My XI - Ian Chappell: Garry Sobers, 254 v Australia, MCG - 'The best batsman I have ever seen'

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12 жыл бұрын

Ian Chappell picks the eleven most memorable centuries that he has seen.
Part one: Garry Sobers, 254 v Australia, MCG - Bounce Garry Sobers at your own peril as Australia learnt during his 254 at the MCG
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@govindarajannarasimhan8502 2 жыл бұрын

Ian is a gifted orator and an excellent commentator. The way he recalls an incident is like taking you live to that era. I have heard many a great story teller but Ian is the best.

@tusharsohale6894 5 жыл бұрын

This man is encyclopaedia of Test Cricket. Genius.

@flatoutt1 4 жыл бұрын

you're a gifted engaging communicator with great knowledge and story telling ability . thankyou [or to put it in auusie ese "you can tell a bloody good yarn "].you're a treasure to the world cricket community

@sln7839 3 жыл бұрын

I really like the way he gives the background before the match which really shows the importance of the innings. Ian is a very good cricket story teller. Wow ! How can he narrate a cricket match or a knock like a story. Awesome Ian !

@phoarey 4 жыл бұрын

I remember watching some of Sobers 254 on TV in black and white. So good

@Ennis007 3 жыл бұрын

The Greatest All Time XI: From the Realms of Immortality 1 Jack Hobbs 2 W.G Grace 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Gary Sobers 7 Adam Gilchrist (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 10 Dennis Lillee 11 Sydney Barnes 12th: Imran Khan. Substitutes: ( Victor Trumper , Brian Lara , Jacques Kallis , Muttiah Muralitharan , Malcolm Marshall ) Manager :- Sir Frank Worrell .

@BinaryRex18 2 жыл бұрын

@@roshanpaidi But Lara never opened...

@roshanpaidi 2 жыл бұрын

@@BinaryRex18 he doesn't necessarily need to open. Bradman can go up and lara can bat after a wicket falls

@BinaryRex18 2 жыл бұрын

@@roshanpaidi Bradman never opened in tests... I understand that he would probably still be great, but wouldn't a specialist opener be more of a safe choice?

@roshanpaidi 2 жыл бұрын

@@BinaryRex18 i don't think grace would've done better in modern pyrotechnics really well i agree his first class stats are excellent but i think lara would be a better choice than grace

@BinaryRex18 2 жыл бұрын

@@roshanpaidi Even if you don't want to choose Grace, you could choose a more modern opener like Sunil Gavaskar or Virender Sehwag who both have awesome records.

@rajarshichatterjee3281 5 жыл бұрын

thanks ian , after this i went and saw that master piece 254 by sir garry sobers !!! my english will fall short to describe the knock !!! it's better to stay silent and just rise and applaud !!

@lonestar6709 6 жыл бұрын

I like Ian. Common sense, no-nonsense Aussie.

@markaidan4368 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah mate & a great captain, gritty, tough Aussie character who played the game hard, not malicious hard, hard yakka hard😁l would of loved playing cricket with the 3 brothers in the back yard, probably had their uncle/grandfather? Victor Richardson another Aussie legend doing throw downs to them 👍

@rohanwijeyaratna824 2 жыл бұрын

Not too many who'd disagree mate.

@kunalsandilya6034 2 жыл бұрын

@@markaidan4368 yes. his grandfather was a captain of Australia too

@TheIkaraCult Жыл бұрын

Ian is a superb storyteller

@CaptainAmerica-xl7gp 5 жыл бұрын

This is cricket no hate have a drink with the opposition

@markaidan4368 3 жыл бұрын

When it was a gentleman's game back then mate, after WSC which l loved, professionalism in cricket, tennis, golf not as much, soccer everything changed. Sponsors, Logo's, money, changed Sport forever. That's what materialism, money does to things. It takes the love, enjoyment, respect for your opponents & whatever your playing out of it. Still great to watch, maybe better in a athletic way, but the part these sports played as role models for our children is long gone, Federer, Nadel, Messi, Bolt & a few others are the exception 👍

@vineshnaidoo9402 9 жыл бұрын

Great inning indeed....

@alancampbell8760 3 жыл бұрын

Went to the MCG after the cattle sales at Newmarket that day, had been listening to the cricket on the radio, heard an almighty roar come from the ground as we got near the gates and we missed him getting his 200 by 5 minutes

@Yah16786Ahmed 4 жыл бұрын

If gary sobers was 23 today, Ipl franchisies will dish out 10 mn dollars for him ,

@sumanthebbar8702 3 жыл бұрын

PSL will get him for 20 million dollars

@markaidan4368 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, 10 mill for batting, 10 mill for bowling & throw in a couple of mill for fielding & his sheer brilliance & presence, well man your right 😁👍

@vishalsahu6987 3 жыл бұрын

@@sumanthebbar8702 if they do that they will not be able to host PSL for 10 years as that's their 10 year's budget.. ha ha ha

@jasontoi8628 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best of all time

@07sanjeewakaru 11 жыл бұрын

Ian always set the way us to recognize masterpieces in the world of Soap Operas.

@oliverhughes6162 Жыл бұрын

Gary was exceptional. The lowest SIX I ever saw was from Gary Sobers in St. KITTS it is took off like a military jet over long on and breezed the hand of the fielder. Unbelievable.

@90_cricket_classic 4 ай бұрын

Ian,is the most knowledgeable and great philosopher of cricket ,he is the most generous person the game has ever seen,if you want to know more about cricket just listen to Ian chappell and read his coloumns ,a true great Man🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@princenarayana 3 жыл бұрын

Srikanth, Viv, Sobers, Clive, Miandad, Dujon, Kapil, Imran, Hadlee, Quadir, Holding. This should be unbelievable T20 team

@markaidan4368 3 жыл бұрын

Is this a World 11 or are Aussies invited, if they are what about Gilly man. l admired Dujon especially when he said that Alan Border was the best, most guttiest batsman he had seen, but Gilly was in a different league to every other wicket-keeper batsman, a legendary cricketer.

@edwardcooper3948 3 жыл бұрын

The chappels, cricket royalty.

@rangasai7459 6 жыл бұрын

I heard that no batsman is greater than Don Bradman, but one exception. As a alrounder no one reach standards set by Garry Sobers. I like him very much being Indian. This I heard from many cricketing greats.

@saleemkirmani5583 2 жыл бұрын

There is no exception, Bradman is the best batsman of all time. He scored Two triple centuries too. A 311 in one day vs England at the tough uncovered wicket of Headingly. Tendulkar's highest is 248 vs a very weak Bangladesh bowling squad. Tendulkar was a great batsman, no match for the Don. Even Sobers has a higher average than him, despite being the best all rounder of all time.

@Manishnishad007 10 ай бұрын

@@saleemkirmani5583bradman played non professional village cricket only in two places while Tendulkar scored everywhere and against everyone in professional cricket

@saleemkirmani5583 9 ай бұрын

@Manishnishad007 Bradman first class average was 95. He scored a triple century in one day at in a test match on an uncovered wicket in England. Tendulkar 's highest score in a test is 248 vs a weak and inexperienced Bangladesh team. These are facts.

@Manishnishad007 9 ай бұрын

@@saleemkirmani5583 bradman played village cricket with mill workers and daily labourers and farmers , Tendulkar played professional sport huge difference , in village cricket and club many have scored bigger runs and did unbelievable things , Tendulkar also played everywhere and scored and in cricket conditions and pitch matters the most , bradman can’t play in india turning track like all Australians

@Manishnishad007 9 ай бұрын

@@saleemkirmani5583 England did bodyline better tactic and bradman average 50 only , and then cried all over the media , viv Gavaskar never cried on soft pitch bowling without helmets

@SuperShitforbrains 11 жыл бұрын

good players

@muralinarasimhan3863 2 жыл бұрын

Gary Gary Gary...the original superstar.

@prabhakarsagar3261 2 жыл бұрын

India ko hamesha criticise karne wala insan Ian Chappell brother of Ian Chappell

@ganesanls8723 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@vinamrananavati8711 Жыл бұрын

Does anybody know the music piece at the end?

@robroper8878 Жыл бұрын

Sobers, finest batsman, finest all rounder, finest sportsman ever.

@parthshin 9 жыл бұрын

whats the song at the end?

@mirafzal2019 Жыл бұрын

Ian chappal great genius player of Australia cricket team

@harunyahyadotorg 3 жыл бұрын

Zaheer Abbas was second only to Viv in odi cricket.

@CaptainAmerica-xl7gp 5 жыл бұрын

Can you see a soccer player say something like that about another player no way

@markaidan4368 3 жыл бұрын

Messi what l've seen of him mate is one player in my view that would. I like his style, kind of humble😇🙏 Like Renaldo 😑🤣🤣🤣👍

@gavinscott8903 11 ай бұрын

Must have been a special player. Shame i never saw him live. You read his stats & listen to all the great x-players & its very similar theyre opinion of sobers being the best batsman of that era

@ysgol3 10 ай бұрын

I watched Botham trying to outtalk Ian Chappell recently about their dislike of each other. it was like watching a chimp (a beefy one) trying to play chess with a grandmaster.

@PoonchNZ 2 жыл бұрын

If you selected the all time best XI from each country. 1. Which team do you reckon would be the best? 2. Which team would have the best bowling attack? 3. Which team would be the best at batting? 4. And would no. 2 & 3 be a tough spot?

@joshuahenry9135 Жыл бұрын

West indies, Australia. England

@Veaseify 10 жыл бұрын

Such a pity that there's little to no footage of Sobers at his peak (apart from the six sixes in an over) so many of the older great players get no attention because there's no visual record of how good they were, you just have to take it as gospel.

@Elixir6 6 жыл бұрын

Steve Veasey Their is a footage of his innings of 254.

@wespaul9345 Жыл бұрын

Agree. I would've loved to have seen Sobers. A decade late. But reading and listening to stories from his peers gives an insight to his talent. Enjoy Chappelli and boycotts stories immensely.

@anilsinha4968 4 жыл бұрын

One fails to understand as to why Ian Chappell has not been given the knighthood. If Boycott can why not him.

@ronlargecock7775 4 жыл бұрын

Because he's a nasty cheat

@davidhumphries1146 3 жыл бұрын

He wouldn't accept it.

@inquisitive8903 3 жыл бұрын

Ask the kiwis about it..lols

@anilsinha4968 3 жыл бұрын

@@inquisitive8903 It was Greg Chappell who had asked Trevor to bowl underarm not Ian.

@kunalsingh3121 2 жыл бұрын

@@ronlargecock7775 How ???

@benbutler9282 Ай бұрын

Alright sobers might be the MJ of cricket

@captainamerica5945 Жыл бұрын

Ian I never heard you say anything about Rohan Kanhai

@chemistryset1 2 жыл бұрын

what a weirdly indiscrete interview

@arvind87654 11 жыл бұрын

I seriously read it johnretard4life..and I think it fits..

@rajivsharma1998 Жыл бұрын

Games greatest allrounder and only second best batsman behind Sir Don

@rambhattacharjee1850 9 ай бұрын

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@leroybrown2641 10 ай бұрын

if Ian say sobers was the best ever , thats good enough for me

@gorabose334 Жыл бұрын

No one can match Sobers.

@dennisleslie8962 3 ай бұрын

I guess that he never saw Brian Lara.

@sln7839 3 жыл бұрын

who disked this video? May be the bowlers who bowled to sobers and their team mates in this match.

@edwardcooper3948 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have to be a fantastic story teller before you can even think about being a cricketer ?

@carlhughes6459 10 ай бұрын

Is that grandad of only fools and horses

@Ennis007 3 жыл бұрын

Top 10 Greatest Batsman of All Time 1 Don Bradman 2 Gary Sobers 3 Barry Richards 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Jack Hobbs 7 Graeme Pollock 8 Greg Chappell 9 Len Hutton 10 Wally Hammond

@kunalsingh3121 2 жыл бұрын

Shit list ??? Barry Richards didn't played any decent cricket to be in same bracket as Viv, Lara, Tendulkar and Sobbers. Viv Richards is perhaps the best batsman since Bradman and I am saying it as a Indian, he was insane.

@rangasai7459 2 жыл бұрын

@@kunalsingh3121 what you told is correct bro. But Barry was described great batsman by some cricketing greats. His footwork was simply superb.

@kunalsingh3121 2 жыл бұрын

@@rangasai7459 I agree with you Barry was brilliant so was Graeme Pollock but fact is that they didn't play decent cricket to be in same bracket as a Garfield Sobbers, Vivian Richards, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Greg Chappell etc...., I never saw Sobbers but of all I saw Viv was the best followed by Lara and Tendulkar... I would have love to see Barry ane Grame play against a Kapil Dev and three masterful India spinners in India, against Imran Khan, Abdul Qadir in Pakistan, Dennis Lilllee, Jeff Thomson and Lenne Pascoe on Australian surfaces of that age where each Australian surface has a different character to it...,Bob Willis, John Snow, Ian Botham and Dereck Underwood in Englans...And the greatest attack in history in Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, Joel Garner and Collin Croft so much so that Malcolm Marshall arguably greatest ever, couldn't get in the regular XI for 4 odd years of his carrer. Can't compare pitty due to aparthied..

@johnholmes912 2 жыл бұрын

sorry but the previous year you played with barry richards, he was certainly the greatest since bradman

@emamularfeen4940 4 жыл бұрын

No 'Sir' for sobers???

@kunalsingh3121 4 жыл бұрын

Dont need to call Somebody Sir If u respect them From bottom of Your heart And Chappelli Did rate Garfield sobbers And Viv richards As Something Beyond Words.

@terryfied7942 3 жыл бұрын

er yes in 1975 ! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield_Sobers

@lonestar6709 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, he's Sir Garfield Sobers. There have been quite a few in West Indies. Sir Everton Weekes. Sir Andy Roberts. Sir Viv Richards. Sir Frank Worrell. Sir Curtly Ambrose. Many others.

@IsaacAsimov1992 4 жыл бұрын

World's best batsmen in last 50 years: UPDATED 16 May 2020 (Ponting replaces Botham) (1) Viv Richards (2) Barry Richards (3) Brian Lara (4) Kumar Sangakkara (5) AB de Villiers (6) Gary Sobers (7) Sachin Tendulkar (8) Graeme Pollock (9) Steve Smith (10) Virat Kohli (11) Ricky Ponting (12) Javed Miandad

@kunalsingh3121 4 жыл бұрын

Throw botham and at the moment throw smith and kohli also put Greg chappell Right in top 5 And Why arguably best batsman of fast bowling From asia mohinder amarnath not there,Atleast Greg deserves to be there he was a class act.

@IsaacAsimov1992 4 жыл бұрын

@@kunalsingh3121 Thanks for your thoughtful comment. You make an excellent point regarding Mohinder Amarnath. I didn't realise he was so good. Wikipedia says, "Fiery fast bowlers Imran Khan of Pakistan and Malcolm Marshall of West Indies have praised his batsmanship, courage and ability to endure and master pain. Imran regarded Mohinder so highly that in his book 'All Round View' he went on record to say that in the 1982-83 season, Mohinder was quite simply the best batsman in the world." and "In his book 'Idols', Indian legend and compatriot Sunil Gavaskar described Mohinder Amarnath as the finest batsman in the world." and "Mohinder made his first test century at Perth at the WACA (the fastest and bounciest wicket in the world) batting against Jeff Thomson at his fastest. He followed this test century with another 10 more against top class fast bowling." I saw Greg Chappell hit a century at the WACA, in his first test. Yes, he was good. I put Botham is there because at one time he was the best batsman and bowler in the world. Then he got injured and his figures suffered. (Cheers from Perth, Australia)

@kunalsingh3121 4 жыл бұрын

@@IsaacAsimov1992 Yes Mohinder was quite special to people of Our time And was Far superior To sunil Gavskar in playing Fast bowling,Gavskar was overrated on that myth of 13 100s against windies fiery quick which is rubbish the best player to domimate them was amarmath and Somehow greg chappell also batted brillaintly against them in packer cricket and took them apart. But i think his 1st 100 came in 77 78 tour,thommo was not at his Fastest to be fair,He suffered that collison with turner ans busted his shoulder In dec 1976.And there was No Dennis lilee.Thommo was at his quickest till 76 because he use to generate his pace from his slingy action and he was Fastest ever I Saw.

@IsaacAsimov1992 4 жыл бұрын

@Jim Barrows Which one from my list would go?

@steveerrol5802 4 жыл бұрын

No a bad list but if you saw Gary Sobers bat there’s no one on your list that was better than he!

@uzikgaming5470 4 жыл бұрын

Those 10 was Indian dislike

@ronjeremy6128 7 ай бұрын

Ian Chappell, probably the worst of the Chappell brothers, which is saying something.

@Ennis007 3 жыл бұрын

The Greatest #XI of All Time 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (Cap.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Gary Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W/K) 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 10 Malcolm Marshall 11 Dennis Lillee 12th : W.G Grace. Substitutes: ( George Headley , Brian Lara , Imran Khan , Muttiah Muralitharan , Sydney Barnes ) Manager :- Sir Frank Worrell . My Above XI is Probably the Most Accurate All Time XI List in Cricket History which is Co-incidentally the Mixer of WISDEN and ESPN Cricinfo All Time XI List. It's a Full 16 Man Squad and I have Deservingly put Two Proper Openers Hobbs and Hutton As they have a Great Records everywhere and seemingly Great Chemistry and Connection within them as they played mostly after post WW1 Era from 1920 onwards with much better Competitiveness and in a Developing Test Cricket era compared to 18th or 19th Century Cricket. And I have Top 6 Strong Batting Line up so I went with a Specialist Wicket Keeper Alan Knott ahead of Wicket Keeper Batsman Adam Gilchrist who unfortunately Missed out due to I have a Strong top 6 Batting order as well as Strong tail enders too like Warne , Akram and Marshall who all can Bat also. So I went with a Specialist Wicket Keeper with a descent batting record, so I went with Alan Knott. Then I have a 1 Great All Rounder Sir Garfield Sobers who is the Great Left Handed Batsman and can bowl three different variations Bowling and 1 Great Spinner Shane Warne So he would have a Great Right hand - Left Hand and Leg Spin / Off Spin Combinations with Gary Sobers. And at Last I have deservingly Put 3 Genuine Fast and Complete Bowlers Akram , Marshall and Lillee as 3 Pace Bowlers with Great Statistic Records among them who all also played in The Most Golden , Toughest and Competitive Era of Test Cricket From 1970 to 2000 Era. W.G Grace as the 12th Man who was an All Rounder and a Father Figure Cultural Icon of Cricket and Sir Frank Worrell is The Best Manager the Game has ever seen who can Guide your Team and Bring out the best from above players. P.S. - Steven Smith , Virat Kohli and Pat Cummins are Active Players. So I will Judge them after they will retire, so we can get the clear picture of their Overall career.

@joshuablake3307 3 жыл бұрын

Herbut Sutcliffe?

@jamesmccaul2945 3 жыл бұрын

Nice team

@rajivsharma5004 7 жыл бұрын

undoubtedly he is only second to Sir Don

@ToeCrusher8787 7 жыл бұрын

Rajiv Sharma He was fucking better than Bradman

@qweqweqweqwe40 7 жыл бұрын

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha better than bradman thats a good one

@sudhasharma4838 7 жыл бұрын

P wow Cwow ji better we focus on his game he was true legend.

@mycountdownz4980 6 жыл бұрын

Sobers was indeed a better batsman than Bradman. Bradman never faced quality bowlers apart from Harold Larwood, and he had great problem facing Larwood. It was the failure of Bradman and his co players to face real fast bowling and thus "Bodyline" had to be born in order to save their ego (think how Bradman would have suffered against the west indian pace attack, Imran, Akram, Waqar, Shoaib in the modern era when bowling at the rib cage area is perfectly legal). Bradman was the best batsman of his era. But not the greatest of all time. Ask Ian Botham. He will tell you you who the greatest batsman of all time is.

@oot007 6 жыл бұрын

MyCountdownz I think Ian Botham said Viv was the best player that has ever played the game. I was too young to see Sobers play but from what I've seen I agree with both Botham and Chappelli. Photo finish between Viv and Sobers.

@07sanjeewakaru 11 жыл бұрын

wtf