Glenn McGrath:The Greatest Fast/Medium Bowler of all Time he was known for his accurate Line and Length a very skillful Bowler not very fast but very accurate...Sorry for my bad english...I have put him in my Odi and test all time XI..A Gentleman off the field
Australian's can be real brutes, spitting snide comments all the time. But that's how they played the game. They say with Australia it's a more mental game than a physical one. They were the best in the world, with the best batting, unreal bowling but more importantly their perseverance and resilient mindset was second to none. That's why winning against Australia was special in every way. But they really respect the opposition when they play solid cricket. Because they know playing well against them(Aus) is no mere feat.
Australians have been known to be one of the most ruthless teams since I have been watching cricket except for the team portayed in "The Test" series. Back then, the Australian players were like villains for every other cricket fan who wasn't Australian. They would use every tactic in the playbook to get other teams unsettled- mind games, verbal vollys whatnot. That is why they were at the top of their games, winning muliple worldcups and battering opposition to submission. Winning against Australia back then was considered a huge deal. That being said, if I put it bluntly, the team in The Test series was the meekiest of the lot. A little agression from Kohli and they all portrayed him like he was the villain. His agression is nothing compared to the ruthlessness of the old Australian team and you appreciate their tacticts if you view it from neutral perspective.
Both SARWAN AND CHANDERPAUL are legends, carried the burden of WestIndies batting on their shoulders for years. Chanderpaul was especially famous for stickers on his face and his weird stance at the crease but even with that he managed to play really good shots.
Yes maybe the Indian Cricket board should have done a similar documentary after "Monkeygate" or all the match fixing scandals that resulted in life bans.
@@jamesmorgan4121 You do make a good point. The truth is every team has its moments that they would prefer didn't happen. Hanse Cronje for South Africa for example and the example you cite. But every team is made up of people not gods, and people make some poor decisions at times.
@@fog1632 couldn't agree more. I am Australian and not proud of everything Australia does. But I'm a cricket lover first. I'm just after some balance. They are all human and all make mistakes and do things they regret. But there is so many on UA-cam with very short memories. All I want is some balance and unbiased truthfulness.
@@jamesmorgan4121 I have not claimed Australian team as cheaters nor did I say Indian team is holier than thou. it is a comment on test documentary which even Sydney morning herald wondered if it propogandastic. Australian did loose respect of its public rather unfairly and I am sure they have gained it back with their skill , gamesmanship in last 2 years. for a neutral fan, this documentary is more cinematic than real and i feel it is a PR strategy from Board .if you are wondering why UA-cam comments are not balanced ,please read your own passive aggressive reply.
The incident with Sarwan in the West Indies happened because Sarwan responded to McGrath's sledge by referencing McGrath's wife. Normally he'd probably roll with it, but McGrath had missed the first 2 matches of that tour carrying for his wife, who was dying of cancer. No one thinks Sarwan was deliberate in taking about that, but McGrath going off is understandable in the circumstances, I think.
Screw that. Aussies are always getting personal with their sledging but never could take it when anyone gave it back to them. McGrath was asking for it by getting verbal... He shouldn't have said anything if he didn't want any response.
Utter rubbish. McGrath should have kept his mouth shut and done his talking with the ball. The general rule is "don't start what you can't finish". McGrath clearly wasn't counting on such a good reply and couldn't finish this one.
@@ravimusicuk I think you guys are taking all of this too seriously. Maybe if your team is losing all the time, you get a chip on your shoulder or something. Maybe you enjoy hating players on the other teams. If your team is winning, what's to complain about? I don't know what your team is, I'm just saying. The intensity of the moment during high pressure games is the excuse (reason) for when the players do it. Why the fans do it, years after the game has already ended, I don't understand. Usually the players are over it once the game ends, they'll even sometimes have a beer and joke about it. It happens in all sports, where during the game things get said.. and then after the game.. it's all good. Personally, I was never a big fan of McGrath. He was a very good bowler but was always grumpy. He'd even go after his own teammates in Australia vs Australia A games if they hit him for 4. But if there's one thing that's off limits, I would think cancer would be a good example. Rape, murder, cancer etc. For example.. if your wife was in hospital dying of COVID right now, I would think that it's off limits to joke or taunt about that. People can still do it if they chose to, but it's a pretty scummy low life thing to do. I would hope that he didn't know that she had cancer. I doubt that he did. I grew up watching this Australia team dominate and I loved the players but winning became too easy. I used to cheer for Sri Lanka and West Indies especially when they would tour Australia, they were my two fave teams. Couldn't cheer for England, they were hopeless. But yeah, I never sensed anything bad about the Windies players.. they were fiery competitors but very fine and mellow people. Curtly Ambrose was also a fiery competitor, very similar to McGrath but off the field he was a teddy bear.
This video is a disgrace. I'm glad somebody has already explained in the comments what actually happened. The main point is that Sarwan deeply regretted what he said about McGrath's dying wife as he didn't know and that McGrath said no it is me who should apologise and he did and it stayed on the field until it came out later. I feel sorry for you guys having to react to a video with no knowledge or context about an incident that both men deeply regretted. The person who requested this video should have at least informed you that McGrath's wife was battling breast cancer at the time. Talk about not letting the truth get in the way of a good story.
Agreed totally, except the fact that Aussies are the only side to be called "A pack of wolves" ...says a lot. But yes, about this video, totally agreed.
@@nishantsrivastava9697 maybe I've been living under a rock but I've never heard the Australian cricket team called a pack of wolves. Where did that come from.
@@jamesmorgan4121 mate, then leave that rock. In 2008, the Australian journalist Peter Roebuck had written in 'Sydney morning herald', that ponting had turned a group of professional cricketers into "a pack of wild dogs". PS - not wolves but dogs, i correct myself.
Nice one guys, great to see you guys love sledging, I do too, it makes the competition so much more interesting. I linked a video below with one fight between Mitchell Johnson and Virat Kohli in 2015. I think you guys will really enjoy it, these guys were sledging each other the entire day and it led to some of the best cricket I’ve watched in a long time. It seemed Kohli wanted to smash every ball and Johnson wanted to get him out like his life depended on it. I know you guys have seen both of these players too, so it should be a good watch ua-cam.com/video/F0KM60lA-jU/v-deo.html
Great video.. McGrath was simply trying to get him to make a mistake, to get him off his game, etc.. this is a very common strategy used by players if they know that their team is going to loose.. McGrath was probably thinking, "we'll, that was worth a shot.." The Aussies are very competitive. :) If a bowler gets angry, it might help his performance; sometimes they are encouraged to be tough to the opposition. But if a batsman gets angry, it might affect his performance. That's why they try to avoid any provocation from the bowler. There are exceptions, of course. Eg. The Aussies were advised by their coach to Not to sledge Virat Kholi as it only gets him pumped up to perform better ( in this case, it was Sarwan from WI). Thanks for the video again. You guys have great spirit.
As you can see the cricket fraternity arent fans of the Australian team. We will admire their players buy they are arrogant and resort time ungentlemanly play if the game is not goinh their way. They would almost bully the umpires which other countries really never got away with. The new Zealand rugby is similar but their cricket team are decent.
Okay so what I said about Australia is fine but New Zealand rugby struck a cord. Another example of this is how some of those retired players in their new capacities got together and thought they could just kick SA out if Super Rugby. Believe it in not New Zealand rugby needs as more than what we need them. The money in Super rugby the bulk of it (45%) comes from SA. Just letting you know if you didn't already.
Sledging has always been Australia's strategy. They sledge to play with opponents brains. McGrath was not angry. He was sledging to play with Sarwan's mind so that Sarwan makes a mistake in aggression.
Things got a bit personal between Sarwan and McGrath. But it is a bit hypocritical of the Aussie team. They did much worse in the name of 'mental disintegration' but they found it unacceptable when someone did the same to them
@@unicornsq I'll give benefit of the doubt to the batsman here. It was just a stupid counter to a stupid thing said by the bowler. one doesn't take such things literally. Also, McGrath shouldn't have started it if he wasn't in the state of mind to accept a counter. But that's the thing with bullies..
The commentators by the way are the late Tony Cozier (known as the voice of West Indies cricket), the great bowlers Jeff Thomson and Ian Bishop and at the end another great bowler Michael Holding.
McGrath was a perfectionist when it comes to bowling. He could put the ball in the same spot over and over again and never give the batsman a loosener.
i agree with you there as a matter of fact he was so good at putting the ball in the same spot time after time that half of McGrath's wickets came thru the batsmen getting so bored they got themselves out
McGrath is the nicest man off the field exactly opposite of what he was on the field, behaviour wise. But exceptionally good bowler, an all time great.
yeah, cricket supposedly "a gentleman's game" was never very gentle, to be honest. I suggest you watch a BBC documentary named bodyline. it's about the ashes of 1930s which will show you cricket was anything but a gentleman's game
Ikr imagine having McGrath, Lee, Warne thats so dman dangerous! I think my Proteas also had awesome teams in the 90s and 2000s though so I was never scared lol Too bad we choke all the time :(
Mcgrath was not angry. Thats the aussie team that most hate. Nobody got any problem with them winning. Its how they carried themselves on field. They did everything to win. Bend the rules, sledge whenever they wanted and very little action was taken on them as they were winning all the time. So their mistakes were most of the time overlooked. Ricky ponting would claim catches that were touching the ground. U already saw how mad he got when umpire made a mistake of giving Tendulkar out but called him back and ponting was furious even if it was not out. Now in this video, sarwan was set and batting very well but mcgrath was deliberately trying to break his concentration by sledging him and fighting with him and picking on him on every occasion. Tendulkar is respected all over the world not just for his onfield behaviour, but off the field behaviour as well. U can be a great athlete, but if ur arrogant and disrespectful towards others, people remember and after ur done playing, u will regret it. Thats why even if new Zealand was not that great of a team in that era, people still respected them and loved them coz of their good behaviours.
Um in this particular instance, he WAS angry. Sarwan mentioned Mcgrath's wife in a sledge, totally unaware that she was suffering from cancer back home.
This comment is legitimately full of shit and it's people like you who spread disinformation about what was simply an arrogant cricket team who sledged a lot. Sledging in an aussie context is almost never intended to be personal and is mainly just cracking jokes to break the concentration of the batsman. Everyone claims catches that are close to the ground and if you play Cricket for 20 years you're bound to get one that bounces before you and you don't know. You can literally point to many other incidents by other cricket teams doing the exact same thing with no nefarious intent. Ponting had every right to be angry initially with that Tendulkar decision, given recalling a batsman after they are officially out literally never happens like that. Ever. Everyone who played against that Australian cricket team respect most of the individuals in it, hence why fierce competitors like Atherton and Warne remain to be great friends etc. etc. That's not to say Mcgrath was a bit of a spiky bloke when bowling, but people contort these things into "bending the rules" and going beyond the spirit of the game. Ridiculous
@@ProgPiglet you are using big words like spreading disinformation very casually bro. Its not just you who has watched cricket for 20 years. Many Australian cricketers back then misbehaved and u very comfortably replaced that with cracking jokes. I have seen it year after year.
Oh my my, these were the times when Australia was unbeatable. When batting all of them felt like they are all legendary batsman and when bowling all of them became insane bowlers. There was no comparison for the level of fielding they had!!! Winning against Australia was the biggest achievement for any nation playing cricket back then!!!
At the time, Mcgraths wife JANE was fighting breast cancer, unfortunately a losing one, words were said about his wife without full knowledge of this, Pidg, lost his shit as did others in the side. There was a full apology given and accepted by Glen.
The Australian team has a long history of arrogance and bullying, they dish out the trash talk but throw a tantrum whenever they get it back. This is why almost everyone celebrated when the sandpaper cheating scandal happened. I'm Aussie but have supported the NZ team for 20 years as they are humble and respectful.
Ramnaresh Sarwan really got under McGrath's skin because Sarwan mentioned something about his wife, and at the time, McGrath's wife was battling with cancer.
in the series the test they showed that kohli always sledge, but you would see kohli never sledge first. always someone sledge first then he give it back and give it back with interest.
Hey Nick and Gabe hello from Australia, really enjoying your journey into the world of Cricket. One of the biggest controversies in cricket occurred in Australia back in the 1980-81 season during the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup. A tri series between Australia, New Zealand and India in the early days of 50 over cricket. Australia and New Zealand reached the finals and were both tied at one game apiece. The controversy happened in the third final at the massive Melbourne Cricket Ground in 40 degree heat front of a record crowd of 56 000 for the time and is an action the Aus Captain Greg Chappell has never lived down to this day. A fascinating 40min doc made for Aus. TV was released in 2019. Check out Underarm - The Ball That Changed Cricket (documentary) on UA-cam.
McGrath and Vernon Philander are the two most accurate and consistent medium pace bowlers I've ever seen. Please react to both of them bowling. Maybe even in the same video.
Glenn McGrath. He walks into the best 11 of every cricket legend who can speak in front of a camera. Ask your subscribers to post their dream team test or ODI. McGrath will be there in 9/10 teams. Probably 10/10. . He was a contemporary of Brett Lee Shane Warne Imagine that bowling line up.
Nice video to understand the tempers in a game. P. S. - McGrath was the most accurate bowler in the history of the game, by a country mile. And the highest wicket taker as a fast bowler, only later to be overtaken by Jimmy Anderson after 11 years. Bdw, McGrath was way way better than Jimmy, no competition there.
lol listen to Michael Atherton pronouncing it, I have a childhood memory of him saying "I think Glenn McGra"th" bowled really well" when he took 8-38 at lords and england were bowled out for 77 but yeah mcgraaaaaa is the right way to say it
The Australian team liked giving it to the opposition but never liked it when it was given back to them. They were a very successful team but not good role models.
@@crazyassperson9183 sledging is not the point. Not taking it well when the other team sledges is the point here. They have been whining since the time the Windies started going for their heads in the 70s and 80s.
@@crazyassperson9183 I already gave you an example. They had complained when the west Indies had used bouncers against them even though they themselves used to bowl aggressively. When India started winning under Sourav Ganguly they came up with fake allegations against harbhajan singh. Anil Kumble had to come up and say that only one team was playing in the spirit of the game. Even in this given video Mgrath loses his mind when Sarwan replies back to him as if he is not supposed to reply and three other Aussies start hounding him. These are only a few examples. The early West Indies team was also champions and they were better role models according to me. Nothing to do with disliking the champions or any such thing. There is a reason that sandpaper happened to the Aussies and not any other team. That's my opinion if you don't like it I don't care and it doesn't make a difference.
@@abhinowjaiswal001 you should look in your own back yard, the biggest sledger in the game today is Virat Kohli... look in your own backyard before saying who are good roll models. India sledge every team that come to India, gos both ways so stop crying about it
peter nicholson of course. I’ve played footy and cricket and sledging is part of our sporting culture. What isn’t a part of it is bringing in you opponents wife who was either battling breast cancer or had died from it... cant remember the timeline exactly.
McGrath, one of the greatest bowlers of all time, always did very badly when he let him get upset. It happened time and again that he'd start sledging and get angry, and his bowling would go off. Additionally, the team were probably pretty tense when the potential to lose a game against a historic score (yet again) became apparent. For the record, McGrath was completely in the wrong there.
No idea of the background in this if anything happened between McGrath & Sarwan in that match or series, but you guys need to know that AUS has had a bad reputation for sledging their opponents (sometimes said to be gone too far) for decades now & probably that's the reason why when sandpapergate happened most Cricket fans (including many AUS fans) responded with anger. May be after the tearful press conferences of Smith & Warner a lot of that anger somewhat melted down & many fans thought may be the 12 months suspension from both International & Domestic Cricket was a bit too harsh (may be it was, may be it wasn't, I personally would've liked to see something productive, something like community service by making them work in Cricket promotion & training in Associate nations in EAP region & underprivileged communities in AUS).
I don't think McGrath was mad at anything in particular, this was just how that Australian team used to play, they used to always have a go at opposition players to intimidate them and try and gain an advantage.
Guys, McGrath was angry because Sarwan said something horrible about his wife who was dying of cancer. The “Australians are villains” narrative is all hype, they absolutely dominated test & ODI cricket from 96-07, it got people frustrated.
The other famous one was McGrath asking Arjuna Ranatunga "Why are you so fat?" - to which Ranatunga replied, "because ever time I sleep with your wife, she gives me a biscuit", which sent McGrath off again, and as usual he didn't play well.
McGrath was always mumbling to himself, he hated batsmen scoring runs against his bowling. He was very competitive when he put that baggy green cap on.
The West Indies dominated international cricket for 20yrs from about the late 70s to the late 90s. Although they regularly beat other international teams they were loved and respected by fans throughout the world because of the way they played, shear talent and skill generally without a culture of verbal abuse towards their opponents as seen in the doco, Fire in Babylon. Australia dominated world cricket for about a 15yr period from the late 90s and throughout the first decade of the 2000s. Defeating teams with skill and talent also but were notoriously known for sledging and verbal abuse towards their opponents as a demoralizing tactic. This behaviour didn't endear them to a lot of international fans however. Sledging has generally been apart of Australian teams of the modern era from about the 1970s through to "Sandpaper Gate"2019. But the backlash at home and internationally from that cheating scandal forced the Aus. Cricket Board to finally address this behaviour . When you have a team culture of abusing the opposition and are not called out and held responsible for your actions, this win at all costs type mentality can also unfortunately be used to justify a cheating mentality too. "The Test" doc. series that Gabe mentioned is part of the teams' rebranding.
McGrath didn't need a reason to be angry, SARWAN was playing well and threatening Australia so McGrath wanted to disrupt his concentration, many bowlers use this tactic but batsmen are always told never to react. Tendulkar, Jayawardena, SARWAN are guys who would just not give in to their impulse, it was tough to get under their skin
Nothing it's just a strategy of the fielding side to get the batsman rattled nd make them loose there concentration when bowlers can't get batsman out nd nothing workin out of them nd loosing ,out of frustration they sledge... sometimes it works ...
Guys please do a reaction to this video ua-cam.com/video/fOeSmGE7j3w/v-deo.html He is KL Rahul an emerging international superstar from India. One of the India's best batsman at the moment after Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
McGrath's wife was being treated for breast cancer at this time and she eventually passed away from it. A very brave person and deeply respected here in Australia. Sarwan made a derogatory comment about McGrath's wife as a reaction to a McGrath sledge. The convention on sledging was that family was out of bounds. I think McGrath did well to just keep to pointing a finger. Australia like to dish out the sledging and some comebacks were applauded by them, but not this one. By the way, every year the Sydney Test match is called the Pink Test in honour of Jane McGrath and millions of dollars is raised for the McGrath Foundation which Glen created to honour his wife, which provides funding for breast care nurses for women dealing with breast cancer throughout Australia. The third day of the Pink Test is called Jane McGrath Day and everyone wears pink clothes! Players are presented with pink caps and the players use pink bat grips, pink wicket keeper gloves and pink logos on their shirts.
@@janga75 Interesting. I am very confident as to the facts as stated but I am also not sure which part of the comment you are referring to. Always willing to learn so if you could be more specific.
So the exact thing which happened there was.... McCarth said sarwan how does Lara's d*** tastes like....sarwan replied go ask your wife... McCarth's wife who was suffering from cancer, who later died, offended McCarth very much...and McCarth got angered and said if you ever talk about my wife I will slit your throat....sarwan got surprised with that kind of reaction...he had no idea what his wife was going through..sarwan later apologized to him....but McGrath admits it was his mistake and they shared the beer together.
Australians are used to trading insults on the field. they do from the juniors up through all grades. They don't take it personally and don't throw tantrums when they get it back. It's just the way they play.
When I was coaching I always said keep it to the ability of the batsman or bowler boys , don't go near your mother or wife sledge . Every year the Sydney test , the pink test raises money for breast cancer for the Jill Mcgrath foundation , The batsman did'nt know his wife had cancer
A homosexual innuendo to a Windies player especially of that era would be a big deal and Sarwan, not knowing the situation with McGrath's wife responded in typical Caribbean fashion. Understandably, it really hurt McGrath bearing in mind that his wife was seriously ill and he lost it. I think most people would have. IMO to say "Some people can dish it out but they can't take it." isn't really fair in this particular case and both of them accepted that it'd gone too fair.
You guys should react to Justin Langer’s century in Hobart against Pakistan for two reasons. 1. You love JL. 2. It’ll show you why Pakistan fans have such a love hate relationship with their team. Just like this most recent test they had the victory in their grasp but let it slip. This was the innings that truly established JL as a member of one of the greatest teams ever ua-cam.com/video/Ff_U_pfoosc/v-deo.html
Why would you feel bad for them. That would do anything time dominate. As soon as a player is a threat to them they would report the player for suspect bowling action in something. Its like the fine whose doing bad is constantly pointing fingers at others when they are the mist guilty.
Here's my issue with this whole farce. Mcgrath like all the Australians at the time sledged Sarwan, Sarwan responded with a comment about his wife [who unbeknownst to him was dying of cancer]. Mcgrath then exploded. I'm Australian and I think Mcgrath and the whole Australian team is out of line. The thing that angers me and I actually lost respect for Australia at this time is if you gonna dish it out, you gonna take it. Who the fuck are you to dictate the sledging when you started it? Mcgrath was a disgrace in this whole incident. You fucking started him. He replied in a cordial manner. You are getting upset coz unknown to Sarwan, your wife is dying? You don't get to dictate that mate. I'm with Sarwan on this one. I'm glad they both apologized but Mcgrath's behaviour was disgraceful. His body language was over the top. Should've been suspended. If sledging is started, anything goes in my opinion. You don't start shit and then have the gall to dictate how the other person responds. Sorry I was ashamed of being Australian for this krap. It was embarrassing to see how this team used to resort to this mind tactics. Like they were willing to do anything to win. In a way I'm glad that Smith got caught for sandpaper gate. Now, the entire Australian sledging has disappeared from their game. In a way, I kinda miss the aggression but I think cricket is better for it. I do miss the aggression from the bowlers
Glen McGrath is probably the greatest fast bowler the game has ever seen, on the filed he was a real dick but off the the field he's a wonderful individual and one of the best people you'd ever meet. Chris Gayle recently released a video in which he called Sarawan a snake and a dick in real life.
124 tests, 563 wickets (5th highest of all time) with an average run rate of 2.5 per over, average runs per wicket of 21.64, 29 five wicket hauls, 3 ten wicket hauls. ODI 250 matches, 381 wickets, average runs per wicket of 22.02, average run rate per over of 3.88, 7 five wicket hauls, and ranked by the ICC Top 10 Bowlers of All Time at No. 5. Respect please.
@@pankajpatil5381 no that is your belief. Glenn McGrath's stats compare to any bowlers. You can believe that McGrath was overrated but that doesn't make it a fact.
There is an underlying thought by all the white nations that non white nations are not mentally strong and consequently see sledging as a way to unsettle them. This is further compounded by the history of slavery and colonialism by the white nations on the non white nations. This anger and awareness of this obscene sense of dominance and superiority adds fuel to the non white nations' fire in interacting with white nations in the sporting arena; and cricket is one of the most clear examples in this regard.
A very interesting comment and I agree with some of what you say but remember that Australia was a colony too and that explains somewhat of the fierceness of The Ashes. So in that sense Australia has a lot in common with the 'non-white nations' you refer to. However, sledging is what the Australian team has done to every team and no team more than England in any Ashes series. Whether we like it or not, it has been a part of international cricket since the first international games in the 1890's. Yes, the Australian team are the most well known for it and I suspect that their success through the 1990's and 2000's has resulted in a level of resentment from other supporters. But every team does it... except NZ because they are such good blokes.
@@fog1632 I reckon NZ doesnt do it because they haven't been quite world dominant as Eng/Aus/WI *tongue in cheek*. Regarding Australia, Aussies are notoriously aggressive in the sporting arena and give their very best including "anti-sportsmanship" ways when in a position of authority in order to crush opponents. I have no problem with that. After all, sport'/plays' original function in society was to help prepare the regular man for conflict and war. It is this expression which shows its way and unfortunately is being discouraged because of the extremely sensitive western culture which is currently globally dominant. Imo, all except death, uneven playing field/rules or uwarranted injury is fair in any competitive venture: love, sport, politics, business.. including sledging. If a weak minded individual is weak, he cannot be made strong because there is no sledging; discouraged, intimidated, yes; made strong, no. A noteworthy point is that sport isn't only played on the pitch/ground/court "but also" in administration as when the WI were dominant, the administration of cricket increased concerns surrounding short pitched bowling because they were disadvantaged ironically as Australia did when the English devised the bodyline bowling against Bradman in the 1930s. In order to know why you are where you are you must know where you come from and if you want to change it in the future painstakingly persist in changing the present.
@@erdnati I think it is fair to say that everyone enjoys beating England just about more than anyone else, so that is something we all can cheer about.(India v Pakistan excepted)
That Australian team was brutal, my childhood villains
very scary ones at that. at one point, the only hope was to minimize the loss margin against them
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Glenn McGrath:The Greatest Fast/Medium Bowler of all Time he was known for his accurate Line and Length a very skillful Bowler not very fast but very accurate...Sorry for my bad english...I have put him in my Odi and test all time XI..A Gentleman off the field
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Australian's can be real brutes, spitting snide comments all the time. But that's how they played the game. They say with Australia it's a more mental game than a physical one. They were the best in the world, with the best batting, unreal bowling but more importantly their perseverance and resilient mindset was second to none. That's why winning against Australia was special in every way. But they really respect the opposition when they play solid cricket. Because they know playing well against them(Aus) is no mere feat.
McGrath, Wasim & waqar. The Kings of that era GRET bowlers, And that aussie team was dangerous as a whole
Australians have been known to be one of the most ruthless teams since I have been watching cricket except for the team portayed in "The Test" series. Back then, the Australian players were like villains for every other cricket fan who wasn't Australian. They would use every tactic in the playbook to get other teams unsettled- mind games, verbal vollys whatnot. That is why they were at the top of their games, winning muliple worldcups and battering opposition to submission. Winning against Australia back then was considered a huge deal. That being said, if I put it bluntly, the team in The Test series was the meekiest of the lot. A little agression from Kohli and they all portrayed him like he was the villain. His agression is nothing compared to the ruthlessness of the old Australian team and you appreciate their tacticts if you view it from neutral perspective.
Both SARWAN AND CHANDERPAUL are legends, carried the burden of WestIndies batting on their shoulders for years. Chanderpaul was especially famous for stickers on his face and his weird stance at the crease but even with that he managed to play really good shots.
Test documentary is a PR strategy ,a damage control as Australian team has lost respect even in Australia
Yes maybe the Indian Cricket board should have done a similar documentary after "Monkeygate" or all the match fixing scandals that resulted in life bans.
@@jamesmorgan4121 You do make a good point. The truth is every team has its moments that they would prefer didn't happen. Hanse Cronje for South Africa for example and the example you cite. But every team is made up of people not gods, and people make some poor decisions at times.
@@fog1632 couldn't agree more. I am Australian and not proud of everything Australia does. But I'm a cricket lover first. I'm just after some balance. They are all human and all make mistakes and do things they regret. But there is so many on UA-cam with very short memories. All I want is some balance and unbiased truthfulness.
@@jamesmorgan4121 I have not claimed Australian team as cheaters nor did I say Indian team is holier than thou. it is a comment on test documentary which even Sydney morning herald wondered if it propogandastic. Australian did loose respect of its public rather unfairly and I am sure they have gained it back with their skill , gamesmanship in last 2 years. for a neutral fan, this documentary is more cinematic than real and i feel it is a PR strategy from Board .if you are wondering why UA-cam comments are not balanced ,please read your own passive aggressive reply.
@@fog1632 His comment may have made good point on its own but i don't understand how it is a response to my comment.
The incident with Sarwan in the West Indies happened because Sarwan responded to McGrath's sledge by referencing McGrath's wife.
Normally he'd probably roll with it, but McGrath had missed the first 2 matches of that tour carrying for his wife, who was dying of cancer.
No one thinks Sarwan was deliberate in taking about that, but McGrath going off is understandable in the circumstances, I think.
Screw that. Aussies are always getting personal with their sledging but never could take it when anyone gave it back to them. McGrath was asking for it by getting verbal... He shouldn't have said anything if he didn't want any response.
Utter rubbish. McGrath should have kept his mouth shut and done his talking with the ball. The general rule is "don't start what you can't finish". McGrath clearly wasn't counting on such a good reply and couldn't finish this one.
@@ravimusicuk You're entitled to your dumb opinion, and honestly I couldn't be bothered explaining the situation again, and why you're wrong
@@kenetick85 If it's an opinion, it can't be wrong, bellend.
@@ravimusicuk I think you guys are taking all of this too seriously. Maybe if your team is losing all the time, you get a chip on your shoulder or something. Maybe you enjoy hating players on the other teams. If your team is winning, what's to complain about? I don't know what your team is, I'm just saying.
The intensity of the moment during high pressure games is the excuse (reason) for when the players do it. Why the fans do it, years after the game has already ended, I don't understand. Usually the players are over it once the game ends, they'll even sometimes have a beer and joke about it. It happens in all sports, where during the game things get said.. and then after the game.. it's all good.
Personally, I was never a big fan of McGrath. He was a very good bowler but was always grumpy. He'd even go after his own teammates in Australia vs Australia A games if they hit him for 4. But if there's one thing that's off limits, I would think cancer would be a good example. Rape, murder, cancer etc. For example.. if your wife was in hospital dying of COVID right now, I would think that it's off limits to joke or taunt about that. People can still do it if they chose to, but it's a pretty scummy low life thing to do. I would hope that he didn't know that she had cancer. I doubt that he did. I grew up watching this Australia team dominate and I loved the players but winning became too easy. I used to cheer for Sri Lanka and West Indies especially when they would tour Australia, they were my two fave teams. Couldn't cheer for England, they were hopeless. But yeah, I never sensed anything bad about the Windies players.. they were fiery competitors but very fine and mellow people. Curtly Ambrose was also a fiery competitor, very similar to McGrath but off the field he was a teddy bear.
This video is a disgrace. I'm glad somebody has already explained in the comments what actually happened. The main point is that Sarwan deeply regretted what he said about McGrath's dying wife as he didn't know and that McGrath said no it is me who should apologise and he did and it stayed on the field until it came out later. I feel sorry for you guys having to react to a video with no knowledge or context about an incident that both men deeply regretted. The person who requested this video should have at least informed you that McGrath's wife was battling breast cancer at the time. Talk about not letting the truth get in the way of a good story.
Agreed totally, except the fact that Aussies are the only side to be called "A pack of wolves" ...says a lot.
But yes, about this video, totally agreed.
@@nishantsrivastava9697 maybe I've been living under a rock but I've never heard the Australian cricket team called a pack of wolves. Where did that come from.
@@jamesmorgan4121 faf du plessis (2014) and lou vincent (2007) both called them 'a pack of dogs'
@@jamesmorgan4121 mate, then leave that rock. In 2008, the Australian journalist Peter Roebuck had written in 'Sydney morning herald', that ponting had turned a group of professional cricketers into "a pack of wild dogs".
PS - not wolves but dogs, i correct myself.
I requested the video, and it was more for the cricket that unfolded with the drama in the background with the sledging war.
Nice one guys, great to see you guys love sledging, I do too, it makes the competition so much more interesting. I linked a video below with one fight between Mitchell Johnson and Virat Kohli in 2015. I think you guys will really enjoy it, these guys were sledging each other the entire day and it led to some of the best cricket I’ve watched in a long time. It seemed Kohli wanted to smash every ball and Johnson wanted to get him out like his life depended on it. I know you guys have seen both of these players too, so it should be a good watch
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Great video..
McGrath was simply trying to get him to make a mistake, to get him off his game, etc.. this is a very common strategy used by players if they know that their team is going to loose.. McGrath was probably thinking, "we'll, that was worth a shot.." The Aussies are very competitive. :)
If a bowler gets angry, it might help his performance; sometimes they are encouraged to be tough to the opposition. But if a batsman gets angry, it might affect his performance. That's why they try to avoid any provocation from the bowler.
There are exceptions, of course. Eg. The Aussies were advised by their coach to Not to sledge Virat Kholi as it only gets him pumped up to perform better ( in this case, it was Sarwan from WI).
Thanks for the video again. You guys have great spirit.
As you can see the cricket fraternity arent fans of the Australian team. We will admire their players buy they are arrogant and resort time ungentlemanly play if the game is not goinh their way. They would almost bully the umpires which other countries really never got away with. The new Zealand rugby is similar but their cricket team are decent.
Okay so what I said about Australia is fine but New Zealand rugby struck a cord. Another example of this is how some of those retired players in their new capacities got together and thought they could just kick SA out if Super Rugby. Believe it in not New Zealand rugby needs as more than what we need them. The money in Super rugby the bulk of it (45%) comes from SA. Just letting you know if you didn't already.
Australian team is always sledgers, when they seem to be down they start sledging to unsettle the batsman.
Australians are great at giving it out but big babies when anyone retaliates.
Just the cricket team thankfully. Terrible ambassadors for the last 20 years
@@garnfkurslf Agreed..
True!
@RonnyDonny13 How about not sledging at all and things like this will never happen.
@RonnyDonny13 Ok then live with the consequences.Aussies don't get to decide what is acceptable everywhere.
Sledging has always been Australia's strategy. They sledge to play with opponents brains. McGrath was not angry. He was sledging to play with Sarwan's mind so that Sarwan makes a mistake in aggression.
Things got a bit personal between Sarwan and McGrath. But it is a bit hypocritical of the Aussie team. They did much worse in the name of 'mental disintegration' but they found it unacceptable when someone did the same to them
@@unicornsq I'll give benefit of the doubt to the batsman here. It was just a stupid counter to a stupid thing said by the bowler. one doesn't take such things literally. Also, McGrath shouldn't have started it if he wasn't in the state of mind to accept a counter. But that's the thing with bullies..
@@unicornsq based on who the aggressor was and their track record. isn't that how it should be?
The commentators by the way are the late Tony Cozier (known as the voice of West Indies cricket), the great bowlers Jeff Thomson and Ian Bishop and at the end another great bowler Michael Holding.
playing the ball late, they call that playing the ball under your eyes,
Cricket wouldn't be the same without sledging.
McGrath was a perfectionist when it comes to bowling. He could put the ball in the same spot over and over again and never give the batsman a loosener.
i agree with you there as a matter of fact he was so good at putting the ball in the same spot time after time that half of McGrath's wickets came thru the batsmen getting so bored they got themselves out
Need to check out the confrontation between Steve Waugh and Curtley Ambrose in 1995.
Oh yeah that's a good one
Link?
@@Pk_1911 ua-cam.com/video/6SmwodC7E9k/v-deo.html
apparently it was something personal and I've read that at this time his family situation was a no go.
McGrath is the nicest man off the field exactly opposite of what he was on the field, behaviour wise. But exceptionally good bowler, an all time great.
yeah, cricket supposedly "a gentleman's game" was never very gentle, to be honest. I suggest you watch a BBC documentary named bodyline. it's about the ashes of 1930s which will show you cricket was anything but a gentleman's game
Both sarwan and chandrapaul are native indian..
The 90's cricket team were such a great side, full of legends of the sport. Glen McGrath was the best bowler of his time.
Ikr imagine having McGrath, Lee, Warne thats so dman dangerous! I think my Proteas also had awesome teams in the 90s and 2000s though so I was never scared lol Too bad we choke all the time :(
@@LB_die_Kaapie SA great cricket nation!
Watch Sachin Tendulkar batting against Australia in 1998 in Dubai
Mcgrath was not angry. Thats the aussie team that most hate. Nobody got any problem with them winning. Its how they carried themselves on field. They did everything to win. Bend the rules, sledge whenever they wanted and very little action was taken on them as they were winning all the time. So their mistakes were most of the time overlooked. Ricky ponting would claim catches that were touching the ground. U already saw how mad he got when umpire made a mistake of giving Tendulkar out but called him back and ponting was furious even if it was not out. Now in this video, sarwan was set and batting very well but mcgrath was deliberately trying to break his concentration by sledging him and fighting with him and picking on him on every occasion. Tendulkar is respected all over the world not just for his onfield behaviour, but off the field behaviour as well. U can be a great athlete, but if ur arrogant and disrespectful towards others, people remember and after ur done playing, u will regret it. Thats why even if new Zealand was not that great of a team in that era, people still respected them and loved them coz of their good behaviours.
I just said a similar thing.
Um in this particular instance, he WAS angry. Sarwan mentioned Mcgrath's wife in a sledge, totally unaware that she was suffering from cancer back home.
This comment is legitimately full of shit and it's people like you who spread disinformation about what was simply an arrogant cricket team who sledged a lot. Sledging in an aussie context is almost never intended to be personal and is mainly just cracking jokes to break the concentration of the batsman. Everyone claims catches that are close to the ground and if you play Cricket for 20 years you're bound to get one that bounces before you and you don't know. You can literally point to many other incidents by other cricket teams doing the exact same thing with no nefarious intent. Ponting had every right to be angry initially with that Tendulkar decision, given recalling a batsman after they are officially out literally never happens like that. Ever. Everyone who played against that Australian cricket team respect most of the individuals in it, hence why fierce competitors like Atherton and Warne remain to be great friends etc. etc.
That's not to say Mcgrath was a bit of a spiky bloke when bowling, but people contort these things into "bending the rules" and going beyond the spirit of the game. Ridiculous
@@ProgPiglet you are using big words like spreading disinformation very casually bro. Its not just you who has watched cricket for 20 years. Many Australian cricketers back then misbehaved and u very comfortably replaced that with cracking jokes. I have seen it year after year.
@@zahrans who started it? Did sarvan just went and said something about his wife out of nowhere?
Hey mate that's incident was sarwan may references about his dying wife suffering from breast cancer
Oh my my, these were the times when Australia was unbeatable. When batting all of them felt like they are all legendary batsman and when bowling all of them became insane bowlers. There was no comparison for the level of fielding they had!!! Winning against Australia was the biggest achievement for any nation playing cricket back then!!!
At the time, Mcgraths wife JANE was fighting breast cancer, unfortunately a losing one, words were said about his wife without full knowledge of this, Pidg, lost his shit as did others in the side.
There was a full apology given and accepted by Glen.
McGrath was just frustrated that nothing was going their way...Sarwan and Chanderpaul were scoring at free will
The Australian team has a long history of arrogance and bullying, they dish out the trash talk but throw a tantrum whenever they get it back. This is why almost everyone celebrated when the sandpaper cheating scandal happened.
I'm Aussie but have supported the NZ team for 20 years as they are humble and respectful.
Go live there then
Ramnaresh Sarwan really got under McGrath's skin because Sarwan mentioned something about his wife, and at the time, McGrath's wife was battling with cancer.
in the series the test they showed that kohli always sledge, but you would see kohli never sledge first. always someone sledge first then he give it back and give it back with interest.
Right
Hey Nick and Gabe hello from Australia, really enjoying your journey into the world of Cricket.
One of the biggest controversies in cricket occurred in Australia back in the 1980-81 season during the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup. A tri series between Australia, New Zealand and India in the early days of 50 over cricket. Australia and New Zealand reached the finals and were both tied at one game apiece. The controversy happened in the third final at the massive Melbourne Cricket Ground in 40 degree heat front of a record crowd of 56 000 for the time and is an action the Aus Captain Greg Chappell has never lived down to this day. A fascinating 40min doc made for Aus. TV was released in 2019. Check out Underarm - The Ball That Changed Cricket (documentary) on UA-cam.
McGrath and Vernon Philander are the two most accurate and consistent medium pace bowlers I've ever seen. Please react to both of them bowling. Maybe even in the same video.
Glenn McGrath. He walks into the best 11 of every cricket legend who can speak in front of a camera. Ask your subscribers to post their dream team test or ODI. McGrath will be there in 9/10 teams. Probably 10/10.
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He was a contemporary of
Brett Lee
Shane Warne
Imagine that bowling line up.
You have to react to the 2005 Ashes Documentary. The best cricket documentary ever.
Nice video to understand the tempers in a game.
P. S. - McGrath was the most accurate bowler in the history of the game, by a country mile. And the highest wicket taker as a fast bowler, only later to be overtaken by Jimmy Anderson after 11 years. Bdw, McGrath was way way better than Jimmy, no competition there.
It's not mcgra'th'
It's mcgraa
lol listen to Michael Atherton pronouncing it, I have a childhood memory of him saying "I think Glenn McGra"th" bowled really well" when he took 8-38 at lords and england were bowled out for 77 but yeah mcgraaaaaa is the right way to say it
Sledging is a pre planned strategy for ausies, when they start losing a game.
Nothing?
That’s what I thought.
They just try to play mind games when things aren't going their way to provoke the player into playing a rash shot.
Sledging got personal between Sarwan and Mc Garth
The Australian team liked giving it to the opposition but never liked it when it was given back to them. They were a very successful team but not good role models.
Every team sledged, when you're winning every team uses excuses to bring the champs down, happens in every sport
@@crazyassperson9183 sledging is not the point. Not taking it well when the other team sledges is the point here. They have been whining since the time the Windies started going for their heads in the 70s and 80s.
@@abhinowjaiswal001give me an example of Australia whining about it? It's a part of cricket, your hatred of Australia obviously runs deep..
@@crazyassperson9183 I already gave you an example. They had complained when the west Indies had used bouncers against them even though they themselves used to bowl aggressively. When India started winning under Sourav Ganguly they came up with fake allegations against harbhajan singh. Anil Kumble had to come up and say that only one team was playing in the spirit of the game. Even in this given video Mgrath loses his mind when Sarwan replies back to him as if he is not supposed to reply and three other Aussies start hounding him. These are only a few examples. The early West Indies team was also champions and they were better role models according to me. Nothing to do with disliking the champions or any such thing. There is a reason that sandpaper happened to the Aussies and not any other team. That's my opinion if you don't like it I don't care and it doesn't make a difference.
@@abhinowjaiswal001 you should look in your own back yard, the biggest sledger in the game today is Virat Kohli... look in your own backyard before saying who are good roll models. India sledge every team that come to India, gos both ways so stop crying about it
Australians do slaze especially when they are losing a game
BankruptBhatt No Money nah we’ll sledge anyone at anytime
@@SR-hz7vo As long as you can take it as well it's all good..unlike McGrath.
peter nicholson what, you wouldn’t react if someone brought your dying wife into it?
Yeah, thought so.
Stfu.
peter nicholson of course. I’ve played footy and cricket and sledging is part of our sporting culture. What isn’t a part of it is bringing in you opponents wife who was either battling breast cancer or had died from it... cant remember the timeline exactly.
@@SR-hz7vo Sarwan had no idea she was even ill..and even if he knew wasn't McGrath still equally to blame for starting it?
McGrath, one of the greatest bowlers of all time, always did very badly when he let him get upset. It happened time and again that he'd start sledging and get angry, and his bowling would go off. Additionally, the team were probably pretty tense when the potential to lose a game against a historic score (yet again) became apparent.
For the record, McGrath was completely in the wrong there.
Ok. Maybe this was one of the many times people responded to his sledging with comments about his wife.
No idea of the background in this if anything happened between McGrath & Sarwan in that match or series, but you guys need to know that AUS has had a bad reputation for sledging their opponents (sometimes said to be gone too far) for decades now & probably that's the reason why when sandpapergate happened most Cricket fans (including many AUS fans) responded with anger. May be after the tearful press conferences of Smith & Warner a lot of that anger somewhat melted down & many fans thought may be the 12 months suspension from both International & Domestic Cricket was a bit too harsh (may be it was, may be it wasn't, I personally would've liked to see something productive, something like community service by making them work in Cricket promotion & training in Associate nations in EAP region & underprivileged communities in AUS).
World record win♥️.. Sarwan- chandarpaul💪💪
Nick you miss the point .. it's a gentleman's game? Unwritten rule get off the pitch. Gabe s right.!!
I don't think McGrath was mad at anything in particular, this was just how that Australian team used to play, they used to always have a go at opposition players to intimidate them and try and gain an advantage.
Guys, McGrath was angry because Sarwan said something horrible about his wife who was dying of cancer. The “Australians are villains” narrative is all hype, they absolutely dominated test & ODI cricket from 96-07, it got people frustrated.
The other famous one was McGrath asking Arjuna Ranatunga "Why are you so fat?" - to which Ranatunga replied, "because ever time I sleep with your wife, she gives me a biscuit", which sent McGrath off again, and as usual he didn't play well.
Sledging is a way to psychologycally distract the player. Mcgrat is doing that for his team. Australia needs a break through.
McGrath was always mumbling to himself, he hated batsmen scoring runs against his bowling. He was very competitive when he put that baggy green cap on.
The West Indies dominated international cricket for 20yrs from about the late 70s to the late 90s. Although they regularly beat other international teams they were loved and respected by fans throughout the world because of the way they played, shear talent and skill generally without a culture of verbal abuse towards their opponents as seen in the doco, Fire in Babylon.
Australia dominated world cricket for about a 15yr period from the late 90s and throughout the first decade of the 2000s. Defeating teams with skill and talent also but were notoriously known for sledging and verbal abuse towards their opponents as a demoralizing tactic. This behaviour didn't endear them to a lot of international fans however.
Sledging has generally been apart of Australian teams of the modern era from about the 1970s through to "Sandpaper Gate"2019. But the backlash at home and internationally from that cheating scandal forced the Aus. Cricket Board to finally address this behaviour . When you have a team culture of abusing the opposition and are not called out and held responsible for your actions, this win at all costs type mentality can also unfortunately be used to justify a cheating mentality too. "The Test" doc. series that Gabe mentioned is part of the teams' rebranding.
Glen McGrath is 6ft 5in....certainly a tall guy
11:06 bowler has right of way.
McGrath didn't need a reason to be angry, SARWAN was playing well and threatening Australia so McGrath wanted to disrupt his concentration, many bowlers use this tactic but batsmen are always told never to react. Tendulkar, Jayawardena, SARWAN are guys who would just not give in to their impulse, it was tough to get under their skin
Mcgrath along with wasim akram greatest fast bowler of all time
one of the greatest*
Nothing it's just a strategy of the fielding side to get the batsman rattled nd make them loose there concentration when bowlers can't get batsman out nd nothing workin out of them nd loosing ,out of frustration they sledge... sometimes it works ...
Australians are obsessed with America so no surprise seeing them wearing yankee caps, in melbourne literally anyone who wears a cap is a new era cap
React on bumrah yorkers
Guys please do a reaction to this video
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He is KL Rahul an emerging international superstar from India.
One of the India's best batsman at the moment after Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
McGrath's wife was being treated for breast cancer at this time and she eventually passed away from it. A very brave person and deeply respected here in Australia. Sarwan made a derogatory comment about McGrath's wife as a reaction to a McGrath sledge. The convention on sledging was that family was out of bounds. I think McGrath did well to just keep to pointing a finger. Australia like to dish out the sledging and some comebacks were applauded by them, but not this one. By the way, every year the Sydney Test match is called the Pink Test in honour of Jane McGrath and millions of dollars is raised for the McGrath Foundation which Glen created to honour his wife, which provides funding for breast care nurses for women dealing with breast cancer throughout Australia. The third day of the Pink Test is called Jane McGrath Day and everyone wears pink clothes! Players are presented with pink caps and the players use pink bat grips, pink wicket keeper gloves and pink logos on their shirts.
Wrong
@@janga75 Interesting. I am very confident as to the facts as stated but I am also not sure which part of the comment you are referring to. Always willing to learn so if you could be more specific.
@@janga75 waiting for you to say what was wrong. Everything in that comment was correct.
janga75 actually 100% correct. Now jog along, idiot.
Exactly ... doesn’t fit the hater narrative so they chose to ignore this fact ... FAMILY IS OUT OF BOUNDS
Nice one..Watch India funny reaction #cricketwithinder
So the exact thing which happened there was.... McCarth said sarwan how does Lara's d*** tastes like....sarwan replied go ask your wife... McCarth's wife who was suffering from cancer, who later died, offended McCarth very much...and McCarth got angered and said if you ever talk about my wife I will slit your throat....sarwan got surprised with that kind of reaction...he had no idea what his wife was going through..sarwan later apologized to him....but McGrath admits it was his mistake and they shared the beer together.
Rakheem Cornwall is BIGGER
Australians are used to trading insults on the field. they do from the juniors up through all grades. They don't take it personally and don't throw tantrums when they get it back. It's just the way they play.
When I was coaching I always said keep it to the ability of the batsman or bowler boys , don't go near your mother or wife sledge . Every year the Sydney test , the pink test raises money for breast cancer for the Jill Mcgrath foundation , The batsman did'nt know his wife had cancer
Glenn McGrath the GOAT check out his stats
McGrath began it by sexual innuendos, so that was the context in which Sarwan brought up his wife. Some people can dish it out but they can't take it.
A homosexual innuendo to a Windies player especially of that era would be a big deal and Sarwan, not knowing the situation with McGrath's wife responded in typical Caribbean fashion. Understandably, it really hurt McGrath bearing in mind that his wife was seriously ill and he lost it. I think most people would have.
IMO to say "Some people can dish it out but they can't take it." isn't really fair in this particular case and both of them accepted that it'd gone too fair.
You guys should react to Justin Langer’s century in Hobart against Pakistan for two reasons. 1. You love JL. 2. It’ll show you why Pakistan fans have such a love hate relationship with their team. Just like this most recent test they had the victory in their grasp but let it slip.
This was the innings that truly established JL as a member of one of the greatest teams ever
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Why would you feel bad for them. That would do anything time dominate. As soon as a player is a threat to them they would report the player for suspect bowling action in something. Its like the fine whose doing bad is constantly pointing fingers at others when they are the mist guilty.
This is why I love Our new captain Tim Paine he has clever banter check out the "Best and worst of stump mic" ua-cam.com/video/J3ea_3nM8_M/v-deo.html
Here's my issue with this whole farce. Mcgrath like all the Australians at the time sledged Sarwan, Sarwan responded with a comment about his wife [who unbeknownst to him was dying of cancer]. Mcgrath then exploded. I'm Australian and I think Mcgrath and the whole Australian team is out of line. The thing that angers me and I actually lost respect for Australia at this time is if you gonna dish it out, you gonna take it. Who the fuck are you to dictate the sledging when you started it? Mcgrath was a disgrace in this whole incident. You fucking started him. He replied in a cordial manner. You are getting upset coz unknown to Sarwan, your wife is dying? You don't get to dictate that mate. I'm with Sarwan on this one. I'm glad they both apologized but Mcgrath's behaviour was disgraceful. His body language was over the top. Should've been suspended. If sledging is started, anything goes in my opinion. You don't start shit and then have the gall to dictate how the other person responds. Sorry I was ashamed of being Australian for this krap. It was embarrassing to see how this team used to resort to this mind tactics. Like they were willing to do anything to win. In a way I'm glad that Smith got caught for sandpaper gate. Now, the entire Australian sledging has disappeared from their game. In a way, I kinda miss the aggression but I think cricket is better for it. I do miss the aggression from the bowlers
Glen McGrath is probably the greatest fast bowler the game has ever seen, on the filed he was a real dick but off the the field he's a wonderful individual and one of the best people you'd ever meet. Chris Gayle recently released a video in which he called Sarawan a snake and a dick in real life.
Mcgrath was over rated bolwer...
124 tests, 563 wickets (5th highest of all time) with an average run rate of 2.5 per over, average runs per wicket of 21.64, 29 five wicket hauls, 3 ten wicket hauls. ODI 250 matches, 381 wickets, average runs per wicket of 22.02, average run rate per over of 3.88, 7 five wicket hauls, and ranked by the ICC Top 10 Bowlers of All Time at No. 5. Respect please.
@@fog1632 still I believe he was overated man ... sorry its a fact ...
@@pankajpatil5381 Not a fact but an opinion and you are entitled to an opinion. Looking forward to when cricket starts again!
@@pankajpatil5381 no that is your belief. Glenn McGrath's stats compare to any bowlers. You can believe that McGrath was overrated but that doesn't make it a fact.
Australia is the only Cricket team that was caught cheating in a match. I assume u guys already know about the sand paper episode ?
. Every country has been caught ball tampering, and Pakistani players went to jail for match fixing and betting scandals
There is an underlying thought by all the white nations that non white nations are not mentally strong and consequently see sledging as a way to unsettle them. This is further compounded by the history of slavery and colonialism by the white nations on the non white nations. This anger and awareness of this obscene sense of dominance and superiority adds fuel to the non white nations' fire in interacting with white nations in the sporting arena; and cricket is one of the most clear examples in this regard.
A very interesting comment and I agree with some of what you say but remember that Australia was a colony too and that explains somewhat of the fierceness of The Ashes. So in that sense Australia has a lot in common with the 'non-white nations' you refer to. However, sledging is what the Australian team has done to every team and no team more than England in any Ashes series. Whether we like it or not, it has been a part of international cricket since the first international games in the 1890's. Yes, the Australian team are the most well known for it and I suspect that their success through the 1990's and 2000's has resulted in a level of resentment from other supporters. But every team does it... except NZ because they are such good blokes.
@@fog1632 I reckon NZ doesnt do it because they haven't been quite world dominant as Eng/Aus/WI *tongue in cheek*. Regarding Australia, Aussies are notoriously aggressive in the sporting arena and give their very best including "anti-sportsmanship" ways when in a position of authority in order to crush opponents. I have no problem with that. After all, sport'/plays' original function in society was to help prepare the regular man for conflict and war.
It is this expression which shows its way and unfortunately is being discouraged because of the extremely sensitive western culture which is currently globally dominant. Imo, all except death, uneven playing field/rules or uwarranted injury is fair in any competitive venture: love, sport, politics, business.. including sledging.
If a weak minded individual is weak, he cannot be made strong because there is no sledging; discouraged, intimidated, yes; made strong, no.
A noteworthy point is that sport isn't only played on the pitch/ground/court "but also" in administration as when the WI were dominant, the administration of cricket increased concerns surrounding short pitched bowling because they were disadvantaged ironically as Australia did when the English devised the bodyline bowling against Bradman in the 1930s.
In order to know why you are where you are you must know where you come from and if you want to change it in the future painstakingly persist in changing the present.
@@erdnati I think it is fair to say that everyone enjoys beating England just about more than anyone else, so that is something we all can cheer about.(India v Pakistan excepted)
@@fog1632 lol indeed
McGrath is not bad guy although.