India vs Australia @ Sydney 1978 Day 1
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- A suggestion for the generation who grew up following the 1970s cricket: put away your phone and enjoy this leisurely on a larger screen / tv. with a refreshing glass of something. Company of pals even better!
1978 Australia vs India., remember this series very well., getting up early in the morning to listen running commentary on radio I was in eighth standard., those days highlights of this matches were shown at about 9/10p.m., every night.on television.,it was a great treat to watch what we had heard on radio while listening live commentary.,thank you very much for uploading this Sydney test and reminding us the beautiful memories of my school days., now I have taken retirement from Mumbai Port trust., Freinds really. Tears came out while watching this match., remembered the tricks which we used to listen running commentary on radio., carrying transistor., going to freinds house staying near by our school and asking score of the match to other students having transistor in different classes., today night on 26th May I was watching Mumbai T20 cricket league final till last Ball along with my son Soham.,my son loves to watch cricket matches with my company., because he gets a chance to listen some interesting stories of Mumbai and Indian cricket matches.., thanks again for uploading sweet memories of Indian cricket.
That s very Nostalgic potdar😊
@@piouskerur thanks for the coment.,I have very sweet and proude feeling memorries of mumbai and indian cricket since 1971.,Iwould like to share one of those hear when we got first ever test victory against england in england it was ganapati festival.,whole south mumbai came on roads to celebrate our victory.,we all were very happy for ajit wadekar and our most popular cricketer eknath solkar very late we got to watch the highlits of that magical spell of bhagavat chandrashekar.missing those beautiful days.
@ very Nice to know Potdar sir...R u from.Mumbai...
@@piouskerur yes.,born and brought up in kalbadevi area of south mumbai latar on got shifted to andheri west in a big house.
Wasn’t born then...but PURE GOLD this is👍
Thank you for this wonderful memory
I always admire your efforts because I always like to watch old cricket matches specially the series which have been played between 1970,s to 1990 because those were the times when cricket were tottaly a gentleman,s game
Same here sir
I was in 4th Standard when this series happend in January/February 1978... I strated following cricket from India/Pakistan series which took place in October/November 1978. I felt very happy to watch this video because this match happened in the year when I started following cricket... 😊
I remember this series and that the Australian cricket fans supported the Bobby Simpson led team over those who signed up with Kerry Packer. I was privileged to see this Aussie team at Bourda vs Guyana and West Indies at Bourda. We saw Jeff Thompson for the first time in the WI. What a treat!
Thanks for this video jai...i remember listening to the radio commentary...great commentary by anant setalvad and sushil doshi...was in 5th standard at Mysore
I used to have a pocket radio under my pillow to listen to the early morning radio commentary of this series. Wonderful memories!!
Such a high quality video and audio upload! Commentary a sheer delight! Thank you Sir...Brings back great memories of Gary Cosier, John Dyson, Peter Toohey, Craig Sergeant and many more..love the bowling action of Ghavri! The excitement remains even in the absence of the Packer Stars like Chappell Marsh and Lillee!
First time seeing Legend Bobby Simpson bat...
No one can forget first ever commentary by Sushil Doshi like Thomson ki agli gend backfoot par gaye vishvnath cut kiya gend ko deep thirdman boundry ki taraf chaar run ke liye.
Offcourse despite 3/2 defeat, it was excellent series even in d absence of star cricketers.
We are very lucky to have you maintaining such golden video archives. You are extremely great to possess such golden treasure please provide tooheys batting
A suggestion for the generation who grew up following the 1970s cricket: put away your phone and enjoy this leisurely on a larger screen / tv. with a refreshing glass of something. Company of pals even better!
70s was mostly listening to radio commentary...very few matches televised live in India that too mostly in metros.
@@singhprakash72 those had TVs might have watched visually, it doesn't depend on metros 😀
@@sourodipbiswas2001 Analog TV transmission was limited by transmitters (TV Towers) at least in 70s...it was only around Asian games 1982 did govt made a sustained effort to put TV transmit towers beyond Metro areas. So it really didn't matter if you had TV what mattered is if you have signal to catch in your TV.
What an effort by you Jai! I listened to the air commentary of this test. I still remember India won the test at about 5 45 am local time by an innings and 2 runs after Madan Lal took a stunner to dismiss Peter Toohey. Thank you so much Jai.
Prasanth Kallay is right. It was a memorable Test for those who lived in the radio era.
Pure nostalgia, true grit & guts cricket.
Can't expect the best to play without a helmet, nowadays.
Thank you.
Thank you sir for uploading these videos & give a chance to the younger generation to feel how cricket was played those days. 🙏
I'm watching this for the first time since I saw it live as a fifteen year old. Who says time travel is impossible?
This is one series where we hardly have seen any videos. Thanks so much for the upload and hope to see more from this series... Sunny scored 3 tons...
Gavaskar had a peculiar pattern of scoring in the series. He failed in the first innings and scored a hundred in the second innings. Yes , there are no videos available of this series. This is the first one I ever saw on CZcams.
Wow! So nice to watch this one. Waiting for more. Great too see Ghavri bowling fast(!) balls. And Chandra, faster than Ghavari :-)
Jai Sir Thank you very much. In this series Vishy was the highest run scorer for India but couldn't get a century. His highest score was 89. Chandra took 6/52 & 6/52 in both the innings in Melbourne tesr
I was at this game with my father , I was there on the first day and my memory was Kim Hughes hitting a six into the members stand. I miss the old S.C.G . Thanks for the upload
You are a lucky person watching this historical match we in India only listen the running commentary first time watching vedios of this series matches
Excellent. Took me back to those days of 1970s...Thank you very much for uploading.
17:22 lovely shot of the old Sheridan Stand (1909-1985) that stood at the Paddington End of the SCG.
Interesting fact with this stand was it was demolished on March 20, 1985 during a Sheffield Shield match, play was halted during a session to allow the demolition crew to knock it down, dust, metal and bricks went everywhere.
The lovely green roof draped over the concourse in front of it like a blanket as play resumed!
The gap next to it was the old Brewongle Stand (1881-1977) to the right of it, named after the tea rooms beneath it, was demolished in 1977 and was eventually replaced with the current Brewongle Stand in 1980.
Wow. I was at the ground that day. Toohey running himself out was so disappointing. Sergeant took forever to score that four and then played an awful shot. Hughes and Mann easily done by Bedi. Great cricket but really only a good Sheffield Shield side playing for Australia. They still won series 3-2. Watching Bedi and Chandra that series was some of the most enjoyable cricket I have seen.
Thankyou Sir for uploading such a nice replay video.....eager to see more like this.
Great to watch this series. Only saw a short clip on CZcams previously on Bedi vs Hughes. Look forward to watching Amarnath, Gavaskar and Vishy tackling Thommo. Thanks Jai
Wonderful memories, thank you!! And such great editing to have all the deliveries presented with no 'filler' - thank you!!
My mother took me to a day's play of this match, I was 10 and we sat in the now demolished Sheridan Stand (Randwick end) I remember asking my mother about Chandrashekar's arm
Gavaskar had such beautiful poise and balance...so good to watch
Last saw these highlights 41 years ago on a B&W tv in chilly Calcutta!!!!
Would expectantly wait all day for this package to air at around 7.30 pm or so!!!
We were unfortunate in Gujarat those time because we had no Television in Gujarat those days
RAJ PANCHAL TV was probably only available in the 4 metros in 1977.
For sure, it wasn’t available in Bangalore at that time.
Hats of sir what an upload this was a series in which India won 2 tests but lost the keenly contested series sir please upload both the tests which India won
Great vintage video. Please upload the fifth test of this same series at Adelaide oval in 1977
Remember watching this series in "Sunil Gavaskar Presents" in Doordarshan in late 1980s if I remember correctly. Request Jai Jalagally to upload all the five tests. It'll be a treat to watch
I am extremely thankful to you (sir) for providing such great videos of past I was too small when I saw this cricket highlights on black and white screen but could remember only Peter tooheys great batting
Jai Galagali
GRV, like Doug Walters and ML Jaisimha and Chandra was a legendary ‘relaxer’ after a game.
I lived and worked in Sydney from early 70s and we had our Mysore ex Ranji Captain, V Subramanya also living in Sydney.
After the first day’s play and after the 30 minutes “Highlights” from 10:30 - 11pm, we used to gather together for dissection of the day’s game, of course, our voice boxes lubricated by copious quantities of the bottled mirth !
That night we talked about talking Thommo and Hogg. And the delightful discussions continued till the wee hours, probably 2 am , and then we all parted to our rooms and homes.
Next morning, if I remember correctly, both Sunil and Dilip Vengsarkar departed soon after resumption. Vishy, still under , came out to bat and Thommo did not make it easy. He was bowling at speeds far in excess of 90 mph !
And the delightful stroke play of GRV , his cuts, square drives and flicks were a treat for all assembled.
Bill O’Reiley commenting said this Bangalore Boy must have biceps like a blacksmith as his shots used to race to the boundary like a tracer bullet !
Mani ( V Subramanya) and I were watching from Nobel Stand , drinking beer, with Mani commenting “ KV, you are looking at a fine Century by Vishy” when to our horror, Thommo bowled him with an inswinger , GRV being 79 !
Those legendary days will never return with the modern late night curfew !
They were made of sterner stuff !!
Karunal V Pradeep
What a delightful memoir!
Day 2,3,4,.5 coming up in the following weekends..
I remember listening to radio AIR and at times would tune to radio australia for good commentary. India won at Sydney and Melbourne . It was 2 all and the final test at adelaide was won by Australia. Bobby Simpson was recalled at age of 42. The top class cricketers joined kerry packer world series cricket then .so it was a second rated team of Australia then.
Thanks for uploading.
Great!!! I was in class 9 in those early 1978 days and was mad for the running commentary on All India Radio at 5 in the cold winter mornings of Delhi. I remember how I felt when India defeated the Kangaroos in this match by an innings and perhaps 3 or 4 runs. There was only half hour or so of the day's highlights at night on our only TV channel Door Darshan.
Start of a fresh innings at the SCG. (23:20) Green outfield. Three slips, a gully, a silly point and a short leg. Thommo running in and Sunil Gavaskar taking strike. A sight for sore eyes.
Thank you , thank you, thank you .... I had been looking for this series ever since CZcams started. I had followed each minute of this series , ball-by-ball on the radio. I still remember getting up early in the morning and tuning in to the commentary. And what a series it was. Sadly we lost because of some terrible batting in the 5th Adelaide Test and a brilliant hundred on debut by the local boy Graham Yallop. Please upload more videos of this series if it is possible. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. God bless you Sir.
Radio commentators for this series were Ananth Setlvar in English and Sushil Doshi in Hindi. I used to keep transistor by the side of my pillow & sleep & wake up in time to tune in to listen to the running commentary. Golden memories
Galgali ji very very thanks uploading this series highlights don't delete it
We used to watch only the highlights of this match on DD at Matunga Gymkhana after our practice. Nice of u &thank u for showing us more of those matches(1978) Well, we missed a lot in those days!For instance, although I worked in (Vijaybhai's)Vijay Merchant's office I never got to see him in action except listening to his expert comment(ry)s but now I
I can see him sometimes in the old videos like this.Thanks again.
Galagali sir very very thanks to you sir,please load more vedios of this series
Prasanth Kallay is right. It was a memorable Test for those who lived in the radio era.
Enjoyed this upload Mr Jai Galagali .Waiting for more such uploads. That was real test cricket .Very good close ups of Chandra bowling and Gavaskar facing Thomson.
Wonderful video Sir ..... Please upload the rest of this test ..... Also the final test in Adelaide when India almost chased down 480 runs or so ..... Listened to radio back then ..... Memorable.
Look at the Cover Drive on bended knees by Sunny off Thompson , a real Treat but some Duffers always say Sunny was not a great Batsman , and he feared Fast Bowling , although Sunny is full of Confidence while Facing Thompson , and that too without Protective Gear
Sir this is great experience to see the vedio of that series we listen commentary of these moments please load more vedios of this series thanks sir
Very thankful to Mr Jai Galagali for posting this. Have always wanted to see the great spin legends in action clearly. B.S. Chandrashekhar would have been a superstar in t20 cricket. His deliveries have more pace and bite than rashid khan
The fielder who took Serjeant's running catch off Bedi is Karsan Ghavri NOT Amarnath. The commentator jumbled up. :) :)
ur right
Superb. Your uploads evoke a sense of nostalgia. Please upload the full series
Your video shares amazing and very rare collections if you can collect vishy's 145 against Pakistan in 1979
Great duel between Viswanath and Thomson. Vishy 79 bowled by a vicious ball knocking out two stumps. Need footage of that and ,how can one ever not remember the end of the match with Madan Lal plucking Toohey's hook out of the air. Please provide footage of that catch. It is on par with Kapil's 1983 catch at Lords' in terms of effort.Please do provide for that.
Thanks for uploading this treasure from bottom of my heart, its a treat to watch Gavaskar in full flow against Thommo and company, sir please upload all test matches of this series.
Tushar Malvankar
After the World Cup
I watched this game sitting in the member’s stand !
The second day’s play shows classic batting by GRV after a very late late night the night before at the Rushcutters Bay Travel Lodge. Hope this will be uploaded soon...
Watching Sunil bat with aplomb is a delight on day 1.
And the mesmerising spin trios Bedi, Chandra and Prasanna.
Eventually, India beat Australia by an innings in this game in 3 days !
Fond memories keep rushing in .......
Karunal V Pradeep
Tell us more about the “late night the night before..”!
Karunal wow did you see this match live ?! If me not wrong very few Indians were leaving there in those days ....
RAJ PANCHAL
I migrated to Australia from Bangalore,, India in 1974. I studied at National High School and many good Cricketers including EASPrasanna, BS Chandrashekhar, VSVijayakumar et al also studied.
GR Vishwanath was at Fort High School and used to play Tennis Ball Cricket in our NHS field in early 60s. I also played though not at their level!
I played cricket in Sydney along with our ex Mysore Ranji Captain V Subramanya in City and Suburban tournaments for a number of years.
In 1977, I was working as an Engineer at WD & H O Wills, Kensington, Sydney.
Vishy was and is a personal friend of mine and we got together whenever he came to Australia as part of Indian or private cricket teams. Of course Chandra and the rest of Mysore Cricketers were all together and we used to reminisce days of bygone Mysore cricket under V Subramanya over a few beers in our home.
I saw Sydney test matches of 1977 and 1981 also. Incidentally, I am a long standing member of SCG.
Karunal V Pradeep . Wow Karunal those were grt days of Test cricket. I still cherish those commentary of Australian radio. If me not wrong Sandip patil was hit by bouncer of Pasco on Sydney test .
Thanks for sharing 🙂
special thanks
They should have played Brijesh Patel. It was a slow track. Patel plays spin bowling brilliantly. Bad luck for Brijesh. He was dropped after first 2test matches. That was his last your in Test Cricket. Later he played domestic cricket till 1988..
Excellent video... Loved it❤️
Remarkable series. Bob Simpson recalled to captain a 2nd ranked Australia team, because their best players were in the rival World Series.
Peter toohey. Circumstances prevented him from being mentioned amongst the greatest batsmen.
Great footage and series.Hope you have the complete series especially Adelaide and Melbourne tests.
kashi Mallya
This and Gabba
early morning chai, early morning commentary :):)
Great stuff! Thanks so much. Do you have any of the India/West Indies test series from about 1980-1990? If not, do you know on what site.channel I may find them?
How about the rest of the match and series - one of the best ever
It was great to see Chetan chauhan with whom Sunil Gavaskar had some good opening partnerships...
Thanks Jai sir,I m ur biggest fan sir,I am 28 years old but likes the actual test cricket played in the teasteable conditions in 70s & 80s,these day's cricket is not the cricket ,but only a entertainment which doesn't have the actual class of cricket,sir can u upload the first test series Victory of India in West Indies in 1971 under the captaincy of Ajit wadekar,if possible plz upload that sir,thank u sir,😊👍👍 ur biggest fan MANISH ROY FROM KOLKATA
best video on CZcams
Dear if there is available recording of pak aus series of 1978-79 when sarfaraz took 9 wickets in an inning bcoz its available in very blurred condition, so if available in your archives kindly upload
Very nice n high-quality vedio.Would be thankful if upload the Brisbane tied match.You can have from British Pathe or BBC who were have sole right to shoot the match.
13:42 Interesting comments about how Chandra expresses his emotions!
Yes, he replies with his golden arm, he, vishy, prasanna, kirmani were all gentlemen cricketers not like the few or many present cricketers who shouts, uses foul language and shows fingers at the batsman.Thanks Jai sir again for your priceless, amazing love to upload this video.DREAMS COME TRUE
Great share !! Although Australian side was little down & playing sans their impactful cricket faces due to a parallel league cricket crisis that plagued their country during this series , reminding of last series India played in Australia , yet they fought hard under the astute leadership of 41-year- old Bob Simpson who was called back from retirement especially to guide Australian team & eventually showed them the success, unlike what happened in the last tour..
Simpson's comeback was remarkable - I think I'm right in saying he hadn't played first class (Sheffield Shield) cricket for several before he was recalled as Test captain. I believe he stepped straight from grade cricket into a test match. He was a success both as batsman and captain in this series.
Great pl download the 5 th decider test at Adelaide that was a test where young vengsarkar played well with mohinder and vishy
The commentators made a horrible mess of this at 12.05. The catch was not misjudged it was perfectly caught! The fielder who had taken this great catch, was wrongly called Bhagwat Subramanya Chandrasekhar! They then realise it is not him, they then believe Mohinder Amarnath has caught the ball, when in fact, Karsan Devjibhai Ghavri had taken the catch. How pathetic!
I wish we had Simmons Aussies in the west Indies with thohey, wood,yallop,and thommo thanking on the mighty west Indies then the reduced indies
Jai Galagali sir where are you now a days since long time you haven't uploaded any uploads still awaiting for my request of Pak tour Of india 1979 many Regards Waseem Ashraf a cricket lover from Lahore Pakistan
Can you upload some videos with indian tv commentators during 80s. If poosible can u upload radio commentry by indians like shushil doshi, anant settlebad, suresh sariya, narottam puri, pushpen sarkar, ajay bose?
Could you pls add video of 1st days highlights of 1st Test at Brisbane 1980-81 India vs Australia. Thanks
Amarnath as an all rounder was overshadowed by Kapil
India lost 3 close matches, won 2 thumpingly. This was a series that they could and should have won 5-0
Jairaj:
What happened to your “Tippani” in the beginning? I also used to like the song from that particular year you used to choose.....
I think these high quality videos can do without my intro 😊
The intro tune is from Gharonda
Day 2 will have a more popular song
Jairaj: Thanks for pointing out that the tune is from Gharaonda...
selectors again dropped rixon for the ashes the next year replaced him with mclean who could not bat at all
best part of the series is Gavaskar scored 4 centuries I think...Vishwanth no century..but Vishwanath's total runs of the series is more than Gavaskar,,, without a century
Gavaskar scored 3 centuries
Considers no backlift
Boler karsan ghavari rajkot
cosier paying the penalty for not doing up his shirt properly
Australia won the series by 3-2
Sir still awaiting for my request vishys 145 against Pakistan in 1979 in India tour of Pakistan
Sir still awaiting for my request highlights of Pak tour of India 1979
We are very thankful to you.please upload all days of all the matches you have of 1978 tour of australia
Dear I am not the uploader I am also making requests
This was the worst Australian team of all time. No one other than Kim Hughes was to to test standard.
There was Geoff Thomson and Craig Sarjeant
So one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time was not up to Test standard?
Thanks for sharing 🙂
Thanks for sharing 🙂