SOMERSET v SURREY B&H CUP FINAL LORD'S JULY 25 1981 VIV RICHARDS JOEL GARNER ROGER KNIGHT

[@TheMancunianCandidate]

Great footage, Viv & Joel surely the best overseas duo in English cricket history. A prime Botham too meant Somerset were fun to watch.

[@robcornelius555]

I was there. I was 11 and my father and grandfather took me on the bus from Taunton. To kept telling me off for cheering too loudly at the start of Richards' innings. By the end they had shouted themselves hoarse. I remember by father and grandfather both downing a pint of cider in one when we stopped in a pub on the way home. My grandfather had seen all the great fast bowlers from Larwood onwards from his seat in the cowshed at Taunton. He said Clarke would be in the top ten fastest he had seen.

[@TheGilbalfas]

A Great account of the day

[@Fightladsnet]

Watching Viv Richards and Ian Botham facing Sylvester Clarke with no helmets is simply a delight. A throw back to a past era. I wonder just how many runs, and how fast he'd have made them, if Richards had the benefit of the improved modern bats, flatter batting tracks, and a white ball that does almost nothing for the bowlers? I know it's hard to imagine a player from one era in a different era. But I do think the great Viv Richards would have been brilliant in this modern era.

[@shrinivaaspillai6327]

Of course, Vivian Richards has to be the greatest as well as entertaining batsman ever.

[@palashsasidharan5710]

Joel Garner would be the best T20 bowler ever.What a bowler.

[@dante666jt]

Fuck T20

[@ganeshvr9450]

Viv is incomparable. Scourge of many bowlers. Bowlers afraid to bowl. Marvelous and majestic at the wicket. Only player who can be compared is Lawrence Rowe. Unfortunately his career was short lived because of eye problem.

[@fisherrich100]

As a Somerset cricket fan, this was one of the best cricket teams. Sir Ian Botham, Sir Viv Richards, Big Bird Joe Garner what a team!

[@Sean-zg4iy]

Probably the best Somerset team I'd suggest. What were they thinking when Sir Viv & Big Bird were later ejected? Madness...

[@critical_analysis]

still they were not enough to win the county championship even once during their time, shows how much of a team sport cricket is. even having three legends, you can still not win the county championship. though these players were able to stamp their mark on one day tournaments like gillette cup etc.

[@raghzhedges6574]

Why Somerset always has a good set of players playing for England ?? Being an Indian and a cricket fan for over 20years .. why they always have players coming from Essex , Somerset and Surrey .. rarely u can see from other counties

[@jahno7154]

Vic Marks also bowled very well in all Somerset Lords finals

[@jahno7154]

@@critical_analysis You can't rely on Viv Richards and Joel Garner to win the county championship single handedly Botham was on and off from Test Match duty Vick Marks Colin Dredge and Nigel Popplewell were better one day bowlers Somerset had a great One Day cricket side but not a great First Class side One day cricket played under packed houses tailor made for Botham Richards Garner Marks

[@peterlawford9618]

The greatest batsman ever #master blaster#

[@cquilty1]

Joel Garner's accuracy and ability to bowl nigh unplayable yorkers at will was remarkable.

[@colinjennings3661]

Very underrated bowler Big Joel . Those Yorkers were just impossible to get away

[@cquilty1]

@@colinjennings3661 I politely disagree. Anyone who knows anything about cricket knows Garner was anything but overrated. World XI material.

[@robertmarsh3588]

Wonderful. I loved supporting Somerset back in the day. What an amazing team.

[@jonathanhall6163]

Loved this period: on the beeb, no stupid numbers, advertising et al. Joyful.

[@cquilty1]

Joanathan Hall Not to mention insightful, reticent commentators - in stark contrast to the relentless babble spewed by the majority of verbose lightweight clowns today. With the exception of a few such as the likes of Atherton, Holding, Gilchrist, Daren Ganga and Bumble. Though you can't beat the camera work today. It was pretty limited back in the 80's.

[@stevenroyee7214]

THE MAN,THE MYTH,THE LEGEND.AN INSPIRATION TO MANY INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN BATTERS.THANKS SIR VIV.👍🏿👍🏿

[@marksanderson8733]

Nice to hear Lewis and Graveney and Benaud again. Simpler times, wish I could go back

[@iodboi]

HAven't seen much of Bradman, Sobers or Polllock, but Viv Richards for me is the best of all time. To do what he did, without helmets is crazy enough. To not wear the helmets, when they were made available, and to take on all comers like Sylvester Clarke, in England, where the ball always has some lateral movement, is a whole new level of self-confidence.

[@carlh429]

Fantastic figures by Joel Garner. 5-14 from 11 overs.

[@hirakgoswami6642]

Sachin, Bradman were great, more solid, consistent. But this man was out of the world. Unbelievable, greatest entertainer ever of the game.

[@HkFinn83]

Sachin comparison maybe makes sense but Bradman was far better in every respect as well as more consistent and ruthless.

[@soulseer3807]

Richards and Bradman never wore a helmet. Sachin did. And Richard clobbered every short pitched delivery while Sachin used to fall prey to the same.

[@soulseer3807]

@Andy Butler But if Richards hadn't faced his own teammates he wouldn't have qualified to play international cricket? They all qualify from the club level where they would have already played them right?

[@priyacharichakravarti6868]

Richards and Bradman played to win and entertain the fans simultaneously. Tendulkar rarely won matches because he lacked the strategic thinking and tenacious killer drive to do so and much of his heroics ended up satisfying personal statistics. It also explains why Tendulkar was a poor captain while Bradman and Richards were not because they applied their minds very methodically.

[@fjasdfjdsakfjalfsjdalksfakjlk]

@@HkFinn83 I don’t understand the hype about Bradman just based on his stats. For your information, Worplesdon used to score centuries within the first 8-9 overs of the innings and many times would have even come out without his pads on. The bowlers courtesy in those days was to never hit an unpadded man on his shins so that was a factor. But the man did average over 253 in his career.

[@richardcochrane1966]

Greg Thomas to Viv Richards (after several plays and misses) "It's red, it's round, now f****** hit it!" Richards (after hitting next ball out of the ground) "You know what it looks like, now go and get it!"

[@SantiagoBernebeu]

LMAO...

[@sct352t3]

Just before the Royal Wedding and just after the Headingley Test is the context. I remember the match so well. What an innings by Richards.

[@gazeblane]

I thank the modern times and youtube for being able to watch such gems after years ...Viv .... Undoubtedly the best batsman world hs ever seen ..And what a dream to see Botham bat alongside him

[@SirGryflet]

Good to also see Peter Roebuck

[@julianhodgson1202]

Viv was awesome - was he better than Lara?

[@Channakeshava-vh5fd]

VIV IS THE KING AMONG BATMSAN. HE WAS THE BEST INSIDE OUT STRIKER OF THE BALL IN THE BATTING ARENA.

[@alexscott7226]

cricket as it should be played... no stupid coloured clothes or sponsors logo's or names on the shirt. Batsmen not wearing helmets and quality commentators... perfect

[@julianhodgson1202]

Joel Garner - 11 overs for 14 runs and 5 wickets - just ridiculous🔥🔥🔥

[@marktaylor6491]

Having Viv at one end and Beefy at the other is some kind of cheat code.

[@cjvrsa]

What a lovely video. Thanks. I had the privilege of meeting Robin Jackman. What an absolutely lovely guy.

[@ghabcdef]

Now that hook of Sylvester Clarke is just amazing. Clarke in those days was generating a tremendous amount of pace, and folks who saw him rated him to be even faster than Holding. Pity he decided to tour SA

[@joshuafarrel4337]

By

[@kunalsingh3121]

@@joshuafarrel4337 Viv

[@jamesd7045]

It is a pity, but West Indies domestic cricket paid very little in those days, and Clarke had a wife and 3 children to support. You were well paid if you got into the West Indies team (and Clarke would have been an automatic choice in most teams), but he had to get ahead of Marshall, Holding and Garner, which wasn't easy. I think he (and Croft and the rest) made a wrong, but understandable, choice.

[@viswanathnambiar6697]

No words to comment on viv batting

[@vishwanathk9265]

He was a master class batsman sir vivan Richards

[@iiigraghu]

I am still aware that I followed this grand final. Then I was in the eleventh year of following cricket matches on Radio and TV was emerging. Started playing small time local cricket and following cricket matches from early teens and its fifty two years...counting🏏

[@rickster5120]

Vivian Richards .greatest batsman in my lifetime...end of discussion

[@angelacooper2661]

I remember that era - at age eleven, I had just left junior school and regarded Ian Botham as my hero. In fact, I wanted to meet him on Jim'll Fix It, but fortunately didn't bother to go ahead!

[@charlespring5296]

Obviously Lord’s is such a historic ground, but it looks so much better now than it used to!

[@boxingjerapah]

Great days. What a team that was: Richards, Garner and Botham.

[@iiigraghu]

Hearty Greetings, Congratulations and Best Wishes from India 🇮🇳

[@hyena131]

@Ragged Romeo Bao Pitterpatter Your need to declare where you're from unsolicited is utterly irrelevant. And it must be said that it's primarily indians who engage in this nonsense. Weird. What will you say next - that you like pizza, flower arranging and horror movies? Just enjoy cricket regardless of where you're from. It's irrelevant/doesn't matter.

[@apelion6679]

Joel and Viv. Legends of both world and county cricket. Would live to see them against Greenidge and Marshall at Hampshire.

[@boymeetsbush8232]

Don't forget Greenidge opening partner was Barry Richards considered best opener by many

[@rgudduu]

So, did it happen? Viv batting against WI quicks in county cricket?

[@boymeetsbush8232]

@@rgudduu Many times Viv batting against Silvester Clark, Malcolm Marshall, Holding, Roberts. If you carefully look at country team most had 1 WI Bowler and 1 WI Batter and then some South African, Pakistani NZ, Aussies. Like Viv & Garner Somerset, Greenidge & Marshall Hampshire, Clive Lloyd & Michael Holding Lancashire etc.

[@yuck4u]

@19:06 WOW! - Viv Richards taking on Sylvester Clarke. Many great players who played in that era (Imran Khan, Steve Waugh, Desmond Haynes and Viv himself) called Sylvester Clarke the nastiest and most dangerous fast bowler they faced.

[@hashishkumar]

With Sachin becoming involved in yorkshire in 1992, I often used to read in newspaper about english county cricket tournaments with all such teams Surrey, Durham, Notinghamshire, middlesex, yorkshire, derbyshire, hampshire, lancashire, yorkshire, worwickshire etc.

[@alygodsquad]

Bloody hell I didn't half fancy Ian when he looked like this !🤣Mind you I was an impressionable 15 year old lol. Saw both of them play when at a Glamorgan v Somerset match in Cardiff. Don't remember the result !

[@AnandKumar-mx2nk]

Awesome stuff.. Really a great final match !! Enjoying this 🙌👏👏

[@dmmordecai7984]

Hello Anand, glad you enjoyed. Thanks for watching, DARREN

[@7fonshed61]

And a perfect gent. Always had time for us fans especially on away trips . Team always played charity matches and came to the pub afterwards and mingled with everyone. Sadly Wouldn’t happen nowadays

[@ghabcdef]

Garner 11-5-14-5 😁 Seems hardly fair to have to play against Botham, Garner & Richards all at their peak...

[@sauron2000000]

And Vic Marks

[@homeone4054]

Not sure I'd fancy facing Garner on that pitch!

[@phugoid]

Botham played despite that Headingley epic having finished just 4 days earlier. Not many Test players these days show a similar commitment for their counties. On another note, the things that we don't see these days are the droves of boundary-hugging Caribbean immigrants in England rushing on to the ground at or near the conclusion of a match, and sea gulls dotting Aussie grounds

[@SantiagoBernebeu]

Sadly those days are no more when West Indian people attended test grounds to cheer on their country. Even if the West Indies were bad then as they are today, those immigrants would still have attended. That immigrant generation have sadly passed away and their now adult children have no interest in the sport. India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka matches are well attended though.

[@dlamiss]

Central contracts mean the players cannot give their counties the commitment

[@Waseemashraf1979]

Another brilliant upload keep it up

[@charlick2]

After Bradman and then Graeme Pollock and then Sir Garfield Sobers - Viv was the next best

[@orgoniteyahgoniteaustralia6888]

Can see the difference between modern bats and what these guys use. A lot of shots you expect to go for 6 only get halfway there. Or these clips off the pads trickle away for two runs, when in today's game they'd be a boundary. (Imagine Viv in his prime but with a modern day bat. Would have been overkill.)

[@davidlange3418]

Real cricketers wearing real cricket clothes. Golden days.

[@colinjennings3661]

Great commentators too. Including the master Richie Benaud

[@wideawake8425]

I was there

[@andrewking9761]

Viv Richards nearly played on at the 17min 35min mark.

[@jayeshdhairav9730]

That time very exciting coundary club matches ! That time Huje public see that matches. I like Benson & Hejis cup ✌✌

[@lewisgreen2957]

2 spanking good catches from Peter Roebuck..

[@hyena131]

@Lewis Green Yes. Roebuck was a very disciplined fielder and a man that meted out discipline firmly and fairly to those under him.

[@rgudduu]

Viv super as always. I would like to see how he plays a short ball that moves (late) to offside...can he pull it given the danger of topedge?

[@cquilty1]

Colin Dredge - the lumbering brute!!

[@samuelharris1609]

Christal Clair with quality sound

[@craigl5729]

strange to think Richards and Botham didnt have that many big partnerships.. what a nightmare for a bowler running up to bowl at them....

[@jamesd7045]

They used to have competitions at the crease to see who could play the most outrageous shot, and one would get out.

[@jayeshdhairav9730]

That time Summer set Team was very DangerCricket team because ian botham & Vivian Richard was played in this team

[@terranceparsons5185]

50 up for Surrey in the 26th over. Good grief! We are looking at more than 3 times that these days.

[@diator8083]

Just how it was then, one day cricket was still in it's infancy. The first ever international one day game was only 10 years earlier, it took another 2.5 years to get to game number 10!! By the time this match was played there had only been 121 ODI's. 250 from 50 overs was a good score back then only 26 of the 242 innings had been over that amount and only 6 innings over 300, 334 being the highest and that was a 60 over match. For 50 over games only 1 score over 250 and none over 300.

[@pauldurkee4764]

In those days you had much bigger boundaries. If you took the shot players of the 70s/80s and put them in modern one day cricket/T20, that would be interesting.

[@terranceparsons5185]

@@pauldurkee4764 I know I am comparing oranges to apples, but how can 2 an over for 26 overs in a one day game be enjoyable? I'd also like to see how the current biffers would have coped back then. Chris Gale vs Lillee, Hadlee, Imran, Beefy, etc.

[@pauldurkee4764]

@@terranceparsons5185 Back then closing the scoring options down and creating pressure were a big part of the game, you don't always need big scores for exciting finishes. Now its almost concede the high totals because we can outhit them. Ive seen a lot of bowlers, but Joel Garner has to be the most difficult man to score off in the history of limited overs cricket.

[@terranceparsons5185]

@@pauldurkee4764 absolutely agree with you. Big bird was devastating! Also agree that 9 off the last over with 1 wicket left is the same if you are chasing 180 or 380

[@jamesgolbey8011]

1981: Botham plays a slog sweep and even then it is recognised as much more than a cow corner hoick by the commentator

[@garychard3894]

Just look at the run rates.........talk about different eras.

[@marieadams3720]

Look at Viv's teeny tiny bat!

[@ianjones3568]

Wondered where Laker was. He missed commentating the miracle of Headingley and here.

[@jameshope398]

I think Jim Laker was ill at the time

[@MichaelJordan-yy1sr]

Jim laker - favourite cricket commentator of all time. Objective but articulate.

[@hyena131]

@@MichaelJordan-yy1sr laker was naught but a dour, humourless, miserable old curmudgeon with a perpetual cold/stuffed up nose. If you search images of him when he was young, he looked like an old man even then.

[@terranceparsons5185]

@@MichaelJordan-yy1sr I loved his way of saying d's at the end of names as a t. So Dayvitt Gower, Dayvitt Steele, Dayvitt Lloyd, etc. Thankyou Richie! Thanks Jim

[@terranceparsons5185]

No doubt they'd have liked another 30. 130 would be nearer the mark

[@melthoidserendipity1332]

They never won a County Championship with the Big 3 and considering how much they would have been paid I'd suggest the club must have lost a lot of money

[@daysofgrace2934]

Before TCCB ruined county cricket by banning the overseas stars...

[@andrewgilbertson5356]

Why Oh Why did they get rid of them??

[@shaunescott2050]

Because they wanted to win the championship! To this day they still haven’t!

[@andrewgilbertson5356]

@@shaunescott2050 They won silverware for the first time in their history !

[@terranceparsons5185]

16 for 2 after 15 overs. Most teams today would be close to 100

[@TheBebMeister]

That's because Joel Garner retired a long time ago.

[@dlamiss]

No one wanted to play Somerset or Essex in one day cricket from the late 70s to the mid 80s.

[@kamransiddique717]

Sylvester Clarke faster then Michael Holding