If you look closely, it can be clearly seen that Tony Greig is wearing makeshift body armour under his jumper which was not apparent in the first innings. In his autobiography, Test Match Special: A personal view, Tony Greig, who brashly took on Lillee and Thomson on fast Australian pitches a year earlier, stated that when facing Holding at Old Trafford,he said,and I quote,'It was the first time in my career that I felt really frightened while batting.'
The West Indies had the best team ever since Bradmans Australias invincibles but how i admire the England team for taking on the West Indies quicks with little protection of helmets and arm guards.😮😮😮
Grieg done for pace!! And likely reverse swing even though they didn’t call it that. Holding got him with similar deliveries at the oval! Full and fast and angled in
England had 5 different opening batting combinations in the 5 tests in this series. Edrich/Brearley Brearley/Wood Edrich/Close Woolmer/Steele and Woolmer /Amiss
Brian Close and John Edrich were certainly brave in the face of sustained and hostile bowling, particularly from Holding, but as veteran batsmen they were also past their best and ill-equipped to cope. What is frightening, watching this now, is that the protection for batsmen that we now take for granted (helmets, chest protectors, better padding on the gloves etc) was entirely absent.
Steel's first test was in 1975 v Australia at Lord's. He scored 50 in that match plus several more scores of 50+ later that year and 106 v West indies earlier in the 1976 series.
@@yacsem Very true. He was selected in all probability after scoring 80 in a one day game against the West Indies. Steele who was used to Bedi and Mushtaq probably should have gone at the expense of Fletcher
Funny how Benaud said in the introduction that there was no chance of chasing 531 but a draw was possible if they batted 2 days. If you batted 2 days at a slow run rate you'd get them. Not that that was ever going to happen.
That is the closest a West Indian Bowler ever came to getting a hatrick in England. I wonder if Andy Roberts ever forgave Gordon Greenidge for that drop catch!
Richie not holding out much hope for England’s prospects if they faced the Aussies in the following summer (1977) with this side and the Ashes at stake. He would probably have been correct about that, and a lot of changes were made for the following test in this series as he foresaw. But little did he know what was going to happen before the Ashes (Kerry Packer, the subsequent, if temporary, decimation of Australia’s team due to the Packer business and the return of Boycott and emergence of Botham that summer
The Aussie Packer players all played in the 1977 series. Only Lilllee didn't tour because of injury. Ian Chappell had already retired (for the first time).
Yes indeed but of the England side that played here, Edrich, Close, Steele, Hayes, Selvey and Pocock didnt play in 77 so thats more than half the side gone. Australia didnt have 3 of their top 6 in the batting order from the previous summer and as you mention the best fast bowler in the world at that time. Certainly evened things up if not making England favourites
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If you look closely, it can be clearly seen that Tony Greig is wearing makeshift body armour under his jumper which was not apparent in the first innings. In his autobiography, Test Match Special: A personal view, Tony Greig, who brashly took on Lillee and Thomson on fast Australian pitches a year earlier, stated that when facing Holding at Old Trafford,he said,and I quote,'It was the first time in my career that I felt really frightened while batting.'
Most interesting closing summary from Richie Benaud
The West Indies had the best team ever since Bradmans Australias invincibles but how i admire the England team for taking on the West Indies quicks with little protection of helmets and arm guards.😮😮😮
Grieg done for pace!! And likely reverse swing even though they didn’t call it that. Holding got him with similar deliveries at the oval! Full and fast and angled in
England had 5 different opening batting combinations in the 5 tests in this series. Edrich/Brearley Brearley/Wood Edrich/Close Woolmer/Steele and Woolmer /Amiss
Brian Close and John Edrich were certainly brave in the face of sustained and hostile bowling, particularly from Holding, but as veteran batsmen they were also past their best and ill-equipped to cope. What is frightening, watching this now, is that the protection for batsmen that we now take for granted (helmets, chest protectors, better padding on the gloves etc) was entirely absent.
This was the first match of Steeles brief test career he didnt pass 50 in a game yet was still Englands top scorer over the two innings
Steel's first test was in 1975 v Australia at Lord's. He scored 50 in that match plus several more scores of 50+ later that year and 106 v West indies earlier in the 1976 series.
@@martinduckworth9837 Indeed. Was VERY unlucky to be dumped at the send of that series
@@dlamiss They didn't take him to India because they reckoned he couldn't play spin. His replacement, Graham Barlow, averaged 4.25 ...
@@yacsem Very true. He was selected in all probability after scoring 80 in a one day game against the West Indies. Steele who was used to Bedi and Mushtaq probably should have gone at the expense of Fletcher
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Funny how Benaud said in the introduction that there was no chance of chasing 531 but a draw was possible if they batted 2 days. If you batted 2 days at a slow run rate you'd get them. Not that that was ever going to happen.
That is the closest a West Indian Bowler ever came to getting a hatrick in England. I wonder if Andy Roberts ever forgave Gordon Greenidge for that drop catch!
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Richie not holding out much hope for England’s prospects if they faced the Aussies in the following summer (1977) with this side and the Ashes at stake. He would probably have been correct about that, and a lot of changes were made for the following test in this series as he foresaw. But little did he know what was going to happen before the Ashes (Kerry Packer, the subsequent, if temporary, decimation of Australia’s team due to the Packer business and the return of Boycott and emergence of Botham that summer
The Aussie Packer players all played in the 1977 series. Only Lilllee didn't tour because of injury. Ian Chappell had already retired (for the first time).
Yes indeed but of the England side that played here, Edrich, Close, Steele, Hayes, Selvey and Pocock didnt play in 77 so thats more than half the side gone. Australia didnt have 3 of their top 6 in the batting order from the previous summer and as you mention the best fast bowler in the world at that time. Certainly evened things up if not making England favourites
Frank Hayes was plumb to Daniel
So was Steele
Benaud said that the last time Edrich had topped scored in a Test was in 1973. In fact he had top scored in the 1975 Lord's test against Australia.
He did say extras.