@Illustratio I strange thing I think I've seen post from this ..... on other videos.WTF is he at?

@MUFC then y did u see this video

Bravery of sir Isaac Alexander Vivian richards wow .terror not afraid of bouncers

@MUFC Soccer may rule the roost in terms of popularity but cricket is much higher in terms of skills which is why less countries are involved.

@MUFC there are not even 240 countries in the world

@Jim Barrows For ur kind information After packer the helmet came that was around 79-80.

Sunil Gavaskar played most of career without a helmet against the mighty West Indian pace attack ...he was even braver because at least Viv played against pace bowlers in his domestic cricket

@@cashmandillian4600 He faced them in County many Times And smash them To Pieces,And In Island Vs Island matches He Even smashed Malcom marshall at his fastest. And Coming To Sunil Gavskar He use to wear a skull cap,And Later He Use to wear temple guard Viv is the only player who played without any protection And Against Thommo when he was at his Fastest in 75.For That Matter Even Ian chappel as far as i remember Didnt Wore a Helmet.Greg too wore a temple guard in his Later part For Ur kind information Gavskar never scored 100s against Reall windies quatret Apart from 1 at boruda and 1 at Dead Pitch in Madras Or Delhi U know What kind of Pitches were these,MOHINDER amarnath was best player Of that time From india A fearless hooker And Technically Brilliant.

@@kunalsingh3121 so.how many centuries did Sunny score against the West Indies? And by the way Sunny started wearing a skull cap at rear end of his career

@@cashmandillian4600 13 idiot but Out of 9 to 10 were Against B grade windies side It will shock ur ass up but thats true Around 71 in his Debut series,Windies were basically Playing Club level Bowlers Like Holder,Jullien etc.In 74 A Young Andy roberts was there,And he struggled a bit,In 76 Miki holding too had came He got a great 100 there but roberts wasnt playing,Rest of his 100s were in 78 Where All there players Went To Packer Circus And they go back Again to Spin Dominating side.Got 1 at boruda against all of them in 81 and Scored well in 83 84 Where Garner was not playing. Ps He averages 16 Against Dennis Lilee,Hadlee Too had him Many Times. But No desrespect His level Of Concentration was brillaint But Some of his facts are highly Overrated and Absolutely Wrong But still a Damm Fine Player.

thats double these days with better bats and smaller grounds

Second only to Bradman

@@derby1884 No, Hraeme Pollock was 2nd to Bradman. If it hadn't have been for apartheid Pollock would've probably averaged in the 80's. Pollock got tons against rebel touring teams, when he was in his late 40's and early 50's.

yes sir me tooooop

Yup.. he is the best

Without a doubt

Javed Miandad has some batting style of Vivian Rechard.

Wrong, a helmet causes you to get struck more often, helmet wearers take greater risks and don't learn how to deal with the rising delivery anywhere near as well, this is shown in the stats since helmet compulsion which shows us that helmets have made matters worse. More head injuries and deaths.

@ D Sharma I agree with you 100% Viv was the man. Coolest dude ever. Genius with the bat. Brave beyond compare. Cheers from Australia.

truly he was a brave and courageous cricketer. never wore a helmet during his whole career. thats bravery. and faced fast bowlers like lillee, thompson,hadlee and attacking them. thats courage

Lily was a piece of shit he was fucker

@Jim Barrows hahaha, bother to look at the facts you fucking dimwit! Helmets increase head injuries, this occurs in all sports. You're fucking clueless!!

pls, its a shame to mention lara name with the great viv richards, lara played cricket with helmet, babies kinda cricket

You forget Kalicharan.

@@kumarparag4899 richards and Lara are far better than our baby tendulkar.

@@thangamani3983 and who are you to judge....expert.....😂😂

Shiv Chanderpaul

deebadubbie when?

Haha lol :p

Shiva Amirishetti read the title and then watch the video again u will come to know what he meant

Oh, I thought Lillee was just a little sun burnt.

pig uui g2g

How old are you sir?

@@techmania5957 old enough to have seen this stuff live. 😄 But I was young then.

I lived through that time period and I am only 62 Years old , and I remember That match were Lillee went nuts and Bowled Western Australia to Victory in The Miracle match , even Viv tip his hat to DK some players then , and what a Player was the Master Blaster Viv was And my Favourite was The Big Cat 🐈 Clive Lloyd , you have to be older to Remember these terminology we called these players Ps The only thing about getting older Is you do forget the names and nick names eg Clive Lloyd not sure if it Big Cat or Cool cat , either one suits him !!

with helmets you take more risks and get hit more often. More deaths in cricket and more head injuries since helmets became regulated

I also want to play only if the ball is of sponge or plastic

@@ynotnilknarf39 Proof?

@@hyena131 go look it up, it's easily available to find. Having played in the 80s myself without a helmet and watched a lot of cricket AND I am into cycling since the 80s alsom the prevalence of helmets has had a detrimental effect in both sports, as it has in all sports/activities that wear PPE, particularly to the head. Often the helmet induces people into taking greater risks (risk compensation or risk homeostasis), bowlers are content to bowl at/above shoulders, umps are less protective of batters (because of helmets) and batters are far worse at playing the rising ball than pre helmet days and are more likely to be struck by a rising ball because they feel less fearful because of the helmet. As such head strikes have increased, same as increases in concussions in boxing WITH padded headguard and the helmets are simply not good enough even when they aree gridiron standard to prevent TBIs. Surely you have heard of the massive increases in brain injury and CTE issues in past players in american football. Why is that since they wear helmets? Do you think a cricket ball has more chance of hitting a helmet that protrudes out further than the head or an unhelmetted head that is smaller? Sxience tells us an unhelmeted head is LESS likely to get struck! Here's a quote from a british medical Journal research paper "Batters in cricket are continuing to sustain head and facial injuries despite wearing protective helmets." repository.cardiffmet.ac.uk/handle/10369/5691?show=full

@@ynotnilknarf39 You made the claim, not me, so it's up to you back it up. Not my job to "look it up." For the 2nd time, proof? If you're right, I will stand corrected.

Still viv dominated it ,had he been around Today my god devesteting

great observation....even the players wore formal shirts and trousers while playing

Nothing wrong with that. Change with the times

Looks attractive nowadays

Soon you'll see them sporting a Bermuda dude..😂😂😂😂

@@MohitKumar-nj8ms l@X£%

You can tell he past his best in the video. Still good but not as sharp with his shots and reflexes as he was in early to mid 80's. Not sure what year this was but I remember I watched a lot of the West Indies v Australia Test series around 1991 or 92 and he must have been nearly 40 then and he was clearly getting to the point of retirement because he was not dealing well with the pace of Craig McDermott in that series. Both Greenidge and Viv Richards were both playing in that series but I could tell they were very close to the end of their careers as they were getting it on the body a lot more than they would have before. Craig McDermott really paid for it as the West Indies quicks really went after him when he batted. Would not have wanted to be in his shoes when he was batting. Loved watching Viv and Gordon Greenidge bat. Shame when the careers of players you loved watching has to come to an end.

not sure....bowlers these days are not uni dimentional...brainless bowling bouncers after bouncer and getting predictable....these day bowlers have better avg and sr than lileee that too playing in good batting friendly pitches.....so these day bowlers are as good as back then...

Well said, it's viv, have to, greatest player.

Yeah, but to be fair he did say that it was a sign of Viv's talent It's pretty regular to see mistimed sixes these days with the bats they use The only other player of that era I remember who would hit a mistimed six was Viv's pal Ian Botham.

Navin Pujari *Vivian At least spell the great man's name right.

Hiii

thanks for telling the world ! the entire world was so curious to know about who is your favorite player Sir Navin Pujari.

good..now tell what is ur favourite vegetable..

Salute Sir Vivian Richards

Even i used to play with Holding

@Jim Barrows hey Jim which city ur from ?

@Jim Barrows coz time must be around 12 or 1 there !

193

Good call. (and I'm an Aussie)

I’m not sure either of you understand the meaning of the word ‘scapegoat’

He was like road side d.....

Joseph Bravi The ICC didn’t punish Smith and Warner (apart from a one match suspension), Cricket Australia put those punishments on them

Very nice to see Smith and Warner crying I appreciate Australian Cricket Board who save cricket

Well said,brother.

Indiancrab . Well said!

Indiancrab . The titans from the Caribbean...the awe that you felt coming to the Caribbean off the plane!

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Best WI team ever I think IMO don't forget Marshal & Roberts.

And carl hooper too @ indiancrab..

Lillee is an arrogant wanker and a cheat. Loser!!!

Did Viv have an edge over Lillie ? Who won the battle ?

Dennis lillee may have been arrogant but you would have to be stupid to call him a w**ker and a loser, he was a great bowler in an era where there were many great bowlers and batsmen,and yes they were real men🏏

That's classic test match cricket great Fast bowler vs great batsman love the opportunity to to see them in action at the Adelaide oval now I'm showing my age just turned 60 2 days ago love Anthony Fed ex lol

You mistake arrogance for greatness. DK is top shelf & had the power to intimidate, plus his enormous skills. Like Viv, the greatest in their era. Viv the best since Bradman. Lillee the greatest quick of all time.

@@graemealexander9347 The greatest quick of all time? Yeah right. Waaaay better than Joel Garner / Courtney Walsh / Malcolm Marshall / Andy Roberts / Harold Larwood / Freddy Truman / Glenn McGrath / ...... And I don't think any of those were a prick like DL either.

jeff skanks Oh no. McGrath was never a 'prick' per se. And Marshall, Garner, Walsh, etc etc were all sooooo nice to batsman on the field. It's test cricket. Tough, competitive and played hard on the field. It's clear you've never played a sport live. Stick to video games, ya little wannabee twat. Calm down, kiddo...

Lillee was absolute prick ,like most Aussies crickets, cheaters.

Viv was the one who was arrogant. He'd arrogantly stride out to the wicket, and arrogantly lean on his bat while he arrogantly chewed his chewing gum. That's what I liked about him. I think it was all part of an act to intimidate the opposition, but you've got to have the game to back it up. Even refusing to wear a helmet was arrogant. It was his way of saying "I'm Viv Motherfucking Richards and none of you bowlers are good enough to touch me!" I'm an Aussie cricket fan and back in the 80's the Windies were awesome. They played the way I wished Australia would.

I agree. Lillee was a beast and Viv gave it back. Only other foreign player I loved for the same courage was Gavaskar.

even my reaction!!! how is that for confidence!!

he faced everyone without a helmet so not sure why you are surprised

Sunil Gavaskar played more than Richard's... I mean he played dangerous Windies bowlers too

No he didn't. Gavaskar played less first class matches than Viv Richards. Richards faced the west Indian bowlers in first class cricket.He played not just in the Caribbean but also County Cricket in the UK, Sheffield Shield Cricket in Australia, WSC in Australia and not forgetting practice sessions in the nets and the pacemen didn't hold back!

Sirinimal Adikari sunil played at international level, more tough competition

I would have instructed the pacers to bounce to Lillie in return!

Why are you so obsessed with masculinity and toughness? Get over it. Most batsmen aren't stupid enough to risk their lives for the sake of acting tough

@Dip G wasim in his prime easily averaged 145-150 kphs. Now combine this with his height, deadly swing, accuracy, bouncers and banana yorkers. You have to be a real stupid or a butt-hurt Indian to term Wasim as average speed bowler.

@Dip G no proof for the speed of Dennis Lilllee right? so how do you confirm? by asking the bastmen who faced them. So you better do some research and look at the interviews of those batsmen who faced Wasim in his prime.

Viv richards through out his Carrier played with out helmet against all the bowlers he faced.

Yes....great Gavaskar.....gutsy batsman...he scored more test centuries against WI

They weren't really at their prime or gavaskar would get smacked, have you seen west indies vs england like 1976?

Abey Abraham

Chahal is batman

Your lilee was a lousy cock that’s about it. no sportsmanship.

Gavaskar was good but not with these giants kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bLSKfsmm2a--lXk.html See this clip 29:27.India surrenders the match

Swagger Richards or fearless richards will be better for him

Agreed Malcolm not in Lillees class, but big Dev did sort out King Viv on a few occasions that tour. Credit where it’s due.

😂

That is them all of the time!

Who moaned about that?

@@leos1875 no mate, Dennis Lillee spent hours working on physically turning into Devon Malcolm in the nets. That takes commitment

@@Krapvag but how he did it ? @ why ?

@@Krapvag in which year ?

@@leos1875 he retired as Dennis Lillee in 84, went away and worked hard at becoming Devon Malcolm and showcased his new appearance in 89, ended up having a second career. Incredible player

@@leos1875 are you that fucking stupid?

Possibly the best yes and certainly the most intimidating.

Yep. His figures still stand up against today's best, despite the smaller boundaries, batter friendly wickets and better bat technology. I sometimes wonder what carnage he would cause today..... imagine him in 20/20.....

@ Peter Green Hard to disagree with that.

agree, especially without helmet

He used to wear different kind of helmet inside his hat.