Anything from the era from late eighties to early noughties makes me so nostalgic. Especially these quality videos featuring SA, England, WI, India, Pakistan, and, of course, my favourite team Australia. Can't thank you enough for these priceless gems.
15:32 Shaun Pollock clean bowls Atherton. I still remember this wicket well because in all the 10+ years I have been watching cricket I have never seen the stump fly as far and high as this! Has anyone seen it go further?
RIP Hansie Cronje. Most wonderful, talented batsman I've ever seen. Nicest lad in the world and I even had the chance to bowl at him once, 30 years ago, when he was still a shy youngster, visiting England with his lovely parents and his very talented brother. But somehow along the way "they" (whoever those bastards are) got to him. What a terrible, tragic waste.
It's extremely annoying how Chris Cowdrey can't take his England specs off whilee commentating for this series. Yes Chris everything was against England it was impossible to face South Africa and they shouldn't even have turned up. The biggest England aberration is brushed off as "ah well it was a bad pitch" or "South Africa were lucky to have this sort of attack" whereas everything is pitted against England, whose slightest show of resistance is laden with compliments. Sours a fun series
Dude, you are uploading magical videos everyday. Thanks so much! I am surprised you have so much time to help cricket lovers. Have you no issues with your employer?
I do not care what people say about the last test. It was a Classic. And the result cannot be fixed they r usually small permutations that can be. the only thing that was changed in this case was a dead game made into a live one.
+Abhay Singh exactly bhai, when we consider the reputation of Cronje in those days, we know its not a fixed rather a brave & sporting decision...loved that test
I thought it was a great decision. It’s funny how everyone was praising him for making a competitive game out of a dead rubber. Until the fixing stuff came out.
@@imranlion1996 He is from South Africa. KP took NOC from CSA to play for England once he realised he might not get more chances. SA's loss, England's gain!
Yeah I know the last test match was fixed but we still got a game to watch and it was great entertainment!! Obviously what Cronje did was wrong but I’m not sure how much of it he could fix?? Apparently he was paid to make sure there was a result. So he obviously got his money and leather jacket!!
According to Michael Vaughan's account, England had all but given up on the chase but then Hansie brought on Pieter Strydom instead of Paul Adams and set some generous fields
Four top order batsmen gifting their wickets to innocuous short-pitched stuff (on a somewhat slow track) is unpardonable. Foolishness of almost Hilditchesque proportions.
Sorry but who is Chris Cowdrey to tell anyone Alec Stewart wasn't a "proper" test cricketer? Sorry mate, that nice 11.42 ave in tests is great an all...prick.
Really dont think he meant it like that. More in the sense is that Hussain is the dour, more boring of the two but Stewart is an entertaining more attacking player, especially in that era.
I was thinking the same thing. We get Pollock's perspective from the SA side, a player who made significant contributions in the series and one of the all-time greats. And on the English side ... who??? He might have been one of the coaches on the tour (but certainly not batting or bowling - I mean, c'mon on!) so probably ... strategy? Anyway, telling that the documentary could not get someone like Gough, Caddick, Atherton or Stewart to provide a perspective from an actual competitor in the series!
Might have been fixed but it was still good entertainment and we got a result. Plus there wasn’t that much he could fix. He was paid to make sure there was a result I believe.
I was there, And some of the stories of what did or didnt happen are crap. Darren Maddy told us before the final day started that a total had been agreed. When we won the section of us under the main scoreboard celebrated like mad. Only to calm down and realise the south african fans came in and stole all our trainers and cameras etc that were on the ground. Great trip though.
Although this was a good series, the last day of the 5th Test would later become a significant part of the match-fixing scandal. Incredible how this series review does not even acknowledge or mention this! Who are you fooling? Not saying the England team were involved, but still you can not rewrite history like this and expect people with a memory to let it stand!
This review was literally made just after the series(start of 2000)...the Cronje incident happened mid of 2000- so unless some one could time travel 5 months and add the match fixing bit- this review couldn't feature the match fixing part
Flintoff was useless that time. For a large period under Hussian, poor Gough and Caddick never got the support they deserved. I have a feeling that England's record would have looked a lot different if the two pacemen were rested and supported well enough. You just can't allow a draw to take place after a guy has taken 7 wickets in the first innings. The spinner was useless. If I were Hussain, words (and probably fists) would have flown in the dressing room.
Thats one LAME Review , heavily biased towards England. England who were awful for a year before, and here he is saying that England would have beaten SAF in First Test had they won the Toss
In fairness, the only person who really knew what was going on was Cronje himself. To the spectators, umpires and the English players, it looked like a fair dinkum attempt to force a result when a washout looked inevitable. At the time, you couldn't really blame Cowdrey and Pollock for praising the move. It's only some time later that we found out that Cronje had fixed the match.
You make a good point. I was quite shocked that no reference was made to match-fixing at all, but it is possible this documentary was made soon after the series ended. As you say, it did take some time for the truth to later emerge. When national pride is at stake there is a reason why no captain has ever sacrificed the team interest for the sake of 'entertainment' and with nothing to gain (being already 2-0 up in the series) it is odious that the only reason Cronje went this route was to fatten his already inflated bank account.
Handy-looking England attack there with Gough, Caddick, Flintoff and Mullally. Unfortunately Gough wasn't on form on this tour, and Flintoff was still struggling with fitness. But if Thorpe had been fit (in place of Adams), Trescothick had been given his debut instead of them waiting 6 months, and Tufnell trusted to play, you'd have had a very strong team of Atherton, Trescothick, Hussain, Thorpe, Stewart, Vaughan, Flintoff, Caddick, Gough, Mullally and Tufnell. That XI never played a single Test together, but if they had have done, we'd have been a more powerful force.
Anything from the era from late eighties to early noughties makes me so nostalgic. Especially these quality videos featuring SA, England, WI, India, Pakistan, and, of course, my favourite team Australia. Can't thank you enough for these priceless gems.
This was the Golden age of South Africa 🇿🇦 cricket!! Full of legends 🙌
Smith, Alma , Kallis, Ab d , Faf, Vernon, Dale, Morkel team of 2008 - 2016 was the greatest team
Really shows how great Australian cricket team of 90s in particular waugh twins McGrath warne were.to beat this south African team.
What a great delivery by allan Donald .... such a great legend I have not seen in my life.
this is real GEM for me...because of memories of those days...
thanks Rob :)
wow man......i am lost for words....just the video i had been looking for last few years....keep rocking rob!!!
15:32 Shaun Pollock clean bowls Atherton. I still remember this wicket well because in all the 10+ years I have been watching cricket I have never seen the stump fly as far and high as this! Has anyone seen it go further?
RIP Hansie Cronje. Most wonderful, talented batsman I've ever seen. Nicest lad in the world and I even had the chance to bowl at him once, 30 years ago, when he was still a shy youngster, visiting England with his lovely parents and his very talented brother. But somehow along the way "they" (whoever those bastards are) got to him.
What a terrible, tragic waste.
Definitely not his fault he accepted a leather jacket to fix a match🤔
25:49 Is That a Young KP in SAF Dressing Room, I thought he was never part of SAF Squad?
Hansie Cronje penalty was over the top.
Gibbs was very lucky.
2:52 footage of Gavin Hamilton's contribution or non-contribution to the team in his short England career
He did quite well in 99 WC For Scotland.
@robelinda, you are the greatest 'civilian' contributor to the sport of cricket. Hats off to you, mate! ❤️
@Shelsey93 You are welcome! I try and just do long uploads on this channel, and shorter ones on the other channel.
It's extremely annoying how Chris Cowdrey can't take his England specs off whilee commentating for this series. Yes Chris everything was against England it was impossible to face South Africa and they shouldn't even have turned up. The biggest England aberration is brushed off as "ah well it was a bad pitch" or "South Africa were lucky to have this sort of attack" whereas everything is pitted against England, whose slightest show of resistance is laden with compliments. Sours a fun series
My exact thoughts to the T. Chris Cowdrey really does come across as a one-eyed whingey wanker. It really soured this program for me.
I think that Pollock vs Hussin was in the 2nd test (?), i think. I'll investigate. and thank you for your kind words!
Dude, you are uploading magical videos everyday. Thanks so much! I am surprised you have so much time to help cricket lovers. Have you no issues with your employer?
I do not care what people say about the last test. It was a Classic. And the result cannot be fixed they r usually small permutations that can be. the only thing that was changed in this case was a dead game made into a live one.
+Abhay Singh exactly bhai, when we consider the reputation of Cronje in those days, we know its not a fixed rather a brave & sporting decision...loved that test
I thought it was a great decision. It’s funny how everyone was praising him for making a competitive game out of a dead rubber. Until the fixing stuff came out.
25:48 Kevin Pietersen applauding Boucher. The guy who played brilliantly in England's 2005 Ashes triumph.
What was KP doing there in 1999/2000? 🤔
@@imranlion1996 He is from South Africa. KP took NOC from CSA to play for England once he realised he might not get more chances. SA's loss, England's gain!
@@pareshmokani he played for Eng in 2005 what was his age in 2000? Was he already selected in Sa team? What was he doing in the dressing room?
Yeah I know the last test match was fixed but we still got a game to watch and it was great entertainment!! Obviously what Cronje did was wrong but I’m not sure how much of it he could fix?? Apparently he was paid to make sure there was a result. So he obviously got his money and leather jacket!!
According to Michael Vaughan's account, England had all but given up on the chase but then Hansie brought on Pieter Strydom instead of Paul Adams and set some generous fields
@@ahogg5960 Very interesting, it was Pieter Strydom who didn't see the ball at the boundary when England needed 6 off 7.
Daryll Cullinan was pure class.
@25:49 anyone spotted Kevin Pietersen inSA team that too vs ENG !
jaques kallis doing loads of damage on and off the field. Tony grieg accent.
Kevin Pietersen at 25:49
+Tejas Jani Eagle eyed! Great spot!
Microscopic eye .....bingo ....
@Imrankniazi Hah! I run my own guitar teaching school- I'm my own boss! Its a good deal!
Where can I watch 90s ball to ball match.
This era south Africa so dangerous
Four top order batsmen gifting their wickets to innocuous short-pitched stuff (on a somewhat slow track) is unpardonable. Foolishness of almost Hilditchesque proportions.
Trust me, he lives in paradise.
Who is watching after yesterday's 3 1 test series victory by poms against South Africa
@rob
Do u have england tour of south Africa
2009/10
Hey rob more of New Zealand please......
Look a their outfits! So classic.
15:38 quick
Better if SA had avoided follow on at Durban, England might have won
Sorry but who is Chris Cowdrey to tell anyone Alec Stewart wasn't a "proper" test cricketer? Sorry mate, that nice 11.42 ave in tests is great an all...prick.
Really dont think he meant it like that. More in the sense is that Hussain is the dour, more boring of the two but Stewart is an entertaining more attacking player, especially in that era.
I was thinking the same thing. We get Pollock's perspective from the SA side, a player who made significant contributions in the series and one of the all-time greats. And on the English side ... who??? He might have been one of the coaches on the tour (but certainly not batting or bowling - I mean, c'mon on!) so probably ... strategy? Anyway, telling that the documentary could not get someone like Gough, Caddick, Atherton or Stewart to provide a perspective from an actual competitor in the series!
Also saying stuff like the pitch was bad, the dude is useless
Last test match(rain truncated ) was fixed. See the history
@damo24now Melbourne.
last test match in centurian was totali fixed test hansie cronje fixer captain soo this not cricket classis test
Gary gary gary
25:54
Your lucky day it seems, im am uploading the video RIGHT NOW! look for it on my robelinda2 channel.
last match was fixed by cronje & he gets 10/10 strange isn't it?
At the time, noone knew it was fixed.
Might have been fixed but it was still good entertainment and we got a result. Plus there wasn’t that much he could fix. He was paid to make sure there was a result I believe.
I was there, And some of the stories of what did or didnt happen are crap. Darren Maddy told us before the final day started that a total had been agreed.
When we won the section of us under the main scoreboard celebrated like mad. Only to calm down and realise the south african fans came in and stole all our trainers and cameras etc that were on the ground.
Great trip though.
Although this was a good series, the last day of the 5th Test would later become a significant part of the match-fixing scandal. Incredible how this series review does not even acknowledge or mention this! Who are you fooling? Not saying the England team were involved, but still you can not rewrite history like this and expect people with a memory to let it stand!
This review was literally made just after the series(start of 2000)...the Cronje incident happened mid of 2000- so unless some one could time travel 5 months and add the match fixing bit- this review couldn't feature the match fixing part
That’s exactly what I thought. They would have mentioned it if they’d known about it.
Flintoff was useless that time. For a large period under Hussian, poor Gough and Caddick never got the support they deserved.
I have a feeling that England's record would have looked a lot different if the two pacemen were rested and supported well enough. You just can't allow a draw to take place after a guy has taken 7 wickets in the first innings. The spinner was useless. If I were Hussain, words (and probably fists) would have flown in the dressing room.
Chris cowdrey is the most biased englishman in this video never appreciates SA
Lol I agree. Haha he is useless
Thats one LAME Review , heavily biased towards England. England who were awful for a year before, and here he is saying that England would have beaten SAF in First Test had they won the Toss
In fairness, the only person who really knew what was going on was Cronje himself. To the spectators, umpires and the English players, it looked like a fair dinkum attempt to force a result when a washout looked inevitable. At the time, you couldn't really blame Cowdrey and Pollock for praising the move. It's only some time later that we found out that Cronje had fixed the match.
You make a good point. I was quite shocked that no reference was made to match-fixing at all, but it is possible this documentary was made soon after the series ended. As you say, it did take some time for the truth to later emerge. When national pride is at stake there is a reason why no captain has ever sacrificed the team interest for the sake of 'entertainment' and with nothing to gain (being already 2-0 up in the series) it is odious that the only reason Cronje went this route was to fatten his already inflated bank account.
Handy-looking England attack there with Gough, Caddick, Flintoff and Mullally. Unfortunately Gough wasn't on form on this tour, and Flintoff was still struggling with fitness. But if Thorpe had been fit (in place of Adams), Trescothick had been given his debut instead of them waiting 6 months, and Tufnell trusted to play, you'd have had a very strong team of Atherton, Trescothick, Hussain, Thorpe, Stewart, Vaughan, Flintoff, Caddick, Gough, Mullally and Tufnell. That XI never played a single Test together, but if they had have done, we'd have been a more powerful force.
so much talking!they are busy of showing lectures rather than the taste matches
+Pritam Goswami yeah but sometimes these are more interesting than actual match :P