Nope. I was wrong. Strangely he was in that comp. s**t, I reckon I could have bowled quicker than him as a kid.
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Yeah, I do remember the ABC had cricket on in early 1980's when I would watch the cricket from England. Channel Nine seem to do only the Tests in Australia. Maybe the 1989 Ashes Series in England did it change a bit. Was not until 1990's that we saw any cricket from outside of Australia or England. First series I recall of seeing from West Indies was 1991 tour and then when South Africa came in, that also started to be covered by channel 9.
Things like 1986 Tied Test in India were not shown on tv at all. I think even the 1987 World Cup over there was barely covered on tv. Maybe they showed the final if we were lucky.
I suspect you were living in a different region and channel 9 allowed abc to show their coverage on ABC regional. Melbourne region only had that on channel 9 as far as I can tell.90-91 ashes was on the abc it’s one of my earliest cricket memories
I suspect you were living in a different region and channel 9 allowed abc to show their coverage on ABC regional. Melbourne region only had that on channel 9 as far as I can tell.
Yep, Certainly was not on ABC in Melbourne that summer.Perhaps but it was on both where I live
Only time I went to Adelaide Oval to see the cricket was the day Mark Waugh made his debut century. Man, it was a beautiful innings of shot making.That was a good summer. Watched Gower get a hundred in Melbourne then followed it up with Mark Waugh's debut.
More of Holding from the 1976 series. No wickets here but it's obvious why Brian Close called his autobiography "I Don't Bruise Easily". If you study the replay of the second delivery in this clip it looks as though the ball ricochets off the back of Close's head.
I love it. Must have been fastest era of bowling with Thommo and Holding around this time. Wish I was watching cricket in mid 70's to see it all.
Holding has my favourite run up of all time and my favourite accent.Holding made it look so easy. He just lopes in but he's moving very fast.
He is my favourite bowler of all time, though I have a soft spot for Johnson due to his mental frailties that he could overcome from time to time.
Bad Mitch really was a sight for sore eyes.
Holding has my favourite run up of all time and my favourite accent.
He'd be in my top 5 bowlers I seen and probably second quickest I seen.
Johnson might be in my top 20, not sure. He does not come to mind readily when think of best bowlers I seen. Like Starc when he off his game he actually was really poor. But his best was top notch stuff too.
yeah, he was an entertainer and if he wanted to be an allrounder he probably could have been. But then we probably would have missed the height of his 12 to 18 months of stellar bowling.I'd not consider Johnson the best by any means, possibly not even in the top 20 as you say, but I really liked watching him bat, bowl and field as you never knew when the superstar was going to appear.
6/43 from Fanie De Villiers to win South Africa the test from nowhere. Also took 10 wickets for the match.
As a side note, Warne took 12 wickets for the match in a losing side.
6/43 from Fanie De Villiers to win South Africa the test from nowhere. Also took 10 wickets for the match.
As a side note, Warne took 12 wickets for the match in a losing side.
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7-1 en route to finishing with 7-25
Not just the best West Indian fast bowler, but probably the best ever, and he could bat too.
Shane Bond announcing himself to the world in his 5th ODI with his first international five-for.
A few iffy shots from the Aussies, but a lot came down to being beaten for pace. The yorker to Gilchrist (third wicket) is just pure sex though.
EDIT: Been mentioned by many on this forum many times over the years but such a shame we didn't get to see so much of him on the international stage. Looking at home bowl, it isn't a particularly strenuous action (at least not in the context of someone bowling 150k's+ where there is always going to be some degree of strain) so it's hard to pinpoint what he could have done differently. It's not like, say, Shaun Tait who you can look at and know straight away he is going to have a rough time with his body. Unfortunately, in the case of Bond, I think it's just some guys are too susceptible to injury. He was every bit as good as Dale Steyn and could have easily sat alongside the likes of great quick bowlers like Marshall, Akram, Ambrose, Lille, Hadlee and co.
It's also a shame for Australian's that his only two tests against us were his very first two and - although I can't specifically remember his bowing from those tests - his performances would indicate a guy who was pretty nervous and overawed (1/135, 1/74 and 1/80). His ODI performances against Australia (44 wkts at 15.8) and India (12 at 16.8) indicate someone that had no problem stepping up against top quality opposition.