David Lloyd and Cowdrey facing Lillee and Thommo without helmets...amazing and unbelievable!
@TheWesternunionman
3 жыл бұрын
Colin Cowdrey balls of titanium, very gutsy. It was terrifying to watch Lillee and Thompson bowl and I wasn't even picked to play. Rest easy Mr Cowdrey Vale.
@mrmockatoo6786
Жыл бұрын
This was the first time I'd seen Lillee and Thomo bowl at the WACA and they were scary. Side-on you couldn't see the ball until it wacked into Marsh's gloves and he was halfway to the fence. As a good Aussie kid, I "hated" the Poms but I came away from the ground with great respect for Colin Cowdrey who got smashed repeatedly but showed great class and guts.
@camtinley
2 ай бұрын
Exactly. You could not see the ball in flight from side-on, they were that quick.
@vantheman1244
3 жыл бұрын
Colin COURAGEOUS Cowdrey ❤️
@markhayward7400
8 ай бұрын
Colin Cowdrey was some years past his best and outclassed against Lillee and Tommo. He answered England's call, but he should never have been asked !
@trevorpayne9671
3 жыл бұрын
Initially, I, like many Australians, thought he was 'painful' in how slow etc he was. But by the MCG match I learned that here was a man of indeed great courage and guts, to face Thommo and LET HIM HIT rather than risk a shot he could get out on. If it is somewhere, please show the interview with Tony Greig when he talks about watching Cowdry come off at the end of play [MCG I think] and he took his padding off and he is black and blue with 2 broken ribs and didn't say a thing. And he went out again the next day. See how many of today's players would do that. The only thing that comes close or possibly surpasses this is Rick McCosker's innings. Greg Chappel sent him in with a wired up broken jaw - he scored over a ton, hooking his first ball, a bouncer, for 4.
@davewalkeden6932
3 жыл бұрын
Er, dunno what version of the Centenary Test Match you watched, but that's not what happened. McCosker volunteered to bat. Chappell actually held him back in the order - he came in at number 10. He actually scored 25, but was involved in an ultimately vital partnership with Rod Marsh, who was the man that scored a century (110). Close, but no cigar! 😉
@donaldmac1250
3 жыл бұрын
Typical greg chappel...although he probably would hsve done the same
@vantheman1238
Жыл бұрын
Great comment 👍
@vantheman1238
Жыл бұрын
@@davewalkeden6932never let the truth get in the way of a good story 😉
@craigneeve61
3 жыл бұрын
63 runs a good return, worth flying him over
@blackhoundrise8431
4 жыл бұрын
8:03 Lloyd hit in the balls by Thompson. Cowdrey walks over. Looks at Lloyd curled up on the ground then walks away signalling for water. Cowdrey was hardcore.
@bhuvidya
Жыл бұрын
"...right in the groin..."
@MrDunkiep
Жыл бұрын
@@bhuvidyaIt missed his groin! 😂
@craigpilgrim5793
Жыл бұрын
Cowdrey to Thommo upon entering to bat: Hello, Jeffrey, my name is Colin Cowdrey (holds right hand out to shake hands with the fastest bowler ever).British diplomacy demonstrated here. Thommo: Shakes hands reluctantly, but thinks to himself "That's not gonna help you 'fatso' (Cowdrey looked obese due to all the rubber padding-refer Tony Greig's interview about Cowdrey's suitcase jam-packed with "protection"). The greatest ironic, sardonic situation.
@user-kf9cx1wl2r
Ай бұрын
Poor old Bumble Lloyd: hardly anyone remembers that he did once score a double-century in a test match (it was against India). The only thing people remember him for is getting hit in the cods by Thommo in this match.
@captpicard6894
2 жыл бұрын
74/75 was a perfect storm. Lillee and Thomson were bowling like lightning, England were very poor apart from Tony Greig, Alan Knott and Dennis Amiss who all batted bravely and courageously against the fastest bowler of all time in Jeff Thomson. If says a lot for just how piss poor England’s batsmen were that a retired 41 year old was considered a better option than Fletcher, Denness, or Luckhurst.
@dlamiss
2 жыл бұрын
As much as I hate to say it Amiss from arriving in Australia as one of THE top batsmen in the world had a poor tour of Australia. only passed 37 once at that was 90 in the third test and had he managed JUST THREE more in that innings he would broken the then world records for the most test runs in a calendar year. Ironically in his first autobiography published 18 months after the tour he reckoned the 37 he scored at Sydney was one of the finest innings ever (to that time)
@HHM706
2 жыл бұрын
Lillee and Thompson were the difference in this Series. England hammered Australia in the last Test, Thompson was absent injured and Lillee hardly bowled through injury. Take those two out and Australia were ordinary
@Psmith-ek5hq
Ай бұрын
Getting bowled in the bollocks by Jeff Thomson. I hardly think a glass of water is going to help a great deal.
@huepix
3 жыл бұрын
Thomo and Lillie were great, but they never had to face themselves. Cowdrey has balls as big as Australia. Each!
@MrDunkiep
Жыл бұрын
I'd imagine that poor David Lloyd's balls were considerably larger after he retired hurt.😮
@TheTigers00001
5 ай бұрын
They did face Roberts and Holding the very next summer.....
@dlamiss
2 жыл бұрын
the first ball he was plumb LBW but it would have taken a brave umpire to give it
@nyosito
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. But the umpire just couldn't bring himself to give it.
@prafter7
Жыл бұрын
@@nyositoquite right to give “The Master” not out, After travelling all the way from England you can’t the chap out firs5 ball.
@jshaers96
3 жыл бұрын
People like Brian Close and Cowdrey get praised for their bravery ( and I'm not denying their courage at all) but if you're taking blows repeatedly to the body like that you really shouldn't be out there. Their reactions had slowed too much and they were lucky they weren't killed.
@cosmicman621
10 ай бұрын
...well cricket used to be a contact sport
@garypowell1540
3 жыл бұрын
I have been watching England play since 1965. England fans would do well to be reminded how generally crap or uncompetitive the England team was for 40 years against the best teams at the time. Which there always seemed to be at least two better than England, at a time when most of the world's cricketing nations were 3rd world countries living on a few $'s a week. While even Australian and New Zealand players were on insultingly low pay, and could almost be considered amateurs. English cricket has come on leaps and bounds since then, especially at the grassroots level and so has World Cricket as a whole. England may lose almost as many games as they win, but the general standard and depth of the England team, and of their opposition are far higher and clear for all to see. The pace of test-match cricket has drastically improved, with far fewer bore-draws as a result. Considering that the English weather is not conducive to the game, the season woefully short and most English kids still don't have a clue what cricket even is never mind the basic laws of the game, England has been doing very well over the last 15 years, against much stiffer, deeper, better coached and far better-rewarded opposition.
@JP1234815
4 жыл бұрын
It was this test that Fred Titmus made 61.
@kevinmcgee6307
2 жыл бұрын
He was 61
@JP1234815
2 жыл бұрын
@@kevinmcgee6307 He may have looked 61 but was in fact 42!!
@lewisgreen2957
2 жыл бұрын
The first delivery looked out..
@fractalmusicj
8 ай бұрын
Brave + 10 Colin Cowdrey. Weak Plastic -15 Mumbles
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