Who is the best cricketer that you have seen live.
Easy for me: Sir Vivian. A destroyer of bowlers and an incredible fielder.
Easy for me: Sir Vivian. A destroyer of bowlers and an incredible fielder.
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Interesting choice I would love to know more. Tony Crozier did say he was the pick of the West Indies fast bowlers who terrorised batting attacks around the world.Holding
Great post You saw both Richards and Sobers live and You have The former over the Black Bradman. Wow, I heard he was s**t hot but I have always believed with an average of 60 or close Sobers was a once in a century player.Batsman - Barry Richards, absolutely sublime. Never any doubt in my mind he's the best batsman I've seen.
More contemporary batsman - Brian Lara. Nobody in the past 30 years comes close, except maybe Viv Richards.
All-round cricketer - Garry Sobers. There was nothing he couldn't do, to excess.
Best fast bowler - Who else but the great Dennis Lillee? Could swing and cut the ball both ways at express pace.
Best left arm quick - easily Wasim Akram. A veritable maestro of the late inswinging yorker. Like Starc except Wasim could swing it both ways.
Best leggie - Warnie, who else? We won't see anyone anywhere near as good in our life time.
Best offie - India's Bishen Bedi. His flight and control was incredible. Could usually afford to have 4 close in fielders, 2 on other side.
Best cricket team - West Indies 1984-85. Just awesome, and it was amazing the Aussies actually took a Test off them.
Great post You saw both Richards and Sobers live and You have The former over the Black Bradman. Wow, I heard he was s**t hot but I have always believed with an average of 60 or close Sobers was a once in a century player.
Amazing mate respect! Did you ever see a big Sobers innings?Yes. This thread is about what you've seen live. At Adelaide Oval, I saw Barry Richards make 224 v MCC, 146 in the second match against the MCC, and 105 & 72 against the Victorians. To add to this, I was very fortunate to have been taken to Perth on a family holiday and saw him make 325 not out on day 1. Dad was in Perth on business and the WACA was just down the road. How lucky was I?
You almost forgot my favourite cricketer Ian Chappell was making a wonderful century at the other end. Richards was out for 356 the next day. To add more cream, although it wasn't "live", I saw him make a wonderful 207 on TV against the Australians in World Series Cricket, also in Perth. I just haven't seen a batsman who compares with him.
Amazing mate respect! Did you ever see a big Sobers innings?
Thanks for this post mate it was dripping in nostalgia and passion!I caught one century, for the West Indies in a Test at Adelaide. I was only starting to get interested in cricket when he played here in 1961-62 to 1963-64 so I didn't actually see him make any first class 100s that year. I saw him take a bag of 5 wickets against SA in 1968-69, very impressed with how he took the new ball, could swing the ball at considerable pace, then revert to spin when the situation called for it. Also a brilliant fielder.
My very earliest memory of Sobers was in the 1963-64 District cricket finals. I didn't see it, but he made 111 for Prospect in the semi finals, so dad dragged me along to the Grand Final the following week as it was Sobers' last match in SA. He didn't disappoint, making 175 and taking 4 wickets. Although I was only 8 at the time, he was so dominant, and that much better than anyone else, it was memorable. Then when he returned to SA in 1971-72 to play for Prospect and SA, he took 8 wickets in his first grade game before being recruited by Bradman for the World XI.
Sadly, most memories of Sobers at Test level were witnessed on TV, including his 254 for the World XI at the MCG.
Great posts Adelaide Hawk it scares me sometimes that cricket prior to WSC, or at least the 74/75 Ashes seems to be disappearing into the mists of time. Keep boring young people with these stories!!! Some of them will stick.
Prior to redevelopment you could sit behind the nets at Adelaide Oval and literally be only a couple of metres from the batsman. I remember seeing Curtley bowl one morning and even at 3/4 pace it was terrifying.Curtley Ambrose.
This was the first game I went to as a kid, when you had only seen cricket on TV before it was amazing to see the bounce he got and how the keeper was halfway to the boundary at the WACA.Prior to redevelopment you could sit behind the nets at Adelaide Oval and literally be only a couple of metres from the batsman. I remember seeing Curtley bowl one morning and even at 3/4 pace it was terrifying.
Yes. This thread is about what you've seen live. At Adelaide Oval, I saw Barry Richards make 224 v MCC, 146 in the second match against the MCC, and 105 & 72 against the Victorians. To add to this, I was very fortunate to have been taken to Perth on a family holiday and saw him make 325 not out on day 1. Dad was in Perth on business and the WACA was just down the road. How lucky was I?
I almost forgot my favourite cricketer Ian Chappell was making a wonderful century at the other end. Richards was out for 356 the next day. To add more cream, although it wasn't "live", I saw him make a wonderful 207 on TV against the Australians in World Series Cricket, also in Perth. I just haven't seen a batsman who compares with him.
Dennis Lillee, Viv Richards and Shane Warne.Who is the best cricketer that you have seen live.
Easy for me: Sir Vivian. A destroyer of bowlers and an incredible fielder.
I knew you'd seen a bit of Barry Richards, but not that much. Man that's impressive.
You're going to enjoy this then. I just found what I thought I would never ever see anything of:
I still can't believe this exists. There's enough evidence on this to easily convince me that this guy was very, very special.
Go to about 7:35 and prepare for your jaw to hit the floor.