One of the Greatest Talent of cricket who did not reach and make use of his full potential is Carl Hooper, Never seen a spinner bowling beautiful yorkers like that before him. His play and class is so effortless, his lofting shots are his signature strokes.👍👍
I was a biggest fan of Carl Hooper a smart and Intelligent batsman amore than a useful off spin bowler and also an excellent Slip Fielder my personal choice of his best match Odi innings is the one at gabba 110* vs aus chasing 282 lara also scored 102 but the shots he displayedwere just awesome some effortless sixes even overshadowed LARA in that innings amatch winning knock
Ah, Carl Hooper! 🏏 The West Indies legend who lit up cricket pitches with his exceptional all-round skills. 🤩 Hooper's career was indeed decorated, and it's fascinating to hear about his performances in Australia, which is known for its challenging and competitive cricketing conditions. I imagine his efforts with both bat and ball must have been quite impressive if they're still being talked about to this day. It's always exciting to look back at the greatness of legends like Carl Hooper, especially when they're in top form and playing at their best.
2:12 Carl Hooper shots were like Miss World Beauty pageant: elegant and breathtaking!! I still believe what set him back was not average, but the flawless 277 runs of B.C. Lara's maiden test century, and he (Carl) didn't SACRIFICED his wicket to see Lara through to his first triple and probably the world record! Hooper was responsible for a lot of suicide run-outs that infected Sarwan and was like Inzamam with run-outs.
Similarities in Hooper's and Kapil's batting was this : supremely talented, free flowing stroke play. Crowd begins to expect them perform at same level always, which they could not. Their bowling was more consistent. We seem him bowl, top spin, off break, Yorker, deceptive , control on flight. Too much talent. We expected much more from him.
He was unlucky to paly most of his career when the Windies were on the decline. If he had played during their prime he probably could've achieved a lot.
In early part of his career, he was demoted to bat in the lower middle order and he used to struggle .. Hooper was promoted in the batting order after 1993 and became consistent after that..
That ball to wasim Akram , a fast bowler stuff from a spinner ...Shame moment for batsman ...His movements were thorougly studied and a great delivery was delivered
CG definitely must have had adored or must have had followed his playing style while bowling but ended up creating an original & genre of himself in the end. Wow its really really difficult for the likes of me to believe that these amazing day's & players got retired & are no more on the screen & all just had started to dissapear since the year 2003 & then 2011 WC was the final & ending.
Not totally,though...Lahore 90,Nagpur 94,02 home series against India,97 Pakistan,96-97 Australia...94 to 02,in ODI...over 100 sixes.Regularly took wickets of Border,Miandad and M.Waugh.
@@ravi1753-c6z Carl Hooper was good enough to average 45 + with the bat and maybe 35 or so with the ball. And he was an exceptional slip fielder. But he didn't come close to fulfilling his talent.
@@sliferxxxx Moody,fragile,prone to losing control and concentration under pressure,soft,uncompetitive,loose,incapable of grinding it out for long.....but nonetheless a genius!
