Eng v Aus 1977
Cas.
Australia got flogged by an innings in the fourth test. It was hilarious
watching Bob Willis with that apelike bowling runup..and that hair, it
looked like a crow's nest.
Aus opened with Rick McCosker and Ian Davis with Greg Chappell at # 3, then
David Hookes, Dougie Walters and Vic wicketkeeper Richie Robinson at # 6,
followed by Rod Marsh, Ray Bright, Maxy Walker, Jeff Thomson and Lenny
Pascoe
No Dennis Lillee or Ian Chappell.
I remember Robinson had a freakish season with the bat in the S.Shield.
comp, iirc he scored centuries in each inns of a match on two occasions as
did Hookes, but for memory he failed miserably on the ashes tour
Anyway no wonder they got flogged. Not exactly a strong side.
Cheers
Cas
pharro
"Cas." <ca...@NoSpam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Anyone with cable watch this on ESPN "History of Cricket" last night?
> Australia got flogged by an innings in the fourth test. It was hilarious
> watching Bob Willis with that apelike bowling runup..and that hair, it
> looked like a crow's nest.
> Aus opened with Rick McCosker and Ian Davis with Greg Chappell at # 3,
then
> David Hookes, Dougie Walters and Vic wicketkeeper Richie Robinson at # 6,
> followed by Rod Marsh, Ray Bright, Maxy Walker, Jeff Thomson and Lenny
> Pascoe
> No Dennis Lillee or Ian Chappell.
Chapelli had retired 18 months prior IIRC. He only came out of retirement to
cash in on the Packer circus.
> I remember Robinson had a freakish season with the bat in the S.Shield.
> comp, iirc he scored centuries in each inns of a match on two occasions as
> did Hookes, but for memory he failed miserably on the ashes tour
> Anyway no wonder they got flogged. Not exactly a strong side.
Well no, and what I have argued for years - that at the time of WSC,
Australia was third best in the world (maybe fourth if you consider a South
African team.) England pretty much spanked Australia on that pre-WSC Ashes
tour and the oft claimed excuse that it was the WSC controversy that put
them off their game just doesn't hold water. The truth is that the
ugly-Aussies of the 70's were really only world's best for about 2 years -
74/75 Ashes tour through until Thommo's injury in 76.
Paul H
^Cicero
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I watched a bit of it-IIRC Robinson actually opened in one of those tests.
It was strange to see the styles; I mean it was worth looking at the crowd
as well as the cricket. And Greig had hair.
But if you say that Australian team was not strong; on paper the English
team was not much better. Botham ended up a top class all rounder, and the
bowling attacker was quite good (Hedrick, Botham, Greig and Willis) but
there were no exceptional batsman. Who remembers Graham Roope?