What I think after looking ambrose that jofra archer has learnt the art of bowling from ambrose if you see their bowling action it is almost same and the bowl delivery time is full same with same pace generated.
Even my dad told same , In 1980s when India beat unbeatable WI in World Cup , All people were dancing crazy on mumbai roads . In lord Ganesh Festival Kapil dev idol ganpati's were selling all over and WC cricket style decoration every where for Ganesh festival in mumbai 😁
I'll never forget this test. As an Australian boy we were taught to fear the West Indian fast bowlers. They had some of the biggest names in Cricket and now they had this new gun batter in Lara too. Generally we'd only remain competitive through a stubborn boon or border innings of somewhere between 25 and 55 runs, so seeing Border drop in the first ball after Boon was soul crushing. You knew the Windies were going to towel you up from there, but you still held out a forlorn hope. It wasn't until the 95 tour of the West Indies that Australia confronted and overcame that fear, taking the crown for the next 10-15 years. The dominance of the West indies from 78 through to 95 will forever be one of the greatest in history. Such a powerful team.
Ajanta Winslow Mendis is a better bowler than Curtly Ambrose. Ajanta Mendis bowls carrom ball which Curtly Ambrose doesn't bowl. Ajanta Winslow Mendis is a mystery man whom the batsmen around the world can't tackle because he bowls carrom ball. Curtly Ambrose is playable but Ajanta mendis is unplayable. Ajanta Mendis is simply the best because he is unorthodox.
I am not able to understand how batsmen used to score against him. Such a tall lad with those line and length along with control(at great pace) . Hats off to you Sir Ambrose....
Well look at his average.....just over 20. Guys never scored off Ambrose. Lara scored a hundred off Northampshire in 1994. That was Curtly’s club......and Lara scored off everybody except Ambrose.
if you attack them wont let them settle, you can score plenty( check one dayers). and normally they got tired in later spells. so you have to wear them out. and curtly had walsh at the other end. curtly also took 9 to 10 overs to get a wicket!
@@SamareDoTelke its a spell they are talking about I think. it means, a bowling session during a match. You may have few spells in a match. so the total would be different, but here they have mentioned a spell. hope its clear now.
He never was interested in cricket. Just watch the episode of cricket's greatest featuring him. He always wanted to play basketball. But, Cricket was the most popular sport and beach cricket was widespread in his childhood. His mother wanted him to be a cricketer and he always had the talent playing beach cricket. He joined a club at the age of 21 and was playing for his country 4 years later. Incredible story of an incredible player
@@bhargavpandya8302Imagine just having time to look back and see the ball caught, turning around to walk off and in that half second he's already in your face.
Once in a generation bowler, but West indies had Garner, holding, Robert's, Marshall and Wayne Daniel. But west indies had all of these at the same time. And I was there to witness this awesome stuff.
Glad to see them play the Aussies mid to late 80's at the S.C.G . Insane pace attack. Pa was a member and he used to take me along. I will never forget it.
Ajanta Mendis is a better bowler than Curtly Ambrose. Ajanta Mendis is unplayable and he is a threat to the player around the world. Ajanta Mendis is a mystery man. Nobody knows how to tackle him.
I miss this fast bowling action. Ambrose, Courtney Walsh were some of the fiercest bowlers of their time. Thank you Cricket Australia for keeping such a treasure alive and sharing it with us.
Ambrose loved the game and it shows.Many many years ago my uncle and family were doing a world tour by ship and one of their stops was Sydney Went to cricket ground but it was closed When the head grounds keeper heard where they were from he gave them a personal your He was a big WI fan.Test cricket then was exciting and WI was a big part of that excitement
@@akkubaba plus his arms were an extra 6' (or appeared to at least) on top of that, ball coming from that height was super intimidating. One of the greats for sure!
I am glad that he was not. Test Cricket is the pure gold of Cricket, IPL is not even Cricket as the great Michael Holding says. That was the best era and just match up the legend as much.
@@sirlordhenrymortimer6620 yes Ambrose is a much better bowler than S.Nawaz but given the match situations, Nawaz's spell had more value. Check the scorecard of that match.
Ajanta Mendis is a better bowler than Curtly Ambrose. Ajanta Mendis is unplayable and he is a threat to the player around the world. Ajanta Mendis is a mystery man. Nobody knows how to tackle him.
Marshall, Roberts, Joel Garner,Holding , Croft ...and nearabout no helmet those days...You Must be a Brave man or completely foolish to play cricket against the W. Indians those days !! The one's today are Just complete weenies !
Ambrose was the ultimate West Indian fast bowler. He had the pacey aggression of Roberts, the lithe athleticism of Holding, the intimidating height of Garner, and the surgical accuracy of Marshall. How anyone ever scored any runs off him remains one of the world's deeper mysteries.
@@shivansh668 Steyn never had Malcolm Marshall, Courtney Walsh & Ian Bishop at the other end, also taking wickets. SA had some great bowlers, but not quite as good as the WI.
Steyn played in a generation where the batsmen weren’t as gifted. In Steyn’s prime days, only two or three batsmen averaged over 50…..chanderpaul, Tendulkar and dravid. Between 2008 and 2014, steyn’s prime years, Kohl’s had not come of age as yet and was still struggling to get Anderson off the square in England. Ambrose days had Lara, Waugh, Tendulkar, Andy Flower, Allan Border, Javed Miandad. All averaged over 50 and Ambrose dismissed them repeatedly. Allan Border wasn’t even allowed to break the world record for most aggregate test runs in a world championship series with the WI
Wow!! This is a phenomenal performance for Mr Ambrose. This will go down in history as the greatest bowling performance by the west indies cricket team. Kudos to Mr Ambrose!!
Ajanta Mendis is a better bowler than Curtly Ambrose. Ajanta Mendis is unplayable and he is a threat to the player around the world. Ajanta Mendis is a mystery man. Nobody knows how to tackle him.
deekshith md By that I mean the new stadium pitch does not have the bounce yet that the WACA used to. Not sure if it ever will - there is a lot more shading at the modern stadium. You used to fry at the WACA and there was no shade in the cheap seats (which is where I always sat) but it did mean the pitch really got sun baked hence it’s hardness and bounce.
@@Grogu-485 McGrath played longer, had a better S/R in Test+ODI, had about 300 more wickets. Ambrose had a better Avg. in Tests while McGrath had a better avg. in ODI's.
No.. Bowlers can bowl only 4 overs.. One bowler can't change everything . Jofra was doing good with the bowl but rr had probably the worst bowling attack this season
@@user-gn8zt2zx2i Its curtly ambrose he is talking about. Ambrose was the most deadly pacer of his time. He would sweep the floor with IPL teams in only 4 overs
Huge respect to the batsmen of that era who scored such magnificent numbers against such bowlers. I mean every prolific bowler and batsman in history came from this era, spin bowlers like Warne and Murlitharan, fast bowlers like Akram, McGrath and Ambrose to name a few, and batsmen like Ponting, Kallis and Tendulkar. They were in a league of their own.
That's the thing.....nobody scored againt Curtly.....dude has 400+ wickets @20.......so if he's not taking wickets, he's not conceeding anything either.
Ajanta Mendis is a better bowler than Curtly Ambrose. Ajanta Mendis is unplayable and he is a threat to the player around the world. Ajanta Mendis is a mystery man. Nobody knows how to tackle him.
NOPE........WI cant even make 300 versus bangladesh. We are light years away from that era man, even though it ended only 27 years ago. The team's demise eerily reflects the demise of the Caribbean society's optimism of the 60s, 70s,80s and even early 90s. Trust me when I tell you it is one of the century's greatest tragedies.
This is gold standard of bowling. Amazing line , length, speed, bounce and movement. It had everything. No fault of the batsmen. They could not have done anything better that day. This is classic. Sir Ambrose you are a legend.
Not swing......seam movement. Not anything extravagant but doing just enough off the pitch to kiss the edge which is why so many of the dismissals caught in the slip
The curator at the WACA actually was fired after the test for preparing a wicket that suited Ambrose as much as it did. I'm guessing the reasoning was for Australia to bowl first, and let Craig Mcdermott and Jo Angel get a go at the WI. For some reason, Border was not confident enough to allow his guys to bowl first( possibly still traumatized from the one run defeat the test before) and decided to let the WI chase on the final day. But that was all predicated on Ambrose having a bad game.......and he had the exact opposite
At that time I'm in the stadium what a incredible spell and also what an intense atmosphere !!! Wicket also very bouncy but great bowling by the great legend !!!!!🔥🔥🔥
7 wickets for just 1 run...unbelievable man...don't get to see such things now....grounds are too small and bats are getting bigger...poor fast bowlers
My father even today says that the 80's west indies team were so deadly bcz of these bowlers. They were so tall that everyone facing them were always fearful. Now I came to know why🙂
What a magnificent bowling; line, length, speed, bounce, appearance all makes him best amongst best. Hats off. Today is his 59th Birthday. Happy birthday Sir.
Actually nowadays he may not be that much effective .. at that time there was fear among batsman as well as their was a lack of quality equipments but now pitches are different bats are different ,etc ,
@@mayanktripathi9892 He is talking about Pink ball. He could bowl consistently over 140 at 6 feet 8. Any bowler of the present generation could match him?
What a absolutely devastating lethal spell of fast bowling one of the greatest ever!....incredible performance with fierce intensity absolute fire 🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
An absolute legend of a bowler. I watched this on the TV here in Perth, and could not believe my eyes and ears. I dared not leave the room when he was bowling!
he played a few tests when he was super young, and we dropped him for like 6 years after we lost a test in perth to south africa when we were only chasing 90odd and he was the set batsman and threw it away for the final wicket.
imagine facing Curtly in his prime at the WACA. The height from which he releases the ball combined with his pace, line, length and extra bounce would be a nightmare.
Look how far back the slipsmen are and how sweetly the catches carry to them. We shouldn't have even let the West Indies near the WACA back then haha. Should have said it was closed for renovations haha.
@Some Guy you probably mean 'learn to comprehend' but then again if you could comprehend you would've understood my comment rather than getting defensive and snarky. You don't need to imagine something you can already see was my point. But then again, I wouldn't expect you to understand it since comprehension isn't your cuppa tea.
Just look at that spit and lift he gets after the ball pitches. Love it. This is how a fast bowler should be. Mean and nasty. Never said a word, but looked like he wanted you for breakfast
@@patruzemann Height certainly is a factor but his action also ensured he made good use of his height. Look at Jeff Thomson- wasn't the tallest but he still got that spitting bounce off the pitch
The WI were a legendary team at the time, torch was passed to Australia soon after. Great memories, watched alot of cricket back then after school, not much anymore.
That Windies era, Ambrose, Walsh, Lara, Richardson, Arthurton and previously Richards was incredible. Also bearing in mind Australia has Border, Boon, The Waugh brothers, Warne and Hughes I loved test cricket at this time.
Keith Arthurton? Very middling record at the very most. Richardson, too, I felt could have given much more. His flair and early retirement really hurt the windies from 96 onwards.
Most underrated bowler.. he to me was more lethal than Walsh.. And this video is also a reminder why Sachin is the god... Facing these bowlers without the review system.. on those deadly wickets with long boundaries.. champion player.. - lifetime fan 🙏
Why is this video a reminder Sachin was a god? He only got the tail end of the WI bowlers anyway. No knowing how he would have feared had he faced them 1978-86 when the peak time was.
The great Curtly Ambrose bowled what some purists would call the "PERTH FECT LENGTH" at the Waca!!! His celebration and mannerisms after taking wickets has got to be legendary !!! Test cricket at it's very best!!!
Watch it and note the full length. Such an intelligent bowler, not suckered into bowling short on a bouncy pitch. He was a superb bowler, pace plus the accuracy of McGrath.
No one could imagine the greatness of the two curtely's, the Walsh and the Ambrose. Both of them were the excellent. They performed several times. Thanks for this immemorabal clip.
omg where are those days of cricket.. where's the bounce and characters .. only thousands of run these days no fast bowlers no competition .. young boys celebrating more than what is achieved .. where is cricket gone
@@gokulk6784 but sadly I am from another era ☹️ I know him for another reason Before that I have only heard about him when Ponting said that Boon was his idol
@@utsav45_ @gokul krishnan Boon is such a legend. One of my friends stance is like David Boon and used to open for the team. Boon became his nick. He became so popular with Boon name that he wrote Boon in his wedding card below in small letters his actual name. No body remember his actual name, even I don't now. moving his left hand in a jerk before square cut is his signature Boon style.
from the early 80's as I see cricket Curtly,McGrath and Wasim Akram are in my all time bowlers with Shane warne as a spinner.I could imagine these on English or Australian wickets.
I would put waqar instead of akram and Joel garner or steyn instead of McGrath. Ambrose Joel garner Warne Waqar These 4 best bowling line up ever, in any format or in any condition.
@Varun Malcolm was Best ever Fast bowler these idiot is selling Big lies,Marshall was incomparable and easily The most Complete fats bowler Of all time.
Dont forget Richard Hadlee. He Used to do exactly what Ambrose did here against Australia. For me its Ambrose, Hadlee, Akram, Mcgrah and Marshall as the best i have ever seen. Lillee would be there but i never saw him.
