That defeat hurt. It was never easy to beat the great West Indies teams of the 70's - 80's but to lose in this fashion - wow. Greenidge was magnificent.
)_____As you can see, England dominated the 1st innings & they also went into the 2nd innings very strongly. it appears that England thought that they were goignt o win this test I can remember the smile on England's captain's face when he declared. They felt certain that either they would get a draw or a win Unfortunately for them, they weren't prepared for what was to come--- Thats because Greenidge had it in waiting for them Bothan did get him for the knot in the 1st innings, and now Greenidge was going to make him pay- --he demonstrated all his classic shots to let England know that he did not come all the way from Barbados to get two ducks Botham got 8 wickets for 103 in the 1st innings, he was on top of the world, and I think he scored 81 runs too-- but in the 2nd innings, its one he would rather not remember because he had 117 runs scored off of him for zero wickets, altogether he had 220 runs scored off of him in that test series for his 8 wickets-----he should be happy with that or did he? this is a win that will always be remembered by the West Indies------------ because England appeared to have had the better of the West Indies in the earlier aspect of the game, but in the end, the West Indies did what they have always done all along, which is, "Dominate"---- this was a Master class of batting from the West Indies that England will never forget--they never expected that the West Indies would come from behind and dominate a test where England had gotten all they wanted in the 1si innings going further into the 2nd. --it was a hard-fought win -------------------AND A VERY DESERVING ONE--LIKE THE OLD SAYING GOES, the race is not for the swift, nor the battle for the strong but for those who can endure to the end
My memory of this match is that, from very early on in their second innings, it was never seriously in doubt that the WIndies would win, such was Greenidge's dominance. He put England's attack to the sword.
I felt certain it would be a draw. I knew England wouldn’t bowl this great side out in 5 and a half hours, nor did I think West Indies would chase down that total either, astonishment…
@@abhijitmajumdar3277 Thanks for confirming my view that Richards was the greatest. Few players have achieved a test average over 50 and certainly not playing the way he did.
