@Lorekyy@Tenchi710@JEllismusic215 hopefully he will release hi album soon :/ We need to promote it so that it sells a million in it's first week like Cole's album, message all your friends on youtube to buy the album! And any real friend too.
I am American. I saw this film. IT WAS BAD AS FUCK!!!! not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning GOOD!!!! Some prick from the England squad said he wanted to make the West Indies grovel, then cried like a lil bitch!!! In the West, nobody gives it to you, you have to TAKE IT!!" NEW WORLD BITCHES!!!!!
@Dubbel06 They played 16 series before being defetead finally in the 17th.
That man sits there in this video, and tries to present a BOGUS fact. I am not knocking the west indies or their cricket, just this guy said FACT, in NO SPORT, ANYWHERE, was a team unbeaten for so long. Bollox m8, nice try tho.
@uthikoloshe Yeah...16 series in 50 years. The Windies played 29 test series undefeated in those 15 years. Just making you present the whole facts. Its easy for someone who doesn't know Rugby to get misled when you specify just the time frame and not the number of series.
@Dubbel06 I came up[ with 2 counter examples in the space of 30 seconds of thinking about it. This isnt a hard concept. All I know about the rugby is that the boks are known for not loosing a series for 50 years. FORGET them for a moment. The american basketball team, as far as I know, have only ever lost 1 game, and that record was largley done with colledge students, not NBA players.
@Dubbel06 I came up[ with 2 counter examples in the space of 30 seconds of thinking about it. This isnt a hard concept. All I know about the rugby is that the boks are known for not loosing a series for 50 years. FORGET them for a moment. The american basketball team, as far as I know, have only ever lost 1 game, and that record was largley done with colledge students, not NBA players.
@NicholasGuitars Why the name calling?? I only stated a fact. How much money I make is not an issue here. Stop being so bitter. Talk about the video posted. West Indies used to be a Kick Ass Team, until they get comfortable. Talk about that.
Oh ! Wow ! I got Goosebumps watching this ! What the hell happened to the Caribbean Cricket??? How ppl so phenomenally good at one thing and can be so apathetic today !!! Oh man how I wish to have lived in those times and witness this magic live !
Maybe it should be mandatory in WI schools. I dont really want to see the game dominated by fast bowlers but I would like to see a resurgant West Indies because I think it would be good for the game.
My uncle, who was a lifelong cricket lover and player, god bless his departed soul, often regaled me with tales of this Windies team and their feats. I wish he was there to watch this movie, i'm sure it would have cheered him up.
My uncle, who was a lifelong cricket lover and player, god bless his departed soul, often regaled me with tales of this Windies team and their feats. I wish he was there to watch this movie, i'm sure it would have cheered him up.
@gov544 I agree with that. I am from England and we were in a really bad place in the 90's. The whole structure of the administration and domestic cricket was changed and we have been relatively successful since. I agree that cricket needs a strong WI team (although as an England fan I wouldn't want them to be as strong as they were at the time covered in the film!!), but this may mean a complete overhaul from grass roots upwards.
It's not only the four fearsome. World best opening pair +Viv Richards+ World best all rounders = You can't take this over any team in the cricket history. WI GOLDEN ERA forever.
I just can't wait to see this film. I am English but these players were my idols when I was a boy. Quite simply the best team ever. I am sure they would beat even the Australian team captained by Border. Thanks for the memories, I will never see such a great side again.
@TGLCS of the great aussie teams that dominated the mid 90s through to 2005 only steve waugh and ricky ponting would get in that side replacing gomes and richardson, gilchrist would also replace dujon and the best bowler ever , shane warne would get in any team any era, but yes, the windies had such a brilliant team, marshall best fast bowler ever.
hello i m from pakistan & i think west indies have produced greatest cricketers ever like halls, sobers, grench, hyens, richards, holding, walsh, lara, ambrose we jus won the series but i didn like u know why? cz i feel really sorry idk wtf is wrong with this new team? why such players r ent comin anymore? i really want to see the old west indies team again, its always a pleaure watchin such legends
Back when the batsmen hardly anyone wore helmets. Damn! This film is getting decent reviews in the UK, Total Film gave it four stars. As a West Indies fan, I already know how dominant this team was in the past, but I would like to see this documentary, as it would be nice to see the effect this had on culture and the way West Indies were portrayed before and after they started beating people convincingly.
@Zanmato007 What happened after the WI started "winning convincingly" was this - the "fair minded" English CB systematically changed the rules to exclude or at best LIMIT the number of players from "overseas" [the West Indies], who could play for County Cricket - since this was seen as giving the WI pros an unfair advantage in English conditions. We West Indian immigrants were still used as the perennial whipping boys for all the ills of the UK & indeed are a de facto euphemism immigration.
@Woolfcom Not sure about your allegations there Woolfcom. The limit on overseas players was introduced to ensure that as many young English cricketers had the chance to play county cricket as possible. Teams packed with overseas players (from all countries not just the West Indies) would severely limit the chances of young English players playing the county game and would impact on the national team as a result.
@tomd2103@tomd2103 Respectfully, I disagree. Evidence the IPL and Kerry Packer proved that in a freer "marketplace" standards massively improved for home talent. India just won the world cup [despite dozens of foreign players to India to the IPL]. After Packer Australia dominated Test cricket for 20 years. Counties have reverted to pre-"Fire" generous overseas quotas & will very likely be world number one in due course. After "Blackwash" CEOs openly decried allowing WI pros access to CC
@Woolfcom I can't dispute your point, as I was not born at the time of Packer and the "Blackwash". Don't get me wrong, I think that playing alongside quality overseas imports can definitely improve homegrown players, but there has to be a balance. The IPL, may attract all the stars but each team can only have four overseas players in each game. It is only natural for the home country to make rules that benefit their country first and foremost. It is a good debate to have!!
@tomd2103 Agreed. Just as some further evidence - witness the acrimonious and now infamously, un-ceremonious "sacking" of Vivian Richards and Joel Garner from Somerset as a DIRECT consequence of the quota changes - after they had brought style and glamour to such a 'dull' county for several years. The Level Playing field - shifted somewhat!! Success comes from "hunger" - competition increases hunger. Y wd Middle Englanders earn £50k playing cricket wen they can get fat in middle management?
@Woolfcom "Y wd Middle Englanders earn £50k playing cricket wen they can get fat in middle management?" Step forward Alex Loudon who left Warwickshire to pursue a finance job in the city. Saying that he has dated Pippa Middleton, so he hasn't done too bad out of it!!
@butzee Point is that's not what this movie is about...It isn't about blacks beating whites or anything of the sort. It's about the rise of what was once the greatest sporting team in the world. So STFU!
And to think that the great Sunil Gavaskar faced these bowlers without a helmet and dominated them, no matter how many runs or records Sachin Tendulkar breaks, that exemplary display of courage by Sunil Gavaskar, nothing but respect. For those that aren't aware, check out the records of Sunil Gavaskar against this pace attack
The upbeat culture of the Caribbean came because of the achievements of this cricket team. Very important movie to watch if you're interested in the history of the Caribbean.
Brilliant story of west indies pride & national identity in the face of cultural imperialism and racism. As edited & produced by white middle-class englishmen.
Otherwise, inspiring, captivating and superbly produced. Let's hope some of the profits are steered back into the W'Indies cricket community.
@rafmarshall They should - the present Team is shambolic by even the most beneficent comparison. Further the WI Cricket Board should also take full responsibility for their own shocking incompetence.
Windies under supercat were better than BEST! Simply incomparable.....marvelous athletes, fearsome competitors, played with feline grace, hunted like a pride! No other Cricket Team in a million yrs can come close....to be beaten by them was a true privilege. I just hope they somehow find another leader who can replicate even a modicum of the all conquering team's excellent!
I love reading the negative comments - they are funny. Yeah we have fallen flat but at least we were up and mastered everything and everyone in sight for the best part of 20 years. We may be down now but at least we were very high up! We will take the rough with the smooooooooooooth!
@coryalexanderbernard Yeah the west indies side under clive lloyd was the best to ever play the game they are my favourite cricketers ever absolute legends. The current West indies team obviously are not as good but they have some real young talent the likes of Darren Bravo, Kieran Pollard, Kemar Roach and Jerome Taylor. I really hope the West Indies come through again and be a force in world cricket the game needs the West Indies.
@coryalexanderbernard Are you kidding? Back in those times they are leaning on their bat. Head falling over, Feet positioning poor, Thinking it's 'tough' to bat without helmets or grills on the helmets yet running from the ball when a bouncer comes, getting caught behind on long hops.
The batsmen now are clearly leagues ahead in technique and skill. And the bowlers have to get better to compete.
@wowkasumi Leaning on their bat?? And? Yes I think running away from the ball when a bouncer comes for your head without a helmet is a wise thing to do - it's called ducking! I think your arguments lacks weight, but we can disagree.
@coryalexanderbernard We'll definitely disagree because the fact you say, "and?" just shows that have absolutely no technical knowledge of the game. Leaning on the bat would mean leaning over instead of the head being STRAIGHT! Major technical flaw.
Second. Notice i say batting without helmets? Reason i brought up the point about them running was that there were helmets available but nobody used them. That's THEIR fault. And ducking and running is NOT the same thing. When facing a bouncer you
@coryalexanderbernard are taught to keep your eyes on the ball and get right behind it. If you cannot. Then you sway or duck while still keeping your eyes on the ball. That is not what they used to do.
If you are a fan then all well and good. But it seems like it's a case of the 'legends' you used to watch being irreplaceable in your mind and your one of the guys at the corner talking with friends thinking they know cricket rather than someone who really knows the game.
3rd time watching it and third comment. yeah this video and me gonna become best friends untill the 20th. The only person i want to see this with is with my father. I done for now.. lol
Now tell me who do i need to kis.. i have waited my whole cricket loving life from 9 year going in the oval with daddy to now 24 years still watching them today for this. THANK YOU. May 20, i am definately be in a cinema.
every possible emotion just burst out of me after seeing this trailer. This is real, our PROUD WEST INDIAN CRICKET history is actually going to be shown the correct way. Tears just came down my eyes with joy and honor that my cricket is what there talking about. I don't care bout today, i believe we will rise again in cricket right now i want to just say Thank to those great men who allowed West Indians cricket to rule for 15 years. I am 24 and has loved cricket since i was 9 year. THANK YOU!!!
@MrAloo14 Yes. West Indies had the best fast bowlers in the 1970s and till mid 1980s. They were fast and lethal. While spirit of cricket says that the bowler should not intentionally bowl at a batsman's body, bouncers are allowed. And when a bowler bowls a bouncer at 95mph you can only do one of the two things - 1) Hit a 'pull' shot and smack the ball out of the park; 2) duck and let the ball pass over your head. If you fail to do either in time, your skull would get broken!
@MrAloo14 One more thing to add. In the 70s and till mid 80s batsmen hardly used to wear a helmet. I think it was considered 'un-manly' to do it. Bolwers still bowl bouncers but batsmen are protected by a well built helmet!
@MrAloo14 yes from the info that I have. it is base on real life and it was made then a Windies were a Super power house, but shame they have the crappiest team who have no skill, passion or charisma now. They lost in the last world cup like bunch of bitches..sorry thats the truth. The only player that I think great is Chris Gale.
Cricketing is becoming very interesting as other forms in play....think its time for u to get back to it!
Absolutely brilliant, can't wait to watch it. This is what a team needs for success and if any team lives by it they'll sure make the rest of the world pay
Absolutely Brilliant! Can't wait for this one to be out. It's really sad to see how a deadly dominating team could play the way it does these days. I hope West Indies cricket will rise and will rule the world again.
Lagaan was an Indian movie on cricket. It was fictional and a musical and just as much of a romance movie as it was about cricket. Fire In Babylon is a documentary drama on completely real life instances.
Lagaan is an Indian movie (fiction, I'm quite sure) released a few years ago. It's set in the pre-1947 British colonial India. Lagaan means tax or duty. I haven't seen the movie but I think it goes like this: The British colonialists impose a certain tax on some production on the Indians and the Indian natives oppose that and eventually decide to settle it over a cricket match. I think they show that Indians won (despite the lack of any prior practice or training).
im Sri Lankan.i loved cricket evry single year i could remember.&i always remember how they&still talked about the west indian bowling and about garfield sobers,clive loyd,malcom marshal.a team an entire legion of hell spawn that crushed the opposition without mercy..finally they are back.
yes but no pakistani captain or selector has the guts to keep 4 of them in the team at the same time. plus now batsmen have helmets and there is the one bouncer rule.
the windies quartet ruled like no others ever will!
This should be dedicated to all Sachin Tendulkar fans. They obviously dont know how well, Vivian Richards and Sunil Gavaskar batted in that era. VIV THE KING and SUNNY THE MASTER !!!!
@ashharthegreat .. with fucking bolwing restrictions and 1 bouncer per over and a damn helmet... up then 6 bouncers were allowed.. i.e. 6 bullets fired at ur head.. uu just had a willow to defend ur self from the bullet.. thats cricket.. real cricket.. the dangerous game..
I thought Pakistani Hockey team dominated for decades, they would win virtually every major tournament, and eventually the Europeans decided to change the game and introduced artificial grass 'astroturf' which was expensive to maintain and a country like Pakistan couldn't afford to have as many grounds with astroturf as they could have with natural grass. The trick worked well but I wish Pakistan, India etc had boycotted this nonsense.
@waqasusmans Pakistan sucks in hockey because the Germans, Dutch and Australians have developed the game to a different level. Don't blame astroturf. Pakistani players are not just good enough any more.
I am not an expert but I think the pace of the game is faster now and I'm quite positive that that has to do with astroturf. If you think my notion was a mere conspiracy theory you should look up the history of hockey up to 1980s and see how many World Cups, Olympic Gold medals and other major tournaments Pakistan was winning back to back up until the grass was replaced by astroturf.
Kinda like West Indians were too good for Europeans so they just made the bouncer a no-ball
@randominitializer India and Pakistan do suck at hockey now but that has been due to introduction of Astro-turf. Asian style of hockey was more about dribbling than speed. With the introduction of Astro-turf the game became faster (which I feel is good). But teams like India and Pakistan lacked the infrastructure to adapt to this change. Till late 90s, there were more Astro-turfs in a single city in Netherlands than in the whole of India.
@randominitializer Even today most domestic players in India and Pakistan learn the game on grass fields and find it difficult to adjust to Astro-turfs when they have to play international matches. This synthetic turf killed Asian Hockey which was about skill - dribbling and manoeuvrement rather than speed. India has been a winner of 8 Gold Medals in Hockey and a World Cup. But all those laurels came before 1980. It is sad that a country that produced a legend like Dhyanchand finds itself here.
@memamia2000 rubbish. India are not as great in hockey as they used to be simply because the sport is neglected from financial point of view and at this stage no sports can shine without adequate financial structure backing it up. If India develop the youth development like Germany, Australia and Netherlands, then they would again be world champion. When Dhyan Chand played, people in other countries hardly cared about hockey and its development. Now they have progressed while India haven't.
@randominitializer Sorry to say but I have not seen a more ignorant post on development of a sport than this one. When India started playing Hockey it was already being played by European nations. Infact, Germany and England had strong teams. Rather it was India where the sports was not played professionally with almost the entire squad being picked from the Indian Army serving the British.
@memamia2000 Also, anyone who has followed the game would realise that the decline of Asian Hockey started with the introduction of Astro-turf. For developing countries like India and Pakistan, investment is astro-turfs all across the country was simple not possible. Even in cricket while youngsters in Australia and England have access to grounds, in India and Pakistan they grow up playing on streets. Most only get to play in a cricket ground only once they start representing a state!
@randominitializer "When the Astroturf was introduced in the year 1976, the performance of both the Indian and the Pakistani hockey teams started deteriorating," - taken from a leading field hockey website 'Hockey View'
FAP FAP FAP.............. wait what?!?! Fire in Babylon?!?! Sorry porn we will see eachother another time
Dazalinco 3 weeks ago
I MIGHT TO THIS JUST TO SEE PEOPLE GET FUCKED UP
CHENOTV 3 months ago
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the most boring sport in existence -___-
Kawbkilla187 4 months ago
@Kawbkilla187 That is like just your opinion, man
katochnr 3 weeks ago
Looks like a good film though, I know people who saw it Premiere, inspirational story about the sri lankan cricket team.
MrCommenterguy 4 months ago
Only seeing this because of Jay. Thanks, bro.
Lorekyy 4 months ago
@Lorekyy @Tenchi710 @JEllismusic215 hopefully he will release hi album soon :/ We need to promote it so that it sells a million in it's first week like Cole's album, message all your friends on youtube to buy the album! And any real friend too.
MrCommenterguy 4 months ago
Good lookin out Jay Electronica!
Tenchi710 4 months ago 8
Jay Electronica, wtf is your deal my dude?
JEllismusic215 4 months ago
In England we call it netball and it's played by 10 year old schoolgirls........
spbub 5 months ago
@spbub lol you should try this with overgrown men that pitch it fast about 8-10 ft away from you
HeyManThatsMine 5 months ago
I am American. I saw this film. IT WAS BAD AS FUCK!!!! not bad meaning bad, but bad meaning GOOD!!!! Some prick from the England squad said he wanted to make the West Indies grovel, then cried like a lil bitch!!! In the West, nobody gives it to you, you have to TAKE IT!!" NEW WORLD BITCHES!!!!!
manolete83510 6 months ago 8
"No other team in any dicipline anywhere in the world dominated for so long."
Haha, I am no expert, but has not the USA only ever lost 1 basketball match? :D
uthikoloshe 7 months ago
@uthikoloshe haha, i am no expert, but isn't USA the only country that plays or gives a shit about Basketball
gervaisscrewshollywd 7 months ago
@gervaisscrewshollywd OK the South African rugby team didnt loose a test series home or away for 50 years between 1906, and 1956. :)
uthikoloshe 7 months ago
@uthikoloshe How many test series did the Springboks plays in those 50 years?
Dubbel06 5 months ago
@Dubbel06 They played 16 series before being defetead finally in the 17th.
That man sits there in this video, and tries to present a BOGUS fact. I am not knocking the west indies or their cricket, just this guy said FACT, in NO SPORT, ANYWHERE, was a team unbeaten for so long. Bollox m8, nice try tho.
uthikoloshe 5 months ago
@uthikoloshe Yeah...16 series in 50 years. The Windies played 29 test series undefeated in those 15 years. Just making you present the whole facts. Its easy for someone who doesn't know Rugby to get misled when you specify just the time frame and not the number of series.
Dubbel06 5 months ago
@Dubbel06 I came up[ with 2 counter examples in the space of 30 seconds of thinking about it. This isnt a hard concept. All I know about the rugby is that the boks are known for not loosing a series for 50 years. FORGET them for a moment. The american basketball team, as far as I know, have only ever lost 1 game, and that record was largley done with colledge students, not NBA players.
The FACT is simply not correct.
uthikoloshe 5 months ago
@uthikoloshe What you miss are 3 simple points pin head:
1. Basket ball is NOT the second most played sport on earth.
2. The USA side have lost on many times and they don't participate in international series.
3. The boks have.
NicholasGuitars 4 months ago
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@Dubbel06 I came up[ with 2 counter examples in the space of 30 seconds of thinking about it. This isnt a hard concept. All I know about the rugby is that the boks are known for not loosing a series for 50 years. FORGET them for a moment. The american basketball team, as far as I know, have only ever lost 1 game, and that record was largley done with colledge students, not NBA players.
The FACT is simply not correct.
uthikoloshe 5 months ago
@gervaisscrewshollywd there are other countries that play baskeball, we're just better at it, and make more money.
ladypurple17 6 months ago
@ladypurple17 How much money do you personally make pecker head?
NicholasGuitars 4 months ago
@NicholasGuitars Why the name calling?? I only stated a fact. How much money I make is not an issue here. Stop being so bitter. Talk about the video posted. West Indies used to be a Kick Ass Team, until they get comfortable. Talk about that.
ladypurple17 4 months ago
when will this be available in the USA? I've been looking everywhere but can't find it.
biafra4life 7 months ago
its not fair that the fearsome four and batsmen like viv richards and garfield sobers are not around today
Gutsi105 7 months ago
God i wish I was around to see them, fast bowlers these days are nowhere near the class of that west indies attack from the 80s
gunot5827 7 months ago
I think this documentary is really good because it shows how much west indies dominated the sport cricket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
numhan123 7 months ago
Oh ! Wow ! I got Goosebumps watching this ! What the hell happened to the Caribbean Cricket??? How ppl so phenomenally good at one thing and can be so apathetic today !!! Oh man how I wish to have lived in those times and witness this magic live !
ramsob 8 months ago
@ramsob I lived in those times...and maaan....dat was the real mcoy ! cricket today is a bunch of nancies !
pique62 5 months ago
The one dislike is from Brian Close
A54D1 8 months ago 2
will they make a film about Indian cricket in 10 years time, how they dominated cricket, in FINANCIAL terms of course :)
acerza89 8 months ago
the one dislike was from Tony Greig
thashaikh88 8 months ago 3
The greatest period of cricket, in my lifetime at least. The West Indies had it all. Flair, Bravado, Calypso Cool...And they were Kicking Ass too.
chachachaheyheyhey 8 months ago
The one person who didnt like this was part of a Australian team..
arvindkang 8 months ago
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here is the link to watch the full movie
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dilanz51 8 months ago
Maybe it should be mandatory in WI schools. I dont really want to see the game dominated by fast bowlers but I would like to see a resurgant West Indies because I think it would be good for the game.
pogmathon100 8 months ago
over 90 mph some ones tooth was logded in the ball
Shiveeboy1 9 months ago
My uncle, who was a lifelong cricket lover and player, god bless his departed soul, often regaled me with tales of this Windies team and their feats. I wish he was there to watch this movie, i'm sure it would have cheered him up.
slashgod 9 months ago 2
My uncle, who was a lifelong cricket lover and player, god bless his departed soul, often regaled me with tales of this Windies team and their feats. I wish he was there to watch this movie, i'm sure it would have cheered him up.
slashgod 9 months ago
Even now WI r not short of talent.. it is all fault of administrators of the game in the Caribbean .. world needs a strong WI team....
gov544 9 months ago 2
@gov544 I agree with that. I am from England and we were in a really bad place in the 90's. The whole structure of the administration and domestic cricket was changed and we have been relatively successful since. I agree that cricket needs a strong WI team (although as an England fan I wouldn't want them to be as strong as they were at the time covered in the film!!), but this may mean a complete overhaul from grass roots upwards.
tomd2103 8 months ago
"Four Horse Men of the Apocalypse "... My god were they to all those batsmen who had the unfortunate fate of playing against them....
rijotjose 9 months ago 2
How can I get a dvd in the US?
anshuman0001 9 months ago
Black Wash !!!
anshuman0001 9 months ago 7
It's not only the four fearsome. World best opening pair +Viv Richards+ World best all rounders = You can't take this over any team in the cricket history. WI GOLDEN ERA forever.
SLboycricket 9 months ago 3
@SLboycricket ...true stories...
Iron4rm 9 months ago
wow im waiting for this 1..looks too good !!!!
superman0905 9 months ago
release it in India else I am going to download it from internet :)
therightgame3 9 months ago 5
when is this movie releasing in India?!?
therightgame3 9 months ago
When we were Kings.
marleyite 9 months ago 4
'If we can find some fast bowlers, then we will see how well they can handle it !!"
MrDnyandutt 9 months ago 5
I just can't wait to see this film. I am English but these players were my idols when I was a boy. Quite simply the best team ever. I am sure they would beat even the Australian team captained by Border. Thanks for the memories, I will never see such a great side again.
TGLCS 9 months ago
@TGLCS of the great aussie teams that dominated the mid 90s through to 2005 only steve waugh and ricky ponting would get in that side replacing gomes and richardson, gilchrist would also replace dujon and the best bowler ever , shane warne would get in any team any era, but yes, the windies had such a brilliant team, marshall best fast bowler ever.
a1diplomat 9 months ago
if those bowlers bowled in these days i can guarantee u there will be more injuries to batsmen than to bowlers.
tataisomak 9 months ago 5
man helmet fly off yes! haha
Warrior443 9 months ago
hello i m from pakistan & i think west indies have produced greatest cricketers ever like halls, sobers, grench, hyens, richards, holding, walsh, lara, ambrose we jus won the series but i didn like u know why? cz i feel really sorry idk wtf is wrong with this new team? why such players r ent comin anymore? i really want to see the old west indies team again, its always a pleaure watchin such legends
imthemess 9 months ago
I paused my porn for this.
RefugeePlaza 9 months ago 42
"It was like slaves kicking the ass of masters" <3 Perfect!
Jinan 9 months ago
Back when the batsmen hardly anyone wore helmets. Damn! This film is getting decent reviews in the UK, Total Film gave it four stars. As a West Indies fan, I already know how dominant this team was in the past, but I would like to see this documentary, as it would be nice to see the effect this had on culture and the way West Indies were portrayed before and after they started beating people convincingly.
Zanmato007 9 months ago
@Zanmato007 What happened after the WI started "winning convincingly" was this - the "fair minded" English CB systematically changed the rules to exclude or at best LIMIT the number of players from "overseas" [the West Indies], who could play for County Cricket - since this was seen as giving the WI pros an unfair advantage in English conditions. We West Indian immigrants were still used as the perennial whipping boys for all the ills of the UK & indeed are a de facto euphemism immigration.
Woolfcom 9 months ago
@Woolfcom Not sure about your allegations there Woolfcom. The limit on overseas players was introduced to ensure that as many young English cricketers had the chance to play county cricket as possible. Teams packed with overseas players (from all countries not just the West Indies) would severely limit the chances of young English players playing the county game and would impact on the national team as a result.
tomd2103 8 months ago
@tomd2103 @tomd2103 Respectfully, I disagree. Evidence the IPL and Kerry Packer proved that in a freer "marketplace" standards massively improved for home talent. India just won the world cup [despite dozens of foreign players to India to the IPL]. After Packer Australia dominated Test cricket for 20 years. Counties have reverted to pre-"Fire" generous overseas quotas & will very likely be world number one in due course. After "Blackwash" CEOs openly decried allowing WI pros access to CC
Woolfcom 8 months ago
@Woolfcom I can't dispute your point, as I was not born at the time of Packer and the "Blackwash". Don't get me wrong, I think that playing alongside quality overseas imports can definitely improve homegrown players, but there has to be a balance. The IPL, may attract all the stars but each team can only have four overseas players in each game. It is only natural for the home country to make rules that benefit their country first and foremost. It is a good debate to have!!
tomd2103 8 months ago
@tomd2103 Agreed. Just as some further evidence - witness the acrimonious and now infamously, un-ceremonious "sacking" of Vivian Richards and Joel Garner from Somerset as a DIRECT consequence of the quota changes - after they had brought style and glamour to such a 'dull' county for several years. The Level Playing field - shifted somewhat!! Success comes from "hunger" - competition increases hunger. Y wd Middle Englanders earn £50k playing cricket wen they can get fat in middle management?
Woolfcom 8 months ago
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@Woolfcom "Y wd Middle Englanders earn £50k playing cricket wen they can get fat in middle management?" Step forward Alex Loudon who left Warwickshire to pursue a finance job in the city. Saying that he has dated Pippa Middleton, so he hasn't done too bad out of it!!
tomd2103 8 months ago
@ butzee it only a GAME come on nothing to cry about...just enjoy a piece of cricket history Cha mon
normaelita 9 months ago
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Have to see this!! This is CRICKET!! This is THE WEST INDIES!!
shottaz400 9 months ago
If the same movie was made about the English whooping their black asses as they did in 2004 do you think it wo
uld be allowed???? No i didnt think so!!!!
butzee 9 months ago
@butzee Point is that's not what this movie is about...It isn't about blacks beating whites or anything of the sort. It's about the rise of what was once the greatest sporting team in the world. So STFU!
trinikagekavir 9 months ago
Whats the name of the soundtrack that is played when holding and marshall are bowling? Its really awesome!
sriganz 9 months ago
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can't wait to see it
chand1975 9 months ago
Seems like a good movie.. Not interested in Cricket.. but interested in knowing West Indies.
theoutsider01 9 months ago
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Cant wait to watch..
toxic1300 9 months ago
when is this releasing in India?/
voldydacool 9 months ago
And to think that the great Sunil Gavaskar faced these bowlers without a helmet and dominated them, no matter how many runs or records Sachin Tendulkar breaks, that exemplary display of courage by Sunil Gavaskar, nothing but respect. For those that aren't aware, check out the records of Sunil Gavaskar against this pace attack
supamaka 9 months ago
Is a pity the WICB choose to fill their popckets instead of building on the success of this team.....
PanJazz 9 months ago
The upbeat culture of the Caribbean came because of the achievements of this cricket team. Very important movie to watch if you're interested in the history of the Caribbean.
PSCricket3 9 months ago
I loved the part when the guy said "It was like the slave ripping the ass of the masters". LOL
So, true and what team it was plus, they didn't even need a spinner to be successful!
TheFreeForever 9 months ago
Brilliant story of west indies pride & national identity in the face of cultural imperialism and racism. As edited & produced by white middle-class englishmen.
Otherwise, inspiring, captivating and superbly produced. Let's hope some of the profits are steered back into the W'Indies cricket community.
deadlypalms 9 months ago
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West Indies cricket board are now making the film mandatory viewing for West Indies cricketers
rafmarshall 9 months ago
West Indies cricket board are now making the film mandatory viewing for Wewst Indies cricketers
rafmarshall 9 months ago 49
@rafmarshall Are they really?
trinikagekavir 9 months ago
@rafmarshall They should - the present Team is shambolic by even the most beneficent comparison. Further the WI Cricket Board should also take full responsibility for their own shocking incompetence.
Woolfcom 9 months ago
Look forward to the Aussie version.
curetril 9 months ago
i love cricket
dullahgg 10 months ago 2
Windies under supercat were better than BEST! Simply incomparable.....marvelous athletes, fearsome competitors, played with feline grace, hunted like a pride! No other Cricket Team in a million yrs can come close....to be beaten by them was a true privilege. I just hope they somehow find another leader who can replicate even a modicum of the all conquering team's excellent!
Voltairec 10 months ago
I love reading the negative comments - they are funny. Yeah we have fallen flat but at least we were up and mastered everything and everyone in sight for the best part of 20 years. We may be down now but at least we were very high up! We will take the rough with the smooooooooooooth!
coryalexanderbernard 10 months ago
@coryalexanderbernard Yeah the west indies side under clive lloyd was the best to ever play the game they are my favourite cricketers ever absolute legends. The current West indies team obviously are not as good but they have some real young talent the likes of Darren Bravo, Kieran Pollard, Kemar Roach and Jerome Taylor. I really hope the West Indies come through again and be a force in world cricket the game needs the West Indies.
jr280188 10 months ago
im from pakistan and i swear to god i love da west indian team. so much perseverance and determination
slumdogcool 10 months ago
the four horsemen of the apocalypse! I wasn't even around back then but this makes me proud of my heritage!
coryalexanderbernard 10 months ago 5
@coryalexanderbernard what is your background my friend ?
dannybans23 10 months ago
It was like sling between the asses of the masses!
swarovsky1000 10 months ago 3
@swarovsky1000 Get it right! they said "it was like slave whipping the asses of masters"
CorneredTigerz 10 months ago
this video just gave me goosebumps....
hydbadi1 10 months ago
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This is the kind of movie that u need to purchase and keep for generations to come!
Willspeakthetruth 10 months ago
oho i love the movie already ..... west indies ... id love cricket to be --- this today !!!
juliannevillecorrea 10 months ago
The greatest team ever assembled in sport
braziliantrini 10 months ago
Arguably the best team in the world in any sport in any era. My salute.
himanshutri 10 months ago 3
Hm. Interesting to see how cricket has gotten better since then
wowkasumi 10 months ago
@wowkasumi In what way(s) has cricket got better?
coryalexanderbernard 10 months ago
@coryalexanderbernard Are you kidding? Back in those times they are leaning on their bat. Head falling over, Feet positioning poor, Thinking it's 'tough' to bat without helmets or grills on the helmets yet running from the ball when a bouncer comes, getting caught behind on long hops.
The batsmen now are clearly leagues ahead in technique and skill. And the bowlers have to get better to compete.
wowkasumi 10 months ago
@wowkasumi Leaning on their bat?? And? Yes I think running away from the ball when a bouncer comes for your head without a helmet is a wise thing to do - it's called ducking! I think your arguments lacks weight, but we can disagree.
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cia220 9 months ago
@coryalexanderbernard We'll definitely disagree because the fact you say, "and?" just shows that have absolutely no technical knowledge of the game. Leaning on the bat would mean leaning over instead of the head being STRAIGHT! Major technical flaw.
Second. Notice i say batting without helmets? Reason i brought up the point about them running was that there were helmets available but nobody used them. That's THEIR fault. And ducking and running is NOT the same thing. When facing a bouncer you
wowkasumi 9 months ago
@coryalexanderbernard are taught to keep your eyes on the ball and get right behind it. If you cannot. Then you sway or duck while still keeping your eyes on the ball. That is not what they used to do.
If you are a fan then all well and good. But it seems like it's a case of the 'legends' you used to watch being irreplaceable in your mind and your one of the guys at the corner talking with friends thinking they know cricket rather than someone who really knows the game.
wowkasumi 9 months ago
the greatest cricket team of all time.
anthonycbis 10 months ago
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Black Wash :)
surdygr8 10 months ago
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Black Wash :)
surdygr8 10 months ago
Black Wash :)
surdygr8 10 months ago
3rd time watching it and third comment. yeah this video and me gonna become best friends untill the 20th. The only person i want to see this with is with my father. I done for now.. lol
catlerina 10 months ago
Now tell me who do i need to kis.. i have waited my whole cricket loving life from 9 year going in the oval with daddy to now 24 years still watching them today for this. THANK YOU. May 20, i am definately be in a cinema.
catlerina 10 months ago
every possible emotion just burst out of me after seeing this trailer. This is real, our PROUD WEST INDIAN CRICKET history is actually going to be shown the correct way. Tears just came down my eyes with joy and honor that my cricket is what there talking about. I don't care bout today, i believe we will rise again in cricket right now i want to just say Thank to those great men who allowed West Indians cricket to rule for 15 years. I am 24 and has loved cricket since i was 9 year. THANK YOU!!!
catlerina 10 months ago
What is this? What is going on?
ShreyanHota 10 months ago
what the hell was this true they got away with smacking ball in the face im sure
thats a foul
MrAloo14 10 months ago
@MrAloo14 thats a foul!...haha u ain't a Cricket fan are u MrAloo
AngelsRamin 10 months ago
@AngelsRamin nah brov dont understand it
just when i was small use to play , now dont even know how ppl win or lose
runs all that bull dnt get it ..Haha
but is it based on real life ?
MrAloo14 10 months ago
@MrAloo14 Yes. West Indies had the best fast bowlers in the 1970s and till mid 1980s. They were fast and lethal. While spirit of cricket says that the bowler should not intentionally bowl at a batsman's body, bouncers are allowed. And when a bowler bowls a bouncer at 95mph you can only do one of the two things - 1) Hit a 'pull' shot and smack the ball out of the park; 2) duck and let the ball pass over your head. If you fail to do either in time, your skull would get broken!
memamia2000 10 months ago
@MrAloo14 One more thing to add. In the 70s and till mid 80s batsmen hardly used to wear a helmet. I think it was considered 'un-manly' to do it. Bolwers still bowl bouncers but batsmen are protected by a well built helmet!
memamia2000 10 months ago
@MrAloo14 yes from the info that I have. it is base on real life and it was made then a Windies were a Super power house, but shame they have the crappiest team who have no skill, passion or charisma now. They lost in the last world cup like bunch of bitches..sorry thats the truth. The only player that I think great is Chris Gale.
Cricketing is becoming very interesting as other forms in play....think its time for u to get back to it!
AngelsRamin 10 months ago
@AngelsRamin lol well my asian brova , mybe mybe
MrAloo14 10 months ago
@MrAloo14 ,,, that is cricket.. real cricket.. the dangerous game..
udit15121988 9 months ago
Absolutely brilliant, can't wait to watch it. This is what a team needs for success and if any team lives by it they'll sure make the rest of the world pay
luicoco1458 10 months ago
Absolutely Brilliant! Can't wait for this one to be out. It's really sad to see how a deadly dominating team could play the way it does these days. I hope West Indies cricket will rise and will rule the world again.
KhanzSupremacy 10 months ago
This is Brilliant.
richie7rich7 10 months ago
Lagaan was an Indian movie on cricket. It was fictional and a musical and just as much of a romance movie as it was about cricket. Fire In Babylon is a documentary drama on completely real life instances.
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PSCricket3 10 months ago
what's the music from @1:00 onwards?
daj857 10 months ago
the music @ 0.33 's groovy !!
TheApacheGreene 10 months ago
GOOOSEBUMPS! EPIC!!!!
CorneredTigerz 10 months ago
Wow. Can't wait.
webanish 10 months ago
Lagaan of the west!
itsprathsm 10 months ago
@itsprathsm wtf Lagaan was fiction... this is based on real events! def NOT lagaan of the west
nykhansahib 10 months ago 3
@nykhansahib lagaan wasnt fiction
gillianswill 10 months ago
@itsprathsm wats lagaan ?.....never heard of any such thing
PauliGaultieri 10 months ago
@PauliGaultieri
Lagaan is an Indian movie (fiction, I'm quite sure) released a few years ago. It's set in the pre-1947 British colonial India. Lagaan means tax or duty. I haven't seen the movie but I think it goes like this: The British colonialists impose a certain tax on some production on the Indians and the Indian natives oppose that and eventually decide to settle it over a cricket match. I think they show that Indians won (despite the lack of any prior practice or training).
optimistsRUS 10 months ago
No team has had a fall from grace as bad as the West Indies, too bad politics cant be kept out of the sport.
Ankukam 10 months ago
"this was like slaves ripping the asses of their masters" hahaha this is epic
MegaSinhaya 10 months ago 5
@MegaSinhaya he said whipping not ripping.
digerpaji 10 months ago
Can't wait, this looks awesome!!! Don't think any other cricket team in history can compare to this one!
Dilmah82 10 months ago
I just jizzed in my pants
taruntius1 10 months ago
im Sri Lankan.i loved cricket evry single year i could remember.&i always remember how they&still talked about the west indian bowling and about garfield sobers,clive loyd,malcom marshal.a team an entire legion of hell spawn that crushed the opposition without mercy..finally they are back.
tyger0603 10 months ago 2
get the feeling ...the mind blowing WI champ bowlers cant wait till may :)
mohammadsaadshakil 10 months ago
yes but no pakistani captain or selector has the guts to keep 4 of them in the team at the same time. plus now batsmen have helmets and there is the one bouncer rule.
the windies quartet ruled like no others ever will!
plus they were cool as hell...
aarif0711 10 months ago
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aarif0711 10 months ago
This trailer is an orgasm to Cricket fans like me.. A great tribute to the most fearsome team in the World in 70's and 80's..
wolverinerahul 10 months ago 23
@wolverinerahul Calm down Dear it's only a commercial....
Woolfcom 9 months ago
Seeing this trailer for the 12th time in the last 2 days...... still getting Goosebumps.... Can't wait!!
ganeshiyer27 10 months ago
This should be dedicated to all Sachin Tendulkar fans. They obviously dont know how well, Vivian Richards and Sunil Gavaskar batted in that era. VIV THE KING and SUNNY THE MASTER !!!!
viralpatel15 10 months ago 5
But now a days every pakistani bowler has 90 mph... :)
and two of them broken 100 mph barrier "Shoaib" and "sami".....
ashharthegreat 10 months ago
@ashharthegreat lol you wanna compare a shoaib or sami with a garner or holding?
ganeshas127 10 months ago 2
@ashharthegreat
Please dont compare the fearsome foursome with Shoaib and Sami...
Its like comparing Wasim Akram with Mashrafi Mortaza. I hope you get the point. No offense.
freakycandies 10 months ago 34
@ashharthegreat .. with fucking bolwing restrictions and 1 bouncer per over and a damn helmet... up then 6 bouncers were allowed.. i.e. 6 bullets fired at ur head.. uu just had a willow to defend ur self from the bullet.. thats cricket.. real cricket.. the dangerous game..
udit15121988 9 months ago 2
INDIAN hockey team dominated their sport for four decades.......
narsimharaot 10 months ago
@narsimharaot Maybe they mean the same team didn't dominate it.
ganeshas127 10 months ago
@narsimharaot before or after partition?
POWvi 10 months ago
@narsimharaot
I thought Pakistani Hockey team dominated for decades, they would win virtually every major tournament, and eventually the Europeans decided to change the game and introduced artificial grass 'astroturf' which was expensive to maintain and a country like Pakistan couldn't afford to have as many grounds with astroturf as they could have with natural grass. The trick worked well but I wish Pakistan, India etc had boycotted this nonsense.
waqasusmans 10 months ago
@waqasusmans troll but well said.
9omi 10 months ago
@waqasusmans Pakistan sucks in hockey because the Germans, Dutch and Australians have developed the game to a different level. Don't blame astroturf. Pakistani players are not just good enough any more.
randominitializer 10 months ago
@randominitializer
I am not an expert but I think the pace of the game is faster now and I'm quite positive that that has to do with astroturf. If you think my notion was a mere conspiracy theory you should look up the history of hockey up to 1980s and see how many World Cups, Olympic Gold medals and other major tournaments Pakistan was winning back to back up until the grass was replaced by astroturf.
Kinda like West Indians were too good for Europeans so they just made the bouncer a no-ball
optimistsRUS 10 months ago
@randominitializer India and Pakistan do suck at hockey now but that has been due to introduction of Astro-turf. Asian style of hockey was more about dribbling than speed. With the introduction of Astro-turf the game became faster (which I feel is good). But teams like India and Pakistan lacked the infrastructure to adapt to this change. Till late 90s, there were more Astro-turfs in a single city in Netherlands than in the whole of India.
memamia2000 10 months ago
@randominitializer Even today most domestic players in India and Pakistan learn the game on grass fields and find it difficult to adjust to Astro-turfs when they have to play international matches. This synthetic turf killed Asian Hockey which was about skill - dribbling and manoeuvrement rather than speed. India has been a winner of 8 Gold Medals in Hockey and a World Cup. But all those laurels came before 1980. It is sad that a country that produced a legend like Dhyanchand finds itself here.
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randominitializer 10 months ago
@memamia2000 rubbish. India are not as great in hockey as they used to be simply because the sport is neglected from financial point of view and at this stage no sports can shine without adequate financial structure backing it up. If India develop the youth development like Germany, Australia and Netherlands, then they would again be world champion. When Dhyan Chand played, people in other countries hardly cared about hockey and its development. Now they have progressed while India haven't.
randominitializer 10 months ago
@randominitializer Sorry to say but I have not seen a more ignorant post on development of a sport than this one. When India started playing Hockey it was already being played by European nations. Infact, Germany and England had strong teams. Rather it was India where the sports was not played professionally with almost the entire squad being picked from the Indian Army serving the British.
memamia2000 10 months ago
@memamia2000 Also, anyone who has followed the game would realise that the decline of Asian Hockey started with the introduction of Astro-turf. For developing countries like India and Pakistan, investment is astro-turfs all across the country was simple not possible. Even in cricket while youngsters in Australia and England have access to grounds, in India and Pakistan they grow up playing on streets. Most only get to play in a cricket ground only once they start representing a state!
memamia2000 10 months ago
@randominitializer "When the Astroturf was introduced in the year 1976, the performance of both the Indian and the Pakistani hockey teams started deteriorating," - taken from a leading field hockey website 'Hockey View'
memamia2000 10 months ago