Batting in 70s and 80s !!!

[express bowling]

11 minutes ago, madhusudansarkar said:

Amaranth was one of our best overseas batsman who performed superbly in the away tour of WI, but for some unknowm reasons failed against them in easier pitches in India scoring 1 runs in 6 innings. Apparently, he also had a poor record in India.

 

 

Maybe he was more comfortable when the ball came on to the bat .... somewhat like Rahane.

[Vijy]

On 12/30/2017 at 3:26 PM, Gollum said:

Sweep shot was rarely employed in those days. Gooch was the 1st serial sweeper of the cricket ball and by his time helmets were common. During Bedi-Prassana days sweep shot was frowned down upon because that was a sign of desperation on the batsman's side...Doug Walters employed the sweep shot in the 1969 series but was mocked at by others who felt he was clueless against Bedi. 

 

Not just Viv, every batsman of that generation was a warrior, Sunny, Chappell, Kahnai sab ke sab. The greatest of them was Mohinder Amarnath who scored runs in WI and Pak against pace batteries. He cracked his skull, broke his jaw, lost his teeth and broke his collar bone but still kept on batting and scoring....no cricketer has shown as much guts as the legendary Jimmy, he was called the Master of Pain those days. Clive Lloyd the 'Black Cat' wore big glasses, he had major eye issues and there were no contact lenses those days. In the 1975 tour to Aus, Thomson bowled a bouncer which smashed his glasses and glass particles got embedded inside his face, but the legend didn't quit the series. Also check the 42 year old Brian Close getting murdered by Holding in that YT clip. Every single batsman of that generation was gutsier than the gutsiest cricketer today. 

jimmy was the man.