Eldine Baptiste (87*), Michael Holding (69), Birmingham 1984

Great entertainment. First Test match, set tone for series.

[@lexol3347]

Back when West Indies had batting all the way down, now they have tailenders all the way up.

[@stuartfraser1856]

I was at that day, sat on the old benches at the city end being peppered by sixes off Miller and Cook. Garner blew away the England top order later in the day.

[@CaptainAmerica-xl7gp]

Back when West Indies bowlers could coming and give his team a quick 50

[@lexol3347]

Now the tail begins at 5, and could only gather 50 runs among them.

[@sakycwd]

The West Indies bowlers practiced their batting against the best bowlers in the world at that time.

[@markbailey1970]

Thank goodness those days are now gone - West Indies haven't won a series in England for 30 years now

[@ghabcdef]

What is the deal with these tailenders facing up to the English fast men with no helmets?

[@Ingens_Scherz]

Lol :)

[@jahno7154]

Who's dumb enough to bounce West Indian tailenders in those days that would have been a death wish.

[@CaptainAmerica-xl7gp]

Today these batsman wear helmet to bat spin bowler

[@ianjones3568]

Beach cricket maaaan!

[@zodiac6968]

There called men.

[@madhusudankannan4700]

Was that Colonial -Nice shot this fellow..... ?

[@petergreen5337]

What tailenders getting runs??

[@lightningleaf23]

With Mikeys grip he isn t going to be blocking many

[@zodiac6968]

Hold's it like an axe.

[@bigfan2710]

Pringle comes and Pringle goes......thank you Jim Laker :-)

[@turingfan]

That was Tom Graveney

[@garfield4108]

Who's the English fielder at 5min 30 fielding the ball at backward square??

[@marketches1974]

Derek Randall

[@BadgerBotherer1]

@@marketches1974 Randall is fielding at backward point on the off-side. I think Garfield is referring to the player just before 5 mins 30, running in from long-leg to backward square leg on the leg-side to field the ball and throwing in right-handed. Can't say I recognise him as any of the eleven England players. Who was 12th man that day?

[@Wally-H]

@@BadgerBotherer1 It's Graeme Fowler. He was playing in this match.

[@Wally-H]

Graeme Fowler.

[@debasishmishra6719]

Ground is big

[@Garvhai]

Ok

[@dilipkadam4440]

U

[@peterreid9769]

Not sure what all the fuss about Botham was. He looks like a fat lad bowling inaccurate gentle medium pace.

[@kaifmazhar8049]

Botham like always a garbage bowler. He was lucky early on to get helpful conditions to get those wickets. Flintoff and Stokes way ahead as an all rounder.

[@carlh429]

Pringle and Botham were fast medium at best.

[@marketches1974]

Pringle has a longer run up and is quicker here than he was when I watched him in the early 90's.

[@anirudhsuresh4481]

Botham was faster when he started his carrer I think