I’d love to see test cricket come back to the bbc so that we can all watch it. Summer holidays were so good back in those days.

Superb bolwing by Gilmore taking six wickets and superb batting by captain Clive loyed scored century against Australia and won the world cup.edrich,ian chhaple all great players were superb to wach.

I remember my Dad enthusing about Alvin Kallicharran's innings in the 1975 Prudential Cup, hooking Lillee repeatedly.

I dread to think how far Richards would hit the ball with modern bats. Great decade for fast bowlers.

The quality of cricket in the 70s was magnificent, on uncovered pitches too. Something I'd like to see come back!

@sommerwood2920

4 жыл бұрын

They covered pitches always. Certainly in this decade. But now, I just discovered they wear numbers in "Tests".... is this so you know if it is the Mets or the Dodgers Stokes is playing for? Joke! Now I think the money likes altered bats that hit the ball far etc.

@kenjones6441

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but that would, because of the quality of the cricket now mean that tests would only last 2 days

@simongleaden2864

3 жыл бұрын

@@sommerwood2920 Not in England. Uncovered pitches were used until 1978 for sure. I think in 1979 for the England v India tests the pitches were covered for the first time and they have been ever since.

@leewhatley7077

2 жыл бұрын

@Ben Ellis they played for the love of the game not like today’s players it’s all about the $

@christopherdale7017

2 жыл бұрын

I agree 💯

Drought years inEngland 1975-76. Unusual to see brown outfield.

O'yeah, Dennis Lillee's beautiful run up and delivery stride. Lillee and Andy Roberts my favorites of the 70's. Great to see some cameo vision of Graham Pollock.

Wonderful Cricket Memories!!!

Brilliant upload, great to Clive Lloyd's brilliant hundred in the 75 World Cup Final, brilliant player!😀

@curtismarcus5759

2 жыл бұрын

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@kabirstetson5096

2 жыл бұрын

@Curtis Marcus instablaster =)

@curtismarcus5759

2 жыл бұрын

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@curtismarcus5759

2 жыл бұрын

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@kabirstetson5096

2 жыл бұрын

@Curtis Marcus You are welcome :)

Lillee had a magnificent run-up. Graceful yet menacing at the same time.

@graemealexander8804

4 жыл бұрын

97mph as well. Had all the skills & arsenal. Still the greatest.

@graemealexander8804

4 жыл бұрын

A great bit of footage attached. kzread.info/dash/bejne/k6qu3Kd_g8_OY9o.html

@graemestarkey7524

4 жыл бұрын

As good a run up as you could wish for in a quick bowler. Andy Roberts was up there in that respect (and as a bowler).

@philipwaller7764

3 жыл бұрын

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@electraxd9929

2 жыл бұрын

@@graemestarkey7524 He ran very fast

The best fielder at shortleg I have seen in my 60years of watching cricket Solkar

thanks i love the old footage !!!

@lindsaywilsontt2338

4 жыл бұрын

Dave Appleby b

Sir Donald. He would have been sport's first and most deserving billionaire in any era after 1980.

Imran Khan was doing well in matches against England, Austrialia. During 1970s his performance as a bowler was excellent.

@briansukhu4392

4 жыл бұрын

He matured through out the 70's; changed his bowling action, sent from medium to a genuinely quick match winning fast bowler.

@shahidshah2099

4 жыл бұрын

Imran missed a 1978 series in England and he was at the peak of his bowling at that time but due Kerry pecker he was not selected by PCB although he was ready to play and was already playing for Sussex... none of the pecker cricketers were selected in that series... that’s the reason he missed out in 70s in England ... as well know that he was novice in 74 and 71

@stephenmcloughlin7718

2 жыл бұрын

@@shahidshah2099 , he was third in the bowling averages in world series cricket behind Garth Le Roux and Mike Procter, but better than Lillee , Thompson and all the Windies quicks.

@kunalsingh3121

2 жыл бұрын

@@shahidshah2099 Imran wasnt at his pomp in 1978 he was still more of medium pacer he became out and out quick around 1980 July when he added jump to his run up and untill 1988 or more till 1982 was unplayble literally..

@kunalsingh3121

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenmcloughlin7718 Averages are deceptive; Names you mentioned didnt played considerable amount of games as compared to Lillee and West Indian quicks no way Garth Le roux, Protctor as good as they could have been can be rated ahead of Lillee or Roberts.

Absolutely beautiful stuff,before my time but great to put a face to a name...many great names there too

Wonderful! Thank you.

They danced down the pitch literally...

I always feel calm whenever I hear Richie Benaud's voice

Watching Edrich scoring the 175 you would never have dreamed he would have been gone from test cricket within a year

@bringmeknitting844

3 жыл бұрын

True, but he was 39 in 1976!

@dlamiss

3 жыл бұрын

@@bringmeknitting844 true but he still scored 76 in his penultimate test. Greig suggested he had lost the hunger and desire

Raw batting with sticks and Raw pace without much training. 70’s ❤️🤌

Was interested to hear Richie say that the Rest of World XI in 1970 "It wasn't Sobers who dominated it". Really Richie? 588 runs at 73.50 including 2 centuries (highest score 183), 3 fifties and 21 wickets at 21.52!! Which by my calculations is more runs than Barlow and more wickets too

The 70's were the best era of all time imo.

Awesome vid. Many thanks

All the great cricket team were there . All teams were strong, west indies, England, Australia, India and Pakistan .India was the only country played without fast bowlers and won matches . Bedi, Prasanna, Chandra and venkat wre great spinners. Gavaskar and Solkar made the opening attack with their gentle medium pace , After 4 or 5 overs bedi came into attack and these spinners can spin with shining on the ball. Gret . Even New zealand , much weekerside, those days , had good batsman and bowlers.Kapil Dev , Holding, Garner, Marshall must have come in early 70's and the cricket would have been much more entertaining.We were unlucky to see the great players from south Africa because of apartheid. The Pollocks, Barlow, Barry Richards , Clive Rice were great players and would have made records in cricket history. After Bradman ,Grahame Pollock holds highest batting average of 61 , if my memory is correct. Also the commentary was classic .

@mohoshinuddinahmed1834

4 жыл бұрын

pradeep kumar India was the weakest team of the 70’s. Even worse were their ODI matches . Gavaskar scored 36 not out in 60 overs against England in75 WC . Then loosing to SL in 79 WC . In those years when WI , PAK and SA players were honing their skills in county crickets no batsmen from India were not in county championship . Finally no players from India was recruited in the Packer’s WSC. However with the entry of great N Kapil Dev in the late 70’s the whole philosophy of Indian cricket started changing . Now they are on top of cricket world .

@mohoshinuddinahmed1834

4 жыл бұрын

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4 жыл бұрын

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Greatest era of cricket period.

@GetUpFalcon

5 жыл бұрын

Most cricket playing countries would say full stop.

@sourabhdebnath685

5 жыл бұрын

Johnny Marlin greatest era was 90s

@graemestarkey7524

4 жыл бұрын

70s? you're having a laugh...........

Wonderful experience!!!

Do you have any more of these Dave...like all the test highlightes 78 79. Ashes in australia

What gets me is how fast Holding, Lillie, Roberts et al are bowling - just look at how far back the keeper and slips are. They're hardly ever back that far these days as the ball just wouldn't carry. Not only is the bowling demon fast, the guys facing it are wearing caps or sun hats and wearing 1970s equipment - pads that were one step up from a rolled up National Geographic, gloves that were as thin as hell, very few chest pads. Most went out in pads, thigh pad, box and gloves. Against Holding! And with a bat with a pretty small middle, at least compared to today's bats. Going even further back, imagine Bradman facing Larwood with 1930s equipment! This was the era I started watching cricket and I still love it - just wish today's camera angles were available then! Great vid but I find it odd that Packer's World Series Cricket doesn't get a look in - that's the harbinger of the modern game and it's a travesty the runs and wickets taken there are not considered "first class", even to this day. Lastly, what a joy to see Gavaskar and Gower in their pomp again.

@rugbydad678

5 жыл бұрын

Matt Brown Totally agree as you make some valid and relevant points. Clothing was often a mixture of whites and creams. The bowlers would have loved modern comfortable boots and batsmen more so the modern bats that launch the ball with ease into the stands! And with the limited over games won or lost by a few ones, fitness and fielding has change enormously! No more burly fast bowlers swinging their arms as they walk onto the field for their warm up!

@sommerwood2920

4 жыл бұрын

@@rugbydad678 All his points are valid.

@graemealexander8804

4 жыл бұрын

@@kunalsingh3121 Wasn't much chop against Australia either. Dennis Lillee sorted him out quickly.

@graemealexander8804

4 жыл бұрын

@@kunalsingh3121 You went off on a tangent there. Many assumptions. Dennis Lillee got Viv Richards out more times than any other batsman. A mark of his greatness. You plucked Malcolm Marshall's stats from obscurity to say he was better. Did you know Marshall went to Lillee & asked him to teach him how to bowl outswingers & leg cutters? Thought not. Marshall's strike rate is better, but you have to remember he bowled in quartet. Shorter spells, always fresh. Lillee bowled long spells & was the man depended upon to make the breakthrough. Ever 2nd summer, Australia played the West Indies. Wonder how individually, the quartet might go removing, Greenidge, Haynes, Richardson, Richards, Lloyd, Logie, Dujon? Lillee bowled at the strongest lineup ever seen, regularly. No cheap wickets on offer. Took an astonishing 10 wkts haul on Boxing Day, 1982 to dismiss them & break the world record. At his peak, Lillee averaged a strike rate of 46 & nudging 6 wkts a Test. Viv Richards rates Lillee as the greatest. Tony Cosier has said DK was the best ever to play on Carribean shores. I met & talked to Joel Garner. He said Dennis was the best, top of the tree. When Dennis retired, he had more 5 & 10 wicket hauls in history & still the fastest quick to take reach 300 Test wickets, just 56 Tests & the 1st bowler to take 100 ODI wickets. Your assumption of a lack of success on the subcontinent is just ill knowledge. Australia avoided touring because of dysentery & a danger to player health & well-being. The tour of Pakistan was doctored featherbed wickets, to negate his masterly skills. Slow, unresponsive spin pitches. DK was the no. 1 bowler in Supertests, with 67 wickets in 14 Tests & took 12/92 against The World XI. He holds the fast bowling record of most wickets in a calendar year, 79 in just 15 Tests. He was selected as Wisden Cricketer of the Century No. 6, the 1st fast bowler. In Australian cricket history, Dennis Lillee is admired as was Don Bradman. He remains the great & finest fast bowler to grace the game. Champion, the best. As for your strange assumption of Viv Richards. He is favorite all time batsman. The best Test batsman of the last 50-60 years. A collossus. The best ODI batsman in history. A tier above Tendulkar, Lara, Kohli etc & statistics support it. Marshall is the 2nd best fast bowler I have ever seen. DK Lillee taught him how to bowl the wicket balls. Shows to Marshall, that Dennis was the yardstick & the king.

@graemealexander8804

4 жыл бұрын

@@kunalsingh3121 Check this footage out. Imran Khan tried to put his stamp on Lillee & look what he did to Pakistan. Reroll the footage & watch the work on the ball & movement. Lillee could hit a dime several time. Magnificent bowling action with the full arsenal. Still the king. kzread.info/dash/bejne/k6qu3Kd_g8_OY9o.html

Those were the days when king cricket at its best.

@graemestarkey7524

4 жыл бұрын

By no means.

.you got anymore of these

always loved lillee as a bowler...but his action @ 27:00 is not as smooth and refined as it was to become later on. IMO he had the best action of any fast bowler in his later days at the top.

Why no mention of Thommo.He struck fear into English hearts alongside Dennis Lillee.

@adamhawkins6770

4 жыл бұрын

Agree - arguably the fastest of all time, inexplicably left out?!

@olavbjortomt1596

4 жыл бұрын

Because it's a video the BBC put out in the early 90s and they didn't have Australian footage from 1974-75

@sentimentalbloke185

4 жыл бұрын

Thommo played in England in '75 & '77.

@graemestarkey7524

4 жыл бұрын

@@sentimentalbloke185 he also played in 1985. There's a great bit of film in thee game when the Aussie bowling is going everywhere. Ian Botham walks in with the score 500 and plenty for 4 - smashes McDermott over long on for 6 first up and keeps swinging. Thomson has gone at 5 an over and is getting barracked. Lets just say his gesture in responce (with both hands) is blurred out.

@sentimentalbloke185

4 жыл бұрын

Thommo was well finished in '85, he only went as a last minute replacement because so many Aus players pulled out to go on the rebel tour of RSA. His last good season was '82-83 but really he never got back to full form after he wrecked his shoulder in '76.

Good playing

Only tests from England, but brilliant nevertheless. Thank you.

I ALWAYS love PAST Z

.Boycott pulling and cutting like Gordon Greenidge. Give him a loose ball and he was on to it. Great upload, when cricket was great.

A 7 test Ashes series in 1970/71??

I miss RB commentating

@hyena131

5 жыл бұрын

Mr Damage One of a kind was Mr. Benaud.

15:42 Nice catch by future test umpire Venkat.

Plz upload in full HD

I'm new to cricket and learning,..Why are the fielders standing so close to the batter?

@peternicholson233

5 жыл бұрын

Because they're silly.

@mattbrown7455

5 жыл бұрын

If the ball spins off the bat (see videos of Shane Warne or Murali) or if a batsman gloves a ball away from their throat then it's not going to go very far - the fielders have to stand close to have a chance of catching it. Peter's reply is witty - the positions are often called "silly [insert position]". Why? Because standing there is dangerous and silly! The jargon can take some getting used to and this article is useful -life.spectator.co.uk/articles/the-language-of-cricket/ - enjoy the cricket! The love never leaves you.

@sommerwood2920

4 жыл бұрын

To get the quick catch, mistake of batsman

Title should be Cricket in England - 70s and one in NZ

Underwood bowler for quite some time for England. May be he has taken close to 300 test wickets.

17:00.

such a shame theres no mention of the great Barry Richards crickets lost genius whoes test career was curtailed by the ban on South Arica from international cricket

1:32:00

They talk about Derek Underwood as a star spinner with barely a mention of the famed Indian quartet.

Boycott going for broke,put down the glasses

That Indian bowling attack in 1974 was as poor as I can remember. No penetration at all. If Denness and Lloyd were getting big centuries that says it all . Batting wasn't great either.

45:11 👌👌👌

17:05 Jon snow? from Game of Thrones?

@jessesands4099

4 жыл бұрын

Sajid Raza Idiot!😣🙄

@shanechapman2415

Жыл бұрын

howz that? you know nothing jon snow !

1:00:25 - the fucking state of that pitch lol

@simongleaden2864

3 жыл бұрын

The pitch looks fine to me. The outfield is rather dry and yellowing, but the pitch is just as it should be.

it all about the aussie and the limeys in cricket the rest gets the trickle down the scene between james anderson in england, when he push ravindra jajeda the tape went missing they suspend jajeda last time they met in 4 test anderson batting bumrah hot him he was screaming like a pig they hit steve smith joffra archer and laugh about it he and england wicketkeeper

England's second string bowlers....lol

boycott being very aggressive .

@jj9749

4 жыл бұрын

and had some hair

@bringmeknitting844

3 жыл бұрын

Those aren't words you hear often lol