Cricket : Great Batsmen

[@AlexMay-n1g]

John Arlott is just poetry in motion. Could listen to him all day. Wonderful look back from the golden age of batsmen, to the 1980s, and my favourite childhood batsman Allan Lamb.

[@steveJ1957]

The Legendary John Arlott, Brilliant upload !!!

[@Vidley1866]

Almost worth it for him alone.

[@prafter7]

@@Vidley1866 you are correct Sir. Lucky to have listened to him when in his prime. Nothing today comes close, perhaps Richie was the nearest..

[@adamthrussell5339]

Uúiíi

[@philipr1567]

I think of great opening partnerships - of all those I saw live, I most admire Greenidge and Haynes. The top two opening partnerships I would love to have seen live are: Hobbs and Sutcliff, Ponsford and Woodfull. No-one can truly say which was "the greatest" opening partnership, but we all have our favourites.

[@meltikapassley1394]

I remember Roy Frederick, and Gordon Greenidge....wow...l remember those two!!!!

[@AlexMay-n1g]

It could have been B Richards and Barlow, if not for South Africa's exclusion from tests, but Hobbs and Sutcliffe would top most people's lists.

[@wendellfugate4225]

This is worth more than gold. Tremendous stuff, lads.

[@schrutebuck88]

A wonderful upload and a joy to hear it narrated by John Arlott 👏 Thanks mate 🏏

[@agr7879]

I had these on VHS back in the day. Gold sleeve and sponsored by Benson and Hedges

[@rajmanipal17]

Wonderful upload...thank you so much :)

[@mizofan]

Big thanks: this and the Great Bowlers video are very instructive ffor anyone interested in cricket history. It could have done with more time for post-war and international greats beyond England and Australia. Bradman, Tendulkar, V.Richards, Lara, Sobers, Hobbs, Pollock, Ponting, Kallis, Hammond, Gavaskar, Hutton, B.Richards, Headley, Dravid, Sangakkara, Grace, Hayden, G.Chappell, Javed, Weekes, Worrell, Walcott, Sutcliffe, Trumper, Zaheer, Border, Nourse, Merchant, Greenidge, Compton.. favourite: Majid Khan (who scored the only test century on the 1st morning since Bradman in 1930, until last year- though his innings is not mentioned here)

[@stephenmason1028]

What a great program!

[@dennisthemenace57]

I wish I could go back to those days

[@Marigold_Tearooms]

Thankyou very much for this priceless video…..compelling viewing and priceless. And btw……Hammond was more entertaining than Bradman!

[@1010neel]

thanks for uploading this! do you have the Mike Brearley - John Arlott in conversation from a BBC interview? thanks again

[@jewtubetruckers]

How do I get the videos of hunter stork hendry for 1921 england at Nottingham

[@OrbvsTomarvm]

botham was pure excitement.

[@bobbythomas5357]

Bats looked so light

[@BRS51295]

That speech from Woodfull 😂

[@kenclayton5088]

Compton.....what a player

[@Timberwolf1992]

Bradman, Headley, Sobers, Richards, Pollock.

[@stevebrindle1724]

Wally Hammond!

[@Timberwolf1992]

@@stevebrindle1724 Hammond had some weakness against pace. Unlike Bradman and Hobbs who were more or less invulnerable.

[@mudassirgreat]

I watched the whole 2 hour video in the hope that I might see some Pakistan players of the 50s or 60s. But such a shame they don't have any batting clips of the great Hanif Mohammad. I wish some day BBC archives team comes out of its biaseness towards asian teams and releases some clips of the Pakistani greats of the 50s & 60s like Hanif and Fazal Mahmood. Like Pakistani 1st victory at the Oval in 1954 or the 187 by Hanif in 1967.

[@bobbythomas5357]

Ask PTV to compile one. I wonder how unbiased they would be.

[@rameezrather5385]

there is 1 for d bowlers which features fazal mehmood for a few seconds.

[@mudassirgreat]

@@rameezrather5385 If you are talking about the same series as this one then I am sorry I have watched that and there is no clip of great Fazal apart from just a few words of appreciation from Mr. Graveney. Or else kindly share the link please. Thanks

[@rameezrather5385]

yes im talking about this very series, but when they were talking about him, someone was bowling thats y i thought maybe its him bowling.. thanks for clearing dat

[@cjbond26]

Ah, the dapper Hanif Mohammad; great Pakistani batsman. I had the pleasure of seeing him score 337 test runs at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. I saw his innings end, caught attempting a cover drive.

[@bobbythomas5357]

Boy bradman?

[@sentimentalbloke185]

The Bowral Boy was an early nickname for him.

[@anilmane6785]

Top 5 greatest batsmen of all time 1. Sunil Gavaskar 2. Sachin Tendulkar 3. Don Bradman 4. Gary Sobers 5. Brian Lara Which r yours ?

[@stevebrindle1724]

1.Don Bradman 2.Wally Hammond.3.Sachin Tendulkar4.Brian Lara 5. Viv Richards

[@kunalsingh3121]

Viv, Brian, Sachin then the rest . Indian patriotism to exlude Viv from the list and put Gavaskar and Tendulkar ahead of Don.. Viv was tier above Sunil or anyone in his era..

[@wolfie3ie753]

99 average...yeah right...let him try that now.

[@jahno7154]

Why not the bowling today is rubbish. Today the bats are huge the pitches are flatter the grounds are smaller and the batsman are well padded up and wear helmets.

[@mizofan]

he towered above the rest in his time, as no-one has ever done, and that average was on many difficult pitches with no protection

[@omkarsridhar14]

He would’ve averaged 150 in today’s time, what with the rubbish quality of bowling and much better batting wickets.

[@wolfie3ie753]

Bradman is not the greatest batsman ...he was in black n white.

[@Alf763]

you can only beat who you can beat, and he beat everyone that faced him, on tougher wickets, and in tougher situations

[@wolfie3ie753]

U think bradman can face these guys now.

[@stuartoliver8892]

yeh

[@stevebrindle1724]

No Problem, as an Englishman I have to admit "The Don" was the best ever!

[@lakshmirao4851]

Gavaskar