From the Vault: Insane spell of 7-1 as Ambrose wreaks havoc

Curtly Ambrose produced one of the best spells of fast bowling ever seen in 1993 to pick up 7-1 off 32 deliveries in Perth

[saamegan]

Magnificent. As an Aussie this might be a nightmare.. but we miss you wonderful Windies.. please come back

[coezi]

I'll never forget this test. As an Australian boy we were taught to fear the West Indian fast bowlers. They had some of the biggest names in Cricket and now they had this new gun batter in Lara too. Generally we'd only remain competitive through a stubborn boon or border innings of somewhere between 25 and 55 runs, so seeing Border drop in the first ball after Boon was soul crushing. You knew the Windies were going to towel you up from there, but you still held out a forlorn hope. It wasn't until the 95 tour of the West Indies that Australia confronted and overcame that fear, taking the crown for the next 10-15 years. The dominance of the West indies from 78 through to 95 will forever be one of the greatest in history. Such a powerful team.

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His run up, his action, his attitude, his death stare, his silence, his celebration, his aura... Nobody like him. Yesterday, today, tomorrow..

[venky]

Will never be repeated again..7 for 1....Ridiculously rare numbers. The Legend Ambrose..

[rupanchhabra]

90' s was a great era of great fast bowlers Ambrose, Walsh, Akram, Waqar, Donald.

[TejasNaik]

I miss this fast bowling action.
Ambrose, Courtney Walsh were some of the fiercest bowlers of their time.
Thank you Cricket Australia for keeping such a treasure alive and sharing it with us.

[georgeknox]

An absolute legend in a team of legends. Breaks my heart to see West Indian cricket now ....

[ivoosborn]

Once in a generation bowler, but West indies had Garner, holding, Robert's, Marshall and Wayne Daniel. But west indies had all of these at the same time. And I was there to witness this awesome stuff.

[pantonfire]

Ambrose takes 6. "One of the best spells of bowling at Gabba", man took 7 wickets for 1 run. Who was better??

[dipankarpaul]

I am not able to understand how batsmen used to score against him. Such a tall lad with those line and length along with control(at great pace) . Hats off to you Sir Ambrose....

[arefinzeesan]

1:51 he covered the 22 yards area so smoothly with about 10-11 steps! Unreal athlete!

[sgupta]

That pace, that length and that hint of swing! Absolutely gem of bowling. Unplayable.

[PABITRABADHUK]

Ambrose on Sky Sports: I never liked being driven down the ground. You wanna drive? You go buy a car.

An absolute legend.

[Itsmiserable]

Without a doubt, a complete great fast bowler any team can desire on this Earth. My god this guy is the giant

[rudraprasadroyrpr]

That West Indies era was of monsters... They used to eat batsmans alive

[theskid]

Germany 7-1 vs Brazil a tribute to the legendary Curtly Ambrose.

[dylanp]

I was there that day. Incredible, amazing spell. I miss the bouncy WACA pitch. The new stadium has yet to prove itself to fast bowlers.

[TheAudioman]

This is the greatest spell of fast bowling I have ever seen.

[TheTredoc]

Ambrose's arm action was so legal it couldn't get more legal!! The best arm action in test cricket ever, everything else is copied by other bowlers!!

[cameron]

I watched it live on that day, I can't believe it was that long ago. What an amazing spell and cricketing era.