Revenge of the Carribean | When the King was Hit on the Head - Australia v West Indies |Viv Richards

This is a story of a bouncer

It starts from the 1975 west Indian tour of Australia
It was right at the steps of the 1975 world cup
And it was being labelled as the champion bout
On hand we had Clive Lloyds along with his young bucks including Vivian Richards and Gordon Greenridge

While the other had the legendry line-up of Thomson Dennis Lillie and the chapel brothers

They were hands down the best 2 teams in the world

And this series was gone decide the champion

Well
It could have

But Australians armed with the bouncer made quick short work of the calypso style of cricket
The entire west Indian line-up was so bruised with the 5-1 thrashing

That after returning home they even lost a series to India in the port of Spain
Failing to defend a target of 400
And so the captain Clive Lloyds decided to shift to an all pace line-up
Which in time became the terrifying pace attack that dominated world cricket for 2 straight decades

And while that pace attack wqas maturing
The master blaster viv Richards…himself started perfecting his persona
His attitude
His swagger
His image
In time becoming the Symbol of west Indian cricket

And then
As for the preparation of the 1979 world cup
West Indians once again visited Australia
This time armed with the fearsome foursome
Michael Holding, Colin Croft, Andy Roberts and Joel Garner
Who in matter similar to the Australians 4 years back

Went on to destroy the Australian line-up with their bouncers

But
While this tit for tat was going on

In came a hit to Viv Richards head

And the psychological tactics that went in after that

They for all intent and purposes
Shaped what was to soon come

This is a story of revenge of comeuppance of thrilling finish and lessons learnt
This a story of the birth of a dynasty
This is a story of a bouncer

#cricket #vivrichards #bounce

[bodhisattva]

Viv richards - the finest player of quality fast bowling. No batsman intimidated fast bowlers like him. Nobody

[ivarcollison]

These 'young bucks' turned into such a formidable force. It was awesome to watch as a youngster. As an Aussie kid I admired Viv Richards immensely.

[mrohan]

That look in Viv's eyes and that line 'you cannot let your opponent know you are hurt'!
Goosebumps

[thenoshow]

The world Celebrated on the Downfall of Australians and World Cried when West Indies had a downfall. This shows how much respect the West Indies team had those days.

[Hirak_Mukherjee]

The way you describe the humiliation of Australia, it's just epic.

[TJSaw]

Sir Vivian Richards is the BIGGEST GIGACHAD of the cricketing world.

[shanuboy]

Sir Viv Richards - no wonder he is called the King 👑👑

[furstrng]

What a team! Lloyd, Richards, Kallicharran, Greenidge, Haynes, Roberts, Holding, Holder, Marshall, Garner…….. watching them destroy England in England, as an Englishman, was genuinely a pleasure. Ask to name English cricketers and I struggle. What a team!!

[avinashkumaryerra]

The greatest of Viv is that he doesn’t give a damn respect or fear to opponent bowler (which humiliate those bowlers and team psychologically) really a batter with perfect attitude & confidence which is at the point of perfection, not less nor more.

[damiward]

Loved this! The atmosphere of that time was captured perfectly. The West Indies took on an air of invincibility. And Viv Richards, wow what a legend. My favourite cricketer of all time.

[SudeepGhosh]

It's sad to see a team that ruled the world cricket for 15 years, is now struggling to win a single match in a series .

[sb]

One of the greatest story telling I have come across in channels. Not only the video, but the audio, with just right intonations. Simply great.

[jibran_r]

This is such an underrated channel the way he delivered the story is just mind blowing

[kskushal]

This video just makes sure that the Indian cricket team of 1982 WC deserves even much more respect

[jaggithakur_]

Sir Viv Richards - Most Dangerous Batsman Ever

[Bkamron]

Everybody from every country loved it when this team beat them, English, Australians, Pakistanis, Indians all speak with such fondness and awe of this West Indian team beating their team, it says a lot when your opponents respect you to the point its a pleasure getting beat by you. That can never be said about any other team out there in any sport but this all-conquering West Indies team.

[Om]

Just imagine what Sir Viv Richards would have done in a T20 match

[anaysisodiya]

My father used to tell me about the stories of the lethal WestIndian bowling lineup I always thought he might be hyping that, but after seeing this, I literally got goosebumps!!! And your oration is just wowwww!!!

[SasmitKerlekar]

Viv Richards deserves a movie of his own

[krishalay]

The most loved, respected and feared team EVER!
The Windies of the 70s and 80s.