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.

[@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.

[@osamaabdurrahim9146]

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

[@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!

[@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 😂

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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 🤣

[@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

[@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!

[@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 !!!

[@jayd1426]

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

[@ParthoSharothiDasPSD]

Very delighted to have this man as the pace bowling coach of Bangladesh. Our pace bowling has improved a lot since his joining.

[@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.

[@richyp7126]

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

[@Priyadarshan_Nag]

One of the most intimidating bowlers ever!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@lucasgoodwin7622]

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

[@HussainNalawala]

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

[@paulrr5711]

My favourite cricketer growing up in SA. 🌩

[@JPASSY]

One of my very favorite fast bowlers I loved to watch. I loved his aggression and passion 👍great interview

[@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.

[@karanmadan1048]

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

[@zizoucris10]

Allan Donald terrified me as a child! His battles with my hero SRT were unforgettable. Giant of the game!

[@rajinuk1985]

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

[@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...

[@scorpionking3427]

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

[@jatindersinghwinnipegcanada]

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

[@vishalvishnu403]

Simply the legend...ammazing action ..it was a greatest thrill to see his bowling reply with white patch on the nose..it's like a tiger approaching the batsmen..when the Donald bowls the batsmen fear of duck..live long Donald .. love from India..

[@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

[@belkhan5000]

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

[@subhasishdey9754]

If you want to get your money's worth just to watch a spell from a high class fast bowler there was probably no one more exciting than him in my generation! Beautiful action, sheer pace, accuracy, bounce, movement- just a full pacakge!

[@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

[@nuhashalsayed5565]

Changed the whole scenario of Bangladesh pace bowling unit, Thanks legend! 🇧🇩

[@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.

[@nasirmukhtar3796]

Great technical insight by Allan Donald on his own bowling action & its progression. As a teenager I just saw his sheer pace & aggression which I used to imitate as I was quite thin like he appears to be but wasn't nearly as fast! I did once knock over a left-handers off stump with a delivery by a tennis ball when I was at my best aged about 15 but didn't play much thereafter. Never played too much with a real cricket ball owing to lack of protective equipment & fear of injury. Used to love watching Donald but wish he had maintained his pace in his latter years, although as he's explained maybe it was part of his development that suited him to prolong his career.

[@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.

[@SyedFarhanIslamNehan-us8iv]

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

[@markj702]

I think it says it all that a bowling legend like Brett Lee openly admitted to looking up to Allan Donald and wanting to emulate him. Donald one of the true modern greats that changed the expectations of strike bowling in all forms of the game.

[@ShuUlysses]

Great to see him again

[@SuperRockyfour]

Alan Donald was one of the worlds finest bowlers!!

[@yasinjamal9252]

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

[@petercoutts4756]

White lightning. What an apt name for a great bowler. On his day one of if not the fastest bowlers of ever seen, with a great action

[@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.

[@ariyanasif1167]

He is now our bolwing coach🇧🇩

[@wheeloftime2908]

I loved it when clive rice used the disdain greeting.It is a sign of a humble man

[@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 .

[@sathyaraj8383]

For a begineer wanting to be a Seamer they just need to follow Allan ... My all time Favourite Bowling Action.

[@saju3791]

I always remember for his signature celebration. None did that celebration like he did it. Jumping & clapping his hand around his knee. His bowling was tremendous.

[@viennacalling85]

He is a class act. Grew up watching his deadly yorkers and inswingers

[@manisshthakur621]

Alan Donald, What a Legend! Thanks for such a kind words for Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli. Love from India

[@Cricwhisper520429]

Bhai Donald sir ne kb khaa tha time line btaaanaaa

[@TheMaverickanupam]

Funny Donald didn't include Tendulkar in his world eleven. He always said Lara was better than Tendulkar. kzbin.info/www/bejne/maPMXmafZcSNjKs

[@swapnilshingote8773]

A true fighter they don't produce Sir Alan Donald anymore.. Legend

[@SIFYWAY]

Thanks supersports for the brilliant master class throughout the series

[@prabirdas9684]

He was tearaway fast bowler..Excellent to watch him on action..

[@saurabhnandansinha3885]

MR. White lightening ur humility is humbling sucha great bowler who talks simply

[@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. ✌️😎✌️

[@thornwivans]

Every word is gold from a great of the game

[@aswadwasir8628]

Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@rajadheenabandhu6703]

It is delighte to watch his running and bowling action

[@Monkey_Joe_Tokyo]

My go to cricketer when my son wants bowling tips. Great competitor, great attitude, great bowler.

[@colinstewart1432]

Great bowling role model. Lots of fire in the belly. Perfectly fluid action.

[@istiaq_never_loves]

Thanks sir for making Shariful from a run machine to a wicket taker bowler.

[@Kailas-o3k]

i Love sir Alan Donald bowling action attitude and wicket celebration❤❤

[@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.

[@matslaterf360]

Only Akram and Allan Donald could bowl dangerously sharp inswingers. Such an athlete he was!

[@fahadsarwar2183]

most underated bowler in cricket. What a match winner

[@rajanthiyagu8910]

I love his run up action each and every thing

[@sk-4464]

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

[@kunwarsingh1777]

All time great fast bowler...totally legend...

[@plaksaleaf]

I was Australia fan and he was my arch rival. 😄 😃What a fearful guy he was ! ⭐️ Master.

[@joemol2629]

his bowling action looks smooth and beautiful your action is the most beautiful bowling action i ever seen miss you allen you are the beauty

[@squeekhobby4571]

Thanks is too little for the happiness we had watching your bowling

[@truthvsyouandme734]

his bowling action was so beautiful

[@bhagatsinghsandhu7429]

One of the most honest interviews 😃

[@SumanKumar-xf4su]

The sound and start was very good.

[@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

[@miscible21]

Absolute legend! Great memories watching him as a school boy.

[@sandeepgupta6980]

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

[@willthesocietyacceptme9485]

Lol

[@innerversion9522]

If you copy his action, the ball will automatically swing. What a beauty of a bowling action. The jump he took beside the umpire was... maaaannnn

[@subhashchawda7767]

Every fast bowler dream bowling like this legend🙏🙏🙏

[@ritutkarsh7859]

One of the greatest for sure😊

[@MaheerAbrar-nu1jj]

He is our ball team bowling coach💪

[@abdhon367]

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

[@deputysheriff5994]

White Lightning ⚡ Lived up to that name!Respect!

[@user__100]

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

[@rajanthiyagu8910]

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

[@hasibali3788]

He's now tigers pace bowling coach 🇧🇩

[@RohanKSharma]

Legend & had Best Fast bowling Action

[@salmabashunia3778]

Now he is the pace bowling coach of Bangladesh

[@priyavazare]

Best bowling action ever. I see lot of fast bowlers bend arm for speed. For me Allan Donald action is perfect.. he is bowler who has same action when bowling at 135 and 150. I see lot of bowlers have slight bend to go beyond 145. But no body observe this and give importance to. Sad thing why cant we check bowling action for above 145 kmph

[@ravisranjan5517]

An absolute legend !

[@farjadmir8842]

I just love his action.

[@louisjwiese5515]

Wow. This is seriously cool. Nice upload.

[@dukedeewana5077]

Alan Donald the best fast bowler ever in cricket history

[@newblite1130]

Welcome to Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@bhairavghorpade1002]

From India...and Allan Donald is my all time fav baller... then after Ajit Agarkar