Masterclass | Allan Donald

Allan Donald chats to Mike Haysman in a brilliant, tell-all bowling masterclass where he shares his methods in mastering his bowling action, some of the toughest opponents he faced and incredible memories of playing under Proteas captain Hansie Cronje.

[@kj17589]

Growing up in Nepal, we used to copy his action with cream on the nose and try to uproot the stumps like he did Tendulkar's. One of my absolute favourites.

[@motilaltherotilal]

Guff Nahan na

[@kj17589]

@@motilaltherotilal🤣

[@SG-uw2ny]

i used to copy Zulu as his action was a lot easier to copy. donald was sth else - too beautiful to copy lol

[@fdHut]

I have been a fan since childhood and I was lucky to be able to see him from a few meters away during the T20 WC in Dhaka. He is not only one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time but a Genius. This guy is so passionate about the art of fast bowling and everything else about it that one could easily tell he is a 110% professional and a big sports freak. There aren't too many like him other than Michael Holding. Having him as the bowling coach of Bangladesh is an honor. Hope to see you with us for many years to come. Thank you Allan Donald!

[@suprasad4u]

Alan Donald had one of the most cleanest actions in cricket. I remember that ball to Tendulkar which bowled him. What a ball!!. Just sheer pleasure watching him bowl. One of the all time greats !! He is a legend!

[@chetanks8282]

Well said Sumanth. Cleanest action as a fast bowler absolute pleasure to see him bowl

[@wheeloftime2908]

Yes, but he is a bigot isnt he,The asshole did not mention sachin .

[@vrajshah1494]

@@wheeloftime2908 He's mentioned many times the respect he's got for Sachin and how him and Lara are the two greatest batsmen ever apart from Bradman

[@vrajshah1494]

@@wheeloftime2908 He's called Sachin the greatest batsman ever too...

[@adityapawar754]

I remember that ball bat pad gap in swinger. They showed this clip on espn inside edge.

[@2005ANILKUMAR]

A wonderful interview. He was legend and have a finest and smooth action. Love from India Donald Sir

[@gourabchatterjee5011]

My childhood fav fast bowler !!!! What an action he had !!! And that fearsome look with zinc oxide on his nose and lips !! Out and out gentleman though !!!

[@belkhan5000]

As a boy from Pakistan, I use to look forward to this pacers spell.

[@PankajSharma-by8jn]

He's for sure quick as any good fast bowler in today's time .And look at how smooth his bowling action is.. that's what is dearly missing in today's generation of cricket..He is and will remain the best fast bowler to me ever...grew up imitating him...

[@jatindersinghwinnipegcanada]

My favorite bowling action of all time after having watched cricket for more than 24 years.

[@dasprabeer]

If Great Sachin made me start watching cricket in early 90s, it was legendary Donald who actually made me pick up fast bowling as my cricketing skill. Right from my run up to the crease til final action of delivering the bowl and then the follow through, still have a reflection of this wonderful bowler. My all time favourite till I play and thereafter.

[@yasinjamal9252]

his smoothness in action really gives a glimpse of Michael Holding both off em whispering death

[@ritutkarsh7859]

One of the greatest for sure😊

[@sk-4464]

super sport is such a good sports channel..no bullshit ads just pure sport.

[@colinstewart1432]

Allan Donald was an absolute beast back in the day. Pinging deliveries into Mike Atherton full speed just to get under his skin. Athers took it though and eventually saw us home. Good Times. ✌️😎✌️

[@abdhon367]

What a great bowler...the white Lighting...Salute to the Champ

[@steveirungu3132]

Allan Donald to.me you are GOAT ie greatest. Of all time by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@livemylifeinthecity]

Donald was a madman, and I love him. Too bad the world is void of the likes of him and Shoaib Akhtar at the moment. All my love and respect from Bangladesh.

[@ayushsinha1813]

There was a video with Makhaya Ntini as well. Please upload that.

[@MaheerAbrar-nu1jj]

He is our ball team bowling coach💪

[@aneeksaha7068]

Allan Anthony Donald had an aesthetic action which allowed him to generate pace as well as accuracy. Other bowlers with aesthetic actions were Malcolm Marshall, Curtly Ambrose, Michael Holding, Javagal Srinath, Glenn McGrath, Shoaib Akhtar, Wasim Akram,, Imran Khan, Zaheer Khan, Mohammad Shami, Kapil Dev, Manoj Prabhakar and so on. It is important to have a good action because then accuracy is automatic

[@flyswatter45]

I like how he paid respect to Sir Richard Hadlee 👏

[@silmarienprince3137]

Legend pure and simple

[@user__100]

Absolute legend, loved his battles with the #GOAT Sachin Tendulkar

[@Sky_Bridge]

Wonderful interview

[@manpy5504]

Truly legend I wanted dale to reach that height but injuries ruined his longevity

[@SiddiqiRaashid]

Bro he has already reached that height even passed it

[@krislo4788]

422 wickets! what else do u want?

[@manglem10]

Great words from white lightning

[@syedmubashir3250]

Exactly he was fast & fantastic bowler

[@steveirungu3132]

Allan Donald to me you are an inspiration by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@freefiregamers1837]

He is our coach

[@riyaz433]

Great bowler

[@mculovelife6410]

Who is watching the video after appointing him as a fast bowling coach of Bangladesh..?

[@ells-aviation]

I used to cover my nose and lips in sun bloc just like Donald with white sweat bands as I used to bowl fast as a teen

[@thirunavukkarasuv9530]

The Great "white lightning" always....

[@steveirungu3132]

I have tromendous for you Shaun Pollock and Allan Donald Jonty Rhodes etc by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@navdeepmalhotra6991]

A legend

[@SAM-mq7ng]

Please reply to my comments why South African pitch nathing to pace bowling???????

[@malemmm1977]

I think doland best boling coach of Bangladesh

[@shomesuvraghosh8552]

white lightning

[@leongt1954]

Brett Lees favorite bowler

[@philplummer5516]

Master class Part 2 Is Allan Donald showing how to run between wickets 😂

[@natebutler3257]

“White lightning”

[@Ravikalavidh1259]

Titan cup it was fixed 😄..he was one among to fix it

[@ankit4323]

Those days when we used to copy his bowling action while applying cream on my face.... Love from India

[@rawanderer4737]

True that.. is still my action

[@flyingfalcon5065]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ironspider9026]

He had perfect bowling action. Everyone wanted to copy it.

[@Vipiful]

I too copied his action n became strike bowler of school team ....its so nice to remember when every kid used to copy great bowlers of that time like murli pollack glen McGrath chaminda vaas😀

[@ells-aviation]

I used to copy ambrose with the bell ringing arm action 🤣

[@manujafernando5625]

A legend

[@osamaabdurrahim9146]

Coach of Bangladesh National Team 🇧🇩. He worked really well with our seamers and seamers improved exceptionally well❤

[@neeraj79]

Durban 1996...who remembers the sight of Tendulkar's off stump flying off to the keeper...what a bowler

[@rawanderer4737]

Leg stump

[@pranab_380]

Etched into my memory very clearly

[@heinrichtrotter5442]

@@rawanderer4737 , he definitely uprooted Sachin Tendulkar's off stump out of the ground.www.dailymotion.com/video/x3ax0lr

[@ElectricMahatama]

Your mom remembers it.

[@KAN443]

​​@@ElectricMahatama Jealous Indian Cricket Fan 😂

[@BharatIndoria]

One of the greatest bowlers the world ever saw. Sheer beauty in his bowling action coupled with speed and discipline.

[@standenberg]

I'm South African but grew up in Birmingham UK. And Warwickshire was my local cricket club. I first saw Allan Donald bowl in 1989, and I was blown away by his speed, accuracy & total commitment. I was so proud he came from the country of my birth, especially as it was a sad time for SA, & 2 years before they were readmitted into international sport (due to apartheid). I watched him play many times @ county level & in test match cricket over the years & he always gave 200% (sadly not all do)...he was the best fast bowler I've ever seen, & he was the hardest working too (coincidence? 🤔) Allan dankie vir die herinneringe, en vir alles wat jy aan Warwickshire & Suid-Afrika gegee het!

[@jayanthkumar7964]

If only i had seen this video twenty years ago. Had a tiny Black and white TV with no cable (just Doordarshan) but if i had known of this great man's personality, and his incredible drive to excel, I would have taken up fast bowling in school. Ah well, so great to hear from him now.

[@tanveer5115]

He has totally reverse technique of bowling than Wasim Akram or Waqar Younis. Wasim always said to bowl from close to stumps, Alan is saying he was comfortable to bowl from far. Both are great though! Everyone has his own greatness formula.

[@salmanshah3846]

One is right one is left.. angles are different ... And wasim is the greatest ever .. donald comes in top 10 for sure.

[@sandeepgupta6980]

Virat Kohli bhakts (admirers) go straight to 18:03. You're welcome!!

[@willthesocietyacceptme9485]

Lol

[@SimDeck]

I'm a proud Englishman and I have the deepest respect for this great athlete and man. I loved watching him bowl against all the international teams. Inspiring stuff.

[@shanonlandon]

This is one of the most informative and filled interviews of respect and acknowledgments to venues, players, people in general that I have to date been privileged to hear. Thank you Alan Donald (White Lightening) for what you have given us, and what you continue doing for all. Arohanui from New Zealand.

[@casinodelonge]

Totally, agree, Allan comes across really well.

[@Buja3d]

Wasim Akram to Allan "I'm gonna kill you" lol wooow I remember all these battles as young as I was but yoooh the Mike Atherton one lol was just amazing I loved it.

[@leemeyer7629]

Amen brother! Was a special time for us Saffas.

[@Priyadarshan_Nag]

One of the most intimidating bowlers ever!

[@hasibali3788]

He's now tigers pace bowling coach 🇧🇩

[@ahmedshakib3883]

"I could not swing the all , I was lousy " yeah , tell that to Kieth Arthurten , I remember when Donald bowled him with a fast inswinger in that famous test match.He had such a fantastic action plus he was a tremendous athlete. His record was simply amazing I think injuries slowed him down at the end but he was a really smart bowler , he developed a super slower ball at the end of his career, I remember he outfoxed Robin Smith (The judge) in a county match , he also took an awesome catch and hurt his back in that game. Great bowler and a Supreme Athlete .

[@jayd1426]

I’m a right arm fast bowler. This is so helpful. Donald is an absolute legend. Really miss Donald vs Atherton rivalry.

[@thomasmuller6301]

Absolutely legendary this man. Greatest South African bowler ever

[@nitlover8319]

That's steyn

[@karthikshiva7620]

Thomas Muller steyn?

[@ayushgupta_4]

@UCSZmzfqUaKypejxJQ0ntEeQ true..that Nagpur spell was all class...he just took the pitch out of equation...can't say about McGrath but steyn is the best bowler of this generation..anderson nowhere near him...ashes and home bully abderson

[@sharmainegobind1829]

@@nitlover8319 Nope. AD began his career at 25 due to Apartheid. The man was lethal at age 18, could have ended up with 600 wickets.

[@thomasmuller6301]

Steyn is up there and is statistically, but the batsmen Donald faced were unbelievably tough. He made tendulkar look ordinary

[@ariyanasif1167]

He is now our bolwing coach🇧🇩

[@SyedFarhanIslamNehan-us8iv]

We will miss you sir.Please come back as a coach for Bangladesh team. We 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩 never forget you.

[@spawn11]

In my eyes Donald>Steyn and best South African express bowler of all times so far. In India, he started the trend of putting zinc cream on the nose and lower lip lol.

[@scorpionking3427]

The most smoothest and lethal bowler of all times....

[@aircrafts6tge222]

Good importance of becoming an athlete. An ex Pakistani cricketer told me that do come to come sprinting, weights on legs arms and weighted jacket etc to build the fitness, now I think about it it makes you a better athlete. I asked he about change in actions and he told me to do this first. He said a lot of times about come to come sprints after nets or matches

[@lucasgoodwin7622]

For me Alan Donald and Shane bond two of the best fast bowling actions I've seen in the game of cricket

[@steveirungu3132]

I have tromendous for you Shaun Pollock Allan Donald Jonty Rhodes etc by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@aswadwasir8628]

Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@gpremkumar2015]

Classy and fearsome bowler for any batsmen. Can't forget Sachin's stumps flying, the most painful moment for every cricket loving kid in India.

[@guganarivendan]

Andha oru run odi irundha oru cup kedachirukum

[@karanmadan1048]

Crossing of legs in air in slow motion shown on TV is like magic,taking air inside every step.Fly.

[@paulrr5711]

My favourite cricketer growing up in SA. 🌩

[@rambhattacharjee1850]

What a man Absolute Genius, called fondly as "WhiteLightening"

[@mickstunes6383]

What a champion he was. Few better when he had his tail up. His duels with the Waugh boys are stuff of legend. Encapsulated almost a bygone era where you'd tune in for 1 guy because you knew something special was happening.

[@salmabashunia3778]

Now he is the pace bowling coach of Bangladesh

[@HussainNalawala]

ALLAN DONALD and MICHAEL HOLDING : Both have rare combo of " GRACEFUL and FEARSOME" ,i just love them watching...

[@russellbartram9680]

Shane warne and Allan Donald was a deadly double act

[@rajinuk1985]

Beautiful action , pace, swing and aggression , what more can you ask for from a fast bowler

[@Jit143kumar]

In today's cricket nobody is alike "Allan Donald"❤...what a beautiful bowling action he had. He was accurate, he had Pace, Bounce, Attitude, Agressiveness, he was Lethal, Competitive words will fall short to describe about him...He was the real threat for any Cricketing Nation..Immense Respect for this Legend ❤..Love from INDIA.

[@srikanths2741]

people say McGrath only sledge but Donald is no less in sledging.. in fact he was worst in three to four occasions, staring at players almost had physical contacts.. SA team also not less than Australia in sledging..

[@user-pz2fe7en7c]

white lightening!!He was famous in cricket world with this name.this only tell about him a lot.

[@rajanthiyagu8910]

Pace bowlers Wikipedia athletic run up mind blowing action no words.......

[@SuperRockyfour]

Alan Donald was one of the worlds finest bowlers!!

[@steveirungu3132]

Allan Donald to me you are GOAT 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐 ie greatest of all time by Steve Irungu Jermaine

[@sanjscouse]

Warwickshire legend...bowled in tandem with Tim Munton.

[@the_number_one]

Allan Border is just being polite when he is praising Sachin and Kohli

[@bradnumber3440]

Kamalakannan A R allan border?

[@vinayms1332]

How did he not mention sledging Dravid? I still remember the commentary "Donald is angry like a snake". May be too embarrassed? Anyway, Donald and Steyn show that one need not be built like a rhinoceros like Shoaib Akhtar to bowl super fast.

[@newblite1130]

Welcome to Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@vzo14]

Donald is my most fav best cricketer of all time since i startd watching cricket early 92 93 or sumthn against zimbabwe.. others r hansie ,gibbs,boucher

[@sln7839]

He praises virat but he didnt have to face donald.

[@123abcdef3]

Imagine if he would've been able to play 3-4 years before he did. He would've had easily ended up 400 Wickets in both formats of the game.

[@tonyknight9912]

How good was that ! I was lucky to have seen Allan many times for Warwickshire, what a top, top bowler, competitor and all round bloke!

[@uraju-bharath]

అత్యుత్తమ బౌలర్, సొగసైన బౌలింగ్ శైలి (from Telugu Andhra Pradesh India)

[@ShuUlysses]

Great to see him again

[@yuggauravchaudhry8682]

Probably the best fast bowler in the world. I don’t think cricket can witness such bowlers in future. He was one of its kind. Had great memories of his famous battles with Tendulkar and other great batsmen.

[@stevetobin7495]

Could have done with another few minutes of intro music

[@imtarunchaudhary]

I like bowling action of wasim akram , waqar younus , allan donald, bret Lee , McGrath, shoiab Akhtar.

[@richyp7126]

Lovely to hear these stories from one of the game's greats!

[@ibrahimabubakarsiddiqui880]

4 bowlers in 90s wasim waqar ambrose and donald

[@adityadeb2790]

Well come to Bangladesh

[@mohanlal-tw5lp]

an ATG nasty fast bowler ..... Allan Donald sir ..... one of the elite reasons cricket was more entertaining in those days.

[@rajanthiyagu8910]

Master said philo walase is tough windies bats men to bowl but too easy make spin attack to him