Pratham Chhabria | 1:27pm BST 26 Might 2025
Half 8
Pratham: One other ultimate tour that you simply made to a unique place – the subcontinent in ’74-’75.
Lance Gibbs: India.
Pratham: Yeah.
Pratham: I used to be earlier speaking in regards to the spin “quartet”- you outbowled them there in that sequence.
They’d success as effectively, however you probably did a fairly good job to trump that.
Pratham: This was additionally the final sequence that Tiger Pataudi, the Nawab…
Lance Gibbs: He died.
Pratham: Sure, sadly.‘74-’75 was the final sequence he captained.
Pratham: You’d seen him play on his very first tour (India tour to Caribbean in ‘61-’62 the place
Gibbs took 8 for six) until now. What did you make of him as an individual & captain?
Lance Gibbs: He was a pleasant fella, actual good.
Lance Gibbs: He was an excellent captain. You understand, you can at all times inform what he was going to do.
I may inform what he’s going to do.
Pratham: I’ve heard he would gamble lots when it comes to choice?
Lance Gibbs: I’ve by no means actually gone into the collection of opposition groups and issues.
Pratham: Truthful sufficient. Had been you guys associates?
Lance Gibbs: Yeah. My spouse stayed at his home as a visitor.
Pratham: Your ultimate Take a look at tour and sequence normally was in Australia in ’75-’76.
Pratham: Once I hear about individuals talking about it from the West Indian camp, they usually
point out that it had a really lasting affect on the psyche of West Indian cricket to some extent.
Pratham: The argument is that being in that cauldron of an atmosphere and shedding within the
method the West Indies did (5-1 loss) did actually spark the pattern and push in direction of a unique
tempo dominant method from the West Indian crew on an entire.
Pratham: Pardon me, however there’s an anecdote from Ian Chappell in regards to the tour that I at all times did
need to ask you about.
Lance Gibbs: What was it?
Pratham: He stated that Jeff Thomson was bowling to you and also you approached him (Ian
Chappell).
Pratham: And also you advised him -“I’ve received a spouse and child at dwelling, please ensure that he doesn’t
blow my head off.”
Lance Gibbs: Hahahaha!
Pratham: Do you keep in mind Jeff Thomson?
Lance Gibbs: Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Pratham: Was he the quickest bowler you ever noticed?
Lance Gibbs: Certainly one of them.
Lance Gibbs: (On the quote) Man, pay attention – if you find yourself batting at quantity 11, and also you exit
there, all of the fellas try to get an additional wicket (chuckles).
Pratham: All ramping up (their tempo).
Lance Gibbs: Hahahaha!
Pratham: There may be one second I used to be gonna ask you about.
Pratham: thirty first January, 1976. That is your ultimate Take a look at match on that Australian tour. Ian Redpath,
bowled Gibbs, caught Holding.
Pratham: Quantity 308. That is the main wicket that you simply take to go previous Fred Trueman because the
main wicket taker on this planet.
Pratham: So now we’ve reached the Mount Everest of bowling if you wish to put it that means.
Pratham: Do you may have any reminiscence of what was stepping into your thoughts whenever you had been nearly there
and whenever you received there?
Lance Gibbs: Probably not, not likely.
Lance Gibbs: I play cricket laborious to the top, you understand. To finish, I play laborious. When strolling off the
subject, it’s a unique factor.
Pratham: There was a dialogue I heard of getting a profit match versus India for you in ‘76
after they toured. Like supplying you with a ultimate sport there. And that concept was not proceeded with?
Lance Gibbs: I’m not conscious of that in any respect.
Pratham: Oh, okay.
Pratham: After you retired, did you concentrate on teaching any of the spin bowlers that had been
arising within the Caribbean?
Lance Gibbs: No.
Lance Gibbs: You see, you’ll know the bowlers as they arrive on into the Take a look at facet. And to
pull them apart and begin taking care of them alone…it’s a unique factor.
Pratham: After you retired, you went into the transport enterprise? Is that appropriate?
Lance Gibbs: Mmhhmm.
Pratham: And so what made you interested by that?
Lance Gibbs: I used to be in transport earlier than I turned a cricketer.
Pratham: I see. So that you simply went again to…
Lance Gibbs: One thing that I like.
Pratham: Truthful sufficient. And what was your motivation for shifting to Miami?
Lance Gibbs: That’s the place the transport was all about. Main industrial vessels.
Lance Gibbs: If you understand a man in Miami – you need to ship one thing, you’ll get in contact with
Lance Gibbs. Trigger you understand him.
Pratham: What was your involvement in establishing the Broward County Cricket Stadium that we
see in Lauderhill? My understanding is that you simply had been concerned in that to a level.
Lance Gibbs: Getting the bottom proper.
Pratham: So that you oversaw the pitch preparation…
Lance Gibbs: Getting good wickets…trigger you understand, you’re given a floor. And also you’ve received
wickets on the bottom however they don’t seem to be effectively ready and stuff. I helped alongside the road.
Pratham: Do you go generally to observe matches?
Lance Gibbs: Yeah, yeah – I am going there regular!
Pratham: You’ve been married to your spouse Pleasure for 50 years now. At your wedding ceremony in ‘63, the late
Sir Clyde Walcott was your finest man.
Pratham: What sort of a job has your spouse performed throughout your profession? And how much function has
Clive performed as a supply of help? I do know he retired earlier – 1960 was his final sport.
Pratham: However what kind of function have each performed in supporting your profession?
Lance Gibbs: No matter recommendation you can need.
Lance Gibbs: My spouse is aware of all of the cricketer’s names and various things and that. So I didn’t
have to fret – have a look at that.
Lance Gibbs: I may have stated what occurred in so so so so, and he or she would know!
Pratham: She has an encyclopedic sort of reminiscence…okay!
Pratham: So simply a few ultimate questions.
Pratham: You performed three one worldwide video games on the finish of your profession. And one in every of them,
the final of them truly, was a sport towards Sri Lanka within the first ever Cricket World Cup in ’75.
Pratham: What did you make of the format on the time? Did you are feeling you wanted to bowl just a little
bit otherwise in comparison with Take a look at cricket in ODIs?
Lance Gibbs: No, I bowled the identical means. Whoever I gotta bowl towards, I gotta look to get him
out.
Pratham: What’s essentially the most helpful factor you’ve gotten out of your enjoying days?
Lance Gibbs: Assembly good individuals.
Pratham: And that’s what’s continued that will help you alongside the best way.
Lance Gibbs: Yeah, yeah.
Pratham: And what’s one factor you miss essentially the most about your enjoying days?
Lance Gibbs: This week, for instance. I gained’t be going out. I’ll keep in the home all day.
Pratham: I see. So that you miss that potential to…
Lance Gibbs: Exit and…assist others and that sort of factor.
Pratham: If there’s one factor that you can say to the youth at this time who’re eager about enjoying
the sport, what wouldn’t it be?
Lance Gibbs: When you’re going to play a sport, you gotta play it laborious. You gotta play in the perfect
potential method and conduct you may give. And be good to individuals. That’s it!
Pratham: Alrighty. Effectively, that was it, Mr. Gibbs.
Pratham: I actually thanks for the time that you simply’ve taken out to sit down with me and chat about your
profession…your life…it’s been a pleasure.
Lance Gibbs: All the perfect!
Pratham: Recognize it!
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