It was Gavaskar the real Master, just like a wall we couldn't out Gavaskar at all

by Guest Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:47 pm

This is a legendary west indian calypso:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uUn74kPZls

The audio is very bad so the way to listen to this song is to read the lyrics as Lord Relator (the singer) is singing:

http://andynarell.net/calypso/lyrics/1gav.html

This calypso is mentioned in Gavaskar's book 'Sunny Days'. And i bet you this is the origin of the term 'The Wall' (for Dravid).

by MaxEntropy_Man Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:50 pm

good you are rediscovering all these nice videos that i've posted plenty of times before on sulekha and probably here. i am a huge fan of gavaskar the cricketer. not as much a fan of gavaskar the tendulkar worshipper.

by Guest Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:50 pm

Rashmun wrote:This is a legendary west indian calypso:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uUn74kPZls

The audio is very bad so the way to listen to this song is to read the lyrics as Lord Relator (the singer) is singing:

http://andynarell.net/calypso/lyrics/1gav.html

This calypso is mentioned in Gavaskar's book 'Sunny Days'. And i bet you this is the origin of the term 'The Wall' (for Dravid).

Here are a few more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBLjx-Uuzyk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06P0RdZyjT4

by Guest Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:55 pm

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:good you are rediscovering all these nice videos that i've posted plenty of times before on sulekha and probably here. i am a huge fan of gavaskar the cricketer. not as much a fan of gavaskar the tendulkar worshipper.

--> gavaskar's views on cricket are always suspect because of his commercial interests. For instance, he is never critical of IPL because he has been getting money from IPL. but what a brave batsman he was.

--> did you see this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26mdmagrOTw

--> there was a youtube video about the first tied test that had excerpts of an interview of sobers. i had seen it before but am unable to find it now. could you see if you can find it.

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:07 pm

Now you can claim to be an expert on cricket - by giving "I have seen 2 videos" talk.

by Guest Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:15 pm

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:Now you can claim to be an expert on cricket - by giving "I have seen 2 videos" talk.

--> i never said i am a cricket expert. I am sure Max and some of the other posters here know a lot more about cricket than i do.

by Guest Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:19 pm

Sobers vs Lillee:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SzfWtTZOtA

by Guest Sat Jan 28, 2012 4:01 pm

Rashmun wrote:Sobers vs Lillee:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SzfWtTZOtA

In the above video, Ian Chappell says that one ought to never provoke a good player. The reason, of course, is if you do so they will just start playing better to get back at you.

I recall Chetan Sharma (or perhaps some other indian player) saying in an interview that the players had received strict instructions not to provoke Javed Miandad when he batted because the guy just started batting better and better when instigated and provoked. He thrived on such an environment.

In Christopher Sandford's biography of Imran Khan it is mentioned that Miandad would himself try to distract the opponent batsmen when fielding in close in positions (like the slip area; or the forward or backward short leg positions ) by making strange animal or insect sounds.

One english batsman complained to Sandford about having to face Imran Khan's thunderbolts while hearing the sound of a hovering bee in his ears.

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