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  • ‘If bouncers were attempted at this pace to Viv Richards or Greenidge, you would be …’ Michael Holding on Ashes Test

    With each Australia and England adopting a bouncer-barrage within the Lord’s Test at instances for hours collectively, mockingly triggered by an harm to a spinner, it has kicked up the age-old query that when haunted cricket and for which guidelines had been modified twice: Does bowling bouncers persistently makes for tedious watching, with over-rates struggling as effectively, or does it make for an exhilarating contest that assessments the batsmen? First, in 1933 the legal guidelines had been amended to permit umpires to step in to cease intimidatory bowling after which in 1994, they lower down the variety of bouncers (outlined as above shoulder peak) to 2 per over.

    Around Saturday midday in London, when England began to repeat Australia’s technique of bumper assault, Australia’s former captain Mark Taylor puzzled if the umpires ought to begin stepping into act, no-balling the bouncers.

    “If a batsman doesn’t play a shot, how many bouncers can you bowl in an over? If both teams continue this bumper tactic – and they will for the rest of the series, what will happen? The laws of the game were changed in the early 90s to one bouncer a game; it became 2 bouncers in the mid-90s. But the old law of intimidatory bowling still exists. If the umpire feels it, he can still call it. It will be the same when Australia bowl it. If you keep bowling the same length, even if it’s not about shoulder high, it’s still intimidation. It’s going to put a lot of pressure on the umpires, who can say, I am going to call it ‘no-ball’,” Taylor stated.

    YES BROADY! 👊 #EnglandCricket | #Ashes pic.twitter.com/pfKTA1apUU

    — England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 1, 2023

    Former England captain Andrew Strauss felt whereas the tactic was “legal” and “effective”, it was tedious to look at. “I don’t like watching it. I find it somewhat tedious. A bit predictable. You know where the ball is going to be before he bowls the ball, where the fielders are. You are just seeing what the batsman is going to do. It’s a bit two-dimensional to me. But that does not mean it’s not effective. Nothing wrong with their approach; anything that works, you should give it a go,” Strauss stated.

    Mark Taylor would discuss the way it was a bit just like the 70s and 80s in the course of the heyday of West Indian pacers. “You could battle through an hour (against bouncer-barrage) and have just 15 runs. The rules were then changed.”

    Speaking to The Indian Express, Michael Holding, a key quick bowler in that West Indian staff and one of many quickest bowlers in cricketing historical past, has a special tackle the difficulty.

    Another quick ball.
    Another wicket!

    YES LADS! 🔥 #EnglandCricket | #Ashes pic.twitter.com/xj5wHLzJ6I

    — England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 1, 2023

    “I can see both sides of the argument. Yes, it works but it can also be a bit boring. But essentially what they are doing is trying to find a way to win a Test match. As far as I am concerned it’s legal and not against the spirit of the game, I don’t have any foibles with it. Don’t interfere with more rule changes,” Holding instructed The Indian Express. “And by the way, at no stage in my West Indies career, did we bowl bouncers for hours like this. At one point in this Lord’s Test, 98% of the bowling was short-pitched. We never did that. The hypocrisy of it stands out. When West Indies were bowling with four fast bowlers, and bouncing out the batsmen, the cricketing world was up in arms. You think there is going to be any real uproar about this tactic now? I doubt it. It’s England and Australia playing; not the West Indies.”

    Is it intimidatory bowling? “What? With 70mph-plus mickey mouse pace bowling like England did? No way it’s intimidatory!” Holding says. “And that’s why they got the shoulder height and all into it. They also have the fielding rule where you can’t have more than 2 fielders behind the stumps on the leg side. And if you are going to allow the umpires to step in, with balls below shoulder height also, then it’s an extremely dicey way. It will come down to the subjectivity of the umpires, and that is never a good thing. Cricket shouldn’t go that route”.

    The plan works!

    Cameron Green takes on the quick ball and is caught within the deep 🙌 #EnglandCricket | #Ashes pic.twitter.com/jplgdOhYjv

    — England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 1, 2023

    “You can’t call this intimidating bowling. Perhaps, you can say ‘negative’ bowling. But whatever works to win a Test match.”

    Holding believes the tactic was profitable due to the standard of the batting on show. “Some of the batting wasn’t really bright. Let me put it this way. If this bowling was attempted at this pace to Viv Richards, Gordon Greenidge or Desmond Haynes, you would be picking the ball off the stands! Not just them, I can think of many a batsman who would have told the umpires trying to step in, ‘Oh don’t stop them, let them bowl more short stuff’.”

    🤩 Another wicket… and it is a massive one!

    Steve Smith departs for 3️⃣4️⃣#EnglandCricket | #Ashes pic.twitter.com/E6j6qENQR6

    — England Cricket (@englandcricket) July 1, 2023

    Holding additionally took a slight dig at England’s batting techniques within the first innings. “When you don’t have the ability to hook pacy balls and when there are fielders at the boundary, then you have to take the call. That’s not entertaining or attacking cricket to get out like that. And if over-using the bouncers was tedious, then what happened to the entertaining brand of cricket that you said you will play?! I know and understand why they did it of course. They were desperate to win the game and changed when it suited them, bowling 98% of short-pitched stuff. That’s fine, then don’t talk about entertaining the fans,” Holding stated.

  • 1983 World Cup triumph: How Mohinder Amarnath’s all-round efficiency modified the ultimate for India

    By India Today Sports Desk: It has been 40 years since one of many best underdog tales within the historical past of sports activities had a fairytale ending with India defeating the mighty West Indies facet to win the 1983 Prudential World Cup on the iconic Lord’s stadium.

    The picture of Kapil Dev with the title actually impressed tens of millions within the nation, however there was one man who actually modified the complexion of the sport along with his defiant batting and noteworthy bowling efficiency.

    Mohinder Amarnath got here in clutch for India in the course of the essential video games for India throughout the complete match, along with his performances within the semi-final and ultimate being a part of Indian cricket folklore in the mean time.

    The Indian all-rounder delivered a powerful bowling efficiency of two/27 in 12 overs after which adopted this up with a significant knock of 46 in opposition to England to assist his staff attain the ultimate of the World Cup for the very first time.

    However, he saved his finest efficiency for the ultimate, when India wanted somebody to step up on twenty fifth June 1983. The Indian staff had misplaced each Sunil Gavaskar and Kris Srikkanth with the rating at 59 for 2 and wanted somebody to maintain the West Indies bowlers from making additional inroads into the batting lineup.

    Amarnath stepped up with a affected person and defiant knock of 26 from 80 balls and batted for almost 108 minutes to get India near the 100-run mark. His wicket would open the floodgates for West Indies as they might bundle out India for 183 within the ultimate.

    The Indian bowling had their job reduce for them in opposition to the mighty batting lineup of the West Indies facet, which had the likes of Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Clive Lloyd and Sir Vivian Richards ready to go at it.

    Madan Lal would wreck the highest order with Kapil’s beautiful catch accounting for Richards’ wicket in addition to India had been on prime and had the West Indies six for 76 at one level. This is when Jeff Dujon and Malcolm Marshall began to point out some resilience and began to chip away the runs.

    The duo helped West Indies go previous the 100-run mark and so they had been 119 for six when the ball was given to Amarnath to do his magic. The Indian all-rounder delivered and castled Dujon and, 5 runs later, additionally obtained the wicket of Marshall to assist India inch nearer to victory.

    After Kapil had trapped Andy Roberts in entrance of the stumps, the ball was as soon as once more within the arms of Amarnath with Michael Holding on the batting finish. The supply from the legend would entice Holding plumb in entrance of the wickets and the umpire had no hesitation to provide the choice as out.

    What adopted was scenes of jubiliation because the followers stormed the Lord’s cricket floor, with their heroes working in pleasure in direction of the pavilion. Amarnath was rightfully adjudged the Player of The Match as his spell of three/12 in seven overs and the defiant knock with the bat had been the important thing components on the day of the ultimate as India lifted their first World Cup title.

  • Ambrose is as a lot an achiever as Gayle and entitled to his opinion: Sir Viv Richards

    Curtly Ambrose is an achiever who has earned his stripes to have an opinion of his personal which somebody like Chris Gayle should study to “respect” even when it’s not in his favour, stated iconic Sir Vivian Richards.
    Ambrose, a recognized critic of the ‘Universe Boss’, had advised a radio channel within the Caribbean that Gayle shouldn’t be “an automatic choice” within the West Indies enjoying eleven for the T20 World Cup as he has little or no efficiency to point out even in franchise cricket for the previous 18 months.
    To this Gayle had lashed out on Ambrose, saying the previous quick bowler of late 80’s and 90’s was a “negative person” for whom he had “no respect”.
    Richards, who had been Ambrose’s first worldwide captain, got here to his former tempo spearhead’s defence.
    “It’s Curly’s honest opinion and he’s entitled to that and he is just as much as an achiever as Chris Gayle at the highest level,” Richards advised ‘Daily Observer’.
    “So when you hear it’s coming from an individual who would have also been an achiever and being a legend in the department of the sport we would have represented, you must have respect for that too.”
    Richards urged Gayle to take Ambrose’s criticisms positively as he may simply not be the one one taking a dig at his present type.
    “If I was Chris, the best positive way I would look at it would be to set my mind on what I would like to accomplish because it is just not Curtly because there are so many folks who would have had their criticisms about Gayle,” added Richards.
    Ambrose had stated: “For me, Gayle is definitely not an automatic choice for starting. When you look at his exploits over the last 18 months, he has struggled not only for the West Indies, but other T20 franchises. The few home series we played, he hasn’t had any scores of significance.”
    Gayle had an indignant repartee on the former tempo bowling nice, stating that he now not seems as much as him in respect like he did in earlier instances.
    “When I simply joined the workforce, I regarded as much as this man (Ambrose). But I’m now talking from my coronary heart. I don’t know what, since he retired, what he had in opposition to Chris Gayle. Those unfavourable issues he has been saying inside the press, I don’t know if he’s on the lookout for consideration, however he’s getting the eye.
    “So, I am just giving back the attention which he requires and which he needs. I can tell you personally, and you can let him know that Chris Gayle, the Universe Boss, have no respect for Curtly Ambrose whatsoever.”
    Gayle had a poor season for Punjab Kings within the IPL and may discover it onerous to get any patrons within the large public sale subsequent 12 months.

  • This day in 1984: The best ODI innings ever

    Saying a sure piece of batting or bowling or fielding ever seen is a difficult enterprise. There will at all times be room for dialogue, debate and dissent, a few of it supremely heated. There will likely be those that will hark again to older performances, those that will insist that newer gamers are higher and a number of other who will fluctuate between these two extremes. But full settlement or virtually full settlement is a rarity.
    One of those rarities is in the case of speaking of the best batting efficiency by a participant in a in the future worldwide. There are many candidates – Javed Miandad’s superb innings towards India at Sharjah in 1986, these double centuries by Sehwag and Rohit Sharma (that 264 absolutely?), Tendulkar’s magnificent hand towards Australia in 2009 (or that manic knock towards Pakistan within the 2003 World Cup), Bevan’s loopy innings that received a misplaced trigger for Australia towards England within the 2003 World Cup, that incredible rescue act by Kapil Dev at Tunbridge Wells in 1983…
    Mention Vivian Richards at Old Trafford on 31 May, 1984, nevertheless, and a respectful hush will descend. Yes, some will contend that there have been higher innings performed, however the conviction would have gone.
    It was that kind of knock.

    A really troubled begin
    It was not a vivid day at Manchester, however West Indies skipper Clive Lloyd received the toss and nonetheless elected to bat, just a little uncommon given his basic choice to bowl first. Although his crew had been shocked within the World Cup closing virtually a 12 months in the past by India, not too many doubted the West Indies’ fame as being merely one of the best crew on this planet by far in each format of the sport. They began each match as favourites, and this one was no completely different, with England nonetheless not having discovered enough replacements for the gamers they misplaced to the Rebel tour to 1982 (the likes of Gooch, Emburey and Willey had been banned till 1985).
    Within a short while, nevertheless, the unofficial world champions discovered themselves in massive bother. Haynes and Greenidge had a mixture up which resulted in Haynes being run out within the second over for 1, with the rating on 5. Greenidge didn’t final lengthy both and was caught behind off Botham for 9. 11 for two, and Viv Richards, the person thought-about by many to be one of the best batsman on this planet (though supporters of Sunil Gavaskar and Greg Chappell would grumble about that) , ambled out to bat, becoming a member of the person who pundits had predicted may very well be his inheritor obvious, Richie Richardson.
    Batting appeared to get just a little simpler with Richards at crease. “King Viv” appeared in a very good temper, extending a foot down the observe and whipping Botham for 4 by means of the leg aspect, a stroke of mastery that left even the bowler smiling.

    31 May 1984 noticed Viv Richards smash England with 189 within the 1st ODI v England @ Old Trafford. In at this time’s world of herculean strike charges, 189 is a tremendous rating. This places into context this innings when common strike charges had been a world away & the place crew totals hardly ever topped 280! pic.twitter.com/UJTNOYFlrJ
    — Dan Redford (@danredford70) May 30, 2021
    “It’s really Richards v England”
    But Richards’ colleagues gave the impression to be batting on a completely completely different floor. Richardson was by no means snug and was dismissed for six, with the rating on 43. Gomes hung round for some time however performed 15 dot balls and hit a solitary boundary earlier than being bowled by Geoff Miller. This theme of “Viv batting effortlessly, the others batting fitfully” was repeated with Lloyd on the crease. The usually asserted tall West Indian skipper was on house turf (he performed for Lancashire, whose floor this was) however appeared out of types, enjoying and lacking a bit. Richards in the meantime continued to chop and pull at will mentioning his fifty off 59 deliveries.
    He nevertheless, appeared in peril of operating out of companions. A scratchy Lloyd was eliminated by Miller for 8, holing out to the sq. leg boundary. 89-5. And that turned 98 for six when Jeff Dujon went first ball to the identical bowler in his subsequent over, trying a sweep. And when Malcolm Marshall was run out brilliantly by David Bairstow (Jonny’s father!) attempting a suicidal single, West Indies had been 102-7 in 25.3 overs. Richards was batting on 65, however the scores of the seven batsmen dismissed had been a telephone quantity – 9,1,6,8,0,4.
    “It is really Richards v England,” a commentator remarked, whilst one other stated that Richards would have a very good likelihood of being the person of the match, if he might get in some overs in addition to the wicket was aiding spinners. Both had been proper, though neither actually might have predicted what was about to occur.
    Eldine Baptiste, who might bat a good bit (he was talked about as an all-rounder within the crew sheet), got here in subsequent. And the subsequent hour or so was the closest that the West Indies got here to normalcy with each gamers mixing assault with defence and taking the rating forward, after which accelerating steadily. But with the rating at 161, Gower obtained Botham again into the assault and he induced an edge from Baptiste with a shocking leg cutter. Bairstow made no mistake. Baptiste was gone for 26 and West Indies had been 161-8. Five runs later, Garner was again within the pavilion, enjoying one again to Neil Foster who held on to the catch. 166-9 in 40.3 overs, and as this was a time when ODIs in England had been 55 overs per innings, there have been nonetheless 14.3 overs to go.

    🌴🏏 #OnThisDay in 1984: Viv Richards went to Old Trafford and obtained 189 runs in 170 deliveries towards England, with many contemplating it to be among the finest ODI innings ever…#ENGvNZ | @windiescricket pic.twitter.com/54m3fOqqW5
    — The Sportsman (@TheSportsman) May 31, 2021
    The final wicket tango – Holding the fort with Michael!
    Richards was on 96, and when Michael Holding ambled out to bat, not as elegantly as he used to run in to bowl, the one factor of curiosity gave the impression to be whether or not Richards would get his hundred. Holding scurried a single to get him on strike. Richards took a pair after which a single off the final supply to remain on strike for the subsequent over after which flicked Botham nonchalantly for a 4 to carry up his hundred. It had taken him 112 deliveries (very quick in these days when bouncers had been allowed and there have been no area restrictions), and he had contributed 103 out of a rating of 173-9.
    It had been an distinctive innings. And as the gang rose to applaud, Richards appeared to hit some psychological gear which moved the innings from being excellent to downright, unbelievingly superior.
    For the subsequent hour or so, England didn’t know what had hit them. For if Richards had been batting briskly earlier than, he now exploded. Holding obtained a streaky boundary, edging Botham between Bairstow and first slip, however that was as shut as England get to ending the innings as Richards lower unfastened. Stepping exterior the leg stump to a supply pitched on leg, he clubbed Foster for 4 over mid off. Pringle was flicked contemptuously for six after which it was Foster’s likelihood to get smashed over his head into the fence. The younger English tempo bowler tried to retaliate with a bouncer and was hooked effortlessly for 4 to carry up the 200 within the forty fourth over. As he stood scratching in disbelief, Foster summed up the despair of the English crew – how did you bowl to Vivan Richards on this kind of temper! This was not slogging or determined hitting however powerfully exact batting by a person who gave the impression to be within the temper for mayhem.
    Another couple of sixes took him previous his 150 in a mere 147 balls within the forty ninth over. West Indies had been 229-9. The final wicket had to date added 56 runs, of which Holding had made 5. But it was not over but. Richards shifted yet one more degree now, and even Bob Willis took his share of a hammering because the West Indian legend lower unfastened. It rained boundaries, and such was the change within the temper, that even Michael Holding walked down the observe to hit Willis for 4.
    Kapil Dev’s document of the very best scored in ODIs was duly overtaken within the 54th over, and the final over started with Richards batting on 177 out of 260-9. He belted three extra boundaries, together with one off the final supply from Botham to finish the innings.

    #OTD in 1984, Viv Richards rescued his crew from 166-9 to 272-9 within the first recreation of the Texaco Trophy towards England, scoring one in all his finest knocks -189 off 170 balls (21 fours and 5 sixes).
    Only one different batsman from the crew (Eldine Baptiste) might attain double figures pic.twitter.com/0uYpHeG59H
    — Wisden India (@WisdenIndia) May 31, 2021
    A monumental effort from King Viv
    A bit greater than an hour in the past, the West Indies had been 166-9. They had completed on 272 for 9. Viv Richards and Michael Holding had added 106 runs for the final wicket in 87 deliveries -0 the primary time there had a century stand for the final wicker in ODs. Of these 106 runs, Holding had contributed 12. Such had been Richards’ mastery and rotation of the strike that the final West Indian batsman had needed to face solely 27 of the 87 deliveries bowled throughout his time on the crease. Richards had confronted the opposite 60, and brought 93 runs off them!
    Against an assault comprising two bowlers (Willis and Botham) who had been amongst the profitable in English cricket historical past, on a wicket the place solely two different batsmen had obtained into double figures, and the second highest rating was 26, Isaac Vivan Alexander Richards had plundered 189 not out. He had confronted 170 deliveries in all, hit 21 fours and 5 sixes.
    He had contributed a staggering 69.48 per cent of the runs scored by his crew, which stays to today the very best contribution made by a single participant in share phrases to a crew’s whole in a accomplished ODI innings – Rohit Sharma’s 264 towards Sri Lanka was out of a complete of 404 and contributed 65.3 per cent, only for context.
    What makes the innings unbelievable to today is that Richards scored these runs on a wicket that was not “flat” by any description and towards an assault that was well-suited to the situations. Willis, Botham, Foster, Pringle and Miller weren’t precisely pushovers and in any case, had lowered the remainder of the West Indies batting line as much as a shambles. In reality, take away Richards’ rating and the West Indies would have been 83-8 off 18.2 overs, with ten of these runs coming from extras.
    The West Indies would go on to win the match, and naturally, the Test collection that adopted 5-0, however for a lot of, essentially the most memorable second of that English summer season was Viv Richards batting at Old Trafford on 31 May, 1984.
    There have been many nice innings in ODI cricket. But there are unlikely to have been higher ones. They didn’t name him “King Viv” for nothing.

  • Masaba Gupta’s Throwback Pic With Parents Neena Gupta – Viv Richards is Unmissable: ‘My World, My Blood’

    Ace designer, mannequin and Bollywood actor Masaba Gupta is among the most beloved icons on Instagram. She by no means misses an opportunity to indicate her cool and quirky avatar to her followers. Having grown up a dark-skinned woman, she knew that pores and skin color wasn’t one thing to obsess over or try and right. Recently, she flaunted her unknown and fascinating truth to the world on how her household is unfold around the globe. In an Instagra publish she wrote: When I’m requested who I’m or who I wish to be, I by no means actually have a solution. My Grandfather was from Benaras, my mom is from Old Delhi. My great-grandmother, from Lahore. And my father from the Caribbean. But I’ve my eyes on the world. Then how can I be only one factor?”. Also Read – Deepika Padukone Twerks And ‘Werk It Up’ in a Quirky Tracksuit Worth Rs 15K- WATCH In one other publish, Masaba shared her childhood picture together with her mother and father Neena Gupta – Viv Richards, former West Indies ace cricketer. She shared the attractive household image with an equally heartwarming message “My world. My blood.” In the pic, Masaba is seen mendacity on the lap of Neena whereas her mother and father look on. It’s a recognized truth to many who Masaba is the daughter of veteran actor Neena Gupta and legendary cricketer, Viv Richards. Also Read – Scared Neena Gupta Shouts ‘Mummyyy’ as She Gets COVID-19 Vaccine Shot- Video Goes Viral Masaba Gupta was the love baby of actress Neena Gupta and former cricketer Vivian Richards, who had been courting within the Nineteen Eighties. However, the 2 by no means tied the knot, which gave folks sufficient cause to troll them, however the ace dressmaker has all the time been capable of give it again to her disparagers. Today, whereas Viv Richards is married to Miriam, Neena Gupta is now married to chartered accountant Vivek Mehra. However, the 2 stay to be excellent pals.

    Last 12 months, Masaba and her mom appeared in a biographical Netflix sequence named ‘Masaba Masaba’ through which they performed themselves. It revolved round Masaba’s profession as a dressmaker, her love life and household equations. It launched on Netflix on August 28, 2020.

  • India is spin land, you must put together beforehand, says Viv Richards on pitch controversy

    Image Source : GETTY IMAGES File picture of Sir Vivian Richards.
    The cricket world divided over the rank turner of pitches at ongoing India vs England Test collection, which noticed the hosts rally to an unassailable 2-1 lead after dropping the primary Test in Chennai.
    The corresponding two Tests in Chennai and Ahmedabad respectively noticed England failed to attain greater than 165 over 4 innings with Virat Kohli & Co. exploiting the Poms age-old weak point in opposition to spinners by taking part in three spinners.
    While a lot of the English cricket specialists and former specialists have vehemently criticised the Indian pitches, particularly the newly-refurbished Motera floor, which could not host a Test match for greater than two days, specialists from the remainder of the world have largely felt that wickets in India aren’t any shock.

    And the brand new entrant within the record is none aside from West Indies nice Sir Vivian Richards, who felt the moaning and groaning over the pitches must cease because the notion concerning the ball being solely pacer-friendly in Test want to vary.
    “I’ve been asked questions recently about the Test match that was played in India… the second and third Test match against England. And I am a little confused about the question really because there seems to be a lot of moaning and groaning about the wicket that they were playing on. I just felt that the ones who are moaning, in my opinion, should realise that there are times that you’re going to get a seaming track, a ball that is basically jumping off a good length and everyone thinks that’s a problem for batters. There are times batters sometimes cope with that,” Richards mentioned in a video posted on his Facebook web page
    He additional criticised English batsmen for not making ready beforehand for the Indian situations, which has been traditionally spin-friendly.
    “But now you’ve seen the other side, and this is why I think it was given the name Test match cricket, because of the test of the mind and will and everything else that goes with it when you’re competing. And the complaints have been that the wicket is spinning too much and all that sorts of stuff. This is another side of the coin guys. People seem to forget that if you’re going to India, you should expect that. You are going to spin land. You should basically prepare yourself to know what you’re going to encounter,” he mentioned.