This clip is TV cricket gold. Tavare never managed to hit a six in his test match career and this clip provides evidence of one of only two he hit during his ODI career for England.
Thank you! As we speak, I'm writing a piece about how Tavare was actually this kind of player, but for whatever reason largely chose not to be at international level. I might include this video (assuming it doesn't get taken down).
Yeah, I grew up watching Kent in the 80's and he was a good one day player. I think he was asked by the England management to play like Boycott ie sell your wicket dear but it didn't work very well. Everyone would have been better if they'd have let him play his natural game. Very ignorant commentator
@@johnx9774 I don't think we'll ever quite know why his test career panned out as it did. To start with, he and Boycott were in the same side, so it probably wasn't a simple case of 'play like Boycott' (Keith Fletcher famously told the two of them to 'get on with it' in India). I get the sense from things I've read that he found playing for England quite stressful and that that probably made him clam up. Also, he perhaps reasoned that England had plenty of stroke makers, and that adhesion was what the team most needed. And he was very much a team player.
@@jandekker6008 The late Bob Willis always loved the way Tavare batted for 2 reasons: 1). He took the proverbial shine off the ball - meaning it was a lot easier for the likes of Gower, Lamb and Botham to score and 2) Quite a few of his obdurate knocks were in the 1st innings meaning that quite often the opposition bowlers had to bowl 30-40 overs making any 2nd innings score a whole lot easier due to the fact the bowlers were absolutely 'knackered' 2nd time around!!
One of the main things which comes across from the old commentaries is that Chris also failed to rotate strike that well. Take a look at the highlights of the 1st days play in the England v WI test match at Lord's in 1980 (when he scored 42 off over 200 deliveries). Richie Benaud points this out and the fact that, although technically very sound, Chris was failing to use his feet to get to the pitch of the ball meaning it was very difficult to get the ball 'off the square'. Richie was however complimentary about his batting. I think he saw a lot of his old team mate Bill Lawry who could be equally as obdurate at times.
This clip is TV cricket gold. Tavare never managed to hit a six in his test match career and this clip provides evidence of one of only two he hit during his ODI career for England.
Great info! Thanks Mark. 👍
Love the funny Kiwi bowling actions. 😁
That’s the one and only Ewin Chatfield
Thank you! As we speak, I'm writing a piece about how Tavare was actually this kind of player, but for whatever reason largely chose not to be at international level. I might include this video (assuming it doesn't get taken down).
Great stuff! 👍
Yeah, I grew up watching Kent in the 80's and he was a good one day player. I think he was asked by the England management to play like Boycott ie sell your wicket dear but it didn't work very well. Everyone would have been better if they'd have let him play his natural game. Very ignorant commentator
@@johnx9774 I don't think we'll ever quite know why his test career panned out as it did. To start with, he and Boycott were in the same side, so it probably wasn't a simple case of 'play like Boycott' (Keith Fletcher famously told the two of them to 'get on with it' in India). I get the sense from things I've read that he found playing for England quite stressful and that that probably made him clam up. Also, he perhaps reasoned that England had plenty of stroke makers, and that adhesion was what the team most needed. And he was very much a team player.
@@jandekker6008 The late Bob Willis always loved the way Tavare batted for 2 reasons: 1). He took the proverbial shine off the ball - meaning it was a lot easier for the likes of Gower, Lamb and Botham to score and 2) Quite a few of his obdurate knocks were in the 1st innings meaning that quite often the opposition bowlers had to bowl 30-40 overs making any 2nd innings score a whole lot easier due to the fact the bowlers were absolutely 'knackered' 2nd time around!!
One of the main things which comes across from the old commentaries is that Chris also failed to rotate strike that well. Take a look at the highlights of the 1st days play in the England v WI test match at Lord's in 1980 (when he scored 42 off over 200 deliveries). Richie Benaud points this out and the fact that, although technically very sound, Chris was failing to use his feet to get to the pitch of the ball meaning it was very difficult to get the ball 'off the square'. Richie was however complimentary about his batting. I think he saw a lot of his old team mate Bill Lawry who could be equally as obdurate at times.
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