00:00In this rare footage, we are transported back to Old Trafford, Manchester, July 1984.
00:06The fourth test match between England and the mighty West Indies.
00:09The stage belonged unexpectedly to Winston Davis.
00:13Sent in by skipper Clive Lyde as a night watchman, Winston Davis was expected to merely see of
00:18the shine.
00:19Instead, he blossomed into an unlikely hero, carving out a memorable inning of 77 runs
00:25from 146 balls in 180 minutes, laced with 10-4s and a soaring sack.
00:31On a day plagued by interruption for bad light, Winston Davis brightened the gloom with a career-based
00:37effort, sharing a crucial six-wicket partnership of 170 runs with the indomitable Gordon Greenwich.
00:44Early in his stay, he survived testing spells from Ian Botham, Norman Covins, and Paul Allard.
00:50So sit back, watch, and relish this forgotten gem of West Indies Cricket.
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01:24And a very competent night watchman facing.
01:27well he's been playing it with a stick of rhubarb out there
01:45beautiful shot through the offside
01:53and some great work in the field
02:00and that's brought the biggest round of applause in the morning as you would expect from the local boy Graham Fowler
02:06really was a magnificent piece of work there
02:10so many people would have given that away before
02:13tremendous enthusiasm and application there
02:20that takes Winston
02:24so it's both of them again
02:29and he's not monitoring to Rani knows that score from the moment it left the bat
02:34it's already over the ropes
02:37that was a short one intended bound to properly and it got the cross back to Wallop
02:42so that rattle in four takes West Indies past 300
02:46302 now for five, 16 of those to Davis
02:49and hold your horses he says
02:51the captain's talking in fact David Gower having a word there at the second slip
02:56he decided to play that a little bit more elegantly
03:07stroking the way on the offside this time for two
03:10so there's another one he's guarded up over the top of the slip
03:27so there's another one he's guarded up over the top of the slip before
03:40I know that Tom was a shot that I gather Leary constantly I used to play quite frequently
03:53he paddled out gently over the slips
03:57no danger at all
03:59it looked a quite deliberate shot
04:01he's raced on to
04:13this one Norman Cowan's away
04:15in fact that is about the length for anybody having a good swing at it
04:26not that bad of all
04:30that's the big heath
04:49I think Norman Cowan's would much sooner have bowled at Headingley
04:53on a wicket which gave help all the way through to the quicker bowlers
04:57and on this which has done really absolutely nothing for him
05:01and Davis the face
05:04and he's crushed him again
05:06full swing of the bat
05:09ruttled it away for four more
05:16and a tremendous heave this by
05:19Winston Davis right in the middle of the bat
05:21and that brings up the 50 partnership
05:25at which Winston Davis is the senior scorer
05:30and he's just steered that away for slip again that's four more
05:42a slip again that's four more
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06:48It's just the three runs this time.
06:58Another excellent shot here. See how still he keeps. Keeps his head still.
07:06Nick Cook is coming on from the Warwick Road end. Busy sorting Herdy's field.
07:12Decides at the moment.
07:16So there's a very deep mid-wicket out on the boundary. There's a deep square leg.
07:24Both of them stays at slip. It's about to be joined by Gower plus a short leg.
07:33He does decide to have a swing. It's a brave man at short leg there.
07:46Quite sure Harold Bird's set in the field at the moment.
07:54He's brought the poke off a bit squarer.
07:56He's brought the poke off a bit squarer.
08:06All that elaboration on the leg side field short but outside the off stump.
08:10And that's wiped away for four.
08:14Four to six now to Winston-Davis.
08:28Shots that very finely. Couldn't have been missing by more than an inch or so.
08:42I think we'll find this is very close indeed. About an inch at the most.
08:54One more run added to take the score at lunch up to 342 for five.
09:05It's going to be safe.
09:08Just a yard in it for Chris Broad. He made good ground.
09:12But it also gives Winston-Davis his half century.
09:16And that is a very good innings from the man listed to come in.
09:20In this West Indian line up at number 11.
09:32Nick Cook.
09:34Well done. Well fielded. Saved runs there. Ian Botham.
09:43Just flicked down his gloves on the way through.
09:58Oh, it's gone down. And what disappointment for Nick Cook.
10:01They're never easy but it was straight forward enough to Alan Lamb away to his left hand side.
10:09Winston-Davis didn't really get hold of it properly.
10:13Norman Cowan just got the job now.
10:16Try and break this partnership.
10:22There's the full toss. That's four runs.
10:25Nice friendly delivery.
10:27And we might well see another spurt from Winston-Davis now.
10:36That really was an excellent shot because they're not that easy to pick up.
10:41But he hit that like a rocket.
10:47I think one of the Dodgers would have been proud of that, Tom.
10:49Pocock now has the chance to bowl into the breeze.
10:56Cook had that opportunity a little earlier.
10:59We've got shin guards on.
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11:13Face guards.
11:15Helmets.
11:17Still the Bassman managers to get through.
11:19Six of the best.
11:20And an umbrella or two up at the moment.
11:33Coming up towards tea time.
11:4925 past three now.
11:51Tea at 3.40.
11:524.37 will fire.
11:53They've seen no English success.
11:54Here's Pocock.
11:56Falling.
11:58And he thoroughly deserved that Pat Pocock.
12:00At long last, he might say.
12:02And in fact, he's probably saying so.
12:06What a good innings from Winston-Davis.
12:09Within 23 of his century, that might sound a lot.
12:12But it's a great achievement for number 11 to come in as night watchman yesterday evening.
12:27And back right through until just before tea the following day.
12:31Must be a very pleased young man.
12:33Brought him to the side in place of Marshall who was injured.
12:37And out now at the 77 bowled by Pat Pocock who thoroughly deserved a success.
12:46And one of those innings that will be remembered any time a tail-ender or a night watchman comes out and does something similar.
12:55They say, well, remember Winston-Davis at Old Traff at 984.
12:59But once settled, he played with freedom, confidence and resolve.
13:02His inning was more than a personal triumph.
13:05It provided the backbone for West Indies, imposing first-inning total of 500.
13:10A score that would eventually crush England by an innings and 64 runs.
13:15For connoisseurs of cricket, watching Winston-Davis in full flow is a pure delight.
13:19A reminder of the depth and strength of that fabled West Indies squad of the 1980s.
13:26In any other time or for any other country, Winston-Davis would surely have been a regular fixture in test whites.
13:33But fate placed him alongside a galaxy of fast-boiling greats.
13:37His opportunities limited by the sheer abundance of Caribbean riches.
13:42Yet on that Manchester day in 1984, Winston-Davis stepped out of a shadow and left his imprints on test history.
13:50A night watchman he may have been, but his innings shone with the morning light of unexpected brilliance.
13:55Winston-Davis was a tall right-arm fast-boiler from St. Winston's, who briefly shone in the powerful West Indies side of the 1980s.
14:04He was best remembered for his record-breaking 7-for-51 against Australia in the 1983 World Cup.
14:11He possessed pace and bounds, but found regular opportunities scarce as the West Indies already boosted a fearsome battery of quick-ballers.
14:18A capable lower-order best man, he occasionally produced valuable runs.
14:24Winston-Davis remains a respectable figure in Caribbean cricket, a reminder of the extraordinary depth of the talent of the Western days enjoyed during their cold era.
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