ENGLAND v WEST INDIES 1st TEST MATCH DAY 3 EDGBASTON JUNE 16 1984 ELDINE BAPTISTE MICHAEL HOLDING

[@paulnorton2885]

When he was commenting on an Australia vs West Indies Test in the 1990s, Michael Holding stated that he and his fellow West Indies bowlers didn't think of themselves as "tailenders" but as "lower order batsmen". I think it's a hallmark of the really good teams that the bowlers aren't content to be selected just for their bowling, and work on their batting and fielding so that they can enhance their contributions in those areas.

[@simonmallett9310]

Michael Holding is no mug with the bat. Has scored some good runs in recent times. Good striker of the ball

[@simonmallett9310]

Eldine Baptiste, lovely player to watch. Great shots

[@HubertRobinson-hc5dq]

❤

[@johncourtneidge]

Yes!

[@noelreid5136]

Legend playing the game and legend describing the game.

[@elminagentles]

No Bumper

[@wangtao9923]

THE GOOD OLD DAYS. ENJOYING DURING THE PANDEMIC. THE GREATEST WEST INDIES EVER.

[@Mozartboy55]

Yes, that team was unplayable….

[@rev.dr.joachimmiller787]

Remarkable cricket.

[@winstonbennett2274]

Watching these old clips and remembering when West Indies cricket was worth watching

[@jameshope398]

Eldine Baptiste was a fine player for the West Indies i liked watching him playing for Kent

[@lurleenholder3849]

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[@johncourtneidge]

Thank-you. England entirely woeful (Paul Downton and Ian Botham excepted).

[@changinglivesbroadcast1355]

Holding west indies need a T20 opening batsman, please come back.

[@jahno7154]

Holding hates t20 he'll never watch a t20 match let alone play

[@michaelhazell1642]

Joel Gardner great bowling West indies

[@markh9749]

Tom Graveney, never usually the most inspiring of cricket summarisers (his prose being as pedestrian as his batting was elegant), for once finds the words that suit the moment as Derek Pringle, reintroduced in to the attack, sees his first ball bashed high over mid off for four by Eldine Baptiste: "Pringle comes. Pringle goes" This was actually one of Pringle's good days in an England sweater. Such days were few and far between for Pringle, England's premier medium pace dobber of the 1980s!

[@harrynewiss4630]

Michael Holding what an innings.

[@mosesmerrick9757]

I am

[@simonmallett9310]

Mikey's no mug with the bat, can score good runs coming in at 8 or 9. Good striker of the ball

[@harrynewiss4630]

@@simonmallett9310 Yep, real gent too

[@gilroygordon-vc3hi]

​@@simonmallett9310 I music.youtube.com/watch?v=e,&feature=share..............😮😮😮😮😮

[@jameshope398]

Mikey Holding was quite handy with the bat

[@robertford7568]

Ray, it's Joel. Joel Garner, not Joe. How many more times.

[@edwindsouza8816]

THe WI tail face the English pacemen with no helmets...

[@errolmagiclegsandrews7614]

This plant is good for eye problems boil and wash your eyes it amazing

[@shahidh2935]

I love it

[@anirudhsuresh4481]

19:19 quick

[@homeone4054]

Pringle definitely didn't need that run up to bowl at that pace

[@alexisverpakovskis857]

The entire English "attack" looks totally pedestrian.

[@jahno7154]

I've seen slower bowlers with longer run ups then that.

[@jahno7154]

@@alexisverpakovskis857 The bowlers were getting tired being in the field for 1 and a 1/2 days

[@denroydavis872]

Holding invented T20.

[@johnmifsud2698]

Imagine these days batsmen not wearing a helmet facing fast bowling, they would shit themselves.

[@KingFahtah]

Wow England looked like a bunch of school kids.

[@johncourtneidge]

Worse

[@AlfieGoodrich]

Not a good summer for England

[@anthonyjohnson-zh8bo]

pringle was a joke for england..england lambs to the slaughter in that era

[@TraceyPorter-gy6mh]

0:46

[@AsifShaikh-ko8rq]

No helmet for fast bowler like Bob Willis and Botham today batsman play Spiner with helmet

[@jahno7154]

This is almost medium pace back in those if the bowlers weren't quick they will remove the helmets that's how cricket was played in those days during the 80s

[@jahno7154]

Today's cricketers are pussy holed cowards.

[@blackbrown-px3ot]

J2e