WEST INDIES CRUCIFIED - 47 ALL OUT from 41/5 | STEVE HARMISON takes 7 FOR 12

FIRST CRICKET TEST 2004 , Kingston Jamaica. West Indies all out for 47 from 41 for 5. Steve Harmison rips apart West Indies as he takes 7 for 12. 7/12. Umbrella field. The series where Brian Lara made 400 not out at Antigua. The fast bowler's perfect line and length was too good for the West Indies batsmen as they capitulated to their lowest ever Test total of 47.
Harmison became the most successful bowler in Sabina Park history when he took 7-12 as he stunned the home crowd.
England wrapped up an unbelievable win before lunch to lead the series 1-0.
When both Chris Gayle and Smith walked into the middle to resume West Indies’ second innings, no one, not even Harmison could have in their wildest of dreams imagined the Ashington Express scalping 7 for 12.
With initial pressure being built up by Hoggard and Harmison, something had to give. Gayle, not known to play with steady perfection was the one to succumb to the pressure. To some extent, he threw his wicket away by attempting a forceful shot off the back-foot, only the ever agile Graham Thorpe to take a fine catch in the slip cordon.
Harmison’s next wicket was that of Ramnaresh Sarwan. By then, Harmison had gradually increased his pace and he got one to cut back sharply with almost geometric-like precision to trap him lbw. Arguably, it could have missed the stumps, but that deadly combination of pace and bounce was compelling to watch.
Chanderpaul was done in by high pace and more so disconcerting bounce from a good length. The red cherry hit the slice of the bat and his stumps went for a walk in the park. The wicketkeeper-batsman, Ridley Jacobs arguably got the ball of the match. It was a snorter of a delivery from Harmison that kicked of a length and Jacobs had no other option, but to fend it off to the short-leg fielder, Hussain to complete an easy catch. The ball to Jacobs wasn’t one of the quickest deliveries bowled by Harmison. But any bowler who forces the batsman to make that slight adjustment by moving it off the pitch, in the air or producing bounce appears to be quicker than what the speed gun says.
Those poor tail-enders in the West Indies camp must have felt as if there was a volcano erupting from the track, as they were nothing more than sitting ducks against Harmison. The umbrella field set by captain Vaughan with only Hussain fielding in front of the wicket seemed like a sweet revenge for all those embarrassing defeats that England suffered at the hands of ruthless West Indies sides of the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. Incidentally, 10 years ago in 1994 at Port of Spain, Trinidad, Curtly Ambrose had glided smoothly into the crease to create havoc in the English ranks. Now, Harmison was dishing out something similar at the West Indies camp. As Michael Holding famously said in the commentary box “This is the first time I have seen such a field by England.”
The primal force of the pace attack, Harmison landed the final nail in the coffin by dismissing the last man, Edwards, neatly caught by Trescothick in the slips. West Indies’ total of 47 was their lowest ever in their annals of cricket history. Harmison’s heart-stirring figures of 7 for 12 was the third-cheapest ever in an innings. Trescothick and Vaughan strolled towards the paltry target of 20 runs in a mere 2 overs to script a soul-lifting victory for England.
Harmison won plaudits for his ability to bowl at blistering speed and make the batsmen hop and duck with snorters whistling past their noses. In fact, 2004 was an annus mirabilis for him, as he went onto become the No. 1 ranked bowler in world cricket. Eventually, on the back of their pace attack, England won their first series in West Indies for more than 30 years.

[@AppByDesign]

The quartet of Freddie, Harmison, Hoggard and Jones will always be my etched in my memory with fondness.

[@dipankardhar1272]

You missed Giles

[@adamsamuel8593]

@@dipankardhar1272 Shitty players . West indies should have batted better but Who wants to bat with Lara or for him when there was problems between Lara, his players & the WICB.

[@smileyparto]

Gareth Batty in the 4th test.

[@thozharpandian8052]

Adam Samuel West Indies players were shittier. Lol. Instead of making silly excuses, why don’t you show some class for once and accept the opposition were better. Glad West Indies is doing poorly these days. They should be relegated to the second tier of test playing nations along side Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Their one day and T20 teams are crap these days too:

[@sidmallya7421]

thozhar pandian Tamil thevidya thayoli. Unga Amma oru oolu koothi

[@zeus3086]

I remember watching this series right before the Ashes. England dominated the series with Lara scoring 400* in the last test

[@catchmeifyoucan1807]

Same here. If not for Lara, the series could have ended 4-0

[@Ali2Aali]

Harmison was quick and had good bounce as well. He was very effective on bouncy tracks he used to hit the deck hard. That English team had good combination of pace bowlers namely Harmison, Jones, Hoggard, Flintoff and Anderson.

[@donavansimms9097]

That's true but west Indies was just worthless

[@LawrenceB123]

A very good England side good to watch again

[@jimb9063]

Nice to have stumbled on this, thanks! Several pleasant memories. Harmy of course, Gayle playing Test Cricket, perfect seam position from...oh, a youthful Simon jones, and Nasser fielding at short leg!

[@suhass997]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@boxingjerapah]

For those of us who had endured the 70's and 80's, this score just didn't compute.

[@angelacooper2661]

I should know- the 70s and 80s were my formative years. Steve Harmison's bowling then was astounding. I would have been nearly 34 at the time of this footage and remember it very well!

[@philwise872]

the west indies west indied in the west indies,so sweet

[@markbriten6999]

For those of the 90s where we didn't get told 1000-1 odds it's worsew

[@Mithran982]

March/April 2004......Caribean match....Sun is shining song also superb......

[@jamescoupland131]

This england team from 04-06 beat some seriously good teams

[@Ingens_Scherz]

It was a bonkers series, this one. Loved every minute of it back in the day :)

[@deltaframes-os4km]

England's first series win in Caribbean since 1969. Harmison was unplayable. pity he didn't travel well.

[@simulacra007]

Loved big Steve, on the right pitch with a touch of uneven bounce he'd have been a nightmare to face. Shame confidence/homesickness issued chipped away at him as in his prime he was a very good bowler. That Ashes spell at Lords in 2005 where he clipped Ponting was intense! Hoggard though, what a workhorse. Perhaps the most under-rated English bowler of the last 20 years 🤔

[@cr9842]

Simon Milewczyk i agree. Steve Harmison could have been an all-time great. And poor Simon Jones..what a natural out-swing

[@simulacra007]

@@cr9842 totally dude..was thinking that the other day. Never seen anything like him (that was English anyway) until he came along, pretty sure he clocked 90mph plus regularly before the injury in Aus. Had this freakish, explosive action off about a dozen pace run up that he had to remodel but still came back very well. Think of all the promising English fast bowling talents over recent years, Jones was the pick. Real shame..

[@simulacra007]

He got even better after his comeback and started reverse swinging it too. That ball that cartwheeled Michael Clarke's stump when he decided to leave one pitching outside off though...I'm still celebrating it 😂

[@cr9842]

Simon Milewczyk yeah..jones was seriously unlucky with those injuries. He really had a LOT of potential. And that clarke wicket..and Harmison's slower ball to clarke. And freddie's over. My fav aussie wickets of that series!!

[@cr9842]

Simon Milewczyk Jones was truly the best 1st change bowler England had for a long time

[@balaramrao1644]

Unbelievable batting collapse. Hard to believe that the team has legends like Lara, chandrapaul...

[@irshadhussain2856]

Those days yar those days.. Early 2000 days are beautiful.. Every time have legend from India to Australia to Sri Lanka to west indies.. West indies have young gayle sarvan changer Paul lara Walsh Ambrose that time..

[@rnkp9389]

didn't lara make 400 in next match??

[@roksanaakter7894]

wicket had extra bounce, Steve was just wow. Pakistan had two 'W' (wasim and Waqar) and England had two 'H' (Harminson and Hoggard). What a nice lineup England had - Harmison, Hoggard, Flintoff. The demonstration of charming short pitches, slower bouncers, deadly yorkers and incredible reverse swing. Love for the three British musketeers. And Simon Jones - It was a short lightning !!!!!!!!

[@SeekerAndLearner]

Test cricket during this period was something else. There were legends in every team and cricket was fierce and competitive. Back then, I used to watch test cricket ball by ball and now I don't watch cricket at all.

[@captaincluster316]

Harmison briefly held the #1 bowler in the world rank after this series if I remember correctly.

[@mrkipling2201]

The build up to the 2005 ashes. For about a year and a half before that ashes series we were very good. Winning in the West Indies and South Africa was the proof of that. I thought the 2005 ashes was too early for Ian Bell. I always thought we should have played Pietersen and Thorpe instead but we won the series anyway!!

[@oleggorky906]

Pietersen did play in the 2005 Ashes.

[@mrkipling2201]

​@@oleggorky906that's right. I meant played Pietersen and Thorpe instead of Pietersen and Bell. Sorry I worded my comment wrongly.

[@mrkipling2201]

​@@AntonAkhtarhalf of our team were injured and didn't travel.

[@mrkipling2201]

​@@AntonAkhtardid Shoaib play in the 2000/01 test against England?? Our victory in the dark??

[@comeonman5300]

Great video. Well put together. You forget what a superb bowler Harmy was and this illustrates it really well.

[@E171955]

Comeon Man - very true. Massively underrated bowler.

[@L-po8rx]

There was a reason he was once rated the number one bowler. He had a supreme peak, but didn't have the length of time at that peak to make it into the great category

[@pradeepsrinivasan3571]

Always used to copy hoggard bowling action... beautiful memories

[@gvenkatesh7218]

This is only First time happens when both legends got Duck Lara & Chandra

[@bugsy791]

I was there... It was like my soul left my body

[@dineshagarwal8478]

Now why people not come in stadium in westindies

[@user-kq5so8xb4i]

I love so much Steve harimson

[@yebo56]

I know this is all about Harmison but that Simon Jones seam position is just delicious

[@saurabhrai5461]

Saw this live. Pretty Amazed by Harmison

[@AbdulRahman-qu3px]

Durham has produced many great fast bowlers & all rounders who can take wickets anywhere Steve Harmison, Freddie Flintoff, Ben Stokes, Liam Plunkett, Ian Botham, Paul Collingwood.

[@Ord_Wingate]

Er Flintoff was from Lancashire .

[@strikersoccer9535]

I used to copy Hoggard bowling style in my childhood little unusual style but still looks bit different

[@trackduniya]

And i use to bat like chandrapaul.

[@Ali2Aali]

Ohh same here Striker, I copied his bowling style as well and the ball used to swing a bit

[@RaferJeffersonIII]

I remember skiving off work to watch this. I was so glad I did. After a youth of watching curtley and Courtney rip England to shreds, it was so good seeing the white West Indian, Harmison, rip them to shreds on their own turf.

[@kennyc3670]

England's Steve Harmison, known as GBH to his fans, terrorised test teams of the early 2000s. He didn't care for the soubriquet, however, although it was quite apposite!

[@martinharvey3990]

Look at this bowling attack... Prime Harmisson, Flintoff, Simon Jones and Hoggard. The same attack that ran through the virtually unbeatable Australians 18mths later!

[@imwalkworse6298]

I was outside the stadium when this happened. i almost cried. you could hear brian lara moaning in pain from the short balls from across the road.

[@DrCrabfingers]

7 wickets for 12 runs is utter insanity!

[@stevelee4952]

Harmi. Top top man and now a top commentator on TS.

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

Interesting to see Thorpe and Chris Read at the end of their careers.

[@thf3038]

Back in the days when test cricket drew a crowd in the Caribbean

[@DrCrabfingers]

When Harmison got it right he looked lethal...up there with the best....he was right on the money here.

[@christophermurray1074]

Harmison vs ambrose ... Epic err

[@lordusmaximus147]

What a side West Indies had then aswell GAYLE,SARWAN,CHANDERPAUL AND LARA all world class!!!!!

[@Blanderise]

Time when cricket is game to watch

[@thenoshow]

Im happy to see Ramnaresh sarwan and Shivnarine chanderpaul are going scoreless..they play with India as if they don't wanna get out..thinking India's pace attack is weak...

[@trinankurmukherjee7610]

West Indies receiving the taste of their own medicine .😢😢

[@nehubelwal346]

Steve harmison fantastic bowler

[@bhavyashah2112]

And in next match Lara scored 400

[@smitachavan6234]

But still 400

[@dhileep2007]

What's the use of that

[@Freddie1980]

@Ani bandyopadhyay and how many other batsmen got close to 400 in that game?

[@benthirlaway8681]

It had no use to his team and they lost the series in their own backyard. No one cares

[@fireguy7487]

Not the next match the 4th match, (this is the first) and by then the West Indies were already 3-0 down in the series and the match was drawn.

[@richwalker1965]

8 maidens from 12! Imagine that in today's game!

[@davewilson9738]

7 for 12 in the West Indies...field of dreams moment xD

[@timwright1563]

Thank you

[@swapnildongre9473]

Best bowler ever what strong shoulder he has

[@WisdomeSage1989]

After 1995, my beloved west indies Gradually descended to crap each year after that as a test cricket nation. Every once in a while you'd feel something is about to happen and then boom nothing.

[@kvrajesh3874]

Stefan walker what you said correct.west Indies cricket almost declined.

[@WisdomeSage1989]

@@kvrajesh3874 the windies are about to pick up success in the shorter version on the game but we still struggle badly at test level. Although, test cricket popularity is very very low due to fast hit money earning twenty20 and 50 over games

[@kvrajesh3874]

@@WisdomeSage1989 for the last six year's I observed west indies player's mainly concerned about money .. They are mainly concerated on T20 cricket My all-time favourite bowler is sir Ambrose What bowler and dedicated person to West Indies team'. Nowadays you can't get Ambrose type of players in west indies team

[@kvrajesh3874]

@@WisdomeSage1989 you are from caribean Islands? My self I am Rajesh from india..nice to meet you in you tube I would like to exchange my cricket with you Present generation cricket is very fast Most of players in the world concentrating on money.only few players are dedicated to nation in my point of view playing in IPL is better than playing in English County.

[@WisdomeSage1989]

@@kvrajesh3874 yes sir I am from Barbados, loved Ambrose and Walsh as child growing up in the 90s. I batted left handed because of Brian Lara, even though I was a right arm medium pace bowler.

[@avatharamveeraraghavan3001]

Remembering the bravest English batsman Graham Thorpe.

[@nathanwilliams2152]

Great side this. Nasser would soon give way to Strauss - and Thorpe to Pietersen. Thorpe had a few years in him still - I think he was ejected too soon.

[@Spectrescup]

Geraint Jones replaced Chris Reid behind the stumps.

[@paulbennett772]

Fond memories of Grievous Bodily Harmison

[@lukewba2621]

Legend mate

[@waynemillward2807]

Harmison was unplayable at times,you won't get better figures than that unbelievable bowling.

[@SuperJal1979]

That field at 5.22, unbelievable.

[@davidmitchell1594]

I wonder how many forms of ball tampering england used in this match?

[@raghavpadia]

That's some description!

[@jordanmania8975]

raghav padia copied and pasted

[@jeremiahk5335]

Yes the Windies had established a fine innings up to that point to be only 5 wickets down for 41. Allout for 200 after being 0 for 190 would be more ridiculous.

[@maxbronzebridge7800]

41-5 is a bit bad. That team had legends like Lara and Chanderpaul.

[@jeremiahk5335]

@@maxbronzebridge7800 You completely miss my point bloke 5 down means your already into the tail being 0-190 then collapsing to be out for 200 is much worse that losing the last 5 wickets for 6 runs when the first 5 only produce 41.

[@maxbronzebridge7800]

@@jeremiahk5335 Ah ok sorry

[@nirasahoo284]

Harmission was one of the dangerous bowler in his era.

[@TheGlassman63]

WOW, Sarwan, Chanderpaul & Lara all for ducks !!!!!!!!!!!

[@Neemkarela]

Steve is very underrated.

[@jfrost1942]

Stuffed them in this series....Andy Roberts was curator at Antigua...before the series he`d mouthed off about creating a pitch that would produce some `heat` (his own words) for English batsmen who couldn`t play fast bowling. Two days before match he took all the grass of the wicket to ensure WI didn`t get whitewashed in the series..ended up as a feather bed...hence Lara`s 400. Loved this series..great to see WI batsmen jumping all around trying not to get hit. Harmison (94mph) Flintoff (90mph) Jones (89mph)

[@nathanhill4458]

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[@Deano_Longley]

The quartet of bowlers we had just covered all bases & the windies had no answer

[@oliverpearson1577]

'A flash and out', Chris Gayle's test career.

[@AMITKUMAR-dc2gm]

And In the next match LARA smashed 400 n.o. at Antigua park...🎉

[@phillawrence5148]

Shame what happened to Thorpey, wish hed have had a longer career

[@philipinchina]

2022 this is what we need against South Africa!

[@srivishnu3642]

That's big HARM for windies 😅

[@alijaanali9242]

Brilliant English players

[@reckz420]

wow, the field placement was perfectly in sync with bowling strategy, completely closing in on the batsmen.

[@NICKDEVILS420]

Althought the decline for West indies, was already in the phrase here, they were still dark houses and could surprise.

[@njas8303]

5.26 , not sure how can England not set a field like this before 2004 : Michael Holding ....England had world class seamers , who could bowl outsiwng : Paul Allot , Bob Willis , Fred Trueman, Ian Botham , and the later Dominic Cork, Andy Caddick , Dean Headly ( i guess i named mostly all prior to 2004 )

[@rajaskorde5439]

He's action was soooooo different

[@Ord_Wingate]

Thorpe RIP great slip fielder

[@nikhilbhosale2945]

1 of the best fast bowlers in the world

[@sudiptoc506]

Ghanta bowler

[@nikhilbhosale2945]

@@sudiptoc506 Ha batsmano ki ghanti bajata tha wo

[@nedeast6845]

Crazy Windies, making a pitch perfect for England fast bowlers to enjoy themselves....

[@kuldeepagarwal1838]

Original fast bowler

[@terranceparsons5185]

It's actually 34-10!

[@Ord_Wingate]

Harmison on his day was unplayable fast bounce

[@daveprice2906]

Shame harmison lost confidence would have been one of best fast bowlers in the world

[@khareandcompany]

5th Test, England tour of India at Mumbai, Feb 11-16 1977 India India 338 & 192 England England

[@rushabhawajekar8230]

This was also a series where Brian Lara has scored 400 is last match of the series.....

[@zapbrannigan000]

the second wicket lbw was ridiculous decision.

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

Zap Brannigan probably hitting leg bail

[@collinslfc]

Probably going over the top looking at the replay but it's far from being a "ridiculous decision". Live it looked close.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

It was ridiculous, come on, if you can’t see that was going miles over leg stump you need to be visiting specsavers ffs, sarwan was jumping off the ground and it hit him top of his thigh.

[@pjani14]

@@Eleventhearlofmars Calm down, it was 50/50, not a terrible decision.

[@Eleventhearlofmars]

Jingle Ma I’m calm, but it seems you’re the one who isn’t by all the replies. 🤔

[@danieldesouza8343]

Nice

[@baraskparas9559]

A great bowler of that height makes you feel like they are bowling from 2 metres away.

[@akarim3787]

Harminson every ball he bowled made me think it was going to be a bouncer

[@andrewwilliams4283]

Sarwan was never out.

[@t2twanks]

Not even close, one of the worst decisions ever

[@tebraizshahzad3364]

Steve Harmison never came close to fulfilling his potential in my opinion. Aside from this series, he generally didn't play well away from home and wasn't good in pressure situations. He could be devastating in the right conditions and did so very well for Durham but his England career was unfulfilling, aside from a few performances. I actually lost some respect from him when England were thrased 5-0 in the 2006/07 Ashes series in Australia and he couldn't hide his glee in an interview with Michael Atherton about going home and retiring from ODIs at only 28 years old. When Atherton asked him how he would prepare for the summer series, he simple said "Don't know ask the coach." For the next 2 years I often thought he was only selected because he was Flintoff and other Eng players' mate. It's no secret Flintoff was only made captain in the 2006/07 Ashes series because it was felt he could get the best out of Harmison. As a pundit he strikes me as likeable, endearing and sincere so maybe that's why his team mates liked having him around . He had such potential and was a lethal bowler for Durham. However, aside from a few games for England he didn't fulfill his potential and didn't travel well (this clip being an exception). I guess I have more respect and admiration for those who do make it with successful careers at international level which us tough.

[@garybuller5656]

'When they are down, they.........

[@aldershot5100]

How did Harmison get such pace.All chest on from the shoulder

[@trkayani4949]

Hush !!! Simply slaughtered WIs ...

[@RAMSHARMA-ie2th]

There is no chance to recover after Lara sarvan Chanderpaul gone in duck. Anyone in 2020..?

[@gvenkatesh7218]

Also Ram Naresh got duck 😂😂😂😂

[@navneetmanjhi5347]

Actually 10 wicket was down at just 34 runs because first wicket was down at 13 run and at last total was 47

[@RAMSHARMA-ie2th]

Where is the England’s Chris read...?

[@jaywo527]

Ridley J Cobs.

[@WildlifeObsessed]

All Cricket. At he’s should be this long.

[@WildlifeObsessed]

Matches that is

[@saifullah-uq1kl]

flintoff...harmison...broad...same action during swing, i think

[@mallikarjunanmallikarjunan1328]

Wi 47runs but 1994 eng 46 runs allout

[@sachinkolikoli1928]

2004

[@keithf8916]

FAST AKWARD BOUNCE VERY DIFFICULT TO PLAY UNLESS YOU ROY FREDRICKS OR CLIVE LLOYD PROLIFIC HOOKERS OF THE BALL.

[@RuleBritannia1987]

If he ever got 8/1000 those would be better figures. Strange thing this cricket.

[@Fredboot1]

So who won?

[@stevesalkas9128]

10 for 34 really

[@andy-dt7to]

so who won?

[@WhollyMowly]

Did England get those 20 runs?

[@nasyithrahman9594]

Yes, they won by 10 wickets

[@WhollyMowly]

@@nasyithrahman9594 phew