My XI - Ian Chappell: Garry Sobers, 254 v Australia, MCG - 'The best batsman I have ever seen' 

Ian is a gifted orator and an excellent commentator. The way he recalls an incident is like taking you live to that era. I have heard many a great story teller but Ian is the best.

This man is encyclopaedia of Test Cricket. Genius.

you're a gifted engaging communicator with great knowledge and story telling ability . thankyou [or to put it in auusie ese "you can tell a bloody good yarn "].you're a treasure to the world cricket community

I really like the way he gives the background before the match which really shows the importance of the innings. Ian is a very good cricket story teller. Wow ! How can he narrate a cricket match or a knock like a story. Awesome Ian !

I remember watching some of Sobers 254 on TV in black and white. So good

thanks ian , after this i went and saw that master piece 254 by sir garry sobers !!! my english will fall short to describe the knock !!! it's better to stay silent and just rise and applaud !!

Ian is a superb storyteller

This is cricket no hate have a drink with the opposition

I like Ian. Common sense, no-nonsense Aussie.

Ian always set the way us to recognize masterpieces in the world of Soap Operas.

Great inning indeed....

Went to the MCG after the cattle sales at Newmarket that day, had been listening to the cricket on the radio, heard an almighty roar come from the ground as we got near the gates and we missed him getting his 200 by 5 minutes

The Greatest All Time XI: From the Realms of Immortality 1 Jack Hobbs 2 W.G Grace 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Gary Sobers 7 Adam Gilchrist (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 10 Dennis Lillee 11 Sydney Barnes 12th: Imran Khan. Substitutes: ( Victor Trumper , Brian Lara , Jacques Kallis , Muttiah Muralitharan , Malcolm Marshall ) Manager :- Sir Frank Worrell .

One of the best of all time

If gary sobers was 23 today, Ipl franchisies will dish out 10 mn dollars for him ,

Srikanth, Viv, Sobers, Clive, Miandad, Dujon, Kapil, Imran, Hadlee, Quadir, Holding. This should be unbelievable T20 team

Gary was exceptional. The lowest SIX I ever saw was from Gary Sobers in St. KITTS it is took off like a military jet over long on and breezed the hand of the fielder. Unbelievable.

The chappels, cricket royalty.

good players

Awesome

Gary Gary Gary...the original superstar.

Ian,is the most knowledgeable and great philosopher of cricket ,he is the most generous person the game has ever seen,if you want to know more about cricket just listen to Ian chappell and read his coloumns ,a true great Man🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

I heard that no batsman is greater than Don Bradman, but one exception. As a alrounder no one reach standards set by Garry Sobers. I like him very much being Indian. This I heard from many cricketing greats.

No one can match Sobers.

Sobers, finest batsman, finest all rounder, finest sportsman ever.

Can you see a soccer player say something like that about another player no way

Ian chappal great genius player of Australia cricket team

India ko hamesha criticise karne wala insan Ian Chappell brother of Ian Chappell

Zaheer Abbas was second only to Viv in odi cricket.

whats the song at the end?

I watched Botham trying to outtalk Ian Chappell recently about their dislike of each other. it was like watching a chimp (a beefy one) trying to play chess with a grandmaster.

Must have been a special player. Shame i never saw him live. You read his stats & listen to all the great x-players & its very similar theyre opinion of sobers being the best batsman of that era

Does anybody know the music piece at the end?

Such a pity that there's little to no footage of Sobers at his peak (apart from the six sixes in an over) so many of the older great players get no attention because there's no visual record of how good they were, you just have to take it as gospel.

Alright sobers might be the MJ of cricket

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I seriously read it johnretard4life..and I think it fits..

One fails to understand as to why Ian Chappell has not been given the knighthood. If Boycott can why not him.

what a weirdly indiscrete interview

Ian I never heard you say anything about Rohan Kanhai

If you selected the all time best XI from each country. 1. Which team do you reckon would be the best? 2. Which team would have the best bowling attack? 3. Which team would be the best at batting? 4. And would no. 2 & 3 be a tough spot?

I guess that he never saw Brian Lara.

Games greatest allrounder and only second best batsman behind Sir Don

if Ian say sobers was the best ever , thats good enough for me

Is that grandad of only fools and horses

who disked this video? May be the bowlers who bowled to sobers and their team mates in this match.

Do you have to be a fantastic story teller before you can even think about being a cricketer ?

Top 10 Greatest Batsman of All Time 1 Don Bradman 2 Gary Sobers 3 Barry Richards 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Jack Hobbs 7 Graeme Pollock 8 Greg Chappell 9 Len Hutton 10 Wally Hammond

No 'Sir' for sobers???

World's best batsmen in last 50 years: UPDATED 16 May 2020 (Ponting replaces Botham) (1) Viv Richards (2) Barry Richards (3) Brian Lara (4) Kumar Sangakkara (5) AB de Villiers (6) Gary Sobers (7) Sachin Tendulkar (8) Graeme Pollock (9) Steve Smith (10) Virat Kohli (11) Ricky Ponting (12) Javed Miandad

sorry but the previous year you played with barry richards, he was certainly the greatest since bradman

Those 10 was Indian dislike

undoubtedly he is only second to Sir Don

The Greatest #XI of All Time 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (Cap.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Gary Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W/K) 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 10 Malcolm Marshall 11 Dennis Lillee 12th : W.G Grace. Substitutes: ( George Headley , Brian Lara , Imran Khan , Muttiah Muralitharan , Sydney Barnes ) Manager :- Sir Frank Worrell . My Above XI is Probably the Most Accurate All Time XI List in Cricket History which is Co-incidentally the Mixer of WISDEN and ESPN Cricinfo All Time XI List. It's a Full 16 Man Squad and I have Deservingly put Two Proper Openers Hobbs and Hutton As they have a Great Records everywhere and seemingly Great Chemistry and Connection within them as they played mostly after post WW1 Era from 1920 onwards with much better Competitiveness and in a Developing Test Cricket era compared to 18th or 19th Century Cricket. And I have Top 6 Strong Batting Line up so I went with a Specialist Wicket Keeper Alan Knott ahead of Wicket Keeper Batsman Adam Gilchrist who unfortunately Missed out due to I have a Strong top 6 Batting order as well as Strong tail enders too like Warne , Akram and Marshall who all can Bat also. So I went with a Specialist Wicket Keeper with a descent batting record, so I went with Alan Knott. Then I have a 1 Great All Rounder Sir Garfield Sobers who is the Great Left Handed Batsman and can bowl three different variations Bowling and 1 Great Spinner Shane Warne So he would have a Great Right hand - Left Hand and Leg Spin / Off Spin Combinations with Gary Sobers. And at Last I have deservingly Put 3 Genuine Fast and Complete Bowlers Akram , Marshall and Lillee as 3 Pace Bowlers with Great Statistic Records among them who all also played in The Most Golden , Toughest and Competitive Era of Test Cricket From 1970 to 2000 Era. W.G Grace as the 12th Man who was an All Rounder and a Father Figure Cultural Icon of Cricket and Sir Frank Worrell is The Best Manager the Game has ever seen who can Guide your Team and Bring out the best from above players. P.S. - Steven Smith , Virat Kohli and Pat Cummins are Active Players. So I will Judge them after they will retire, so we can get the clear picture of their Overall career.

wtf

Ian Chappell, probably the worst of the Chappell brothers, which is saying something.

Did you just take up watching test cricket?

Lol even Rahul would disagree with you