"You didn't know what you were worth". Clive Lloyd Interview.

To celebrate 50 years of The Scoop, we chatted to Sir Clive Lloyd, one of the iconic players to use the bat.
Sir Clive talked about The Scoop, his start in the game, his all-conquering West Indies and Lancashire teams, Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket and much more.
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[@vantheman1238]

The incredible thing is, is that Clive Lloyd’s West Indies cricket side after the Packer World Series from 1979 to 1985 would beat any international team today. In a fantasy world that team would need just a few months to adjust to modern cricket. They would win the 20/20, 50 over cricket and absolutely walk Test Cricket. Best cricket team of all time.

[@TheVanguard333]

They wouldn't have beaten Australia with Shane Warne , McGrath, Lee and Gillespie .

[@vantheman1238]

@@TheVanguard333 you clearly never saw them play because if you had you would know that they would. Trust me they were incredible. They had Viv Richards at his peak and the fastest bowling attack of all time.

[@TheVanguard333]

@vantheman1238 I'm 57 yrs old I clearly saw them play more than you brah. No one could handle Shane Warne nor Glenn McGrath stop living in a fantasy. Look at their batting ave they weren't all that impressive. Haynes ave 42 , Greenidge ave 44 , Gomes 39 , Lloyd 46, Dujon ave 31. They were nothing with out their bowlers. Warne , McGrath, Lee and Gillespie would have ripped them apart.

[@TheVanguard333]

@@vantheman1238 Langer ave 46 , Hayden 51 , Ponting 53 , Hussey 51 , Gilchrist 47 , S Waugh 51 facing the Pakistan quicks and the South African quicks. That WI team would have been smashed by this Australian team.

[@lingolarker9318]

Hm I’m not sure v The Oz side of the early to mid Noughties. Just because of the Warne factor.

[@khaleefax9553]

*I met him in 1980 during WI to tour to Pakistan and hold and lift his bat. The handle had perhaps 5 or more grips on. And when I shook his hand, I realized that his hands were SO BIG that 5 grips were perhaps not enough. This guy was a BEAST !!*

[@farissyed4564]

"The dark storm"! His westindies side was absolutely ruthless.

[@SufferersKeepOnJammin]

Thank you Clive Hubert Lloyd. Just today I was thinking how lucky I was growing up in the Caribbean in the 70s with Clive Lloyd and the team representing and inspiring me. (Along with Bob Marley and Muhammad Ali, of course).

[@srini9653]

Please accept my respect, Sir Clive Lloyd. I grew up watching you bat and was inspired by how carried out on the field. I never thought I could find you on the KZbin. Truly, I'm blessed and great to see you again!

[@allthings185]

THE NUMBER 1 GREATEST OF ALL TIME OF CRICKET THE GOD OF CRICKET SIR CLIVE LLOYD UNBELIEVABLE PLAYER U R SIR LOVE TO SEE U ALWAYS ❤❤❤

[@ianbynoe6515]

The great clive lloyd 😊

[@michaelseeram1283]

As a kid growing up i watch him play for Demerara cricket club and knew he would make it big

[@conartist267]

My goodness, he forgot to mention Sir Vivian Richards

[@DarrellGregory]

8 strides to get from wicket to wicket. There was always a buzz around Old Trafford when Clive was at the crease

[@paragbhabal1]

Great man. Strange he did not name Sir Viv Richards when he spoke about the great West Indian batters ,

[@daviddada6550]

The scoop with the ‘middle’ scooped out vs the SS Jumbo with the bigger middle…not quite sure how that worked..but it did..

[@foxyjazzbopper]

Clive Lloyd was one of THE best batsmen I have ever seen in my lifetime….. he could thundercrack a ball.. what a player… and what WI teams he captained👌👌👌

[@susanthajayagoda1241]

God bless you sir. ❤❤❤

[@FaizanMughal-lk5ee]

Wiat I'm first on. My favourite bat company channel Wow

[@thebatcave7432]

Been waiting for this.

[@colin_a]

I worked at Gray-Nicolls back in the day, and I remember Clive had a very heavy bat, over 3lb and 3 grips... A big bat back in those days.., especially if you compare it with Javed Miandad, his bat was just 2lb 6oz / 2lb 7oz, very, very light...

[@franklinbrown1940]

The Great Clive Lloyd

[@susanthajayagoda1241]

Legend sir. Clive Lloyd. ❤❤❤

[@user-hs6ou1qh9s]

A nice sportsman. Truelly legend

[@ranbirgill4718]

Got a scoop when I was 13 for my birthday. Everyone was jealous great bat still have it cut down to a few inches wide use it still at 61

[@user-bw8wn2qj5y]

Legend is here ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@srr4771]

Incredible man Clive Lloyd. Great West Indian team then. Very Sad to see the current state of West Indian team

[@garywarner9388]

My favorite player

[@PS-ej2xn]

Hard for youngsters today to realize how terrifying this West Indies team was for cricket lovers in all other countries.

[@Kalki3999]

Lioyd did not mention Viv Richards! How strange!

[@conartist267]

I noticed that too. Richards was the man

[@pauljohnson4539]

Very strange, especially in view of the Windies stars who played county cricket, though I read sometime ago that those two did not see eye to eye at times

[@sirohiamanak1446]

The Super Cat

[@GlenP-hu6ex]

I wish Inshan Ali was still alive, then he could continue to tell us how much of a dog Clive Lloyd is. I read it in the newspapers years ago that Inshan Ali said while he(Inshan)was on the West Indies team captained by Lloyd as a leg spin bowler at a bowling change Lloyd wanted him to bowl but instead of taking the ball to him or throwing the ball to him like a captain would normally do Lloyd flung the ball at Inshan and told him "they send you here to bowl, well bowl!" That is the aggressive attitude a team captain displayed towards one of his subordinates. And I'm willing to bet if Inshan Ali was Guyanese like Lloyd, that never would have happened. Ever since I read that...PUBLISHED IN A DAILY NEWSPAPER...I lost all respect for Clive Lloyd.

[@geoffbishop128]

When the West Indies were great WORLD Cricket was great, I miss those day's. Unfortunately now the West Indies has all but disappeared in world cricket. Player's these day's ONLY play for the money. Back in the day players were under rated & under paid, the "establishment" made all the money. There were great cricket games back then with great players. Cricket today is good but not GREAT. I may be be old & grumpy but I'm ok with that.