Richie at his very best there. He absolutely loved the game, and was offended that anyone would so blatantly denigrate the spirit of the game, regardless of the captain's nationality..
Go with you there Boris. Sir Richie loved his country and the Aussie team but he loved the game way more. RIP Sir Richie - God knows what you would have made of the behavior of Steve Smith & David Warner.
Well that was Sir Richie for you he was one of the greats both on & off the pitch. Each sport seems to have had it's iconic commentator. For Cricket it was Richie Benaud, for Rugby it was Bill McLaren, Tennis it was Dan Maskell and for Motor Sport it was Murray Walker.
Richie Benaud....from 1954 to his untimely passing, he was the reason I listened/ watched the game....never surpassed, in my view....somehow, innately, you trusted everything he said in that impeccable voice....thank you Ritchie for enhancing my cricket experience over the decades.
@@wgs9438 He was right, to side with Packer. Cricketers were getting ripped off, by the establishment. They deserved better pay. And World Series got it, too. I'm 100% with Benaud and Kerry packer on that one.
Every Aussie since seeing this thinks it's the most disgraceful thing to ever happen. Richie was speaking to an Aussie audience when he (the most respected man in cricket) let Chappell have it. So your failed attempt at bringing down Australians falls flat on its face.
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4 controversies in this game: 1. Martin Sneddon’s catch of Greg Chappell when he was on 58. Sneddon clearly catches the ball above the ground, however the umpires deems it not out. Chappell went on to score 90. 2. Richard Hadlee’s LBW. Shocking call from the umpire as the ball is clearly pitched outside leg stump 3. Dennis Lillee was not in position when the final ball was bowled, so Australia had too many fielders outside the ring, meaning it should’ve been a no-ball. 4. The underarm ball NZ were absolutely robbed in this game
It wasn't Trevor's Chappell's fault. You can actually see both in the video and on Wikipedia that it was under orders from Greg, the captain and his older brother, who informed the umpire and the batsmen that he was going to do it (check their reactions). Even Ian (the eldest brother) remains critical of that decision.
+fat head As an Aussie I'm happy to cop it sweet mate. Was probably the most disgusting act committed by an Aussie sportsman. I would've told my skipper to go fuck himself and bowled a slow knee high full toss!
+phil owen I like your reply, I would of told the cap the same thing, I would of bowled cleanly, it's better to draw or lose with honour, than get a fractured, undeserved and pointless win.
You couldn't end a match like that. You'd be a total arsehole in everyone's eyes, I do not know how anyone could do it. The on strike batsman throws his bat after the underarm ball and the other batsman sticks two fingers up to Trevor Chappell, and their reactions were completely justified because the two Chappell brothers really were an absolute pair of shithouses.
Well I'd give Trevor some respite, he still feels ashamed over it - you look at one of the interviews they did on this later and Trevor looks absolutely haunted by it. Greg on the other hand is an absolute twat and shows not a single shred of remorse.
A former nz prime minister once said of the exodus of people leaving New Zealand for Australia, that it increased the IQ of both countries. Millions of kiwi`s laughed.Millions of Australians asked.....what does he mean by that?
I agree with the dignified Richie Benaud at the end. And I'm Australian. I remember watching it live as a kid. We didn't even know underarm was legal. What a disgrace!!
@ Dainel Burke. It was legal? Debatable. Was it against the spirit of the game? Certainly, therefore it was a disgrace. Choosing between your opinion and Sir Richie? I'll go with Sir Richie every time, a hugely respected figure within the game, God rest is soul. I don't think your opinion would be respected anywhere more than 1 Km outside Mongrelville, Victoria.
The wicket keeper is a class act, he was telling the twat to not do it and not win by cheating. Went and shook the NZ players hands too. Guy looked so disappointed.
The thing I don’t get is, why people think 1 person who’s nationality happened to be Australian, who did something work gleans the one whole country is bad
@@lukec855 it isn't only one person. You know it. Ricky ponting was a sledge, so was mcgrath. Warner and Steve Smith are cheats who tamper. Darrell Hair is.. well.. we know who he is so yeah . Australians only jnow one way of winning and thats cheating.
I watch this video just to hear Richie Benaud be so brutally honest and speaking his mind, against his own national cricket team.. Something to learn for everyone..
Craziest thing of all was, Trevor Chappell was bowling superbly, did a fine job with the last over and yet his brother still had no faith in him. I know the story with Greg but still.. seeing Trevor do so well, Greg tore his brother's spine out right there and then, poor bloke.
I was there that day and I've never heard 53,000 Melbourians boo their country off the ground like that - and trust me I was one of them!! Richie's thoughts summed up mine and many others at the MCG.
I'm Australian and this was a fucking dog move. I can't get over the clothing though. V-necks down to the nipple line, bell bottoms, shirts one size too small.
I am kiwi and I think the under arm incident was fantastic. Why? Because we can always hold australia accountable for being bad sportsmen om that day forever! If it didn't happen that game would of been a boring old loss to nz
What about Daniel Vettori running out the Sri Lankan batsmen when he went to congratulate his team mate when he scored a century but hadn't grounded his bat first. Bad sportsmanship? Absolutely but in the rules. Or Andy Hayden diving out of the lineout against the Welsh claiming he was pushed ( didn't get touched), gets a penalty, ABs kick the penalty to win. Bad sportsmanship? Absolutely, not in the rules What Aussie did in this match, in the rules, but absolutely the wrong thing but you bloody Kiwis have the biggest chip on your shoulders when it comes to Aussie you are blinded by your jealousy
"Or Andy Hayden diving out of the lineout against the Welsh claiming he was pushed ( didn't get touched), gets a penalty," Complete myth, the penalty was given for a completely different infringement. But hey why let the facts get in the way of a good whinge eh?
Who have the dickheads been who have whinged since 1981??? The stupid Kiwis. You lost, end of story, they changed the rules, for the better, but you still lost. And then you come up with the bullshit that the penalty was for another infringement? Watch "that dive from the lineout in 1978", on RUclips, listen, learn, then pass comment, you Twit
I've read the interview of the match referee who said he gave the penalty for a different infringement. Like I said why let mere facts get in the way of a good whinge.
Why did Hayden clearly jump out of the lineout ? Why did Vetorri run the Sri Lankan out when he could of let him off as he was clearly not going for an extra run?
I was born in New Zealand so obviously grew up supporting our team, but I always enjoyed Richie's commentary, he was a real gentleman. Re this incident, I think it's important to realise that quite a few of the Aussie players on the day didn't agree with the decision to bowl the underarm. You can see Geoff Marsh in particular looking quite embarrassed about it, but you can't argue with the skipper in these situations.
You could argue then they had the wrong player as captain. In the rules of the game it is the responsibility of the captain to ensure his players not only adhere to the rules but also that they play within the spirit of the game.
The thing I don’t get is, why people think 1 person who’s nationality happened to be Australian, who did something work gleans the one whole country is bad
Aussies are not all cowards. Trevor should have had the guts to say to his brother piss off I'll bowl the ball properly but he didn't and wrecked his cricket career, simple as that. It was a gutless way to win a match.
Right. My schoolmates and i saw Trevor Chappell bowling in the nets at North Sydney in 1991 or 2, training for Northern Districts, and we had to do it: 'Give him the next one across the carpet, Trev' we shouted. He was just too used to it though, didn't even bother to tell us to eff of, just ignored us.
And you can bet he let loose a string of profanities about both Chappells off microphone too! Richie was a right character; Debonair on-air, a gentleman off too, but he could swear like a sailor. Also, watch some footage of him as a player and watch him celebrate when he took a wicket - For the late 50s and early 60s he was a serious celebrator. Source: A guy I knew who worked as a sound tech for Channel Nine, heard Richioe drop many an eff bomb, but only to people who deserved it and only when they deserved it. RIP Richie, You were part of my childhood mate :)
I'm Aussie and I was about 10 years old when this happened watching the game with my dad on tv. I couldn't understand when I was 10 how someone could do something so low to win a game in any sport and now I'm 41...I still don't understand.
In 1981 one-day cricket was a relatively new sport and crowds had not seen many close finishes like that, especially in internationals. Underarm bowling was not actually illegal, it is just that nobody did it as it was considered unfair. Greg Chappell made a decision based on "win at all costs". He said in later years that he regretted it but. New Zealanders have never fully forgiven him for it. Brian McKechnie got his revenge years later in a joke during a charity match in which he produced a bowling ball and rolled it to Chappell who was batting. For the record I am a New Zealander. We were pretty angry about it at the time, but now it is simply a bit of history.
I'm American and I know cricket very well. Been watching the sport for about 4 years. As for this bullshit, this is the most despicable and most controversial moment in sports history. WTF the Chappell brothers was thinking? They were thinking about cheating by using underarm bowling that the early cricketers used in the 1700s to mid 1800s. The rulebook stated that underarm bowling can't be used. Why the umpire won't give Trevor Chappell's underarm bowling a no bowl? If I were the damn umpire in this match, I would've give him a no ball. The umpire was very stupid and they didn't know the rule of underarm bowling being banned in cricket.
Sorry, but you're wrong ! Listen to Richie Benaud's comments at the end of the video. The amendment to the law specifically outlawing underarm bowling hadn't been made for this series. It was an oversight that was corrected the following day. Was this incident unsportsmanlike and unethical, Yes ! But technically it wasn't cheating, otherwise the umpires wouldn't have allowed it to happen.
Underarm bowling was made illegal because of this game. What they did at the time was unsportsmanlike but legal so the umpire had no grounds to stop them.
Ian is a very good man actually, quietly he would have been pissed off with his brother's decision...Greg was weak as piss to order Trevor to bowl that underarm, and Trevor was a compliant little puppet.
@@shanekonarson en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Australian_sports_controversies Look no further before slinging mud. Each Indian cricketer has been punished heavily, even if they had so much as breathed around a potential bookie. Each Indian cricketer involved in corruption has faced a life ban. And you won't find a mention of them among today's youth. They are shunned and ostracized by the public. Indians are not known for unsportsmanlike behaviour on the field, and their faults are never swept under the rug.
Richie Benaud got it dead right with his comments here. Considering that New Zealand could only tie the match at best, unless Trevor Chappell bowled either a wide or a no-ball, why the need to have to bowl an underarm ball in the first place? Did the Chappell brothers really think that Brian McKechnie was going to hit the last ball for a six? Really?
I remember feeling sick to my guts when I saw this when it happened! A 6 needed off the last ball to tie the match, not win it...and what were the odds that the batsman would hit a six? Well we'll never know because the low down bastards never gave him a sporting chance to do it. "The underarm incident" = The day sportsmanship died in Australia.
Richie Benaud was a great cricketer and a great commentator and I agree with every word of his summing up of this miserable episode, in which Australia lost far more than she would ever have lost if the New Zealander's had scored six off the last ball.
Richie's summing up was masterful. He explained the rules of the tournament concisely to the viewers, contrasted them with the UK equivalents, told the administrators that they had better change the rules, spotted that Greg Chappell had got his sums wrong and roundly condemned his actions. He did it calmly, clearly and with no hype. It used to be a pleasure to have analysis like that on the game, even in such awful circumstances. Richie - you are sadly missed.
The thing that always got to me was that there was very little chance of a 6 being hit on the large MCG, it was unnecessary to bowl underarm. But the year or two before against the WI in the old WSC the WI hit 6 off the last ball to deny Australia the title, this was in there minds. But still....... not good.
@@Dietpanda the sandpaper incident, where he pressured a debutant cricketer, Cameron Bancroft, into sanding down one side of the cricket ball during a test against South Africa, in order to give the Aussie bowlers an advantage. Warner and then captain Steve Smith, along with Bancroft, were banned for a year. Bancroft has never played for Australia since.
Only an Australian cricket team would do such a thing. The saddest thing is, the likelihood that the new batsman would hit a 6 on the last ball is quite low and NZ couldn't win the game anyway even if they did.
Not sure that was even the worst thing Greg Chappell did during the match... Snedden held a great running, low catch, but Chappell refused to accept the player's word. The umpires "did not see it" as they were "looking for short runs", so NZ's appeals were unanswered. Chappell (G) had scored 52 at the time, and got 90.
I was at the game. I have never been so ashamed as an Aussie and was sickened by the fact that about half of the crowd cheered the result. I admired Greg Chappell as a batsman but after that incident all of his achievements meant nothing to me.
I'm Australian and still look at this with shame. It's not cheating, but it's not CRICKET. And don't blame all Australians. We disowned it at the time and Greg Chappell went from being a great captain to a complete outcast for telling his brother Trevor to bowl underarm.
Except it's exactly the tactic Bairstow himself, as keeper, had tried not once, but twice already in that very match. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. @@rw8733
That bowler is even worse than I thought, he doesn't even believe in himself enough to bowl a ball normally. If he was a good bowler, he would have bowled a different speed or bowled a good length bowl that was slightly slower, to catch out the batsman. What an idiot.
There was no need of an underarm at all. No decent batsman left. And NZ required a 6 for a tie! And it was MCG - so not easy to hit a six anyway. Disgraceful.
You are kind of missing the point. In actual fact it was not impossible for Australia to lose, what if the final ball was a no-ball or a wide? There would still have been a chance, albeit a minuscule one but still a chance.
"why they did it???" It's the Aussie way. As Robert Muldoon said at the time "How appropriate is is that the Australian team was wearing yellow, as it was the biggest act of cowardice I have seen on a sports field."
38 years later, New Zealand get robbed again, this time in a World Cup Final. By the umpires (6 runs awarded instead of 5 on the overthrow) and by the ICC, a legal rule allowing number of boundaries to be used as a tiebreaker.
It is time to put a few things straight here. As a Kiwi living here in Oz I can say that the Australians were entitled to bowl the under arm delivery as it was in the rules. Was it ethical to do so - probably not. Did Greg Chappell regret it - Yes. Did he pay for it - yes. His photo is not shown in the long room in the MCC Member room and his businesses were never successful. Did it offend many Australians - unequivocally - yes especially Victorians. Was the worst decision in the match - No. Greg Chappell while on 35 was caught by Martin Snedden but given not out. He went on the make 89 odd!! Why because the umpires Weiser and Cronin claim they were not watching the catch!! Also take into consideration Sir Richard Hadlee's really poor dismissal The Australians made sure they never umpired another test or one day match again after this. This incident took the gloss off Bruce Edgars great century as well - but it is a long time in the past and it will never happen again. We should all move on
"but it is a long time in the past and it will never happen again. We should all move on"And that's why you went on at length about it. Cant agree with you on "Hadlee's poor dismissal". That's the definition of plumb lbw. And I'm a Kiwi and a fan of his.
But you don't know in the clauses of tournament or series this under arm bowl was not allowed.Though then not banned by ICC .Still it was prohibited to use .In the series
Trevor Chapple did what his captain and big brother told him to do and paid for it...he never played again while Greg Chapple went onto captain Australia again and again and he become a commenter.....He should have been the one to pay with his career not Trev
Trev's career wasn't cut short because of this. It was cut short because he was rubbish. He was widely recognised as probably the worst selection for Australia in at least a generation well before this match.
There is a rule in cricket about playing within the spirit of the game, this was not in the spirit of the game. Underarm bowling was not permissible anywhere else at the time and it was only due to a clerical error that it was technically left in the rules for that tournament. Richie Benaud called it correctly afterwards. Unfortunately Australian Cricket just don't seem to learn the lessons of the past.
The whole point is that the Kiwis probably wouldn't have won anyway and that just makes the offence even worse. Total lack of respect for sportsmanship. Truly revealing of the Aussie character (or lack there of most likely).
Dude not all Australians are assholes. Listen to the crowd after the ball is bowled. They're booing. They wanted the game to end in a respecful way but obviously Chappell had to fuck,it up
As an Australian, this moment was absolutely disgraceful. One of the most shameful moments in Australian sporting history
Australia always like this
They like to cheat may be its on their bood !
We well know the history of australia
Richie at his very best there. He absolutely loved the game, and was offended that anyone would so blatantly denigrate the spirit of the game, regardless of the captain's nationality..
Couldn't agree more Boris !
Go with you there Boris. Sir Richie loved his country and the Aussie team but he loved the game way more. RIP Sir Richie - God knows what you would have made of the behavior of Steve Smith & David Warner.
Benaud was a Australian, talking to Australians on an Australian network, and he let the Greg Chappell have it, both barrels.
tigerboy1966
No use yelling at Trevor, he was only following dickhead captain brother's instruction...
Agreed, and he called it correctly.
Yep, from down down under.
Cheater ausiiss
You know when Richie Benaud says it's the worst things done on a cricket field that it is the absolute truth.
Well that was Sir Richie for you he was one of the greats both on & off the pitch. Each sport seems to have had it's iconic commentator. For Cricket it was Richie Benaud, for Rugby it was Bill McLaren, Tennis it was Dan Maskell and for Motor Sport it was Murray Walker.
Bullshit the most disgusting thing in cricket is the bullying of Candice warner
Belinda Smith Didn’t know she played cricket.
Vengeful Videos t
no its the aussie sandpaper one.
Richie Benaud....from 1954 to his untimely passing, he was the reason I listened/ watched the game....never surpassed, in my view....somehow, innately, you trusted everything he said in that impeccable voice....thank you Ritchie for enhancing my cricket experience over the decades.
True, but hardly untimely. Ritchie was in his mid 80's when he passed. He had a solid innings.
@@MrDemoncrusher was just about to say the same thing haha
For me, he was the greatest cricket commentator ever. God bless him. Rest well.
Benaud was a traitor to the cricket board at the time by siding with packer no doubt for all the money he got.
@@wgs9438 He was right, to side with Packer.
Cricketers were getting ripped off, by the establishment. They deserved better pay.
And World Series got it, too. I'm 100% with Benaud and Kerry packer on that one.
They come from the land down under-arm
qazifaran genius
@@alereatoalereato6936 sorry where do you come from?
@@jordyncollins2219 Ireland !!!
@Mike fu to be sure, to be sure, to be sure
@Mike fu ya welcome
Richie Benaud - an honorable man.
Omar Mohamed I second that.
Omar Mohamed ii
It's Bill Lawry commentating.
+Tim Martindale And it's Richie Benaud summarising and giving his opinion at the end, you dumb fuck.
Benaud. A true Australian sporting legend 👏
How can Richie Benaud sound so kind, yet have his word inflict so much venom? That was a classy response from the great man.
Agreed. A great man. God bless him 🙏
He always raised his voice when something went against the spirit of the game. He was indeed a legendary commentator.
"Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud" said no Australian cricketer ever.
(Sophocles in case you're curious)
Fuck you racist
Smoog an Australian wouldn't have the faintest idea who Sophocles was..
@@downnice95 Australian is a nationality not a race.
Every Aussie since seeing this thinks it's the most disgraceful thing to ever happen. Richie was speaking to an Aussie audience when he (the most respected man in cricket) let Chappell have it. So your failed attempt at bringing down Australians falls flat on its face.
One mans actions shouldn’t define a wholes nations way of playing cricket. You should know that by now.
I miss Richie. Cricket isn't the same without him.
Neil, that magnificent suit and hair...
Welcome back here to the MCG,
or the Gabba, or the WACA ,
or the Adelaide Oval, or the SCG,
it doesn't matter, where we are
Down under in Australia this summer,
Cause when it's summer, in Australia,
If you don't like cricket , I can tell it is a real bummer
That's beause cricket is the number one game in town
(Yo!) Just ask anyone around
(Yo!) Yo, boys!
Richie. Legend.
I miss Richie Rich which i saw cartoon in my childhood.
An absolute legend 👏 Sadly missed.
4 controversies in this game:
1. Martin Sneddon’s catch of Greg Chappell when he was on 58. Sneddon clearly catches the ball above the ground, however the umpires deems it not out. Chappell went on to score 90.
2. Richard Hadlee’s LBW. Shocking call from the umpire as the ball is clearly pitched outside leg stump
3. Dennis Lillee was not in position when the final ball was bowled, so Australia had too many fielders outside the ring, meaning it should’ve been a no-ball.
4. The underarm ball
NZ were absolutely robbed in this game
Well you should of umpired that match smart ass
For God's sake, man up and bowl the guy. You already took two wickets in the over.
It wasn't Trevor's Chappell's fault. You can actually see both in the video and on Wikipedia that it was under orders from Greg, the captain and his older brother, who informed the umpire and the batsmen that he was going to do it (check their reactions). Even Ian (the eldest brother) remains critical of that decision.
genieinthelamp Amen :) It was a decision made within the rules at the time :)
+fat head As an Aussie I'm happy to cop it sweet mate. Was probably the most disgusting act committed by an Aussie sportsman. I would've told my skipper to go fuck himself and bowled a slow knee high full toss!
+phil owen I like your reply, I would of told the cap the same thing, I would of bowled cleanly, it's better to draw or lose with honour, than get a fractured, undeserved and pointless win.
The batsman was fully capable of smacking a six from a full toss? But we will never know.
You couldn't end a match like that. You'd be a total arsehole in everyone's eyes, I do not know how anyone could do it. The on strike batsman throws his bat after the underarm ball and the other batsman sticks two fingers up to Trevor Chappell, and their reactions were completely justified because the two Chappell brothers really were an absolute pair of shithouses.
Yeah but most New Zealanders are assholes so you could hardly blame them
If there is a hell the Chappell brothers will be rotting in it one day.
Robert Cumming If there is a God he will be pissing himself laughing at how butt hurt the New Zealanders have been for the last 30 years
That's a really contribution to the debate.
Well I'd give Trevor some respite, he still feels ashamed over it - you look at one of the interviews they did on this later and Trevor looks absolutely haunted by it. Greg on the other hand is an absolute twat and shows not a single shred of remorse.
A former nz prime minister once said of the exodus of people leaving New Zealand for Australia, that it increased the IQ of both countries. Millions of kiwi`s laughed.Millions of Australians asked.....what does he mean by that?
I agree with the dignified Richie Benaud at the end. And I'm Australian. I remember watching it live as a kid. We didn't even know underarm was legal. What a disgrace!!
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Jeff Moss is bowling a bouncer a disgrace aswell? Because that was in the rules aswell. Bowling that ball was legal
@ Dainel Burke. It was legal? Debatable. Was it against the spirit of the game? Certainly, therefore it was a disgrace. Choosing between your opinion and Sir Richie? I'll go with Sir Richie every time, a hugely respected figure within the game, God rest is soul.
I don't think your opinion would be respected anywhere more than 1 Km outside Mongrelville, Victoria.
Daniel Burke legality isn’t the only criteria for determining disgracefulness.
Actually isn't there something about "the spirit of the game" in the laws? Frankly legel or not, this was not within the spirit of the game.
Richie was the most unbiased man i have known, he loved cricket not just Australia cricket, i agree with all he said, Norman in the UK
if only all Aussie sportsmen could be like Richie Benaud. RIP
Aye, he was a true great.
Which of his leg spin variations was your favourite?
Or are you talking about him as a commentator?
Tom N - Both, he was a great that epitomised everything good in the game.
Benaud was an arsehole....typical fawning arse licking NSW arsehole.
marksandsparks1 smith warner bancroft
The wicket keeper is a class act, he was telling the twat to not do it and not win by cheating. Went and shook the NZ players hands too. Guy looked so disappointed.
i believe that was rod marsh.. a gentleman all the way.. his sons are now doing him proud
Rajesh Malhotra yeah Sean and Mitch tore it up in the UAE
The marsh brothers are no relation to Rod Marsh.
@@rajeshmalhotra2084 shaun and mitch have no relation to rod Marsh. Geoff Marsh is their uncle.
Rod marsh
Don't worry Ritchie. We agree with you all these years later.
I'm glad Ritchie isn't alive today to see the state of the Australian Cricket Team.
The thing I don’t get is, why people think 1 person who’s nationality happened to be Australian, who did something work gleans the one whole country is bad
@@lukec855 it isn't only one person. You know it. Ricky ponting was a sledge, so was mcgrath. Warner and Steve Smith are cheats who tamper. Darrell Hair is.. well.. we know who he is so yeah . Australians only jnow one way of winning and thats cheating.
@@methnulahansith9985 seems like u got ducked by Australians 😂😂😂
@@lbj2316 yh looks like they left a straight one 🥶
@@methnulahansith9985 😀
I watch this video just to hear Richie Benaud be so brutally honest and speaking his mind, against his own national cricket team.. Something to learn for everyone..
Craziest thing of all was, Trevor Chappell was bowling superbly, did a fine job with the last over and yet his brother still had no faith in him. I know the story with Greg but still.. seeing Trevor do so well, Greg tore his brother's spine out right there and then, poor bloke.
I remember the New Zealand Prime Ministers comment. He said he thought it was very appropriate that the Australians were dressed all in yellow.
Can't blame Trevor Chappell for that! Blame Greg. Ruined Trevor's career
I was there that day and I've never heard 53,000 Melbourians boo their country off the ground like that - and trust me I was one of them!! Richie's thoughts summed up mine and many others at the MCG.
I'm Australian and this was a fucking dog move. I can't get over the clothing though. V-necks down to the nipple line, bell bottoms, shirts one size too small.
From the same era of "stubbie" shorts. Always in one size too small.
He's still at it and trying to justify it.
It shows.
HappyPantsTime BEIGE! IT'S ALL BEIGE!
I am kiwi and I think the under arm incident was fantastic. Why? Because we can always hold australia accountable for being bad sportsmen om that day forever! If it didn't happen that game would of been a boring old loss to nz
What about Daniel Vettori running out the Sri Lankan batsmen when he went to congratulate his team mate when he scored a century but hadn't grounded his bat first. Bad sportsmanship? Absolutely but in the rules. Or Andy Hayden diving out of the lineout against the Welsh claiming he was pushed ( didn't get touched), gets a penalty, ABs kick the penalty to win. Bad sportsmanship? Absolutely, not in the rules What Aussie did in this match, in the rules, but absolutely the wrong thing but you bloody Kiwis have the biggest chip on your shoulders when it comes to Aussie you are blinded by your jealousy
"Or Andy Hayden diving out of the lineout against the Welsh claiming he was pushed ( didn't get touched), gets a penalty,"
Complete myth, the penalty was given for a completely different infringement. But hey why let the facts get in the way of a good whinge eh?
Who have the dickheads been who have whinged since 1981??? The stupid Kiwis. You lost, end of story, they changed the rules, for the better, but you still lost. And then you come up with the bullshit that the penalty was for another infringement? Watch "that dive from the lineout in 1978", on RUclips, listen, learn, then pass comment, you Twit
I've read the interview of the match referee who said he gave the penalty for a different infringement. Like I said why let mere facts get in the way of a good whinge.
Why did Hayden clearly jump out of the lineout ? Why did Vetorri run the Sri Lankan out when he could of let him off as he was clearly not going for an extra run?
I was born in New Zealand so obviously grew up supporting our team, but I always enjoyed Richie's commentary, he was a real gentleman. Re this incident, I think it's important to realise that quite a few of the Aussie players on the day didn't agree with the decision to bowl the underarm. You can see Geoff Marsh in particular looking quite embarrassed about it, but you can't argue with the skipper in these situations.
You could argue then they had the wrong player as captain. In the rules of the game it is the responsibility of the captain to ensure his players not only adhere to the rules but also that they play within the spirit of the game.
Shameful! This and the ball tampering fiasco are the lowest moments in Australian cricket
The thing I don’t get is, why people think 1 person who’s nationality happened to be Australian, who did something work gleans the one whole country is bad
Aussies are not all cowards. Trevor should have had the guts to say to his brother piss off I'll bowl the ball properly but he didn't and wrecked his cricket career, simple as that. It was a gutless way to win a match.
Right. My schoolmates and i saw Trevor Chappell bowling in the nets at North Sydney in 1991 or 2, training for Northern Districts, and we had to do it: 'Give him the next one across the carpet, Trev' we shouted. He was just too used to it though, didn't even bother to tell us to eff of, just ignored us.
@@stuartsmith8204 racist
Richie's rant at the end is just brilliant and classic.
Anish Advani
You should look up the word “rant” in a dictionary. In no way was it a rant.
Hugo Lindum for Ritchie, it was a big one
And you can bet he let loose a string of profanities about both Chappells off microphone too! Richie was a right character; Debonair on-air, a gentleman off too, but he could swear like a sailor. Also, watch some footage of him as a player and watch him celebrate when he took a wicket - For the late 50s and early 60s he was a serious celebrator.
Source: A guy I knew who worked as a sound tech for Channel Nine, heard Richioe drop many an eff bomb, but only to people who deserved it and only when they deserved it.
RIP Richie, You were part of my childhood mate :)
And then when he says "goodbye" his voice changes.
I'm Aussie and I was about 10 years old when this happened watching the game with my dad on tv. I couldn't understand when I was 10 how someone could do something so low to win a game in any sport and now I'm 41...I still don't understand.
In 1981 one-day cricket was a relatively new sport and crowds had not seen many close finishes like that, especially in internationals. Underarm bowling was not actually illegal, it is just that nobody did it as it was considered unfair. Greg Chappell made a decision based on "win at all costs". He said in later years that he regretted it but. New Zealanders have never fully forgiven him for it. Brian McKechnie got his revenge years later in a joke during a charity match in which he produced a bowling ball and rolled it to Chappell who was batting. For the record I am a New Zealander. We were pretty angry about it at the time, but now it is simply a bit of history.
I'm American and I know cricket very well. Been watching the sport for about 4 years. As for this bullshit, this is the most despicable and most controversial moment in sports history. WTF the Chappell brothers was thinking? They were thinking about cheating by using underarm bowling that the early cricketers used in the 1700s to mid 1800s. The rulebook stated that underarm bowling can't be used. Why the umpire won't give Trevor Chappell's underarm bowling a no bowl? If I were the damn umpire in this match, I would've give him a no ball. The umpire was very stupid and they didn't know the rule of underarm bowling being banned in cricket.
which team are u supporting this wt20 ?! Just curious ..haha
Sorry, but you're wrong !
Listen to Richie Benaud's comments at the end of the video. The amendment to the law specifically outlawing underarm bowling hadn't been made for this series. It was an oversight that was corrected the following day.
Was this incident unsportsmanlike and unethical, Yes !
But technically it wasn't cheating, otherwise the umpires wouldn't have allowed it to happen.
Underarm bowling was made illegal because of this game. What they did at the time was unsportsmanlike but legal so the umpire had no grounds to stop them.
gnarkillkicksass Thanks. I remembering reading about this game about underarm being official banned after this game.
Richie Benaud saying it how it is, R.I.P.Richie
Oh yeah now I remember what the Chappel brothers were famous for ..... "sportsmanship"
Yeah they went to the same school of sporting etiquette as Brad Haddin.
Famous cheats and crooked captaincy
Ian is a very good man actually, quietly he would have been pissed off with his brother's decision...Greg was weak as piss to order Trevor to bowl that underarm, and Trevor was a compliant little puppet.
Everytime any weird or ugly or disgraceful thing happened, there has to be an Australian Team involved no matter what.
Pritesh Shah en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cricketers_banned_for_corruption
@@shanekonarson en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Australian_sports_controversies
Look no further before slinging mud.
Each Indian cricketer has been punished heavily, even if they had so much as breathed around a potential bookie.
Each Indian cricketer involved in corruption has faced a life ban. And you won't find a mention of them among today's youth. They are shunned and ostracized by the public.
Indians are not known for unsportsmanlike behaviour on the field, and their faults are never swept under the rug.
@@wutangmuslin Sorry but match-fixing is about a million times worse, than doing something that was frowned upon in 1981. Good try though.
Not the most disgraceful moment anymore, thanks to Steve Smith.
Onya Richie. A gentleman and a person of integrity. Miss you.
Richie Benaud got it dead right with his comments here. Considering that New Zealand could only tie the match at best, unless Trevor Chappell bowled either a wide or a no-ball, why the need to have to bowl an underarm ball in the first place? Did the Chappell brothers really think that Brian McKechnie was going to hit the last ball for a six? Really?
Hadlee was utterly brilliant - and this is coming from an Aussie. I remember watching as a kid.. an amazing bowler, as never dominated, a real pro.
That is PATHETIC. JUST PATHETIC.
Ashwin Mohandas Can't argue there mate......... it was just disgraceful and embarrassing. :/
I thought it was priceless.
Well said Richie, that man was respected by everyone.
R.I.P Richie Benaud
Captain is seen advising Trevor Chappel to bowl underarm...what a shameless aussies
Caption was his brother Greg Chappel, another "great sportsman".
Though Nz lost but they always has the utter respect and true sportsmanship.
I would call it snatching moral defeat from the jaws of victory.
I remember feeling sick to my guts when I saw this when it happened! A 6 needed off the last ball to tie the match, not win it...and what were the odds that the batsman would hit a six? Well we'll never know because the low down bastards never gave him a sporting chance to do it. "The underarm incident" = The day sportsmanship died in Australia.
It's hard to say it, but I'm glad Richie Benaud isn't around to see what happened with Bancroft and Smith in South Africa.
Keith Miller is another Aussie great who would have gone totally apoplectic over Smith's tactics.
Richie Benaud was a great cricketer and a great commentator and I agree with every word of his summing up of this miserable episode, in which Australia lost far more than she would ever have lost if the New Zealander's had scored six off the last ball.
Who else is watching this after the ball tampering incident yesterday?
I don't know whether to dislike it or like it!
It's a good video, but it is a horrible and disgraceful moment, that I really hate it!
Yeah I agree - I didn't like or dislike for the same reason
Kiwis have officially been the victims of cricket rules, quite lately now...
Richie's summing up was masterful. He explained the rules of the tournament concisely to the viewers, contrasted them with the UK equivalents, told the administrators that they had better change the rules, spotted that Greg Chappell had got his sums wrong and roundly condemned his actions. He did it calmly, clearly and with no hype. It used to be a pleasure to have analysis like that on the game, even in such awful circumstances. Richie - you are sadly missed.
If this happened today, Richie would be getting cancelled by the right for not being patriotic enough and for being too much of an expert.
"might have JUST pitched outside leg stump" thats the understatement of the century
Australia destroyed cricket quality...
The thing that always got to me was that there was very little chance of a 6 being hit on the large MCG, it was unnecessary to bowl underarm. But the year or two before against the WI in the old WSC the WI hit 6 off the last ball to deny Australia the title, this was in there minds. But still....... not good.
Good points, well made by Richie at the end; mind you "canary yellow underarm cheats" is more appropriate.
From under arm to sandpaper, a long tradition of bad sportsmanship.
"Most disgraceful moment in Cricket History!"
Warner: "Hold my beer"
For?
@@Dietpanda the sandpaper incident, where he pressured a debutant cricketer, Cameron Bancroft, into sanding down one side of the cricket ball during a test against South Africa, in order to give the Aussie bowlers an advantage.
Warner and then captain Steve Smith, along with Bancroft, were banned for a year. Bancroft has never played for Australia since.
Only an Australian cricket team would do such a thing. The saddest thing is, the likelihood that the new batsman would hit a 6 on the last ball is quite low and NZ couldn't win the game anyway even if they did.
don't forget the batsman needed a six to win, not one or two, makes even more umbelieviable
***** Well a no ball and a six would have made NZ win. So there are always possibilities. Just my 2 cent.
Actually no. As far as I know it was a 6 to tie the match off the last ball.
Well, a no ball is a "no ball" and has to be bowled again and any runs accruing to the no ball count.
Full marks to Aussie great Rodney Marsh for his disgust, contempt and sportsmanship shown to the kiwi's on this appalling incident.
5:36 Did anyone see Edgar go "up yours" to Trev after the ball was bowled?
Richie Benaud a true aussie legend!
Not sure that was even the worst thing Greg Chappell did during the match...
Snedden held a great running, low catch, but Chappell refused to accept the player's word. The umpires "did not see it" as they were "looking for short runs", so NZ's appeals were unanswered. Chappell (G) had scored 52 at the time, and got 90.
The absolute worst thing he did during the match was the Coke he snorted between innings. He was a Coke head, well-known fact.
I was at the game. I have never been so ashamed as an Aussie and was sickened by the fact that about half of the crowd cheered the result. I admired Greg Chappell as a batsman but after that incident all of his achievements meant nothing to me.
Well said Richie
I'm Australian and still look at this with shame. It's not cheating, but it's not CRICKET. And don't blame all Australians. We disowned it at the time and Greg Chappell went from being a great captain to a complete outcast for telling his brother Trevor to bowl underarm.
Exactly. As a Brit, we've just had the Bairstow "run out" in the 2023 Ashes. Not cheating, but NOT "cricket."
Except it's exactly the tactic Bairstow himself, as keeper, had tried not once, but twice already in that very match. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. @@rw8733
As if the terrible clothing wasn't enough
That was fashionable in 1981 mate.
Revisiting the history of disgrace in Australia's cricket after seeing today's events
That bowler is even worse than I thought, he doesn't even believe in himself enough to bowl a ball normally. If he was a good bowler, he would have bowled a different speed or bowled a good length bowl that was slightly slower, to catch out the batsman. What an idiot.
Yep.
4:49~ Greg Chappell actually demonstrating the underarm action.
Richie - a class act as always
The sporting Aussies, bend the laws when it suits them. Well said Richie.
thumbs up if you remember watching this live on the tv!
There was no need of an underarm at all. No decent batsman left. And NZ required a 6 for a tie! And it was MCG - so not easy to hit a six anyway. Disgraceful.
So there was nothing wrong with bowling the last ball underarm, the batsman was incapable anyway??
D avid Tuer That's not what he meant. He was just reading the situation and it was totally unnecessary. Could have won it even on fair play.
if Richie doesn't think its fair then i don't think its fair.
Second most disgraceful moment in the history of cricket.
Better to loose fairly then win unfairly
Yeah Australian Cricket wins silverware, but no friends.
Wayne Mathews,but Aussie couldnt lose only draw at the worst.
You are kind of missing the point.
In actual fact it was not impossible for Australia to lose, what if the final ball was a no-ball or a wide? There would still have been a chance, albeit a minuscule one but still a chance.
Aidankiwi,very rarely slow bowlers like that bowl no balls,usually its the fast bowlers that do.
Which is why I said it was a miniscule chance, so my post was correct in that there was a tiny chance Australia could have lost
the reason why they wear yellow !!
Because of yellow sandpaper?
Coz they repersent shit sportsmanship 💩
@@Tony.Dahiya doesnt the Indian flag also contain yellow? Hahahaha
@@devilwarr1or it doesn't.......
heywood jablowme no it doesn’t mr. Blowjob 😁
why they did it???6 on 1 ball was highly unlikely...trevor was bowling very well...then why so much fear??
easy bro, they're fucking aussies
Dany Danish
because he was born in Australia without sportsmanship
Yuck Foutube
truth hurts all the time bro,,,,,, have some time and read these more than 7000 comments, 7000 people can't be wrong,,,,, !!!!!
Dear friend!because he is the great "Greg Chappell "BASTARD .All his own tunes sung SUCCESSFULLY in India only because of THE PUPPET Dravid.
"why they did it???" It's the Aussie way. As Robert Muldoon said at the time "How appropriate is is that the Australian team was wearing yellow, as it was the biggest act of cowardice I have seen on a sports field."
You tell 'em Richie- great man , cricketer and commentator- RIP mate! x
38 years later, New Zealand get robbed again, this time in a World Cup Final. By the umpires (6 runs awarded instead of 5 on the overthrow) and by the ICC, a legal rule allowing number of boundaries to be used as a tiebreaker.
Which is the worst ?
Sand paper or Under armer ?
Either way, Australia claims the honour 😂
I AGREE WITH YOU RICHIE!!!
Over 35 years later and we are still pissed off about it.
It is most disgraceful moment for Aussies and not for Cricket, Greatest cheaters of the game Aussies
It is time to put a few things straight here. As a Kiwi living here in Oz I can say that the Australians were entitled to bowl the under arm delivery as it was in the rules. Was it ethical to do so - probably not. Did Greg Chappell regret it - Yes. Did he pay for it - yes. His photo is not shown in the long room in the MCC Member room and his businesses were never successful. Did it offend many Australians - unequivocally - yes especially Victorians. Was the worst decision in the match - No. Greg Chappell while on 35 was caught by Martin Snedden but given not out. He went on the make 89 odd!! Why because the umpires Weiser and Cronin claim they were not watching the catch!! Also take into consideration Sir Richard Hadlee's really poor dismissal The Australians made sure they never umpired another test or one day match again after this. This incident took the gloss off Bruce Edgars great century as well - but it is a long time in the past and it will never happen again. We should all move on
"but it is a long time in the past and it will never happen again. We should all move on"And that's why you went on at length about it. Cant agree with you on "Hadlee's poor dismissal". That's the definition of plumb lbw. And I'm a Kiwi and a fan of his.
But you don't know in the clauses of tournament or series this under arm bowl was not allowed.Though then not banned by ICC .Still it was prohibited to use .In the series
Yes, Move on. But don't forget it.
Andrew Robinson,it might have been plumb but it was outside the line which means not out.
But it has just happened again!!!!!
Might be time to rename this video
Those awful 70's-style, big collar, plunging neckline, tight trouser kits are the 2nd most disgraceful thing ever on a Cricket field.
Ritchie Benaud - brutally honest, as always.
This is a big wrong.
Trevor Chapple did what his captain and big brother told him to do and paid for it...he never played again while Greg Chapple went onto captain Australia again and again and he become a commenter.....He should have been the one to pay with his career not Trev
Trev's career wasn't cut short because of this. It was cut short because he was rubbish. He was widely recognised as probably the worst selection for Australia in at least a generation well before this match.
What do you expect from a bunch of convicts
Alex Fisher fuck off
yes Aestralians are cunning and ur assesment that they a bunch of convicts is just perfrct.
What was Richie Benaud's reply though? He was disgusted.
Don't tar a nation with the same brush.
Alex Fisher fuck off they aren’t convicts
still a better cricket team than the bloody pommies
Not even the most disgraceful moment in the history of Australian cricket.
Give marsh his due. He wasn’t Into it at all. Sportsmanship. Ffs. Draw at worse
aussie aussie aussie....cheat cheat cheat
Not really cheating if it's in the rules of the game which underarm bowling was at the time.
Unsportsmanlike maybe but not cheating.
There is a rule in cricket about playing within the spirit of the game, this was not in the spirit of the game.
Underarm bowling was not permissible anywhere else at the time and it was only due to a clerical error that it was technically left in the rules for that tournament.
Richie Benaud called it correctly afterwards. Unfortunately Australian Cricket just don't seem to learn the lessons of the past.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cricketers_banned_for_corruption
The whole point is that the Kiwis probably wouldn't have won anyway and that just makes the offence even worse. Total lack of respect for sportsmanship. Truly revealing of the Aussie character (or lack there of most likely).
Dude not all Australians are assholes. Listen to the crowd after the ball is bowled. They're booing. They wanted the game to end in a respecful way but obviously Chappell had to fuck,it up
Even with a six it would only have tied the game.
Meh heh Fair point but read some of the posts here from Aussies... kinda reinforces the stereotype.
Now "Bairstow-gate" to add to the Aussies long list of disgraceful behaviour on the Cricket field.