If fate had only been a bit kinder to Alan ward then I reckon england would have had a decent fast bowling attack in the early 1970s john snow,bob Willis and Alan ward after watching this classic game of cricket. 24:34
@@biswapriyachakraborti8929There is footage of that game,but the Australian cricket authorities will never allow it to be released. On the fastest pitch in the world,Thomson, Lillee,Walker and Gilmore,took the most terrific pasting from Fredericks and Lloyd,both of whom scored big hundreds. There are all sorts of stories out there about the film being damaged by flood water and things of the like,but footage of the other Tests managed to survive. Draw your own conclusions.
Short lived, but greatest opening partnership in West Indies (and possibly) Test Match history: mature Roy Fredericks and young Gordon Greenidge. If only Roy wasn't satisfied with a quick 40 or 60 odd in his younger days....
Yes. They abandoned this all-pace experiment much too quickly, especially given the way they fought back after the initial savaging. They really should have looked after and nurtured Alan Ward much better - given the right coaching, he would have made an excellent partner for first Snow, then Willis.
Benaud was a great commentator, joining the likes of all the TMS gang over the years, Cricket is the only sport to attract such a collection of great commentators
England had some bloody good bowlers available for this series but the batting (especially with a peak Boycott, err, boycotting international cricket) was nowhere near good enough to compete with a brilliant, emerging West Indies.
