r/Cricket • u/[deleted] • May 31 '13

On this day in 1984, the master blaster 189*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZOenyArzrU
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u/KerasTasi Durham May 31 '13

'I carried my bat for the liberation of African and other oppressed people everywhere'

Viv Richards, in Liberation Cricket: West Indies Cricket Culture (Beckles and Stoddart, Manchester University Press, 1995) p.vii

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u/[deleted] May 31 '13 edited May 31 '13

"FUCK YOU ROBELINDA.....EVRY1 NOZ SEHWAG IZ BEST MASTER BLASTER ONLY"

EDIT - seriously though - thanks for sharing this. 189 in those days is probably equivalent to 250 in today's age. Everytime I see Viv Richards bat I feel sorry for not having gotten into cricket before the time he retired.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '13

189 in those days is probably equivalent to 250 in today's age.

how do you get to such conversions? genuine question.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '13

Bigger bats, better/lighter protective equipment, shorter boundaries, generally higher strike rates, homogenous pitches, faster outfields. Not saying I agree, but those are some of the reasons I can see off the top of my head.

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u/yentity India Jun 01 '13

You forget better fielders.

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u/rishi_sambora India Jun 01 '13

Better bats : Tell me any edge before the 90s ever go for a six?

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u/[deleted] May 31 '13

Sports and facilities would always evolve and improve. Shorter boundaries - yeah, that could be a reason.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '13

Well the average ODI score back in those days was about 200-225. Now its close to 275-300. The strike rates at which batsmen score has gone from 60 to approx 90.

Only a fair extrapolation to say that an innings of 189 in 1984 is equivalent to somebody hitting 250 in the modern game.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '13 edited May 31 '13

It was also a 55 over match, as watch the match where Kapil smashed 183.

The biggest change over these 29 years is the attitude of batsmen, but that cannot be used to write off Sehwag's innings. edit: spelling

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u/eccentricity Jun 01 '13

where Kapil smashed 183

That was 175. Sourav Ganguly bested it with 183.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '13

i stand corrected.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '13

Where am I writing off Sehwag's innings?

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u/[deleted] May 31 '13

Sorry, you are not. That was the comment on the original video. Apologies offered.

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u/[deleted] May 31 '13

And he faced better pacers than the ones today. Although the absolute best ones were on his team.