An article 70 years of Televised Cricket in The Herald takes us back to BBC's early attempts at televising a Test match.
The article is interesting as it brings out how cricket and television broadcasting has evolved hand in hand.
BTW,the first Test match to be relayed in Chennai was the West Indies tour of India (1974-1975).
G.R.Vishwanath scored a unbeaten 97 not out out of a total of 190, an innings The Wisden 100 lists as the 38th best innings of all time.
Mind you he scored the bulk of his runs with tail-enders at the other end. The tail-enders included Prassana and Chandrasekhar both renowned for their lame- duck batting.
The way Vishy, as he is called, handled the bowling, invariably scoring in boundaries and then taking a run of the last ball is a lesson for any batsmen to imbibe.
Cruelly, he was denied a century as Chandrasekhar got out to the last ball of the over, (the only ball he faced in that over).
In a way it set of my addiction to watching cricket on Television.
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5 comments:
It was bedi who kept him company for most of his innings. Roberts was bowling at his speediest and Vishy was devastating. If I remember correctly Vishy scored nearly 5o with bedi having his bat under his armpit.
R,
Thanks, I forgot Bedi's contribution. :)
BTW, Venkat was the Captain and we won the match after two humilating loses is'nt it?
I forgot otty .It was a privilege to watch the innings of vishy. Just imagine him thrashing Roberts without the helmet. Until I saw that innings sitting in the E stand I did not have a great opinion abt vishy I thought it was all hype. This one changed my perception of him once and for all. Incidentally the ugly paddle shot of today was played as a lovely leg glance by vishy.And the late cut wow.(now replaced by ugly scoop over the slips. Those were the days.
R,
E stand - bench?
Yep.the late cut and the leg glance was his speciality and his ability to thread his shots through the gaps wes magnificient.
No ball was played in the air, his shots sort of hug the ground.
Those were the days indeed.
Otty I didnot have an meltdown then E stand was to the right of the pavilion , third man posish. Again, those were the days
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