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As someone like Mr K who is old enough to have watched first hand the Windies teams of the early 70's I agree with him, the matches where not as one sided as this. A four day test was unusual, a three day one just didn't happen. He is also correct in saying the Windies are a spent force. More interested in baseball and 'soccer' these days.
How old where you in 1976 when Holding blitzed England at the Oval Den? Also in the 70's test cricket in this country was shown non terrestrial TV so had a massive audience. And Chris Gayle is one of at least five players who are not in this side but would be if not chasing money elsewhere.:( |
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I don't recall the press in general calling England cricket a spent force. The press just accepted that the 70s/80s Windies team was a vastly superior team in all departments to any other side in the world then, not just England, they drubbed everyone.
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No need at all,
From 1965 to 1985 Englands overall test record against all comers out of a total of 56 series was Won 27, Lost 17, Drawn 12. Hardly the sign of a team in terminal decline. I will say it once again in case I didn't make myself clear earlier, the West Indies team of that era was a phenomenal team in every single department, no team before or since has had a battery of 6 or 7 world class fast bowlers on call at the same time. Put that together with brilliant openers and untouchable middle order batsmen and you are going to get steam rollered most of the time. Every other nation struggled against them not just England. England had a couple of bad series against the Windies, this current West Indies side cannot beat anybody, that is why they are near the bottom of the test rankings. They haven't won a test series since 2014, have lost the last eight and their only wins just before that came v Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. :rolleyes: |
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We should rest the Test team and play under 21's in the next 2 games. It'd still be comfortable wins.
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However, as I keep trying to get you to accept, at that time England where still winning series against the other test playing countries. And at the risk of repeating myself, the West Indies where beating everyone else as well.
So, England in that time, winning test matches, this current West indies side not, and not looking likely to do either. However you like to play it there is no comparison with England in the 70/80's and this current Windies side. There where some very good players in the England sides of the 70/80's, the Windies where just a lot better. There are no good players in this West Indies side, most of them wouldn't make a county second eleven and the England teams of the 70/80's would have the thrashed them as well. |
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Well Sir Geoffrey for one agrees with me. Worst team ever :p:
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Just pointing out you disagree with me but someone with far more gravitas than either of us agrees with me. :p:
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