The Cricket Thread

[mightyrooster]

I remember being at one test against the West Indies, think it was in 1982, was sitting in the members pavilion and the players would walk out right where you were sitting, Greg Chapell came swaggering out to bat and one real okker woman goes bewddy when he walked past which made me and my sister crack up, 2 mins later Chappell was walking back in as he got out for a duck and i couldn't help but go bewddy when he went past.
Was there for a couple of days so got to see Viv bat one of the days but he wasn't out there for to long. Just amazing to think of some of that West Indies side. Viv Richards, Clive Lloyd, Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Michael Holding,Joel Garner, what a side.

Haha..they were champions. When WSC started the teams would play games in regional areas. I remember Dad taking me and my siblings to a couple of games in Orange over a few years. I loved it. We went around and got lots of autographs from the players. I still have the scoresheets with those signatures on it today somewhere in a drawer. I got big bird Joel Garner, Holding and some other Windies players. Also Greigy from one year as he captained the World 11 team and some of the Australia B team with Maxy Walker and Trevor Chappell. They were fun times. Good memories.

[horrie hastings]

Haha..they were champions. When WSC started the teams would play games in regional areas. I remember Dad taking me and my siblings to a couple of games in Orange over a few years. I loved it. We went around and got lots of autographs from the players. I still have the scoresheets with those signatures on it today somewhere in a drawer. I got big bird Joel Garner, Holding and some other Windies players. Also Greigy from one year as he captained the World 11 team and some of the Australia B team with Maxy Walker and Trevor Chappell. They were fun times. Good memories.

That would have been great. Max Walker was a real character and a favourite of mine. Poor Trevor Chappell, he will always be remembered for the under arm ball but i will always blame Greg Chappell for that, i don't think Trevor wanted to bowl it and Rodney Marsh yelled out to Greg, don't do it.

A couple of other things i remember from the test match in 1982 was Bruce Laird taking a diving catch and taking a lot of skin off his elbow and also John Dyson making a century and was not out at the end of the game. Bruce Yardley got man of the match when he cleaned up the West Indies in the 2nd innings.

[caz]

The West Indies were undefeated in a test series for 15 years (1980 - 1995). In my opinion, the best cricket team I have ever seen in both Test and 50/50 formats.

Once Australia can go 15 years without losing a Test series, then you may have something to brag about.

Quite simply, the West Indies from the late 70's to the mid 90's would absolutely demolish this current Australian line up of ego maniacs.

Test matches | Team records | Most consecutive series without defeat | ESPNcricinfo

hard to compare teams from different eras but no one would deny that the windies teams of those years were as good as any. even so, the australian cricket team has the wood over the west indies cricket team in the last 50 years. they were undefeated v us for 8 series but they haven't beaten us in the last 14. they've only won one test v us in the last 20 years.
west indies cricket is a case in point. they've lost that successful culture. i don't know if it's proximity to the u.s. and it's basketball and baseball or something else but a winning culture is something you can't take for granted, you've got to foster it.

[Big Dog]

hard to compare teams from different eras but no one would deny that the windies teams of those years were as good as any. even so, the australian cricket team has the wood over the west indies cricket team in the last 50 years. they were undefeated v us for 8 series but they haven't beaten us in the last 14. they've only won one test v us in the last 20 years.
west indies cricket is a case in point. they've lost that successful culture. i don't know if it's proximity to the u.s. and it's basketball and baseball or something else but a winning culture is something you can't take for granted, you've got to foster it.

The big dollars in US sports and scholarships in general is killing Windies cricket.

[mightyrooster]

That would have been great. Max Walker was a real character and a favourite of mine. Poor Trevor Chappell, he will always be remembered for the under arm ball but i will always blame Greg Chappell for that, i don't think Trevor wanted to bowl it and Rodney Marsh yelled out to Greg, don't do it.

A couple of other things i remember from the test match in 1982 was Bruce Laird taking a diving catch and taking a lot of skin off his elbow and also John Dyson making a century and was not out at the end of the game. Bruce Yardley got man of the match when he cleaned up the West Indies in the 2nd innings.

I’ll never forget that underarm debacle. The one thing I remember about John Dyson was that soccer goalie style catch in the outfield. I don’t remember the Yardley game but I remember Bob Holland ripping through the windies, I think, one year. And Peter WHO Taylor. Remember him?

[horrie hastings]

I’ll never forget that underarm debacle. The one thing I remember about John Dyson was that soccer goalie style catch in the outfield. I don’t remember the Yardley game but I remember Bob Holland ripping through the windies, I think, one year. And Peter WHO Taylor. Remember him?

Yes Bob Holland was a few years later when he ripped through the Windies with 10 wickets and was also supported by Murray Bennett, that was in 1985 at the SCG and ended the Windies huge long winning streak. I remember the hoo hah when Holland was selected at the ripe old age of 38 but what he did in that test match was folklore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ypkgy0oy_g&t=163s

Peter (WHO ) Taylor came on a few years after that again, his selection was a real shock according to the press at the time, an unknown who had played a few games for NSW.

[caz]

looking at the pitch and the dismissals seems like the aussies are a bit off the pace at this stage. great to see uzzie make the most of his recall

[eddie]

Oh agree with you on Lyon being left out. A dumb decision as Brisbane is always a great wicket for spinners as they get plenty of bounce there. I like Cameron Green. He’s very talented and will come good.

Green is still being selected on potential.....................how much time does he need?
It used to be that an all-rounder had to be good enough to be selected on one of his skills alone. Green doesn't fit this mold. He wouldn't make the team on his unproductive bowling, and if he is one of the top 6 batsmen in the country we're in big trouble.
I've run out of patience with him.
Compare him to a real all-rounder like Ben Stokes?

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Watching the cricket this morning they panned to a shot of the scoreboard which listed English players in exactly this order:

Tongue
Stokes
Jacks
Root

And I thought to myself................oh, never mind.

[mightyrooster]

Watching the cricket this morning they panned to a shot of the scoreboard which listed English players in exactly this order:

Tongue
Stokes
Jacks
Root

And I thought to myself................oh, never mind.

This is a clean g rated thread thank you Jack.

[mightyrooster]

Green is still being selected on potential.....................how much time does he need?
It used to be that an all-rounder had to be good enough to be selected on one of his skills alone. Green doesn't fit this mold. He wouldn't make the team on his unproductive bowling, and if he is one of the top 6 batsmen in the country we're in big trouble.
I've run out of patience with him.
Compare him to a real all-rounder like Ben Stokes?

I get your frustration Eddie but I’m still hopeful he’ll come good as he’s one of the few talented young players we have coming through. He’s junior and Shield records are outstanding.

[Jacks Fur Coat]

This is a clean g rated thread thank you Jack.

No idea what you are referring to Mighty Rooster.

Just wondered why they weren't listed in batting order.

[Mickie Lane]

Green is still being selected on potential.....................how much time does he need?
It used to be that an all-rounder had to be good enough to be selected on one of his skills alone. Green doesn't fit this mold. He wouldn't make the team on his unproductive bowling, and if he is one of the top 6 batsmen in the country we're in big trouble.
I've run out of patience with him.
Compare him to a real all-rounder like Ben Stokes?

Australian all-rounder Cameron Green has become the most expensive international player in Indian Premier League history, $4.17 million.

I know IPL & Test cricket are different formats but someone rates him & I read that Green could soon become even richer, with Cricket Australia (CA) considering longer-term contracts

[eddie]

I get your frustration Eddie but I’m still hopeful he’ll come good as he’s one of the few talented young players we have coming through. He’s junior and Shield records are outstanding.

It begs the question, why is this team so old?
We've had two debutants this series, and they're both in their 30s.
Where are all the young shield players?
Maybe this BBL nonsense is slowly killing test cricket.

[eddie]

Australian all-rounder Cameron Green has become the most expensive international player in Indian Premier League history, $4.17 million.

I know IPL & Test cricket are different formats but someone rates him & I read that Green could soon become even richer, with Cricket Australia (CA) considering longer-term contracts

Yeah, its ridiculous money isn't it.
Good luck to Green, but none of this equates to form in test cricket.