . Richardson and Gomes also are good batsmen . Dujon kept wickets Mostly in those days b4 that two Murrays
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I remember the intro theme to 9 sports. You heard that you knew cricket was on. Such an incredible West Indian team in those days. All around cricket had class back then. The rivalries between countries. Being a teenager in Barbados during that time we hated Australia😊. Looking back all such great teams. Cricket sweet cricket. Thanks for posting the video.
Those were the great days when West Indian players actually played with pride, passion, aggression, skill, and wanting to actually the matches.
may be in the history of cricket many batsman's will make their name but all will surely have respect for that generation of W indies fast bowlers.
Richie Benaud I miss your voice....
Whispering death !!!
Cheers to the cricket fans all over the world gathered here🍷
Very nostalgic, I am brought to tears when I see these clips... For many reasons such as my father was an avid cricket fan who died three years ago and for how the West Indies team is performing now.
Better then todays one sided matches...i Love old cricket
Did you watch the match? Aus were bowled out for 76 and the windies got 400+. That's a flogging.
THE GREAT MOMENTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF WEST INDIAN TEAM IN TEST MATCH OF THE GOLDEN PERIODS FROM 1975 TO 1989
In the uk we had just been whitewashed 5-0 by this magnificent team how times have changed
No white wash. You just evenged black wash
Feel nostalgic.
Those were the golden days of west Indies cricket.
FABULOUS PACE-SEARING PACE
THE UNPLAYABLE OUTSWINGERS AS WELL-HOLDING AT HIS BEST !!!
These Greatest Champions never spoke. Simply performed. That's the beauty.