Peter West, Jim Laker & Richie Benaud. Names I grew up with, sadly all gone but immortalised by the power of television.

@cquilty1

9 ай бұрын

@rich5086 Old dome head Peter West! He should've stuck to commentating on ballroom dancing.

_"When all is lost, and I need someone to bat for my life.... I'm sending Geoffrey Boycott, every single time."_ -Richard "Dickie" Bird.

@adrianwright8685

9 ай бұрын

Not often someone has to bat to save someone else's life! Usually it's to take part in the entertainment called cricket.

@pauljohnson4539

9 ай бұрын

It's Harold Dennis "Dickie" Bird😊

No helmets.....sleeves rolled-up.....proper sport.....fabulous...

So great to watch..those straight drives were delightful. We love him in India. Was a very regular voice on Indian Television when I started to watch cricket during the 90s. It's so great to see him in whites courtesy KZread. Lots of love and respect to Sir Geoffrey from a fan in India.

@vantheman1238

Жыл бұрын

Great comment ❤️

@vishwanath1761

Жыл бұрын

@@vantheman1238 thanks for your compliment 😊

@anthonymensingh1989

10 ай бұрын

Are you related to gundappa vishwanath I loved watching him the seventies and eighties great batsman love Anthony Fed ex lol

@vishwanath1761

10 ай бұрын

@@anthonymensingh1989 No. I am not related to the great man.

@rrao7963

10 ай бұрын

Gavaskar was best opening batsmen Geoff boycott little bit overated

if you gave everyone a wish not many wouldn't wish to be transported back in time to a particular era, just to relive those days in the sun when you thought you where capable of achieving anything you set your mind to

Sir Geoffrey - for my money, England's greatest opening batsman.

@rrao7963

10 ай бұрын

Gavaskar better than him racist English people this person has been knighted our Asians cricketer like Sachin gavaskar akram imrankhan better than overated English players

@TC-qd1zw

10 ай бұрын

Greatest run out merchant of his own players.

@LeeMills-ml9jm

10 ай бұрын

@@TC-qd1zw Nobody's perfect 😄

@TC-qd1zw

10 ай бұрын

@@LeeMills-ml9jm He was at that

@simoncampbell3144

10 ай бұрын

Chris Tavare and Boycott, lol I'm a glutton for punishment, my perfect opening pair would be Gooch and Cook

What a treat to listen to these legendary commentators.

Beautiful player to watch! Back then you needed some special balls to stand up against the pace attacks without a helmet.

@robertcook2572

10 ай бұрын

Jeff Thomson 🙄

To win games of test cricket you have to take 20 wickets. I’m sure the bowlers who faced Boycott knew they were in for a battle to get him out. And I’m sure his own team’s bowlers loved sitting on the balcony with their feet up watching him grind the opposition down.

@paulcaswell2813

Ай бұрын

Love the way you reversed the usual comment - 'bowlers facing Boycott': it's normally batsmen facing bowlers!

Probably the most technical of all batsmen. We all love the swashbucklers, but Sir Geoffrey waited for an opportunity to score. Perfect.

2023 Bazball, 1977 Snoozeball. He was a grinder allright, and a brilliant batsman and now a great commentator.

Got say after watching this, Boycott has been harshly criticized for the way he played, nothing wrong with the he plays from KZread's I've viewed

@doctordunc

2 жыл бұрын

Much of the criticism is based on a year or two (a little after this) when he was completely out of nick but managed not to get out, and would grind out 50s with no boundaries, etc. But he was never quite the "blocker" that he's described as.

@doctordunc

2 жыл бұрын

Of course 99 times out of 100, the ground out 50s or whatever were much more beneficial to the team that getting out early, which most people do when they're out of nick.

@markparris3890

10 ай бұрын

@@doctordunc imagine how devastating Joe Root would be if he were immovable from the crease - like Steve Smith four years ago or Sir Geoffrey back in the 60s and 70s. Wears out bowlers, shores up a failing innings and keeps hope alive in the dressing room if you’re taking a kicking

@golden.lights.twinkle2329

10 ай бұрын

Because they only show the good bits.

@paulcaswell2813

Ай бұрын

@@doctordunc Do you remember the Monty Python commentary sketch? '... and we are at Lords on the second day the match. England are 450-6 (or whatever - I can't remember the score), with Boycott, who batted all day yesterday, on a magnificent 0 not out...' ;-)

46 years ago today (11th August). A great day for Yorkshire and England cricket. Boycott's century was the foundation of England's win in this test and the regaining of the Ashes.

@simontrencher8245

9 ай бұрын

Was that the Test Match in 1977 when Max Walker asked "Dickie "Bird , the Umpire, how to get him out . "Dickie" suggested for Walker to bowl a grenade ...

Geoff boycott played on many wickets that were uncovered. So the argument that he made most runs on flat pitches is totally untrue.ive been privileged to have known him. Don't believe all the rubbish in the press. He's the best. No doubt about it.

Geoffrey Boycott was such a wonderful batsman. We've had few openers so consistent and what a fitting way to get his 100th Hundred. I still remember watching this on BBC TV. Fast forward to 2023 and I was lucky enough to be at Headingley on the 4th day of the 3rd Ashes Test match to see England beat Australia by 3 wickets. Not a classic England performance, but an exciting match including an excellent innings of 75 from another Yorkshire player, Harry Brook which has given me a memory I'll cherish for the rest of my life.

Geoff Boycott, Len Hutton and Fred Trueman are a big part of why Yorkshire people exude pride. There were other great Yorkshire players but none caught the soul of Yorkshire more than these sporting greats and Yorkshire heroes.

Wonderful player Sir Geoffrey Boycott Under appreciated . Often kept the English innings together. I’m biased - my friend coached me on how to play .

@Isleofskye

10 ай бұрын

That's a coincidence as my friend coached me on how to play too ! What was the name of your friend?

@BruceLee-sw4ms

10 ай бұрын

@@Isleofskye Geoff Boycott .

@Isleofskye

10 ай бұрын

@@BruceLee-sw4ms You've trumped me. The friend that coached me was Geoff Tibbs.

@BruceLee-sw4ms

10 ай бұрын

@@Isleofskye I retired when I was 40 and batted the same way all my life - slow and disciplined and solid forward defence , like I was taught . Several Stress fractures in the back ruined everything . Still luv cricket - I follow the women’s cricket as close as anyone .

@Isleofskye

10 ай бұрын

@@BruceLee-sw4ms You, obviously,have talent,my friend. Good Luck:)

If I had to pick a batsman to score a hundred for my life I would chose Boycott.

@jacobburtonswfc

10 ай бұрын

​@@johnbatch9276No more than any Australian

@johnbatch9276

10 ай бұрын

Not disputing boycott technically was as good as they come but the cavalier style of Vivian Richards would do for me in my lifetime seen so many sobers Lloyd kanhai those type of players even the aussies Neil Harvey never saw bradman but his test match average is unmatched as the records prove

@adrianwright8685

9 ай бұрын

Not often someone has to bat to save someone else's life! Usually it's to take part in the entertainment called cricket.

@sugarnads

8 ай бұрын

I will have D G Bradman thanks. Against ANY attack from any time.

@paulcaswell2813

Ай бұрын

@@johnbatch9276 Problem with Viv was that he was as likely to make 0 as he was 291 ;-)

His 99th hundred according to Doctor Samuel Hassan on the International Cricket Council!!!

@peteanderson4395

10 ай бұрын

Remember hearing the"press release"live and when Aggers told him it was a wind up I was very impressed Boycs didn't swear!!

@myalfie

10 ай бұрын

Sheer class

Love the way he faced 90mph bowlers with no helmet - like all his teammates seemingly

@WilliamSmith-mx6ze

10 ай бұрын

Wikipedia says Dennis Amess was the first player to wear one, and that was in World Series Cricket, which didn't start until 1977/78.

@BaronVonGreenback1882

10 ай бұрын

Not even an arm guard, when you have no protection, it sharpens your eyes !

@johnbatch9276

10 ай бұрын

Aye and Brian close was a man with true grit

@paulcaswell2813

Ай бұрын

@@johnbatch9276 I lost count of the number of times Close got clobbered by the quick stuff. The harder the ball hit him, the harder he stared at the bowler responsible. As you say - grit.

Great to see this again after watching it at the time. Could you imagine all those people running on and around the wicket every time someone gets a hundred these days!!

Great memories the year i started to get into Cricket.

England's greatest opening batsman. Top 5 all-time batsman. 151 first class centuries, over 48 thousand first class runs at a average of over 56.. other than bradman no batsman has a higher average on scoring over 20 thousand first class runs...

No arm guards , no helmets ,no officials in yellow jackets stopping people coming onto the field! Ah …. Nostalgia!

This is perhaps last test series between two countries , after this packer circus was started that changed the whole tradition of cricket

Wonderful to watch Boyc's 99th first class ton. Samuel Haman knew he'd take it on the chin.

Very live commentary at that time by john arlott, brain johnson, Christopher martyn, richy benaud, we imagine as if iam there actually watching, Wonderful movements, unforgettable. Eager to hear once again, if any body have recirdec6

Absolutely brilliant. Elegant shots. A truly great cricketer

Marvellous! Thank-you. Best sporting format ever: Five Day Tests. Hopefully without sledging.

He's been described as arrogant, selfish, mean, a female abuser - but i tell you what, If i was in under pressure in a war trench and had to rely on one person to help me out - that man wold be Geoff Boycott and it's simply impossible to gave anyone a better character reference than that.

@jshaers96

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think anyone has ever doubted Boycott's grit and resilience, but if you found yourself in a trench with him I think he'd be too concerned with his own safety to bother about yours. He was never a team player.

@stevelarge

3 жыл бұрын

@@jshaers96 could not disagree more - you have merely jumped on the 'let's-bash-boycott' band wagon - man would be right there helping us all out

@trevorhart545

3 жыл бұрын

@@jshaers96 TRY, he would stand up to anyone, then you might understand. In Test Cricket you have 5 days not an afternoon slog!

@jshaers96

3 жыл бұрын

@TREVOR HART You don't have five days if you want to win the game. You need to score runs fast enough to bowl out the other side twice. Boycott often batted as though he was playing a timeless Test, more concerned with his average than winning the game for his team.

Boycott has successfully faced the best of the pace bowling attack during the 70s and has scored many centuries..Salute

@paulcaswell2813

Ай бұрын

Michael Holding would like a word ;-)

What a great batsman he was.

England could do with a opener like Boycott now

@jefferyhitchmough1790

Жыл бұрын

If he decided to strap the pads on now he would still be better than the current crop of openers!

His favourite is "Prince of Calcoo-ta" Saurav Ganguly.. The way he pronounces "U" as "very Yoo-ung player" ... just love it ❤

Great seeing Peter West. He nearly ran over my mum in Lords car park back in the early 80’s. I clearly remember him smiling broadly, pipe in mouth as her motioned for her to carry on. Brilliant memory.

Kids running on the field... glad that's behind us.

@thadtuiol1717

9 ай бұрын

Why?

Brilliant Boycott,I would dearly love him back commentating on the ashes .,the crowd made it memorable also,BBC2 should show this re run before the next series .

@johnbatch9276

10 ай бұрын

It's got deadly dull now no humour or very little we all spark from controversy and Geoffrey was a master

Thanks for posting this, it's great. I've never seen highlights of this innings, only the winning shot. Again, thanks.

I met Geoff a few years back at a New Zealand Test at Headingley. He was endearingly irascible with me. I wouldn't have had it any other way.

I'm a West Australian and Dennis Lillee is my idol but credit where credit is due you have to give it to Boycott. How many extra days play and a extra days takings was Geoff Boycott responsible for during test matches ? He must have the record surely.

@alanjm1234

9 ай бұрын

Imagine facing Lillee and Thompson first up on the WACA. And no helmets in those days. Credit for having the balls to do that.

My first ever day of Test Cricket. Was the day after...😢

England would kill for an opener like him now. Solid, dependable and guarded his wicket like his life depended on it.

@rukdropov

10 ай бұрын

Yes, he defended his wicket with great technique and never gave it away while waiting for the right balls to score from. Exactly what you want from an opening batsmen.

@cquilty1

9 ай бұрын

@HarryFlashman. Ben Duckett looking good and his career is far from over. And he's not a selfish git either.

I loved the story of the test match in NZ in 1978 where England were on a run chase 2nd innnings. Boycott was being Boycott, scratching about and playing for his average. Time was ticking so Bob Willis who was vice captain sent Botham in with the instruction to run Boycott out. Which he did!! England went onto win the game.

Sir Viv is my favourite but if you wanted someone to bat all then Sir Geoffrey was your man.

I was a teenager watching every test match at this time. Boycott scored a lot of runs, but he wasn’t the most exciting batsman England ever had.

A lot of unjustified rubbish spoken about geoff boycott. Had a written correspondence with him since school days. In my era the greatest opener ever.

@Shaytime6

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you said that. Too many people read too much rubbish in the papers. Most of them will never have met him. He was an outstanding cricket, of that there is no doubt. I was there the following day - Boycott caught in the slips on 191, and England comfortably went on to win this Test match.

@bevwood3694

2 жыл бұрын

@@Shaytime6 thanks for your positive response. For me there's no one better than Geoffrey. He's the best in my books and always has been.

@agbeagbe7772

10 ай бұрын

'My era' and 'greatest ever' don't make sense together. Boycott probably doesn't even make it among the top three Yorkshire openers. Len Hutton and Herbert Sutcliffe were certainly both better players. Hutton and Hobbs were the two greatest C20 English openers.

They had umbrella fields in those days - imagine if Boycott had four fielders on the boundary like they do now - he would score triple centuries.

Ah, the good old days when the umpire's decision was final, however wrong.

2:23 - lovely on drive by Boycott.

Mike Brearley pioneered the cricket helmet... Jeffery 100 facing Thomson too ... We were allowed to sit on the grass near the boundary ropes in those days ...

I was there, 14 years old, remember people running onto pitch, thought about it, but didn't.

0:32 can't believe that Brearley didn't walk.

Fantastic way to score his 99th hundred.

Was a kid getting into cricket and, if I remember correctly, happened to turn on the tv that afternoon and was mentioned that getting close to his hundredth hundred.......

Check them "flares" out 😂 those were the days my friend, we,ed thought they,d never end ...❤

Proper cricket.

boyks got a lot of flak for his slow speed over the years, but for decades after we needed a batsman who could occupy the crease, and even with today's faster paced more aggressive batting still do.

No security either, or looks like necessary. Police with only a blue shirt, no taser, spray or stab vests. Happy times growing up in the sixties/seventies.

@thadtuiol1717

9 ай бұрын

Much more freedom back then. We were materially poorer but spiritually much richer.

I was 14 & saw all 5 days you could hear a pin drop when brearley was out 2nd ball , Boykes was dropped n the 90s off ray bright but my first ever test match !

@markparris3890

10 ай бұрын

My first test too! I was 13 and had only just started playing. I bowled my right arm off sending bouncers down to “the Aussies” in my back garden. Then I would be Derek Randall slogging Ray Bright and making run outs. I didn’t properly appreciate Boycott until he left and realised how much of a gap he left

Great to hear Jim Laker at the mic.

He had a century on day one?! I was expecting it to be day 3 at least. 😆

@flamingfrancis

3 жыл бұрын

He had a carryover of 84 runs from his previous test.

@trevorhart545

3 жыл бұрын

So was Australia and Geoff!

@trevorhart545

3 жыл бұрын

Just to say I am a Yorkshireman so biased towards Geoff !

@NYCUSA

10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

Proper cricketers ,bat in the crease ,no helmets

Thommo, what a bowler. Was never keen on white supremacist Greig so it was nice to see his wicket.

Best exponent at scoring his runs along the ground, he was rarely caught foreword of the wicket or near the boundary.

Boycott was a great player ,every team valued his wicket highly ,can’t work out why Dennis Lillee wasn’t playing.

@chatham43

10 ай бұрын

....wasn't he with Kerry Packer...?

@agbeagbe7772

10 ай бұрын

Lillee got injured pre tour and didn't make it to England. His fast bowling 'twin' Jeff Thomson, who did make it to England, had himself sustained a bad shoulder injury not long before in a Test against Pakistan ( I think) - a fielding collision, but did tour. Thommo was never th same again, speed-wise after that injury and England certainly benefitted from that in this series. The Packer aspect made no official difference at this point - tons of Aussies bound for Packer played in this series, not least the captain Greg Chappell, though that spectre did affect Aussie morale

@stephenfuller1395

10 ай бұрын

@@agbeagbe7772 thanks for the info 👍

Imagine Boycott batting in 2023 the crowds wouldn’t not what to make of it.He’d probably get to 35 not out by lunch.Don’t know how many times they opened together imagine Boycott and Edrich reaction today. My Grandad said that Boycott was not liked by many fellow Yorkshire players he did witness it.Perhaps though it was his single mind and not been one of the lads in the days of macho beer drinking unhealthy stuff.

Great man. Not a helmet in sight! When men really were men.

Speaking as a wicket keeper, Rod Marsh should have been standing up to Chappell.

Loved watching Boycott block it for 5 days. He’d be great in T20. He’d average 150 with a top score of 15 not out.

@gordonferrar7782

9 ай бұрын

Hahahhahahahha.

Look at his backfoot punch towards the point.. How much time he has!!!👌

He’s the batsman the opposition always wanted out and they certainly rejoiced when they could get him

I fullh agree.Great Commentsyirs Richie Benaud, Jim Laker, Brian Johnstone ? Petef West Christopher Martin Jenkins, Fred Truman...

Wow I bet that was a long day. I grew up watching Boycott play.....in those days most people took a newspaper to the cricket. I think he scored 1 six in his entire life....I'm not being sarcastic. His ultra cautious approach was heavy going. Thank goodness we play a different game today.

@flippered9999

10 ай бұрын

it's not a good approach for one day cricket, but if you've got a test match you need at least one calm batter who isn't going to panic when there's a collapse around them.

@simondalzell5635

10 ай бұрын

SO wrong !! Heavy going my A...

@traceya9615

10 ай бұрын

That must be why he got 108 caps.

It wasn’t his hundredth hundred…..well according to wind up merchant Aggers it wasn’t! 😂😂😂. ( A gloriously funny moment in TMS history!)

I remember Laker pointing out that Sir Len would have found the offside gaps against the left armer

Botham's second England test. He took five wickets in the 3rd.

The Man of Steel.. what a "PLAYER".. don't let the ENGLISH fans run on the field these days. How times have changed.

Love him or hate him, Boycott never gave up his wicket easily.

Excruciating innings by Boycott ... just over ten hours batting for 191 runs (plus the Poms beat us by an innings !)

@sugarnads

8 ай бұрын

A 40 yo took 10 hours to score a near doublehundred and take the match away from us. How fast do modern players taketo score 190?

@paulcaswell2813

Ай бұрын

@@sugarnads What's 190??? ;-)

how does that sight screen work with people sitting there?

Notice the difference between the commentators of 1977 era and the modern era. No analysis, no criticism of "sloppy shot" and "why is he bowling there with no Gully??!!" i.e. back seat driver with glorious hindsight constantly picking up on the play. I swear this negative commentating (yes I'm looking at you Boycott! and Aggers and others) has had such an impact on the players. If they of earlier eras who like to dish it out behind the safety of the microphone had a fraction of the media focus - they'd have had a wobbly!

Boycs was a legend when hitting balls instead of women, but Derek Randall (a bit part here) was such a lovely batsman. And great fielder.

@paulcaswell2813

Ай бұрын

Derek's fielding was out of this world. Forgotten as a fielder is David Gower - when the two of them were at Point and Square, nobody in their right mind would take a 'quick single'.

Batsmen like Boycott, Gavaskar, Hanif Muhammad and some others waited for the bad ball and made use of the available time knowing fully that a test match is of 5 days.

@paulcaswell2813

Ай бұрын

I think the writers of some of the comments here think that test tactics should be the same as 20/20!!!

Yorkshire’s finest… However Mike Brealey thought he was good enough to open the batting always baffled me!

@Yorksbass

10 ай бұрын

He probably didn't think he was. But if no one else wanted to do it, and Boycott was trying to hog the strike, at least in theory the number 3 could have a little wait.

Amazing batsman, nowadays batsman have to learn from Geoffrey Lawrence Rowe Viv Richards Suchin Lara simple but beautiful technique

This was the series when Ian Chappell betrayed Australia and ant bedded the Aussie team with dissention and splitting. Defamed Kim Hughes and Craig Sergeant amongst other acts of sabotage.

Anyone know how many test 6's Boycott hit? What about Bradman? I'm guessing less than 10 between them.

@ytjim

10 ай бұрын

8 for Boycott, and 6 for Bradman.

@terranceparsons5185

10 ай бұрын

@@ytjim wow! That many for Boycott! So less than 100 runs from 6's in more that 15,000 runs between them. How times change. Thanks for the info.

@ytjim

10 ай бұрын

@terranceparsons5185 To some degree. Alistair Cook only had 11 sixes in his test career, his percentage of runs in sixes is actually a bit lower than Boycott, though slightly higher than Bradman. Which says that even with shorter boundaries and bigger bats, some test players even in recent times prefer to keep it on the carpet.

@terranceparsons5185

10 ай бұрын

@@ytjim of course! I guess I was thinking of Stokes, Buttler, Bairstow, Root and so on. Stokes probably hit more 6s in one innings than Bradman hit in his career, doesn't mean that Bradman wasn't the GOAT. The one player I would have loved to have watched though is Gilbert Jessop, especially his 76 ball hundred, which was probably at least a couple less based on the 6 rule at the time converted to modern criteria.

@paulcaswell2813

Ай бұрын

@@terranceparsons5185 I'm old enough to think of sixes as careless risks. The greats keep that ball on the ground. It works.

Is this the one where he ran derek Randall owt for "his score" ?

10:51. Boycs gets his cap pinched!

Great fashions back then. No shirt and black bell bottoms...😅

Boycott would not have got it back if he had been playing for Lancashire. Well, not unless he planned on buying it back anyway.

Not hint of body armour or sponsorship.

Wanted to watch this. But the.glitches in KZread make it unwatchable now. Yet again the screen split in half with the previous video playing at the same time as the present (going on for over a year now). Congratulations.KZread. Your product is useless and shit. Sorry Geoff. They were great memories and I would have loved to watch some of that innings again.

Not a great admirer of Geoffrey, my name sake, but he had guts and technique.

I wondered if he'd finished in the top 3 in sports personality of the year. If it wasn't for Virginia wade he would have won it alongside Kevin Keegan or maybe Red Rum?!

A lot of dubious umpiring decisions in those days thank the powers that be for today's technology

Randall was unlucky. The impact was clearly outside the line.

@hanajinks1044

10 ай бұрын

He literally walked across to outside Off - lucky he wasn't bowled around his legs.

I remember Ray Bright should have had Boycott out LBW before he made his century. Obviously, the umpire knew that was not in the script.

I was at the Trent Bridge test in 77; the Test where Boycott batted on all 5 days, and ran out local hero Derek Randall. I'm not a fan of Boycott.

If this England team now had Boycs up top with Crawley. Boycs would bat all day and support Stokes as he smashed the Aussies all over the park.