Just look at the awesome footwork of Kallicharran! Thanks - this video demonstrates a true master at work. Shirt unbuttoned, no helmet and he's facing Lillee when Lillee was at the prime of his career. I was in my early teens then but I was privileged to see Kallicharran live. What a genius! What impeccable timing and footwork! That is batting!
Awesome to watch, those days the only helmet you had was your eyes on the ball, the records that was set by batsmen in those days should never compare with those who wear helmets these days..
The half buttoned shirt is considered bad ass in Guyana, Kalli's home country. That was not an accident. It was attitude. And he was not scared. He was rated ahead of Richards in 1975. He was quick on foot with good eyes, as they say in the WI. I like this for the sheer attitude. You have the ball. I have he bat. Let's go. On this day, Kalli won. Could have been otherwise - its cricket. Celebrate the contest. Much respect for Lillee.
2:30 the best hook shot you will see in a long time. As Indians, we had great respect for Kalicharan and Rohan Kanhai. Kalicharan and Gavaskar were very close friends. And Rohan Gavaskar was named after Kanhai.
blacky playz alvin down fall was the hook shot saw him at bourda 1973 vs aussie went back to visit and my green card a young aussie 19 year old name jeff hammond trick him the hook shoot and got lilee and massey got hurt jeff and max walkeropen the bowling for the aussie morris foster birth they all got drunk and get bowl out for 125 runs lawrence got hurt in the third test that was a big blow the west indies lost the series two to zero a good series kanhai did not have great pace bowlers gibbs was the mainwicket taker
A supremely talented batsman, he may have been a short or diminutive man, but he was a giant at the crease. Pure artistry, but brutally executed, and without a helmet, facing a very fast bowling legend! Respect!!!!!!!
Top class batting by Alvin Kallicharan. I remember watching many test matches between India and West Indies during the 70s on black and white TV of those days. Kallicharan and Gordon Greenidge were a terrific and highly formidable opening pair for West Indies. It was a great pleasure watching them bat. Those were the great days for Cricket for sure.
Kallicharan was one of the greatest in cricket. I never missed a match back then, and as a young teenager was always excited when Alvin Kallicharan and Rohan Kanhai were batting. Yes, no protective gear back then--you had to be a dare devil at heart to face these crazy fast bowlers. And Dennis Lillee was more crazy than normal. There should be more exciting videos of Kallicharan and Rohan Kanhai. Sunil Gavaskar, Vishwanath. and Kapil Dev are some of the dare devil players from India who batted so well against the fast bowlers of this period. Great cricket to remember and watch again!
doctor atif: Of all the names you mentioned, Zaheer Abbas’s name should come first, which unfortunately you forgot to include even. He was gem of a player. The only player whom I liked most among the Pakistani cricketers.
Lillee was one of the handful of greatest bowlers. I really enjoyed Kallicharan's tremendous knock at the time- very fine little player, often overlooked.
The Oval when it was a big ground ! Quick bowler, bouncy wicket yet Kalli had all the time to hook him easily to the boundary. Best batting i've seen by the little man and great footage from the 75 world cup..
No restrictions on bouncers. No helmets. No buttons on shirts. Well, not the top three at least. This is how men used to play cricket. Those watching the circus Down Under right now should watch these once in a while.
Um tell that to Phil Hughes' widow, brothers, sisters, parents and friends. Maybe they would be feel better if Phil had had his shirt unbuttoned and no helmet on when he got killed, because then he would have died like a man".........?
By "circus down under" - I referred to the Indian team's tour of Australia that was going on when my comment was made. It had nothing to do with Phil Hughes or his death. In fact I did not know about him until I googled up jut now.
Adam S ....I played with his brother Derrick for a couple of years mid 80's. He batted just like Alvin, great leg spin bowler and he was the best fielder I ever played with or against. He really looked upto his big brother .
70s n early 80s was a tough time to be a batsman... Ooooh Lilly , Thomson , Holding , andy Roberts , garner , craft , leni poscoe , marshal , imran , kapil , hedly ............ None of todays batsman can face the accuracy or pace of these bowling greats....
@brizfightfan Dude..Kalli was a sublime batsman, a touch player of the highest standard. He has almost 5000 runs and 12 centuries. He has been out in the 90s 9 times ! He has also played all over the world and scored well in all countries - dear Dennis ,undoubtedly a great bowler, never played in the subcontinent except once in Pakistan where i think he went wicketless. Cricket would have poorer without the Kalli chapter !
no helmet, no elbow guard, no thigh pads, halfway-unbuttoned shirt... facing a fast and furious pace bowler the likes of Dennis Lillee in his prime and hooking the rising the ball for a six. This is will be called having a deathwish in modern cricket.
Kalli was definitely the most aesthetically pleasing batsman I saw in the seventies. He had such economy of movement that it all seemed so effortless yet he somehow combined Asian wristiness with Carribean explosiveness, test match rectitude with one day improvisation and did it all seemingly so calm, unhurried and unfussily. He looked like a little kid until he turned into a flashing silhouette of a whirling dervish in the split second between delivery of the ball and contact with the bat - unforgettably electrifying!!
Beautifully written! The first drive through cover-point, the bat lifting as the ball is released - rather than the pre-lifted technique everyone is taught nowadays - so beautiful to watch! He fell away, perhaps due to the Afro-dominated team selection policies of the Caribbean team's golden age, till he was dropped and then sealed his own fate by joining the banned rebel tour. I remember reading somewhere, he mentioned the chatter in the dressing rooms of his teenage, "why don't you Hindus eat some beef man, get some strength in your body"? He said these things fired him up, to excel in batting and fielding; he'd run on the ground till everyone else was tired and had gone home, etc etc.
He did not have the long test career that he should have had but no one who saw him bat for West Indies or for Warwickshire ever doubted his quality. I was fortunate to meet him in 1980 at a bhajan in Wolverhampton my family used to attend. He was very humble and straightforward - when asked about this innings he simply said that everyone asks him about it but he had just played his natural game and he had nothing personal against Dennis Lillee.
Kali is definitely lists among the greatest of West Indians, and I think he is the best left handed batsman I have ever seen - his amazing batting display is a sheer delight to watch, specially watch the last 3 balls and the 2 sixes he it, is the best I could possibly ever watch.
@xajactor Alvin Kallicharan stands with the greatest West Indies batsmen. I remember when Clive Lloyd brought his team in 75 or 76 to India. The lineup was Greenidge, Fredricks, Kallicharan, Richards, Lloyd, Murray, Roberts, Boyce, Julian, Gibbs and Holder. What a fantastic team it was they won the series 3-2.
thats something Lillee can never forget when he searches through his worse of the fortunate bowling career that he had. no batmans in their right mind has ever done this to Lillee. Alvin Kallicharan was my 2nd favorite West Indian batsman
Oh please, do explain what you mean by Lillee’s fortunate bowling career? He must’ve had more good fortune than any bowler in history with 355 Test & 90 WSC wickets at an average of 23
@@longjohn5322 More good fortune huh? doesn't seem he was experiencing his good fortunate at that moment when he was going against Kallicharan. There are many bowlers who have surpassed that number, regardless of he being a great bowler. what exactly did I say there thtw asn't true, unless you are in denial and can't handle it
@@randyeduo Seems you can’t understand a simple question. I asked you to explain your claim that Lillee had a fortunate career. I don’t expect an answer that will explain this because there isn’t one. And just to educate you, there is only one other bowler in history who surpassed Lillee’s 355 wickets from the same number of tests he played (70) and two others who were equal to it.
Alvin kallicharan proved his class to play one day game against spin & pace bowler,showing his aggressive batting against world best pace bowler Dennis lillee from aus pace battery.😂
I remember watching this live at the time, played on a Saturday. Australia v West Indies at The Oval. It was the inaugural World Cup. Australia made only 192, the West Indies soon chased this down. The umpires were Harold "Dickie" Bird and David Constant. In the days before helmets and sponsorship logo's were worn on the shirts ! Alvin Kallicharan reminded me of David Gower, both left-handers, not very tall men, but both had an elegant sense of timing and ease in their shots. Also equally adept at spin or pace:
The Q continuum.... I remember this too, the 1975 world cup was memorable for many reasons not only the final. sixty overs... no circles no power plays..... classic 1970's one day cricket.
Kalli played for many years for my local first class cricket team Warwickshire in Birmingham, England and was still a regular vistor to the ground when he retired from playing in 1990. He now lives in Carolina in the States.
Alvin Kallicharan was my favourite West Indian during the 1975/76 tour of Australia (along with Clive Lloyd). He had a beautiful, free flowing style and his wristy pull and hook shots are classic Kalli. He was not particularly tall so a lot of the short pitched deliveries were up around shoulder/head high. He had two options: 1. Duck and weave out of the way of short pitched bowling 2. Take on the short pitched bowling This video clearly shows which of the two options he preferred. Wonderful to see the other little master in action again.
I always Love KALI.. Sad he does not get the praise he deserve.. He was beautiful... All parts of the Ground... Make that Dennis Look like a school boy!
this is a fantastic display of batsmanship and vintage guts.... no helmet, no elbow guard and facing a genuine fast bowler of the calibre of Denis Lillee.... it is fantastic. I have watched him play in the end of his career when he led a West ndian team to India in 1979 or maybe a yaer later... I am not sure.
Aussie G , how did leprosy come into this? . Kalli simply mauled Lilli on that day . A great piece of cricket and always a pleasure to watch for all cricket fans.
Aussie G , what does a street in India have to do with Kalli hitting such great shots? Cut the racism and appreciate the contest. Cricket after all is still a gentleman’s game.
@@salilphansekar9557 Australia has won 5 world cups with a population of only 27 million. India has only 2 with a population of over 1 billion. Just goes to show how pathetic India truly is.
@@mangojulie123 Please be a little bit more respectful. It’s sacrilege to say, “Vivian Richards.” It’s Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards. Now for your edification, it is actually the great man Sir Vivian Richards himself, who said so and he was right.
This is top class Cricket played by real men! Not by little boys wearing all sorts of shields and helmet. No restrictions in bouncers, no helmet, no chest pad, no elbow guard, no thigh pads, halfway unbuttoned shirt....facing a fast and furious pace bowler of the calibre of Dennis Lillee in his prime and hooking the rising ball for a six. Just look at this diminutive expert's awesome footwork, a true master at work !!! Hooking a ball like that without a helmet....that is absolute daredevilry. Super Hitting !!!!h That was the era of West Indian legends. There was no TV, one could only listen to BBC Commentary those days. Who can forget Henry Blofield, Tony Cozier and the great team of Commentators, and the legendary umpire Dicky Bird !!! Half way unbuttoned shirt is the killer 😃😃
Best left hander at that time. Equally great against pace and spin, kalicharan mastered all conditions. Kalicharan and lara are identical in strokeplay, elegance and explosivness combined with quick hands, feet and hand eye coordination. Only difference was that lara had a high backlift and was more unorthodox, kalicharan was more wristy and orthodox.
No one and I mean no one could bat like Alvin Kallicharan against fast bowling. We hear very little of him these day because he went to play cricket in the Republic of South Africa when it was severely frowned upon in those racial segregation (apartheid) days. But he was undoubtedly a brilliant bat.
Correction, he was the only player who didn't go to South Africa. Then after taking over the captaincy he eventually lost his place later on when the full team reunited.
That is how I heard it. This trip to SA was under the auspices of the West Indian Cricket Board. The black players refused to go. He went as Captain and was blacklisted thereafter. The West Indies Cricket Board became a political organization kowtowing to the small Island which had black players like Viv Richards and Curtley Ambrose. Guyana and Trinidad were left out because they had Ethnic Indian and white players. Trinidad was able to win a lot of the Regional tournaments but Richards and the top men on the WI team were racists. Did not think the coolies deserved to play!
This is real exemplary batting. Kallicharan is one of the most talented cricketer the world has ever seen. It is really a sad thing for cricket fans that they were unable to watch Alvin in many matches due to the rebel tour. WI cricketers of those times were naturally gifted and they do not fret like the cricketers of today
I am not like you. I am against BCCI but not people like Kapil Dev or vast reasonable Indians fans, the only fast bowler that India produced can be part of any country with good pace attack.Yes with BCCI you do not have one single bowler with flair pace and bounce.If Kapil was in charge you would have four of them now.
Legendary batsman...one of the best in the world His timing and perfect stroking had made him unique and fast bowlers like Dennis Lillee were punished very badly
He was a supreme strike bowler..Had the tendency to over-attack and get carried away sometimes, as in this occasion. Just like your very own Waqar Younis :)
I remember watching Alvin Kalicharan at Lords Cricket ground in the 1970's. He was just amazing! Since then I have been his and fan of the West Indies.
Cricket nowadays is like a drama of capitalist limelight, dancing girls, weak characterless men and too many commercials. Round the year, cricket season is enforced on money minded players who just play to earn money as there is hardly any test cricket, real pace, real swing bowling and real cut, pull, hook and drive shots (with test match like finesse). What's going on lads ??
i have seen kallicharan in 1979 at eden gardens kolkata. he captained windies and was pretty much near the end of his career. even then, i remember his batting.
I saw Kallicharan at I think the Oval around 1973, WI v England. He scored a hundred and was playing jumping hook shots at about nose height! Amazing batter.
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Just look at the awesome footwork of Kallicharran! Thanks - this video demonstrates a true master at work. Shirt unbuttoned, no helmet and he's facing Lillee when Lillee was at the prime of his career. I was in my early teens then but I was privileged to see Kallicharran live. What a genius! What impeccable timing and footwork! That is batting!
Omg : All text book shot's executed with brilliance and grace. This is the best batting I have seen against world class pace bowling. Bow to you 👍👏👏👏
Playing Lillee on a green top..without a helmet. Man he had balls.
Awesome to watch, those days the only helmet you had was your eyes on the ball, the records that was set by batsmen in those days should never compare with those who wear helmets these days..
They did not have helmets then, doh!
I reckon he didn't bother with a box.
Exactly what my dad says Mr Bradshaw and you're so correct.
"Playing", he more than just played him. He hit him all over the park as if Lillee was a school boy.
The half buttoned shirt is considered bad ass in Guyana, Kalli's home country. That was not an accident. It was attitude. And he was not scared. He was rated ahead of Richards in 1975. He was quick on foot with good eyes, as they say in the WI. I like this for the sheer attitude. You have the ball. I have he bat. Let's go. On this day, Kalli won. Could have been otherwise - its cricket. Celebrate the contest. Much respect for Lillee.
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Destroyed? The first two strokes off Lillee were not controlled.
Not controlled? Why does the Australian commentator say "Great Shot" then?
@@gtanj BECAUSE HE IS AS STUPID AS YOU ARE.
The half-buttoned shirt came form Gary Sobers.
Clive Lloyd often said that Kalli had the best footwork of any batsman he had seen
Ha haha, not for nothing his name was "Kali Charan"!!!
Beautiful footwork. Great memories as a kid growing up in Sydney.
True Sir C. Lloyd
AK was a great batsman with quick foot work ...👌🏻
Lol! Those era batsmen always lack footwork... That's why bowling seemed to be deadly..... Jeff Thomson was recorded his maximum at 147 kmp/hr
2:30 the best hook shot you will see in a long time. As Indians, we had great respect for Kalicharan and Rohan Kanhai. Kalicharan and Gavaskar were very close friends. And Rohan Gavaskar was named after Kanhai.
The name itself says it all Kalicharan(goddess kali'sfootstep).he had the power of goddess Kali.
@@rajanjoshi4732 bas kar de.... Bsdk kisiko vagwan banake vagwan ka insult mat kar..... Cricketer ko cricketer rehne de.
Sunny was India's greatest batsman.
Not as good as the one from Lloyd in the '75 final.
Rohan Gavaskar aFaikure inspite of push
respect to the man who faces Lillee with no helmet and shows no fear!
blacky playz alvin down fall was the hook shot saw him at bourda 1973 vs aussie went back to visit and my green card a young aussie 19 year old name jeff hammond trick him the hook shoot and got lilee and massey got hurt jeff and max walkeropen the bowling for the aussie morris foster birth they all got drunk and get bowl out for 125 runs lawrence got hurt in the third test that was a big blow the west indies lost the series two to zero a good series kanhai did not have great pace bowlers gibbs was the mainwicket taker
I have had the honor to have met this legend and he is a very nice person.
Hooking a ball like that without a helmet at 1:46, that is absolute daredevilry.
A supremely talented batsman, he may have been a short or diminutive man, but he was a giant at the crease. Pure artistry, but brutally executed, and without a helmet, facing a very fast bowling legend!
Respect!!!!!!!
Top class batting by Alvin Kallicharan. I remember watching many test matches between India and West Indies during the 70s on black and white TV of those days. Kallicharan and Gordon Greenidge were a terrific and highly formidable opening pair for West Indies. It was a great pleasure watching them bat. Those were the great days for Cricket for sure.
Kali never really opened the innings for WI must have been Haynes
Greenedge and Roy fredricks were openers kallicharan one down
Kallicharan was one of the greatest in cricket. I never missed a match back then, and as a young teenager was always excited when Alvin Kallicharan and Rohan Kanhai were batting. Yes, no protective gear back then--you had to be a dare devil at heart to face these crazy fast bowlers. And Dennis Lillee was more crazy than normal. There should be more exciting videos of Kallicharan and Rohan Kanhai. Sunil Gavaskar, Vishwanath. and Kapil Dev are some of the dare devil players from India who batted so well against the fast bowlers of this period. Great cricket to remember and watch again!
Miandad..majid khan...waseem raja were still there...
doctor atif: Of all the names you mentioned, Zaheer Abbas’s name should come first, which unfortunately you forgot to include even. He was gem of a player. The only player whom I liked most among the Pakistani cricketers.
@@murtadah6327 ...Asain bredman. But he concentrated most on first class while.he shd concentrate on international cricket....
Indeed Durga Bhawanee - Kalli used to be known as the "Left handed Kanhai" in Guyana.
@@biswadipdasgupta4204 Guyana isn't an island but country in south America
Check Kalli, no helmet, these guys had guts and skill. Also check Lillee's run up and delivery, just beautiful.
Lillee was one of the handful of greatest bowlers. I really enjoyed Kallicharan's tremendous knock at the time- very fine little player, often overlooked.
The Oval when it was a big ground !
Quick bowler, bouncy wicket yet Kalli had all the time to hook him easily to the boundary. Best batting i've seen by the little man and great footage from the 75 world cup..
No restrictions on bouncers. No helmets. No buttons on shirts. Well, not the top three at least. This is how men used to play cricket. Those watching the circus Down Under right now should watch these once in a while.
Um tell that to Phil Hughes' widow, brothers, sisters, parents and friends. Maybe they would be feel better if Phil had had his shirt unbuttoned and no helmet on when he got killed, because then he would have died
like a man".........?
By "circus down under" - I referred to the Indian team's tour of Australia that was going on when my comment was made. It had nothing to do with Phil Hughes or his death. In fact I did not know about him until I googled up jut now.
Wat shot
Sudipto Roy
Batsman are padded and covered, that is a good thing, but rules are very much in favour of Batsman these days...
oh yes - 'real' men don't button their shirts !
no helmet, no chest pad, no arm guards ... but damn he could bat ...
makes batsmen from today's genre look like super-weenies.
"Kalli" was one of the greatest - he scored against any type of bowling and was the first to decimate the feared Lillee (and Thomson ) duo.
Alvin Kallicharan was without a doubt one of the most complete batsmen of the 70's.
Never seen anybody writing Poetry with a Cricket Bat !!! Alvin, you Beauty !!!
I played with Alvin a few years ago before he retired, even at 60 he ran about 15 laps of a sports complex every day :P great man
Adam S ....I played with his brother Derrick for a couple of years mid 80's. He batted just like Alvin, great leg spin bowler and he was the best fielder I ever played with or against. He really looked upto his big brother .
Great words of sharing your experiences
Kalicharan is a Indian origin cricketer, just want to know
@@ishtiaqueahmed8450 , he is west indies and not from India.
I was told that kalicharan relationship with Madras I don't know whether or not
70s n early 80s was a tough time to be a batsman... Ooooh Lilly , Thomson , Holding , andy Roberts , garner , craft , leni poscoe , marshal , imran , kapil , hedly ............ None of todays batsman can face the accuracy or pace of these bowling greats....
Prashant Namdeo 👍🏻
Bullshit.
Pure bullshit.
Prashant Namdeo STFU
Include Asef Nawaz too in the express bowlers list of 70s /80s.
Except Khalli
Such fast footwork - he really had Lillee rattled by late in that over.
@brizfightfan Dude..Kalli was a sublime batsman, a touch player of the highest standard. He has almost 5000 runs and 12 centuries. He has been out in the 90s 9 times ! He has also played all over the world and scored well in all countries - dear Dennis ,undoubtedly a great bowler, never played in the subcontinent except once in Pakistan where i think he went wicketless. Cricket would have poorer without the Kalli chapter !
Dennis got two wickets vs Pakistan in the 3rd test at Lahore in 1980. He went wicketless in the first 2 tests.
no helmet, no elbow guard, no thigh pads, halfway-unbuttoned shirt... facing a fast and furious pace bowler the likes of Dennis Lillee in his prime and hooking the rising the ball for a six. This is will be called having a deathwish in modern cricket.
Yep Free so true
So true.
No restriction on short balls ..............
Viv Richards and Ian Botham never wore helmet in their whole careers..Amazing
And, IMHO, Lillee and Thompson bowled to hurt.
Kalli was definitely the most aesthetically pleasing batsman I saw in the seventies. He had such economy of movement that it all seemed so effortless yet he somehow combined Asian wristiness with Carribean explosiveness, test match rectitude with one day improvisation and did it all seemingly so calm, unhurried and unfussily. He looked like a little kid until he turned into a flashing silhouette of a whirling dervish in the split second between delivery of the ball and contact with the bat - unforgettably electrifying!!
Our Vishwanaths 97 not out was equally brilliant.Against Andy Roberts
English professor?
Beautifully written! The first drive through cover-point, the bat lifting as the ball is released - rather than the pre-lifted technique everyone is taught nowadays - so beautiful to watch! He fell away, perhaps due to the Afro-dominated team selection policies of the Caribbean team's golden age, till he was dropped and then sealed his own fate by joining the banned rebel tour.
I remember reading somewhere, he mentioned the chatter in the dressing rooms of his teenage, "why don't you Hindus eat some beef man, get some strength in your body"? He said these things fired him up, to excel in batting and fielding; he'd run on the ground till everyone else was tired and had gone home, etc etc.
He did not have the long test career that he should have had but no one who saw him bat for West Indies or for Warwickshire ever doubted his quality. I was fortunate to meet him in 1980 at a bhajan in Wolverhampton my family used to attend. He was very humble and straightforward - when asked about this innings he simply said that everyone asks him about it but he had just played his natural game and he had nothing personal against Dennis Lillee.
And yet he was not honored in his country the West Indies!
Kali is definitely lists among the greatest of West Indians, and I think he is the best left handed batsman I have ever seen - his amazing batting display is a sheer delight to watch, specially watch the last 3 balls and the 2 sixes he it, is the best I could possibly ever watch.
Alvin Kallicharan was a left handed Rohan Kanhai
@xajactor Alvin Kallicharan stands with the greatest West Indies batsmen. I remember when Clive Lloyd brought his team in 75 or 76 to India. The lineup was Greenidge, Fredricks, Kallicharan, Richards, Lloyd, Murray, Roberts, Boyce, Julian, Gibbs and Holder. What a fantastic team it was they won the series 3-2.
Pure class. David slays Goliath
thats something Lillee can never forget when he searches through his worse of the fortunate bowling career that he had. no batmans in their right mind has ever done this to Lillee. Alvin Kallicharan was my 2nd favorite West Indian batsman
Oh please, do explain what you mean by Lillee’s fortunate bowling career?
He must’ve had more good fortune than any bowler in history with 355 Test & 90 WSC wickets at an average of 23
@@longjohn5322 More good fortune huh? doesn't seem he was experiencing his good fortunate at that moment when he was going against Kallicharan. There are many bowlers who have surpassed that number, regardless of he being a great bowler. what exactly did I say there thtw asn't true, unless you are in denial and can't handle it
@@randyeduo Seems you can’t understand a simple question. I asked you to explain your claim that Lillee had a fortunate career. I don’t expect an answer that will explain this because there isn’t one.
And just to educate you, there is only one other bowler in history who surpassed Lillee’s 355 wickets from the same number of tests he played (70) and two others who were equal to it.
alvin kalicharan.. the legend of west indies cricket team.
A truly fine stroke playing batsman of the windies team
Great to watch....awesome hitting, and that was done without a helmet!
Such an amazing genius! Facing lilee without much protective gears and such amazing batting with gutso!! Hats off to him.
Alvin kallicharan proved his class to play one day game against spin & pace bowler,showing his aggressive batting against world best pace bowler Dennis lillee from aus pace battery.😂
That hook shot at 1:50... West Indian cricket in a nutshell. Amazing.
I remember watching this live at the time, played on a Saturday. Australia v West Indies at The Oval. It was the inaugural World Cup. Australia made only 192, the West Indies soon chased this down. The umpires were Harold "Dickie" Bird and David Constant. In the days before helmets and sponsorship logo's were worn on the shirts !
Alvin Kallicharan reminded me of David Gower, both left-handers, not very tall men, but both had an elegant sense of timing and ease in their shots. Also equally adept at spin or pace:
Alvin Kallicharan, height 5ft 5in. David Gower, height 5ft 11 in.
The Q-Continuum n
Wow you are lucky to have seen this
To be honest,Kalicharan was more daring that Gower.
The Q continuum.... I remember this too, the 1975 world cup was memorable for many reasons not only the final. sixty overs... no circles no power plays..... classic 1970's one day cricket.
guy had balls... crazy hooks with no protection... Respect...
Kalli played for many years for my local first class cricket team Warwickshire in Birmingham, England and was still a regular vistor to the ground when he retired from playing in 1990. He now lives in Carolina in the States.
Jesus no helmet either! Wow!
No armguards, no body protector either.
This is top class cricket played by real men!! Not by little boys wearing all sorts of shields and helmet.
And with all those shields,grills and top class helmet a bright talent lost his life..!!
earning lot of money without scoring.
Fuck metheres a lot of real brave cunts in india. None of whom have ever faced real venomous fast bowling.
It is top drawer stuff sir but Batman do need protection gear to avoid grevious injuries .It makes good sense
what a player again no helmet hardly anybprotection superb really love to watch than ipl
Imagine having a strike rate over 100 in tests in that era... That's Kallicharan for ya
Alvin Kallicharan was my favourite West Indian during the 1975/76 tour of Australia (along with Clive Lloyd). He had a beautiful, free flowing style and his wristy pull and hook shots are classic Kalli.
He was not particularly tall so a lot of the short pitched deliveries were up around shoulder/head high.
He had two options:
1. Duck and weave out of the way of short pitched bowling
2. Take on the short pitched bowling
This video clearly shows which of the two options he preferred.
Wonderful to see the other little master in action again.
Many.many.thanks for showing this rare video I have seen Kallicharan in action. He is a.genious
a most scary thing I have ever watched in cricket ! brilliant batting !
I always Love KALI.. Sad he does not get the praise he deserve.. He was beautiful... All parts of the Ground... Make that Dennis Look like a school boy!
Truly amazing and simply wow... Thanks for the upload
Kalixharan is mass , today kid cricketers can take a leaf from him
kiran kumar
He is in North carolina
This is best that cricket can produce.
West Indies ruled cricket in the 1970s...respects🙏
this is a fantastic display of batsmanship and vintage guts.... no helmet, no elbow guard and facing a genuine fast bowler of the calibre of Denis Lillee.... it is fantastic. I have watched him play in the end of his career when he led a West ndian team to India in 1979 or maybe a yaer later... I am not sure.
Great video...
Enjoy watching these greats
both Alvin and Dennis l..
Both. had retired by early eighties..
He was so light on his feet, he reminded me of an olympic fencer.
Stylish and Fearless , Elegant and Lefty
One and only !
those were the days my friend - i thought they'd never end
Who is here after sathguru named him his fav stylish player
he dint destroy Lil
he murdered him
LOL
Aussie G , how did leprosy come into this? . Kalli simply mauled Lilli on that day . A great piece of cricket and always a pleasure to watch for all cricket fans.
@@tigalbaby If Lillie was a street in India he would have shit all over him lol
Aussie G , what does a street in India have to do with Kalli hitting such great shots? Cut the racism and appreciate the contest. Cricket after all is still a gentleman’s game.
@@salilphansekar9557 you are indian therefore you are irrelevant
@@salilphansekar9557 Australia has won 5 world cups with a population of only 27 million.
India has only 2 with a population of over 1 billion.
Just goes to show how pathetic India truly is.
No batsman played fast bowling better than Alvin Kallicharan.
YOU DO KNOW WE HAD A bATSMAN NAMED bRADMAN
One fortunate guy who watched Alvin here in Sri lanka in early 70s
My all time favourite to date...
Thalmus Scantlebury Bradman averaged 57 in the bodyline series, people tend to forget that.
There was once called a man by the name, Vivian Richards
@@mangojulie123 Please be a little bit more respectful. It’s sacrilege to say, “Vivian Richards.” It’s Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards. Now for your edification, it is actually the great man Sir Vivian Richards himself, who said so and he was right.
And Miandad said, thanks for the smile Lillee. You got reamed - again!
First international team I saw. They were all brilliant. Lillie taught a great lesson.
Most beautiful ever hook shot at 1:49.
+Alan OBrien Yup tremendous balance and timing. Respect earned.
Offramp Tavanipupu . As the commentator said; " my goodness!"
Visits Chennai once every few years His Mother is tamil speaking His forefathers migrated from Chennai all those years ago
kalli was always best against fast awa spin attack.here he slaughters lillee .
This is top class Cricket played by real men! Not by little boys wearing all sorts of shields and helmet.
No restrictions in bouncers, no helmet, no chest pad, no elbow guard, no thigh pads, halfway unbuttoned shirt....facing a fast and furious pace bowler of the calibre of Dennis Lillee in his prime and hooking the rising ball for a six. Just look at this diminutive expert's awesome footwork, a true master at work !!! Hooking a ball like that without a helmet....that is absolute daredevilry. Super Hitting !!!!h
That was the era of West Indian legends. There was no TV, one could only listen to BBC Commentary those days. Who can forget Henry Blofield, Tony Cozier and the great team of Commentators, and the legendary umpire Dicky Bird !!!
Half way unbuttoned shirt is the killer 😃😃
This called batting and courage .
Best left hander at that time. Equally great against pace and spin, kalicharan mastered all conditions. Kalicharan and lara are identical in strokeplay, elegance and explosivness combined with quick hands, feet and hand eye coordination. Only difference was that lara had a high backlift and was more unorthodox, kalicharan was more wristy and orthodox.
The last name itself is ferocious.What else do you expect?
KAALI CHARAN
Literally goddess kali's feet
He is hitting Lillee effortlessly. Wow what a fearless batsman.
What batting. Amazing stuff. The whole look-n-feel of that era is something else. And that last hook?! Genius.
Lillie got rimmed in the Aussie bull bags after being apart by Kallicharan.
No one and I mean no one could bat like Alvin Kallicharan against fast bowling. We hear very little of him these day because he went to play cricket in the Republic of South Africa when it was severely frowned upon in those racial segregation (apartheid) days. But he was undoubtedly a brilliant bat.
Richard Johnson After 50 tests, his average was 50. Things happened and he had low scores for 12 straight tests. He was a little giant.
Richard Johnson , probably you forgot a name,
SUNIL MANOHAR GAVASKAR.
He faced Roberts & co at their den.
He was discriminated against by the predominantly black West Indies Cricket Board!
Correction, he was the only player who didn't go to South Africa. Then after taking over the captaincy he eventually lost his place later on when the full team reunited.
That is how I heard it. This trip to SA was under the auspices of the West Indian Cricket Board. The black players refused to go. He went as Captain and was blacklisted thereafter. The West Indies Cricket Board became a political organization kowtowing to the small Island which had black players like Viv Richards and Curtley Ambrose. Guyana and Trinidad were left out because they had Ethnic Indian and white players. Trinidad was able to win a lot of the Regional tournaments but Richards and the top men on the WI team were racists. Did not think the coolies deserved to play!
This is real exemplary batting. Kallicharan is one of the most talented cricketer the world has ever seen. It is really a sad thing for cricket fans that they were unable to watch Alvin in many matches due to the rebel tour. WI cricketers of those times were naturally gifted and they do not fret like the cricketers of today
Golden era of cricket. I really miss this era, such performances (self) come in my dreams.
This is the romance of cricket yet BCCI and ICC limited one bounce per over to destroy fast bowling.
Coz we were too scared of handling fast bowling accompanied with bouncer :D :D :D :D
I am not like you. I am against BCCI but not people like Kapil Dev or vast reasonable Indians fans, the only fast bowler that India produced can be part of any country with good pace attack.Yes with BCCI you do not have one single bowler with flair pace and bounce.If Kapil was in charge you would have four of them now.
What Indians bowler did last year, with all these modern day restrictions, is arguably the best the world has ever seen.
Kalli makes the Aussie speedster the Lillie of the valley!
lol
what a simple uncomplicated batting style, stand, watch and deliver - beautiful.
Legendary batsman...one of the best in the world
His timing and perfect stroking had made him unique and fast bowlers like Dennis Lillee were punished very badly
Great Legend Alvin kalicharan
One of the greatest ever
I just a boy in Trinidad but I remember that day
The sound of the stroke speaks the perfection and the footwork.
Masterclass from the great kali.
PERFECTION !!!!!
That hook at 1:50. Had he missed his head would've been taken clean off. Batsmen really had plenty of confidence those days, playing without a helmet.
A delight to watch, on any stage, anywhere, anytime.
He was a supreme strike bowler..Had the tendency to over-attack and get carried away sometimes, as in this occasion. Just like your very own Waqar Younis :)
2:05 - That cover drive was the pick of the bunch!
This is why u cant compare todays batsmen w those days'
I liked the 6 he flicked over fine leg.
beautiful backfoot cover drive. they don't play it like that anymore
cover drive ...pure class... waw !
Absolute simplicity on face but absolute perfection in arts of game my salute to this very simple looking marvellous cricketer
I remember watching Alvin Kalicharan at Lords Cricket ground in the 1970's. He was just amazing! Since then I have been his and fan of the West Indies.
Are you watching this video after sadhguru videos
Now THAT was batting !!!!!!
Every time I feel too small to stand up to the WM, I play one of these Kallicharan videos--the I go out there and hit them for six!
that is fantastic cricket. He can play pace and spin very well. To take on a fast bowler like this is simply superb.
thats my kalllyyy. damdamdamdam my greatnest.kally.
Cricket nowadays is like a drama of capitalist limelight, dancing girls, weak characterless men and too many commercials. Round the year, cricket season is enforced on money minded players who just play to earn money as there is hardly any test cricket, real pace, real swing bowling and real cut, pull, hook and drive shots (with test match like finesse). What's going on lads ??
i have seen kallicharan in 1979 at eden gardens kolkata. he captained windies and was pretty much near the end of his career. even then, i remember his batting.
Im proud to say this guy is my coach!!! I play for the Triangle Cricket league in Morrisville NC and this guy is my coach!
Without helmet !
Facing Lillee without helmet 👏👏👏👏
I saw Kallicharan at I think the Oval around 1973, WI v England. He scored a hundred and was playing jumping hook shots at about nose height! Amazing batter.
Never heard of him until now. Just before my time. I grew up in the Viv Richards and Clive Lloyd era. Oh the fabulous West Indies, how we miss them.