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40..years ago

ONLY TIME IN TEST HISTORY..

A tragic century in Antigua.

Sir Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes had added 296 in the fifth Test against India, and Greenidge was on 154 when he had to retire to visit his sick daughter in hospital. Sadly, she died two days later, and Greenidge was eventually adjudged to have retired not out, the only such scorecard entry in Test history.

I never knew that, that’s terrible

neither did I. How horrible.

The bloke was a phenomenal cricketer. I grew up in great admiration of the Windies and it sh1t me NO END when Ch 9 used to put the news on instead of the first few overs of the ODI's when these guys were batting. He and Desi Haynes were freaks at the crease.

I remember, and still say it to this day, an injured cricketer is a dangerous cricketer. Greenidge used to dig in even more when he was sick or injured. I'm sure the Aussies at the time wished him good health.

Was having a convo with a couple of lads at a Strikers game a few weeks ago ; which past players would have been T20 stars. We eventually settled on a Windies line up.

PatowalongaPirate wrote:Was having a convo with a couple of lads at a Strikers game a few weeks ago ; which past players would have been T20 stars. We eventually settled on a Windies line up.

Obviously Viv would have been a star but I reckon Ritchie Richardson would have been as good as anyone these days.
I loved watching him play.

amber_fluid wrote:

PatowalongaPirate wrote:Was having a convo with a couple of lads at a Strikers game a few weeks ago ; which past players would have been T20 stars. We eventually settled on a Windies line up.

Obviously Viv would have been a star but I reckon Ritchie Richardson would have been as good as anyone these days.
I loved watching him play.

I was always Richardson in my back yard cricket matches, loved his philosophy on the hook shot and wearing helmets.

Booney wrote:

amber_fluid wrote:

PatowalongaPirate wrote:Was having a convo with a couple of lads at a Strikers game a few weeks ago ; which past players would have been T20 stars. We eventually settled on a Windies line up.

Obviously Viv would have been a star but I reckon Ritchie Richardson would have been as good as anyone these days.
I loved watching him play.

I was always Richardson in my back yard cricket matches, loved his philosophy on the hook shot and wearing helmets.

Who is beating this team in a T20 tournament?

Haynes
Greenidge
Lara
Richardson
Richards
Lloyd
Dujon
Marshall
Holding
Ambrose
Garner

*can make another side with those that missed out

PatowalongaPirate wrote:

Booney wrote:

amber_fluid wrote:

PatowalongaPirate wrote:Was having a convo with a couple of lads at a Strikers game a few weeks ago ; which past players would have been T20 stars. We eventually settled on a Windies line up.

Obviously Viv would have been a star but I reckon Ritchie Richardson would have been as good as anyone these days.
I loved watching him play.

I was always Richardson in my back yard cricket matches, loved his philosophy on the hook shot and wearing helmets.

Who is beating this team in a T20 tournament?

Haynes
Greenidge
Lara
Richardson
Richards
Lloyd
Dujon
Marshall
Holding
Ambrose
Garner

*can make another side with those that missed out

Maybe:
Hayden
Warner
Ponting
M Waugh
Steve Smith
Gilchrist
Symonds
Cummins
Warne
McGrath
Starc

You all spelt Gus Logie wrong, that format was built for him. And electric in the field.

Players that have not played an international T20 match. You will have to drop a few from that team.

Brodlach wrote:You all spelt Gus Logie wrong, that format was built for him. And electric in the field.

Can't fit them all, that is how brilliant they were.

Roger Harper
Carl Hooper


Used to imitate Colin Crofts bowling action

PatowalongaPirate wrote:Players that have not played an international T20 match. You will have to drop a few from that team.

Yeah right.
I wasn’t sure if you didn’t include current West
Indies players coz they’re mostly not good enough.
Gayle maybe the exception here

PatowalongaPirate wrote:

Brodlach wrote:You all spelt Gus Logie wrong, that format was built for him. And electric in the field.

Can't fit them all, that is how brilliant they were.

Brilliant. As good as Clive was (my favorite cricketer from the 70’s) Logie would have had him in short form IMO.


TDK will have an erection when he reads this

amber_fluid wrote:

PatowalongaPirate wrote:Players that have not played an international T20 match. You will have to drop a few from that team.

Yeah right.
I wasn’t sure if you didn’t include current West
Indies players coz they’re mostly not good enough.
Gayle maybe the exception here

Currently players wouldn’t be fit to carry their bags

Is it possible to move a thread?

PatowalongaPirate wrote:Is it possible to move a thread?

Yep.

Booney wrote:

PatowalongaPirate wrote:Is it possible to move a thread?

Yep.

Not trying to hijack your topic lol.

Over to the A team there I think…

Brodlach wrote:

PatowalongaPirate wrote:

Brodlach wrote:You all spelt Gus Logie wrong, that format was built for him. And electric in the field.

Can't fit them all, that is how brilliant they were.

Brilliant. As good as Clive was (my favorite cricketer from the 70’s) Logie would have had him in short form IMO.


TDK will have an erection when he reads this [emoji38]

Haha!
I know how good the Windies were in the 80s and 90s reading and hearing about them but I actually don't have a big emotional connection to them like you guys do given they were before my time but it's always great to learn more about them. Booneys piece of trivia is very interesting one yet sad.