Fantastic knocks against West Indian fast bowlers of the 80's

[Silver Silva]

Which knocks were the best against arguably the greatest production line of fast bowlers World Cricket has ever seen ?

 

[Slifer]

Idk about knocks but series wise, it'll be Armanath in 1983 and Border in 1984 for me.

 

[Aidan11]

Allan Lamb got 3 centuries against them in the 1984 series.

 

[Slifer]

Allan Lamb got 3 centuries against them in the 1984 series.

Yeah 3 centuries but 'only' averaged 42. How???!!

 

[Aidan11]

Yeah 3 centuries but 'only' averaged 42. How???!!

They were probably his only decent knocks of the series.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Walsh, Ambrose, and Bishop qualify for this?

 

[trundler]

 

[trundler]

 

[howitzer]

Yeah 3 centuries but 'only' averaged 42. How???!!

Scores of 15, 13, 23, 3, 9, 12 and 1 would do it. He was crazy inconsistent. 43/129 dismissals across his career were for 9 or less, and a further 25 between 10 and 19. He also never converted any of his hundreds into daddy hundreds so these two things explain his mid 30s overall average.

 

[Slifer]

Walsh, Ambrose, and Bishop qualify for this?

Plus Marshall. They played away to Pakistan in 1990 I believe. Vs Imran, Waqar and Wasim!!

 

[Slifer]

Walsh, Ambrose, and Bishop qualify for this?

Yes

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

This is an excellent article on who fared best against the West Indies of old

Who was the best against the famous four-pronged West Indian pace attack? — CricketMash

It is widely accepted that the most difficult bowling attack ever was the four-pronged West Indian pace machine that dominated world cricket for nearly 20 years. Arunabha Sengupta looks at the numbers to see who the best batsmen were against fearsome fast bowling.

cricmash.com

 

[Qlder]

5th test vs West Indies Feb 1989. I was at the Adelaide Oval that day to witness the best innings I've ever seen (Dean Jones vs Marshall, Ambrose, Walsh and Patterson)

Dean Jones 216 (run out)

And at the other end Merv Hughes 72*

 

[Athlai]

Jeff Crowe wasn't anywhere near the batsman that Martin was but he had a few decent knocks against the West Indies.

 

[bagapath]

WI vs IND Cricket Scorecard, 2nd Test at Bridgetown, April 07 - 12, 1989

Get cricket scorecard of 2nd Test, WI vs IND, India tour of West Indies 1988/89 at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados dated April 07 - 12, 1989.

www.espncricinfo.com

Greatest knock in Ravi Shastri's career.
107 against Marshall/ Ambrose/ Bishop/Walsh in Barbados at no 3 is a real big deal

 

[mr_mister]

Yeah 3 centuries but 'only' averaged 42. How???!!

I think Slater got 3 and averaged even less in 98/99 ashes

Combination of low scores in between tons, no not outs, and none of the tons being daddy tons. I'm sure that all applies to Lamb who never got a test 150

 

[Anil]

Idk about knocks but series wise, it'll be Armanath in 1983 and Border in 1984 for me.

As far as test series go, Amarnath had two exceptional ones in the 80s, Pakistan in 1982 and West Indies in 1983. He was such a elite player of fast bowling in his prime...

 

[Burgey]

Border 98* and 100* in the second test of the Aus tour to WI in 84.

Courtesy Cricinfo:

In a game where the next highest score by an Australian batsman was 48, Border finished with a match aggregate of 198 not out. While the other Australians were dismissed every 35 deliveries, Border faced 583 without being dismissed once. In the 25-year period from 1976 to 2000, when West Indies won 20 out of 23 home series, no overseas batsman faced more deliveries in a Test match in the Caribbean

 

[CricAddict]

Gavaskar did quite well, didn't he..

 

[Migara]

Walsh, Ambrose, and Bishop qualify for this?

There are two innings from Sanath Jayasuriya in 1997, 85 and a 90, where he carted Ambrose, Walsh and Bishop around, only to get bogged down and dismissed by Hooper, who had a field performance with the ball in the whole series.