Something tells me that that awareness is widely distributed -- You are at one with millions -- And though we may have slipped into a bit of an evolutionary trough in the last couple of decades -- your particular forebears are a pointer to the future direction of evolution.
Viv Richards, what a player. Every shot in the book, including pull shots, played without a helmet. Master-class from the best batsman of the modern era. Dennis Lillee, never say die, picking up the important wickets of the champion West Indies batsmen. DK the greatest.
I wasn't thinking about him watching the clip and then suddenly he popped up on screen and I said "Richie Benaud" out loud, it must be decades since I've seen him or thought of him, but it really took me back in time to see him on screen.
Greatest Cricket team ever. The west indies I mean. And I'm an Aussie! Im 55 years old and I hated the way the West Indies dominated us. But now that Im older I really appreciate the skill and style they played the game.
Viv Richards, what a batsman. Masterful, authoritative. A tier above anyone even today, best since Bradman. Dennis Lillee, simply the best. Could do anything with the ball, the greatest.
@Ayush Singh Bradman never faced pace like Lillee, Thompson, Holding, Wes Hall, Andy Roberts.... But those old school bowlers that Bradman faced on perfect batting wickets did bowl text book line and length and many were expert swing bowlers. Not many good swing bowlers today, but when the ball does swing, today’s batsmen look like children.
So good to see "Supercat" Clive Lloyd batting again. The West Indies owed so much of their success to Clive's ability to maintain discipline and channel the team's efforts, and keep so many talented individuals all pulling in one direction.
Great captain, great player ..loved in India. Amazing days those were ... What respect they enjoyed all over the world. No team could reach that height of performance and respect.
@@anweshchatterjee7595 Greetings from England. Two of the most entertaining batsmen I have ever seen ,Lloyd and Richards. Have you noticed the boundary is smaller on a modern field? Sixty yards. Those old fields were over seventy five.That is why a six was so rare,and modern bats are allowed to be heavier. Your comment shows you understand what great leadership is all about.
Wow. Lillee was just relentless. Such an attacking bowler. Excellent line and length, a touch of late movement in the air, then cutting off the pitch. I'd forgotten good he really was.
Each era has its own legendary batsman/bowler duel... the 1880s had Grace/Spofforth... the 1930s had Bradman/Verity... the 1990s had Tendulkar/Warne... and the 1970s had Viv Richards v. Dennis Lillee 🔥
Some of the finest players ever to play cricket. Haynes, Greenidge , Kallicharan, Lloyd, Roberts, Murray, Garner; Holding The Chappells, Lillee, Border, Marsh. A real golden era of cricket.
Watching Dennis Lillee bowl is like watching Viv Richards bat. Poetry in motion. Almost the perfect fast bowling action. Michael Holding perhaps edges it.
Clive Lloyd was always such a majestic batsman, he made batting look so effortless...would love to see some of the players of yesteryear pitted up against some of the greats since that era, and vice versa, to see how they'd go, circket is such a timeless game...love it
It was.Then the MCC and its allies change the bouncer and number of overs per day rules to hamper the West Indies.And lately the Indian Board,with that huge local audience,along with it businessmen friends,decided to prostitute the game with an overkill of T20 and year round test cricket. But during the IPL tournament India is strangely exempted from playing any Test series
frankel lamtarra I hate t20s. Now teams are picked based on the format of the game! How stupid is that? Test cricket is the real cricket and all the beauty of the game is in it. T20s will ruin test cricket. I respect those who would still come to the ground for watching test cricket these days. They are the true cricket lovers.
I am from India but I don't like t20 and ipl ...t20 version of cricket killed the technical aspects of cricket and ipl killed the pride of a cricket makes todays cricket just entertainment but before t20 era cricket is about pride to win for country but ipl killed the players pride and making 💰 money is important for them now playrs give importance to various t20 leagues not country for example westendies cricket ruined due to this ....if this happen continuously cricket soon perished from the world ....save the cricket
Over the years, Australia have produced some world-class test match bowlers. And yet in spite of bowlers like Glen McGrath, Mitchell Johnson, along with their current crop of pace bowlers, in my opinion Dennis Lillee is the best Australian fast bowler I have ever ever seen. He could have got into an Australian test side in any generation. And I am a pom saying this !
Lillee steaming like a Rhino, Richards mugging Aussie bowlers, Lloyd hitting a century and the bird, Lillee picking up the bird, the bird somehow survives, Lillee striking back with four wickets, last but not the least Bill Lawry, Tony Cozier and Richie Beanaud’s timeless commentaries....the first day had all the drama. Test match at its best. ❤
My dad took me to this game. I remember being amazed when Len Pascoe fielded a ball on the boundary right in front of me and fired it back to the keeper on the full, an impossible distance for a kid. Great days!
There was a batsman name vivian Richards,no matter how great tendulkar, virat, dravid, gayle, lara etc has been but this cricketer is still remembered for his batting greatness.
Tendulkar has faced transition periods in cricket... Played in 4 different decades yet so successful.... Don't take his name alongside vk,dravid etc... He is class apart.... Nd viv too.....
Sure, Great people always make things look easy in all fields. Viv can hit a ball pitched outside off stump go in atleast 3 different directions. Mind you the bowler was Lillee, the engine that generates pace out of the pitch. It was stroke play. Tendulkar, Virat have the great comfort of playing half of their carreer in slow Indian pitches - no comparison. Atleast Tendulkar (played more for stat) was though better of the two offering great shots in the cover direction even in paced pitches.
As kids we went to the test matches in Sydney in the 70's and yelled 'Roses are red violets are blue, if Lillee doesn't get you Thomo will!' Only now, watching these re-runs, do I realise how blessed we were. Both at the ground or at home mesmerised by cricket on our new colour TV (B+W up to 1976), with Richie Benaud as compare, pure class!
I grew up watching Richard and just can’t think of any batsmen in the entire history of cricket who appeared so naturally brave and confident (no helmet) facing bowlers like Lillie, Thompson, Hadlee, Imran etc. if there is any please put in the comments.
100% Agreed with you friend. VIV was the REAL KING and LARA was the REAL PRINCE of cricket. Lucky to have watched them play and enjoyed their game. For me CRICKET was a game only because of KING RICHARDS, LARA and JAVED MIANDAD. With LOVE from Pakistan.
I was at Lords last Friday and the boundary rope is so far in. It's ridiculous. This is proper no holds barred Test cricket. Lillee to Richards - great great days!
@@thylacine1004 the cricket played during the glorious 70's was one of the main reasons why people in the Indian subcontinent got hooked to the game...The sheer joy of listening to the game on radio cannot be matched by any thing today...
omg 17.35 DK Lillee having a sip of some blokes beer midgame......these 'vault' clips are absolute gold!! As much footage of Viv as i've seen in one place. Also Wiener (asst coach at Melbourne CC i think) came to our sub district club and did some tutoring, great bloke and wonderful coach.
It was his own beer. He'd said to the guy "Get us a beer from the bar will you? Meet me after the game at the Gouger St Fish Cafe & I'll pay you back." During the following over it was done!
Can’t believe Viv was playing run a ball inns in test cricket way before people even realized it. Many mortals are still struggling to do that in limited overs with field restrictions.
Fabulous stuff. Lillee v Richards - the best against the best. Usually when Sir Viv got past 50, you could only pray that he'd get too casual and give his wicket away. One of the rare occasions where Viv was actually got out when in full swing, and only very special bowlers like Dennis Lillee were capable of doing that. If you could choose any bowler to bowl against any batsman, look no further.
I was in school those days. We used to enjoy cricket too much because of these great great cricketers. Really it was the golden era of cricket. Now a days no such flavour in cricket. Thanks for posting. Please post India vs Australia, 1977 test where Australia lost to India after follow on. In this test great spinners of India Prasanna, Chandrasekhar,, Bedi, were playing
I’m so thankful that not only did I see these legends play but I watched them at the most picturesque ground in the world.. Adelaide Oval was just a joy to watch sport at…
The pitch looks an absolute belter ! Beautiful soft green-straw colour. ✔ Sending The Windies in? MADNESS. 🤪 DKL showing why he is one of the greatest ever ! 👑👑👑
What great cricket, so many legends on display. But the best was Richie. Brown three piece suit, massive lapels, widest tie I've ever seen, bouffant hair style. All in the heat of the Australian summer. How cool is that!
I was there on this day with dad. Clive Lloyd & Dennis Lillee were superb. Saw the seagull get hit by the ball, Lillee (I think) carried it over the boundary in front of the scoreboard end hill & laid it on the ground then later it woke up & flew away! The crowd cheered 😊
@@dieterbarkhoff1328um , thats why I said "that ball". Loved Viv. What a champion. But in isolation, he didn't have a clue with that delivery. Same with ball at 9:50 Yep, I in fact have got a grip. How you doing?
1. There is no way that Seagull Clive hit 'flew away; lol ;) 2. What an awesome childhood memory/flashback. I remember cricket like that as a kid and watching the Nightly recap (on non-school nights!) of the days play with Richie.
I'm not really a follower of cricket, but it shows how great this period was because I still remembered the names and faces of so many of these players, even Rodney Marsh as wicket keeper.
standard of cricket in them days was far far better than 2015-20.The Kohli's,Smith's and Roots are no match for what was in the 80,90,2000-2015.The bowing top was far far superior throuhout the world.
I remember Colin Croft saying recently that the West Indies batsmen were never really under pressure in a test match because they knew they'd win because it was rare for an opposition to make over 200 against that bowling line up. Some may remember the first test in England in 1984 when Bob Willis declared and left them 343 to get on the last day. They only lost one wicket in the chase! Anyone watching them during this era would laugh at the current teams being ranked as the No 1 test side now. Wouldn't get near this mob! DK Lillee was the key factor in Australia not being humiliated every time they went out against them. His 4/10 in the last session against them on Boxing Day 1981 is one of the greatest cricketing performances I've ever seen. Viv Richards bowled middle stump for a duck on the last ball of the day. It was sensational!
As much as one went cheap in this innings, Grenich and Haynes were my best opening duo. That was until 95-96 and Sri-Lankans Jayusariya and Kaluwitharana revolutionised opening with the new restrictions in ODI. I remember when I saw them at the scg and they swashbuckled their way to 0/145 after just 15 overs. It changed the limited overs game forever. West Indies cricket was just a class above the rest and a sight to behold. Props to Lillee though because a lot of his wickets were class batsmen in their prime.
Well Vivian Richards was just ''one of a kind,'' he cold send the best bowler crying for mother on his day ! To whom could you compare the mast the blaster ?
At 2:46 the greatest gully fieldsman ever: Ashley Mallett. He took more blinders than anyone in that position. Also one of Australia's best Off-Spinners
Despite all those legendary players and Richie Benaud giving his summary, the real performance of the day had to be the one from the seagull - an absolute cricket legend flying away after that, what a story he had to tell his Grandkids.
Well well. Where do I begin? Firstly a massive thank you to Cricket.Com.Au for posting the wonderful highlights as this was an era when cricket was great and most certainly competitive. Throughout that era, if the W.Indies could not rely on Greenidge and Haynes to deliver runs, it was always dependent upon Viv and Clive to steady the ship. Without Viv in particular, the W.Indies would have struggled as there was no other quite like him to dominate a bowling attack and to accelerate the run rate. The Australian audiences were always treated to the W.Indies exhibition style of playing the game as any neutral would have certainly enjoyed watching them play. It was noticeable that all the W.Indies dismissals were down to a lack of footwork but I shall now tune into day 2 to see what happens.
Australian commentators are the best. And that's coming from a Kiwi! (Our Ian Smith and England's Ian Botham are also in the same league, along with Henry Blowfeld. But by country it's got to be Aussie.)
Today we have to.put up with Isa Ghose and other women...I am.not sexist but after Richie Benaud,McGilvray,Bill Lawry,Ian chappel,Frank Tyson to listen to today's lot is sheer torture.
@@Oo-pl9zg Not sexist either but theres no good reason for them to be there. Imagine looking at mens pro cricket being commented on by former mens pro players and thinking -women deserve to be in that spot in the mens game and men should give it to them - the entitlement it must take to think that way. Tbh the people pushing it probably arent even the majority of the womens players, its more a political thing.
The boundaries were longer back in those days and I distinctly remember the sight-screen being inside the field in Australia which was the only respite for those trying to hit straight down the ground. You also don't see any 5s being run these days,,
The Les Burdett pitches were always sensational . The secret was the black clay " bay of Biscay " soil from the Adelaide plains . Also we have lost the Australia day tests these days
what summer memories. drove mum mad watching this all day on stinking hot days.
miss you mum.
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Something tells me that that awareness is widely distributed -- You are at one with millions -- And though we may have slipped into a bit of an evolutionary trough in the last couple of decades -- your particular forebears are a pointer to the future direction of evolution.
cricket will never see a batsman like Sir Viv Richards again. A really powerful bloke with skills of another level
You are absolutely right, what a batsman
Watching 70 to 80 beautiful cricket legends of all time .
Viv Richards, what a player. Every shot in the book, including pull shots, played without a helmet. Master-class from the best batsman of the modern era. Dennis Lillee, never say die, picking up the important wickets of the champion West Indies batsmen. DK the greatest.
What a player, aura of a King on the cricket field. Will die peacefully one day that I watched the great Viv Richards bat.
Viv Richards class one player. New comers can learn from him. Viv is great. 👍👍
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Great to hear Richie Benaud once again. All cricket lovers still miss him.
little kids don't
I wasn't thinking about him watching the clip and then suddenly he popped up on screen and I said "Richie Benaud" out loud, it must be decades since I've seen him or thought of him, but it really took me back in time to see him on screen.
@@dennisneo1608 fiona barnett ?
@@fiveowaf454 He was commentating until about 5 years ago.
@@dennisneo1608 They do if they really love cricket history.
Greatest Cricket team ever. The west indies I mean. And I'm an Aussie! Im 55 years old and I hated the way the West Indies dominated us. But now that Im older I really appreciate the skill and style they played the game.
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Viv Richards, what a batsman. Masterful, authoritative. A tier above anyone even today, best since Bradman. Dennis Lillee, simply the best. Could do anything with the ball, the greatest.
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Richards is better than Bradman. He is the best batsman of all times.
@Ayush Singh ,,1,
@Ayush Singh Bradman never faced pace like Lillee, Thompson, Holding, Wes Hall, Andy Roberts....
But those old school bowlers that Bradman faced on perfect batting wickets did bowl text book line and length and many were expert swing bowlers.
Not many good swing bowlers today, but when the ball does swing, today’s batsmen look like children.
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Please,take me back to those times. A pleasure to grow up in that era
I am so disappointed these days when I watch the current West Indies.
Smh!
So good to see "Supercat" Clive Lloyd batting again. The West Indies owed so much of their success to Clive's ability to maintain discipline and channel the team's efforts, and keep so many talented individuals all pulling in one direction.
Great captain, great player ..loved in India. Amazing days those were ... What respect they enjoyed all over the world. No team could reach that height of performance and respect.
@@SriShridhar accurate. Australia did reach that level of dominance but the respect and fear Lloyd's team commanded will always remain unparalleled.
@@anweshchatterjee7595 Greetings from England. Two of the most entertaining batsmen I have ever seen ,Lloyd and Richards. Have you noticed the boundary is smaller on a modern field? Sixty yards. Those old fields were over seventy five.That is why a six was so rare,and modern bats are allowed to be heavier. Your comment shows you understand what great leadership is all about.
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Lillee is a Living Legend…By far the most exciting bowler Australia has had
There is Thommo and Warne.
And two spectacular catches in this day's play.
Wow. Lillee was just relentless. Such an attacking bowler. Excellent line and length, a touch of late movement in the air, then cutting off the pitch. I'd forgotten good he really was.
He was the best.
Each era has its own legendary batsman/bowler duel... the 1880s had Grace/Spofforth... the 1930s had Bradman/Verity... the 1990s had Tendulkar/Warne... and the 1970s had Viv Richards v. Dennis Lillee 🔥
Uhuh.. Lara/Warne
@tramp2827 I think Lara and McGrath was probably the most engrossing battle of the 90s and 00s.
Wow This is gold..Sir ViVian, Lille, Lloyd, Chappells & others all in action..OUTSTANDING
Its Sir Lloyd too now
Really outstanding cricketers Vjv and Lily. We have no match or alternative of these legends. Richard Kamal that.
Glad I was around for the best years of cricket in Australia with Lillee, Marsh and the rest
Viv batting, Lillie bowling on an Australian pitch, Benaud's commentary ❤❤❤
Viv is great. He was King of cricket. I salute him.🙏🙏
The Master Blaster. Great to watch!
I know the title is Lillee vs the West Indies.... But how good was Sir Viv... The best, no one has ever been as enjoyable to watch
Some of the finest players ever to play cricket. Haynes, Greenidge , Kallicharan, Lloyd, Roberts, Murray, Garner; Holding
The Chappells, Lillee, Border, Marsh. A real golden era of cricket.
You missed Viv..
@@kunalsingh3121 A SHOKKING omission on my part! One of the very greats!
@@crawford1083 Simply the greatest I ever saw...
As a 70’s child, love it🇦🇺
I bet the white suprecists in Aus will love seeing Black People unable to dominate them, while medallion man Lillie prevailed?
Lots of my boyhood heroes on show here, on both sides. Superb cricketers.
Watching Dennis Lillee bowl is like watching Viv Richards bat. Poetry in motion. Almost the perfect fast bowling action. Michael Holding perhaps edges it.
Richards hugely stylish and Holding a wonderful athlete and fast bowler.
Deplorable D You forgot Marshall.
Watch Fred
Trueman check his test average !! - only a couple better. & Perfect action
Deplorable D yes Holding had a wonderful run-up and action. I used to love Malcolm Marshall’s action too - very easy but fearsome deliveries.
@Mohammed Ibrahim yeah right
Always a treat to watch Dennis Lillee n Jeff Thompsons bowling old videos
What a phenomenal day of cricket. Remember it like it was yesterday. Great bowling from !illee. Viv and Lloyd batting superbly.
Clive Lloyd was always such a majestic batsman, he made batting look so effortless...would love to see some of the players of yesteryear pitted up against some of the greats since that era, and vice versa, to see how they'd go, circket is such a timeless game...love it
Full house, two great sides playing, Richie and Bill commentating, OMG who could ask for a better cricket than this. Still loving it!!
And the opening music …….. brings back memories
Cricket those days. Beautiful! Clash of legends.
It was.Then the MCC and its allies change the bouncer and number of overs per day rules to hamper the West Indies.And lately the Indian Board,with that huge local audience,along with it businessmen friends,decided to prostitute the game with an overkill of T20 and year round test cricket.
But during the IPL tournament India is strangely exempted from playing any Test series
frankel lamtarra I hate t20s. Now teams are picked based on the format of the game! How stupid is that? Test cricket is the real cricket and all the beauty of the game is in it. T20s will ruin test cricket. I respect those who would still come to the ground for watching test cricket these days. They are the true cricket lovers.
I am from India but I don't like t20 and ipl ...t20 version of cricket killed the technical aspects of cricket and ipl killed the pride of a cricket makes todays cricket just entertainment but before t20 era cricket is about pride to win for country but ipl killed the players pride and making 💰 money is important for them now playrs give importance to various t20 leagues not country for example westendies cricket ruined due to this ....if this happen continuously cricket soon perished from the world ....save the cricket
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Over the years, Australia have produced some world-class test match bowlers. And yet in spite of bowlers like Glen McGrath, Mitchell Johnson, along with their current crop of pace bowlers, in my opinion Dennis Lillee is the best Australian fast bowler I have ever ever seen. He could have got into an Australian test side in any generation. And I am a pom saying this !
Viv. Clive, Dennis, it doesn't get much better.
Golden days.
Lillee steaming like a Rhino, Richards mugging Aussie bowlers, Lloyd hitting a century and the bird, Lillee picking up the bird, the bird somehow survives, Lillee striking back with four wickets, last but not the least Bill Lawry, Tony Cozier and Richie Beanaud’s timeless commentaries....the first day had all the drama. Test match at its best. ❤
My dad took me to this game. I remember being amazed when Len Pascoe fielded a ball on the boundary right in front of me and fired it back to the keeper on the full, an impossible distance for a kid. Great days!
There was a batsman name vivian Richards,no matter how great tendulkar, virat, dravid, gayle, lara etc has been but this cricketer is still remembered for his batting greatness.
Yes and he didn’t need a tree trunk bat or roped boundaries either
Tendulkar has faced transition periods in cricket... Played in 4 different decades yet so successful.... Don't take his name alongside vk,dravid etc... He is class apart.... Nd viv too.....
Sure, Great people always make things look easy in all fields. Viv can hit a ball pitched outside off stump go in atleast 3 different directions. Mind you the bowler was Lillee, the engine that generates pace out of the pitch. It was stroke play. Tendulkar, Virat have the great comfort of playing half of their carreer in slow Indian pitches - no comparison. Atleast Tendulkar (played more for stat) was though better of the two offering great shots in the cover direction even in paced pitches.
Yes but he failed to bat himself in after lunch.
Before Viv there was Sobers
How I wish we had these videos in HD. These were some of the finest batsmen/bowlers of all time, the likes of which we've yet to see again.
I remember these legendary matches well. A lost era
Lilee is the world best bowler in his playing days
Along with him Jeff Thomson also.
As kids we went to the test matches in Sydney in the 70's and yelled 'Roses are red violets are blue, if Lillee doesn't get you Thomo will!' Only now, watching these re-runs, do I realise how blessed we were. Both at the ground or at home mesmerised by cricket on our new colour TV (B+W up to 1976), with Richie Benaud as compare, pure class!
Ashes to Ashes dust to dust if Lillee don't get you Thommo must.
the genuine master blaster sir viv richards...the living legend...great cricketing days....
I grew up watching Richard and just can’t think of any batsmen in the entire history of cricket who appeared so naturally brave and confident (no helmet) facing bowlers like Lillie, Thompson, Hadlee, Imran etc. if there is any please put in the comments.
100% Agreed with you friend. VIV was the REAL KING and LARA was the REAL PRINCE of cricket. Lucky to have watched them play and enjoyed their game. For me CRICKET was a game only because of KING RICHARDS, LARA and JAVED MIANDAD. With LOVE from Pakistan.
I JUST LOVE THIS STARTING THEME MUSIC. LEGENDARY STUFF
This west Indian team led by Lloyd' followed by Richards were truly invincible, there were the absolute best cricket team ever.
I was at Lords last Friday and the boundary rope is so far in. It's ridiculous. This is proper no holds barred Test cricket. Lillee to Richards - great great days!
Yes, batsmen praying that the ball will trickle into the boundary, because it's too hot to run 5!
I grew up watching the best of the Windies v Australia.....what a golden era.....I was so lucky and didn't realise it at the time.....
@@thylacine1004 the cricket played during the glorious 70's was one of the main reasons why people in the Indian subcontinent got hooked to the game...The sheer joy of listening to the game on radio cannot be matched by any thing today...
nagee76 100%
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omg 17.35 DK Lillee having a sip of some blokes beer midgame......these 'vault' clips are absolute gold!! As much footage of Viv as i've seen in one place. Also Wiener (asst coach at Melbourne CC i think) came to our sub district club and did some tutoring, great bloke and wonderful coach.
It was his own beer.
He'd said to the guy "Get us a beer from the bar will you? Meet me after the game at the Gouger St Fish Cafe & I'll pay you back." During the following over it was done!
Paul Sheehan taught maths at my school.
Can’t believe Viv was playing run a ball inns in test cricket way before people even realized it. Many mortals are still struggling to do that in limited overs with field restrictions.
That's why he was THE 'Master Blaster'.
The great cricket teams Australia and the WI,both teams had great batsman and great fast bowlers who entertained the world.👍
Great display of fast bowling! True battle of titans....Jaydeep Sarangi
Oh man that intro. Brings back the memories. 9 sport
I can only dream of having a "Clive Lloyd" bad season with the bat - This just shows what legends Lloyd and Viv were!
It should be Viv Richards show in the caption. Great to watch the legends! Thanks cricket au.
V. Richards c. Marsh b. Lillee 76 --- just an iconic piece of text.
17:31 Lillee having a beer on the boundary. Some real characters in those days. Used to love David Boone and Rodney Marsh. Gritty Aussies.
Just look at that WI team,a balance of perfection.
Fabulous stuff. Lillee v Richards - the best against the best. Usually when Sir Viv got past 50, you could only pray that he'd get too casual and give his wicket away. One of the rare occasions where Viv was actually got out when in full swing, and only very special bowlers like Dennis Lillee were capable of doing that. If you could choose any bowler to bowl against any batsman, look no further.
I was in school those days. We used to enjoy cricket too much because of these great great cricketers. Really it was the golden era of cricket. Now a days no such flavour in cricket. Thanks for posting. Please post India vs Australia, 1977 test where Australia lost to India after follow on. In this test great spinners of India Prasanna, Chandrasekhar,, Bedi, were playing
The boundary seems soooooo far away ... those were the REAL fours and no wonder the sixes were so rare in those days!!!
Notice how many times they ran 4 ?
Today the boundary is too short
@@inconvenienttruth1528 yes. That’s one of the reasons why the T20 feels like a circus.
@@houstonbalaji4768 cricket is actually a circus these days
@@rajsingh-kf2ms yes, it’s all about money and fame. The game’s beauty is gone with all the glitz and glamor!
I’m so thankful that not only did I see these legends play but I watched them at the most picturesque ground in the world.. Adelaide Oval was just a joy to watch sport at…
The pitch looks an absolute belter ! Beautiful soft green-straw colour. ✔
Sending The Windies in? MADNESS. 🤪
DKL showing why he is one of the greatest ever ! 👑👑👑
I would have loved to have faced upto this legend.. so much talent in that era of cricket
Love hearing the voiceovers.
These are the two best teams in the history of the game. The series between these two teams were always abosorobing .
Viv scored 76 off 72 balls in this innings and was player of the series too. What a glorious batsman to watch.
What great cricket, so many legends on display. But the best was Richie. Brown three piece suit, massive lapels, widest tie I've ever seen, bouffant hair style. All in the heat of the Australian summer. How cool is that!
Cricket at its best. Great bowling Lilly,
Viv Richards was magnificent! Never seen him tied down by any bolwers. Always on the attacking attitude. Who can hit the ball so hard like him?
Clive lloyd hit the ball harder
Ian Botham certainly could smash it.
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Two Lance's
Cairns and Klusener
Imagine Richards with a modern bat... Replacement balls budget would get pretty expensive!
I was there on this day with dad. Clive Lloyd & Dennis Lillee were superb. Saw the seagull get hit by the ball, Lillee (I think) carried it over the boundary in front of the scoreboard end hill & laid it on the ground then later it woke up & flew away! The crowd cheered 😊
Clive Lloyd innings was awesome ! These old games are something to watch, the grounds were huge back then , T20 destroyed the game 🤦♂️
Lille is one of the World Class Fast Bowlers. GREAT. Regards. Khalid Asghar. (06 April 203)
Would love to see the Windies back to their smashing best. Would be great for world cricket.
Loved these nightly highlights. I wish they still did it. Miss Richie as well.
The ball at 3:39 made Viv look ordinary.
Get a grip: one ball, the rest Richards toyed with the rest.
@@dieterbarkhoff1328um , thats why I said "that ball". Loved Viv. What a champion. But in isolation, he didn't have a clue with that delivery. Same with ball at 9:50
Yep, I in fact have got a grip. How you doing?
Those glory days of great cricket are gone, superb batting by the Mighty West Indies team.
Old is gold. Today's cricket is lost its beauty for plying business purpose. I want to see the cricket of its old version.
Dennis Lillee. The greatest fast bowler of all time IMHO.
I really loved that music which come in start of match in Australia
Wow! Loved every second of it.
Cricket's golden era
Definitely. Cricket's Golden era has to be set in the time when Viv Richards was at his peak.
Late 1970's until about the 2003 World Cup is what I consider the golden era, maybe a little later once T20 ruined real cricket in 2005 or so.
@@bitterbob30 True assessment.
@@bitterbob30 ,yes you would have to include Warne and Gilchrist,Ponting and Waugh in that Era,so your on the money.....
No words to describe Viv Richards aggressive batting and Clive Lloyd,s sensible innings.just legends can perform in such a manner.
1. There is no way that Seagull Clive hit 'flew away; lol ;)
2. What an awesome childhood memory/flashback. I remember cricket like that as a kid and watching the Nightly recap (on non-school nights!) of the days play with Richie.
Look at the talent on that field? 70s 80s and 90s test cricket was great.
I'm not really a follower of cricket, but it shows how great this period was because I still remembered the names and faces of so many of these players, even Rodney Marsh as wicket keeper.
Windies maybe...that Aussie team had a fair bit of dross in it
standard of cricket in them days was far far better than 2015-20.The Kohli's,Smith's and Roots are no match for what was in the 80,90,2000-2015.The bowing top was far far superior throuhout the world.
I remember Colin Croft saying recently that the West Indies batsmen were never really under pressure in a test match because they knew they'd win because it was rare for an opposition to make over 200 against that bowling line up. Some may remember the first test in England in 1984 when Bob Willis declared and left them 343 to get on the last day. They only lost one wicket in the chase! Anyone watching them during this era would laugh at the current teams being ranked as the No 1 test side now. Wouldn't get near this mob! DK Lillee was the key factor in Australia not being humiliated every time they went out against them. His 4/10 in the last session against them on Boxing Day 1981 is one of the greatest cricketing performances I've ever seen. Viv Richards bowled middle stump for a duck on the last ball of the day. It was sensational!
Brilliant comments
Pen Aunger hey is that your pic in dp she is very beautiful
It was David Gower who was captain when he declared on that final day setting WI 342 to win Willis played in that match but he wasn't captain
Pen Aunger David Gower declared at Lords. Good post though 👍
Pen Aunger the last Man out was Jeff dujon, not viv Richards..
As much as one went cheap in this innings, Grenich and Haynes were my best opening duo. That was until 95-96 and Sri-Lankans Jayusariya and Kaluwitharana revolutionised opening with the new restrictions in ODI. I remember when I saw them at the scg and they swashbuckled their way to 0/145 after just 15 overs. It changed the limited overs game forever. West Indies cricket was just a class above the rest and a sight to behold. Props to Lillee though because a lot of his wickets were class batsmen in their prime.
A great sight watching Lillie bowling... and the arrogance and swagger of Vivian Richard
Well Vivian Richards was just ''one of a kind,'' he cold send the best bowler crying for mother on his day ! To whom could you compare the mast the blaster ?
@@tyroneosborne2091 Richards was and is perhaps matchless... we find No one even near him ...
Thanks Richie
Good commentary,
R. I. P.
Gone are those days when Australians grounds were big and without ropes and pitches were helpful for the bowlers
At 2:46 the greatest gully fieldsman ever: Ashley Mallett. He took more blinders than anyone in that position. Also one of Australia's best Off-Spinners
Beautiful batting Clive Loyd
Dennis Lillee and Michael (whispering death) Holding, so very special. Oh OK Viv was also very special.
Despite all those legendary players and Richie Benaud giving his summary, the real performance of the day had to be the one from the seagull - an absolute cricket legend flying away after that, what a story he had to tell his Grandkids.
No chance the gull survived that,clever of RB to notice another gull in flight tho.
@@sicksquid3258 Agree, this was a bit of Political Correctness, way ahead of its time!
Well well. Where do I begin? Firstly a massive thank you to Cricket.Com.Au for posting the wonderful highlights as this was an era when cricket was great and most certainly competitive. Throughout that era, if the W.Indies could not rely on Greenidge and Haynes to deliver runs, it was always dependent upon Viv and Clive to steady the ship. Without Viv in particular, the W.Indies would have struggled as there was no other quite like him to dominate a bowling attack and to accelerate the run rate.
The Australian audiences were always treated to the W.Indies exhibition style of playing the game as any neutral would have certainly enjoyed watching them play. It was noticeable that all the W.Indies dismissals were down to a lack of footwork but I shall now tune into day 2 to see what happens.
West indies of the 80s beat every team! the best!
SIR ViV RECHARD is so powerful batsman.his stroke is so amazing..his playing fantastic...❤❤❤❤
To me the cricketers are great to watch, but these commentators were in my lounge room. These people I miss.
Australian commentators are the best. And that's coming from a Kiwi!
(Our Ian Smith and England's Ian Botham are also in the same league, along with Henry Blowfeld. But by country it's got to be Aussie.)
@@AgentOccam New Zealand the 2nd best Country, but the Best Prime Minister on this Earth.
@@AgentOccam Ian Botham seriously?
Today we have to.put up with Isa Ghose and other women...I am.not sexist but after Richie Benaud,McGilvray,Bill Lawry,Ian chappel,Frank Tyson to listen to today's lot is sheer torture.
@@Oo-pl9zg Not sexist either but theres no good reason for them to be there. Imagine looking at mens pro cricket being commented on by former mens pro players and thinking -women deserve to be in that spot in the mens game and men should give it to them - the entitlement it must take to think that way. Tbh the people pushing it probably arent even the majority of the womens players, its more a political thing.
The boundaries were longer back in those days and I distinctly remember the sight-screen being inside the field in Australia which was the only respite for those trying to hit straight down the ground. You also don't see any 5s being run these days,,
Adelaide Oval is big. It is that oval.
2 Legend of their times Sir Vivian Richards and Sir Dennis Lille batting and bowling all time greats
Clive Lloyd not out but this happens... One of the great cricketers of all time... 😎
Absolute classic footage
Sir Viv, Master Blaster, sorry Sachin :-)
Viv was a pimp with style....Sachin just another seedy looking Indian with fixed up statistics
Lillee is big asset for the Aussies in the 70s
Greta bowling by Dennis Lille and great batting by Clive lyyod and viv made batting look so easy
The Les Burdett pitches were always sensational . The secret was the black clay " bay of Biscay " soil from the Adelaide plains . Also we have lost the Australia day tests these days
Great fast bowling and great batting power like dennis lilee and sir viv Richard and others
Great cricket all round by both sides. The old stuff is the best.
Lillee and Richards. The best of all time.