Bodyline-Bradman out for a Duck

[mindfreak3121992]

i want a slow replay from another angle and the view from the stumps from the cam located on the stumps!! :P

[mcdelive]

This shows even Don is weak against short-pitch ball, just like Sehwag and Sachin the so-called flat pitch bullies...!

[DeejayDREAM]

What a shame Larwood never played more tests, with a 1st class bowling avg under 18, and obviously the sheer pace he had, he would have taken over 300 wickets if he'd managed 75+ games, no problem at all, plus no easy wickets against poorer sides back then.

Legend for me though, and one of our best ever quicks, and no mug with the bat either.

[gauthukut]

which film is it?

[m00nshine2004]

@gauthukut

Bodyline

[lisahills]

BLOODY BRILLIANT. MAKES ME PROUD TO BE ENGLISH.

[Callumitus]

@lisahills Proud?? The body line series was the biggest disgrace by any bowler on a cricket field, debatably worse than Trevor Chappels notorious underarm delivery (and that was bloody shocking). Both of those things (underarm bowling and body line bowling) are not allowed in todays game for these very reasons.

[rc2869]

Was this filmed in Sydney Cricket Ground?

[danny999911]

The truth is, despite the video hyping it up - it was a non bodyline ball, and a non bodyline field. He simply edged the ball onto his stumps and was bowled.

[tjmalalasekera]

Elrond just owned bradman... never thought i'd say that in my life

[aLeXxVd09]

Mr Anderson...

[RabidRobo70]

It was a complete load of bullshine, and jardine never stopped Bowe, Bowes did it himself.

[MrDopey16]

You don't see the New Zealander's feature film about Trevor Chapell's underarm ball.... bloody australians, can't take it, England were losing all through the 90s and early 2000s and the stadiums were always packed, you lot pottered off halfway through the 3rd test

[mikeylord1875]

@MrDopey16 cant really make a 10 part mini series about one ball, (which they were unlikely to hit for a 6 anyway) you can about a dangerous and unforgivable tactic that almost tore the game of cricket apart

[MrDopey16]

@mikeylord1875 it was a new tactic, that has arguably become part of the test game, in short ball tactics, the rules have changed to prevent it happening to that extent again, very much like the no ball rule. The only difference was we bounced it on the pitch, and you didn't. At least they had a chance to hit it, unlike the New Zealand chap.

[mcnesta80]

@MrDopey16 The key to leg theory is the field, which has been against the rules since bodyline. Short-pitched bowling with a conventional field is part of a fair contest. Leg theory is negative play designed to force a batsman to put self-preservation before the preservation of his wicket. If you don't understand the difference the field (and line) makes, you can't possibly understand why it ruins the contest between bat and ball.

[NPA1001]

Jardine did not move the field across to the Leg side in real life for this delivery, Bowes was bowling to traditional off side field. This needs remaking with greater accuracy and better actors. (Hugo Weaving the honourable exception)

[rc2869]

@NPA1001 Well it was all done for dramatic effect as per Chariots of Fire. The Field was used sparingly in reality. I remember an interview on Beeb in 1985 with Gubby Allen (who had spoken to Bradman) who said most of it was fiction. Good drama. He said The Don never held his bat up until later in his career afer scroring big as opposed to going out to bat. We won - the West Indies used similar tactics more effectively 50 years later.

[TheReadingStudent]

Juked!!! hahaha.

[goweresque]

Loving the fact that the keeper and slip fielders are about 5 yards away from the stumps when one of the fastest bowlers ever (as judged by many who saw him) was supposed to be bowling!!!

[MONTITUDE]

flat track bully, minnow basher bradman.

[kipperwacker]

can't find the whole series on utube - has anyone uploaded it yet?

[duke4884]

3.1 ha ha ha. not taking the piss now.

[FaddleonLSD]

Gary Sweet returns to the screen - as Ricky Ponting ;-)

[duke4884]

typical aussies, you can give it out, you are great at that. but you cannot take it, no way. when you get turned over in your own backyard you all winge and moan. so shut the fuck up. bad losers ha ha ha

[FaddleonLSD]

@duke4884 Shut up Philip.

[ColdWarWarriors]

Poms should have given Bradman a verbal send off

[tonytst88]

mr anderson.

[englandmadethewest]

Look at this bunch of Aussie crap ! Bradman out for a duck, and the English "unsportsmanly" rejoice. So the Aussies would not have done if it were an English lad out first ball eh? What rubbish ! The west Indians in the 60's and 70's practically threw balls at batsmen. What was said then? Nowt ! This is one reason why in cricket we English love to beat Australia. And I mean we love to beat Australia. Whinging whingers. Without England, there would be no Australia.

[ASkywalker1]

@englandmadethewest So you're saying 'bodyline' was an acceptable form of cricket then?

[ASkywalker1]

@englandmadethewest Whinging whingers....you Poms are the experts, and Australia has won more Ashes series than England....31 to 29 at the moment. Not bad for a bunch of colonials don't you think????

[LordMountararat]

Absolutely hilarious film this - I'd forgotten how funny it is. All that Jardine requires is a moustache to twirl. Classic Aussie Pom-bashing in the Mel Gibson "Gallipoli"/"Braveheart" mode.

[ASkywalker1]

@LordMountararat Pom bashing eh? Interesting way you put that. Would love to see you face the 'bodyline' attack mate. Someone could have been killed in that series and the Jardine was just an example of English jealousy towards the Australians that were winning at the time...

[ILgordon]

Lazyplaye is woefully inaccurate. Yes in 1948 16 years after the Bodyline series the English players clapped Bradman's last innings. In 1932 the stiff upper lip types wanted to defeat him at all cost.

[Lazyplaye]

this series was woefully inaccuarate, for a start, when it was Bradman's last innings, all the English applauded him and gave him three cheers.

[sexysun1]

tendulkar n bradman... the best ever to ply the game of cricket.... england all was gone be loooooer lolssssss

[hypersonicdragon]

this is about The "Great Donald BRADMAN" ......not some tendulkar punk{who isn't the best of the modern era,Lara is}....lol

[lahiridilli]

@hypersonicdragon

I can just laugh at u. I agree with enigmaticmayur. U keep on bowling that line to Sachin and runs will flow. This is all crap.

[hypersonicdragon]

@lahiridilli i know its funny...that's why i said it to lighten the hardcore arguments/debates that will never end!

[dannya333]

Not sure why the bowler appeals lol

[007dalal]

wow what a passion for a player ?crowd absolutely silent when he is out.

[chasersbf]

My Dad still has some of those old pointy batting gloves. They are useless.

[EnigmaticMayur]

Tendulkar would have hooked that shit for six. This is the only seriously competitive comparable to modern day cricket he ever payed and his stats are just like modern day greats.

Just that Tendulkar has scored 5 times more runs playing 10 times better bowlers all around the world!

[007dalal]

@EnigmaticMayur what an excuse he has admitted he played a foul shot.Sachin played many bad shots.Sceince has proved bowlers were equally fast because human arms have not evolved .Techniques of fast bowling have not changed.It is same.By the way they are not actually playing

[jcrawley1]

Why is the slip cordon so close in? Was that the norm in those days, or is just so they didn't need a super wide shot to fit them onto the screen?

[MrPetercriss1971]

well bowled harold!!!!

[NPA1001]

According to the biography of the bowler Bowes "Jardine jumped around like a Red Indian doing a war dance when Bradman was bowled" this was a major surprise for his team as Jardine was considered dour and reserved even by the standards of the 1930's. Here this film just shows him smiling, It makes me wonder at the accuracy of the research for this series.

[ashliski]

Terrible directing, look how far the keeper and slips are back at 2:18! having an attacking field and 'men round the bat' doesn't mean you move the keeper and slips up ffs

[pobgill]

Where is the bit about the Aussies moaning for 80 years afterwards?

[libertyordeaf]

@pobgill We stopped moaning after Lillee and Thomson got even in 1975. And they didn't need to pack the legside field to do it ;-)

[prakash65096]

Was it movie or what?

[ourvic]

As an aussie cricket fanitic get it right...this movie was dribble....I was so embarrased I wrote to Harold Larwood in Sydney to apolgise and recieved a hand written letter back of thanks..He was a professional and cricket was a better prospect than the coal mines. Told what to achieve he hold no options, later the MCC under Plum Warner let him down unmercifully...

[libertyordeaf]

@ourvic Yes, I agree, it was nonsense. But dramatic recreations of historical events usually are. Larwood was a true gentleman of the game. The fact he later emigrated to Australia says much about him - and indeed about our attitude to 'bodyline'.

[widlad7]

Jardine did wear the blue England cap aswell as the Harlequinn.

[woodamler]

Bradman faced a leg-spinner and didn't chop it on.... should be banned!

[Rhubba]

This miniseries was as historically accurate as "Battle For The Planet of the Apes". There was no chanting Bradman's name, Jardine never wore the blue England cap (he wore the Harlequins cap) and neither Gary Sweet or Hugo Weaving look anything like their counterparts. But hey, why let facts get in the way of TV entertainment.

[OJK78]

I remember this series - anybody know where you can get a copy or archive of it??

[elgringo72]

ebay pal.I got mine from australia through ebay 3yrs ago.

have watched it a good few times since

[pete667]

At the time it wasn't cheating, it was well within the rules. But thats not to say it wasn't unsportsmanlike.

[darkmossie633]

these days it would be 'meat and drink' to modern batsmen, just gliding the ball off the hips for runs

[libertyordeaf]

@darkmossie633 Just glide it off the hip eh? Through both leg slips, a leg gully and two forward short legs? Good thinking!

[paramoreistheshiz]

u mean the english cant stomach that we had and still have the best batsmen in the world so go shove that up ur pommy ass

[slimblues]

ill think you find its an indian whos #1

[mobyuv]

who's that

[slimblues]

tendulka

[mobyuv]

No the underarm incident!!

[danbo1984]

bet you're eating your words today, "cobber"!

[wrexhamjack123]

No the English could stomach it, so they found a weakness.

[mhy249]

get a grip pillock,just remember who found your beautiful country.

[parveenliddy]

Kim Hughes here, sob sob sob

[A1exx]

haha the aussies can't stomach another team trying some dirty tricks on them

love it

ashes 09 - the urn is coming back home to england!

[libertyordeaf]

@A1exx You were right. But do you reckon you'll be able to keep it for longer than 18 months this time? And try putting up a marginally better effort to retain it, 5-0 series do tend to become a bit 'boring'... :-)

[SJACK13]

@libertyordeaf as do Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke dummyspits

[libertyordeaf]

@SJACK13 *yawwwwn*

[SJACK13]

@libertyordeaf best get to bed then dopey. School in the morning.

[SJACK13]

Isn't it a bit rich of the Aussies to be whinging about bad sportsmanship? Underarm anyone?

[YoungDevanika]

Hey, that's not fair. Just 'cause some idiot thought winning was more important than anything else doesn't mean that all Aussies are like that.

And I don't think there's anything wrong with Bodyline. If they want to aim at you rather than at the stumps, then that's their own incompetence. Adjust your stance, put on a helmet, and bring out the pull/hook shot. If you're too lazy to do any of that, you deserve to get hit.

[SJACK13]

The aussies tend to come across as having some kind of psychotic national/ jingoistic neediness to be successful at sport even if it means pushing the limits of sportsmanship. Whilst I agree not all aussies are like that the majority can dish it out but are first to complain when they get some back. Would you agree?

[libertyordeaf]

@SJACK13 I would agree that people who make broad assessments of entire countries and the people who inhabit them are prone to making fools of themselves.

[SJACK13]

@libertyordeaf I would agree that people who fail to see such comments in their proper contexts make fools of themselves as you have just proved. Further to this australians tend to overreact in a typical jingoistic aggressive manner whenever they perceive a comment is attacking 'oz' or is critical of anything 'aussie'. A certain number of australians appear incapable of identifying such subtle distinctions.And Libertyordeaf please don't think I am including you in this statistic.

[darkmossie633]

YEAH, THEY DON'T MIND GIVING IT ,

sledging etc. but they dont like taking it

Ask India about last test match series in Australia

-listen to Shastri and Gavaskar, on Ponting "SNEAKING" and whinging to third umpire, that one of his players had been insulted LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Simmons is, and always was, a disreputable cricketer anyway-his career is over

[mobyuv]

hurray waiting for someone to mention that oz don't like it one bit

[Jammydodgers41]

is this an actual film ???

[cavalier080854]

This is "Bodyline", an Australian 7 part mini-series, made in the 1980's.

[akhtrah]

This is the one test in that series the Aussies won (MCG), Bradman made 103 in the 2nd Inns.

[ivornovello1952]

Pommie bastards? Its always the same when you get beaten

[ash123431]

Pommie bastards

[acerza89]

jus a little bit his face looks like kevin peitersen wen hes pissed off, jus sum food for thought lol

[pabloqtoo]

The Aussies couldn't even sing back then either.

[gthotshot]

i dont get it was he not feeling well or something..i dont know the story so dont odee on me

[cavalier080854]

Bradman was ill for the first test and didn't play. But this is the second test, and Bradman was fit for this innings.

[ASkywalker1]

@cavalier080854 Actually, Bradman didn't play in the first test because he chose to honour his contract to write for a newspaper on the test series, which was against the rules of the Australian Cricket Board.

[harshvgaus]

is that elrond from LOTR who is douglas jardine?

i think it is hugo weaving

[cavalier080854]

Correct, and Agent Smith.

[yogikanna]

watch "Don Bradman's last innings " on youtube, that was the real video of how it happened. This video is totally overacting and different from what really happened. Even bradman's own interview is in the above video.

[cavalier080854]

Sorry, not the same innings at all. This is a TV film of the 1932/33 ashes series in Australia. The one you are refering to is 1948 ashes series in England. Same result though.

[Afonsos91]

IS this a movie ?

[cavalier080854]

It's the Australian mini series "Bodyline", a 7 parter made for TV in 1984.

[uibyong]

great stuff... but pure and simple Don Bradman was not only the greatest batsman but the greatest cricketer of all time...(and I'm a POM)

[cavalier080854]

Agreed, but their was a battle between Wally Hammond and the Don, in this series. Hammond was freqently used as Englands only spin attack. Hammond is probably Englands equivalent of the Don, only he could bowl very well, as well as bat.

[libertyordeaf]

@cavalier080854 A nice-sounding theory, only Hammond didn't bowl spin - he bowled brisk medium-pace. But you're right, Hammond was the 'English Don', he just average 40+ runs less.

[lahiridilli]

@uibyong

Not agreeable sir. Neither can he be rated as the best batsman nor the greatest cricketer. There can be endless debates on the greatest batsman but Sir Gary is undoubtedly the greatest cricketer.

[dbarl64]

kind of like a tempest in a teacup

ok thanks cav

cricket lovely cricket how much more can i say it.

Trinidadian calypso song

[cavalier080854]

For an example of this tempest try "Bodyline 37" for the effect on lesser batsmen. Larwood the bowler had a measured speed 100mph delivery. Bradman was probably the greatest batsman ever, this tactic was used to stop him.

[dbarl64]

ok will do

[dbarl64]

what film is this?

[cavalier080854]

This is the Australian mini series "Bodyline" and is about the most controversial test cricket series ever played in 1932/33. Australia accused England of being unsportsmanlike in the tactics used, the resulting accusations nearly resulted in Australia leaving the British Empire. Bodyline was made illegal as a result.

[haseeb66]

where can we watch the whole mini series?

[cavalier080854]

I got my original 3 disk version from e-bay, but a word of caution, it's only available in PAL Region 4. So you either have to have a multi-region player, or decrypt it, copy and recode it using your computer. As for putting it all on YouTube, it's approx 330min long, so it's not worth the time and effort.

[RAWWWWRRRRR]

we were unsporting

but australia is

the underarm incdent?

[cavalier080854]

Both Bodyline and the underarm incident were legal. Underarm bowling was illegal at the time, but this rule was left out for that competition only. Bodyline or leg theory had been used for quite some time. Jardin took it to its limit. LBW rules were a lot more strict. Only a straight ball would get LBW, any swing and the batsman would get the benefit of doubt. Umpires could have stopped it under the existing laws for intimidatory bowling. Both legal, but not in the spirit of the game.

[adamu328]

If you watch the original version the English players gave the Don three cheers as he arrived at the crease. A nice gesture that was not in the clip above.

[timtu22]

That was his last innings ever, not this particular innings. He scored more than one duck.