The 12th Man v Warney

[@tomvine9151]

I came hear to remember my childhood listening to Billy but more to see the joy of Shane loving this so much like one of the fans of the game he was, despite being one of the legends of the game himself. RIP Shane. Such a genuine guy. The Willy Nilly high five will live forever.

[@Vinnie101a]

@M : Be off with you!

[@stud5588]

Here Here!🍺

[@cricketcricket1531]

I listened to most of this with my eyes closed, I could picture the commentators calling the game. What a national treasure he is. Thanks Billy for silliness.

[@OldAussieAds]

I loved Billy's Richie character. I could have listened to him for hours, doing all sorts of mundane tasks like shopping etc. I know the real Richie didn't swear like that, but the satire Richie was the best swearer I've ever heard. A great example is when Eddie McGuire calls Richie up to tell him he's boned and being replaced by Billy Birmingham - Richie's reaction is absolute gold! It's sad knowing Warnie isn't with us anymore, along with Richie, Tony and Max. I loved all those guys.

[@a1f1racer]

Simply said....my childhood in a nut shell. Just a good as the coverage. What a legend....Billy Birmingham.

[@LoudestHoward]

@user-gu4tv4hp6s No one cares

[@aussiecampingbloke55]

Billy you’re an absolute legend, I grew up listening to your gears going all the way back to Wired World of Sports and I’ll never forget it!

[@liamwakefield119]

Tony greig - the man with all the facts about the cracks and any glitches with the pitches

[@No_mans_flies]

What a legend, his max Walker was fantastic, I still listen to those albums every year or two.

[@CrackDCat]

The Wired World of Sports 2 was the best XD "Can you hear me Ken?" "Urgh" *Whack* "Can you hear me Ken?"... "OOh I needed that, the ole' back teeth were nearly floating"

[@arconeagain]

​@@CrackDCat what was it again? The male model from Mudgee.

[@conker3425]

Billy is a LEGEND! RIP Tony Greig :(

[@ScorpiusZA.]

I even got this in South Africa growing up. I loved listening to it.

[@1973watchdog]

Never get sick of listening to the commentary that just cracks me up. Great laughs, Great Memories from the best era of crickets ever to exist.

[@SheyD78]

Discovering the (original) Wired World of Sports and the 12th man tapes (they were cassettes back then) were some of the best audio experiences I ever had. I learnt more about cricket from them than all my schooling and TV combined. Even learned to appreciate it a bit. ("Burried in his guts? That's the best caught and bowled you're ever going to see my friend!")

[@bringingtherukas7473]

I remember my dad "confiscating" my copy of the original 12th man when i was a bout 12, Too much swearing, 5 years later i borrow the car and what is in the cassette deck, yep my copy of the 12th man

[@DaveWhoa]

but Daaaaaaaadddd, that's the best age to first hear 12th Man!!! (and Rodney Rude etc!)

[@jamescoupland131]

RIP WARNE ABSOLUTE LEGEND

[@S7K21]

prove it

[@pacus123]

Shouldn't have got the clot shot.

[@dan7972-k9m]

@@S7K21you think he’s still alive??! 😮

[@Mondegreen2020]

Safe and effective.

[@TONY_FEZ]

@@pacus123 nothing to do with the pack of fags he smoked a day hey?

[@traelmate37]

It was a golden age - never could be made now.

[@samomac]

RIP Warney, Australian Legend

[@Motty1066]

Beautiful. And such a lovely explanation of his own craft. Hail the Great Man

[@richardsandals785]

I was on a contiki tour in Europe 30 years ago. To my surprise, someone put on a 12th man tape - and bugger me, all the Saffies on the bus (about a dozen) knew the lines word for word! Great times.

[@saltiplumz2103]

That's gold!!!

[@silentdogfart4892]

Canary yellow? That's Australian Gold my friend and don't you f*cking forget it!

[@HorseShit35]

Canary yellow indeed.

[@XaviRonaldo0]

Wastheman Abadrooter and Whatayamean Was-he are our opening batsmen for today.

[@Ingens_Scherz]

Legend. First heard 12th Man on, yes, a bootleg TDK brought over by our two superb overseas Aussies in 1987. Life was never the same again. It was forever better.

[@johnny-yi2oi]

12th Man topped off an amazing childhood. Billy is the man!

[@peteryan5792]

Omg I loved listening to this when I was back at school the 12th man was a big part of my teenage years me and my best mate would laugh and try and do the voices of the character's we got good at the voices all our other school friends would laugh at us🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 "class of 1997" This was our quote on our year shirt. (Year 10 never again)

[@petesmith9472]

RIP Shane. You gave us so much excitement and joy. We had so much pride and admiration for you

[@swingham4020]

His Kerry Packer was just gold, but to be fair, all his impersonations were spot on

[@johnwelch8083]

max walker ,great man this guy's still walk's around wow!!!!!.

[@tonig3373]

Tony Greig was the best - A grudge to me, is no more then a place to park your car. this man was a legend, shame he didn't go a bit longer

[@richrockefeller3331]

He was a South African who loved Australia.

[@GryphLane]

Pork your cor**

[@steaustin8789]

​@@richrockefeller3331He was a South African who captained England

[@AEJones-dl9nn]

Pork yor cor

[@geno8029]

'Shhilver shhovreign' hahaha classic! Billy's the best!

[@brettprince1528]

Omg I loved listening to the 12th man as a kid. My dad and I would drive with the old “TDK” cassette in the deck and non stop laugh.

[@mrkipling2201]

Rexol weather watch machine, I remember that!! Tony, Richie and Bill are missed so much.

[@blakevonsanden1099]

My favorite is when he did Darryl Eastlake!!!! Funny man!!!!

[@carncats07]

"Pierce Off Jack"

[@rayzorpcs]

"Gibbs On"

[@jamestulk5111]

"here a bouncer, there a yorker, every ball a real corker. Simon o'Donnell had a ball ee I ee i oh!"

[@rtaj247]

3 great blokes there. R.I.P. Warney !

[@David_P132]

A genius if you have the background to appreciate him.

[@boxingjerapah]

Fantastic stuff. So bittersweet now, of course.

[@strongboy7289]

Billy Birmingham is a national treasure. Great Tony Greig by Warnie.

[@MrGingerJez]

Watched this whole vid without even remembering that Warnie is longer with us! So weird that he went so soon - I always imagined him being around in the commentary box until a ripe old age just like Richie......

[@frankthetank5445]

Great memories. So funny. They would never allow his stuff in this sad day and age

[@damob351]

Where did he come up with situations like-- (while commentating, Darryl Eastlake says to Jack Gibson) 'i can see Ron Gibbs warming up on the sideline, looks like he's coming on for Wayne Pearce. Yes Pearce off Jack, Gibbs on!' Jack Gibson "What did u say f@ck knuckle?"

[@euanshanks]

Genius. This is great. Thanks for uploading this. So great to watch

[@nicholasr6381]

My summers were the channel 9 commentary team. Before the new generations of clowns ruined it

[@FabDino]

makes my summers 23% worse

[@ndingo]

Ikr the channel 7 drop kicks have got no mojo to cricket commentary

[@FabDino]

@@ndingo they have such an easy job but somehow they just say the most retarted thing possinle

[@Motty1066]

Shane Warne. Shane Warne. Why you and why now? Gutted. Rest in eternal peace.

[@TomAraya23]

Oh ya brings back some good memories this :)

[@lukemckelvey5996]

The man is a LEGEND!

[@andrewparrott7260]

Ahh, the old van guard of the commentary team. Channel nine had the best of the best. They were the best memories of all. The current crop on Channel seven are ok, but they'll never be as good as the originals.

[@mdjcsmith]

6:53 I wonder if Warney was making a Liz Hurley reference there during the Austin Powers bit?

[@SomejerkRammakar]

Legendary Billy Birmingham. Known around the English-speaking cricket world for his legendary impersonations of iconic cricket commentators. What an interview. Get him in the com-box for some of the current 7 team!

[@xalstarx]

I like how Billy wanted to change the subject after Warne was trying to encourage him to do a new 12th Man impersonating the current cardboard cut-out commentary team Nine has. Just imagine trying to do impressions of dullards like Slater, Healy, Taylor and Brayshaw. That would be a chore of a comedy album to make.

[@Anderschristoph125]

Hahahaha you're right I don't think he wants a bar of it!

[@verminfawlty-arat.5650]

Make no mistake friend,the commentary team at Sky Sports in England is significantly duller than channel 9's current lot.

[@BigRamifications]

+A.J. Meyer Come come. Dullurds?! Slats is an excitable himbo, Healy is an excitable booze hound, Brayshaw is an excitable hollowman, and Tubby.... Tubby has tard annunciation and dribbles absolute shiat, but I love how he randomly gets pumped up about something, even the quality of the party pies he had during morning break. Now, the teeem at 9 may be a number of things, but dullards they ain't.... Got no problem with the ad hominem +A.J. Meyer, but if you're gonna be sledging a whole bunch of people, ya gotta be accurate with the burn.

[@BigRamifications]

+Scott Handley I stand corrected.

[@L3onOfKings]

I don't mind the new crop of commentators, they have grown on me and they have much more confidence than when they first started and it shows in their ability to tell a story or explain tactics. I'll admit they were a bit hard to listen to in their early days. Tubby and Slats have really shown their excitable nature and personality lately which I never expected from them. Although Tubby did fire up for Siddle's hat-trick a few years ago when he was kind of new to the commentary box, which was awesome. Heals is usually very calm and measured, but I still appreciate his input. He's a cricket intellectual. Kevin Pieterson is a bit strange to listen to, I bet 12th Man would have a field day impersonating him. I like him though, he brings some colour to the box. "Brayshaw is an excitable hollowman" that describes him perfectly, but I still like what he brings to the table. Warne and Tubby is like the next Bill and Tony with the whole Melbourne V Sydney banter they provide. I'm yet to come around to Michael Clarke's commentary. He tries his best, he knows what he's talking about, but it comes off a bit... condescending? I dunno, it feels like he's a bit too analytical and doesn't bring much fun to his input. It's a bit too educational for my liking. Give him a couple more year's experience.

[@feathertopDT]

Vale Greigy... Was always my favourite

[@richrockefeller3331]

Obviously you were fooled.

[@osullibr]

simply one of the best. Indian cricket players? no problem. New Zealand league team? piece of cake

[@R_B69]

Brandon O'Sullivan can never get the name of the half back

[@TheMackayboy]

And he wrote a lot of material for other comedians as well. Most notably Australiana by Austin Tacious

[@ptk4476]

Bunch of legends. Mark Nicholas was also present.

[@KelmanKollectables]

RIP Warney ♥️♥️♥️

[@adriang6259]

RIP Warnie. Love these guys.

[@jacktheladstevens]

I miss him so much 😪

[@deltawho8002]

Hard to believe Warnie is no longer with us.

[@arconeagain]

Warnie fanboying instead of the other way round is an interesting dynamic. We miss ya mate.

[@marko1314]

Pure Gold :-D

[@beaubear6516]

2017 ... loving it

[@akala-bluesaville9866]

Aaaaahhhh!!!💜🤣😂🤪😅GOOD TIMES!🎉miss all of it! Special father/daughter bonding. The Sarge was a character!😉😅miss him madly🕊🙏🫡 (My Parrotlet is named “Willy Nilly)

[@rileycassidy1096]

I love the twelfth man. Funny stuff 🤣🤣🤣

[@fabman132]

This literally reminded me that Warney isn't with us anymore....I went from laughing to lamenting slightly. 😢 can't believe Bill Lawry outlived Warney....absolutely crazy stuff.

[@jeremygraves1720]

Love him

[@scottysmediaproductions]

42 dislikes? Clearly no idea on talent.

[@cullyx2913]

Talent?he is average at best

[@TheUnknownuser08]

​@cullyx2913 you obviously don't know talent

[@GeneralG1810]

Still listen to it, and still wet myself laughing

[@carncats07]

I find myself having to listen to it every summer now that 4 have passed and the rest retired. Once in a lifetime group of guys with unique voices and personalities.

[@GeneralG1810]

@@carncats07 and I bet you still cry laughing, I played it for an Indian mate at work and he was in tears laughing.

[@carncats07]

@@GeneralG1810 He probably has a mate back home called Madonna Cant Singh or Mohamed Hasabigun.

[@jamesperkins191]

​@@carncats07 The Indian openers, Katis Arminhaf and Suneel Havascar...

[@jamesperkins191]

​@@carncats07 "Rabish Binny was left out overnight..."

[@shiraz1736]

Is the 12th man wearing a box?

[@susanallan-c4828]

Haha . Might be an incontinence pad. Either way it's ugly. The producer/ director needed to send a message

[@smitsta]

Epic part of summers as a kid for me

[@micksaitlik2693]

Good old days Wen ch 9 gave free 2 air. .thnx.

[@chuckbeggles8858]

Love him - they should pay him to do Richie Beneaud now Richie can sadly no longer do Richie

[@jamesperkins191]

Bill Lawry is the only one of the old guard still left.

[@sav7568]

Chappelli was the one voice that Billy could never get right.

[@MachineThatCreates]

Sorry for the diversion but..... Who saw the UFO at 4:40 just hanging in the sky?

[@SouthCoastLocos]

I think that is the overhead camera (on wires).

[@MachineThatCreates]

@@SouthCoastLocos makes sense....so an IHO.... fair enough.ta

[@jamesperkins191]

Yeah it's the sky-cam

[@bjornuk]

Some energy from Billy wow

[@LukesYuGiOhChannel]

Classic Billy

[@MichaelFlynn0]

Warney looked very nervous throughout.

[@ipredictariot6371]

Why isn't Billy commentating.. a regular innings at least, for real?!!

[@ishakespeare3898]

RIP Warnie 😔

[@Focussed-vk6wt]

Why not just let billy Birmingham commentate the test series

[@jamesperkins191]

That was pretty much the plot of "Boned?!"

[@shenysys]

Wonder if Billy could do Kerry O'Keefe"s laugh ?

[@jamesperkins191]

Or do him waffling on about that time he met Jerry Hall...

[@damonrenshaw5743]

Splendid indeed 👌

[@flatwhitecoffee55]

I still can’t believe Shane Warne is gone.

[@davinsmith6929]

Absolute legend

[@timspare80]

His Ray Warren is the best of all...

[@jamesperkins191]

And Ray's brother Reg, because he was covering the Rugby with the REAL Ray Warren "Geez you sound like your brother" *"TURN IT UP I do not!"*

[@TheTolaimangi]

Legend

[@masteryoda498]

Billy Birmingham, comic genius, some of those Indian,Pakistani and Sri Lankan names he came up with, were absolutely hilarious. Some noticeable mentions were, “Waziacrim, imethiminagaybar, acocksuckah, rubbishbinny, madonnacantsingh,arerealmuddahfukah, and ilovethehooduguruhsingha. And of course, there were the voice impersonations. R.I.P Shane Warne.

[@troyeberhard2086]

Marvellous

[@johnwelch8083]

long live stuart macgill best leg spinner ever .

[@folkfingerstylefreddy2154]

john welch And one of the biggest flogs

[@paulheywood2116]

Remember getting the 12th man mum was that sick off us playing it she threw it out the car window one summer lol

[@blake.henderson]

the girth of the man

[@MysteriousMarsupial]

Warnie. The last of the great Victorians

[@tanujarora3000]

RIP Warnie

[@jugalkishornayak8863]

Warney? No, no, you got it all wrong, mate. Its a long WOOOORRNEEYY!

[@ShadowMan66]

and Warney has this new ball they call the "Booster" He comes in and gets it and again and again he gets it and heeeeeee's gooooone!

[@shanesutcliffe6099]

What does the title mean? Why Versus Warne? They didn’t fight or debate or argue

[@barnowl2832]

They had a little Tony Greig impersonation contest at the start

[@rtaj247]

Wazimran Ahmadruta and Wadiyamin Wazi …!

[@redderssredder72]

Is he on pj trousers?

[@mikekincaid8179]

😂 Sue Ridgepipe

[@jadesmith6823]

Vale Shane Warne ❤️🦘🙏

[@jadesmith6823]

Vale Warnie 🇦🇺🦘❤️

[@tumbleweedlyfe]

Love it

[@ronanrogers4127]

Who spray painted Warnie’s teeth?

[@Lockieez]

I think this was filmed during his Liz Hurley metrosexual phase.

[@vc8160]

Warnie.....sit in the locker rooms and absolute giggle? Really?