Indeed....John did so well in this match. I recall watching these highlights and the 'rats and mice' comment made by Jim Laker really stuck in the mind when John came in to bat. John can still can still hold the claim that he's one of now only 10 England players to last win at Test in Perth. I thought the interview with Mike Brearley was hilarious!
Another great upload thanks. Great commentary “Geoff boycott playing his natural game” scoring 77 in 7 1/2 hours and England scored 190 in a full days play. In retrospect though England won this series 5-1 playing Australia’s 3rd eleven , they were not very good. And with the standard of cricket and slow scoring rate resulting in plummeting attendances, no wonder the ACB caved into Packer a few months later.
It was one weakness in Brearley's captaincy - to let innings drift into over defence batting! During this series Geoff Miller scored 7 in just over 2 hours (101 balls) and even Ian Botham batted over 95 minutes for 6 runs (88 balls) in the last test match!!
@@JP1234815 yes - terrible captaincy to read the game and assess the conditions. The idiot captained the team to win the series 5-1 - what was he thinking?
Rodney Hogg was an absolute handful on a pitch that game him assistance. You slag Boycott off for his innings and you would have slagged him off if he had got out cheaply. They were different times without huge bats and short boundaries. Look at the sheer power Botham was hitting the ball with and not even making it to the rope. As Brearley said - any team could have been bowled out cheaply on that first morning - why weren't England? - simple really - B-O-Y-C-O-T-T. He soaked up the pressure and tired the bowlers to the point where runs were easier to come by cos they only had 3 main frontline bowlers. They were not very good lol - you are drunk on too much ODI cricket.
@@doctormarazanvose4373 If you read what I put and not assumed what I meant you would understand my reasoning!! Brearley himself said that at times England could have been more positive when batting under his leadership not just this series but on several occasions between 1977-1981.
@@JP1234815 citation please - otherwise I will have to assume you crafted that for your own defence. Certainly goes against his words in this video (which I completely agree with.) The footage of the first day's play gives further insight into just how difficult it was to bat in those conditions. Our current England team would have been rolled for 70 or 80. Everyone these days is obsessed with runs per ball. If the bowlers are on top on a good wicket don't expect a run fest. This was seen in the last test - Warner and Labuschagne really ground it out and punished the bowlers later in the day. Something that England took zero notice of and did their usual kamikaze collapse (bar Malan, Root and Stokes - Stokes only got out swinging because the rest of the order were sharing a single brain cell between them and left him no choice.) People easily forget that conditions we different in the 70's. Few had helmets and there were some really fast bowlers around at the time besides the whole host of West Indians - many of whom hardly had a look in for the national side. So much so that many ex players have said that many top batsmans' averages were probably 10 lower than normal because it was such a challenge. Hogg took 41 wickets in this series - as I have said - a real handful.
5.24 when Boycott almost gets out someone shouts "get him out for fu*ks sake." This summed up the feelings of so many cricket fans, players and officials when Boycott was in this sort of mood!
boycott is anchoring a poor innings on a track that is suiting the bowler, but YOU wouldn't know that much. you know about as much as geoff miller was being an all rounder.
@@davec8730 Yes, which is why I said "almost gets out." But hey, let's not get any facts get in the way of your stupid comments, which make a number of assumptions about my views and cricketing knowledge based on one comment that you took out of context.
Another brilliant upload. Never seen any coverage of this series before. Nice to see some footage of John Lever in action
Indeed....John did so well in this match. I recall watching these highlights and the 'rats and mice' comment made by Jim Laker really stuck in the mind when John came in to bat. John can still can still hold the claim that he's one of now only 10 England players to last win at Test in Perth.
I thought the interview with Mike Brearley was hilarious!
Brearley running rings round the commentator, loving it!
Oh yes!
The outfield was SO slow.
Looking at it now,England's batting did look iffy,Gower and Boycott apart.A strong seam attack,however.
Another great upload thanks. Great commentary “Geoff boycott playing his natural game” scoring 77 in 7 1/2 hours and England scored 190 in a full days play. In retrospect though England won this series 5-1 playing Australia’s 3rd eleven , they were not very good. And with the standard of cricket and slow scoring rate resulting in plummeting attendances, no wonder the ACB caved into Packer a few months later.
It was one weakness in Brearley's captaincy - to let innings drift into over defence batting! During this series Geoff Miller scored 7 in just over 2 hours (101 balls) and even Ian Botham batted over 95 minutes for 6 runs (88 balls) in the last test match!!
@@JP1234815 yes - terrible captaincy to read the game and assess the conditions.
The idiot captained the team to win the series 5-1 - what was he thinking?
Rodney Hogg was an absolute handful on a pitch that game him assistance. You slag Boycott off for his innings and you would have slagged him off if he had got out cheaply. They were different times without huge bats and short boundaries. Look at the sheer power Botham was hitting the ball with and not even making it to the rope.
As Brearley said - any team could have been bowled out cheaply on that first morning - why weren't England? - simple really - B-O-Y-C-O-T-T. He soaked up the pressure and tired the bowlers to the point where runs were easier to come by cos they only had 3 main frontline bowlers.
They were not very good lol - you are drunk on too much ODI cricket.
@@doctormarazanvose4373 If you read what I put and not assumed what I meant you would understand my reasoning!! Brearley himself said that at times England could have been more positive when batting under his leadership not just this series but on several occasions between 1977-1981.
@@JP1234815 citation please - otherwise I will have to assume you crafted that for your own defence.
Certainly goes against his words in this video (which I completely agree with.) The footage of the first day's play gives further insight into just how difficult it was to bat in those conditions. Our current England team would have been rolled for 70 or 80. Everyone these days is obsessed with runs per ball. If the bowlers are on top on a good wicket don't expect a run fest. This was seen in the last test - Warner and Labuschagne really ground it out and punished the bowlers later in the day. Something that England took zero notice of and did their usual kamikaze collapse (bar Malan, Root and Stokes - Stokes only got out swinging because the rest of the order were sharing a single brain cell between them and left him no choice.)
People easily forget that conditions we different in the 70's. Few had helmets and there were some really fast bowlers around at the time besides the whole host of West Indians - many of whom hardly had a look in for the national side. So much so that many ex players have said that many top batsmans' averages were probably 10 lower than normal because it was such a challenge.
Hogg took 41 wickets in this series - as I have said - a real handful.
Mike Brearley talking common sense and making the interviewer look dumb into the bargain
who's the commentator tha doesn't know what a hook shot is?
5.24 when Boycott almost gets out someone shouts "get him out for fu*ks sake." This summed up the feelings of so many cricket fans, players and officials when Boycott was in this sort of mood!
boycott is anchoring a poor innings on a track that is suiting the bowler, but YOU wouldn't know that much.
you know about as much as geoff miller was being an all rounder.
the shout came during an lbw appeal, not his dismissal
@@davec8730 Yes, which is why I said "almost gets out." But hey, let's not get any facts get in the way of your stupid comments, which make a number of assumptions about my views and cricketing knowledge based on one comment that you took out of context.
@@Wally-H the 'stupid comments' are yours, no mark.
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