What I think after looking ambrose that jofra archer has learnt the art of bowling from ambrose if you see their bowling action it is almost same and the bowl delivery time is full same with same pace generated.
I'll never forget this test. As an Australian boy we were taught to fear the West Indian fast bowlers. They had some of the biggest names in Cricket and now they had this new gun batter in Lara too. Generally we'd only remain competitive through a stubborn boon or border innings of somewhere between 25 and 55 runs, so seeing Border drop in the first ball after Boon was soul crushing. You knew the Windies were going to towel you up from there, but you still held out a forlorn hope. It wasn't until the 95 tour of the West Indies that Australia confronted and overcame that fear, taking the crown for the next 10-15 years. The dominance of the West indies from 78 through to 95 will forever be one of the greatest in history. Such a powerful team.
@@sirlordhenrymortimer6620 yes Ambrose is a much better bowler than S.Nawaz but given the match situations, Nawaz's spell had more value. Check the scorecard of that match.
Ajanta Winslow Mendis is a better bowler than Curtly Ambrose. Ajanta Mendis bowls carrom ball which Curtly Ambrose doesn't bowl. Ajanta Winslow Mendis is a mystery man whom the batsmen around the world can't tackle because he bowls carrom ball. Curtly Ambrose is playable but Ajanta mendis is unplayable. Ajanta Mendis is simply the best because he is unorthodox.
Marshall, Roberts, Joel Garner,Holding , Croft ...and nearabout no helmet those days...You Must be a Brave man or completely foolish to play cricket against the W. Indians those days !! The one's today are Just complete weenies !
He never was interested in cricket. Just watch the episode of cricket's greatest featuring him. He always wanted to play basketball. But, Cricket was the most popular sport and beach cricket was widespread in his childhood. His mother wanted him to be a cricketer and he always had the talent playing beach cricket. He joined a club at the age of 21 and was playing for his country 4 years later. Incredible story of an incredible player
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I am glad that he was not. Test Cricket is the pure gold of Cricket, IPL is not even Cricket as the great Michael Holding says. That was the best era and just match up the legend as much.
@@SamareDoTelke its a spell they are talking about I think. it means, a bowling session during a match. You may have few spells in a match. so the total would be different, but here they have mentioned a spell. hope its clear now.
Actually nowadays he may not be that much effective .. at that time there was fear among batsman as well as their was a lack of quality equipments but now pitches are different bats are different ,etc ,
@@mayanktripathi9892 He is talking about Pink ball. He could bowl consistently over 140 at 6 feet 8. Any bowler of the present generation could match him?
@@bhargavpandya8302Imagine just having time to look back and see the ball caught, turning around to walk off and in that half second he's already in your face.
I am not able to understand how batsmen used to score against him. Such a tall lad with those line and length along with control(at great pace) . Hats off to you Sir Ambrose....
Well look at his average.....just over 20. Guys never scored off Ambrose. Lara scored a hundred off Northampshire in 1994. That was Curtly’s club......and Lara scored off everybody except Ambrose.
if you attack them wont let them settle, you can score plenty( check one dayers). and normally they got tired in later spells. so you have to wear them out. and curtly had walsh at the other end. curtly also took 9 to 10 overs to get a wicket!
Once in a generation bowler, but West indies had Garner, holding, Robert's, Marshall and Wayne Daniel. But west indies had all of these at the same time. And I was there to witness this awesome stuff.
Glad to see them play the Aussies mid to late 80's at the S.C.G . Insane pace attack. Pa was a member and he used to take me along. I will never forget it.
Ajanta Mendis is a better bowler than Curtly Ambrose. Ajanta Mendis is unplayable and he is a threat to the player around the world. Ajanta Mendis is a mystery man. Nobody knows how to tackle him.
I miss this fast bowling action. Ambrose, Courtney Walsh were some of the fiercest bowlers of their time. Thank you Cricket Australia for keeping such a treasure alive and sharing it with us.
Ambrose loved the game and it shows.Many many years ago my uncle and family were doing a world tour by ship and one of their stops was Sydney Went to cricket ground but it was closed When the head grounds keeper heard where they were from he gave them a personal your He was a big WI fan.Test cricket then was exciting and WI was a big part of that excitement
@@akkubaba plus his arms were an extra 6' (or appeared to at least) on top of that, ball coming from that height was super intimidating. One of the greats for sure!
Ajanta Mendis is a better bowler than Curtly Ambrose. Ajanta Mendis is unplayable and he is a threat to the player around the world. Ajanta Mendis is a mystery man. Nobody knows how to tackle him.
Ajanta Mendis is a better bowler than Curtly Ambrose. Ajanta Mendis is unplayable and he is a threat to the player around the world. Ajanta Mendis is a mystery man. Nobody knows how to tackle him.
deekshith md By that I mean the new stadium pitch does not have the bounce yet that the WACA used to. Not sure if it ever will - there is a lot more shading at the modern stadium. You used to fry at the WACA and there was no shade in the cheap seats (which is where I always sat) but it did mean the pitch really got sun baked hence it’s hardness and bounce.
@@Gro-485 McGrath played longer, had a better S/R in Test+ODI, had about 300 more wickets. Ambrose had a better Avg. in Tests while McGrath had a better avg. in ODI's.
No.. Bowlers can bowl only 4 overs.. One bowler can't change everything . Jofra was doing good with the bowl but rr had probably the worst bowling attack this season
@@राहुलपांडेय्-ड2र Its curtly ambrose he is talking about. Ambrose was the most deadly pacer of his time. He would sweep the floor with IPL teams in only 4 overs
7 wickets for just 1 run...unbelievable man...don't get to see such things now....grounds are too small and bats are getting bigger...poor fast bowlers
imagine facing Curtly in his prime at the WACA. The height from which he releases the ball combined with his pace, line, length and extra bounce would be a nightmare.
Look how far back the slipsmen are and how sweetly the catches carry to them. We shouldn't have even let the West Indies near the WACA back then haha. Should have said it was closed for renovations haha.
@Some Guy you probably mean 'learn to comprehend' but then again if you could comprehend you would've understood my comment rather than getting defensive and snarky. You don't need to imagine something you can already see was my point. But then again, I wouldn't expect you to understand it since comprehension isn't your cuppa tea.
My father even today says that the 80's west indies team were so deadly bcz of these bowlers. They were so tall that everyone facing them were always fearful. Now I came to know why🙂
Just look at that spit and lift he gets after the ball pitches. Love it. This is how a fast bowler should be. Mean and nasty. Never said a word, but looked like he wanted you for breakfast
@@patruzemann Height certainly is a factor but his action also ensured he made good use of his height. Look at Jeff Thomson- wasn't the tallest but he still got that spitting bounce off the pitch
he played a few tests when he was super young, and we dropped him for like 6 years after we lost a test in perth to south africa when we were only chasing 90odd and he was the set batsman and threw it away for the final wicket.
Huge respect to the batsmen of that era who scored such magnificent numbers against such bowlers. I mean every prolific bowler and batsman in history came from this era, spin bowlers like Warne and Murlitharan, fast bowlers like Akram, McGrath and Ambrose to name a few, and batsmen like Ponting, Kallis and Tendulkar. They were in a league of their own.
That's the thing.....nobody scored againt Curtly.....dude has 400+ wickets @20.......so if he's not taking wickets, he's not conceeding anything either.
Ambrose was the ultimate West Indian fast bowler. He had the pacey aggression of Roberts, the lithe athleticism of Holding, the intimidating height of Garner, and the surgical accuracy of Marshall. How anyone ever scored any runs off him remains one of the world's deeper mysteries.
@@shivansh668 Steyn never had Malcolm Marshall, Courtney Walsh & Ian Bishop at the other end, also taking wickets. SA had some great bowlers, but not quite as good as the WI.
Steyn played in a generation where the batsmen weren’t as gifted. In Steyn’s prime days, only two or three batsmen averaged over 50…..chanderpaul, Tendulkar and dravid. Between 2008 and 2014, steyn’s prime years, Kohl’s had not come of age as yet and was still struggling to get Anderson off the square in England. Ambrose days had Lara, Waugh, Tendulkar, Andy Flower, Allan Border, Javed Miandad. All averaged over 50 and Ambrose dismissed them repeatedly. Allan Border wasn’t even allowed to break the world record for most aggregate test runs in a world championship series with the WI
@@baidicsarkar2087 it’s not speed you dumbfuck, it’s more about accuracy. Dhoni isn’t even anyway near to the greatest batsman here in India and you talk to about one innings back in 2004😂
definitely playable. There is no such thing as a good ball as a batter, hard work and skill can counter any bowler and delivery. Would have loved to have faced him personally.
@@peace2u947 lol @ the iamverybadass comment. Check Curtly Ambrose's career numbers. Among all time bowlers in the sport who have played in the modern era (after the 60s), he's like top 3-4 in terms of avg. 21 runs per wicket. He was pretty much unplayable. You simply were not smacking him around for huge scores.
This is gold standard of bowling. Amazing line , length, speed, bounce and movement. It had everything. No fault of the batsmen. They could not have done anything better that day. This is classic. Sir Ambrose you are a legend.
Not swing......seam movement. Not anything extravagant but doing just enough off the pitch to kiss the edge which is why so many of the dismissals caught in the slip
The curator at the WACA actually was fired after the test for preparing a wicket that suited Ambrose as much as it did. I'm guessing the reasoning was for Australia to bowl first, and let Craig Mcdermott and Jo Angel get a go at the WI. For some reason, Border was not confident enough to allow his guys to bowl first( possibly still traumatized from the one run defeat the test before) and decided to let the WI chase on the final day. But that was all predicated on Ambrose having a bad game.......and he had the exact opposite
Watch it and note the full length. Such an intelligent bowler, not suckered into bowling short on a bouncy pitch. He was a superb bowler, pace plus the accuracy of McGrath.
It could be 1/8 has the catch taken in the slip in his first over. My favourite bowler.. unfortunately no one talks much about him. He was much better than greatly hiped McGrath :)
Well you can't call McGrath hype though. He had 563 test wickets. You need to be a genuinely good bowler to pick those many. What you can say is that Ambrose was better in certain aspects of his bowling than McGrath
Gaurav Deshpande McGrath was blessed to be part of strongest Aussi team ever which in addition to their superb fielding/catches helped him greatly to get to those numbers. Even Wasim Akram numbers are not so great...thanks to Pakistani fielders. He mainly relied lbws and bowled. But McGrath no doubt was a fine bowler but a bit hyped in my opinion.
@@msaeed5294 true.that. I love Wasim bhai's bowling as much as people from Pakistan do . He wasn't well supported enough in the field or he could have had around 600 odi wickets and 500+ test wickets
Most underrated bowler.. he to me was more lethal than Walsh.. And this video is also a reminder why Sachin is the god... Facing these bowlers without the review system.. on those deadly wickets with long boundaries.. champion player.. - lifetime fan 🙏
Why is this video a reminder Sachin was a god? He only got the tail end of the WI bowlers anyway. No knowing how he would have feared had he faced them 1978-86 when the peak time was.
omg where are those days of cricket.. where's the bounce and characters .. only thousands of run these days no fast bowlers no competition .. young boys celebrating more than what is achieved .. where is cricket gone
@@gokulk6784 but sadly I am from another era ☹️ I know him for another reason Before that I have only heard about him when Ponting said that Boon was his idol
@@utsav45_ @gokul krishnan Boon is such a legend. One of my friends stance is like David Boon and used to open for the team. Boon became his nick. He became so popular with Boon name that he wrote Boon in his wedding card below in small letters his actual name. No body remember his actual name, even I don't now. moving his left hand in a jerk before square cut is his signature Boon style.
That was an absolute rip-snorter! Just short of a length, Border has to play and it jags off the seam away at genuine pace. You're right that this was the best ball.
The great Curtly Ambrose bowled what some purists would call the "PERTH FECT LENGTH" at the Waca!!! His celebration and mannerisms after taking wickets has got to be legendary !!! Test cricket at it's very best!!!
from the early 80's as I see cricket Curtly,McGrath and Wasim Akram are in my all time bowlers with Shane warne as a spinner.I could imagine these on English or Australian wickets.
I would put waqar instead of akram and Joel garner or steyn instead of McGrath. Ambrose Joel garner Warne Waqar These 4 best bowling line up ever, in any format or in any condition.
@Varun Malcolm was Best ever Fast bowler these idiot is selling Big lies,Marshall was incomparable and easily The most Complete fats bowler Of all time.
Dont forget Richard Hadlee. He Used to do exactly what Ambrose did here against Australia. For me its Ambrose, Hadlee, Akram, Mcgrah and Marshall as the best i have ever seen. Lillee would be there but i never saw him.
An absolute legend of a bowler. I watched this on the TV here in Perth, and could not believe my eyes and ears. I dared not leave the room when he was bowling!
Wow!! This is a phenomenal performance for Mr Ambrose. This will go down in history as the greatest bowling performance by the west indies cricket team. Kudos to Mr Ambrose!!
This team was no way near to their best team. In 90s WI downfall started. They were still good but most of their legendary players had retired by then.
The WI were a legendary team at the time, torch was passed to Australia soon after. Great memories, watched alot of cricket back then after school, not much anymore.
At that time I'm in the stadium what a incredible spell and also what an intense atmosphere !!! Wicket also very bouncy but great bowling by the great legend !!!!!🔥🔥🔥
What a absolutely devastating lethal spell of fast bowling one of the greatest ever!....incredible performance with fierce intensity absolute fire 🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Ambrose was simply unplayable in those days. The personification of pure aggression. I still pray that the West Indies can produce a player of his equal that can help propel the Windies to Cricket's Summit. They have been there before, they can be there again.
@Ranit Mukherjee jeez. If a batsman has scored 70 international centuries, he must be definitely something. If he was just some ordinary batsmen, he wouldn't be this successful with the bat. Never knew that being overrated is also a thing in cricket
This was the greatest era for Cricket. Previously it was bowler heavy, you are out there for blood. not a good time for batsmen. In nineties it was balanced between batsmen and bowlers.. Now it is in favour of batsmen..
True. But it's creeping back to that golden balance, I'd say. First with Windies bowling out their old rivals for 77 and then Sri Lanka strangling South Africa on a batting pitch are good signs. Pretty much every nation now has a skilled pace attack in their arsenal to deal with those pesky batsmen... you couldn't say the same 7-8 years ago
My fast bowling tier list (8th March 2019) S - South Africa (way ahead of everyone in terms of both experience and skill) A - India, Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand (all perform well regardless of conditions) B - Pakistan, West Indies, England (good but inconsistent) C - ??? D - Bangladesh (no offence, but without Mustafizur they are lacking)
What I admired most about Curtley is that he got most of his wickets by trapping batsmen with his tight line. You see bowlers picking up wickets with batsmen playing away from their body. Ambrose Had many batsmen defending on the off stump uncertain if to play back or forward getting faint edges of trapped lbw. He literally strangled batsmen out. A great crisis bowled as well. Really top class performer.
Runs scored facing him between his first wicket falling and the 7th. Ambrose's overall figures in that innings were 18 overs, 9 maidens, 7 wickets for 25 runs.
His run up, his action, his attitude, his death stare, his silence, his celebration, his aura... Nobody like him. Yesterday, today, tomorrow..
Yeah mate. Miss those 90's era. Today's fast bowler sucks
Moreover sir Ambrose personality deserve success..
Nice words bro
I've never seen him bend his body
What I think after looking ambrose that jofra archer has learnt the art of bowling from ambrose if you see their bowling action it is almost same and the bowl delivery time is full same with same pace generated.
I'll never forget this test. As an Australian boy we were taught to fear the West Indian fast bowlers. They had some of the biggest names in Cricket and now they had this new gun batter in Lara too. Generally we'd only remain competitive through a stubborn boon or border innings of somewhere between 25 and 55 runs, so seeing Border drop in the first ball after Boon was soul crushing. You knew the Windies were going to towel you up from there, but you still held out a forlorn hope. It wasn't until the 95 tour of the West Indies that Australia confronted and overcame that fear, taking the crown for the next 10-15 years. The dominance of the West indies from 78 through to 95 will forever be one of the greatest in history. Such a powerful team.
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Not 78....ig you can say 71-72
It's also the joy and emotion that the West Indies teams played with. Often cricket since the 2010s just seems soulless
In the present day, they are a mere shadow of their former selves-just another team making up the numbers.
And now Windies have Jason Holder, Shannon Gabriel, kemar roach, alzarri Joseph 😅😅
Ambrose takes 6. "One of the best spells of bowling at Gabba", man took 7 wickets for 1 run. Who was better??
Don't know about them but u r better than Kunal kamra😁😁😂😂
Sarfaraz Nawaz also took 7 for 1 at MCG
@@arcticwanderer2109 Ambrose>>>> nawaz
@@sirlordhenrymortimer6620 yes Ambrose is a much better bowler than S.Nawaz but given the match situations, Nawaz's spell had more value. Check the scorecard of that match.
@@arcticwanderer2109 Ambrose won this match for his team and his avg. of 20.99 is insane . I think only Marshall has better avg. than him.
Magnificent. As an Aussie this might be a nightmare.. but we miss you wonderful Windies.. please come back
True, need a good Windies team, not the same without them competing at the top. Congrats on the WC btw.
Ajanta Winslow Mendis is a better bowler than Curtly Ambrose. Ajanta Mendis bowls carrom ball which Curtly Ambrose doesn't bowl. Ajanta Winslow Mendis is a mystery man whom the batsmen around the world can't tackle because he bowls carrom ball. Curtly Ambrose is playable but Ajanta mendis is unplayable. Ajanta Mendis is simply the best because he is unorthodox.
@@flash-uj6ly Cr^ck head alert ..🤣😂
That West Indies era was of monsters... They used to eat batsmans alive
Marshall, Roberts, Joel Garner,Holding , Croft ...and nearabout no helmet those days...You Must be a Brave man or completely foolish to play cricket against the W. Indians those days !! The one's today are Just complete weenies !
@@sap_waasap_waa2120 think of Gavaskar playing without helmet
British daily journals portrayed windies bowlers as barbarians who like to batsman bleeding....
Malcom Marsh
Joel garner
Andy Roberts
Michael holding
Legend bowlers
Ian bishop
Curtly Ambrose
Ambrose on Sky Sports: I never liked being driven down the ground. You wanna drive? You go buy a car.
An absolute legend.
M.M.A. Holding half a generation before him used it to Greg (i believe) Chappell in Aus. 'if you wanna drive, hire a car'
😂😂🤣🤣😂😂😂 Every bowler feels the very same way bro. Good one.
Gall Bani koi
comedian
He never was interested in cricket. Just watch the episode of cricket's greatest featuring him. He always wanted to play basketball. But, Cricket was the most popular sport and beach cricket was widespread in his childhood. His mother wanted him to be a cricketer and he always had the talent playing beach cricket.
He joined a club at the age of 21 and was playing for his country 4 years later. Incredible story of an incredible player
If he was from Pakistan all these catches would have been dropped 😂🤣
Yes correct 😂😂😂😂🤣
You are so stupid lol
Don't know anything about pak btw I am Indian
@@lazarbeam2504 mat maan maa huda
@@chikukhona4605 bacche ko kitna bih samjhdo bacche Nazi maanta
Jab bada hojaye ga toh samajh mein aayega
Gaali wo log dete hain jinke pass kuch bolne ke liye nahi Rehta
Pata nahi Kisnebacho ke haath mein mobile pakdha diva
Aur kuch nahi bolna hai tumhari tarah nalla nahi noon .
@@chikukhona4605 same to you.
Germany 7-1 vs Brazil a tribute to the legendary Curtly Ambrose.
HAHAHA
🤣🤣🤣
I like that
😂😂😂
yes absolutely love that comment
90' s was a great era of great fast bowlers Ambrose, Walsh, Akram, Waqar, Donald.
Rupan Chhabra not to mention mcgrath
Cricket is dead. RIP cricket.
Rupan Chhabra even Zimbabwe had a class fast bowler in Heath Streak.
And sachin and Lara were averaging 50+ against them ... now it's just a joke
Now the era's gonna repeat with Cummins,starc,bumrah,rabada,boult,archer
Ambrose, born 15 years later, would have earned millions in IPL.
Not million bro billions may be you can't find fast bowler like this
Bowlers like him come no more because of rules . By the way it would be 25 years later not 15.
I am glad that he was not. Test Cricket is the pure gold of Cricket, IPL is not even Cricket as the great Michael Holding says. That was the best era and just match up the legend as much.
No one cares about IPL other than India.
IPL doesnt deserve Ambrose.
7-1 in 32 balls in Test cricket....Think about it...How good was Ambrose?
Majestically as the natural mystic blowing through the air of the cricket arena! And as a catergory 5 hurricane!!
@Sudhakar Rao 7 for 1. Australia were 305-3 at one stage needing another 60 to win, they were all out at 310
Arctic Wanderer If he got 7 for one they would’ve been all out for 306
@@patrickgracias5782 Australia might have scored 4 runs from other bowlers.
That too against Australia at their home ground. Mind Blown!!!!!
Will never be repeated again..7 for 1....Ridiculously rare numbers. The Legend Ambrose..
Im just wondering how come its 1 run only. He conceaded a boundary at the start of the video right?
@@randimapssit’s a spell not the whole bowling overs I think
Absolutely never again. That was amazing. That was Curtly Abrose!
@@randimapssyes mee too can someone explain like to a 7 yr old kid plz
@@SamareDoTelke its a spell they are talking about I think. it means, a bowling session during a match. You may have few spells in a match. so the total would be different, but here they have mentioned a spell. hope its clear now.
Just think this guy bowling with pink ball😳😳😳could have been a nightmare to batsman's 🙄
Think when he would bowl at night🙄🙄
Think if any batsman would have hit him for a six🙄
Actually nowadays he may not be that much effective .. at that time there was fear among batsman as well as their was a lack of quality equipments but now pitches are different bats are different ,etc ,
@@mayanktripathi9892
He is talking about Pink ball. He could bowl consistently over 140 at 6 feet 8. Any bowler of the present generation could match him?
@@mayanktripathi9892 jofra archer is effective now at present.. Ambrose is better than jofra archer..so, Ambrose will always effective
1:51 he covered the 22 yards area so smoothly with about 10-11 steps! Unreal athlete!
He was nearly with batsman, while the ball reached the keeper
He was just tall.
Some people are just gifted
@@bhargavpandya8302Imagine just having time to look back and see the ball caught, turning around to walk off and in that half second he's already in your face.
@@Samsung-zg9qlYeah 6'8
I am not able to understand how batsmen used to score against him. Such a tall lad with those line and length along with control(at great pace) . Hats off to you Sir Ambrose....
Well look at his average.....just over 20. Guys never scored off Ambrose. Lara scored a hundred off Northampshire in 1994. That was Curtly’s club......and Lara scored off everybody except Ambrose.
if you attack them wont let them settle, you can score plenty( check one dayers). and normally they got tired in later spells. so you have to wear them out. and curtly had walsh at the other end. curtly also took 9 to 10 overs to get a wicket!
Yes indeed. One of the greatest bowlers of the 20th century.
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thats the thing. they didnt make runs against him. He was never ever hit for a 6. Amazing talent.
Once in a generation bowler, but West indies had Garner, holding, Robert's, Marshall and Wayne Daniel. But west indies had all of these at the same time. And I was there to witness this awesome stuff.
Think of how good Sunny Gavaskar was to average 50-odd against that attack.
Glad to see them play the Aussies mid to late 80's at the S.C.G . Insane pace attack. Pa was a member and he used to take me along. I will never forget it.
Ajanta Mendis is a better bowler than Curtly Ambrose. Ajanta Mendis is unplayable and he is a threat to the player around the world. Ajanta Mendis is a mystery man. Nobody knows how to tackle him.
That was the West Indies team, probably best of all time.
@@garethwest9069 he had the intention to stay whole day even without any score. It is hard to get rid of this type of wicket.
I miss this fast bowling action.
Ambrose, Courtney Walsh were some of the fiercest bowlers of their time.
Thank you Cricket Australia for keeping such a treasure alive and sharing it with us.
And also legend sir marshal
@@RahulKumar-ce3xi Yes. I agree.
Ambrose loved the game and it shows.Many many years ago my uncle and family were doing a world tour by ship and one of their stops was Sydney Went to cricket ground but it was closed When the head grounds keeper heard where they were from he gave them a personal your He was a big WI fan.Test cricket then was exciting and WI was a big part of that excitement
Ambrose was a gentle giant towering over the rest. I think he was 6’7 or 6’8 in height
@@akkubaba plus his arms were an extra 6' (or appeared to at least) on top of that, ball coming from that height was super intimidating. One of the greats for sure!
An absolute legend in a team of legends. Breaks my heart to see West Indian cricket now ....
Bunch of league jokers Now🤡
don't think it was much fun facing him at his best
Ajanta Mendis is a better bowler than Curtly Ambrose. Ajanta Mendis is unplayable and he is a threat to the player around the world. Ajanta Mendis is a mystery man. Nobody knows how to tackle him.
@@flash-uj6ly WTFC, Ambrose is the best.
They need a retreat where they watch these videos and hopefully use them to cataylse some sort of return to greatness.
Ambrose's arm action was so legal it couldn't get more legal!! The best arm action in test cricket ever, everything else is copied by other bowlers!!
Was just thinking the same after deciding to rewatch this video for like the nth time.
The arm action is just damn perfect 😍👍
@@pkoppula Indeed! Indeed! Indeed!
Lol, he was called for chucking once and he’s never forgiven the ump....
This is pure swing!! Can't get better!
Abdul razaq copied ambrose
Depressing how West Indies have gone from this to losing to Zimbabwe in world cup qualifiers.
Failed to Qualify For ICC World Cup 2023 in India
whats the reason??
@@paulrichards6894 Lack of Passion and Politics and Mismanagement By West Indies Cricket Board
His arms were so long his action looked like he is going to hit umpire in the head every time.. what a beast of a bowler..
Hit umpire🤣🤣
Never ever seen anyone ever bowl like Ambrose... my fav all time
If MS Dhoni would have existed during Ambrose era then Dhoni would have murdered and butchered Curtly Ambrose bowling.
Ajanta Mendis is a better bowler than Curtly Ambrose. Ajanta Mendis is unplayable and he is a threat to the player around the world. Ajanta Mendis is a mystery man. Nobody knows how to tackle him.
@@flash-uj6ly for MS:- He would've got the numbers of Ambrose for 1st few matches then we know what will happen.
For Mendis:- Ask Sehwag.
I was there that day. Incredible, amazing spell. I miss the bouncy WACA pitch. The new stadium has yet to prove itself to fast bowlers.
Really
deekshith md By that I mean the new stadium pitch does not have the bounce yet that the WACA used to. Not sure if it ever will - there is a lot more shading at the modern stadium. You used to fry at the WACA and there was no shade in the cheap seats (which is where I always sat) but it did mean the pitch really got sun baked hence it’s hardness and bounce.
Mark Waugh was dropped and still he gets 7/1
@@RameshBabu-of5qk Curtly was hit for four on very first ball of this video.Isn't it?🤔🤔🤔
@@rishavranjansingh9630 thinking the same
Ambrose would probably be in almost every dream XI. Don’t matter what nationality, he was the best in that time. Test and ODI.
Absolutely well said!!
He is much better than Glen McGrath
@@Gro-485 By what metric?
@@sreddi83 all logical metric
@@Gro-485 McGrath played longer, had a better S/R in Test+ODI, had about 300 more wickets.
Ambrose had a better Avg. in Tests while McGrath had a better avg. in ODI's.
I watched it live on that day, I can't believe it was that long ago. What an amazing spell and cricketing era.
Really? I was also teenager and loves to Westindies so much.
In today's time he would have earned 25 crores in the auction... absolutely legendary....
No.. Bowlers can bowl only 4 overs.. One bowler can't change everything .
Jofra was doing good with the bowl but rr had probably the worst bowling attack this season
so how much less than shane warne and muralitharan?
@@राहुलपांडेय्-ड2र Its curtly ambrose he is talking about.
Ambrose was the most deadly pacer of his time.
He would sweep the floor with IPL teams in only 4 overs
@@राहुलपांडेय्-ड2र he was talking about the bid price nothing else lol
Just a human perception
Without a doubt, a complete great fast bowler any team can desire on this Earth. My god this guy is the giant
His record was poor in Asia.
Not complete, he relied on bounce a lot. That is why he didn't succeed in subcontinent.
However on pitches like these with his bounce he gave the best bowling performances in the cricket history.
@@anonymous2964 he is 10 times better than each and every bowler produced by India
@@shahroopal6194 lol but his record in asia is pathetic..
This is the greatest spell of fast bowling I have ever seen.
Saurav Narresh you assume I didn’t grow up with Big Bird?.....
First bowl gone for 4
Then how 7-1
Please explain
@@MrDrgdf it was the spell. That one spell of bowling was 7 for 1. Not his overall bowling figures for the inning.
@@MrDrgdf There is a difference between a spell and innings dude.
7-1 is the spell figures
@@swapnilgarg6695 that guy was absolutely right spell means that part is his innings figures where he went for 7-1.
Aussies: it's not fair, he's bowling from 10th floor 😂🔥
7 wickets for just 1 run...unbelievable man...don't get to see such things now....grounds are too small and bats are getting bigger...poor fast bowlers
Ketan Adhav Forgot to add that pitches r becoming road like.
That is why Dale Styne is the best bowler of all time
wasn't the first ball a dropped catch that went for 4? counting is hard?
Dats is why cricket has lost its charm
Now days cricket is for dumb spectators who want to see sixes
ambrose's bowling average in this spell = 0.000000000000000000youaref*cked
Albert Warne but that means he got no wickets!
that can also mean he gave no runs while taking wickets but yeah i forgot to add another hundred zeroes and a 1...
0.14 to be precise
of the innings not the spell
???
He doesnt even need a proper follow thru,just needs to deliver and see what happens with the ball 😂
🤣
That was some observation
And still bowls 145 kph
That pace, that length and that hint of swing! Absolutely gem of bowling. Unplayable.
McGrath was also unplayable
His record is better than Glenn
@@rameshsehgal4909McGrath didn't have pace or swing
@@ahmedzakikhan7639mcgrath have just line n length.
Soldier of golden era of carribean pace attack, I have not seen team Australia so helpless in front of any other bowler like sir ambrose..
He was a monster.. look at his bowling action. unbelievable
Did he ever Bowl a bad ball?
@pravin kulkarni agar woh hote bi kuch bi Nahi Kar pate....😂
@@sridhargunners he is the only bowler who has never been hit for a six
@@rohitrockzz6139 de villiers may have smashed him because pf his unorthodox techniques. But kohli can't 😑
@@themelomaniac7682 can't say coz 80s and mid 90s are bowler friendly conditions even devilliers can't play
Nowadays, you can only dream of seeing such pace and bounce in Australian test wickets.
The game has changed to favor batting with creating flat pitches, power plays, fielding restrictions.
Bro I heard that Ambrose bowled 149.6 kph actually how much was his fastest ball
@@manjulakr9637 meekendukandi cricket gurinchi..
@@jilankhadri adhi nekenduku Thana istam thelistey answer cheppu lekapothey musuko ap ga
@@manjulakr9637 he can achieve 90mph regularly Google it
imagine facing Curtly in his prime at the WACA. The height from which he releases the ball combined with his pace, line, length and extra bounce would be a nightmare.
His height was his great strength.
Look how far back the slipsmen are and how sweetly the catches carry to them. We shouldn't have even let the West Indies near the WACA back then haha. Should have said it was closed for renovations haha.
@Some Guy: We don't need to imagine it. We can see it in the video.
@@hiteshkewalramani3186 I said "imagine *facing* Curtly", not "imagine *watching* it". Learn how to read, friend.
@Some Guy you probably mean 'learn to comprehend' but then again if you could comprehend you would've understood my comment rather than getting defensive and snarky. You don't need to imagine something you can already see was my point. But then again, I wouldn't expect you to understand it since comprehension isn't your cuppa tea.
My father even today says that the 80's west indies team were so deadly bcz of these bowlers. They were so tall that everyone facing them were always fearful. Now I came to know why🙂
Then after bowling was over, you had to face batting legends 😂
Just look at that spit and lift he gets after the ball pitches. Love it. This is how a fast bowler should be. Mean and nasty. Never said a word, but looked like he wanted you for breakfast
Absolutely well said!! Like a Freddie Kruger out of a horror movie!!
Actually he had a great height that's why he got such a bounce....
@@patruzemann Height certainly is a factor but his action also ensured he made good use of his height. Look at Jeff Thomson- wasn't the tallest but he still got that spitting bounce off the pitch
@@shahmianas8512 yeah it's about how much you bend your back, the more you bend the more bounce you can extract
@@shahmianas8512 thompson was FAST with that sling action.
Never know Damien Martin played on those days.. he stayed very young till 90's
Damien martin is australian middle order batsman... U mean damien fleming....
@@Krishnakc-nd1qy I too mentioned about Damien Martin the batsman, you can see him in this match .. not the Fleming whom sachin loves to face 😀
he played a few tests when he was super young, and we dropped him for like 6 years after we lost a test in perth to south africa when we were only chasing 90odd and he was the set batsman and threw it away for the final wicket.
Actually he scored THE 1 run
I m just thanking d same...
@1:58 hold on. Someone was taller than ambrose ?
No Bowling Spell like this in Test Match Cricket. Ambrose, A Great Bowler🎉
I'm English and they used to do this to us all the time - good to see they handed it out to the Aussies too! WIndies were such a great bunch of guys.
Huge respect to the batsmen of that era who scored such magnificent numbers against such bowlers. I mean every prolific bowler and batsman in history came from this era, spin bowlers like Warne and Murlitharan, fast bowlers like Akram, McGrath and Ambrose to name a few, and batsmen like Ponting, Kallis and Tendulkar. They were in a league of their own.
There are more of names u cant even count like dennis lillie shane bond bret lee flintoff waqar zaheer irfan and many more
It was not possible to make the fab four in that era like its today
..ahem Lara
That's the thing.....nobody scored againt Curtly.....dude has 400+ wickets @20.......so if he's not taking wickets, he's not conceeding anything either.
the previous gen
When today's bowlers delivers one 150+ ball in an entire spell.
Kids today : Fassssssssssssssssttt
Chacha...Bas kro..jiyada gyaaan na pelo....Kriket ka ballla pkda bhe h tu 😛😛😛
Now kids will bark , its Cricket not kriket 🤣🤣
I think Ambrose never bowled a 150+🙄🙄
@@notshow23 Bhai tu baccha h....Jo PTA nhi wo bako mt.....bacche ho baccho ki tarh raho
@@alencko7114 Holding?
Ambrose was the ultimate West Indian fast bowler. He had the pacey aggression of Roberts, the lithe athleticism of Holding, the intimidating height of Garner, and the surgical accuracy of Marshall. How anyone ever scored any runs off him remains one of the world's deeper mysteries.
Best bowler of this generation (last 35 years). Spare a thought for Steyn, but Ambrose’s stats were better I reckon
@@shivansh668 in terms of bowling averages. Also I believe that Ambrose bowled to a higher class of batsmen. Just my opinion
@@shivansh668 Steyn never had Malcolm Marshall, Courtney Walsh & Ian Bishop at the other end, also taking wickets. SA had some great bowlers, but not quite as good as the WI.
@@shivansh668Curtly shared wickets with some of the greatest fast bowlers the world had ever seen.
Steyn played in a generation where the batsmen weren’t as gifted. In Steyn’s prime days, only two or three batsmen averaged over 50…..chanderpaul, Tendulkar and dravid. Between 2008 and 2014, steyn’s prime years, Kohl’s had not come of age as yet and was still struggling to get Anderson off the square in England. Ambrose days had Lara, Waugh, Tendulkar, Andy Flower, Allan Border, Javed Miandad. All averaged over 50 and Ambrose dismissed them repeatedly. Allan Border wasn’t even allowed to break the world record for most aggregate test runs in a world championship series with the WI
Respect to all batsmen who ever faced this Monster omg 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Gavaskar averages more than 50 against windies
Dhoni would have murdered Curtly Ambrose.
@@flash-uj6ly 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@baidicsarkar2087 it’s not speed you dumbfuck, it’s more about accuracy.
Dhoni isn’t even anyway near to the greatest batsman here in India and you talk to about one innings back in 2004😂
@@baidicsarkar2087 Ambrose is the greatest bowler of all time period. Admiring someone shouldn’t mean you look down at others.
Wow!! Never saw him live only heard about him. With this accurate line -length and bounce , he was an unplayable fast bowler.
definitely playable. There is no such thing as a good ball as a batter, hard work and skill can counter any bowler and delivery. Would have loved to have faced him personally.
@@peace2u947 lol @ the iamverybadass comment. Check Curtly Ambrose's career numbers. Among all time bowlers in the sport who have played in the modern era (after the 60s), he's like top 3-4 in terms of avg. 21 runs per wicket. He was pretty much unplayable. You simply were not smacking him around for huge scores.
@@passa117 not unplayable, but more like “need special skills as a batsman”
Never ever seen anyone ever bowl like Ambrose... my fav all time
This is gold standard of bowling. Amazing line , length, speed, bounce and movement. It had everything. No fault of the batsmen. They could not have done anything better that day. This is classic. Sir Ambrose you are a legend.
Movement???
@@udaychakraborty632 swing
Not swing......seam movement. Not anything extravagant but doing just enough off the pitch to kiss the edge which is why so many of the dismissals caught in the slip
The curator at the WACA actually was fired after the test for preparing a wicket that suited Ambrose as much as it did. I'm guessing the reasoning was for Australia to bowl first, and let Craig Mcdermott and Jo Angel get a go at the WI. For some reason, Border was not confident enough to allow his guys to bowl first( possibly still traumatized from the one run defeat the test before) and decided to let the WI chase on the final day. But that was all predicated on Ambrose having a bad game.......and he had the exact opposite
perfection
What a bowler he was! ❤️ He along with Walsh were a deadly combination! good old genuine Cricketing days!
unplayable at times
I'd forgotten just how good he was!
God I miss this guy.... my mat favorite cricketer of all time....
HOPE YOU HAVING A GREAT LIFE CURTLY....
Man contemporary West Indies bowlers can't even manage to take 5 wickets in test matches
Good thing times are changing!
Ain't that the truth : -( having said that watch out for Alzarri Joseph and Oshane Thomas. Both of them have great potential.
@@blackgold1980 talented mo doubt but they lack consistent performance
@@jaxx443 they are still young but let's see in a few years time where they are.
@@blackgold1980 I always wants westindies to win but they dont take cricket that serious anymore
Watch it and note the full length. Such an intelligent bowler, not suckered into bowling short on a bouncy pitch. He was a superb bowler, pace plus the accuracy of McGrath.
Can’t get over how deep the keeper and slips are, unbelievable bounce and carry
# Hit Like if u think it is the most fearsome spell of all time
It could be 1/8 has the catch taken in the slip in his first over. My favourite bowler.. unfortunately no one talks much about him. He was much better than greatly hiped McGrath :)
Well you can't call McGrath hype though. He had 563 test wickets. You need to be a genuinely good bowler to pick those many. What you can say is that Ambrose was better in certain aspects of his bowling than McGrath
@Saurav Narresh true but others having more impact doesn't make him any less good.
Gaurav Deshpande McGrath was blessed to be part of strongest Aussi team ever which in addition to their superb fielding/catches helped him greatly to get to those numbers. Even Wasim Akram numbers are not so great...thanks to Pakistani fielders. He mainly relied lbws and bowled. But McGrath no doubt was a fine bowler but a bit hyped in my opinion.
@@msaeed5294 true.that. I love Wasim bhai's bowling as much as people from Pakistan do . He wasn't well supported enough in the field or he could have had around 600 odi wickets and 500+ test wickets
But the first ball gone for 4 then how he gave only 1 run?
When he comes to bowl, I would go take a bathroom break first and do a small prayer 😂😂😂😂
Most underrated bowler.. he to me was more lethal than Walsh..
And this video is also a reminder why Sachin is the god... Facing these bowlers without the review system.. on those deadly wickets with long boundaries.. champion player.. - lifetime fan 🙏
Sachin was never a scorer against fast pitches
Why is this video a reminder Sachin was a god? He only got the tail end of the WI bowlers anyway. No knowing how he would have feared had he faced them 1978-86 when the peak time was.
Have seen this 100 times. Its awesome every time. Ambrose the great.
omg where are those days of cricket.. where's the bounce and characters .. only thousands of run these days no fast bowlers no competition .. young boys celebrating more than what is achieved .. where is cricket gone
Cricket died in late 90s
Hope you caught the India Australia test series ;)
Dale Steyn wants to know your location
And buried by 20_20
Cricket was died after 2000 😓
1:30 David Boon The Referee who allowed Chahal for Jadeja as concussion substitute ❤️
I lament the day when David Boon is refered to as that guy who allowed substituting Chahal for Jadeja. The guy was an absolute legend 😄
@@gokulk6784 but sadly I am from another era ☹️ I know him for another reason Before that I have only heard about him when Ponting said that Boon was his idol
Boon was absolute legend. Fat and unorthodox playing style.
@@utsav45_ @gokul krishnan Boon is such a legend. One of my friends stance is like David Boon and used to open for the team. Boon became his nick. He became so popular with Boon name that he wrote Boon in his wedding card below in small letters his actual name. No body remember his actual name, even I don't now.
moving his left hand in a jerk before square cut is his signature Boon style.
Just look at Ambrose's face when he dismisses Allan Border For a Golden Duck.....
Ahh
Really miss those days man 😌
Semar joshep is on the way to make a big impact in west indies test cricket🔥
How is this possible, 7-1! This is sheer magic. Respect, Sir Curtly Ambrose
how come it was 7 for 1 when 1st ball edged for 4
7-1in one spell
@@shivaprasadb4837 i too got the same doubt bro😂😂😂
@@shivaprasadb4837 because all 7 wickets came after the edged 4
Boland had just taken 6-8 against mighty England
I feel the 80’s and 90’s provided us with the worlds best fast bowlers,yet to be matched.
I love it how he saved his best ball for getting Border out.
BORDER BUMJACKED AMBROSE FOREVER
@@TheKwod f no
That was an absolute rip-snorter! Just short of a length, Border has to play and it jags off the seam away at genuine pace. You're right that this was the best ball.
The great Curtly Ambrose bowled what some purists would call the "PERTH FECT LENGTH" at the Waca!!!
His celebration and mannerisms after taking wickets has got to be legendary !!!
Test cricket at it's very best!!!
from the early 80's as I see cricket Curtly,McGrath and Wasim Akram are in my all time bowlers with Shane warne as a spinner.I could imagine these on English or Australian wickets.
Technically you are wrong McGrath and warne is not from 80's
I would put waqar instead of akram and Joel garner or steyn instead of McGrath.
Ambrose
Joel garner
Warne
Waqar
These 4 best bowling line up ever, in any format or in any condition.
@Varun Malcolm was Best ever Fast bowler these idiot is selling Big lies,Marshall was incomparable and easily The most Complete fats bowler Of all time.
Dont forget Richard Hadlee. He Used to do exactly what Ambrose did here against Australia. For me its Ambrose, Hadlee, Akram, Mcgrah and Marshall as the best i have ever seen. Lillee would be there but i never saw him.
McGrath and Akram were indeed chuckers. Just look at their action.
An absolute legend of a bowler. I watched this on the TV here in Perth, and could not believe my eyes and ears. I dared not leave the room when he was bowling!
I think I remember the day and from memory I couldn't believe my eyes.
7 wickets in 1 run was very unbelievable spell done by Ambrose he was great bowler
It really hurts 😢 when I see present WI team situation.why they stop producing legends like Ambrose.
Akram, Ambrose n McGrath would be a part of any All-time-playing XI.....the true masters of the game!
and not to forget ---- Great Kapil Dev.
@@vishalbhatia73
True that 😀👍
Hadlee instead of McGrath
@@pulloutscotty
👍
Anderson
Wow!! This is a phenomenal performance for Mr Ambrose. This will go down in history as the greatest bowling performance by the west indies cricket team. Kudos to Mr Ambrose!!
Every cricket lover want this WEST INDIES CRICKET TEAM back 🔥!
This team was no way near to their best team. In 90s WI downfall started. They were still good but most of their legendary players had retired by then.
What a WI team that was...those names give me goosebumps...respect!
What was the era.. 80's, - 90's fast bowlers !!! a real Havoc...
The WI were a legendary team at the time, torch was passed to Australia soon after. Great memories, watched alot of cricket back then after school, not much anymore.
Yes it was Steve Waugh who single handedly destroyed Ambrose and WI with it.
At that time I'm in the stadium what a incredible spell and also what an intense atmosphere !!! Wicket also very bouncy but great bowling by the great legend !!!!!🔥🔥🔥
Ambrose is my all time favourite bowler. He taught well how to bowling 😊.
what a nasty bowler to face. scary stuff.
Just imagine Ambrose in today's game. Totally unplayable what a legend !!!
One of the West Indies Greatest Bowler who I was privileged to see in action at the famous Bourda Cricket Ground.
What a absolutely devastating lethal spell of fast bowling one of the greatest ever!....incredible performance with fierce intensity absolute fire 🔥 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Ambrose was simply unplayable in those days. The personification of pure aggression. I still pray that the West Indies can produce a player of his equal that can help propel the Windies to Cricket's Summit. They have been there before, they can be there again.
Man just dominantly mops up some of the best batsmen in the world
I want to see Steve Smith playing on such pitch against such bowlers. I've seen him struggling against bounce and pace sometimes.
*variable bounce
Of course he would have no chance
@Ranit Mukherjee We are talking about the best batsmen currently, that means every other batsmen would be even easier.
@Ranit Mukherjee No matter how much you or me dislike Kohli, he is the best batsman of this decade.
@Ranit Mukherjee jeez. If a batsman has scored 70 international centuries, he must be definitely something. If he was just some ordinary batsmen, he wouldn't be this successful with the bat. Never knew that being overrated is also a thing in cricket
This was the greatest era for Cricket. Previously it was bowler heavy, you are out there for blood. not a good time for batsmen. In nineties it was balanced between batsmen and bowlers.. Now it is in favour of batsmen..
True. But it's creeping back to that golden balance, I'd say. First with Windies bowling out their old rivals for 77 and then Sri Lanka strangling South Africa on a batting pitch are good signs. Pretty much every nation now has a skilled pace attack in their arsenal to deal with those pesky batsmen... you couldn't say the same 7-8 years ago
My fast bowling tier list (8th March 2019)
S - South Africa (way ahead of everyone in terms of both experience and skill)
A - India, Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand (all perform well regardless of conditions)
B - Pakistan, West Indies, England (good but inconsistent)
C - ???
D - Bangladesh (no offence, but without Mustafizur they are lacking)
Wow what a bounce and control of his line and length everything is perfect . Now modern day wi team need to learn his former players .
He's known for line length and bounce.LEGEND AMBROSE
It was actually 7-25 full innings spell...but from his 1st wicket to 7th wicket he gave only 1 run, so the title says "spell of 7-1"
No it shouldn't be 7-1 u can see 1st ball goes to four
What I admired most about Curtley is that he got most of his wickets by trapping batsmen with his tight line. You see bowlers picking up wickets with batsmen playing away from their body. Ambrose Had many batsmen defending on the off stump uncertain if to play back or forward getting faint edges of trapped lbw. He literally strangled batsmen out. A great crisis bowled as well. Really top class performer.
One of the greatest bowlers of all time and that has to be one of the best ever bowling spells. 7 wickets downunder against a great batting lineup.
I didn't understand how they are saying 7-1 when first ball he bowled gets 4 runs from a edge
Exactly
They are talking about spell not whole innings
Runs scored facing him between his first wicket falling and the 7th. Ambrose's overall figures in that innings were 18 overs, 9 maidens, 7 wickets for 25 runs.
It was his second spell
It was his spell of 7 for 1, Before that he had 0 for 21 and finished with 7 for 25. It is the spell that they are talking about.
My Favourite bowler.....
Definitely the fearful spell to any batsmen
That head shake when hi-fiving.....felt like he took feedback from every team mate. So very Ambrose.
One of the best bowlers West Indies ever had. Respect
7/1 just ruined Aussies batting lineup 😀😀
i can watch this over and over again and never get tired of this. it is special and i envy those who watched it live!!!
Can't agree more it was a privilege to witness it
What a spell. Ambrose has been one of the fastest and most feared fast bowlers in the history of cricket.
Awesome!! I remember these glory days for the Windies. Love watching Ambrose - such a cool action!
Garner also.
@@JC57515 Absolutely - Joel Garner aka Big Bird!
Bowl coming from 2nd floor 🔥🔥 Sir Ambrose
Incredible bowler he used to get great bounce from his deliveries.