this is the best ever pace bowling attack the cricketing world had ever had. fast, clever, intelligent and on the whole humane. Humble to the highest levels. Never sledging. one stare was good enough to make others that he is really hostile. On and Off the field such a gem of Humanbeings. played for the sake cricket not for winning and not surely to staisfy their ego levels. Players like LLoyd, Richards, Croft,Haynes, Greenidge, RIchie Richardsons and then the fearsome foursome pace quartet, What a great team of Cricket ambassadors they are, and Then Marhsall, Ambrose and a ever lovlely Walsh. They are all legends(living except for Marshall)
This is called real pace before Greg Chappel lifted his bat ball was collected by wicket keeper , history of cricket has not seen such a high standard of fast bowling ever again respect for the great Andy Roberts
Andy Roberts - silent, menacing and extremely quick when the mood took him. And very much a thinking bowler with a lot of variation and many tricks up both sleeves.
Andy Roberts Holding Garner Marshal Viv Grinige Haynse Loyad Djon - They made the best ever team . Iam watching crkt since 1974. I rate them ahead of any team.
I looked at most of my cricket at the Queens Park Oval Trinidad.The wire fence was on the boundary and we sat right on the edge of the cycle track we had many a conservation with all the Players the most standout attribute was their Humility and their Simplicity.We knew they were one of us and that’s why we will always love them.They made us Proud and respected forever.
sunil gavaskar calls him as most difficult bowler he has ever faced.i remember denis lilly ranking him no .1 when asked about 10 great bowlers of his times.He is the one to change approach of west indian bowling in mid of 70s
Who is Andy Roberts? Some third class garbage thrash fast bowler. Pragyan Ojha is billion times better than Andy Roberts. Watch this video. Pragyan Ojha is a better bowler than Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall,Colin Croft and Andy Roberts. Pragyan Ojha is billion times better than Andy Roberts. Pragyan Ojha is fastest to take 100 test wickets in his 22nd test match. Who is Andy Roberts? Some third class garbage thrash fast bowler! Watch this video of Pragyan Ojha destroying west indies. th-cam.com/video/bBIz8abq5Gs/w-d-xo.html
Don't be absurd, how can you say greats like Malcom Marshall and Robert's were garbage and comparing this little uncomplete, halfbake bowler to them? Are you fucking crazy, man?
gulam husain Nonsense! I'd hit a double century before lunch on the first day of a test match against such a sorry bowling line up! And then my alarm clock would go off...
Actually there were some batsmen who didn't have any problems with that quartet: G. Greenidge, J. Dujon, I.V.A. Richards, C Lloyd, & C. Hooper Just to name some of them.
My grandad saw andy roberts bowl at the scg in 1980 against England in an odi. He has seen brett lee, shoaib, michael holding, tait etc, and he still says its the quickest bowling has ever seen
Usually teams have one very dangerus bowler; but West Indian team those days used to have every bowler equally dangerous; Andy Roberts , Holding, Croft, Garner, Marshall....
Sir Clive could have fielded a full team of just fast bowlers at one time.Imagine that, 11 men of heavy artillery coming at you.I would have done what Boycott did, I.e. I would make sure I was on a different continent than that execution squad.( see Tony Greig's appraisal of Boycs !)
Who is Andy Roberts? Some third class garbage thrash fast bowler. Pragyan Ojha is billion times better than Andy Roberts. Watch this video. Pragyan Ojha is a better bowler than Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall,Colin Croft and Andy Roberts. Pragyan Ojha is billion times better than Andy Roberts. Pragyan Ojha is fastest to take 100 test wickets in his 22nd test match. Who is Andy Roberts? Some third class garbage thrash fast bowler! Watch this video of Pragyan Ojha destroying west indies. th-cam.com/video/bBIz8abq5Gs/w-d-xo.html
@@flash-uj6ly You are right in your place but every bowler was in different era. Its not that Andy was all time best. However bro 😎 at the same time your are still calling him “fast bowler” in your comment. Take it easy and enjoy every moment 👏
@@hidayat77705 Why do you rate this garbage shit fast bowler in front of a great like Pragyan Ojha. Andy Roberts is a third class garbage thrash fast bowler who can't bowl carrom ball. Andy Roberts is nothing but urine in front of Pragyan Ojha. Even you can bowl better than Andy Roberts but you can't bowl better than Pragyan Ojha.
He was certainly one of my favourites.The economical ease of approach,heavy shoulder action,laconic attitude.Almost like a lot of the old time Australian approach to many areas of operation...
This guy was probably the fastest bowler out of the lot. He was very clever. Imagine holding and roberts opening the bowling and garner and Croft loosening up!!
Who is Andy Roberts? Some third class garbage thrash fast bowler. Pragyan Ojha is billion times better than Andy Roberts. Watch this video. Pragyan Ojha is a better bowler than Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall,Colin Croft and Andy Roberts. Pragyan Ojha is billion times better than Andy Roberts. Pragyan Ojha is fastest to take 100 test wickets in his 22nd test match. Who is Andy Roberts? Some third class garbage thrash fast bowler! Watch this video of Pragyan Ojha destroying west indies. th-cam.com/video/bBIz8abq5Gs/w-d-xo.html
I am grateful for having the chance to see Andy Roberts on videos like this. I saw him in 1983 or 84, when past his peak. I always wondered why he was in the team. Seemed canny and quite sharp but no great shakes. I was watching Marshall, Garner, Croft and Holding then. This video shows his class, speed & wily skills. Respect. I like listening to him interviewed. It was serious business!! :))
Andy Roberts would often bowl at his average pace slightly short and make the batsman feel a little comfortable and then he would bowl let one delivery that will come at the throat of the batsman at a tremendous pace with the same action taking the batsman totally by surprise and often making the batsman to fend and get caught.
Most certainly the Fastest bowler with Coolest temper.His debut Test series was in India under Lloyd's captaincy.He bowled at one stump in practice and knocked it smething 4 times in 6 balls ! Could make the ball rise from 'just short of good length' surprising the batsman with steep bounce See how Greg Chappel offerred a lolly At 6 feet 7inches Tony Greg was astonished to see Roberts bring the ball to the tip of his nose steeply ...from that 'just short of good length' No wonder Roberts did not have to show his Anger or indulge in any kind of sledging. That '.... just short of ..' steeply rising between batsmen's nose and chin did not need support of sledging / anger.Am sure just a stare from Roberts could have been enough to make the best batsman shiver.
My ex told me this story of Andy Roberts. Back in the 1970's, Andy went to visit the High School where my ex was a student. (in Sydney Australia) Any interested student was invited to go to Andy's "coaching clinic" out on the oval. A number of boys went, but my ex, being cricket mad, was the only girl. At one point, the students formed a circle around Andy, being maybe 10 metres from him, and Andy would throw the cricket ball to students randomly whilst imparting pearls of wisdom about training, discipline or anything cricket. He would throw the ball over arm to the boys, but would toss gentle under arms to my ex. Of course, she told Andy to throw them over arm to her as well, because she could catch just as good as the boys. So the next time, he threw over arm to her, but unfortunately, the ball bounced off her hands into her face, smashing one of her front teeth and knocking her unconscious. But only for a minute. She came to, lying on her back, with the fearsome Andy Roberts crouching over her, terror in his eyes, asking her if she was alright, probably thinking that he'd killed this school girl. Of course she was OK.
We in our college days enjoyed these greats.AndyRobert is a legend.He himself is a through gentleman.Modern day fast bowlers should learn the art of fast bowling from him.Unnecessary aggression, sledging should not be there.
What a sight it would be to have the great fast bowlers like Roberts, Holding, Garner, Marshall bowl at the peak of their strengths to current batsmen.
They will get thrashed. With protective gear, heavy bats the batsmen have advantage. But if present day batsmen were to bat with 70 's gear , most will not get into double digits.
मार्शल, होल्डिंग, गार्नर और महान फास्ट बोलर एंडी रोबर्ट। भाइयो क्या कहूं इन गेंदबाजों के बारे में। कभी कभी लगता है कि ये चारों गेंदबाज इस धरती के हैं ही नहीं, लगता है कि चारों एलियन हैं। शांत लेकिन अपनी गेंदबाजी से कयामत ढा़ने वाले।🙏
There is such a marvellous ease to his action that belies the exceptional pace - which could a description of Holding too, though they had quite different styles. This, allied to great accuracy and variation, and you have a bowler every bit as good as Dennis Lilley.
Andy is the deadly fast bowler of all he had great speed and generates good bounce to extract and make you to play all his deliveries without leaving anyone
Old Trafford 1976 ,i was in the stands sat just at fine leg to Andy Roberts bowling with Michael Holding ,still young and raw,at the other end.I was totally shocked at just how fast Andy Roberts bowled.I just could not see the ball.Apparently neither could the English batsmen as they were all out for a low score.Roberts came to field near the fence at fine leg.From the back he looked fearsome as you could see the shoulder muscles protruding through his shirt.At the moment of release of his deliveries, that was overwhelming enough but then the shear speed..... wow,what a bowler.
Green top and fast wicket used effectively without bowler restrictions. It will be interesting to watch such games. Batting wickets with bowler restrictions is killing sport. As well not play it.
It wasn't easy. THey got panced 2-0 in a 3 test series. The two test they lost they were destroyed. They were never in it. And furthermore I don't think their batting lineup was dismissed for less than 320 in the 4 full innings they batted. And this was an Aussie team that at full strength would've being Laird, McCosker, I Chappell, G Chappell. Hughes, Border, Marsh, Bright, Lillee, Dymock and Thompson. Plus talent to call on like Hookes, Pascoe and R Hogg. Admittedly Australias selection policy was somewhat in dissaray as the ACB establishment would've being determined to get square with the Packer players and this would've had an affect as the Packer Australian went to West indies earlier that year and drew 1-1 in a supertest series. So they could match it with them. But the Windies were a unified team and Australia wasn't. But still I reckon this was a better win for the West Indies than it was in 84-85 where they won 3-1.
I grew up in the 70's watching these matches. It was like the aussies were on drugs and the windies were on steroids. We were chump meat against these guys.
What made Roberts so dangerous was his well thought out concept to always vary his pace so that that batsman would not get used to use. This approach meant that the batsman never knew what was coming next,the medium paced dobbler or the extreme pace lifter threatening your throat and face. He passed that tactic on to Holding and Co - hence the many injuries to batsmen around the world.
The deliveries to the Chappel brothers,was the delivery that Greg Chappel described as being likened to a snake jumping out of the grass at you.Those deliveries were absolute bullets.
The only thing about this West Indian quartet is that they didn't make the ball move a lot. Once Marshall, Ambrose and Walsh came along, they still had the fear factor but they also had a lot more swing and cut.
Chris Owens Well, this quartet lost a series in New Zealand and drew a few others, whereas the teams after this had plenty of 3-0 and 5-0 series results.
I was lucky to see all those Greats bowl and knew then that I will never see the likes of them in my lifetime ever again .As a matter of fact I don’t ever look at Cricket again.like someone once said “”It’s just not Cricket””.
Roberts was the Best of the lot.After all is taken into consideration he was a real thinker. When they needed a breakthrough badly Lloyd handed him the ball.The wicket always came.
Mr. Roberts was one very mean, cool customer. Some - not all - bowlers today look like ego fuelled little rabble rousers compared with him. Boys instead of men...
most beautiful deliveries such bowling have now extict no fast bowler can bowl such deliveries during 1982 tour Imran with combination of rising balls like roberts with indippers destroyed Indian batting exception of Mohinder Amarnath ,In 1983 Amarnath struck roberts for fours on such deliveries.
All those 20 20 st STARS AND KINGS..of recent times.....will be shot out for next to nothing on any pitch facing this bowling attack....BLOODY FLAT TRACK BULLIES ...ALL OF THEM
What a fearsome pace attack the west indies in the eighties with Andy Roberts spearheading! Holding, Garner, Croft, Daniel, Marshal....relentless assault on the opposition, most of whom simply folded up meekly.
i don't feel we will see this level of pace attack ever, at least till 2100. You had your Bumrahs of the world, Steyns of the world, Lees and Akhtars of the world, you have Wasim and Waqar, Lillee and Thomo, but none could ever come close to what Roberts, Holding, Croft, Garner and Marshall achieved.
Jimmy broke his jaws thrice in one series against The Caribbeans. The claim of him playing fast bowling comfortably is a myth. Yes, he was brave, and didn’t flinch while getting hit just like Brian Close of England, but he used to get hit nonetheless. While playing them comfortably, there’s only a certain Sunny Gavaskar, who knew how to play them.
Fantastic bowler, but was Roberts faster than Holding or Marshall? I can't figure out how to rank those 3 in terms of pure pace. (I know they were all faster than Garner)
The only time Roberts was timed in match conditions was when the University of Western Australia measured Thomson, Lillee, Roberts and Holding using high speed cine cameras at the Perth test in 1975. The technique used lots of film up, so they only measured a few overs. Thomson's fastest was 160.45km/h (99.70mph). Roberts was 2nd at 150.67km/h (93.62mph). If you look on the internet you may see posts that Roberts was clocked at 159.49km/h but that is a listing error on a cricinfo stats page, with that speed actually being Jeff Thomson's 2nd fastest delivery. I've emailed them more than once about it but they don't seem interested in correcting it. In that same set of measurements Holding's fastest was 148.54km/h (92.30mph). At that time Holding was only 21 years old, so it's reasonable to assume he got a bit faster in his mid-20s. The report from the 1975 test stated that Roberts was unwell during the session of play where he was measured, so it's reasonable to assume he bowled faster. Both Roberts and Holding took part in the 1979 fast bowling competition and both were slower than the 1975 measurements. I've never found a reliable speed measurement for Marshall.
What unbelievable bowling strength: holding, Robert, croft, and Garner. What more can you ask for? Now, compare it with the current joke of the bowling strength that WI field. What a shame!
this is the best ever pace bowling attack the cricketing world had ever had. fast, clever, intelligent and on the whole humane. Humble to the highest levels. Never sledging. one stare was good enough to make others that he is really hostile. On and Off the field such a gem of Humanbeings. played for the sake cricket not for winning and not surely to staisfy their ego levels. Players like LLoyd, Richards, Croft,Haynes, Greenidge, RIchie Richardsons and then the fearsome foursome pace quartet, What a great team of Cricket ambassadors they are, and Then Marhsall, Ambrose and a ever lovlely Walsh. They are all legends(living except for Marshall)
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Australian pace attcak of Dennis Lillie and Jeff Thompson was deadlier than this
@@sayanroychowdhury3325 wrong
This is called real pace before Greg Chappel lifted his bat ball was collected by wicket keeper , history of cricket has not seen such a high standard of fast bowling ever again respect for the great Andy Roberts
He was caught in the gully
Andy Roberts always made the ball talk, even though he was less of a talker on the field.
Andy Roberts - silent, menacing and extremely quick when the mood took him. And very much a thinking bowler with a lot of variation and many tricks up both sleeves.
He made his bowling speak that's the greatness of this legend.
Andy Roberts Holding Garner Marshal Viv Grinige Haynse Loyad Djon - They made the best ever team . Iam watching crkt since 1974. I rate them ahead of any team.
Hi
Australia was notch higher than them though with all eleven superstars.
@@juventuscr7479 Aussies ! they may have had a better share of winning games but as a cricketing team they are nowhere near those windies.
Very true
@@janakahk1771 I agree
West Indies pace attack simply awesome. Roberts and Holding as good an opening pair as any in the World ever. Pace, accuracy and sheer hostility.
Malcolm Marshall
I looked at most of my cricket at the Queens Park Oval Trinidad.The wire fence was on the boundary and we sat right on the edge of the cycle track we had many a conservation with all the Players the most standout attribute was their Humility and their Simplicity.We knew they were one of us and that’s why we will always love them.They made us Proud and respected forever.
Can't see better fast bowler than Andy Roberts. Thank you for sharing..
sunil gavaskar calls him as most difficult bowler he has ever faced.i remember denis lilly ranking him no .1 when asked about 10 great bowlers of his times.He is the one to change approach of west indian bowling in mid of 70s
manoj mangaonkar they both respect each other...
Who is Andy Roberts? Some third class garbage thrash fast bowler. Pragyan Ojha is billion times better than Andy Roberts. Watch this video.
Pragyan Ojha is a better bowler than Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall,Colin Croft and Andy Roberts. Pragyan Ojha is billion times better than Andy Roberts. Pragyan Ojha is fastest to take 100 test wickets in his 22nd test match. Who is Andy Roberts? Some third class garbage thrash fast bowler! Watch this video of Pragyan Ojha destroying west indies.
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Don't be absurd, how can you say greats like Malcom Marshall and Robert's were garbage and comparing this little uncomplete, halfbake bowler to them? Are you fucking crazy, man?
Look at that bowling lineup, Garner, Roberts, Croft and Holding, deadly quartet! Surely a nightmare for all the batsmen around the world those days
gulam husain
Nonsense! I'd hit a double century before lunch on the first day of a test match against such a sorry bowling line up!
And then my alarm clock would go off...
Actually there were some batsmen who didn't have any problems with that quartet:
G. Greenidge,
J. Dujon,
I.V.A. Richards,
C Lloyd, &
C. Hooper
Just to name some of them.
You can bowl better than Malcolm Marshall and Andy Roberts but you can't bowl like Pragyan Ojha.
My grandad saw andy roberts bowl at the scg in 1980 against England in an odi. He has seen brett lee, shoaib, michael holding, tait etc, and he still says its the quickest bowling has ever seen
Not having seen Thommo before his shoulder injury, I would agree
Usually teams have one very dangerus bowler; but West Indian team those days used to have every bowler equally dangerous; Andy Roberts , Holding, Croft, Garner, Marshall....
I've heard them referred to as 'The 4 Horseman of the Apocalypse'...hahaa a devastating quartet
Sir Clive could have fielded a full team of just fast bowlers at one time.Imagine that, 11 men of heavy artillery coming at you.I would have done what Boycott did, I.e. I would make sure I was on a different continent than that execution squad.( see Tony Greig's appraisal of Boycs !)
Who is Andy Roberts? Some third class garbage thrash fast bowler. Pragyan Ojha is billion times better than Andy Roberts. Watch this video.
Pragyan Ojha is a better bowler than Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall,Colin Croft and Andy Roberts. Pragyan Ojha is billion times better than Andy Roberts. Pragyan Ojha is fastest to take 100 test wickets in his 22nd test match. Who is Andy Roberts? Some third class garbage thrash fast bowler! Watch this video of Pragyan Ojha destroying west indies.
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@@flash-uj6ly You are right in your place but every bowler was in different era. Its not that Andy was all time best. However bro 😎 at the same time your are still calling him “fast bowler” in your comment. Take it easy and enjoy every moment 👏
@@hidayat77705 Why do you rate this garbage shit fast bowler in front of a great like Pragyan Ojha. Andy Roberts is a third class garbage thrash fast bowler who can't bowl carrom ball. Andy Roberts is nothing but urine in front of Pragyan Ojha. Even you can bowl better than Andy Roberts but you can't bowl better than Pragyan Ojha.
He was certainly one of my favourites.The economical ease of approach,heavy shoulder action,laconic attitude.Almost like a lot of the old time Australian approach to many areas of operation...
This guy was probably the fastest bowler out of the lot. He was very clever. Imagine holding and roberts opening the bowling and garner and Croft loosening up!!
Nah. Holding was faster. Imran Khan said andy was the scariest but holding was the quickest
@Hashim Salman Andy fastest delivery was recorded at 156.6 kph. That is almost as fast as anyone .has ever bowled
My dad says andy hit and injured a lot more batsmen than holding.
Holding was genuinely fast.... Andy was a bit deceptive..
Who is Andy Roberts? Some third class garbage thrash fast bowler. Pragyan Ojha is billion times better than Andy Roberts. Watch this video.
Pragyan Ojha is a better bowler than Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall,Colin Croft and Andy Roberts. Pragyan Ojha is billion times better than Andy Roberts. Pragyan Ojha is fastest to take 100 test wickets in his 22nd test match. Who is Andy Roberts? Some third class garbage thrash fast bowler! Watch this video of Pragyan Ojha destroying west indies.
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A Word Class bowler one of the very best.....with a very deceptive run up almost casual but his accuracy and thought processes second to none👍
That late 70s / early 80s West Indies team was the best cricket team ever.
I am grateful for having the chance to see Andy Roberts on videos like this. I saw him in 1983 or 84, when past his peak. I always wondered why he was in the team. Seemed canny and quite sharp but no great shakes. I was watching Marshall, Garner, Croft and Holding then. This video shows his class, speed & wily skills. Respect. I like listening to him interviewed. It was serious business!! :))
Sublime skills and thoroughly professional by our Legend,Sir.Roberts.
AR ...the foundation of the modern West Indian fast bowling tradition. As skillful as he was quick. Salute
Andy Roberts would often bowl at his average pace slightly short and make the batsman feel a little comfortable and then he would bowl let one delivery that will come at the throat of the batsman at a tremendous pace with the same action taking the batsman totally by surprise and often making the batsman to fend and get caught.
Beautiful action. Simple and neat.
Most certainly the Fastest bowler with Coolest temper.His debut Test series was in India under Lloyd's captaincy.He bowled at one stump in practice and knocked it smething 4 times in 6 balls ! Could make the ball rise from 'just short of good length' surprising the batsman with steep bounce See how Greg Chappel offerred a lolly
At 6 feet 7inches Tony Greg was astonished to see Roberts bring the ball to the tip of his nose steeply ...from that 'just short of good length'
No wonder Roberts did not have to show his Anger or indulge in any kind of sledging. That '.... just short of ..' steeply rising between batsmen's nose and chin did not need support of sledging / anger.Am sure just a stare from Roberts could have been enough to make the best batsman shiver.
snore ......
Also you people will realise the greatness of G R Vishwanath who played Roberts superbly
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Roberts debut not against india. Against england before the series against india in 1974
My ex told me this story of Andy Roberts.
Back in the 1970's, Andy went to visit the High School where my ex was a student. (in Sydney Australia)
Any interested student was invited to go to Andy's "coaching clinic" out on the oval. A number of boys went, but my ex, being cricket mad, was the only girl.
At one point, the students formed a circle around Andy, being maybe 10 metres from him, and Andy would throw the cricket ball to students randomly whilst imparting pearls of wisdom about training, discipline or anything cricket.
He would throw the ball over arm to the boys, but would toss gentle under arms to my ex.
Of course, she told Andy to throw them over arm to her as well, because she could catch just as good as the boys.
So the next time, he threw over arm to her, but unfortunately, the ball bounced off her hands into her face, smashing one of her front teeth and knocking her unconscious.
But only for a minute.
She came to, lying on her back, with the fearsome Andy Roberts crouching over her, terror in his eyes, asking her if she was alright, probably thinking that he'd killed this school girl.
Of course she was OK.
Didn’t happen of the year award
@@JackMaids 😂😂😂
But she would have killed you 😂
Yeah sure mate I totally believe that
We in our college days enjoyed these greats.AndyRobert is a legend.He himself is a through gentleman.Modern day fast bowlers should learn the art of fast bowling from him.Unnecessary aggression, sledging should not be there.
A formidable bowler and a terrifying prospect for any batsmen. Probably understated in terms of recognition.
What a sight it would be to have the great fast bowlers like Roberts, Holding, Garner, Marshall bowl at the peak of their strengths to current batsmen.
well very few might have had an average of over 40 TO BE HONEST
They will get thrashed. With protective gear, heavy bats the batsmen have advantage. But if present day batsmen were to bat with 70 's gear , most will not get into double digits.
One of the finest fast bowling trios
Andy Roberts, Joel garner, Michael holding , the trio , one of the best and lethal combination of fast bowling world cricket has ever produced
U forgot yhe beast...MALCOLM MARSHALL
i remember this. what bowling! ball of the series to greg.
How I wish the West Indians revive their glorious past. They defined it as the "Gentleman" game to the core.
मार्शल, होल्डिंग, गार्नर और महान फास्ट बोलर एंडी रोबर्ट। भाइयो क्या कहूं इन गेंदबाजों के बारे में। कभी कभी लगता है कि ये चारों गेंदबाज इस धरती के हैं ही नहीं, लगता है कि चारों एलियन हैं। शांत लेकिन अपनी गेंदबाजी से कयामत ढा़ने वाले।🙏
what beautiful action andy roberts had was truly a master
That's pure class sir Andy Roberts
There is such a marvellous ease to his action that belies the exceptional pace - which could a description of Holding too, though they had quite different styles. This, allied to great accuracy and variation, and you have a bowler every bit as good as Dennis Lilley.
All d players in this windies team were legends in der era...!!
kushan choudhury I’m dreaming of returning to this level. Cricket is not popular in Jamaica and West Indies like before
Andy is the deadly fast bowler of all he had great speed and generates good bounce to extract and make you to play all his deliveries without leaving anyone
Imran Khan writes in his autobiography that Andy Roberts had two types of bouncers. Very deadly. Very unpredictable.
Old Trafford 1976 ,i was in the stands sat just at fine leg to Andy Roberts bowling with Michael Holding ,still young and raw,at the other end.I was totally shocked at just how fast Andy Roberts bowled.I just could not see the ball.Apparently neither could the English batsmen as they were all out for a low score.Roberts came to field near the fence at fine leg.From the back he looked fearsome as you could see the shoulder muscles protruding through his shirt.At the moment of release of his deliveries, that was overwhelming enough but then the shear speed..... wow,what a bowler.
I saw Andy Roberts numerous times and he could go from fast medium to frightingly fast. Fantastic bowler
He was silent and coolest player in that generation
His slow bouncer was also deadly.. Very similar and deceptive.. Just like the delivery to which Greg Chappell got out.
He always had many surprise unplayable deliveries in his armour
Each bouncer a killer, honing in like a well guided missile.
Ser andy Roberts the second name of fear anyday
Couple of days back he came on my workplace he is too old now . But still can walk well . He looked like a poor guy how time changes the legend
After seeing this bowling attack I can surely say Sunil gavaskar was the greatest batsman of all time. Even ahead of bradman and sachin.
Wasim Akram too feels so....
Green top and fast wicket used effectively without bowler restrictions.
It will be interesting to watch such games. Batting wickets with bowler restrictions is killing sport. As well not play it.
Those batsman had steel balls to face such fast bowling without helmet...😮😮
Really this is an example of great fast bowling
Holding, Roberts, Croft & Garner, all pretty much close to their peak of speed. This can't have been an easy series for the Aussies
It wasn't easy. THey got panced 2-0 in a 3 test series. The two test they lost they were destroyed. They were never in it. And furthermore I don't think their batting lineup was dismissed for less than 320 in the 4 full innings they batted. And this was an Aussie team that at full strength would've being Laird, McCosker, I Chappell, G Chappell. Hughes, Border, Marsh, Bright, Lillee, Dymock and Thompson. Plus talent to call on like Hookes, Pascoe and R Hogg. Admittedly Australias selection policy was somewhat in dissaray as the ACB establishment would've being determined to get square with the Packer players and this would've had an affect as the Packer Australian went to West indies earlier that year and drew 1-1 in a supertest series. So they could match it with them. But the Windies were a unified team and Australia wasn't. But still I reckon this was a better win for the West Indies than it was in 84-85 where they won 3-1.
That four pronged pace attack was tough for EVERYONE.
I grew up in the 70's watching these matches. It was like the aussies were on drugs and the windies were on steroids. We were chump meat against these guys.
What made Roberts so dangerous was his well thought out concept to always vary his pace so that that batsman would not get used to use. This approach meant that the batsman never knew what was coming next,the medium paced dobbler or the extreme pace lifter threatening your throat and face. He passed that tactic on to Holding and Co - hence the many injuries to batsmen around the world.
It seems like everyone was in a rush to get out. LMAO.
Bowling in to the player .classic act
Andy Roberts Terror smooth action Rhythmic great bowler line and length
The deliveries to the Chappel brothers,was the delivery that Greg Chappel described as being likened to a snake jumping out of the grass at you.Those deliveries were absolute bullets.
No doubt greatest of all..smooth Action .Rhythematic Run up..
He had killer deliveries 💪
The bowl that bold Border had a hint of reverse and bullet speed after the bounce as well.
The only thing about this West Indian quartet is that they didn't make the ball move a lot. Once Marshall, Ambrose and Walsh came along, they still had the fear factor but they also had a lot more swing and cut.
Daniel Viles Did they really need to?!
Chris Owens Well, this quartet lost a series in New Zealand and drew a few others, whereas the teams after this had plenty of 3-0 and 5-0 series results.
I hear what you're saying. Damn, good, old Malcolm Denzil Marshall: taken far, far too soon. Magician with the ball.
Daniel Viles dude don't know what you are talking about. That series in New Zealand led to "Neutral Umpires" . Check your facts the series was stolen.
@@danielviles38 They lost to New Zealand because of the blasted thieving empires.
He is called thee hitman 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Just saw the legend bowling for the first time. Jacques Kallis had a very similar bowling action..
Why youngsters especially west indian, dont immitate bowling actions of these great fast bowlers of the past.???
What a bowler.super quick.
Siraj should learn fast bowling run up from the great Andy Robert
What a rhythm and run up
Another Brilliant Upload Keep It up
Hard to believe, but Andy is 6 feet 2 inches tall. His build makes him look shorter.
Ajay Kumar Aye, thought he was about 5'9"!
You see his tall when his teammates surround him. I thought he was short also, a man of few words but very explosive
What a beautiful Action.... Classic 👌👍
Anything seeing the Aussies in trouble is good in my books. Great to hear the unique Richie Benaud.
I was lucky to see all those Greats bowl and knew then that I will never see the likes of them in my lifetime ever again .As a matter of fact I don’t ever look at Cricket again.like someone once said “”It’s just not Cricket””.
Those were the golden years for West Indies Cricket....
he had 2 bouncers, the slower one first that you can hit and then the faster more ferocious one that can hit and hurt you
Roberts was the Best of the lot.After all is taken into consideration he was a real thinker. When they needed a breakthrough badly Lloyd handed him the ball.The wicket always came.
Class bowler
Mr. Roberts was one very mean, cool customer. Some - not all - bowlers today look like ego fuelled little rabble rousers compared with him. Boys instead of men...
most beautiful deliveries such bowling have now extict no fast bowler can bowl such deliveries during 1982 tour Imran with combination of rising balls like roberts with indippers destroyed Indian batting exception of Mohinder Amarnath ,In 1983 Amarnath struck roberts for fours on such deliveries.
he might be bowling 158/160 km/hr if there was speed tracker those days
My guess would be high 140's.
these deliveries are at best 145 at worst 138
@@akhil7110 Roberts was timed at around 150 Kph in a Test match. He was fast.
All those 20 20 st
STARS AND KINGS..of recent times.....will be shot out for next to nothing on any pitch facing this bowling attack....BLOODY FLAT TRACK BULLIES ...ALL OF THEM
Wat a bowler he was👌
those days those dress without any LOGO. clean it was
Bear in mind, this pace and bounce was generated on the old Adelaide Oval pitch
Andy Robert,malcom Marshall,miechal holding,wingston Davis,great bowlers. destroyed Indian batting totally
What a fearsome pace attack the west indies in the eighties with Andy Roberts spearheading!
Holding, Garner, Croft, Daniel, Marshal....relentless assault on the opposition, most of whom simply folded up meekly.
What bout the ones who couldn't get a game. Franklyn Stephenson. Sylvester Clarke. Alleyne (forgot his 1st name) 2 name just a few
Hartley Alleyne.
look at the score card at the end: once again Allan Border scores the highest score against the fiercest bowling attack of all time
Just 4 Aussies survived for the tour to England in 81. That was some clear out.
rohit sharma dhawan murli vijay and all IPL stars will pee in their pants by just watching these videos
Ha ha
Fact
Dhoni will be ready to murder these bowlers by seeing these videos. Only Ajanta Mendis is a threat to the batsmen around the world.
Yes they would 😂😂😂😂
@@flash-uj6ly Instead Dhoni will get murdered by their Quick deliveries. N remember those early days there were no helmets like the ones these days.
When history of fast bowlers is written .... Wasim Akram will always be at the top of the ladder .
i don't feel we will see this level of pace attack ever, at least till 2100. You had your Bumrahs of the world, Steyns of the world, Lees and Akhtars of the world, you have Wasim and Waqar, Lillee and Thomo, but none could ever come close to what Roberts, Holding, Croft, Garner and Marshall achieved.
My all time West Indies bowling line up would be Roberts Marshall Garner and Ambrose.
Great class
West Indian bowlers then had a lot of character.
only mohinder amarnath could play them comfortably
Jimmy broke his jaws thrice in one series against The Caribbeans. The claim of him playing fast bowling comfortably is a myth. Yes, he was brave, and didn’t flinch while getting hit just like Brian Close of England, but he used to get hit nonetheless. While playing them comfortably, there’s only a certain Sunny Gavaskar, who knew how to play them.
Great fast bowler. Very rare to see Greg Chappell fending for his life and totally unable to do anything except dolly it up for a gully catch.
West Indies did stuff back then what good teams are attempting to do today
Deadly bouncers on the offstump line and at serious pace ,hard to deal with them
Fantastic bowler, but was Roberts faster than Holding or Marshall? I can't figure out how to rank those 3 in terms of pure pace. (I know they were all faster than Garner)
The only time Roberts was timed in match conditions was when the University of Western Australia measured Thomson, Lillee, Roberts and Holding using high speed cine cameras at the Perth test in 1975. The technique used lots of film up, so they only measured a few overs. Thomson's fastest was 160.45km/h (99.70mph). Roberts was 2nd at 150.67km/h (93.62mph). If you look on the internet you may see posts that Roberts was clocked at 159.49km/h but that is a listing error on a cricinfo stats page, with that speed actually being Jeff Thomson's 2nd fastest delivery. I've emailed them more than once about it but they don't seem interested in correcting it. In that same set of measurements Holding's fastest was 148.54km/h (92.30mph). At that time Holding was only 21 years old, so it's reasonable to assume he got a bit faster in his mid-20s. The report from the 1975 test stated that Roberts was unwell during the session of play where he was measured, so it's reasonable to assume he bowled faster. Both Roberts and Holding took part in the 1979 fast bowling competition and both were slower than the 1975 measurements. I've never found a reliable speed measurement for Marshall.
He was really quick ...155+
Was recorded @157.4kph in 1976 in fast bowling study
Robert , Marshall, Holding, Garner, Patterson, Ambrose, Walsh are the best
What unbelievable bowling strength: holding, Robert, croft, and Garner. What more can you ask for? Now, compare it with the current joke of the bowling strength that WI field. What a shame!
that was rapid 😍
phewwwwww!
You could have placed all the players around the sleep cordon against that kind of bowling