50th anniversary of Bob Massie debut test when he captured 16 wickets

[Harsh Thakor]

Today we celebrate 50 years since Bob Massie made Test Cricket's most spectacular and astonishing debut,capturing 16 wickets,with 8 wickets apiece n each innings.Arguably test cricket's best ever debut performance by a cricketer let alone a bowler.Massie took art of swing to regions rarely transcended ,exploiting the seaming conditions to the fullest.He pitched the ball in exactly the correct spot to let the wicket and conditions do the rest.Line and length absolutely immaculate ,moving the ball in and out. The bal that dismissed Geof Boycott was beauty which penetrated his  impregnable defense to crash though his gate.It created he base for the renaissance Australian cricket under Ian Chappell.The batsmen were totally bemused which direction the ball was travelling.Possibly the best ever exhibtion of fast-medium swing.

 

Sadly he faded after only playing 6 more tests.Earlier he also gave a striking blow to the Rest of he World team in 1972.

 

 

 

Edited June 23, 2022 by Harsh Thakor

[Vilander]

Did the op just post without bigging up imran or majid ?

[raki05]

Lol another trundler even Narendra Hirwani bowl faster than this and he also had similar debut where he thrashed England single-handedly.

[Vijy]

3 hours ago, Vilander said:

Did the op just post without bigging up imran or majid ?

OP surely meant that Immi or Majid would have taken more wkts on this green mamba

[putrevus]

Why is Massie's debut better than Hirwani's test debut.It came against mighty West Indies.Massie was never going to have long career playing on those Australian pitches.

[Lord]

looks like a Grandhomme level bowler in that video

[Austin 3:!6]

Why did he play only 6 tests?

@Harsh Thakor

[zen]

Hirwani also picked up 16 wkts on debut iirc 

[Vijy]

2 hours ago, zen said:

Hirwani also picked up 16 wkts on debut iirc 

yes, did slightly better than messiah... I mean massie.

[speed_thrills]

Cricket was such an amateur sport even 50 Yeats ago.

[Vilander]

On 6/24/2022 at 3:00 AM, Vijy said:

OP surely meant that Immi or Majid would have taken more wkts on this green mamba

Thanks man was thinking I was loosing grasp of reality..that explains it..op without Imran phfft..

[vvvslaxman]

On 6/24/2022 at 8:04 AM, Lord said:

looks like a Grandhomme level bowler in that video

 

More like Mohinder Amarnath

[zen]

Just saw the video … A very good spell mixing outswingers & inswingers, and short balls & yorkers. 
 

Because the video is a highlight of wkts, it will not show that he bowled a few outswingers and then an inswinger, and so on. Some batsmen got out trying to play shots in certain areas, which hints at a tight spell and smart field placements. 
 

Overall, great debut! 

[zen]

Voted for best ever debut by a bowler, along with Hirwani’s 

 

In your debut series, you would be happy to get 16 wkts in the series. To do that in the debut game is remarkable.

[maniac]

Thakur bhai some accomplishments of Indian cricketers too please. When is Hirwani’s anniversary?