Bob Willis 8 For 43 Headingley 1981 HD

[@garycook5071]

41 years later and this still brings goosebumps

[@soupdragonuk]

I can remember coming out of school and one of my friend told a bunch of us that Bob had ripped the Aussies apart. What a summer though. Bob, Botham & Dilley and not forgetting the mercurial captain Brearley leading us to an impossible win.

[@johncourtneidge]

@@soupdragonuk yes! Heroic!

[@clivenewman4810]

And will do in another 100 years 😅.

[@abhaysingh5034]

1 of the greatest bowling performance.......... RIP Bob........

[@frankmurphyburr3598]

I was 22, living in Glasgow, where cricket is not even in our vocabulary, and yet, my dad was talking about this game, my brother, my friends, and we all hated cricket, never watched it, this was on the news, I watched the highlights that night and have been a huge fan of the game since, it still resonates with me.

[@robertlee2791]

I remember this so well we had a geography class at school but didn't do any work Mr Dunham let us watch the cricket Bob Willis was a man possessed the look in his eye never seen anything like that since a simply brilliant spell. Rip Bob taken way to soon in our hearts always

[@EmptyGlass99]

Some teachers know that some things are more important than a normal lesson.

[@benwoolley3982]

Bob Willis's mentor was David Brown at Warwickshire. He also bowled for and captained England. He has never received the credit he deserved. But to me, Bob's bowling performance under the circumstances was one of the best ever.

[@bala9257]

A fiery spell leading to one of the spectacular victories against the Aussies. Lots of respect from India. May you RIP Bob Willis.

[@grahamwalls9379]

One of the reasons why I love cricket so much. Bob Willis an absolute legend . Much missed by all the cricket family . Widely respected by all opponents .

[@agnostic47]

One of the finest spells of fast bowling I've ever seen. Willis was truly "in the zone".

[@DrCrabfingers]

Running in with his bowling arm trailing in the wind....and then that incredibly fast arm action....he looked quite intimidating. I always remember going to Lulworth in Dorset in maybe the early 90s and going for a pot of tea at an inn just yards from the sea, and seeing Bob and his family going up to their quite modest holiday rooms at the inn....no one else recognised him. But it always tickled me that this England legend was taking rooms at an inn in Lulworth and not sunning himself on some tropical beach.

[@angelacooper2661]

This kid regarded Beefy as a national hero when growing up- an impressionable eleven year old in the process of moving from junior to senior school! I wonder how many other eleven year olds were watching cricket in 1981?

[@fredericklee6899]

Bob Dylan Wills Absolute English Sporting Hero Never To Be Forgotten 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@RakeshSharma-co4fj]

Richie Benaud the best cricketer and commentator. RIP sir

[@donroberts2126]

A true Warwickshire hero...along with Bob Woolmer. Both gone too soon...

[@VVS167]

Always love to hear that voice that says, “MARVELLOUS EFFORT, THAT”

[@no1wasgeorgiebest]

Wonderful footage.

[@johncourtneidge]

Yes!

[@TheColourwonders]

Such a unique bowling run up

[@deputysheriff5994]

When I watch spells from Willis it reminds me of the time when Cricket had that air of romanticism about it!I was always a fan of Big Bob!I always thought he was so underrated!He always was so incisive!And i would love to know the pace at which he bowled because he always looked so quick!Rest In Peace Sir!

[@cricket023]

Rip Richie and Bob

[@mrc5653]

Absolute immaculate bowling & fielding performance

[@stevogeezer]

Nice one Bob. Love this. Love the old cricket and the old values . Oh and of course Richie Benaud......GOT 'IM . Happy days .Hate the Hundred nonsense and all the bullshit that goes with it. Test match cricket is the best...shame the ECB doesn't see it that way nowadays.

[@lingolarker9318]

I’m a fellow purist. At times I really wish we could turn the clock back (but keep England’s new Bazball approach😜).

[@johncourtneidge]

Entirely yes: sledging, all the rest. Barf!

[@davidcocks2403]

Took the middle stump Mr.B.Willis to finish the innings what a icing and cherry pan the cake possed in focus that man and the team was catching every thing the speed that he was bowling was super human we not see bowling like that again on this planet for some time to come. Not even Richie minded commenting to such awesome cricket amazing what the human spirit can do and all rolled into a sport called cricket.

[@markstea69]

Peter West to Ian Botham we spoke last night after that brilliant innings and you said if we could get another 50 could be interesting, In fact you got 4 or 5, Ian Botham replied that made it even more interesting, Bob said hold my beer RIP Bob 😊

[@esmeephillips5888]

I loved that comeback by Lord Beefy.

[@markywellsboy2182]

I still remember reading the newspaper the next day. "Willis, running in like a man possessed" Awesome performance

[@YD-uq5fi]

Bob Willis doesn't get enough recognition. His full-career bowling average and strike rate are not really inferior to those of contemporaries Andy Roberts and Dennis Lillee. If you just saw the stats and not the names, the three would appear approximately equal.

[@dickiesmith3283]

3:56 Those common words "Bowled Him!" Turning into one of the best words for an England fan!

[@nawshercse98]

Why Bob Willis is not inducted to ICC hall of fame? He deserved that

[@sangamprasad4889]

Rip sir

[@Kevin-lf4xx]

The great Bob Willis.

[@fazertace6837]

Always loved watching him steaming in with his right arm always hanging down. Great stuff.

[@robleary3353]

Legend!. Nuff said. 🙂

[@fjasdfjdsakfjalfsjdalksfakjlk]

One of the greatest displays of high pace. The deliveries that got Trevor Chappell and the last wicket were simply express; that last yorker went into the stumps like lightning.

[@BrianTimmins-pw6jn]

Dilley the forgotten hero.

[@aldershot5100]

I was 20. I was a lifeguard and out of earshot of a radio. Couldn't believe it when i was told

[@diptastik5651]

BOB WILLIS IS A GOD !!!!!! 🤗🤗🤗

[@rgsclassicmusiccafe]

We raise the Thumbs let all countries encash their thumbs in their own currency I am in Maaltta I will take both side runing 😃💚🖤🎤

[@petertard]

The Aussies fell for the same short ball trick, of trying to hit it or fend it off, instead of ducking or ignoring it.

[@johncourtneidge]

Say what you like about Lilley, Garner et all, Bob Willis was the best.

[@rizwanwasi7019]

It was a big job those days to escape the invading public and reach safely to the green room

[@esmeephillips5888]

Bob Willis was fired up by press gossip about his back trouble, suggesting he was past his best. He had sonething to prove, and he sealed the deal by plucking Lillee's middle stump out like a rotten tooth. Boys' comic stuff.

[@singhsahab9874]

Illinois Bob, Gular Tree cultivation, Plantation, Agri business above population graph of each Development village World, The Willis..UN general protection and cultivating plants recognition department..

[@grahampearson5670]

Beefy and Bob would later work for Sky Sports.

[@JimmyPince]

Ian Botham 149 Not Out Headingley 1981 HD (Highlights) kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqqkfqWqjrdjY8k

[@nigelsouthworth5577]

And castled him to finish off!

[@chasey2327]

puts this in perspective when u realise some of the Aussies literally bet against themselves when Ladbrokes offered 500/1 england....lillee and marsh dismissals looked suspect for mine!

[@davidtuer5825]

There's always a nay-sayer.

[@SteveHarris-r3i]

Did not get the recognision he deservide

[@srr4771]

Real cricket Real players.

[@ashashroff1700]

Think all of the OUT. This is a Crusade, There will be none us Losers, We are the Masters, let them fools dance to our song.