My XI - Ian Chappell: Garry Sobers, 254 v Australia, MCG - 'The best batsman I have ever seen'

[@govindarajannarasimhan8502]

Ian is a gifted orator and an excellent commentator. The way he recalls an incident is like taking you live to that era. I have heard many a great story teller but Ian is the best.

[@sln7839]

I really like the way he gives the background before the match which really shows the importance of the innings. Ian is a very good cricket story teller. Wow ! How can he narrate a cricket match or a knock like a story. Awesome Ian !

[@flatoutt1]

you're a gifted engaging communicator with great knowledge and story telling ability . thankyou [or to put it in auusie ese "you can tell a bloody good yarn "].you're a treasure to the world cricket community

[@tusharsohale6894]

This man is encyclopaedia of Test Cricket. Genius.

[@phoarey]

I remember watching some of Sobers 254 on TV in black and white. So good

[@rajarshichatterjee3281]

thanks ian , after this i went and saw that master piece 254 by sir garry sobers !!! my english will fall short to describe the knock !!! it's better to stay silent and just rise and applaud !!

[@alancampbell8760]

Went to the MCG after the cattle sales at Newmarket that day, had been listening to the cricket on the radio, heard an almighty roar come from the ground as we got near the gates and we missed him getting his 200 by 5 minutes

[@TheIkaraCult]

Ian is a superb storyteller

[@lonestar6709]

I like Ian. Common sense, no-nonsense Aussie.

[@markaidan4368]

Yeah mate & a great captain, gritty, tough Aussie character who played the game hard, not malicious hard, hard yakka hard😁l would of loved playing cricket with the 3 brothers in the back yard, probably had their uncle/grandfather? Victor Richardson another Aussie legend doing throw downs to them 👍

[@rohanwijeyaratna824]

Not too many who'd disagree mate.

[@kunalsandilya6034]

@@markaidan4368 yes. his grandfather was a captain of Australia too

[@Billie0708]

The Greatest All Time XI: From the Realms of Immortality 1 Jack Hobbs 2 W.G Grace 3 Don Bradman (C.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Gary Sobers 7 Adam Gilchrist (W.) 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 10 Dennis Lillee 11 Sydney Barnes 12th: Imran Khan. Substitutes: ( Victor Trumper , Brian Lara , Jacques Kallis , Muttiah Muralitharan , Malcolm Marshall ) Manager :- Sir Frank Worrell .

[@BinaryRex18]

@@roshanpaidi But Lara never opened...

[@roshanpaidi]

@@BinaryRex18 he doesn't necessarily need to open. Bradman can go up and lara can bat after a wicket falls

[@BinaryRex18]

@@roshanpaidi Bradman never opened in tests... I understand that he would probably still be great, but wouldn't a specialist opener be more of a safe choice?

[@roshanpaidi]

@@BinaryRex18 i don't think grace would've done better in modern pyrotechnics really well i agree his first class stats are excellent but i think lara would be a better choice than grace

[@BinaryRex18]

@@roshanpaidi Even if you don't want to choose Grace, you could choose a more modern opener like Sunil Gavaskar or Virender Sehwag who both have awesome records.

[@jasontoi8628]

One of the best of all time

[@07sanjeewakaru]

Ian always set the way us to recognize masterpieces in the world of Soap Operas.

[@CaptainAmerica-xl7gp]

This is cricket no hate have a drink with the opposition

[@markaidan4368]

When it was a gentleman's game back then mate, after WSC which l loved, professionalism in cricket, tennis, golf not as much, soccer everything changed. Sponsors, Logo's, money, changed Sport forever. That's what materialism, money does to things. It takes the love, enjoyment, respect for your opponents & whatever your playing out of it. Still great to watch, maybe better in a athletic way, but the part these sports played as role models for our children is long gone, Federer, Nadel, Messi, Bolt & a few others are the exception 👍

[@rangasai7459]

I heard that no batsman is greater than Don Bradman, but one exception. As a alrounder no one reach standards set by Garry Sobers. I like him very much being Indian. This I heard from many cricketing greats.

[@saleemkirmani5583]

There is no exception, Bradman is the best batsman of all time. He scored Two triple centuries too. A 311 in one day vs England at the tough uncovered wicket of Headingly. Tendulkar's highest is 248 vs a very weak Bangladesh bowling squad. Tendulkar was a great batsman, no match for the Don. Even Sobers has a higher average than him, despite being the best all rounder of all time.

[@Manishnishad007]

@@saleemkirmani5583bradman played non professional village cricket only in two places while Tendulkar scored everywhere and against everyone in professional cricket

[@saleemkirmani5583]

@Manishnishad007 Bradman first class average was 95. He scored a triple century in one day at in a test match on an uncovered wicket in England. Tendulkar 's highest score in a test is 248 vs a weak and inexperienced Bangladesh team. These are facts.

[@Manishnishad007]

@@saleemkirmani5583 bradman played village cricket with mill workers and daily labourers and farmers , Tendulkar played professional sport huge difference , in village cricket and club many have scored bigger runs and did unbelievable things , Tendulkar also played everywhere and scored and in cricket conditions and pitch matters the most , bradman can’t play in india turning track like all Australians

[@Manishnishad007]

@@saleemkirmani5583 England did bodyline better tactic and bradman average 50 only , and then cried all over the media , viv Gavaskar never cried on soft pitch bowling without helmets

[@manmohanhegde7172]

Gary Sobers The Best One Of A Kind Cricketer, Great 👍🏼 Personality And Talking Is Ian Chappell ❤

[@90_cricket_classic]

Ian,is the most knowledgeable and great philosopher of cricket ,he is the most generous person the game has ever seen,if you want to know more about cricket just listen to Ian chappell and read his coloumns ,a true great Man🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Yah16786Ahmed]

If gary sobers was 23 today, Ipl franchisies will dish out 10 mn dollars for him ,

[@sumanthebbar8702]

PSL will get him for 20 million dollars

[@markaidan4368]

Yep, 10 mill for batting, 10 mill for bowling & throw in a couple of mill for fielding & his sheer brilliance & presence, well man your right 😁👍

[@vishalsahu6987]

@@sumanthebbar8702 if they do that they will not be able to host PSL for 10 years as that's their 10 year's budget.. ha ha ha

[@muralinarasimhan3863]

Gary Gary Gary...the original superstar.

[@oliverhughes6162]

Gary was exceptional. The lowest SIX I ever saw was from Gary Sobers in St. KITTS it is took off like a military jet over long on and breezed the hand of the fielder. Unbelievable.

[@princenarayana]

Srikanth, Viv, Sobers, Clive, Miandad, Dujon, Kapil, Imran, Hadlee, Quadir, Holding. This should be unbelievable T20 team

[@markaidan4368]

Is this a World 11 or are Aussies invited, if they are what about Gilly man. l admired Dujon especially when he said that Alan Border was the best, most guttiest batsman he had seen, but Gilly was in a different league to every other wicket-keeper batsman, a legendary cricketer.

[@ysgol3]

I watched Botham trying to outtalk Ian Chappell recently about their dislike of each other. it was like watching a chimp (a beefy one) trying to play chess with a grandmaster.

[@edwardcooper3948]

The chappels, cricket royalty.

[@robroper8878]

Sobers, finest batsman, finest all rounder, finest sportsman ever.

[@Veaseify]

Such a pity that there's little to no footage of Sobers at his peak (apart from the six sixes in an over) so many of the older great players get no attention because there's no visual record of how good they were, you just have to take it as gospel.

[@Elixir6]

Steve Veasey Their is a footage of his innings of 254.

[@wespaul9345]

Agree. I would've loved to have seen Sobers. A decade late. But reading and listening to stories from his peers gives an insight to his talent. Enjoy Chappelli and boycotts stories immensely.

[@PoonchNZ]

If you selected the all time best XI from each country. 1. Which team do you reckon would be the best? 2. Which team would have the best bowling attack? 3. Which team would be the best at batting? 4. And would no. 2 & 3 be a tough spot?

[@joshuahenry9135]

West indies, Australia. England

[@AmitPatel-nk6op]

“Forget allrounder and all that other stuff. Gary Sobers was the best batsman after Bradman”. I’ve heard the same comment from Ian Chappell, Sir Geoffrey Boycott, Richie Benaud, Bishen Bedi, and a great many ex cricketers and journalists others.

[@CaptainAmerica-xl7gp]

Can you see a soccer player say something like that about another player no way

[@markaidan4368]

Messi what l've seen of him mate is one player in my view that would. I like his style, kind of humble😇🙏 Like Renaldo 😑🤣🤣🤣👍

[@mirafzal2019]

Ian chappal great genius player of Australia cricket team

[@ganesanls8723]

Awesome

[@gavinscott8903]

Must have been a special player. Shame i never saw him live. You read his stats & listen to all the great x-players & its very similar theyre opinion of sobers being the best batsman of that era

[@prabhakarsagar3261]

India ko hamesha criticise karne wala insan Ian Chappell brother of Ian Chappell

[@RogwerThPirate]

good players

[@vinamrananavati8711]

Does anybody know the music piece at the end?

[@anilsinha4968]

One fails to understand as to why Ian Chappell has not been given the knighthood. If Boycott can why not him.

[@ronlargecock7775]

Because he's a nasty cheat

[@davidhumphries1146]

He wouldn't accept it.

[@Learner5555]

Ask the kiwis about it..lols

[@anilsinha4968]

@@Learner5555 It was Greg Chappell who had asked Trevor to bowl underarm not Ian.

[@kunalsingh3121]

@@ronlargecock7775 How ???

[@gorabose334]

No one can match Sobers.

[@harunyahyadotorg]

Zaheer Abbas was second only to Viv in odi cricket.

[@Billie0708]

Top 10 Greatest Batsman of All Time 1 Don Bradman 2 Gary Sobers 3 Barry Richards 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Jack Hobbs 7 Graeme Pollock 8 Greg Chappell 9 Len Hutton 10 Wally Hammond

[@kunalsingh3121]

Shit list ??? Barry Richards didn't played any decent cricket to be in same bracket as Viv, Lara, Tendulkar and Sobbers. Viv Richards is perhaps the best batsman since Bradman and I am saying it as a Indian, he was insane.

[@rangasai7459]

@@kunalsingh3121 what you told is correct bro. But Barry was described great batsman by some cricketing greats. His footwork was simply superb.

[@kunalsingh3121]

@@rangasai7459 I agree with you Barry was brilliant so was Graeme Pollock but fact is that they didn't play decent cricket to be in same bracket as a Garfield Sobbers, Vivian Richards, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Greg Chappell etc...., I never saw Sobbers but of all I saw Viv was the best followed by Lara and Tendulkar... I would have love to see Barry ane Grame play against a Kapil Dev and three masterful India spinners in India, against Imran Khan, Abdul Qadir in Pakistan, Dennis Lilllee, Jeff Thomson and Lenne Pascoe on Australian surfaces of that age where each Australian surface has a different character to it...,Bob Willis, John Snow, Ian Botham and Dereck Underwood in Englans...And the greatest attack in history in Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, Joel Garner and Collin Croft so much so that Malcolm Marshall arguably greatest ever, couldn't get in the regular XI for 4 odd years of his carrer. Can't compare pitty due to aparthied..

[@rambhattacharjee1850]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Redhotrock]

No doubt Sobers is the greatest cricketer ever !

[@chemistryset1]

what a weirdly indiscrete interview

[@rajivsharma1998]

Games greatest allrounder and only second best batsman behind Sir Don

[@leroybrown2641]

if Ian say sobers was the best ever , thats good enough for me

[@parthshin]

whats the song at the end?

[@IsaacAsimov1992]

World's best batsmen in last 50 years: UPDATED 16 May 2020 (Ponting replaces Botham) (1) Viv Richards (2) Barry Richards (3) Brian Lara (4) Kumar Sangakkara (5) AB de Villiers (6) Gary Sobers (7) Sachin Tendulkar (8) Graeme Pollock (9) Steve Smith (10) Virat Kohli (11) Ricky Ponting (12) Javed Miandad

[@kunalsingh3121]

Throw botham and at the moment throw smith and kohli also put Greg chappell Right in top 5 And Why arguably best batsman of fast bowling From asia mohinder amarnath not there,Atleast Greg deserves to be there he was a class act.

[@IsaacAsimov1992]

​@@kunalsingh3121 Thanks for your thoughtful comment. You make an excellent point regarding Mohinder Amarnath. I didn't realise he was so good. Wikipedia says, "Fiery fast bowlers Imran Khan of Pakistan and Malcolm Marshall of West Indies have praised his batsmanship, courage and ability to endure and master pain. Imran regarded Mohinder so highly that in his book 'All Round View' he went on record to say that in the 1982-83 season, Mohinder was quite simply the best batsman in the world." and "In his book 'Idols', Indian legend and compatriot Sunil Gavaskar described Mohinder Amarnath as the finest batsman in the world." and "Mohinder made his first test century at Perth at the WACA (the fastest and bounciest wicket in the world) batting against Jeff Thomson at his fastest. He followed this test century with another 10 more against top class fast bowling." I saw Greg Chappell hit a century at the WACA, in his first test. Yes, he was good. I put Botham is there because at one time he was the best batsman and bowler in the world. Then he got injured and his figures suffered. (Cheers from Perth, Australia)

[@kunalsingh3121]

@@IsaacAsimov1992 Yes Mohinder was quite special to people of Our time And was Far superior To sunil Gavskar in playing Fast bowling,Gavskar was overrated on that myth of 13 100s against windies fiery quick which is rubbish the best player to domimate them was amarmath and Somehow greg chappell also batted brillaintly against them in packer cricket and took them apart. But i think his 1st 100 came in 77 78 tour,thommo was not at his Fastest to be fair,He suffered that collison with turner ans busted his shoulder In dec 1976.And there was No Dennis lilee.Thommo was at his quickest till 76 because he use to generate his pace from his slingy action and he was Fastest ever I Saw.

[@IsaacAsimov1992]

@Jim Barrows Which one from my list would go?

[@steveerrol5802]

No a bad list but if you saw Gary Sobers bat there’s no one on your list that was better than he!

[@sln7839]

who disked this video? May be the bowlers who bowled to sobers and their team mates in this match.

[@edwardcooper3948]

Do you have to be a fantastic story teller before you can even think about being a cricketer ?

[@benbutler9282]

Alright sobers might be the MJ of cricket

[@arvind87654]

I seriously read it johnretard4life..and I think it fits..

[@Billie0708]

The Greatest #XI of All Time 1 Jack Hobbs 2 Len Hutton 3 Don Bradman (Cap.) 4 Sachin Tendulkar 5 Viv Richards 6 Gary Sobers 7 Alan Knott (W/K) 8 Shane Warne 9 Wasim Akram 10 Malcolm Marshall 11 Dennis Lillee 12th : W.G Grace. Substitutes: ( George Headley , Brian Lara , Imran Khan , Muttiah Muralitharan , Sydney Barnes ) Manager :- Sir Frank Worrell . My Above XI is Probably the Most Accurate All Time XI List in Cricket History which is Co-incidentally the Mixer of WISDEN and ESPN Cricinfo All Time XI List. It's a Full 16 Man Squad and I have Deservingly put Two Proper Openers Hobbs and Hutton As they have a Great Records everywhere and seemingly Great Chemistry and Connection within them as they played mostly after post WW1 Era from 1920 onwards with much better Competitiveness and in a Developing Test Cricket era compared to 18th or 19th Century Cricket. And I have Top 6 Strong Batting Line up so I went with a Specialist Wicket Keeper Alan Knott ahead of Wicket Keeper Batsman Adam Gilchrist who unfortunately Missed out due to I have a Strong top 6 Batting order as well as Strong tail enders too like Warne , Akram and Marshall who all can Bat also. So I went with a Specialist Wicket Keeper with a descent batting record, so I went with Alan Knott. Then I have a 1 Great All Rounder Sir Garfield Sobers who is the Great Left Handed Batsman and can bowl three different variations Bowling and 1 Great Spinner Shane Warne So he would have a Great Right hand - Left Hand and Leg Spin / Off Spin Combinations with Gary Sobers. And at Last I have deservingly Put 3 Genuine Fast and Complete Bowlers Akram , Marshall and Lillee as 3 Pace Bowlers with Great Statistic Records among them who all also played in The Most Golden , Toughest and Competitive Era of Test Cricket From 1970 to 2000 Era. W.G Grace as the 12th Man who was an All Rounder and a Father Figure Cultural Icon of Cricket and Sir Frank Worrell is The Best Manager the Game has ever seen who can Guide your Team and Bring out the best from above players. P.S. - Steven Smith , Virat Kohli and Pat Cummins are Active Players. So I will Judge them after they will retire, so we can get the clear picture of their Overall career.

[@joshuablake3307]

Herbut Sutcliffe?

[@rajivsharma5004]

undoubtedly he is only second to Sir Don

[@qweqweqweqwe40]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha better than bradman thats a good one

[@sudhasharma4838]

P wow Cwow ji better we focus on his game he was true legend.

[@mycountdownz4980]

Sobers was indeed a better batsman than Bradman. Bradman never faced quality bowlers apart from Harold Larwood, and he had great problem facing Larwood. It was the failure of Bradman and his co players to face real fast bowling and thus "Bodyline" had to be born in order to save their ego (think how Bradman would have suffered against the west indian pace attack, Imran, Akram, Waqar, Shoaib in the modern era when bowling at the rib cage area is perfectly legal). Bradman was the best batsman of his era. But not the greatest of all time. Ask Ian Botham. He will tell you you who the greatest batsman of all time is.

[@oot007]

MyCountdownz I think Ian Botham said Viv was the best player that has ever played the game. I was too young to see Sobers play but from what I've seen I agree with both Botham and Chappelli. Photo finish between Viv and Sobers.

[@humanforfreedom9583]

he was better

[@johnholmes912]

sorry but the previous year you played with barry richards, he was certainly the greatest since bradman

[@emamularfeen4940]

No 'Sir' for sobers???

[@kunalsingh3121]

Dont need to call Somebody Sir If u respect them From bottom of Your heart And Chappelli Did rate Garfield sobbers And Viv richards As Something Beyond Words.

[@terryfied7942]

er yes in 1975 ! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield_Sobers

[@lonestar6709]

Yeah, he's Sir Garfield Sobers. There have been quite a few in West Indies. Sir Everton Weekes. Sir Andy Roberts. Sir Viv Richards. Sir Frank Worrell. Sir Curtly Ambrose. Many others.

[@dennisleslie8962]

I guess that he never saw Brian Lara.

[@carlhughes6459]

Is that grandad of only fools and horses

[@ronjeremy6128]

Ian Chappell, probably the worst of the Chappell brothers, which is saying something.

[@uzikgaming5470]

Those 10 was Indian dislike

[@MrDaGeil]

Did you just take up watching test cricket?

[@bunui2985]

Why?

[@07sanjeewakaru]

wtf

[@adi87tya]

Lol even Rahul would disagree with you