Andy Roberts clips

Andy Roberts, just about the most complete fast bowler of the 70s

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[tjdoss]

His action doesn't seem the greatest but truly at the moment of delivery he creates a lot of pace with a clean action. Thommo's action, to be frank was weird. Akhtar's action has a lot of criticism but he holds the record on number. There might be some tribal guy in some forest who can bowl a tad fater than Akhtar, but it's not on the books... So stop whining.

[vpadmana]

Hadlee was not even close to being the best. Most of his wickets came @ home and on seam-friendly pitches. One only has to look at his wickets in Asia and that'll tell the story as it is. Andy Roberts and the rest of the WI fab four (Holding, Marshall, Garner) were way better than any of the Aussies or Kiwis (Thomson & Hadlee inc.)

[ahmerahmer]

His slower ball is faster than what most bowlers fastest one is these days :)

[melglen1]

@vpadmana you arguement is not based on fact all these cricketers windies and aussies and kiwis you mention all took alot of wickets each and averaged mid to low 20s per wicket they were all great and played in successful teams in an era when most countries were competitive ( no bangladesh and zimbabwes to boost there records ). Hadlee was a fantastic bowler especially after the age of 30 , he also had no help from the other end like windies did to help add pressure.

[MrHistorian123]

That decision to give David Steele out lbw was a SHOCKER!! Far too high.

But Andy Roberts was a great bowler, and a perfect foil for Michael Holding and the late Malcolm Marshall.

[theeviltwaz]

Would love to see clips of Wayne Daniel and Sylvester Clarke - they were probably the fastest of all the WI fast bowlers.

[OjoOro]

@NotAGooner even so, he bowl was very quick, and bounced very high and dramatically. He once cracked a man's head open with his bowl, and took 4 of Ian Botham's teeth.

[NotAGooner]

Not as fast as Charlie Griffith or Wes Hall ;-)

[MrAndyroberts1]

@1137moiz that is not true Lille was great on all wickets and please do not give me an example of the Pak tour of 1979 !

[MrAndyroberts1]

@vpadmana True but understand that on those Aussie and Kiwi wickets Hadllee was better than any and that must count for something. Even Akhtar was not that effective in Aus like thommo or Lille were - as an example

[MrAndyroberts1]

@tjdoss There might be some tribal guy .....A "tribal guy" might have the talent but that is not enough - you need to have the right temperament to put in extreme effort on a consistent basis to bowl and train how to bowl and than actually full fill that talent that you think you have. What I mean is: the fastest bowlers are the ones that HAVE bowled the fastest (thommo, Akhtar etc ) not someone who MIGHT have or could have etc etc - they do not count even if they exist.

[narendrahshah]

Rabbart....as Loin Ajit would have called him........is one of my most fav. West Indian fast bowler. The pioneer and main bowler responsible for the domination of the West Indies in Mid 70s upto mid 90s and for the demolition of oppositions with effortless ease. In spite of being a frontline bowler, was kept out due to injury/Kerry Packer era as well as at a later stage due to emergence of Malcolm Marshall and a few others. He decided to retire after he was not picked up for the 1984 tour of Eng