Did Brian lara waste is oneday cricket talent?

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

So Pietersen < Ganguly?

Yes. But that's irrelevant. Pietersen is not an opening batsman.

 

[PhoenixFire]

No I was just trying to gauge SS's thoughts, because he said that Gilchrist > KP, that's all.

 

[marc71178]

Can't really compare them - one is an opener, one isn't.

 

[Richard]

So Pietersen < Ganguly?

Probably, yes (may not always be so) but what's that to do with Gilchrist?

 

[Richard]

Indeed, which goes directly against the common claim that he's selfish. He's been the one giving Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin etc. a chance to bat up the order at his expense. It's certainly not to preserve his batting average.

I've never been too keen on this "X is a selfish batsman" stuff myself - IMO it's hogwash far, far more often than it's true.

 

[Richard]

No I was just trying to gauge SS's thoughts, because he said that Gilchrist > KP, that's all.

Right now Gilchrist has still achieved more than Pietersen, but I can't see that being the case for much longer.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

I've never been too keen on this "X is a selfish batsman" stuff myself - IMO it's hogwash far, far more often than it's true.

Many people argued that, given Lara's massive runscoring as the West Indies continued to lose, he was a selfish batsman. I don't see the logic there and I never did. It's not like Lara can donate his runs to other batsmen who aren't scoring them. He can only contribute runs personally. And he's done so to record-breaking tuneage.

 

[Richard]

I don't often make these sorts of posts but...
Exactly.