The Botham E catch got voted the winner by the commentary team , i watched this series live , 1st and last time England and the West Indies toured at the same time , so many big names from the three competing sides made it and all time classic Cricket season
Listening on the beach in Devon as a young teenager (in between playing our own test matches on the hard sand) Johnson and Blowers discussing the cake someone from the home counties had sent them. Pure magic.
In Fred's day they never went in for catches like that. It was all graft and determination. A flinty stare at the batsman and a Yorker that swung to leg then back to off and took middle stump out t'ground.
This was a brilliant, really competitive series with great performances from all 3 sides. Ian. Chappell, Geoff Boycott and Viv Richards at their very best.
