Cricket Australia Archives | 1995 Victory in the West Indies

[@edgeware15]

Amazing series... That Steve Waugh catch somewhat soured the series. Key moment and a moment that puts astrix next to it. It's not an overstatement. That was prime Lara - the best of the best in his prime.

[@mrkipling2201]

The old guy riding to the game at 94 years old, good on you mate!!

[@oleggorky906]

In any country that plays cricket, that man deserves credit because he’s a ledge! 👍

[@WarriorsSon]

A lot of people saw the Waugh twins as detached. But they just knew each other so well that verbal communication wasn't even needed. Is this not in fact a higher level of understanding? Great entertainment this series. A genuine team effort with 11 players doing their job. Imagine talented players like Ponting Langer Rackemann and May not playing in the tests and doing it without Fleming and Mc'Dermott as well. Huge effort.

[@swaminathannarayanan1173]

The greatest test series. End of an era of one team. Beginning video another. The real test cricket.

[@juanestadian8471]

Greatest? nah...... the 99 series with the two sides and the 88 title clash between Pakistan and the WI were better. Most significant? Certainly. It signalled the end of a style of cricket that had dominated the sport for the last 20 years. Reason I say 20 years is because the style of cricket perfected by the WI had really been started by the Chappell brothers and Lillee and Thomson.

[@mrkipling2201]

The West Indies dominance of test cricket in the late 1970's and 1980's probably started just after their 5-1 hammering by Australia in 1975. In my opinion anyway.

[@vaidykrishnan]

This series introduced so many firsts to the broadcasting world...I distinctly remember "Spin Vision"

[@ItsRohanTry]

This series was the sole reason why mark Taylor was the best Australian captain for mny critics. Well done Tubby.

[@oleggorky906]

Not according to Ritchie Richardson, lmao! Did you hear him near the end, there? He said; “In my opinion, this is the weakest Australian team we’ve played in a long time.” I can’t believe that he said that; it obviously wasn’t true and it smacks of sour grapes 🍇.

[@juanestadian8471]

@@oleggorky906 ritchie was a mook. worst west indies captain ever. he had great players around him which is why it took so long for the wi to lose a series. ambrose was the most successful fast bowler in the world, lara was averaging over 60 and unquestionably the best batssman in the world, and the supporting cast walsh, bishop and adams were extremely good players as well

[@oleggorky906]

@@juanestadian8471 Like I said, sour grapes 🍇 on Richie’s part. He was a good batsman but a poor captain, and lacking in grace.

[@juanestadian8471]

@@oleggorky906 rubbish captain chief. do you know when SA had just over 90 runs to make with 8 wickets in the tank in the first test between them and us, the WI, the west indies had decided in a team meeting that we'd bowl out with Ambrose and Walsh. When the WI were entering the field for the final day, Ritchie had Patrick Patterson, extremely good bowler, but was having a moot game, warming up to bowl. Desmond Haynes confronted him and told him this is not what was discussed and voted on nd he had to be outvoted again. We know how that test ended, ambi got six, walsh got four.

[@oleggorky906]

@@juanestadian8471 Really? 11 games won as captain with the players he had at his disposal with six lost wasn’t as good as Richards with 27 won out of 50 and only 8 defeats (only two more than Richardson in more than double the amount of Tests) or what Clive Lloyd managed with 36 wins and only 12 defeats in 74, when at the beginning of establishing that side both Australia and England were strong and India gave them trouble in India in 75/76, famously scoring over 400 to win a Test against them. Richie was very lucky in the 1992/93 series, or their dominance would have ended sooner - essentially, the series was decided by one run, or they would have been 2-0 down with one to play as a consolation prize in a dead rubber. Cherry picking a result to bolster your case doesn’t change that. Richie had a decent record but only modest when taking into account his predecessors achievements and that he underestimated his opponents and wasn’t gracious in defeat when Australia finally made them pay. Sorry if that upsets you ‘Captain Chief,’ but it’s my opinion. In fact your point only highlights the point that without Walsh and Ambrose the West Indies would have struggled sooner and Richie would have probably had more defeats.

[@jamessutcliffe7984]

RIP Tony Cozier, David Hookes, and Shane Warne.

[@swaminathannarayanan1173]

Beginning of another team of decade to follow. Australia. Salute. Waugh brothers. This test match remembered for Waugh Ambrose war of words. Great contest..

[@coalfacechris1336]

Miss those strong Windies sides. Richie Rich a bit sore though - If that was a weak Aussie side, the Windies had some passengers in their lineup - only really had 3 batters, 2-bowlers, and on the previous tour in Australia 93 they nearly lost the FR trophy in Adelaide. WI were already on the decline before this series.

[@umeshsurenthiran9205]

They should have lost the 1st test also as that was only a draw due to shoddy umpiring decisions that went against the Aussies

[@redderssredder72]

That Man AB deserves all the more credits ! Glad he's present at that time ! Fittingly for Simmo too.... and Lieutenant Boon

[@AnkitSingh-xl6pt]

Had there been no AB, the hard edge of McGrath, Warne, Waugh twins and Taylor visible here wouldn't even exist. Border established the empire, Taylor administered the finishing touches.

[@TheTigers00001]

This was real Test cricket. It was a war out there. Mental toughness, supreme skill and the ability to deal with physical pain were necessary to achieve success. It was the birth of one of Australia's greatest test teams. McGrath and Warne were to become two of the greatest bowlers of all time. The Waugh brothers tough and skillful world class batsmen. We then added Ponting Hayden and Langer with Gilchrist and Brett Lee in the following years to be become an amazing team that could win just about anywhere.

[@patrickslingo1811]

tony cozier is such a good commentator

[@SylentEcho]

His commentary has always been very exciting and invigorating to the viewer. Miss him doing play by play.

[@jadesmith6823]

I love cricket, Australia, the Ashes however... How awesome would it be representing Australia in such a beautiful place as the Carribbean 🙏🤷🏻🙌🦘❤️

[@robbstark4084]

Good luck man

[@byza101]

Watching this makes me realise I truly missed out never going to fhe West Indies to watch a test series. I was 19 for this one, should have gone in 99. What an atmosphere it must have been. Maybe a Windies resurgence will bring this kind of contest back again… Let’s pray 🙏🏻 Richie’s omments at the end were sour grapes, first West Indies captain to lose a series in 20 years no wonder he was salty, but unforfunatley for him our bowlers stood up and Steve Waugh, cometh the hour cometh the man… Absolute legend.

[@KshitijBhambri1]

This series ended the West Indian Domination and marked the beginning of the Australia Domination in International Cricket Till 2007.

[@donmylifedonmylife368]

15 yeres ws king cirket now Australia 13 yeres now south Africa 10 yeres now indai 201????

[@juanestadian8471]

I was about to ask the same thing. SA dominance lasted until Mitchell Johnson paid them a visit in early 2014........and caused Graeme Smith to quit.......softies

[@CoolnCarin5241]

@@donmylifedonmylife368 Wait, I would like to disagree with you. Indian dominance in what sense? They're mostly winning in Indian subcontinent, and if purely record wise and in terms of winning ODIs and Tests, they don't come anywhere close to the Windies if 70s and 80s and Aussies of mid 90s and early 2000s. What they do heat every cricket playing nation in, is money.

[@don8829]

@@CoolnCarin5241 West Indies have not beaten India since 2002 in any test series in both home and away.

[@raheelakhtar7]

Aus tied with WI 2-2 in 1998. The domination started after that, I'd say.

[@s3tTz]

I felt sad for AB because this was the one trophy that had eluded him. Glad he was there to witness it and enjoy it.

[@Deano_Longley]

Excellent documentary,would never normally get to see this been in the North of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, thank you ever so much for the upload,best aussie captain I've ever seen is Mark Taylor comes across as an absolute gentleman too-England fan

[@fruitopia6798]

This was covered live on free to air TV which was very rare back then for matches in the Caribbean. I remember staying up all night to watch the Waugh bothers 4th Test partnership and going to work without a wink of sleep, then I stayed up until about 4AM the next night to watch Steve reach 200 The next day was a rest day so I was able to get some sleep then stayed up til 4AM the next night to see Australia win and make history.

[@brendalawrence2042]

Truly iconic performance of courage and batsmanship by Steve Waugh. In a word: Brilliant.

[@ajs41]

This series was the first one to feature the famous so-called "spin vision" camera, or "super slo-mo" as it was also known.

[@anthonydo89]

oh man, finally found the video of Mark Waugh swearing on live TV (1:45:00), one of my fondest memories as a kid! RIP Hookesy

[@wouldlovemyownname]

I remember that McGrath really came of age but Brendon Julian starred as well. I also remember Steve Waugh playing the toughest innings I had ever seen, after copping a terrible barrage on the body from Ambrose and Walsh. Winning this series is the greatest cricketing achievement I have ever witnessed.

[@ayoungperson3408]

Commentary in this series bar Hookes was sensational. Mike Coward and Tony Cozier are for me are among the best ever along with Benaud and Grieg

[@cullyx2913]

👍

[@jugheadsrule]

@@cullyx2913 Coward was tedious

[@ABDULLAH746]

West indies had a really fragile opening pair in this series of Williams and Campbell. In 1990, they had the Beast duo of Greenidge and Haynes

[@mrkipling2201]

Unfortunately for them Greenidge retired in 1991 and Haynes in 1994. Considering Greenidge made his debut in 1975 and Haynes in 1978 I’m not surprised!! 😂😂👍👍

[@andrewassing2269]

That's right!!!! Campbell and Williams was absolute shit.

[@juanestadian8471]

@@andrewassing2269 they should have played Phil Simmons....who had an excellent ODI series before the tests. Campbell was kinda ok, hideous to watch but he has scored some useful runs for us....williams was downright awful. But the WI shot themselves in the foot.....played keith atherton(garbage) the entire series, the wicb barred Haynes for playing i SA and were subsequently sued(haynes won the lawsuit) and they changed the popular manager rohan kanhai for andy roberts.......who lets just say wasn't any of the team's cup of tea. Honestly i think a lot of politics went into that series......not saying Aus didn't deserve to win but i am saying the WI with better selection and Steve Waugh not being dropped by courtney browne, we probably would have won. In 95 the teams were evenly matched. In 97, they were definitely better but not in 95

[@mrkipling2201]

@@juanestadian8471 I agree with you about Phil Simmons. He scored a battling century at Melbourne in the 1992/93 test series. A very good player, would you say that he was a bit of an unfulfilled talent??

[@juanestadian8471]

@Mr Kipling I was too young to see a lot of his career, but I know my parents along with most other Trinidadians said he was never the same after David Lawrence hit him with a bouncer in bad light during the 88 series. I wasn't around in 88 but I did read that he needed emergency surgery to save his life following the incident. That must mess with you mentally as a batsman. Case in point, I remember Dilhara Fernando felling Sarwan with a bouncer in that classic world cup game in SA. I am convinced that Sarwan was never the same after that lash. He developed a tick, a nervous ticket vs the fast men. Not that he was shoddy against them but he was never as settled as he was before.

[@nickvegas2459]

I remember it like it was yesterday. After a decade and a half of being beaten by the Windies (Australia should have won in 81-82 and especially 92-93), it was a great result.

[@ragavendrabharathi]

Brilliant video quality.

[@DarkFinanx]

As a West Indian, this was a sad day. Still have tears.

[@demonmenace4657]

Everything that rises has to fall one day, That's what it was with the Great West Indies team, Still the West Indies was a competitive side till the early 2000s.

[@Sampathsuranjan1982]

Nostalgic. Wonderful memories.

[@howdyradio934]

Thank you for the upload. Watching from Australia.

[@caseybrown6999]

Hi Guha i'd like to meet you.I'm a single Jamaican Man

[@NirmalKumar-xq5es]

Well played waugh boys 😍😍😍

[@naaveenmahadeshwar7889]

What memories! ❤👌👌👌👌❤from india

[@darrenwalker6854]

The best part was Steve Waugh and his sticking it right up Ambrose 👌

[@edgeware15]

Amazing catch that stuck it up Lara had a bigger impact on the series.

[@adam872]

This was just about about the best series I can remember as an Aussie supporter, especially after how arrogant Richie Richardson was before the series and how much of a sore loser he was afterwards. It was so, so sweet as a fan. We also played some fantastic cricket.

[@briansukhu4392]

adam872 Considering how close Australia got in 93 to beating the West Indies Richie Richardson should have taken the challenge of Australia more seriously. It showed arrogance and poor judgement.

[@thecarpetman7687]

He was right though....they had better bowling and batting....Lawson, alderman, McDermott, Hughes, border

[@meshalsinnen5917]

@@thecarpetman7687 hard to say. Steve Waugh is an all time great and this was his moment, and Mark Waugh could produce Lara like magic albeit less consistently. This team was less experienced but in hindsight a better one. They definitely fielded better than Border's Aussies.

[@Bernie8330]

@@meshalsinnen5917 That is a myth about Lara and Mark Waugh. Lara failed completely in the 1996-97, played only one token innings of any significance in 2000-01, and only played a decent innings in a dead rubber after the series was already lost in 2005-06. Lara’s impact in the 2003 series was also fairly minimal. Lara only exerted genuine impact in two of the six series he played against Australia i.e. 1992-93 and 99. Mark Waugh on the other hand, performed consistently in all of his first four series against the West Indies when they still had a powerful bowling attack, and made timely contributions in the 1999 series when their attack was still competitive, though no longer feared. Among his colossal individual scores, Lara made 400, 375, 216, 209, 179 and 152 in lifeless, pointless, high scoring draws on flat pitches where the bowlers of either side were never in the match at any stage. He also made 226 in a dead rubber after he had done nothing earlier in the series, which his team lost anyway, but none the less would have been a predictable boring draw on a flat pitch had the West Indies still had other batsmen around him of similar class to their 1980s line-ups. Even his 277, only about the first 100 exerted any genuine impact on the match and series. Those innings in the previous paragraph account for six of Lara’s nine 200+ scores, and 8 of his 19 150+ scores, 16% of all his test runs and almost 25% of his centuries. Lara’s 400 also came in a dead rubber with his team 0-3 down and Lara not having reached even 50 in any of the previous tests. Mark on the other hand only had pointless non-impacting 100+ scores of 111 and 111, which was barely 2% of all his test runs and only 10% of his test tons. Australia lost only one test in which Mark made a ton, but he outscored the next highest scoring team mate across both innings by a decimal of 1.41, and the third highest by 2.88. He was pipped by the highest opposition scoring batsman by a decimal of only 1.01, but outscored their second highest scorer across both innings by 1.53. In a test lost by only 74 runs, Mark more than did his job. 15 of Mark’s 20 tons were in wins, three of which were in deciding tests in series. All 4 of his test tons in draws were in deciding tests, with Australia the series victors on three of those occasions, with the other shared at 1-1. I am not saying Mark was a better batsman than Lara, but I am saying that if Lara was better, than it was only by a miniscule margin, and the determining factor is in no way sheer volume of runs on their personal stats.

[@matt2877]

Don't forget the impact junior had with his fielding especially his catching at second slip one of the best if not the best slippers to ever play. Also once in a while he would take a wicket or two

[@arnaboceanatyahoo]

Cricket was so competitive those days...

[@RoNसिंह]

T20 ne sab barbaad kar diya

[@ayushmanbhalla8737]

good to warnie..... he was enjoying every bit of the win. rip legen SKW !

[@valueinvestor77]

Great upload. I really appreciated watching this.

[@ncf1]

Fantastic retrospective review.

[@andilencapai295]

Brilliant cricket back in the day grew up on it

[@peterkehoe1984]

RIP Tony Cozier.

[@sebgoldsmith90]

This is an amazing upload. I'm looking for something similar with the 2002/2003 ashes series - loving the longer highlights you have! Any chance you can help me? Thanks a lot.

[@liamwakefield119]

What is the name of the music background at 7 minutes of the 1st test

[@ally4775]

1:45:00 Mark Waugh LOL. I really wished Allan Border had stayed on one more year as captain it would have been nice to see him hold aloft the Frank Worrell trophy as a swan song.

[@Bernie8330]

We wouldn't have won if Border had stayed on.

[@juanestadian8471]

@@Bernie8330yeah. Border carried trauma for his jousts with the West Indies. Taylor carried none of that.

[@jugheadsrule]

@@juanestadian8471 Taylor was just a better captain

[@oleggorky906]

00:11:14 to 00:11:38. I can sort of understand it at the time, defending the Steve Waugh ‘catch,’ feeling under siege from the crowd and not wanting to back down. But after it was all over and they’re making this video … come on!

[@meghanvasant]

McGrath, Reiffel and Julian were the unsung heroes.

[@RoNसिंह]

Par Juli jaldi gayab ho gaya

[@mudasir989]

When cricket was great David Boon Lara Carl Hooper Ambrose Walash Slater

[@asimzafar8296]

Imagine you had Ricky Ponting and Justin Langer sitting on the bench.

[@cricman9452]

What's the music at 2:17 and onwards till 2:53?

[@mattskalicky]

I do wonder if Richardson ever realised the irony of his words after he labelled this team the worst side in many years and they ended up being one of the best teams in history. May 3rd 1995 the start of an era

[@dutchvanderlinde2488]

think he said that cause border just reitred..jones just left..no hughes or mcdermott..but in hindsight he was wrong..mcgrath obviously turned into a champion

[@HkFinn83]

There’s no way Waugh thought he caught that

[@andrewassing2269]

Exactly!!!!! Those of us in the Caribbean who saw it live are still bitter about that. Australia a bunch of shameless cheats. And what's worse his teamates commenting was trying to defend it

[@RoNसिंह]

What's the name of the song from 52:59

[@mathsforcompetitiveandscho3189]

From 1975 to 1995 sheer dominance of west indies then by Australia from 1995 to 2010....

[@rocknral]

Well from 76/77 anyway. Australia flogged them in 75/76.

[@edgeware15]

2008/09. South Africa and England...

[@paulej2871]

Mark Waugh struck outside the line of off stump playing a shot...then Brendon Julian bowled by a ball that stayed so low that it should have bought a ticket for the "Underground"

[@aussieaussie4848]

King Dale what a legend

[@mohdshl9316]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@latenightlogic]

Is yours are instantly forgotten. Does anyone remember the Australia Pakistan series of 2023?

[@JimChap]

Those WI grounds and pitches look like club-level at times.

[@animated6875]

1995 was actually the year when the fall of westindies cricket started

[@raveeshlohani5563]

They surged during Lara’s home series again

[@cdn4767]

@@raveeshlohani5563 Lara won just 10 test, I would say after Richardson stood down.

[@blackgold1980]

Yes you are right and we haven't fully recovered since :-(

[@kevinhisee4265]

So glad Carl Rackeman got to enjoy this.

[@paulej2871]

Sabina Park ...LMAO.......I once saw a granite floor that was shinier than that pitch.....but only just............what a contrast

[@mrkipling2201]

It was even worse in 1998 against England!!

[@keenanfish8999]

And Australia haven’t lost that trophy ever since. Going on 30 years now.

[@AbhishekSharma-y8l]

Ambrose legend ultra 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@mdjcsmith]

Brendon Julian had such raw talent

[@peterquali76]

Should have played more

[@RIOBTN]

@@peterquali76 I agree but I think after winning the WC in 99 he decided to leave international cricket.

[@mrkipling2201]

He should have played more test matches than the 7 he actually played.

[@colourandsound]

@@mrkipling2201 Nah, he could barely hit the cut surface by the late 90s in Shield cricket. The one thing he had going for him was the lack of left arm seamers at the time.

[@mrkipling2201]

@@colourandsound really?? I didn’t know his form dropped off to that extent. I’m surprised he didn’t play more test cricket from, say, 1992-1998 though.

[@SylentEcho]

3:38 "Dandy..Dandy! Where you gonna go, now? Who you gonna run to?"

[@timwhitmore7]

Pouring out your charm

[@juanestadian8471]

1995 had to be the start of the rest of Brian Lara’s life. No Desmond Haynes(who was still in form) or Phil Simmons at the top( who had an excellent ODI series before) to provide ameen a little cushion.

[@vindaisatossermini2]

RIP West Indies :'(

[@Bernie8330]

RIP? Rise if possible?

[@prateek121990]

what is the name of music in this video

[@annekennard8446]

champaign supanova by oasis

[@amanpandey2210]

the background music during 3 rd test match is probably from blood diamond

[@TheCory42]

Were Kenny and Winston Benjamin brothers?

[@shaynewest8757]

Not related even though they're from the same island

[@arnaboceanatyahoo]

Where are these Windies crowd 2day?

[@adrianboyce6849]

Richardson was the biggest joke we had for a captain

[@arnaboceanatyahoo]

Why?

[@mattmorgan4000]

Haha said was the weakest Aussie side he’s faced. Was very good

[@tommyandrewd]

@@mattmorgan4000 pretty stupid comment, but it was a team without AB who all the Windies greats considered they're best and toughest opponent

[@Silk1970]

Richie was a poor loser, but it wasn't like he'd had much experience of it at this point! His captaincy in the 92-93 series was a key reason the West Indies weren't de-throned then. He also captained the West Indies to a number of other cliffhanger victories in the lead-up to 1995.

[@Silk1970]

@@tommyandrewd Definitely, plus McGrath was very early in his career and it wasn't known then just how bloody good he was.

[@newtonguy3863]

That catch which was not a catch against Lara was the turning point.

[@anandhbalakrishnan3190]

I don’t understand how as a fielder you claim a catch that bounces off the ground. I bet Steve Waugh was unsure- so he still claimed it?

[@edgeware15]

Yes... So understated...

[@deepakbisht6005]

Langer is very young

[@ravi1753-c6z]

Walsh was the best test bowler in the 95 to 2000 phase!

[@jugheadsrule]

Akram

[@MrBenmanning]

Cricket is not the same nowadays without a strong west indies...

[@aneeqmomin995]

VERY WELL PLAYED STEVE WAUGH

[@ayushchoubey6841]

Walsh you beauty. Most entertaining batter 😂😂

[@jonmccleer7227]

The weakest Australian team that he has played against??? Richie - come on - Warne, McGrath, the Waugh bros, Healey, Slater, Taylor etc - now that is a BAD call!

[@airmackeeee6792]

He was such sore loser

[@airmackeeee6792]

Craig Watson Good point Craig. With hindsight they are greats now.

[@dennisgoodridge2192]

@@roygbiv6010 h

[@ziggystardust52]

He was basically saying they weren’t good enough to beat a second-rate team. So, third-rate?

[@Bernie8330]

@@roygbiv6010 Steve played in five and a half series against the West Indies up until 1999, and Mark played in five - Steve only getting picked for two of the five tests in 1991. There are ‘deciding tests’ and ‘deciders’. All deciders are deciding tests but not all deciding tests are deciders. A deciding test is the test in which the series result of win, loss or draw is sealed. For example, Mark Waugh debuted in the 4th test of a 5-test series and his team was leading 2-0. A win or a draw in this match seals a series victory with one to play. In Mark’s first series against the West Indies (in 1991), the deciding test turned out to be the 4th (of 5) as the West Indies won it after leading 1-0 going in. In Australia’s first innings, Mark was left stranded on 20 not out when they were bowled out for a paltry 134 in reply to 149. What he scored in the second innings was irrelevant as Australia were facing a lost cause, set 536 to win in the fourth innings, which no team will ever even come close to achieving. His second series against them (1992-93) was the only one of five in which he failed in the deciding test - this was also a decider as the series was locked at 1-1 going into the final test. However, Mark had scored 39, 60, 112, 16 and 57 in the first three tests after which Australia led 1-0. The only team mate to match his run scoring in those tests was David Boon, but his speed of scoring in no way matched Mark’s. Then there was the 126 in this video. In 1996-97, he scored 82 in the deciding test, the 4th, and then scored 65 in the decider in 1999. 2000-01 is irrelevant as the West Indies were now virtual minnows. Performing in deciding tests was Mark’s specialty. In his prime years, from the 1993 Ashes until the 1999 world cup, inclusive, he played in 18 test series consisting of 3, 4, 5 and 6 tests durations. In the 18 deciding tests of those series, 10 of which were also ‘deciders’, he averaged 61, and made 17 scores of 50 or more, six of which were centuries. Australia were victorious in 13 of those series, drew 3 and lost only 2. I am pretty sure no other batsman in history would match that record in a streak of deciding tests of anywhere near that long - Bradman played in only 11 series altogether, and didn’t bat at all in the deciding test of 1 of them, the 1938 Ashes. I know you never said as such, but speaking to the wider cricket fan population all over the world, anybody who assumes that Steve Waugh was Australia’s premier test match batsman in the 1990s has not done their homework at all.

[@patrickslingo1811]

Did anyone else notice that the soundtrack of this video is all Hans Zimmer songs?

[@gabrielmicheal413]

I didnt understand ritchie richardsons comment weakest australian team ever West indies have not beaten australia in a test series since 1992 Thats 31 years

[@umerfayyazsod]

Westindies batting decline was major reason for their downfall. They were heavily dependent on Lara, Chaderpaul, hooper and Sarwan. Openers and lower middle order was poor. Bowling wise Ambrose and Walsh were excellent but support bolwing fast or spin was weak. Westindies decline and Australia rise to top was determine from this series.

[@ajs41]

23:23 is the last time Richie Richardson wore his famous maroon hat in a test match while batting. A rather sad moment.

[@theman9042]

no he wore it in all 3 odis in England in 1995 he wore it 2nd innings 4th test at old trafford 1995 he wore it in every innings he batted in 1996 world cup

[@ajs41]

@@theman9042 Thanks for the correction. I should have said it was the last time he wore it without interruption. I know he wore a helmet for the first time in the next innings in that 1995 series against Australia when he opened the batting. Also he continued to wear it while fielding.

[@RoNसिंह]

55:28 and he became no.1 bowler of world...

[@jimmyboydonald6578]

We didn't know it at the time but the Frank Worrell trophy would become less and less relevant in the years that would follow with the West Indies going from cricketing giants to minnows in the last decade or two.

[@RoNसिंह]

3:55 Miss you Warnie...

[@andrewassing2269]

Courtney Browne is the biggest curse to ever befall WI cricket. Dropping Steve Waugh in 40's in the deciding test. The following year he dropped Stuart Law in the semis of the world cup and could have had Australia 5/15. They went on to make just over 200 which they were able to defend.

[@varundesai5354]

Whos the commentator saying ''that is a magnificent catch"?

[@darshandesai2304]

someone you idiot

[@adam872]

That would be Mike Coward

[@jasoncole767]

Carl hooper never quite managed 2 get the runs his talent had...focus, discipline...but he had the basics great batter...

[@HkFinn83]

At the end of his career after a break he did really well and averaged a lot, think he averaged close to 50 as captain, and scored one if the best looking 200’s you’ll ever see against India. Then he lost the captaincy for no obvious reason. But you’re right in that people remember the early years of him when he was averaging in the 30’s when he looked like he could do so much more

[@saurabhkanchan6645]

Where is Frank worrel trophy

[@davidbradshaw3303]

Not a bad cricketer Steve Waugh. I wonder if Ian Chappell would have him sneaking in his top 100 Australian cricketers of all time?

[@TheCory42]

Brendon Julian should have played more test matches for Australia.

[@ynocoolnamesleft]

There's no way steve Waugh didn't know he didn't catch that Lara wicket pretty poor he claimed it

[@andrewassing2269]

Australia are notorious for cheating. And what's worse was he won man of the series

[@ynocoolnamesleft]

@@andrewassing2269 not really that's why it surprised me

[@Robrulz666icloud]

Richie Richardson you humiliated yourself with your total disrespect to an amazing side, a better side, AN AUSSIE SIDE 🏏🇦🇺❤️ They beat you fair and square.

[@arbabalam9352]

All sides were so competitive

[@666vhd]

Poor form from Richie Richardson at the end there

[@amanpandey2210]

Bigger series than FIFA world cup

[@tuggawarrior9075]

🙄🙄🙄

[@ayoungperson3408]

Yeah football stinks

[@gotimlol5318]

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[@collinvelox5924]

How much West Indies lost when they leave out Desmond Haynes ? I believed that decision cost them the series

[@mrkipling2201]

Haynes retired in 1994.

[@fcm5957]

Richie Richardson saying it was the weakest Australian team he had played against minutes after losing the series has aged about as well as Tony Greig's "grovel" comment.

[@FredMcCubbin]

I’ve never seen a shiny pitch

[@2911_j_s]

After this series, West Indies failed to won the test series against Australia

[@gokulpadmalochan18]

This series was the making of Glenn McGrath

[@Bernie8330]

It was, but he also took 6 wickets in the preceding test against England in Perth, including Mike Atherton in both innings which is where he established his bunnyship over that particular English batsman.

[@Silk1970]

I don't think it was making of him so much as it was the first reveal of how good he was.

[@TheSkirvo]

West indies cheat as well. I remember roger harper claiming a catch that wasnt and was correctly given not out. the batsman was bevan and he had the last laugh when he Hit a four off the last ball of the match to win the game for australia

[@leeroyc4148]

Every single test playing nation has been caught cheating, what are you bitching about?

[@juanestadian8471]

Maybe....but he got caught. That's because West Indians aren't used to cheating. However the aussie cricketers' hard but unfair tactics are a tradition that hordes of future aussie cricketers secretly cherish. Remember steven smith asking for off field help in india or handscomb's grounded catch of virat kohli

[@brassholio]

I think Waugh genuinely thought he caught it.

[@sliferxxxx]

Yeah unlike Steve Waugh who claimed a catch on Lara in the first test, even when he knew the ball hit the turf. Shut up please!!

[@kunalsingh3121]

@@juanestadian8471 West Indians aren't as saint as they claim to be; they behaved terribly at times and were crybabies like any cricketing teams; You know about Sabina Park bloodbath in 76 ?? That was actually before quatret appeared first time (later against Pak in early 1977); Clive was frustated after hammering in Aus; then they gave us turning tracks at QPO and Bedi and Chandra made a mess of them apart from Viv Richards who scored half of team runs; West Indies always whine about umpring in Nz and Aus but there umpires were equally hypocrite post Viv's retirment and even 88 onwards; They dont like bouncers as well even complaint once that Steve Waugh is bowling a lot of snorter at them..I remember Viv threatning umpire here in India in 87 to force him to get Vengserkar.. At end of day all teams are flawed; But Windies werent as saint or free spirited as they claim..