From the Vault: The Warne legend is born

[@chucki5047]

Pure nostalgia. The intro with Richie Benaud. The Awesome commentary team. Cricket legends in both teams (as youngsters). The duck walking across the screen. The ground without the rope on the boundary. They were able to take stumps as mementos. A great time to be a kid watching cricket.

[@jessiecuster3191]

Couple of minutes in there's a shot of a kid with his cricket ball. Nostalgic

[@paulmcfadden9498]

So true. And don't forget Merv bouncing everyone.

[@catmus1506]

Was there a better era…. No.

[@BenS12510]

And the lack of hyperbole , exaggeration and bullsh*t in the commentating is something that many of today's commentators should note. Ritchie would be turning over in his grave if he heard the sort of garbage that the likes of Brayshaw, Howard and now Warner regularly dish out.

[@dielaughing73]

Those computer graphics seemed so futuristic back then. Also, the first ODI I went to at the WACA, we sat on the grass between the fence and the rope.. definitely not allowed any more!

[@dfb1976]

There will never be a better commentary team than the channel 9 team of benaud, Lawry, Greig and Chappell

[@StuTheDon17]

It’s funny though. A lot of the older generation back then couldn’t stand Lawry and Greig. Benaud was a pleasure for all though.

[@bradthurkle7217]

Yes they were fantastic to listen to especially Bill Lawry in the later stages of a one dayer or day nighter. Bill would get exited as we were all back home in our seats just as much as Bill feeling that tenseness when the games were so close.

[@boiragirules]

Compared to them now there has to be a shrill voice of Isha Guha and other candidate of woke brigades. What a baloney.

[@MuhammadIamhardBrucelee]

Channel 9 is end of an era for cricket broadcast. There will never be a channel as good as Channel 9 which brought some of the greatest moments in cricket including the B&H Tri Series.

[@roybennett9284]

What about Maxie Walker!!

[@s.k.dwanniarachchi787]

The artist of spinning! Rest in peace dear Mr warne!

[@BinaryRex18]

Warne was bowling from the southern end that day... that end is now called the S.K. Warne Stand end!

[@JD-kx7ug]

How good is this, my childhood right here

[@legdard3278]

RIP Warne mate you will be missed❤️🕊

[@brendoncrofts6714]

Merv on his angled run up ,richardson batting with no helmet ,the golden days west indies were a great team made the aussie better

[@MadRS]

Every man in that Australian Team is a Legend in their own right. Came to watch Warne but happy to watch Big Merv, Whitney and Billy the Kid (McDermott)

[@andrewwinch474]

particularly McDermott couldve been an all time great if he wasn't so fragile.

[@davidgraham8299]

Don't forget AB and Heals.

[@Khader1093]

Bill Simmons batting makes me remember the old classy free flowing style west Indies batting. I hope atleast in a decade west indies can go back to their glory days who were a threat in both tests and ODIs.

[@arvindhmani06]

Phil you mean?

[@marktaylor6491]

And in the following match, some bloke called Brian Lara announced himself to the world.

[@m.o.bishere3324]

Onya tubby!

[@RatelHBadger]

That intro!!! Simply Marvelous!

[@mauricebelz2022]

Marvellous!

[@williegunn292]

Mervalllous!

[@-jacinta-]

Such a sense of nostalgia, watching this. 🏏 You and your cheeky smile will be missed, Warnie 💔

[@mymannashersingh846]

The greatest commentator of all time Richie benaud……

[@rv_316]

Communicator...!!.

[@Mububban23]

Watching this Aussie team was also magical for Mark Taylor's velcro hands at slip, and Ian Healy's impeccable glovework.

[@simonsmith3765]

I remember watching this on my school holidays.. I was so excited about what Warne did I rang my old man at work to tell him he had to watch out for the replay especially the flipper

[@myj87]

Thank you for this Vintage Upload !!

[@sabeenahrizvi]

RIP Mr. Warne. You are a legend. The game of cricket is indebted to you forever. A great man

[@getdigital8563]

Rest in peace for a non Muslim??

[@skillmeup53]

I was there. Absolutely correct, a legend was born. Add to that, Phil Simmons was a very fit guy!

[@waynemitchell1076]

8:29 never hit the ball in the air anywhere near David Boon. When he visualises the ball being a can of beer, there is literally nothing he won't catch!

[@hez5354]

Underrated comment

[@venderstrat]

I wish I'd said that.

[@guharup]

same for gatting

[@speedymaster5758]

Beauty comment 🤣

[@dielaughing73]

That first catch was sharp AF. I'm sure self-preservation played a part too!

[@weburnitatbothends]

Wow wow wow 92-93, Warney you lil ripper, wish you were still here bloke

[@MustafaAhmed-mb7hu]

Liked that round cap worn by Richie Richardson....always stood out with that

[@peecee1384]

Remember the huge chuck-off hats the Aussie crowd wore 🤣🤣

[@gzeuskraiste]

@@peecee1384 if I recall correctly those were actually made and marketed for keeping steering wheels cool in cars parked in the summer heat, but cricket fans took to wearing them as hats! Bigheads, they were called.

[@Gman1044]

I love how the crowd claps for a good return and how big is the oval without the modern day ropes.

[@matthewgroves6280]

Miss ya Shane. The world is a little darker without you mate

[@muppet8095]

R.I.P richie gone but not forgotten

[@stevesalkas533]

Who

[@sirajmehmood3488]

I really miss those strong head to head competitions between AUS and WI. I wish if we could ever see that great WI Test side again.

[@scottwilliams1976]

Absolutely agree, hopefully we do

[@Johnsmith-fq2ze]

What a fantastic bowler Warne was .The greatest bowler that ever lived and there will never be another like him and along with Mc Grath the greatest bowling duo.They were a million miles better than anyone else.Includint the current bowler for england Anderson who was / is a one surface seamer.Warne and McGrath took wickets on every surface and in any weather.

[@techBuffy]

Completely agree. Anderson though, surprisingly has done well in Asia at the twilight of his career

[@alexwilliams4264]

Anderson and broad have proven they are great bowlers in every arena. I'm an Aussie by the way.

[@a6hiji7]

Look at the size of the ground .. lots of running for fieldsmen as well as batters. And Richardson batting without helmet is just so reminiscent of the great WI days!

[@BinaryRex18]

Thankfully, even today MCG remains the biggest ground with 85 metre boundaries.

[@terrydyson3302]

Richie B, the best commentar ever. I miss him.

[@jagobbin2]

I remember when these highlights packages used to be shown because of a TV blackout in the home TV market. The home city market just saw the last session and this at 11.30pm. "Messrs Greig & Lawrry" in form

[@mhchauhan84]

What a cricket that time what a cricketer that time what a commentator that time shane unforgettable

[@sushmajindal-xl1yu]

So delivery is too incredible..

[@murderinc162]

love the channel 9 intro theme, its so nostalgic

[@zhoulijun6296]

Best time to be an aussie kid. 70s and early 80s.

[@mrkipling2201]

Richie Benaud: “ oh Carl “ when Hooper loses his wicket. Brilliant.

[@nazsad8698]

Oh you also follow Australian cricket Andy😅

[@mrkipling2201]

@@nazsad8698 I follow all cricket tbh. 👍👍

[@nazsad8698]

@@mrkipling2201 Oh I see do you watch ipl?

[@mrkipling2201]

@@nazsad8698 no only test and 50 over cricket.

[@nazsad8698]

@@mrkipling2201 Oh that's good.Btw how old are you Andy?

[@mrpboddy6015]

Watching this put such a big smile on my face. Especially when Merv was so pumped to take that last catch to give Shane 7fa!

[@John-gd4wq]

Great to watch and relive those times. Thank you.

[@michaelfallon9500]

Optus exclusive: Available for all on KZbin

[@JimChap]

Those digs at Merv from Richie and Chappell were gold.

[@rjrichme]

Remember it like it was yesterday

[@mathsurg]

The master showing his budding genius . Yet no signs of the deadly flipper. RIP master.

[@mcelliot]

It was a flipper that bowled Richardson

[@agar12r]

"even if they make 50 runs in a 100 balls..."- shows how much cricket has evolved

[@dielaughing73]

Test cricket?

[@vincent4805]

​@dielaughing73 pretty sure comment is referring to the development of ODI's and then T20's encouraging aggressive batting. Without those evolutions cricket wouldn't have increased in popularity with local commercial leagues eg India and Australia. Can you imagine running a league competition where every match is a 5-day test?

[@dielaughing73]

​@@vincent4805 scoring rates in first-class cricket haven't changed much though. And yes, I still go to watch Sheffield Shield cricket, though admittedly not many other people do 😢

[@philoconnell2079]

Being a young bloke i use to like watching Carl Hooper bowl.

[@Space_Brains]

I loved when cricked was cricket.

[@ronaldwhite5670]

If ya around my age (69), you’ve watched a legend, up there with Bradman, an Aussie

[@rongt859]

Amazing the angle of big Merves run up , and was Richie Ricardson the last guy to bat without a helmet ? Boon catching in close and no boundry rope

[@jamesturley1980]

I only remember Angus Fraser having a run up as wide as Big Merv.

[@tpm5924]

What a team. Go Aussie.

[@kaziniazahmed4541]

Rip my hero, Shane Warne

[@robertmason6366]

After seeing Merv Hughes Chew up that turf with his fielding it reminded me of Simon Jones horrific knee injury in the 2003 Ashes. I wonder if it was the same ground?

[@Gramscifreedom]

This is Melbourne I believe. Jones was injured at the Gabba.

[@bevanml]

That said though, Merv Hughes's knee was never the same again after that point. He played the 1993 Ashes on a knee that had no cartilege left in it - just bone grinding against bone - and then was forced to retire a year later.

[@dielaughing73]

Even worse than the similar injury that took Gary Lyon out of commission for a year

[@catmus1506]

Mike Whitney with the golden duck. Man I loved that guy.

[@kaushalsuvarna5156]

Healy, the last of the actual wicket keepers

[@sugarnads]

He was the best ive ever seen.

[@GM-fh5jp]

Adam Gilchrist has entered the chat...

[@i_am_kendon]

​@GM-fh5jp I suspect he means the last of the traditional keepers. Gilly certainly was the first of the modern era of keepers. I think Healy's glovework was better than Gilchrist's but not by much and certainly Gilchrist was the better overall cricketer. Loved watching them both!

[@ScottW-f3c]

Healy was better by a very long way. Gilchrist is first to admit that.

[@gregkelly9775]

Bahm ba bamhm. Ba ba ba baahm... My childhood and hot summer nights.

[@khurmiful]

The Windies always had a T20 batting knack. Those dismissals look very normal today.

[@sidz1980]

Best dayz of cricket....now dayz cricket is almost finished

[@Devangi123]

What great time in 1990 of Australia now a days also good team my father see 1990 era

[@justanaussie2822]

Just to watch these guys play in the spirit of the game not the money. The cricketers today are a pretentious bunch of Princess’.

[@_The_Alchemist_]

Cameraman's Magic 09:41 Warne's Magic 07:19 10:07 12:19 15:22 18:00 19:20 20:36

[@lellamas2778]

Should be pinned comment

[@daredevil9065]

that ball to Ritchie Richardson, man that was like bowling on a Indian wicket on 5th day post lunch :-D

[@cupidstunt22]

RIP Shane

[@mikejones-go8vz]

That ball to Bishop 😳

[@patdolman930]

I think it was a foreshadow of the ball of the century. Bishop played forward, whereas Gat's ball was probably faster , spun and drifted more. He knew to defend but it was all to no avail.

[@richie4351]

Warne One n Only .my all-time favourite

[@TheSnowLeopard]

Brian Lara "just four test matches", HS: 64!

[@ytxmak]

Yep, thought that myself. Tempus fugit!

[@analcommando1124]

It was the next test that he made 277. There was plenty of hype about him though

[@barrythebloke592]

There might have been more for Lara in the previous test in Brisbane if Healy hadn’t claimed a wicket with his glove and not the ball hitting the stumps

[@TheSkirvo]

@@barrythebloke592 well actually if you watch the footage of that you'll see that Healy didn't appeal, he wasn't sure . Greg Matthews ran up the wicket and appealed and the umpire gave him out . Healy didn't claim it as you say he actually wasn't sure

[@a6hiji7]

He was never to have great averages because he loved to play attacking cricket and loved to entertain.

[@jonathanhalloran5350]

How t f did Boonie make that catch at 8:52?

[@sentimentalbloke185]

because he's Boonie

[@PaulRoneClarke]

I took a drink every time David Gower said "Phil Simmonds" between 4:00 and 5:00 I can no longer see the screen.

[@muppet8095]

counted 8

[@PaulRoneClarke]

@@muppet8095 Yeah - a gallon would do it. :)

[@roshanpatil3078]

thank you 🙏🙏💓💓

[@venderstrat]

That late cut by Richardson...

[@bennuballbags2]

The best cricket side there ever was! Talent wise and personality wise

[@mellowfellow6816]

"That was the 23 yarder from Merv..."

[@johnfloris7579]

As I have always said our loss Heavens gain RIP Shane Warne

[@kaisahfx1246]

absolutely love Warne 2nd best spin bowler not only of his era but of all time! what an achievement!!

[@wizofoz0605]

Didn't realise God bowled Leggies... Chuckers don't count

[@bigbowlowrong4694]

Just realised that being a wicketkeeper must be MURDER on your legs. Keeping that position for over after over after over in the blazing summer sun, damn.

[@sentimentalbloke185]

Warne was getting a tremendous amount of drift which, apart from Benaud, wasn't commented upon.

[@tricky4amit]

Mark waugh bowling seam, never seen that before. Thank god he turned spinner

[@europa7533]

I think he turned spinner just before the 1996 WC as Australia wanted another semi-spinner on the pitches in the sub cont.

[@bobdown5520]

Had a couple of 5 fors bowling seam up

[@shyyou93]

@amit gupta he was actually a pretty good seamer, at least as good as his brother. But bowled more spin as he got older.

[@BulldogDynasty]

Mark Waugh was a much better medium pacer than spinner and just a couple weeks before he took 5/24 in an ODI at Melbourne

[@WantonMyth]

@@europa7533 He had back problems

[@danielbrowne9089]

RIP KING

[@TheJunglecrab]

5:30 LMAO😂 Merve clearly rethinking his life choices after attempting that slide! He struck water with that divet

[@reversekick4832]

How big were these grounds???

[@stevesalkas533]

Not under 12s like now

[@orgoniteyahgoniteaustralia6888]

How weird is it to see Lara come to the crease with an average of 34!!! (Not for long, heh...)

[@beneva5674]

Merv getting his knee caught in the outfield when sliding, he was lucky not to knacker his knee like Simon Jones did years later. Exactly the same slide! Merv was a big unit though, maybe that went in his favour?

[@sentimentalbloke185]

His knee was already knackered, he only lasted another 12 months in international cricket.

[@peecee1384]

The start of a great era in Australuan cricket. Loved McGrath the best but.

[@Johnsmith-fq2ze]

A great great bowler PeeCee along with Warne but warne edges him.

[@sugarnads]

Boundaries....ACTUAL boundaries *sigh*

[@mrkipling2201]

David Gower’s first series as a commentator.

[@HONORTONUMERIC123]

Really... I didn't know that... Anyway great British commentator that I know and heard....

[@pat1589]

I think Gower commentated at the '92 world cup. But as a series, maybe.

[@sathivlog7097]

My favourite Aussie player Shane Warne

[@stevesalkas533]

You havnt watch much cricket then wouldnt be in my top 468576 players

[@petesmitt]

Nearly a third of a century ago; seems like yesterday..

[@TheH3dgie]

We dont do the duck symbol anymore on TV do we? Maybe we do and I just dont notice it anymore

[@stephenhoward358]

If warne wasn't on the scene?how many wickets would macgill have finished with?

[@nickguest9071]

So reminds me of the 12th man

[@diggler2002]

The Richie Richardson dismissal was interesting. Was that a flipper or it just kept low? I'm no expert but it looked more like topspin than underspin.

[@king_has_no_clothskul8635]

yes young warne bowled them plenty. that went away after his surgeries and he put on serious weight. the aussies and some english players have always been beefy and eternal weight issues: gooch,warne,botham( who lost his place, place and everything but always put aussies in their place similar to warne did to them),defreitas put some weight and lost his pace and swing, taylor though very agile had put on weight, merv hughes? but some put serious emphasis on their fitness like boycott,gower( who was a nautral slim), bob wilis,greg chappel, mc-dermott, alan border always agile and under control, boone though beefy but was agile and fitness freaks like dean jones and ian healys( though not a freak but always fit) so they had both sort of folks.

[@sentimentalbloke185]

A bit of both, a flipper that skidded through that probably hit a spot on the wicket which added to the effect.

[@pbfamous07]

1:50 "mrs grieg and lawry" clear as day!!!! richie just dropping mics on his inferiors!!! hahaha

[@sentimentalbloke185]

He said Messrs, the plural form of Mr. Do you feel foolish?

[@surajitsen2700]

no other spinner in the history of the game has Warne's aura

[@chithammbarampillai9944]

Excellent commentator

[@salmeza85]

I sometimes forget Mike Whitney played test cricket.

[@sentimentalbloke185]

Most of us have.

[@roshaansvideos965]

Wow richie richardson played fast bowlers without helmet like sir viv richards

[@jme682]

Your commentators Mrs Greig and Lawry?

[@mcelliot]

Messrs

[@greyman003]

Umpire Sreve Kidrooter at one end.

[@thewhileyfox6558]

The ball at 19.20 is a lot like the 'ball of the century' a few months later in England, no? (Though Gatting didn't manage an edge!)

[@dielaughing73]

Big turn for sure

[@dunning-kruger551]

7:50 when the commentary team didn’t know the Flipper.

[@ayushsharma3252]

the batsmen were warne-d

[@deepakgusain9561]

Someone tag harsha bhogle to this

[@catprog]

Some of the advertising is now part of history. Also no rope.

[@wileyfox3436]

No sandpaper required then.

[@schrutebuck88]

“Oh, Carl....”