AUSTRALIA vs WEST INDIES, 1988/1989 WSC 3rd FINAL, WI INN

[roygbiv6010]

what a genius viv was.... funny that him and haynes ran off the ground without shaking hands with the aussies.... when an aussie team did that to india at the scg, the poor lil indians threw their toys outta the pram... ;)

[MegaWildside]

At 1:34, poor duckling

[RohRohToday]

That's some aggressive booing.

[shtokich]

Viv never wore 1 of those pussy helmets..even after all da bitches started 2.

All hail the Master Blaster !!

[MegaWildside]

What i love about cricket, bewing out for a duck, like on 1:34

[shj346]

Oh look at the strike rate of 150, (60 off 40 balls) and that too in the age of slow cricket when most of the players had S/R in 50s or 60s.

Really, King Richards was a person before his time...!!!

[mazizfan]

macdermott was bowling superbly after a long time in that wsc. where was he in the finals????

[ssjumbo2]

See that six of O Donnel at 4:00. Pause at 4:05 and you will notice the ball has left the bowler's hand and Viv hasn't moved at all. After that he moves and hits it over cover. Anyone else would have made a predetermined move to play this shot. Only the king can decide that late to hit it over cover for six. In current players, see Jayawardane who lives on this shot moves a lot early to play this. The KING !!!

[WorldSacred]

Was going to say that the Duckworth/Lewis system might have made things a bit more interesting. Yet Viv would have done that score too.

[bongo155]

Still remember this game. I was a kid and pretty devastated that West Indies got such a hollow win when Australia were the better one day team. But it was this match that started the ball rolling on changing rain shortened matches.

[murthyrh]

I wish T20 cricket existed at that time......VIV would have been the GOD of that too.

[donkiller88]

THIS WAS THE LAST INNINGS VIV RICHARDS PLAYED IN AUSTRALIA, HE WAS THE MOST DOMINANT BATSMAN IN WORLD SERIES FROM REST, WHAT A WAY TO FINISH HIS WORLD SERIES CAREER!!!

[wha65]

Australia were terribly unlucky in this game. They scored 225 off 38 overs, at a

run rate of nearly 6 an over. The rain came and the Windies only had a short

chase under the old system, that heavily favoured the team batting last.

[damo24now]

ain and viv won this match

[natydredloc]

crushing victory 4 the wild windies !!!

[buddhaboony]

The rain handed it on a platter to the West Indies and that's all i have to say about that

[aiser009]

is there the australia innings

[BoldBenHall]

Also at the end - Richie is reading the scores, and Alderman got 2 for 22.

[BoldBenHall]

Viv. Forget you Sachin and Ponting. Viv is the King. Having said that, I grew up watching this. The Windies can send whatever local subdistricts strenght team they can fenagle. I can't wait to watch us devour them.

[mookmeister30]

Viv's got presence for sure!

[whatsmylogin]

Pity this match was wrecked by rain. great batting by both sides. (How often do you see two cover drives for 6 in one match?)

[dboy0189]

viv was real king of cricket my all time fav player

[Sanath340]

Can someone upload some of Gordon Grennidge's best innings??

[mickpara]

Australia must have been so confident they would win.Why would'nt they they were going great with a good total to defend with 2 early wickets .Then Viv came in and took it all away... EFFORTLESLY!

[oOMACHINAOo]

Truely the Master Blaster.

[thegrar]

Viv Viv Viv.

[cam230723]

dean jones and viv richards-gee they were legends-cheers for posting

[uralwin]

i never seen a player like him, i will have his name for my child if it would be a babyboy

[carntspell]

even a baby girl could grow up as Viv Richards.

[unknownlankan]

why can't west indies produce such players like these guys?.....

[Shahriarsajib]

yaah ,where they have gone now!

[carntspell]

Who knows? No more money to develop cricket? The more talented athletes gone to the US for baseball or whatever.

[whatsmylogin]

Viv's six over cover just after 4 minutes seems almost impossible. He's one of the greatest shot players ever.

[acemaster786]

I wish we had satellite  television in those days. Then only we could have been truly entertained by the great Sir Vivian Richards

[haseeb66]

what a shots...amazing...i wish viv never retired..

[shani3333]

there is no one like sir vivian richards,he is the best player world cricket have ever seen.much much better than all the greats of today even he was better than sir don.

[harris211279]

i agree...we saw viv here in england my god he is the real deal my dad isfrom australia and in the 70's and 80's the australia fear him...