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Some of the most exciting strokes ever played came from the bat of Rohan Kanhai, who was born today.
RBK

In reply to CricSham

Define exciting

In reply to CricSham

You posting from Australia?

Best Wishes to a great man. Happy I was lucky to see you bat live

Was RBK a more gifted stroke maker than CLH?

In reply to Kay

Yep, I am at the MCG and watching this 19 year-old. Young and fearless

In reply to CricSham

Enjoy! What’s the atmosphere like at the venue?

I’m guessing a general excitement?

He was interviewed at the drinks break and said he hoped Bumrah could come back on for a few more overs

In reply to imusic
Indescribable atmosphere close to full capacity and the anticipation of this 19-year-old making his debut. When he chose to take first strike, there was a gasp of excitement around the ground. Damn, just got out but he did the job. He completely threw the Indians off their game plan

In reply to CricSham

That he did. He could have gotten out for duck.

He was continually beaten by Bumrah at first and basically said “fork dat. If I continue playing this way I’ll just get an edge and get out. I’ll try to put him under pressure”.

That’s the mindset I referring to. Not a single one of our test players would even consider that.

In reply to imusic
Spot on, he really rattled the Indians. So much so that Kohli shoulder charged him. I’m walking around the stands here. I have a Press pass, and even the Indian fans are unhappy with him. Which is very surprising because he was always looked on as aGod. But he is slowly using up all his goodwill with them. Especially after he hung them out to dry at home in the series against England.

In reply to CricSham

Kohli is ultra competitive. He appears to have a bit of Viv in his personality.

Going back to the thread title……I’ll ask my question again.

In your opinion, RBK was a more gifted stroke maker than CLH?

Or LGR for that matter?

In reply to CricSham

Comms said 70,000 in the ground.

Dat young fella is a madman

Injun analysts must be already working on him for the 2nd innings...I will be surprised if he can repeat this thrashing of de injun bowlers with the same approach

In reply to imusic

like the weekes is god guy, nationality does define exciting


virat is more west indian than indian. for a long time, indian cricket fans were very uncomfortable with him until they saw that his aggression had good results. i remember when he cussed out that racist crowd down under, on the disastrous 2011 tour, some indian newspapers criticized him for that despite the fact that he scored a hundred in that game. he was the only man on the tour who showed any kind of impetus. Tendulkar, vvs and sehwag could be seen in the slip cordon, with their hands in their pockets, looking totally resigned to defeat.

In reply to Jumpstart

You can believe that if it makes you feel good.
Deliberately crossing and shoulder charging a 19-year-old is a shameful display from such a “respected” “WI” type player. Remind me again when a West Indian batsman deliberately shoulder charged a batsman at the crease??

In reply to CricSham

was and will always be L.G.Rowe.

In reply to CricSham

Aussies have done worse....mcgrath shoving Sarwan, Geoff Lawson's racist abuse of dessie haynes and IVA Richards(ambrose sent him to the hospital after that), steve waugh claiming a clearly grounded catch off a red hot Brian lara(possibly he saw foregleams of the 1999 series and said we can't have that), ....the list goes on. Virat is passionate, things happen in the heat of the moment. Australians do not have any currency in moral authority to be lecturing other countries about how the game should be played

Kohli’s combative and aggressive brand of cricket has played a big role in inspiring and making India the competitive unit that it is currently.

In reply to CricSham

Originally, I did not think it was totally deliberate but Kohli did not challenge being sanctioned. In any case, as one poster pointed out, Australia uses similar tactics frequently.

In reply to CricSham

Happy birthday to the great Babu! A man who inspired many generations of fans across the world. He brought renewed appreciation for the name "Rohan"

In reply to Jumpstart

FACTS

In reply to CricSham

from my village.

Babu

WI most gifted stroke maker

I saw very little of RBK and when I did see him, was much later on in his career……so he doesn’t factor in for me.

Of those that I’ve seen, it would be between Hooper and Rowe.

Rowe was the best stroke maker I’ve seen

But arguably, Hooper may have been more gifted. That man just had so much time to play the ball.

Both would be right up there with the very best I’ve seen.

I would add Majid Khan, David Gower, and
Laxman to the list as well.

In reply to imusic

Hooper's temperament is what undid him.

On the matter of stroke play or what I would rather call shot making he had few equals. It is what prompted Everton Weekes to pronounce him a "fine cricketer" when others pointed to his "stats".

I'd say RBK was just as gifted allied to the Port Mourant fight he had in him. The Babu couldn't be bullied!

In reply to imusic

No Kallicharran?

In reply to googley

You KnOW Kalli is one of my favourites. He was a technician first and foremost.

Although his batting was very easy on the eye, he wasn’t like Rowe or Hooper

In reply to imusic

Yes RBK was more gifted because
a. Innovation
b Ability to play really late
C Wrists of Steel
Almost 10 yrs after his retirement he played on a WI XI on WI's 1st day/night match ever. In a wonderful partnership with LGR (estacy) Baggage late-cut Emburey to third man. Di retired Ole man and Yard's coach then to my astonishment then late-cut Emburey later and finer!!!

In reply to Titleist

not to mention his commitment to fitness.....allyuh feel Indian bowlers(who were the last of of the established countries to start fielding bowlers who can bowl over 90mph) bowling 90mph regularly now is something that happened by accident?
look what ishant sharma said(the same ishant sharma who coaches nearly destroyed after a stellar start to his career)


no team can win consistently without being fit. part of the reason we dominated for so long was because not only we were the most skillful team around, but we were also the fittest. Pakistan through Imran Khan followed our example and guess what, by the late 80s, was regularly offering serious challenges to the our vice grip on world cricket

In reply to Jumpstart
Wait a minute my friend. You posted that Kohli is like a West Indian.
virat is more west indian than indian.
I then asked you to remind me when a West Indian batsman shoulder charged a batsman at the crease.
In your reply, you posted a litany of infractions by Aussie players. That is all true, but it has nothing to do with your post.
So again please, could you remind me when a WI player did like Kohli.

In reply to Brerzerk

Nobody…..but nobody….in the history of West Indies cricket, EVER executed the late cut better than Lawrence George Rowe.

Don’t get it twisted

In reply to CricSham

Colin Croft did WAY worse

He deliberately barged into an umpire.

Michael Holding frankomeh kicked down the stumps.

Why? Because decisions didn’t go their way.

So to stay on the theme of this thread, one assaulted the umpire, and the other engaged in violent petulant behavior.

We conveniently ignore / forget that FACT, or excuse it as “well….it wasn’t another player

We are no saints

In reply to imusic

I'm not disputing if Yagga was the best late-cutter, some will tell you it was Worrell; Duj was up there too. But, on that evening I know what I saw Babu The Great cut Emburey much later and finer than Yagga. We we talked about it for days after never forgetting to mention the man was a 50 n something yr old.

In reply to Brerzerk

I have heard guys spoke about Sir Frank late cut and his effortless stroke play and his late, late cut.

In reply to Jumpstart

No need to convince me of what Kohli and fitness have meant to India’s climb up the cricket ranks.

The very posters who have issues with Kohli’s brand of cricket would be gleefully cheering him on if he was a West Indian.

In reply to Brerzerk

Embury? SMH

You never saw Yagga cut and late cut Derek Underwood on a wet QPO pitch fine and finer repeatedly out of Alan Knott gloves while Underwood had everyone else including Viv and Lloyd then totally at sea.

Emburey cannot hold a candle to Derek Underwood in them conditions sah. They didn’t used to call him Deadly Derek fuh nutting.

In reply to imusic

My friend you mentioned you did not see RBK in his hey day.
Maybe this will help you understand why he is rated so highly.

In reply to CricSham

Fantastic article!

Thank you for sharing.

In reply to imusic

I have seen Rowe bat and nothing in cricket could be more pleasing to the eye. But as a stroke-maker i.e. dominating, innovative and skillful RBK takes the crown. Just his on-drive (balance) and twinkle-toes to spinners says all. And that is even considering- Eddy to Rowe who cuts, fielder moves to his rightand fields. Eddy to Rowe who cuts, fielder moves to his left and stops. Eddy to Rowe and he cuts later...much later and no.one moves as it races into the fence for 4

In reply to imusic

Who was the Author ?

In reply to tc1

Someone named Sham Samaroo

In reply to tc1

The Author of this post

Lawrence Rowe. As a youngster watching cricket on tv for the first time I heard about this Yagga Rowe and I think it was Sabina Park and they were using him as an opening batsman at the time with Roy Fredricks. A straight drive past the bowler against Imran Khan I think was the bowler never seen a cricket shot for four played so effortlessly since that day.

In reply to imusic

Underwood was special,man could bowl all day for 30+ runs.

In reply to Raggs

That was against Chris Old bowling from the southern end. Rowe went on to make a ton while Fredricks gave it away in his 90s.

That was the game before Rowe's 302 at Kensington Oval.

In reply to Drapsey

Ok bro…you remembered more than me.

In reply to Brerzerk

Yes, Imusic said it was Samaroo

In reply to Drapsey

Yagga had it in for dem because of an incident t in the JA s Poms match prior to the test. He made a Viv type 49. They appealed for a "caught behind" and their response to the not out decision suggested Yagga cheated by not walking. Rowe shook his fist at old then proceeded to cart him for 5 consecutive 4's

Happy Birthday Babu!

For all Cricket lovers…RBK gives us a blow by blow account of the tied test.

…”Grout could only spoon the ball up high to me at backward square-leg. I tucked myself right underneath it, my eyes glued to the ball and my hands scooped like a bucket to welcome it in. But, un-known to me, Wes had changed direction on his follow-through and was charging towards the now dropping ball.
Ever seen a steamroller running away down a bank? That’s what it must have looked like to the horrified onlookers. Someone gasped: “Wes, no Wes” and

RBK In his own words on the tied test in 1961

In reply to CricSham

The Babu left out the most colorful part....the cussing he put on Wes after that dropped catch incident.

In reply to googley

Kanhai cussed?

In reply to googley