Dennis Lillee and Viv Richards - Boxing Day 1981

The Great Man and the Master Blaster. Tony Grieg and Bay 13 go berserk. One of the finest moments of the Golden Age.

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• 1981

[SPOOKSTR]

Those were the days when cricket was worth watching..Lilliee, Richards, Thommo, Big Bird, Lloyd, Roberts, Pascoe, and even good old Dilip Doshi (couldn't catch a cold to save his life)....these days, i haven't got a clue who's who on account of them ALL boring me to death.

[murkygreen]

@SPOOKSTR correction. not for birds.. its for worms... and maggots. Cricket of old was the real thing. This so called modern game is a travesty, an insult.. a desecration.....

Live long and prosper !

[SPOOKSTR]

@WhatElseExceptNature

Your comment is right up there with the dumbest I've ever read on Youtube...and thats really saying something.

[WhatElseExceptNature]

@SPOOKSTR @murkygreen .. few examples of PACY and SWINGING bowlers.

So stop comparing you fools. I bet you two havent played any real cricket whatsover, have failed to respect modern cricket, havent even watched it, and are just in a old, old bubble of "old" cricket, at a time when cricket, sadly, was at one of its lowest points.

[WhatElseExceptNature]

@SPOOKSTR @murkygreen Ignorant bastards. Thats the most ignorant comments ever. You can't just dismiss modern cricket. Each ERA has its greats and downs. For example, the old era had NO DRS, fast bowlers the speed of now spinners - no speed whatsover, etc.

For example, Lilliee compared to NZ fast bowler Shane Bond shows Lilliee is NOTHING. He had no PACE. Its mainly about PACE. Anyone can hit a swinging delivery at a speed of 125 kph.

Brett Lee, Steyn, Philander, or Yadav just a few egs.

[thornwivans]

In the worlds fastest bowler competition imran finished second to Thompson

[SLICKR392]

Lillee runs for 3 days and then bowls.

[StinkyKnobcheese]

I remember going to see Aus vs the Windies at VFL park. Windies needed a 6 off the last ball to win. Mick Malone was bowling. Big Joel Garner smashed it for a six. You simply don't get the level of excitement or skill of players nowadays.

When Viv walked out the excitement was palpable. The best batsman in the world against the best bowler in the world. Just everything about ODIs was better in those days.

[LiamE69]

@masterblaster234 They were measuring average speed down to the other end though. Release speed is what is always quoted today and that is always higher. Thommo has his release speed measured twice, once in 75 and again in 76. Both times he was clocked over 160kph, or about 8mph faster than the wicket to wicket average in 79. A similar differences between release and average speeds puts the others in the 90's.

And yes i have seen the film, it was in a net.

[truespyfan]

@SPOOKSTR sadly I agree.. The problem is that its a business now, not a sport.. :(

The other issue is as others have said, who can trust any result these days with the paki's etc .... its turned into rubbish like soccer.

[CharbTurbo]

cricket is so rigged/fixed/set up!

its all about money and getting the crowds in. as it is still now.

[cardigan3000]

@rangy8888 i dont disagree with the point but htf does rodney hogg get in that list?