From the Vault: Greenidge flays the Lankans

Adelaide, 1985: Legendary Windies opener Gordon Greenidge made a fabulous 110no to take his side to a thumping win

[@johnclifford1537]

Notice how no WI batsmen were wearing helmets? No short boundaries - no bats like power rockets, just great batting and wonderful memories of a great player. Thanks for uploading.

[@mirmaqsood123]

Haynes was wearing the helmet!

[@mirmaqsood123]

Haynes was wearing a helmet!

[@ryandavis7762]

Well said. Was thinking the same thing. Every time the ball beats the infield these days, it’s a boundary because of the smaller fields and power bats.

[@Bernie8330]

Greenidge mostly wore a helmet in test cricket post world series, and did in one day cricket too. This was against Sri Lanka when they were minnows. Also, right up until the end of the 1980s a lot of Australian batsmen only wore helmets against the west indies, such as Greg Chappell, Kim Hughes, Allan Border, Dean Jones, Steve Waugh and Graeme Wood.

[@Vinodkumar-iq3gl]

West Indies batsman hitting the ball so hard

[@iammodestykazi6914]

Gordon Greenidge had the most severe cut shots i've ever seen ! Its amazing he wore that unique hat throughout the chase making a mockery of the total 202 in just 38 overs. Another rare is SRL sporting yellow instead of blue. A great upload ! 👌🏻👍

[@dbecks442]

Absolute beauties

[@WINFIELD120]

Greenidge + Haynes = absolute class

[@Mishtiman]

Childhood memories!!! WI was no:1 those days, especially in ODI. What a team that was!!! Batting plus bowling. Late 70's and early 80's. Never seen a more powerful team than that until now. Present WI team brings so much shame to those legends of that era.

[@RajarshiGhosh6]

2:47 that pull.. 😍😍

[@Gazacommandment]

Classic West Indian shot

[@srikanths2741]

Two player names comes to my mind whenever I think of square cut..1)Gordon greendige 2)virender Sehwag..greendige one of fine opener

[@shunmugamsundaram9374]

Dilip vengsarkar

[@darrencottam1146]

David boon

[@dharmeshdavey4842]

The moment I saw his sqr cut ,, next thing in mind was virus..Same here

[@srikanths2741]

@@shunmugamsundaram9374 Filip vengaarkar is no way match to greenidge

[@iammodestykazi6914]

Sanjay Manjrekar was an excellent exponent of square cut ! Now please dont jump on me ; He was pretty decent and played 2 good knocks in World Cup vs AUS in both 1992 & 1996 👍👌🏻

[@casualgamer7583]

Greenidge was brutal square off the wicket. Amazing shots.

[@amiyshrivastava4088]

This Should disapprove Gordon Greenidge's Underratedness. A Truly Great Batsman.

[@suryar9704]

His square cuts are lit af🔥🔥

[@sagarsingha3670]

Respect and Love for WI great and Honourary Bangladeshi citizen Gordon Greenidge! He helped us reach World cup and become a cricket nation

[@jamalpatwary6009]

right. We will never forget him.

[@Saultdog67]

I think they dropped him in the field so many times because they knew who the next batsman was at #3 . Sir Viv!

[@hansharichardson6382]

Hahaha you got a point there!

[@ashwinkumarrana7]

It's my honour to watch legendary Sir Gordon Greenidge playing.

[@localfox1000]

A batting style that would not look out of place today. Nearly-upright, still head, and body , balanced at the crease, waiting for the ball. Then a simple move backward or forward depending on the length of the ball before throwing his hands at it. Kept his shape wonderfully well despite giving everything a good whack. Unique combination of power and poise. He would earn millions today.

[@svramesh4533]

What a dominance....greenidge..rocks ..that team of Desmond Haynes, Gordon greenidge, Richie, Richards, logie, Gomes, Clive Lloyd...Marshall, holding, dujon...what a strong team...

[@ryandavis7762]

It was called the super side. Joel Garner and a young Walsh

[@bitytooba4046]

Poetry with a cricket bat. ❤❤

[@1000ashwanirana]

After viv.. There is one & only greenidge.. Who is comparable to viv in terms of brutal batting stroke play..

[@shahabzuberi1374]

No doubt! Viv richards and gorden grenidge legendary cricketer.

[@seenoevil85]

Clive Lloyd.

[@vickygautam1181]

What about Abd, gilly, jayasuriya, yuvi nd rohit.

[@valueinvestor77]

Richie Richardson, Gayle, ?

[@redderssredder72]

Ever heard of Roy Fredericks ?

[@imperialias3084]

My favorite batsman

[@najeeves8171]

Of all the hard-hitters I have seen, no one had the bat speed that Greenidge had...especially square on the off-side the bat-speed is unbelievable! He doesn't start his back swing until the ball is onto him - such confidence in how quickly he can get the follow-through completed in mere milli-seconds...just wow!

[@boygoerge7074]

Gordon grenidge the master opener and master blaster one heck of opener west Indies finest opener by long shot combined with Desmond Haynes they were greatest opener's the world has ever seen even stastictic wise at there best there were unstoppable and blasseted ever cricket nation to utter chaos

[@arunminnas]

He should also have been called the master blaster but unfortunately he played in Viv's era and the same team. He could be brutal when needed. he would have been their best batsman but for Viv. Any other Era, he would have been much more celebrated.

[@andrewgoodman7515]

Greenidge and Haynes all ways great to watch

[@radharamanchourey5222]

Most dangerous opening pair,greenidge & Haynes

[@hiteshlakhani3700]

Very very powerful hitting with grace

[@sunilkumarkandinapalli2856]

I still can't understand how kapildev used to trap him in front of the wickets when Imran & wasim were clueless.

[@sulemanrokadia5291]

Kapil was good bowler

[@fjasdfjdsakfjalfsjdalksfakjlk]

Huh?

[@suryabartasaha341]

@@sulemanrokadia5291 Wasim was even better. The question is how Kapil dev used to trap him Infront of wickets, when other great bowlers could not do that.

[@sudharshansinger]

I luv this black handsome stylish cricketer

[@anilsrivastava536]

my fav batsman

[@technogamersfan-et8hi]

Back foot per cover shot realy amazing

[@Johnnoo55]

Love the old Adelaide oval before the reno

[@abhinavagarwal7029]

In my all star xi I will open with sanath Jayasuriya and gordon greenidge for smashing bowlers and Mark waugh-saeed anwar for elegant stroke play.

[@prescientselector3784]

Beat that ball Gordon. Loved these guys.

[@samitsikdar498]

The batting of Desmond Haynes and Sir Gordon Greenidge merely had a difference.

[@lestercharles8522]

Gordon Greenidge square cut is one of the iconjc all time cricket strokes..

[@sportzpickz]

Nice upload, vintage Greenidge. Also nice to see a young Ranatunga

[@MAHENDRA.V]

Legend*s of Bat & ball

[@supremegodemperordonaldtru3563]

In 11 years from this match SL beats Australia in the 1996 WC final. The rise of SL has never happened before or since with any other time.

[@dohstudyitnah]

The good old days, running on to the field to fetch the ball without being thrown out of the ground. Yeah we did it in the West Indies also. Tossing the ball back to Ian Callen, Rick Darling, Graham Dilley to name a few.

[@Waseemashraf1979]

I will be really thankful to you if you can upload highlights of Javed Miandad,s 129 vs Australia at Perth from Pak tour of Australia 1979 and Mohsin Khan,s 153 at MCG from Pak tour of Australia 1984

[@christiandefazio272]

Lara, Viv then Greenidge. West Indies 3 greatest batsmen.

[@shaynewest8757]

Sobers?

[@christiandefazio272]

Yeah you're right. Sobers, three w's and headley. Lara Viv Greenidge and chandepaul in the modern era. I reckon Lara was better than Viv, better player of spin bowling and having to carry team a lot of the time.

[@kunalsingh3121]

@@christiandefazio272 Viv pipps Lara for me though Lara was a champion too...Viv was beast against spinners too B Chandrashekar, Prasana, Bedi, Qadir, Underwood...not the bad really....Viv also played as a lone batter not many but did in 1980/81 against Pakistan was one of best by a lone better...

[@michaellarkin6158]

Hahaha Ranatunga taking a long time to get down. How things never changed

[@petergreen5337]

A true master at chris ❤

[@tennkenobi]

Looking at score card the title of this video could have equally read ‘Haynes flays Sri Lanka!’

[@AshokKumar-jj5jr]

2 greats (Haynes & Greenidge)

[@HoratioFitzbastard]

Gotta love the terry toweling floppy hat.

[@sugarnads]

Love the genuine all purpose, go anywhere, do anything terrytowelling hat.

[@sulemanrokadia5291]

Superb batting

[@vika-br8sh]

Flays is the right word here. Means to remove the skin of something, like a fish before frying it. That is what he did here, flayed the lankans, hard shots all over.

[@vika-br8sh]

yeah, flayed is what you will describe this...just hearing the sound of bat hitting the ball will convince that greenidge is having a good day with the bat like one of his peer, viv richards. but with greenidge, we get to see master class type of fine stylish drives, flicks, graceful, smooth , what timing, what style phew, much much better than viv richards. if he had a whip instead of bat, he would have used it to flay the skin off the bone of his victim, like a Bosun pirate does when captain wants some one whipped for insolence. top class, master class of a batsman, words are not enough to describe. only thing viv had over greeniedge is his macho flamboyant playboy kind of image and raw aggressive power, sort of an Alpha male. lets not forget Deszi (desmond haynes), equally talented, just about the most perfect opening batsmen you will ever get to see ever, next only to ganguly - tendlki

[@cauldron555]

Strange to hear this comment that Greenidge outstripped the normally free scoring Desmond Haynes in this innings. Greenidge was generally the one that both 'agreed' would be the more aggressive. Haynes was known for being a bit more composed with his batting. But he could also absolutely go berserk on the bowling when he got in the mood.

[@AsadMalik-qi9gx]

if Gordon Greenidge was made coach present West Indian cricket team, West Indian team would be invincible just like they were during the leadership of Clive loyed.

[@daviddawson6595]

Any other old dudes here have a Symonds Tusker? Great bat

[@natashalucas8371]

That hat tho...

[@blackfox658]

And that Joker wasim jaffer compares that fluke shardul to this legend😂

[@MrJagdeepkumar]

True West Indian glory..most dangerous team

[@ganeshoare4995]

2:47 looks like he is hitting a plastic ball 😂

[@Rob12299]

No viv-Gordon was the man.he was that good .

[@muhammadimtiaz5067]

Greenidge and haynse 239 without loss win vs nz at Christmas christ church highlights should be added on utube.

[@kaushalkishorsharma8197]

please full series match upload

[@gayan251]

Lankan fielding similar to present standards.

[@willliam1343]

1:59It's out! No he hasnt Yes he has Oh no he's dropped him😏

[@amitgokhale6578]

Greenidge is having net practice...

[@karthikks82]

0.46, square cut

[@usamapatel9489]

Lankans yellow kit

[@hyena131]

Classic white hat...

[@frazqureshi933]

Only commenter

[@harsh0241]

they were bowling at 110 km/h...

[@jugheadsrule]

Not really. A few matches later Rumesh Ratanyake sent 2 Windies batters to hospital and smacked Clive Lloyd between the eyes.

[@NOT-OUTCRIC]

Kon kon sardhul Thakur ki batting dekh kar Ayee ho😂

[@tryarunm]

Ceylon in those days was equal to a public school side of England or India. Greenidge's innings should be considered a favour from an inferior, non-first-class bowling side.

[@nisarbutt2879]

please pakistani batsman zaheer abbas Majid khan Mohsin khan Salim malik Ramiz raja Inzamam ul haq on Australian pitches

[@chamikadesilvadepura7818]

Nisar Butt what about great saeed Anwar?

[@lautheimpaler4686]

Ramiz Raja lol

[@ratnamaravind]

Disdainful!