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Fire In Babylon is my favourite cricket documentary of all time. The Windies were just so awe inspiring in that era. Imagine seeing off Holding and Roberts to see Garner taking his jumper off, Marshall second change, any of them get injured you’ve got the likes of Croft, Patterson to call on. Domestically you had the likes of Sylvester Clark, Wayne Daniel that couldn’t even get a look in. 💩
 
Helmerroids said:
Fire In Babylon is my favourite cricket documentary of all time. The Windies were just so awe inspiring in that era. Imagine seeing off Holding and Roberts to see Garner taking his jumper off, Marshall second change, any of them get injured you’ve got the likes of Croft, Patterson to call on. Domestically you had the likes of Sylvester Clark, Wayne Daniel that couldn’t even get a look in. 💩
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Even more incredible is of the 8 bowlers you named 4 are Bajans, Garner Marshall Clark and Daniel.
I reckon in about 1980 that Barbados team would have best any touring national team. Especially when you consider they could have Greenwich Haynes Best and King in their batting line up.
If they had have selected a purely Bajan side to tour England in 1980 they would have best us.
 
wayne entwhistle no9 said:
Even more incredible is of the 8 bowlers you named 4 are Bajans, Garner Marshall Clark and Daniel.
I reckon in about 1980 that Barbados team would have best any touring national team. Especially when you consider they could have Greenwich Haynes Best and King in their batting line up.
If they had have selected a purely Bajan side to tour England in 1980 they would have best us.
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From the mid 70s to the mid 80s they had a production line- Vanburn Holder, Keith Boyce, Wayne Daniel, Joel Garner, Sylvester Clarke, Malcolm Marshall, Hartley Alleyne, Ezra Moseley and Franklyn Stephenson.

Viv Richards only played 24 first class innings against Barbados in 19 years but he only made one century and 602 runs at an average of 27.36 which says something for the quality of their attack.
 
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From the mid 70s to the mid 80s they had a production line- Vanburn Holder, Keith Boyce, Wayne Daniel, Joel Garner, Sylvester Clarke, Malcolm Marshall, Hartley Alleyne, Ezra Moseley and Franklyn Stephenson.

Viv Richards only played 24 first class innings against Barbados in 19 years but he only made one century and 602 runs at an average of 27.36 which says something for the quality of their attack.
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Interesting stat that about Viv
 
The Red Telephone said:
From the mid 70s to the mid 80s they had a production line- Vanburn Holder, Keith Boyce, Wayne Daniel, Joel Garner, Sylvester Clarke, Malcolm Marshall, Hartley Alleyne, Ezra Moseley and Franklyn Stephenson.

Viv Richards only played 24 first class innings against Barbados in 19 years but he only made one century and 602 runs at an average of 27.36 which says something for the quality of their attack.
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aye , and Franklyn never got a game!!
 
The Red Telephone said:
From the mid 70s to the mid 80s they had a production line- Vanburn Holder, Keith Boyce, Wayne Daniel, Joel Garner, Sylvester Clarke, Malcolm Marshall, Hartley Alleyne, Ezra Moseley and Franklyn Stephenson.

Viv Richards only played 24 first class innings against Barbados in 19 years but he only made one century and 602 runs at an average of 27.36 which says something for the quality of their attack.
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Just phenomenal isn’t it, for that period an Island of less than 300k could’ve competed with any international team in the world, they’d have unquestionably had the best bowling attack.
 
On the BBC iPlayer is 40 Minutes: Bodyline. It has footage of the test series and interviews with Harold Larwood and the Australian side.

There's a canny one on YouTube about Trevor Chappell bowling the last ball underarm in a one-dayer to stop New Zealand from tieing the match. His brother and captain, Greg, gave a real insight into how stress and anxiety affects sport.
 
Fire In Babylon was a good watch. As is the edge( more about the mental side of the game).

death of a gentleman well worth a watch too.
 
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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