Great to hear Richie Benaud once again. All cricket lovers still miss him.

@dennisneo1608

4 жыл бұрын

little kids don't

@fiveowaf454

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@TheMicturation

3 жыл бұрын

@@dennisneo1608 fiona barnett ?

@ajs41

3 жыл бұрын

@@fiveowaf454 He was commentating until about 5 years ago.

@ajs41

3 жыл бұрын

@@dennisneo1608 They do if they really love cricket history.

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.

@lakshmandealwis2724

3 жыл бұрын

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@soumyasaha8665

2 жыл бұрын

Richards is better than Bradman. He is the best batsman of all times.

@lenfordgordon9555

2 жыл бұрын

@Ayush Singh ,,1,

@Rassskle

Жыл бұрын

@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.

@RobertCrawford-ep6dc

6 ай бұрын

22:27

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.

@ManishKumar-zj5wq

Жыл бұрын

What a player, aura of a King on the cricket field. Will die peacefully one day that I watched the great Viv Richards bat.

@manikpatil5940

Жыл бұрын

Viv Richards class one player. New comers can learn from him. Viv is great. 👍👍

@ianthomson1210

Жыл бұрын

​@@ManishKumar-zj5wq g

cricket will never see a batsman like Sir Viv Richards again. A really powerful bloke with skills of another level

@camerondaniels5804

6 ай бұрын

You are absolutely right, what a batsman

Watching 70 to 80 beautiful cricket legends of all time .

Please,take me back to those times. A pleasure to grow up in that era

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.

@percvalworrell

Жыл бұрын

😊 😊😊😅 😀😊😃😄❤😂

@umakantkarsel8074

9 ай бұрын

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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.

@bretloyd8097

Жыл бұрын

He was the best.

Lillee is a Living Legend…By far the most exciting bowler Australia has had

@Chapps1941

Жыл бұрын

There is Thommo and Warne.

@johncourtneidge

10 ай бұрын

And two spectacular catches in this day's play.

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.

@SriShridhar

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

@@SriShridhar accurate. Australia did reach that level of dominance but the respect and fear Lloyd's team commanded will always remain unparalleled.

@philhawley1219

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@linvalfrancis8771

Жыл бұрын

​@@SriShridhar r9😅😅😅tt😅

@CliffyFagon

5 ай бұрын

​@@SriShridharsaa

When cricket was worth watching

@beyondnatural9155

Жыл бұрын

And commentating was not non-stop blah but genuine appraisal NO MATTER which side the player was.

@joedennehy386

Жыл бұрын

If you think cricket is played to a lesser standard now, I genuinely feel sorry for you. The windies are a shadow of that great side, but Australia and most teams in the world are significantly better.

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.

@nihilistcentraluk442

4 жыл бұрын

Richards hugely stylish and Holding a wonderful athlete and fast bowler.

@ibbysvloggs1018

4 жыл бұрын

Deplorable D Imran khan beats noth in style and perfection.

@soumyasaha8665

4 жыл бұрын

Deplorable D You forgot Marshall.

@anthonystephenson6604

4 жыл бұрын

Watch Fred Trueman check his test average !! - only a couple better. & Perfect action

@houstonbalaji4768

4 жыл бұрын

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.

What a phenomenal day of cricket. Remember it like it was yesterday. Great bowling from !illee. Viv and Lloyd batting superbly.

Wow This is gold..Sir ViVian, Lille, Lloyd, Chappells & others all in action..OUTSTANDING

@beefy1986

Жыл бұрын

Its Sir Lloyd too now

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

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.

@BGone-mb7wz

4 жыл бұрын

That's why he was THE 'Master Blaster'.

As a 70’s child, love it🇦🇺

@brusselssprouts560

2 ай бұрын

I bet the white suprecists in Aus will love seeing Black People unable to dominate them, while medallion man Lillie prevailed?

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.

@kunalsingh3121

2 жыл бұрын

You missed Viv..

@crawford1083

2 жыл бұрын

@@kunalsingh3121 A SHOKKING omission on my part! One of the very greats!

@kunalsingh3121

2 жыл бұрын

@@crawford1083 Simply the greatest I ever saw...

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.

@michaelbradley6463

Жыл бұрын

Yes and he didn’t need a tree trunk bat or roped boundaries either

@biplab_bhusan_swain10

11 ай бұрын

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.....

@ramachandranpadmanabha9320

10 ай бұрын

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.

@johncourtneidge

10 ай бұрын

Yes but he failed to bat himself in after lunch.

@SimonFranck100

10 ай бұрын

Before Viv there was Sobers

Viv is great. He was King of cricket. I salute him.🙏🙏

@TWCobra

Жыл бұрын

The Master Blaster. Great to watch!

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

Cricket those days. Beautiful! Clash of legends.

@frankellamtarra2026

6 жыл бұрын

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

@terraccan

6 жыл бұрын

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.

@kingsingh566

5 жыл бұрын

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

@kandilicouskimi

4 жыл бұрын

@@frankellamtarra2026 p

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!

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!

@michaelrose3101

Жыл бұрын

Ashes to Ashes dust to dust if Lillee don't get you Thommo must.

I JUST LOVE THIS STARTING THEME MUSIC. LEGENDARY STUFF

I remember these legendary matches well. A lost era

Lilee is the world best bowler in his playing days

I can only dream of having a "Clive Lloyd" bad season with the bat - This just shows what legends Lloyd and Viv were!

the genuine master blaster sir viv richards...the living legend...great cricketing 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. ❤

The boundary seems soooooo far away ... those were the REAL fours and no wonder the sixes were so rare in those days!!!

@inconvenienttruth1528

2 жыл бұрын

Notice how many times they ran 4 ? Today the boundary is too short

@houstonbalaji4768

2 жыл бұрын

@@inconvenienttruth1528 yes. That’s one of the reasons why the T20 feels like a circus.

@rajsingh-kf2ms

2 жыл бұрын

@@houstonbalaji4768 cricket is actually a circus these days

@houstonbalaji4768

2 жыл бұрын

@@rajsingh-kf2ms yes, it’s all about money and fame. The game’s beauty is gone with all the glitz and glamor!

@philinn4788

Жыл бұрын

@@houstonbalaji4768 local and amatuer cricket is still real

V. Richards c. Marsh b. Lillee 76 --- just an iconic piece of text.

Oh man that intro. Brings back the memories. 9 sport

Viv batting, Lillie bowling on an Australian pitch, Benaud's commentary ❤❤❤

Would love to see the Windies back to their smashing best. Would be great for world cricket.

Just look at that WI team,a balance of perfection.

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.

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 !

Full house, two great sides playing, Richie and Bill commentating, OMG who could ask for a better cricket than this. Still loving it!!

@Jethro-ie3ku

5 ай бұрын

And the opening music …….. brings back memories

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!

@earljohnofucolta404

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, batsmen praying that the ball will trickle into the boundary, because it's too hot to run 5!

@thylacine1004

4 жыл бұрын

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.....

@nagee76

4 жыл бұрын

@@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...

@thylacine1004

4 жыл бұрын

nagee76 100%

@jonathanjackson3918

4 жыл бұрын

@@nagee76 p Oi

The great cricket teams Australia and the WI,both teams had great batsman and great fast bowlers who entertained the world.👍

Gone are those days when Australians grounds were big and without ropes and pitches were helpful for the bowlers

Clive Lloyd innings was awesome ! These old games are something to watch, the grounds were huge back then , T20 destroyed the game 🤦‍♂️

Viv Richards and Dennis Lillee, my goodness.

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 would have loved to have faced upto this legend.. so much talent in that era of cricket

I really loved that music which come in start of match in Australia

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

Lillee is big asset for the Aussies in the 70s

Dennis Lillee and Michael (whispering death) Holding, so very special. Oh OK Viv was also very special.

Dennis Lillee. The greatest fast bowler of all time IMHO.

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 🔥

Greatest fast bowler of all time..

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…

Old is gold. Today's cricket is lost its beauty for plying business purpose. I want to see the cricket of its old version.

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.

@SajjadAli-bx8kh

Жыл бұрын

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.

Viv Richards facing fast bowlers like Lillee without helmet or hand guards. What a brace guy

Great display of fast bowling! True battle of titans....Jaydeep Sarangi

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 ! 👑👑👑

A great sight watching Lillie bowling... and the arrogance and swagger of Vivian Richard

@tyroneosborne2091

4 жыл бұрын

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 ?

@saqibhussain9907

4 жыл бұрын

@@tyroneosborne2091 Richards was and is perhaps matchless... we find No one even near him ...

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

Viv scored 76 off 72 balls in this innings and was player of the series too. What a glorious batsman to watch.

Cricket at its best. Great bowling Lilly,

It should be Viv Richards show in the caption. Great to watch the legends! Thanks cricket au.

Cricket's golden era

@jrmss2024

7 жыл бұрын

Definitely. Cricket's Golden era has to be set in the time when Viv Richards was at his peak.

@bitterbob30

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@thangamani3983

4 жыл бұрын

@@bitterbob30 True assessment.

@thylacine1004

4 жыл бұрын

@@bitterbob30 ,yes you would have to include Warne and Gilchrist,Ponting and Waugh in that Era,so your on the money.....

To me the cricketers are great to watch, but these commentators were in my lounge room. These people I miss.

@AgentOccam

4 жыл бұрын

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.)

@MrAMYJACK

4 жыл бұрын

@@AgentOccam New Zealand the 2nd best Country, but the Best Prime Minister on this Earth.

@chandraprabakarselvan9769

3 жыл бұрын

@@AgentOccam Ian Botham seriously?

@Oo-pl9zg

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@poocrayon4588

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

Name a bowler with an action as perfect as Dennis Lillee

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!

Viv. Clive, Dennis, it doesn't get much better. Golden days.

RIP all the great commentators here. (except for Bill and Stacky)

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.

@earljohnofucolta404

5 жыл бұрын

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!

@drahcirnevarc9152

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Sheehan taught maths at my school.

Great fast bowling and great batting power like dennis lilee and sir viv Richard and others

What a magnificent oval!

@LordEriolTolkien

Жыл бұрын

It is widely considered the best cricket grounds in the country, and one of the best in the world

Look at the talent on that field? 70s 80s and 90s test cricket was great.

@fiveowaf454

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@randyschwaggins

4 жыл бұрын

Windies maybe...that Aussie team had a fair bit of dross in it

@Oo-pl9zg

3 жыл бұрын

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.

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?

@garywarner6526

5 жыл бұрын

Clive lloyd hit the ball harder

@StrasseBerlin

5 жыл бұрын

Ian Botham certainly could smash it.

@user-bm1nd7nj8b

5 жыл бұрын

God

@peterpiper831

5 жыл бұрын

terraccan Two Lance's Cairns and Klusener

@RRSmurf

5 жыл бұрын

Imagine Richards with a modern bat... Replacement balls budget would get pretty expensive!

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!

@Waseemashraf1979

6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant comments

@ziaulhasannaqvinaqvi7020

5 жыл бұрын

Pen Aunger hey is that your pic in dp she is very beautiful

@jameshope398

5 жыл бұрын

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

@vantheman1234

5 жыл бұрын

Pen Aunger David Gower declared at Lords. Good post though 👍

@vyuvaraj7275

5 жыл бұрын

Pen Aunger the last Man out was Jeff dujon, not viv Richards..

Australia with Lillee too were formidable opponents

Clive Lloyd not out but this happens... One of the great cricketers of all time... 😎

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.

@sicksquid3258

Жыл бұрын

No chance the gull survived that,clever of RB to notice another gull in flight tho.

@JAFHRH3GR

Жыл бұрын

@@sicksquid3258 Agree, this was a bit of Political Correctness, way ahead of its time!

These are the two best teams in the history of the game. The series between these two teams were always abosorobing .

Loved these nightly highlights. I wish they still did it. Miss Richie as well. The ball at 3:39 made Viv look ordinary.

@dieterbarkhoff1328

Жыл бұрын

Get a grip: one ball, the rest Richards toyed with the rest.

Dennis Lillee is the great man.

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.

Imagine having lived in this era. Lillee, Haynes and Richards in one shot. Wow

Cricket was something else those 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

2 Legend of their times Sir Vivian Richards and Sir Dennis Lille batting and bowling all time greats

Gee he was an athlete wasn't he? That run up is pure poetry and power

Sir Viv, Master Blaster, sorry Sachin :-)

@bennuballbags2

4 жыл бұрын

Viv was a pimp with style....Sachin just another seedy looking Indian with fixed up statistics

Lille is one of the World Class Fast Bowlers. GREAT. Regards. Khalid Asghar. (06 April 203)

Oh the good old days ❤❤❤

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.

Brought back memories of listening to radio commentaries. And there was Clive Lloyd who never got out.

The best cricket theme

Wow! Loved every second of it.

Absolute classic footage

Lillees powers were passed onto that critically injured gull to allow him a miraculous recovery.

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