Cricket in the age of YouTube... is cricket in another age.
Bhattacharya goes on from there to describe "the sheer athleticism of Garry Sobers, Majid Khan’s disdain for footwork, Bedi’s silken flight" and explains why YouTube is a miracle for cricket fanatics, "encouraging us to revisit the game’s greatest and often changing our idea of them".
Cricket fans are already tweeting and blogging and emailing links to this article.
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| BACK TO THE PAVILION: GREG CHAPPELL BOWLED FOR A DUCK BY KARSAN GHAVRI WITH AUSTRALIA CHASING 143 FOR VICTORY IN THE THIRD TEST IN MELBOURNE (1981). THIS WAS ONE OF INDIA'S MOST MEMORABLE WINS. ENJOY IT ALL OVER AGAIN ON YOUTUBE. |
I'm sure they are also going to YouTube and checking out the videos recommended in a sidebar in Lounge. For those keen on watching four "memorable encounters on YouTube from the time before live telecasts", here's the list:
- West Indies in Australia, 1960-61
Search for "Green and gold greats"
- Lillee vs Sobers, 1971-72
Search for "Lillee Sobers"
- Holding vs Boycott, 1980-81
Search for "Holding Boycott"
- India vs Australia, Melbourne, 1981-82
- Arpan Bhattacharyya (Class of 2010) tells me Rahul Bhattacharya's piece is available on Cricinfo, too: "Video thrills the history fan". Thanks, Arpan.
The Holding vs Boycott episode is legendary. I'd read about it in a diary that 'Sir' Geoff wrote on that tour and later published. The book itself wasn't bad at all but I particularly remember the chapter where he'd written about that one over! In his trademark style, Boycs writes that according to him, he was bowled off the 6th delivery only because he was good enough not to nick the first 5!
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