Sir Viv was amazing, half the time he seemed like he wasn't even bothered what was bowled at him...but when he was bothered... It was a case of " pick a stand and I'll put it there "...
They could bowl very well and accurately but I must admit there was a lot of " Chin Music " in those days.... Where have they gone ? The late, great Tony Cozier blamed it on the satellite TV beamed out from the US.... All their athletic sportsmen saw there was more money to be made in Basketball...
It was an endless and seamless ( excuse the pun ! ) production line of quicks through the 70's and 80's that, with a formidable batting line up spelt doom for England