Ashish Bagade, yes, you are right. Though I admire Steve Waugh, his observations may always not be right. Steven Waugh said Virender Sehwag will never last long in international cricket. But, the entire cricketing world set fielding pattern almost the same for all batsman except Virender Sehwag. He terrorised all international bowlers.
I concur with Mr Waugh. Having played county cricket with Devon Malcolm for many years in the 90s, Dev was serious quick and unpredictable at times. As a batsman (and part time wicketkeeper) I faced Dev in the nets and kept wicket to him in many FC matches. He bowled with serious heat sometimes, and some other times it did not quite click for him. However, he was a good team man and a gentleman!
@@jashansingh88 problem was he was very expensive on his bad days, which happened much more often than his good. I liked him though, we didn't have much else in the way of pace back then, Syd Lawrence maybe, but he had a really bad knee injury.
One of the most mismanaged players of his generation. I watched him in his final season of County cricket and he was the quickest on either team he must have been lightning in his prime.
He was treated abysmally by England and mainly Raymond illingworth and wasted His 9-57 against South Africa is one of the best sustained and aggressive spells of fast bowling ever
I think alot of players back then was aswell no consistency in the selection especially with the talent England had like Graeme Hick,John Crawley,Mark Ramprakash,Phil Tufnell,Devon Malcolm etc etc if they had played now they would be up with the best.
It's almost a grand tradition of English cricket to mismanage players, especially pace bowlers. They did the same thing with John Snow twenty years earlier.
Ray Illingworth was the worst selector ever...Under him the English team were perennial under performers and he kept changing players ..never really persisted with players giving them chance to settle down
AND Devon is a lovely man. He replied to every letter of congratulations he received when he first played for England. I know cos I got one when I played club cricket in Derbyshire and our captain knew him....
Interestingly Ian Chappell used to say the same thing about John Snow. The Aussies never understood why John Snow was not a regular in the England team. Leading wicket taker in the West Indies in 1968 and the Ashes winning tour of Australia in 70/71. Think of that, an English fast bowler who was the highest wicket taker on two overseas tours against two great cricketing nations. Between 1968 to 1972, John Snow was the finest fast bowler in the world. Dennis Lillee and Andy Roberts came after in 1972/3. Mike Procter could only impress and show his greatness at Gloucestershire. So yeah for 3 to 4 years John Snow was a truly great fast bowler, an Englishman, who was not trusted by the cricketing establishment in this country. Have a look at John Snow on TH-cam bowling at Sydney for England v Australia in 1971. Snow took 7 wickets in the innings. Brilliant.
Mike Selvey would've won dozens more caps had he not looked like the several photo-fits of the Yorkshire Ripper that were circulating during the mid-70s. He could easily have shaved his beard off, but obviously a man of principle (Selvey I mean, not the Ripper).
A great bowler, and his languid style was an absolute joy to watch; my three favourite bowlers would be John Snow, Dennis Lillee and Michael Holding - all different, but all great bowlers. Unfortunately for Snow, he was a bit of a maverick, and England selectors are so insecure and short-sighted they won't put up with anything outside the norm - they just want malleable 'establishment men', and then you can join their club and have a job for life.....
In contrast to Dev, Snowy was I think harshly treated by England selectors. He was a world class fast bowler and a match winner, but maybe suffered from being a bit of an awkward character that not everyone in England cricket could deal with. I would have had him in any England team of the era.
Had Devon got support like Archer and Jordan then would have been an great bowler. In short that required support from ECB and in return ECB didn't utilized him.
Very true, if Eng had an all rounder of the quality of Flintoff or Stokes in Dev's day he would have played more I think. I support Derbyshire and was a huge fan when younger. Also had pleasure of meeting him once, lovely fella.
@@chiragpatel1097 Guess who they had to replace Larsen??...Another medium pacer replica in Scott Styris...though Scotty was very efficient with the bat.
What a brillaint assesment by Steve Waugh. No wonder he is one of the all time great Captains. I mean watching the wickets itself gives you an idea what kind of a talent Devon was and how England wrecked a raw talent.
The vision great Steve Waugh had for match winner bowlers and batters was top class. What a great thinking ability of sport & progressive temperament in life he had ! Brilliant Personality ! Rahul Dravid, You have a company. Champion Stuff !
His first innings spell against Australia at the Oval in 93 was as quick as I've watched live and I've seen Akhtar, Lee, Tate etc. Shame there seems to be no footage of it
On his day, he was scary. Great action, great speed, but inconsistent. Waugh's right here, it's that unpredictability that unsettles batsmen, especially at 150kph. He went for the kill. It didn't always come off, but he had a fire in him that hasn't really been matched since for England.
Who cares if yr inconsistent...Thommo and Shaun Tait are legends in Australia...they destroyed batting line ups in their prime. Fear factor helps every other bowler in the team get wickets.
@@thornwivans I don't disagree. He was the kind of bowler that England has been lacking for a long time, although Jofra Archer came close before his horrible run of injuries.
@@pat1589 Agreed, I was surprised by the claim that he had a great action. A lot of his problems came from the fact that he just ran in and whanged it down and did not have a clue where it was going, it was just a big sweep of that right arm and hope for the best. When it worked he was great, but much more often he was letting them loose all over the place and was a danger to his own slip fielders rather than the batsman.
Devon only played 40 tests which is appalling mismanagement.............he should have been told "just give us 5 over spells of your fastest most hostile bowling and you'll play in EVERY Test!" Criminally treated.
He was the first Test bowler I saw live. I was mesmerised. I thought “This isn’t cricket. This isn’t fair. The ball looks like it’s being fired out of a gun. This is meant to be a gentleman’s game. This is brutal.” The ball audibly smacked into Jack Russell’s gloves.
Great Steve Waugh thanks 4 sharing ur in-depth analysis of Devon Malcolm,we Truely value ur comments,in my opinion has much more variety nd percisson then anybody else,I hoped he would had played long.Especially his bouncers clearly speaks he don't want2hit batsman hard r viciously,just trapping dem2loft r make any other mistake.iam sure still they could heart2 fee who faced him.But he kept his hurt check nd balanced
I have no problem with Steve Waugh taking swipes at the England selectors, they have been pathetic so many times. I cannot believe some of the selections they have made!!!!
He wasn't picked because he came from an unfashionable county, if he had played for Yorkies, or Surrey it would have been different. All what's wrong with English cricket
Turbo-charged supercar bowling, with no satnav. The Dev Malcolm: a unique, difficult machine that's a lot more valuable now than he seemed to be in his day, when he was taken for granted and misunderstood by smaller folk. But, fond memories, not least 9-57 against the unconsciously, insufferably arrogant Saffers in '94 (a proper "I remember where I was when..." moment). A British West-Indian hyperfast bowler couldn't find their asshole, so he tore them a new one. And they were never quite the same again :)
TheRooster94 Devon’s batting and fielding were immaterial. Bowling at 90 to 95 miles an hour were. You’re not an England selector by any chance are you?
I remember I was 15vyears old and England were touring India they ended up getting whitewashed and I was listening to a match on the radio on my Walkman tape/radio player and Malcolm came in to vlback and smashed a few sizes absolutely brilliant to listen to.
that last wicket,,,,steve waugh arguably one of the 3 toughest batsmen ever who liked a bit of pace,,,played a nervous forward defence about a scond after his off stump cartwheeled, imagine if devon had ever played with confidence and had been properly coached, and this was in the best era of cricket full stop......imagine what england could have had
England were USELESS at using Devon Malcolm correctly. Didn't know how to, then tried to alter his action. His explosive pace & unpredictability were his main assets. As Waugh said that unpredictability was what made him so difficult to face. He should have been their main attacking spearhead for many years - what a waste of his talent.
I was lucky enough to see Devon play for England at Lords years and years ago and he was so fast and took a few wkts that day. Think it was Ian Botham's final test.
What an underrated bowler Devon Malcolm was , if Steve Waugh is praising u thus , then u are right up there with Allan Donald , Waqar , Wasim , Shoaib and company
Illingworth was a terrible man manager and Malcom was often captained injudiciously. He was an 18 over a day maximum bowler too often used to bowl long spells and go over 20 overs in a day reducing his pace and turning him into a slower bowler. Perhaps his ideal was a 5 over spell per session that was increased to 6 or 7 if (and only if) he was on a roll. He should have been a "give it everything for 5 overs" sort of bowler.Not "Can you give me another 8 over spell". Malcom, Patterson and Younis were the proper quicks of that time. Pat Patterson was just fecking terrifying. Wonderful to watch. Wish we had those riches now. We get a Tait these days and they break down after half a test series and are told to bowl on batsman friendly tracks. The game is a much lesser spectacle because administrators have neutered fast bowling with feather bed pitches.
Agree 100%, these express bowlers should steam in and give 100% for a short fiery 5 over spell and if there going well and getting wickets then the bowler can bowl the extra few on adrenalin and knowing he has good rhythm.
He was next level quick. Paterson, Marshall, Lee, Aktar, Donald quick. I remember NZs tour of England in 1990. He was on another level speed wise to everyone else. Richard Hadlee was on another level skill wise to everyone else.
It comes down the administration, the coaching team that mismanage talent. Devon Malcolm was raw talent and I will have to pin it on his handlers. Conservative cricket brains always pick consistent bowlers over chaotic ones. But the consistent bowlers don't give you the X-factor. It wasn't like Devon was benched cas there was another 90+ mph consistent bowler... so huge failure from the administration.
From an Australian perspective, I was surprised he wasn't deployed more by England. But then touring Australia does strange things to cricket selectors, like leaving Stuart Broad and James Anderson out of several of their most recent Tests in Australia on the last tour.
During the 90s England generally didnt make enough runs to accomodate Devon all the time. He needed to be the pure strike bowler, always attacking. Imagine him in the 2005 ashes side...we might have even done better than the 0-5 in the series after!...fair play to Steve Waugh for giving him credit though, I liked Devon as a bowler
It’s true that England’s batting line-ups were pretty poor in that era and yet the bowlers who picked couldn’t bowl Australia out so even if England had picked 15 batsmen (yeah I know it’s 11-a-side 😂) they’d have still struggled to reach the Aussie totals. So often an England scorecard would have 1 or 2 respectable scores and everyone else out in single digits. I think they should have picked Malcom and they might have at least won occasionally!
Really want to watch 80-90s lethal fast bowlers like embrose, malcom , jaff Thompson, Michael holding,, batsman scared of facing them at that time, today's bowlers are not like that
Lucky I got to see big Dev bowl at Lords back in the day. Finn was another quick who was managed badly and disappeared. I really hope Archer is looked after better....
Blame the media and/or the fussy British public. We have a match-winner now in Chris Broad, but as soon as he goes a game or two with no wickets, out come the hounds, baying for his blood. But they've been doing it all my life (they do it with the batsmen too), and with my pensioner's days looming, I think I can say quite safely that it's not going to change now. As a contender for the England side, it's clearly better to be 6 out of 10 in every game than have one or two games per series at 9 or even 10 and the rest at just 1 or 2. It's the British way, so there!
Arthur Pewtey Wow, you’re asking for a recall for a man that played his last test 29 years ago..??? Bold. Ed Smith must be quaking in his boots with your selectorial genius.
The selectors prefer someone consistent players over erratic unreliable players, who would have thought? And Chris Broad retired 30 years ago, have you just woken up from a coma?
What an interesting clip. I remember Allan Border saying that England didn’t pick the right players. After some years passed, I was in a position to ask Border who he might have been referring to. I was referred to his agent who dismissed my inquiry as trivial. I had assumed Border was referring Jon Crowley and Neil Fairbrother, both good players of spin. But maybe Border meant Devon Malcolm
Devon Malcolm was better than his averages suggest. He featured in many of England's Test victories in the 1990's (and there weren't that many), and often his efforts didn't result in a big return in the the wickets column. But when he got into the groove he could wreck a batting line up, or he’d soften up the batters for someone else to strike.
We used to be like that in England for batsmen in general too. Never gave them a long enough run in the side, always chopping and changing. That seems to have changed over the last 10 to 15 years and is reflected in much better results as well. We give players a fair shot now to get established and we seem to embrace pace bowling and talented all rounders more now also as well. We just need to find that one more solid batsman for test cricket and a world-class spinner and we'll be a really strong side!
I saw him in tandem with Michael Holding at Hesketh Park in Kent in the late 80s and they ripped through the 1st innings Kent batting with sheer pace - Malcolm himself was frightening quick on what was notoriously a dead pitch. I thought then he must surely play for England, and he did, but this was still the era of unenlightened English coaching and player management and he was wasted, along with Gloucester's David 'Syd' Lawrence.
If Steve Waugh says you’re good, you are good.
@John 3.16 psalm 94.7for he is God and we are the people love from England
Superb batsman.
The only Australian players I admire are Steven Waugh and Mark Taylor.
Ashish Bagade, yes, you are right.
Though I admire Steve Waugh, his observations may always not be right.
Steven Waugh said Virender Sehwag will never last long in international cricket.
But, the entire cricketing world set fielding pattern almost the same for all batsman except Virender Sehwag.
He terrorised all international bowlers.
Steve Waugh the legend 🙌
@@satishnithyanandam You're not a cricket fan then.
I concur with Mr Waugh. Having played county cricket with Devon Malcolm for many years in the 90s, Dev was serious quick and unpredictable at times. As a batsman (and part time wicketkeeper) I faced Dev in the nets and kept wicket to him in many FC matches. He bowled with serious heat sometimes, and some other times it did not quite click for him. However, he was a good team man and a gentleman!
How quick was he . Like will he hit 90 miles .
@@jashansingh88 judging by some of the speeds we see on the gun these days, it looks like he was around 95mph on his good days.
Bill Bonnington wow looks damn impressive. Should have played more for England
@@jashansingh88 problem was he was very expensive on his bad days, which happened much more often than his good. I liked him though, we didn't have much else in the way of pace back then, Syd Lawrence maybe, but he had a really bad knee injury.
@@jashansingh88 He was recorded at 97mph at the end of his career!! Definitely 100mph bowler as Steve said
One of the most mismanaged players of his generation. I watched him in his final season of County cricket and he was the quickest on either team he must have been lightning in his prime.
Alun Gray quick but lacked control
@@seangreen8023 When it clicked he was unplayable, he needed a captain to handle him better I think.
@@grayalun clicked? He was inconsistent in his spells. Raw pace but lacked control
@@seangreen8023 When everything clicked he was amazing but yes very inconsistent at times.
@The Snowman Handy to have him as an option.
He was treated abysmally by England and mainly Raymond illingworth and wasted
His 9-57 against South Africa is one of the best sustained and aggressive spells of fast bowling ever
I think alot of players back then was aswell no consistency in the selection especially with the talent England had like Graeme Hick,John Crawley,Mark Ramprakash,Phil Tufnell,Devon Malcolm etc etc if they had played now they would be up with the best.
It's almost a grand tradition of English cricket to mismanage players, especially pace bowlers. They did the same thing with John Snow twenty years earlier.
Ray Illingworth was the worst selector ever...Under him the English team were perennial under performers and he kept changing players ..never really persisted with players giving them chance to settle down
AND Devon is a lovely man. He replied to every letter of congratulations he received when he first played for England. I know cos I got one when I played club cricket in Derbyshire and our captain knew him....
Yes,lovely post bud ,he was lovely bloke,I believe his dad may've passed away recently,my thoughts with the family. 💚💛🏴🍺
Loved watching Devon. One of the true terror quicks and a very underrated bowler.
2:26 the dreaded roaster!
@Harold Last i was praising his speed and his run up rhythm.
Praise from Steve Waugh is rare praise...
hahahahahaha
If Steve Waugh says you are good, you're good man. Period.
@@abinashgogoi9575 that's the same for every great player man if they say good about any cricketer then that means they are good
@@ruchirmundhra6716 when Steve Waugh says, it hits different
When steve waugh runs you out its a badge of honor ask warnie lol
Screwed up by illingworth and co......very high praise indeed from one of the greats.
Watching a test match with that commentary team was such pure joy . Miss that experience
Interestingly Ian Chappell used to say the same thing about John Snow. The Aussies never understood why John Snow was not a regular in the England team. Leading wicket taker in the West Indies in 1968 and the Ashes winning tour of Australia in 70/71. Think of that, an English fast bowler who was the highest wicket taker on two overseas tours against two great cricketing nations. Between 1968 to 1972, John Snow was the finest fast bowler in the world. Dennis Lillee and Andy Roberts came after in 1972/3. Mike Procter could only impress and show his greatness at Gloucestershire. So yeah for 3 to 4 years John Snow was a truly great fast bowler, an Englishman, who was not trusted by the cricketing establishment in this country.
Have a look at John Snow on TH-cam bowling at Sydney for England v Australia in 1971. Snow took 7 wickets in the innings. Brilliant.
That would be silly, since Fred West's crimes didn't come to light until several decades after Snow retired...
Mike Selvey would've won dozens more caps had he not looked like the several photo-fits of the Yorkshire Ripper that were circulating during the mid-70s. He could easily have shaved his beard off, but obviously a man of principle (Selvey I mean, not the Ripper).
A great bowler, and his languid style was an absolute joy to watch; my three favourite bowlers would be John Snow, Dennis Lillee and Michael Holding - all different, but all great bowlers. Unfortunately for Snow, he was a bit of a maverick, and England selectors are so insecure and short-sighted they won't put up with anything outside the norm - they just want malleable 'establishment men', and then you can join their club and have a job for life.....
When the Aussies landed in England for an Ashes series some wise guy put up a sign that said:
Forecast - Snow.
In contrast to Dev, Snowy was I think harshly treated by England selectors. He was a world class fast bowler and a match winner, but maybe suffered from being a bit of an awkward character that not everyone in England cricket could deal with. I would have had him in any England team of the era.
Looks like a notorious fast bowler, seems like one of the most underrated bowlers... To play in this era
He was an absolute demon bowler and we wasted his talents.
A central contract and a decent bowling coach would have made Devon a great.
Just needed a bit of praise and encouragement Devon had such great rhythm and a beautiful bowling action when it all clicked into place.
Had Devon got support like Archer and Jordan then would have been an great bowler. In short that required support from ECB and in return ECB didn't utilized him.
The Poms were obsessed with Ealhams, Corks and Iranis those days
The same with my country new Zealand. We loved picking medium pacers who could restrict runs but could never win you a game.
Very true, if Eng had an all rounder of the quality of Flintoff or Stokes in Dev's day he would have played more I think. I support Derbyshire and was a huge fan when younger. Also had pleasure of meeting him once, lovely fella.
And Austins, and Thorpes
@@yehbuddy1005 true. I remember in 90s likes of Chris Harris and Gavin Larsen et al.
@@chiragpatel1097 Guess who they had to replace Larsen??...Another medium pacer replica in Scott Styris...though Scotty was very efficient with the bat.
Super point by Waugh about Malcolm's inconsistency actually being a virtue for the bowler..
The Aussies must have looked at the team sheet and celebrated when he wasn't on it. He was lightening quick.
Devon Malcolm under rated bowler a real quick England produced ever.
He was an average bowler lacking consistency,he could have been among the greats if only he had someone to yield him.
I agree
What a brillaint assesment by Steve Waugh. No wonder he is one of the all time great Captains. I mean watching the wickets itself gives you an idea what kind of a talent Devon was and how England wrecked a raw talent.
I won’t forget the 9 wickets against our Proteas team in the 2nd innings in the Oval test in 1994 - 9/57.
Do you reckon Fani De Villiers regretted bouncing him??? LOL
@@TheJonkerr7, he must have 😀
Devon Malcolm, the speed king.he should have played more..
The vision great Steve Waugh had for match winner bowlers and batters was top class. What a great thinking ability of sport & progressive temperament in life he had ! Brilliant Personality ! Rahul Dravid, You have a company. Champion Stuff !
His first innings spell against Australia at the Oval in 93 was as quick as I've watched live and I've seen Akhtar, Lee, Tate etc.
Shame there seems to be no footage of it
On his day, he was scary. Great action, great speed, but inconsistent. Waugh's right here, it's that unpredictability that unsettles batsmen, especially at 150kph. He went for the kill. It didn't always come off, but he had a fire in him that hasn't really been matched since for England.
Who cares if yr inconsistent...Thommo and Shaun Tait are legends in Australia...they destroyed batting line ups in their prime. Fear factor helps every other bowler in the team get wickets.
@@thornwivans I don't disagree. He was the kind of bowler that England has been lacking for a long time, although Jofra Archer came close before his horrible run of injuries.
He didn't have a great bowling action at all. But he was quick.
@@pat1589 Agreed, I was surprised by the claim that he had a great action. A lot of his problems came from the fact that he just ran in and whanged it down and did not have a clue where it was going, it was just a big sweep of that right arm and hope for the best. When it worked he was great, but much more often he was letting them loose all over the place and was a danger to his own slip fielders rather than the batsman.
@@RockandRollMusic00 Archer was ruined by Joe Root constantly overbowling him, he was like a kid with a new toy!!
Devon only played 40 tests which is appalling mismanagement.............he should have been told "just give us 5 over spells of your fastest most hostile bowling and you'll play in EVERY Test!" Criminally treated.
"Whoever could forget Malcolm Devon?" - Chairman of Selectors Ted Dexter.
That Cut By Steve 🙏🙏🙏🙏
He was the first Test bowler I saw live. I was mesmerised. I thought “This isn’t cricket. This isn’t fair. The ball looks like it’s being fired out of a gun. This is meant to be a gentleman’s game. This is brutal.” The ball audibly smacked into Jack Russell’s gloves.
An English who played like a West Indies player!
Well he was born in Kingston, Jamaica
Jofra Archer of the previous generation
He was west Indian
always loved thus dude..
Great Steve Waugh thanks 4 sharing ur in-depth analysis of Devon Malcolm,we Truely value ur comments,in my opinion has much more variety nd percisson then anybody else,I hoped he would had played long.Especially his bouncers clearly speaks he don't want2hit batsman hard r viciously,just trapping dem2loft r make any other mistake.iam sure still they could heart2 fee who faced him.But he kept his hurt check nd balanced
Great tribute from a great player
Big thanks to SW for highlighting this, even if it’s still a mild swipe at England selectors. I agree though....we should have see more of big Dev.
I have no problem with Steve Waugh taking swipes at the England selectors, they have been pathetic so many times. I cannot believe some of the selections they have made!!!!
He wasn't picked because he came from an unfashionable county, if he had played for Yorkies, or Surrey it would have been different. All what's wrong with English cricket
Its like Australia, 8-9 players from the australian team always come from NSW
WONDERFUL FAST BOWLER ON HIS DAY
Turbo-charged supercar bowling, with no satnav. The Dev Malcolm: a unique, difficult machine that's a lot more valuable now than he seemed to be in his day, when he was taken for granted and misunderstood by smaller folk. But, fond memories, not least 9-57 against the unconsciously, insufferably arrogant Saffers in '94 (a proper "I remember where I was when..." moment). A British West-Indian hyperfast bowler couldn't find their asshole, so he tore them a new one. And they were never quite the same again :)
No matter which team you support, when you can recognize the greatness of an opposing player, then cricket will truly be a gentlemen's game.
His batting & fielding was legendary.
Respect the man
TheRooster94 Devon’s batting and fielding were immaterial. Bowling at 90 to 95 miles an hour were. You’re not an England selector by any chance are you?
I remember I was 15vyears old and England were touring India they ended up getting whitewashed and I was listening to a match on the radio on my Walkman tape/radio player and Malcolm came in to vlback and smashed a few sizes absolutely brilliant to listen to.
Devon Malcolm, Chris Lewis and Phil Defraetes had brute pace...what a trio it was for England back in the early 90s.
Was privileged to see him . The crowd loved him . He was unplayable when he got angry 💪🏻
what a fantastic player.....and nice person...hope he is happy and well.
Devon Malcolm, like Tony Greig said, Very fast & furious.
That time he ripped the guts out of South Africa (9 in one innings?)
that last wicket,,,,steve waugh arguably one of the 3 toughest batsmen ever who liked a bit of pace,,,played a nervous forward defence about a scond after his off stump cartwheeled, imagine if devon had ever played with confidence and had been properly coached, and this was in the best era of cricket full stop......imagine what england could have had
So right about this guy @steve Waugh. Looks complete bowler with swing pace and bounce.
legendary bowler. Genuine speed.
England were USELESS at using Devon Malcolm correctly. Didn't know how to, then tried to alter his action. His explosive pace & unpredictability were his main assets. As Waugh said that unpredictability was what made him so difficult to face. He should have been their main attacking spearhead for many years - what a waste of his talent.
Devon Malcolm and Patrick Patterson were lightning quick fearsome bowlers, would have loved to see them bowling together.
Top marks for Jack Russell...would anyone else want to keep to him?
I was lucky enough to see Devon play for England at Lords years and years ago and he was so fast and took a few wkts that day. Think it was Ian Botham's final test.
What an underrated bowler Devon Malcolm was , if Steve Waugh is praising u thus , then u are right up there with Allan Donald , Waqar , Wasim , Shoaib and company
His action creates so much room for the shoulder to pivot and generate power. It’s surprising that more people don’t try to bowl like that.
Steve Waugh makes a good point. England often lacked penetration in their bowling attack. Even if Malcolm was expensive - he'd get you wickets.
Illingworth was a terrible man manager and Malcom was often captained injudiciously. He was an 18 over a day maximum bowler too often used to bowl long spells and go over 20 overs in a day reducing his pace and turning him into a slower bowler. Perhaps his ideal was a 5 over spell per session that was increased to 6 or 7 if (and only if) he was on a roll. He should have been a "give it everything for 5 overs" sort of bowler.Not "Can you give me another 8 over spell". Malcom, Patterson and Younis were the proper quicks of that time. Pat Patterson was just fecking terrifying. Wonderful to watch. Wish we had those riches now. We get a Tait these days and they break down after half a test series and are told to bowl on batsman friendly tracks. The game is a much lesser spectacle because administrators have neutered fast bowling with feather bed pitches.
Agree 100%, these express bowlers should steam in and give 100% for a short fiery 5 over spell and if there going well and getting wickets then the bowler can bowl the extra few on adrenalin and knowing he has good rhythm.
Super divine brother
He's 54 now, however he can just walk into the current England playing 11. There's a desperate need for speed.
wow, u went there
Sharath Sriram he is right
still bowls 90mph in his 40s
No, there isn't. Just beat India comfortably without a superfast bowler.
Wood? Archer?
i really feel good how the channel mentioned Steve Waugh (Australian legend) puts my ❤ out.. yes he is a legend... a wose one..
Devon Malcolm! Wild and wonderful!
Devonn was great - became a massive hero in South Africa - 9 for 57 "You guys are history!"
He was next level quick. Paterson, Marshall, Lee, Aktar, Donald quick. I remember NZs tour of England in 1990. He was on another level speed wise to everyone else. Richard Hadlee was on another level skill wise to everyone else.
Just watched his coaching video and got recommended this video 🤘🤝
Very underated bowler, he was very destructive, he produced allot bounce that was key in his Arsenal. Great bowler.
It comes down the administration, the coaching team that mismanage talent. Devon Malcolm was raw talent and I will have to pin it on his handlers. Conservative cricket brains always pick consistent bowlers over chaotic ones. But the consistent bowlers don't give you the X-factor. It wasn't like Devon was benched cas there was another 90+ mph consistent bowler... so huge failure from the administration.
From an Australian perspective, I was surprised he wasn't deployed more by England. But then touring Australia does strange things to cricket selectors, like leaving Stuart Broad and James Anderson out of several of their most recent Tests in Australia on the last tour.
Very underated fast bowler.
During the 90s England generally didnt make enough runs to accomodate Devon all the time. He needed to be the pure strike bowler, always attacking. Imagine him in the 2005 ashes side...we might have even done better than the 0-5 in the series after!...fair play to Steve Waugh for giving him credit though, I liked Devon as a bowler
It’s true that England’s batting line-ups were pretty poor in that era and yet the bowlers who picked couldn’t bowl Australia out so even if England had picked 15 batsmen (yeah I know it’s 11-a-side 😂) they’d have still struggled to reach the Aussie totals. So often an England scorecard would have 1 or 2 respectable scores and everyone else out in single digits. I think they should have picked Malcom and they might have at least won occasionally!
Really want to watch 80-90s lethal fast bowlers like embrose, malcom , jaff Thompson, Michael holding,, batsman scared of facing them at that time, today's bowlers are not like that
Lucky I got to see big Dev bowl at Lords back in the day. Finn was another quick who was managed badly and disappeared. I really hope Archer is looked after better....
Very underrated bowler seriously quick
Such a flawless action....
The dismissal of Mark Talor at 1:31 is the ball of dreams as a bowler! 🤣
The selectors back then we’re clueless. Had a genuine match-winner on their hands.
Exactly they wanted reliable well so called fast medium.
Blame the media and/or the fussy British public. We have a match-winner now in Chris Broad, but as soon as he goes a game or two with no wickets, out come the hounds, baying for his blood. But they've been doing it all my life (they do it with the batsmen too), and with my pensioner's days looming, I think I can say quite safely that it's not going to change now.
As a contender for the England side, it's clearly better to be 6 out of 10 in every game than have one or two games per series at 9 or even 10 and the rest at just 1 or 2. It's the British way, so there!
Arthur Pewtey Stuart? Chris is 60 now
Arthur Pewtey
Wow, you’re asking for a recall for a man that played his last test 29 years ago..???
Bold.
Ed Smith must be quaking in his boots with your selectorial genius.
The selectors prefer someone consistent players over erratic unreliable players, who would have thought? And Chris Broad retired 30 years ago, have you just woken up from a coma?
Fantastic speed, great bowler 👌👏👏👏
Honestly I never knew that till date England has ever produced such A classic and quick bowler
Wow !! Dev was super quick !!
What an interesting clip. I remember Allan Border saying that England didn’t pick the right players. After some years passed, I was in a position to ask Border who he might have been referring to. I was referred to his agent who dismissed my inquiry as trivial. I had assumed Border was referring Jon Crowley and Neil Fairbrother, both good players of spin. But maybe Border meant Devon Malcolm
Devon Malcolm was better than his averages suggest. He featured in many of England's Test victories in the 1990's (and there weren't that many), and often his efforts didn't result in a big return in the the wickets column. But when he got into the groove he could wreck a batting line up, or he’d soften up the batters for someone else to strike.
English selectors are very clever, aren’t they, and so was Ahters with his negative mindset it’s lucky that Devon played at all.
Khurmiful very true. That is English cricket for you
Nothing to do with Atherton. He never got the team he wanted. Selectors gave him donkeys and has beens to captain
Devon got 9/57 against Sth Africa, absolutely annihilating them. Respect where it's due.
I saw Malcolm destroy Australia in Adelaide. That guy was amazing
I like pace,swing , bouncer...
Just bcz l am a cricket lover...
Devon Malcolm is a match winner.strange why he wasn't selected enough in the team
An English selector once remarked that Malcolm has only one positive attribute:
Pace.
Tough sub
England selectors of that era had one less positive attribute. They were awful.
The Devon Malcolm of this generation is Jofra Archer, but he still has a lot to learn☺️
Archer has more control and consistency
Is true that he is from Jamaica.
If he was Australian he would have had many more test caps to his name. I always loved Devon because as Steve Waugh said, he was a match winner.
Good to see 5M subscribers for one my favorite cricket channels. I bet though 4.75M will be Indians/Pakistanis
totally under rated and underused....and totally lethal...
Mass
Underrated and underplayed. I agree with Waugh's assessment 100%.
We used to be like that in England for batsmen in general too. Never gave them a long enough run in the side, always chopping and changing. That seems to have changed over the last 10 to 15 years and is reflected in much better results as well. We give players a fair shot now to get established and we seem to embrace pace bowling and talented all rounders more now also as well. We just need to find that one more solid batsman for test cricket and a world-class spinner and we'll be a really strong side!
I saw him in tandem with Michael Holding at Hesketh Park in Kent in the late 80s and they ripped through the 1st innings Kent batting with sheer pace - Malcolm himself was frightening quick on what was notoriously a dead pitch. I thought then he must surely play for England, and he did, but this was still the era of unenlightened English coaching and player management and he was wasted, along with Gloucester's David 'Syd' Lawrence.
Amazing bowler this type of bowler never in present .
Steve Wagh was the toughest Australian of his time, so his opiniion about bowlers means much more
Great cricketer
If only the current ECB could treat Jordan Archer this way. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
England has had habit of playing safe .. match winners like Kevin Peterson are criticised all the time
Awesome bowling
Saw shades of jordan in his bowling action
Super Devon
He certainly bowled some snorters in that montage! Troubled a fair few good batsman there with genuine speed
Ruthless pace
The TCCB before and ECB in modern times have a history of poorly handling match-winners and the teams results is a reflection of that