Is there a way you can get the video clippings of Roy Fredricks 163 at Perth from 1975 series, where in he massacred Lille, Thomos,Max Walker and Gary Glimour. Till Roy got out in that innnings there was no maiden over.I have been searching for a while for that video.
Another killeropening batsman, steady, sure and strong....One of the greats for the West Indies, back in the day, when men played the game with passion, zest and zeal because they loved the sport of cricket.
Fredricks, Greenidge, Kanhai, Clive Lloyd, Richard, Kallicharan, King, Roberts, Holding, Murray, Julian, Gibbs, than later Garner, Croft, Lara. These player were any body's ideal. With these player the West Indies team was world champ for long long time.
Fredericks was a dynamic dashing little player, he could hammer the best bowling attacks, part of a fine Glamorgan batting line-up with fellow opener Jones, England captain Tony Lewis and beautiful stroke-maker Majid Khan.
@Sanath340 if i am not wrong, and i don't think iam, Fredricks hit Lille for 6 off the first ball of that match. I will never forget how he got out in the 75 world cup final.
@widlad7 ironically in the first clip he got 150 at edgbaston, then got stuck on 150 for ages and was barracked and eventually hit a wild shot and was out for 150
Right on Imran. Lillee and Thompson gave the West Indies a "serious" baptism in 75/76..lol. I guess they learned and returned the favour a few times...but nobody got seriously hurt like the 2 Blackwashes England received at the hands of the West Indies. Even when England had the temerity to declare and Greenidge blasted for 214 (while hobbling) them in 84/85. I was about 4 then, but we were rocking in Jamaica... That's when the bowlers had more rights, at least the fastmen..LOL
Imran you're so correct. The only place Dujon got his due was in the Caribbean. He entered the Team initially as a BATSMAN then he replaced Murray. The rest they say is history. The Most Acrobatic keeper ever. He honed his skills by playing squash and by being a goal-keeper. The Cricketing world nneds to give him his due. He played a little over 10 years. His hands suffered due to wicket-keeping. Can you imagine keeping to all that FIRE for 10 plus years. HE WAS SO ATHLETIC AND ACROBATIC...
I can assure you that I have the utmost sympathy for men like D.Murray, Dujon and Rodney Marsh...
Forget about keeping to the spinners, man. Imagine the battering that you receive from the hell-sent ferocious demons of fast bowling like Lillee and Thomson (Aus) and the Roberts-Holding-Croft-Garner-Marshall pack!
These guys had everything: aggression, style, correct technique, and most importantly a LOVE for the game and it manifested itself in the way they played and carried themselves. When they got stuck in you wondered if they were ever gonna be dismissed. I remember Dujon, square cutting a ball perpendicularly to the Sabina Park boundary for SIX!, it didn't reach the boundary in an elliptic path but PERPENDICULARLY...that requires much skill. These so called great teams of today would get DESTROYED.
Dujon was terribly under-rated for his keeping and batting skills.
He was always a crisis man with the bat and could take apart attacks when reqd. to. An athletic keeper as well, he should have got more credit from the 'pundits' of cricket and the media. He was one of the architects of the 'invincible' WI team.
Your Theory that Lloyd, Greenidge, Richards, Dujon and even Gomes were only "good" on docile tracks where spinners could dominate is a FALLACY. These men were from the Caribbean, which meant the faster you bowled, and once their eyes adjusted the faster the ball would leave the bat. They sometimes had problems with spin, especially if there was good bounce on offer, but the WEST INDIES TEAMS of the late 70's, 80's and early to mid 90's were the greatest set of players ever assembled PERIOD.
I never said they were ONLY good on docile tracks. Please read my comment again.
My implication was that this is one area where they scored over their West Indian counterparts and also some other players. Of course, all the names I mentioned were also superb players of pace and swing.
What separates Greenidge, Richards and Lloyd from the rest was that they would perform anywhere and even with the chips down. Kanhai was exceptional too.
Hell, WI batting of 70s was possibly the best ever.
Your comments on Lara's deficiencies against extreme pace are valid only later in his life as he aged. However, one must remember, that, he played against the EXTREME PACE of West Indian bowlers as a young man in the First Class competitions and eventually matriculated into the West Indies Team.
Fredricks was a fantastic player of pace and swing bowling, but had a distinct problem against spin. Especially the famed Indian spin quartret.
Men like Clive Lloyd, Greenidge, Richards and Dujon were the mainstays of WI batting on docile tracks where spin bowlers could dominate. Even Larry Gomes contributed in no less measure.
Dunno. Watched Lara his whole career. Not much of Fredericks. Also Lara had a definite weakness against extreme pace shortpaced stuff.He's been hit innumerable times.
Not just when he was off colour or well into his thirties,but right through his prime.
A Brilliant player of fast bowling, anyone have footage of his innings in Australia when he battered the aussies? 1974/5 era i think. I watched him and Greenidge destroy England late one afternoon in the 76 series. Pity Didn't have a dvd recorder in those days :(
Roy is in my family on my moms side I am proud to be in his family tree
kanesoulflame 5 months ago
Is there a way you can get the video clippings of Roy Fredricks 163 at Perth from 1975 series, where in he massacred Lille, Thomos,Max Walker and Gary Glimour. Till Roy got out in that innnings there was no maiden over.I have been searching for a while for that video.
padsv 3 months ago
Another killeropening batsman, steady, sure and strong....One of the greats for the West Indies, back in the day, when men played the game with passion, zest and zeal because they loved the sport of cricket.
das2761 6 months ago
Fredricks, Greenidge, Kanhai, Clive Lloyd, Richard, Kallicharan, King, Roberts, Holding, Murray, Julian, Gibbs, than later Garner, Croft, Lara. These player were any body's ideal. With these player the West Indies team was world champ for long long time.
lakhanikarachi 7 months ago
natural stroke play
Blackhoundrise 7 months ago
Its a mystery to me ! which one is Lara's power hand ? Bottm hand or Top Hand ?I never got the answer though watched a no. of Lara clips!!!!
sami1284 10 months ago
I know it's the editing, but didn't Greig send down a series of rubbish balls in this clip?
onsomefarawaybeach1 10 months ago
great player of his time. true stylist!
TheNomadintime 11 months ago
What a follow through.
MusicLikeRegin 11 months ago
i quite enjoyed him hitting Grieg out of the ground like that.
youandyamum 1 year ago
This is Roy THE GREAT ONE OF THE BATS MAN WHO CAN TURN GOOD BALL IN TO BAD BALL SEE FOR YOURSELF IN THIS OVER
benji1275 1 year ago
i am roy fredericks, i open too and i am from Timbuktoo.
olebaj 2 years ago
My name is roy fredericks and i am an opening batsmen but im an AUSSIE
22546f 2 years ago
Fredericks was a dynamic dashing little player, he could hammer the best bowling attacks, part of a fine Glamorgan batting line-up with fellow opener Jones, England captain Tony Lewis and beautiful stroke-maker Majid Khan.
mizofan 2 years ago
Very talented batsman somewhat overshadowed by Greenridge,Richards and Lloyd ,still one of the best ever WI openers
burnleyfan11965 2 years ago 5
No doubt who Lara wanted to look like.
PanJazz 2 years ago 14
if someone can upload fredericks 169 vs australia at perth it would be much appreciated.
Sanath340 2 years ago 5
@Sanath340 if i am not wrong, and i don't think iam, Fredricks hit Lille for 6 off the first ball of that match. I will never forget how he got out in the 75 world cup final.
widlad7 1 year ago
@widlad7 ironically in the first clip he got 150 at edgbaston, then got stuck on 150 for ages and was barracked and eventually hit a wild shot and was out for 150
1middlesbrough 11 months ago
west indies of the late 70's and 80's vs the invincibles who'd win???
Sanath340 2 years ago 2
can someone upload some gordon greenidge videos please.
Sanath340 2 years ago 2
Right on Imran. Lillee and Thompson gave the West Indies a "serious" baptism in 75/76..lol. I guess they learned and returned the favour a few times...but nobody got seriously hurt like the 2 Blackwashes England received at the hands of the West Indies. Even when England had the temerity to declare and Greenidge blasted for 214 (while hobbling) them in 84/85. I was about 4 then, but we were rocking in Jamaica... That's when the bowlers had more rights, at least the fastmen..LOL
iron2468 3 years ago
Imran you're so correct. The only place Dujon got his due was in the Caribbean. He entered the Team initially as a BATSMAN then he replaced Murray. The rest they say is history. The Most Acrobatic keeper ever. He honed his skills by playing squash and by being a goal-keeper. The Cricketing world nneds to give him his due. He played a little over 10 years. His hands suffered due to wicket-keeping. Can you imagine keeping to all that FIRE for 10 plus years. HE WAS SO ATHLETIC AND ACROBATIC...
iron2468 3 years ago
I can assure you that I have the utmost sympathy for men like D.Murray, Dujon and Rodney Marsh...
Forget about keeping to the spinners, man. Imagine the battering that you receive from the hell-sent ferocious demons of fast bowling like Lillee and Thomson (Aus) and the Roberts-Holding-Croft-Garner-Marshall pack!
Imrankniazi 3 years ago
These guys had everything: aggression, style, correct technique, and most importantly a LOVE for the game and it manifested itself in the way they played and carried themselves. When they got stuck in you wondered if they were ever gonna be dismissed. I remember Dujon, square cutting a ball perpendicularly to the Sabina Park boundary for SIX!, it didn't reach the boundary in an elliptic path but PERPENDICULARLY...that requires much skill. These so called great teams of today would get DESTROYED.
iron2468 3 years ago
Dujon was terribly under-rated for his keeping and batting skills.
He was always a crisis man with the bat and could take apart attacks when reqd. to. An athletic keeper as well, he should have got more credit from the 'pundits' of cricket and the media. He was one of the architects of the 'invincible' WI team.
Imrankniazi 3 years ago
Your Theory that Lloyd, Greenidge, Richards, Dujon and even Gomes were only "good" on docile tracks where spinners could dominate is a FALLACY. These men were from the Caribbean, which meant the faster you bowled, and once their eyes adjusted the faster the ball would leave the bat. They sometimes had problems with spin, especially if there was good bounce on offer, but the WEST INDIES TEAMS of the late 70's, 80's and early to mid 90's were the greatest set of players ever assembled PERIOD.
iron2468 3 years ago
I never said they were ONLY good on docile tracks. Please read my comment again.
My implication was that this is one area where they scored over their West Indian counterparts and also some other players. Of course, all the names I mentioned were also superb players of pace and swing.
What separates Greenidge, Richards and Lloyd from the rest was that they would perform anywhere and even with the chips down. Kanhai was exceptional too.
Hell, WI batting of 70s was possibly the best ever.
Imrankniazi 3 years ago
Your comments on Lara's deficiencies against extreme pace are valid only later in his life as he aged. However, one must remember, that, he played against the EXTREME PACE of West Indian bowlers as a young man in the First Class competitions and eventually matriculated into the West Indies Team.
iron2468 3 years ago
Fredricks was a fantastic player of pace and swing bowling, but had a distinct problem against spin. Especially the famed Indian spin quartret.
Men like Clive Lloyd, Greenidge, Richards and Dujon were the mainstays of WI batting on docile tracks where spin bowlers could dominate. Even Larry Gomes contributed in no less measure.
Imrankniazi 3 years ago
With Majid Khan he was a mainstay of arguably Glamorgan's best ever team, a Wisden cricketer of the year 74 and a smashing batsman. good on yer, Roy.
mizofan 3 years ago
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LOL I played at the weekend, only scored like 2 was bowled third ball lol some fool recorded it !!!!!! at Cric-tUBE (.COM)
wandzia99 3 years ago
LARA IS A FREDERICKS CLONE
alllman2000 3 years ago
Yuh beat meh to it. Lara was more exciting tho.
PanJazz 3 years ago
...yeah...but Lara is a tad better
chaitnath 3 years ago
Dunno. Watched Lara his whole career. Not much of Fredericks. Also Lara had a definite weakness against extreme pace shortpaced stuff.He's been hit innumerable times.
Not just when he was off colour or well into his thirties,but right through his prime.
alllman2000 3 years ago
...yeah, the stats tell that story...Lara was dismissed most by McGrath, Fraser, etc....point taken though...
chaitnath 3 years ago
So,it's difficult to tell.
Against spin Lara was probably better.Heck,he's probably the best ever against spin.
He was pretty darned good against the swing and seam too.(English bowlers,Mcgrath)
But against the real pacers(Donald,Akram,Akhtar)not very good at all.
Infact Donald and Akram don't rate Lara too highly as compared to say a Tendulkar.
So..basically ,difficult to compare generations.
Cheers!
alllman2000 3 years ago
R.I.P cement head
tofa823 4 years ago
Actually....it was the ill-fated '75-'76 tour when he torched the aussies for 169. One of my all-time favorite batsmen...he knew no fear...RIP.
vkellman 4 years ago
A Brilliant player of fast bowling, anyone have footage of his innings in Australia when he battered the aussies? 1974/5 era i think. I watched him and Greenidge destroy England late one afternoon in the 76 series. Pity Didn't have a dvd recorder in those days :(
thorpeman 4 years ago