Australian YouTuber Rob Moody wins fans over for posting endless hours of cricket footage

re have been very few events in last century which has triggered global shutdown of sports like vel coronavirus has. All major sporting events in world, including Olympics, have been postponed in light of coronavirus outbreak that has brought world to a standstill. As cricket fans try to survive through a time where t a single game is being played, Australian YouTuber Rob Moody has been reason behind many smiles.

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Rob Moody: story behind YouTube's 'Robelinda2'

Many ardent cricket lovers might have come across a YouTube account called robelinda2. channel is owned by 42-year-old Australian cricket enthusiast Rob Moody. According to a report by Fox Sports Australia, Moody is owner of 25,000 DVDs and VHS tapes which chronicle almost all of cricket that has been played in Australia or involving national side for last 35 years.

se days, Moody is trying to brighten days of cricket fans as he shares rare clips from his collection as he has plenty of time on his hands. As report mentions, Moody works on cruise ships and owns a guitar teaching studio which has all been shut due to coronavirus lockdown. Moody is w spending time at his home with his kids and his free time is used in sharing rare cricket clips onto his channel.

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About Robelinda2

Rob Moody used to be an opening batsman himself at club level and started uploading cricket videos to YouTube when a few friends of him asked for a rare Greg Blewett Shield innings from 90s. Since n, Rob Moody's YouTube channel of cricket videos has grown to over 600,000 subscibers and hosts some pretty rare moments of cricketing history. Moody explained how since he does t own rights to his clips, he often faces legal trouble from cricket boards across globe. It is for same reason that Moody does t upload newer tournament clips to his YouTube channel.

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Moody mentioned how Cricket Australia could also have shut him down but board has never taken any action against him. In end, Moody said that his hobby of uploading and collecting cricket videos is for himself and fans of his channel. Moody's favourite cricketer is Australian legend Adam Gilchrist and he maintains that money-making is t goal of robelinda2 channel. Australian was grateful that his videos could make people happy in times like today.

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