VIV RICHARDS faces crazy bouncer barrage from LENNY PASCOE 1979/80 3rd test

[suharshsinha1]

viv was outstanding. if he was around in this era with mediocre bowling attacks and short boundaries and flat wickets his average would be substantially higher than sachins

[Doccaau]

@sportingchallenge If they let him edit the Bible (not Wisden, the other one) I'd take up religion.

[Doccaau]

Bloody hell Lenny, what are you doing? And that umpire was so quick on the calls I'm surprised Viv didn't stepladder a few of those, but why bother reaching when you've got the talent to swivel and hook them off the badge of that cap like he used to. Slips cordon are starving, get on with it Lenny. Who was the poor bugger who had to bowl the over after Lenny tried "Mental disintegration" on I.V.A Richards?

[robelinda2]

@sportingchallenge LEGEND BEYOND LEGEND. Best author out there.

[bulltiger18]

@sportingchallenge mine doesn't work anymore, I loved them when I was starting year 7

[bulltiger18]

@sportingchallenge yes even assholes turn into top blokes after death.

[robelinda2]

@sportingchallenge Dude......Boon anyday man, ANY DAY. The guy was a legend, look at his record man, shits all over Marsh. The mighty WI had deep respect for Boon. Also, go watch all his tons on my channel.

[bulltiger18]

@robelinda2 BOONY ARMY, BOONY ARMY

[robelinda2]

@sportingchallenge Yeah Bradman was a total asshole. I'll take Ian Chappell's stance on this one. I respect Bradman's record, but as a person you barely hear anything good about him.

[vvikramraj]

Nice one! Lenny Pascoe seems to have a modern day counterpart in Dilhara Fernando when it comes to no balls ;-)

[gmoturu]

sachin is nowhere near sir viv and i'm a huge sachin fan.

[pkr3000]

the most amazing thing he doesn't wear a helmet!!!

one of the all time greats and I can't think of anything other than racism motivating the bowler to keep up this nonsense

[kcalamur]

richards is simply the greatest, most destructive batsman i've ever seen playing -- bar none. (and i first saw sachin in the early '90s playing league cricket in india).

[TheThetechnician]

im an aussie....viv was the best ever

[aksvinz2]

wow.. all these no balls; spot fixing anyone ????? 

[hlife39]

I still idolize this guy, he played when cricket was great and not the pale safety conscious precious game it is now.

[bradpittyay]

simply the greatest batsmen ever to walk to a crease bar none !! the games not about stats he was sublime a master !!

[yahudidushman]

sachin wasn't fit to carry this guys box. Viv Richards destroyed some of the best bowlers and was intimidating. He won so many matches batting second or hitting match winning innings. Look at sachin's centuries they mean absolute nothing but are mere world records. He has made so many centuries batting first but the games ending in tame draws.

[eydiot909]

You tell 'em Richie !

[parshiwal887]

i recall a muhammad sami overin 2004 against BD which lasted 17 balls (6 wides, 5 no balls) ... this over seems close enough

[dilkashh]

From 31 matches having an ave of 58.58 in an era of no helmets during pro-bowler times? aside from rob, viv is also another god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ps - tendulkar's first match consisted of facing all bouncers from akram during his first over in international test cricket. then, it got pro-batsmen like.

[svgkm]

@gokulsreeragam Viv, gooch, gavaskar, gooch, miandad played in era when number of bouncers bowled in one over is unlimited. Sachin played in era when only one or two bouncers are allowed in an over.

Gavaskar and Vishwanath are better batsmen compared to Sachin. Statistics alone cannot make greatness. The real greatness lies in travelling path which was less travelled by others. In that sense Viv,Gavaskar, Greg, Gooch, Mianded are better than Tendo, lara, Hayden, Ponting, Gilchrist

[RICHTAYL]

Look on Richie's face was enough!

[HeartfeltDawn]

Love that on drive around 1.55.

[krishm16]

I would hate to face Viv when i was coming in to bowl.. Just hate it

[ryn105]

The master blaster!

[TomAraya23]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­!!!

[dilkashh]

@robelinda2

hahahahaha.......good reply, rob! also, you think you can upload an innings by viv which you think is your personal best? only if you can, if not no biggie. thanks for the video homie!!!!!

[whouster]

Sure, there are batsmen who have more runs, more centuries, and higher averages, but what the stats don't tell you is the way he utterly murdered attacks with sheer grace and power. Many great batsmen have played the game, and a few will be remembered by the stats as being greater than Viv, and that's fair enough. All I'm saying is that no other batsman had such an array of shots, orthodox and unorthodox, and on his day, he was the greatest.

[robelinda2]

@whouster For sure. I'd rather watch a Viv 60 than a Sachin 100. The problem is 99% of Sachin fans weren't even alive during Viv's career so they are uneducated!

[gokulsreeragam]

@robelinda2 Has Viv Richards ever been hit on the head by a bouncer?

[robelinda2]

@gokulsreeragam Yep, 2 famous incidents- Rodney Hogg in 1979, and Greg Chappell in 1978, and one less famous one in domestic WI cricket, one of the WI fast bowlers hit him in the early 80's.

[gokulsreeragam]

@robelinda2 thank you.. Yet he chose not to wear a helmet...Wow!

[Bareilykobans]

@robelinda2 I think the only time he wore a helmet was in a domestic match. Not sure if that is correct.

[yuck4u]

@robelinda2 Who was the WI fast bowler that hit him in the early 80s? Where did you find that information?

[robelinda2]

@yuck4u It was in his book, can't remember which bowler.

[Bareilykobans]

@robelinda2 In the initial days Sachin did provide some glimpses but later he was not able to dominate bowlings the way Viv managed. With all respect and admiration for Sachin I agree I have never seen anyone get on top of all type of bowlers like Viv.

[yahudidushman]

@robelinda2 THE PROBLEM WITH THE INDIANS IS THEY WILL NEVER ACCEPT THAT ALTHOUGH SACHIN HAS EVERY RECORD IN THE BOOK JUST ASK THE GREAT BOWLERS OF THE 70'S AND 80'S AND THEY WILL TELL YOU HOE GOOD VIV WAS. HE WAS THAT GOOD HE WOULD MAKE 60 OR 70 THEN ENTERTAIN THE CROWD, GET OUT AND LET GARNER, HOLDING AND MARSHALL MOP UP THE OPPOSITION!!!

[JTyes]

@yahudidushman Sachin hasn't got every record in the book. He holds hardly any records. Highest score in test cricket? Lara. Highest score in first class cricket? Lara. Highest average in test cricket? Bradman. Highest score by an Indian? Sehwag. Second highest score by an Indian? Sehwag. Third highest score by an Indian? Laxman. I think Sachin has the record for being dismissed the most amount of times in test matches though!

[TheEuphony69]

@robelinda2

You are allowed to have your opinion but it is dumb to compare people of different generations

[vaadaenmacchi]

@robelinda2 i wouldnt compare those two mate! it would be like having to choose between becker and sampras. having watched cricket since 81, id say sachin is pure class while viv is... well, viv is viv, no words can do justice to what he is.

[anoop3301]

@vaadaenmacchi very very true and rightly put

[anoop3301]

@robelinda2 Certainly, Richards was more destructive than Sachin, but he would get out more often in 60s than Sachin which would mean that the team is at a disadvantage, more so if Richards was part of a weaker team.

[robelinda2]

@muaythairaja WTF? Yeah EVERY Sachin fan started watching cricket in 1989. I AWARD YOU 'YOUTUBE'S DUMBFUCK COMMENT OF THE DAY'.

[muaythairaja]

@robelinda2 Sachin is the best batsman ever, thats includes bradman. Did donald play over 23 years in 6 continents? Enough said. Learn your cricket first.

[ZMorpheus]

@muaythairaja You're not even considering the numerous allrounders that are/were perfectly capable of both, whilst your Sachin is good at stacking up personal records and letting his team down when it really matters. What did he recently do in Australia? Scraping tens and twenties when the team needed him more than ever. You think he gives a shit? He's waiting to stack his next century but failed so far. No wonder your breath smells like his crusty ass. He's supposed to be legend.

[muaythairaja]

@ZMorpheus He is a legend, fine he failed this time in australia, everyone fails. You're clearly a filthy homo getting close enough to smell my breath, stay away fag or I'll blow your brains out with my trusted .45

[robelinda2]

@muaythairaja Sachin hasnt got a fucking clue, deal with it. He is scared shitless of facing the media in case they ask him a question about ANYTHING and he will shit his pants right there and then. What a pathetic loser.

[robelinda2]

@muaythairaja and no, not everyone fails. BRADMAN didnt fail. 

[shutuprafa]

@robelinda2 he did in his last innings...

but seriously Rob, learn your cricket first...clearly you're just a Bradman fanboy who started watching cricket in 1928

[robelinda2]

@shutuprafa hah!!! I actually fuckin hate Bradman, but i hate dimwit uneducated fuckwit homeless asswipe madarchod Sachin fans even more.

[shutuprafa]

@robelinda2 India...the only place where you can be uneducated and homeless, and still access YouTube

[robelinda2]

@shutuprafa and have an IQ of 148. Yet still piss in the river and wash your clothes at the same time afterwards.

[shutuprafa]

@robelinda2 and bathe in it too...but it doesn't matter...cuz it's holy piss

[kssjp191]

@robelinda2 LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO­LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

[kssjp191]

@shutuprafa LOLZOSAOSDNSOKNMOKSMAPOSASLALS­OLOLOLOLOL

[kssjp191]

@robelinda2 what a legend... you even know Indian swears :')

[99TJS1]

@muaythairaja dude get the fuck over the fact that sachin is a fucking flop now. whoe the fuck givs a shit if u got a fucking .45 u probably wank over it along with all ur little photos of fucking sachin. Bradan was a million times better a player that that short fuck homo all u indians wanna hump

[ZMorpheus]

@muaythairaja Calm down shitbreath, it's basically in everyones face; so at the end of the day u're the culprit fag. Anyhow, I'm surprised u're still able to talk. Has ur tongue awoken from hibernation up Tendulkar's ass? Cause surely he ain't performing as claimed.. Your Legend, Flopdulkar = Fail. Your trusted .45 = Below average sized, indian weenus. No wonder you're f*cking angry. First you get born with a pityful dick, then your Quatro Legends of Fail get stuck in whitewash.

[robelinda2]

@ZMorpheus MWAHAHAHAHAHAH! I like it.

[robelinda2]

@muaythairaja hahah! What a shit argument. Have you ever watched cricket IN YOUR LIFE? HOW ABOUT MATHS? 99 is better than some pathetic 55 average, even Kallis averages 57. SACHIN = FLOP = SHIT CUNT.

[MrAntiBrent]

@whouster Except Bradman :)

[rshekdar]

@whouster on his day or not on his day i would give anything to watch this guy swagger over to the pitch with total disregard for the situation of the match and play his game. I feel bad that i missed this great batsman playing or rather toying with the bowlers. Great respect.

[Imrankniazi]

Look at how the master operates in the end. A beautiful leg-cutter to draw the batsman into the stroke and defeat him. That's the way to build pressure; not by bowling no-balls so high that the batsman couldn't reach them with a step ladder.

The best bouncers ought to be rising steeply from a length and around the rib-cage/throat area. He can't pull with comfort, can't duck quickly enough and is in trouble if he fends it off. Lillee and Thommo were masters of that.

[madaboutsleep]

The title of this video should be renamed "Crazy no-ball barrage from Lenny Pascoe" HAAHA!!

[SFleming134]

I hv seen Viv Richards' test match career summary....He wasn't very consistent...

[Imrankniazi]

@SFleming134 Stats would only reveal so much. If statsguru had all the answers, qualified statisticians would have replaced true cricketing connoisseurs long ago.

[muaythairaja]

@Imrankniazi "true cricketing connoisseurs"? LOL what a retarded comment!

[lenestor]

@SFleming134 hater

[anoop3301]

@SFleming134 Viv messed it up in the last few years but 69 50+ knocks out of 182 is pretty damn consistent. The only place he lagged was in the conversion rate from 50s to 100s.

[vaadaenmacchi]

@anoop3301 all those are stats no one cared about back in the day. today we have several means of gauging a batsman. just think back to the day when gauging performance was whether or not you could survive a stint in the middle without breaking a bone or two. viv is the man.

[SFleming134]

blistering Viv Richards' straight drive at 1:54

[SFleming134]

Well Viv Richards was a great batsman...But i don't thnk he was as consistent as the likes of Sachin, Ricky Ponting, Kallis, Dravid or Lara...He had a wonderful year in 1976 in which he blasted all the bowling attacks..But Viv Richards would never match these guys...He was destructive though but not as classy as the legends mentioned above...

[ncf1]

@SFleming134 He wasn't as consistent as those you mentioned, no, but to say he wasn't as classy is just utterly ridiculous.

[niralipvyas]

@SFleming134 agreed, he was like sehwag. if he stays, he would kill any bowling attack in the world.

[anoop3301]

@SFleming134 If you take out 1976, he averaged 45 in test cricket which is not all that great, but still very good. But still one would give credit to Viv because he rarely cared about numbers and they hardly mattered since he was part of such a great team.Really, among the above batsmen, only Sachin and Lara were in the same class as Viv. Ponting has an inferior away record in test cricket where as Kallis and Dravid are essentially grafters(though damn good in that)

[himankphillaur]

Ian chappell narrates this incident in the Legend Of Cricket tribute video. After Lenny pascoe had bowled 3 bouncers in a row, Umpire Max O' Connell said to him that those were enough, To which Viv replied, '' DONT STOP HIM MAX''. King VIV - A CLASS APART.

[vindaisatossermini2]

I find it hard to imagine how there could be a better passage of play, and by extension, better video than this.

King Vivian.

[Imrankniazi]

@vindaisatossermini2 While this passage of play is great, one of the most fearsome battles was witnessed in Barbados, 1977. When Viv and Thommo locked horns and the latter bowled his fastest spell since his injury-forced layoff.

It's fascinating stuff. I'll send you a URL in my pm.

[adityanaikdesai]

ahhahe. . . just one ball from lillee thr. . but wht theatrics.

[adityanaikdesai]

i like pascoe's bowling action.

but the bouncers were all roobish.

[imthemess]

jeez his avg was 58.58!! O.o yeah i rememembered lara's odi avg was 48 when he completed his 145th odi later it ended up with 40.. :/ cz he had to do things all alone .

[nottellingu0]

@imthemess thats nothing he only played 30 odd tests. ponting had an avg of 60 at 9000test runs

[imthemess]

@nottellingu0 Viv is the best batsman for me since bradman he had his own league.. ponting is a class but surely Viv is VIV

[imthemess]

todays batsman will piss in thier pants if they have to play fast bowlers without halmet .. KING VIV RULES thanks ROBBIE I love u :P

[Come2PaaPaa]

@ToeSports WHAT LEGEND WAS THIS SHIT BOWLER? LOL LEGEND IN TOILET MAKING

[unevenestfall]

And Richards goes, "dont stop him"?

[unevenestfall]

Is this the one when the umpire tells the bowler not to bowl bouncers ad

[jstreete]

A great video, of course, as always.

[mrbollocks1979]

i remember watching this game as a kid.. Lenny tried everything, absolutely everything he could.

[jstreete]

I think this is from Adelaide 1979/1980. Pascoe played in the tests in 81/82 as well though, so I'm not certain. I remember a comment from Ian Chappell on this passage - about how a batsman could also intimidate a bowler. The umpire apparently told Pascoe to stop bowling bouncers, but Richards told him not to worry.