Clive Lloyd-75th birthday today tribute-Where did he rank amongst the great batsmen and cricketers?

[kirkutfan]

Better than Miandad- solo. Not as good as the Miandad, Shakoor Rana combo, though. 

[Tattieboy]

On 8/31/2019 at 9:57 AM, velu said:

@Harsh Thakor. How old are you bhai ?  Are you following cricket from 70s ?

Some of us have 

[Real McCoy]

On 8/31/2019 at 2:27 PM, velu said:

@Harsh Thakor. How old are you bhai ?  Are you following cricket from 70s ?

He was there when wg grace was playing

[Adamant]

Not even in top 10.

Top 10 windies cricketer :

 

Sobers

Marshall

Richards

Ambrose

Lara

Headley

Worell

Garner

Holding

Walsh

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[Gollum]

 

41st year running, no helmet grill, big glasses, Brisbane pitch, MOM 

 

[nevada]

1 hour ago, Gollum said:

 

41st year running, no helmet grill, big glasses, Brisbane pitch, MOM 

 

Enjoyed watching this, thanks!

[Gollum]

Lloyd was #1 ranked test batsman at that time, retired as #1. At a time when Viv, Greg, Sunny, Border, Crowe, Miandad, Gooch etc were active. Number one at the age of 40!!!!!!

[Soorma_Bhopali]

THE 1ST MATCH I SAW ON LIVE TV IN 1983 WAS THE LAST TEST OF LLOYD WHEN HE WAS RETIRNG.

Edited September 10, 2020 by Soorma_Bhopali

[SK_IH]

21 hours ago, Gollum said:

Lloyd was #1 ranked test batsman at that time, retired as #1. At a time when Viv, Greg, Sunny, Border, Crowe, Miandad, Gooch etc were active. Number one at the age of 40!!!!!!

Plus the whirlwind match winning 100 in the finals of the maiden World cup. One of the greatest ODI innings considering the situation & opposition. A very underrated player of that generation.

[Gollum]

7 minutes ago, SK_IH said:

Plus the whirlwind match winning 100 in the finals of the maiden World cup. One of the greatest ODI innings considering the situation & opposition. A very underrated player of that generation.

Also destroyed India's legendary spin quartet on Indian pitches. We would have won that epic 1974-75 series (more famous for GR Viswanath's feats) against WI if not for him, scored 650 runs and instrumental in 2 wins including decider. 

 

Edited September 10, 2020 by Gollum

[coffee_rules]

Sobers

Richards

Headley

Gibbs

Lloyd

 

My top 5 WI cricketers

[First class]

Lloyd will always be remembered as the captain of arguably the greatest team ever to play cricket. He was a good batsman but not even close to ATG batsman. He probably fits in the lower end of the 10 ATG West Indians, or may be in top 15. 

[Straight Drive]

 I can't forget his double hundred. What was bad that knock was played against us. Enjoyed watching him bat in that series, although watching Richards, Kanhaiya and Kalicharan was what our generation was more interested in.

Edited September 13, 2020 by Straight Drive

[Tattieboy]

1 hour ago, Straight Drive said:

 I can't forget his double hundred. What was bad that knock was played against us. Enjoyed watching him bat in that series, although watching Richards, Kanhaiya and Kalicharan was what our generation was more interested in.

Roy Fredericks was great to watch as well ..The most iconic hit wicket in cricket

[Straight Drive]

12 minutes ago, Tattieboy said:

Roy Fredericks was great to watch as well ..The most iconic hit wicket in cricket

Fredricks got returned hurt as he twisted his ankle while trying to play Chandra. That was the first test. Didn't do much in that test.

 

His best was when he scored a ton in just 3 and half hours. But Bedi, the best spinner of those times was also injured and did not bowl much. But as soon as Bedi got back on field after break ,Bedi took Fredricks wicket. Have to say though that Fredricks had caused the damage till then. 

 

 

[nevada]

On 9/13/2020 at 5:01 PM, Straight Drive said:

Fredricks got returned hurt as he twisted his ankle while trying to play Chandra. That was the first test. Didn't do much in that test.

 

His best was when he scored a ton in just 3 and half hours. But Bedi, the best spinner of those times was also injured and did not bowl much. But as soon as Bedi got back on field after break ,Bedi took Fredricks wicket. Have to say though that Fredricks had caused the damage till then. 

 

 

Had you ever watched Kallicharran"s batting? By the time I started watching cricket, he was already out of the WI team. There's highlights of the famous 75 against the Aussies in the 1975 world cup game where he took Dennis Lillee to the cleaners but nothing else. Just curious to hear from someone who watched him live. 

[Tattieboy]

1 hour ago, nevada said:

Had you ever watched Kallicharran"s batting? By the time I started watching cricket, he was already out of the WI team. There's highlights of the famous 75 against the Aussies in the 1975 world cup game where he took Dennis Lillee to the cleaners but nothing else. Just curious to hear from someone who watched him live. 

Very similar players , both small left handers ,  liked pulling and cutting but Alvin K was a much better all round batsman .

[Straight Drive]

17 hours ago, nevada said:

Had you ever watched Kallicharran"s batting? By the time I started watching cricket, he was already out of the WI team. There's highlights of the famous 75 against the Aussies in the 1975 world cup game where he took Dennis Lillee to the cleaners but nothing else. Just curious to hear from someone who watched him live. 

Kalicharran was good to watch. He had quick footwork and quick reflexes. That knock against Lillee is very famous. Very good against spin too. Played some wonderful knocks against India when they toured here. Had a good series.