Barry Richards and Dennis Lillee vs Sunil Gavaskar and Fred Trueman

[DrWolverine]

1. Clive Lloyd dropped his spinners and had a four pronged pace attack with his job at stake after the devastating loss to Australia.

2. Michael Holding bowls four bouncers an over and a beamer in an over. He says the ball accidentally slipped from his ball. In the very next over, he proceeds to deliver another beamer and gives the lame excuse the ball slipped again.

Bouncers aren’t wrong.
Lloyd encouraged his pacers to bowl beamers.
Lloyd stooped very low to save his job.

 

[Johan]

"they did not aplaud for my shots waahhhhhhhhhh! they laughed at my shots waaaaaaaah"

– Sunil Gavaskar.

Jesus christ, that whole section is pathetic to read

 

[DrWolverine]

I'll be real here, the entire thing is overblown,

It wasn’t overblown at all. It was underplayed and completely forgotten.

Except for Sunny Days, barely anyone talks about it.

 

[DrWolverine]

"they did not aplaud for my shots waahhhhhhhhhh! they laughed at my shots waaaaaaaah"

– Sunil Gavaskar.

Jesus christ, that whole section is pathetic to read

There was a bloodthirsty mob, Michael Holding bowling beamers but that is the stuff you concentrate on.

 

[capt_Luffy]

There was a bloodthirsty mob, Michael Holding bowling beamers but that is the stuff you concentrate on.

Well, that part is objectively cringe though

 

[Johan]

There was a bloodthirsty mob, Michael Holding bowling beamers but that is the stuff you concentrate on.

If Holding bowled 2-3 Beamers that's not gonna kill anyone, if it was a "bloodthirsty mob" then Indian team wouldn't have left the stadium alive, what really happened is West Indies crowd acted like any crowd with strong pacemen from the time and Sunny found it unacceptable that they acted like Australians or English crowds would've.

 

[Johan]

It wasn’t overblown at all. It was underplayed and completely forgotten.

Except for Sunny Days, barely anyone talks about it.

Nobody cares brother, It was just tuesday for 1970s and 1980s Cricket.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Nobody cares brother, It was just tuesday for 1970s and 1980s Cricket.

I don't really think that's true. It was clearly seen as the start of WI Era.

 

[Johan]

I don't really think that's true. It was clearly seen as the start of WI Era.

That's wrong too, 1976 England was the start of the WI era.

 

[capt_Luffy]

That's wrong too, 1976 England was the start of the WI era.

That was the first match WI truly embraced going all out on pace. The Series was level going into that match with India chasing a record score just the match before. Even after all the bouncer barrages, retired hurts (Gaekwad top scored) and declaration at 6 down, India got pretty close to their 1st innings total.

 

[Johan]

That was the first match WI truly embraced going all out on pace. The Series was level going into that match with India chasing a record score just the match before. Even after all the bouncer barrages, retired hurts (Gaekwad top scored) and declaration at 6 down, India got pretty close to their 1st innings total.

Yeah but I prefer going by when Viv made the 232 and Greenidge came into his own.

 

[subshakerz]

I'll be real here, the entire thing is overblown, if the Indian bats can't handle what the English, Australian and Carribean bats regularly had to handle with each other, maybe they should start focusing on Golf.

But the others did whinge about it then too. Otherwise the laws wouldn't have been changed. And helmets wouldn't have been introduced.

 

[subshakerz]

If Holding bowled 2-3 Beamers that's not gonna kill anyone, if it was a "bloodthirsty mob" then Indian team wouldn't have left the stadium alive, what really happened is West Indies crowd acted like any crowd with strong pacemen from the time and Sunny found it unacceptable that they acted like Australians or English crowds would've.

If a crowd is actively saying kill kill then they deserve to be criticized.

 

[Johan]

If a crowd is actively saying kill kill then they deserve to be criticized.

not with racist comments and gestures.

 

[Johan]

But the others did whinge about it then too. Otherwise the laws wouldn't have been changed. And helmets wouldn't have been introduced.

bowlers got faster so those things were naturally coming.

 

[DrWolverine]

not with racist comments and gestures.

A crowd calling for killing is okay but a racist comment is not okay? There is something seriously wrong then.

 

[Johan]

A crowd calling for killing is okay but a racist comment is not okay? There is something seriously wrong then.

Yeah because that's just a random sports chant that no one actually means.

 

[subshakerz]

bowlers got faster so those things were naturally coming.

It wasn't just that. It was the sheer number of pacers and the aggressive tactics.

 

[Johan]

It wasn't just that. It was the sheer number of pacers and the aggressive tactics.

Yeah, fast bowlers finally hit 135kmph, and too many of them.

 

[capt_Luffy]

A crowd calling for killing is okay but a racist comment is not okay? There is something seriously wrong then.

A racist comment is never Okay.

Yeah because that's just a random sports chant that no one actually means.

It certainly wasn't a sports chant.