Boycott was a fine cricketer. Anyone who tells you otherwise doesn't know what they are talking about, or they are prejudice against him due to his personality. He was as committed in the field as he was with the bat and far from being selfish (as some would have you believe), he always put in a good shift for his team.
Thanks for posting. I was at this match as a twelve year old with my Dad. Fifty years later I still have wonderful memories of the day. Alan Knott was my hero, but what a privilege it was to see the likes of Clive Lloyd and Sir Gary Sobers. Keith Boyce played for my county Essex, what a superb all rounder. Cricket and the world have changed a great deal since then.
Loved these days as a kid ,going for a swim on the beach ,but made sure I was home for 11.30 when the day's play started .West Indies won the series 2-0 with Sobers scoring a classic 150 in 3rd test on his farewell appearance in England
Simply a pleasure to watch such quality players in action. Note the muted celebrations after any wicket by bowlers and fieldsmen. Compare it to the wildness of the modern era !!!!!!!!!!
I was at the 2nd test at Edgbaston which ended in a draw. I got to see the greats, Keith Boyce a wonderful bowler, who was my hero. I also saw Vanburn Holder, Clive Lloyd, Rohan Kanhai, Alvin Kallicharran, Sir Garfield Sobers.........and many more. It was unbelievable to see my heroes. After that, The West Indies built that great team with Viv Richards, etc. Great times...........
I was at the game. Remember this team well. Hayes at one point in the series scored a century against bowlers like Boyce. He moved hie feet so well to meet the ball. The West Indies were amazing to watch and yes muted celebrations.
Their names were impressive their behavior more humble and more impressive and the exicution of game was most impressive i will always love them i will always remember their game.great wi team.
I remember the West indies were a outstanding Team in the 70s, the Australians were the team to beat though back then , beat West indies 2 nil in 1973 Then in 1975-76 Australia thrashed west indies 5 to 1 World series cricket intervened in 77-78 Then the 80s came along the west indies at there best brilliant side Looking at the names from the 70s to the 80s from the west indies, looked very similar in class
These old cricket vids are so nostalgic.Supporters on the field,fans running on to congratulate batsmen [and stuffing a few notes in their pockets].All in good innocent spirit.The entire atmosphere was different. Young men,old men and those between years glued to their transistor or portable radios.Days when Test cricket had a rest day.And their were the 4 day territorial game before a Test match here....I'm choking with emotion.So many days cricket we saw at Guaracara and the QP Oval.So many quality cricket If I remember correctly the return series took place in the WI in 1974 and ended 1-1 Thanks for uploading this vid.....more please
Enjoying seeing these 70's games. I see Clive Lloyd in or near his pomp. Saw him more when he was captain of the 1980's team. I'm sure I saw arguably the finest team play in 1984.
@@saleemkirmani5583 Bradman never played in the subcontinent ,West Indies or South Africa only in England.Although his statatics are awesome in the body line series he was exposed as being vulnerable to extreme pace.Sobers on the other hand was incredible against the fastest bowlers of his era.
@@goga1054 Bradman played against the strongest opposition 37 times vs England with 19 hundreds including 311 at Headingly in one day. He played 5 times each vs South Africa, the West Indies and India. It's true he didn't play in the subcontinent. His batting achievements are massive. I'm a huge fan of Gary Sobers. He's the best all rounder of all time. His impact on world cricket is massive and underrated as well. It's true Bradman had trouble during Bodyline. His average was 56 even at that time.
@@saleemkirmani5583 It is every individual to his own viewpoint.Sobers is from our generation and Bradman from the generation of our forefathers! With every generation cricket underwent changes which affected the technique of batting and bowling.Bradman was suspect against extreme pace while Sobers showed no visible weakness against them .It is not fair to compare batsmen or bowlers of different periods so let’s say both were great batsmen of all time.
It's interesting to hear Ritchie saying that Kallicharan was nowhere near the pitch of the ball when he hit Underwood. This is now an orthodox stroke in modern cricket. Sobers was a god.
The crowd running on to the ground 😀😀😀😀😀😀 unheard of event these days ! Everything looks so casual and much fun without the professionalism and money these days !!!!!!!
that test match was huge for me. I was 13 years old at the time and started to listen to cricket in 1971 when India toured West Indies and beat us for the first time. All five tests were drawn v New Zealand in 1972 and Australia beat us in early 1973. I think we went 18 or 19 tests without a win at that point so I never heard West Indies win a test as yet. Then came this test. Waking up at 6:00am and hearing John Arlott was an experience I will never forget. Still gives me goosebumps 49 years later. On the the first morning "Snow is bowling about the fastest he's ever enjoyed and he looks extremely hostile. He moves in and bowls to Fredericks and Fredericks cuts ( crowd applauding) and its four runs........" OMG. I made a picture of it in my mind that I can still see.
Did you see the GREAT Rohan Kanhai scoring his first and only double ducks in Test cricket strange things have been happening for a while now grrat MEMORIES.
When cricket was still a gentleman's game and the skills were incredible. The Windies went on to dominate for another 15 years and oh the names that would follow! I also love the lack of jumping around like fools when a wicket falls. It's unfortunately taught to young players now that you must do that now.
Great video. It will be even greater if you upload sir Gary sobers 254 video with all 33 boundaries and 2 sixers. The 30 minutes video of that 254 innings which is available on RU-vid does not contain all 33 4s
Wonderful, and not just coz I woz there. One mild pedant-ish point: Graham Roope is identified as John Snow. Now while Roope would have been flattered, Snowy might yet sue.
How many test match sides could say that they had 2 left arm fast medium seamers aswell as 2 left arm wrist spin bowlers (3 if Sobers had bowled his wrist spin assortment!!) in the same test match side?
Sad that there will be no mass support for them if they are. The grounds in the Caribbean are either empty or full of tourists for test cricket these days.
Holding the bat up as the bowler is running in exemplifies the importation of baseball practices into contemporary cricket. Check out also the open leg stances of today’s batsmen compared with the closed legs stances of Sobers, Kallicharan, Fredericks et al.
In his first test match he batted as low as 9!! Throughout his test career he batted in every position from opener to number 9! The guy was a captain's dream.
Watch the reaction of bowler and fielders after a wicket fall. Now a days the jubilation appears like bowler has not taken the wicket but has killed the batsman.
@@tonyparkes9958 West Indies won 14 out of 15 Tests versus England somewhere along the way, and much of it in the UK if not all, in the 1980s. I'm not taking sides and I don't care, but I think they did. Suffice to surmise that they have long since taken to the English surfaces.
@@simonparker57 true, when i was a young lad I wanted to invade the pitch. But it has changed, ppl invade with every half century and century. Let the players play man😄😄😄
My order is Sobers, Lara Viv,lara was more an entertainer than viv both were fesrless batters bowlers were affraid of bowling viv batted without head gear sohe was the more fearless one but imo Lara was the biggest batting entertainer of all wi batters Sobers the Boss most clasic
@@davidpollard4051 When Roope first started for Surrey he was very much an all rounder. He'd let his bowling go by the time his England career started. I do remember though that in this match he had Clive Lloyd dropped. By Alan Knott of all people!
@@simonparker57 I remember him as a very good slip fielder and for being at the non strikers end when Boycott struck the boundary to bring up his century to complete his 100th first class century at Headingley in 1977.
If our 14 year olds play first league in our Islands we used to be trends setters now we're just world 🌎 followers in cricket,and ill say this parents follow their children into first division cricket bring they friends, who's going to follow school cricket.like anything spots, school the faster learners will be first, late one's will fill in slots now greed from all schools went to court to change that, when our guys should be developed at 18 -21 we have guys developing at 29-to any age after 29 this is the truth check back the records people like Keith Holder Andrew Mason etc etc etc etc plus BCA are responsible including peter short see i put his name in common letters it's because he's a common person no hate speach hear just the truth even w i cricket board or whatever you call ourselves need to go back to our old ways. We players to teach our school guys,their don't have players to teach the youngsters at practice in the week or on weekends ps please acknowledge....
