ESSEX v NOTTINGHAMSHIRE B&H CUP FINAL LORD'S JULY 15 1989 FRANKLYN STEPHENSON TIM ROBINSON

[@markhayward7400]

Franklyn Stephenson would have been a superstar in today's world of franchise cricket. His slower ball and variations put him light years ahead of the competition in his time.

[@dlamiss]

Superb cricketer

[@wobblertv8083]

So pleased for Derek Randall after coming close in I think in 85 in a final .Great game .

[@kathcordingley215]

Cracking game, sublime commentary & great memories,

[@Samstudyhustle]

I came to see Franklin Stevenson after Wasim Akram mentioned

[@rgfitness6425]

Me too

[@oleggorky906]

1987 and 1989 were both finals decided on the last ball of the match. Cracking entertainment!

[@marcuslee8789]

Brilliant upload again thanks Darren. The two balls to Hardie at the start are the best example I have seen of Franklyn Stephenson's slower ball.

[@dmmordecai7984]

Hello Marcus, yes, that slower ball remains as equal a standout memory of this match as the denouement, hence my choice of thumbnail. Thanks for watching, DARREN

[@saurabhsrivastava522]

The great Wasim Akram mentioned in one of his interviews that he learnt slower balls in county after seeing Franklyn Stephenson use it to clean bowl batsmen. The initial few minutes are brilliant examples here

[@stephenholmes1036]

Brian lost them both the sight screen didn't help

[@oleggorky906]

Curtley Ambrose had a good slow ball as well, when he could be bothered to employ it. I saw a One Day International between the West Indies and Australia in the 90s where he bowled one to Ian Healy. Healy swung at the ball, well before it reached him and then had to walk off as it gently hit the stumps and knocked the bails off. Healy was so impressed that he and Ambrose were both laughing as he walked off.

[@jamieread880]

Halcyon days of domestic One Day Finals. Great memories

[@skillip2471]

thanks very much for the upload. i watched this game live and these highlights bring back just how thrilling this match was

[@dmmordecai7984]

Hello skillip, glad you enjoyed. Thank you for watching, DARREN

[@jamesleslie6830]

what a decade essex give me as a child . i was raised in bairstows village wilsden moved back to essex 1977 . england its in shit . but back then they raised me shire for days like now as i came from the shire of essex , back as kid england v essex we keep our players we win . i left junior school fri 20 july 79 we played surrey 1st final exsisited 103 years man . they was so pessimistic i was 10 how could we lose . i told em 11 am day we played combined university we win all 79 . week by week they worked it . i was man at 11 as i got so much beer . we talk past essex lose lose lose and i d say why carnt u see lever gooch fletcher they gonna win man . im 10 stone 55 i left essex 16 , 16 stone 8 so much beer . so many old men told me no school we see u , u walk in ground they bat 2 hours u walk in they out . i was lucky what essex did i got creditied all way through my youth . and the greates county captain ever of english cricket is simply keith fletcher and i was raised in phil sharps manor lol lol well done notts was sad day but this war real competetive and good x

[@grav20]

The reason for the single camera was due to an ongoing industrial dispute during 1989 by BBC technicians. Same problem affected some parts of the Ashes test at Lord’s earlier in the summer

[@MikeAG333]

That was a hell of a catch by Garnham (Broad, off Lever).

[@mikefriend1514]

9:08 ‘Clear chance’ (for Bruce French). Bit harsh that by Freddie Truman. The ball took a wicked deflection off Waugh’s pad!

[@dmmordecai7984]

Hello Mike, it's Ray Illingworth commentating, not Fred Trueman. Thanks for watching, DARREN

[@mikefriend1514]

@@dmmordecai7984 hangs head in shame….:) Of course it was! I think Freddie was only ever on TMS wasn’t he?

[@nigelroe4950]

We are Nottingham! Period.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Eddie Eddie Eddie lol

[@MichaelJordan-yy1sr]

Amazing that camera only from one end….

[@johannscholtz1908]

T20 has destroyed all this. So sad

[@Paleos1000]

Stephenson must have taught Chris Cairns.

[@mikefriend1514]

27:03 Paul Johnson played a crucial innings for Notts but even from this angle it looked like he was run out.

[@oleggorky906]

I thought exactly the same. But it wasn’t given and the bowler seemed to accept it. Edit: in fact, here on the first clip at 26:43 his foot looks to be on the line, but not behind it, which should be out because the bat wasn’t grounded at that point. Derek Pringle was never the type of player to challenge a decision though. These days Pringle is a first rate cricket correspondent, writing for The Metro and he is also the author of Pushing the Boundaries.

[@mrkipling2201]

Hadn’t Nasser Hussain started playing regularly for Essex at that time??

[@dmmordecai7984]

Hello Mr Kipling, Nasser was studying at Durham University in the early part of 1989 and represented Combined Universities in the Benson and Hedges Cup, helping them get to the quarter finals, losing to Somerset. He resumed playing for Essex at the end of June. Thank you for your interest, DARREN

[@mrkipling2201]

@@dmmordecai7984 no problem thanks for the info. Have a good Christmas. 👍👍

[@richarddiver1562]

Whatever happened to Alan Lil...oops hush hush all at Chelmsford!

[@terranceparsons5185]

Many of these " exciting" one day games from the last century are like watching paint dry by today's standards. 74-2 off 20 overs. Laughable in 2021! The total is at least 100 short, maybe 140 given this is a 55 over match. Not sure whether the bowlers were better, the batsmen worse, pitches were more difficult, equipment is now better?

[@mrkipling2201]

I think it’s a case of a lot of the players today being a lot fitter, innovations in batting techniques and pitch preparation technology. Although I love cricket today, I’m still a big fan of 80’s and 90’s cricket especially county cricket. I would say that the 80’s and 90’s was the golden age of county cricket. It is for me anyway.

[@mrkipling2201]

74-2 off 20 overs is really fast compared to the first World Cup in 1975 when Gavaskar finished the Indian innings on 36 not out by blocking throughout!! Let’s say he hadn’t grasped limited overs cricket at that time!! 🤣🤣👍👍

[@davidhackett4568]

Another point is that although these 1980s games were slower, so many of these cup finals of the time seemed to end in final over thrillers. There may have been less power-batting and six-hitting, but these games were more like miniature test matches - there were still glorious surges of attacking batting and chasing down steep targets over the last few overs, but there were also more attritional periods, where the bowlers might be on top and the batsmen would struggle for survival, and the balance of play between bat and ball was more equally weighted.

[@johannscholtz1908]

Todays bats are much larger, pitches are only prepared for batsmen. Red duke ball swings much more than white ball. Boundry ropes brought in today. Restrictions on fielders. Just consider how often todays batsmen battle in test cricket. South Africa in their recent tour of England found it easier to get to 200 in t20 than in most of their test innings

[@soundbelch1600]

@@davidhackett4568 Sadly the modern audience equates loads of sixes as being exciting. There's little exciting in short form cricket now.

[@vadlamudisaikrishna]

Here on wasim akram's recommendation.