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WI vs England 1973 - Googley - 04-15-2016
a bit of Sobers and Kalli batting together.
Re: WI vs England 1973 - dillinger10 - 04-16-2016
Lovely footage. Look at how short those boundaries are! If memory serves, there were frequent pitch invasions throughout this match, most notably when Clive Lloyd scored his century.
Edit: Youtube is such a great resource for all cricket videos. The first innings highlights has also been uploaded.
Re: WI vs England 1973 - chairman - 04-19-2016
great footage. watched it a few times.
Re: WI vs England 1973 - Mail - 04-19-2016
Snow was deceptively rapid....
Wonder at what speed he bowled....
Excellent action and saw him a number of times live.
In later life, in the 80s, he played at a neighbouring local Club, Edmonton, in the Middlesex League.
Fine bowler.
Re: WI vs England 1973 - dillinger10 - 04-20-2016
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Snow was deceptively rapid....
Wonder at what speed he bowled.....
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In a 1976 study, Snow was clocked at 86.5mph. A few other notable speeds from other players that took part in the study:
Jeff Thomson - 99.6 mph
Andy Roberts - 97.8mph
Dennis Lillee - 96.2mph
Michael Holding - 95.2mph
Wayne Daniel - 93.7mph
Bob Willis - 90.7mph
Alan Ward - 86.5mph
Re: WI vs England 1973 - dillinger10 - 04-20-2016
There was another study conducted three years later by Dr. Frank Pyke of the University of Western Australia, Perth. This study was broadcast on TV and can be seen below:
Results of those taking part:
Jeff Thomson 91.86mph
Michael Holding 87.76mph
Imran Khan 86.77mph
Colin Croft 86.45mph
Andy Roberts 86.08mph
Dennis Lillee 84.72mph
Garth Le Roux 84.46mph
Wayne Daniel 82.91mph
Len Pascoe 81.73mph
Richard Hadlee 80.62mph
Mike Procter 79.87mph
Sarfraz Nawaz 75.63mph
IIRC, Goog Lee mentioned that the testing used back then is different to the one today, so I am not sure how these radar readings compare to today's readings.
Re: WI vs England 1973 - Googley - 04-20-2016
back then the radar was clocking the speed off the pitch, whereas today it is picking up the speed as the ball leaves the bowler's hand.
big difference! once the ball hit the pitch it slows down!!
Re: WI vs England 1973 - Mail - 04-20-2016
[quote author=dillinger10 link=topic=103783.msg690277#msg690277 date=1461135584]
In a 1976 study, Snow was clocked at 86.5mph. A few other notable speeds from other players that took part in the study:
Jeff Thomson - 99.6 mph
Andy Roberts - 97.8mph
Dennis Lillee - 96.2mph
Michael Holding - 95.2mph
Wayne Daniel - 93.7mph
Bob Willis - 90.7mph
Alan Ward - 86.5mph
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In 76 Snowy ended his test career at 35.
The others on the list were young men in their mid 20s with Wardy being the old un at 29.
In fact, Holding was 22!
So not surprising his speed was down but I am told he was 'consistently' in the 90s.
The Chappells even mentioned this.
Re: WI vs England 1973 - Mail - 04-20-2016
Zaheer Abbass had a fantastic 1976 scoring 2.5k runs with 11 tons. He had a similar season in 1981 or thereabouts.
1976 was made all the more special for Middlesex winning the County Championships!
Re: WI vs England 1973 - ketchim - 04-20-2016
[quote author=Goog Lee, P.I. link=topic=103783.msg690337#msg690337 date=1461168225]
back then the radar was clocking the speed off the pitch, whereas today it is picking up the speed as the ball leaves the bowler's hand.
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Source ? :-\
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/693709.html