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Legends of Cricket [Box Set] [DVD]

Legends of Cricket [Box Set] [DVD]
Legends of Cricket

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If it were just about Shane Warne and Wasim Akram this would be worth getting, but this DVD box set features 575 minutes on so many great cricketers.

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It has often been said that you can best judge the quality of a sporting team by the talents of the players left out, and never has this been better illustrated than with ESPN's Legends of Cricket. There has been a vast array of excellent cricketers throughout history, which is of course no more evident than in the modern game. However, this fascinating series aims to pick out the very best of the bunch. A distinguished panel of 15 extremely highly regarded cricketing authorities, including Wasim Akram, Ian Botham, Allan Border and Dickie Bird, will aim to pick out histories very best. Featuring superb, action packed archive footage and in-depth interviews with the selected players, Legends of Cricket is a must have for all cricket enthusiasts. Cricketers featured; Len Hutton, WG Grace, Ian Botham, Wally Hammond, Sir Jacob Hobbs, Alan Border, Steve Waugh, Keith Miller, Dennis Lillee, Sir Donald Bradman, Shane Warne, Frank Worrell, George Headley, Malcolm Marshall, Sir Vivian Richards, Sir Garfield Sobers, Barry Richards, Graeme Pollock, Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar, Wasim Akram and Imran Khan.


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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #3333 in DVD
  • Released on: 2008-11-03
  • Rating: Exempt
  • Formats: Box set, Black & White, Colour, Dolby, PAL
  • Number of discs: 6
  • Running time: 575 minutes

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Synopsis
This programme celebrates the contribution of Australia, England, India, Pakistan, South Africa, and the West Indies throughout cricketing history, by hand-picking the best cricketers each country has produced. An elite panel of experts including Wasim Akram, Ian Botham, Allan Border and Dickie Bird, discuss their choices, further enhanced by fantastic archive footage. Each LEGENDS OF CRICKET programme also features interviews with that country's cricket heroes, including Steve Warne, Keith Miller, Dennis Lillee, Sir Donald Bradman, Len Hutton, WG Grace, Ian Botham, Wally Hammond, Sir Jacob Hobbs,Wasim Akram, Imran Khan, Barry Richards, Greg Chappell, Graeme Pollock, Frank Worrell, George Headley, Malcolm Marshall, Sir Vivian Richards and Sir Garfield Sobers.