Cricket Documentaries



There was a good documentary last year on the history of West Indies players joining the Lancashire League. The footage showing packed crowds and legends like Wes Hall, and later Viv Richards in his peak coming to the club he used to be play for as a young aspiring professional via a chopper from the other side of the country was amazing. It was these amateur leagues that provided young foreign talents the chance to impress county scouts. Those leagues in those days was more professional in terms of ground-keeping but also a higher standard since before central contracts were a thing you'd have ex England players playing.
 
The Hesford Diet said:
On BT Sport 2 now is Courageous Captains, a documentary about tesr match and series winning captains touring Australia.
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I've got this recorded to watch. There's also Walkabout Wickets and Shark Curry: A Cricket Delicacy, about the men's and women's aboriginal teams.
The Hesford Diet said:
Forged In Fire, Cricket Australia's history of the Ashes, is canny. They give a lot of time over to the 2005 series. Adam Gilchrist admitting that it was the first time any side had got to him mentally was particularly insightful as he described what went on.
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Really excellent series, with some funny tales along the way. There was another Peter Dickson series called Two Nations, One Obsession about the Australia v India rivalry.
 
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Nebula said:
There was a good documentary last year on the history of West Indies players joining the Lancashire League. The footage showing packed crowds and legends like Wes Hall, and later Viv Richards in his peak coming to the club he used to be play for as a young aspiring professional via a chopper from the other side of the country was amazing. It was these amateur leagues that provided young foreign talents the chance to impress county scouts. Those leagues in those days was more professional in terms of ground-keeping but also a higher standard since before central contracts were a thing you'd have ex England players playing.
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Playing as an overseas pro was more rewarding than playing for a county for many. There was a good bit on it in Harry Pearson's book Slipless In Settle.
 

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