SaeedAnwar
U19 Debutant
so who was better in ODIS?
Yeah, Anwar's at a disadvantage because he was opening- and not just opening for any country, but Pakistan.Dont like comparing openers to middle-order bats at the ebst of times. But i do believe when Lara did open in ODIs, he was quite fantastic - probably better Anwar.
Agarkar has a hundred at Lords.Who is the better batsman -
Saeed Anwar or Ajit Agarkar?
I was of the belief that Lara stopped opening just to give some solidarity to the middle-order. A brilliant Lara half-century opening the batting was often followed by 5/60 loss in the middle/lower order.Agarkar has a hundred at Lords.
If Lara had continued to opening he would have challenged Sachin spot as the best ever odi bat, still don't know why he stopped opening.
i dont know how he hit that century at lords, other then that innings his test batting record is terribleAgarkar has a hundred at Lords.
If Lara had continued to opening he would have challenged Sachin spot as the best ever odi bat, still don't know why he stopped opening.
I was of the belief that Lara stopped opening just to give some solidarity to the middle-order. A brilliant Lara half-century opening the batting was often followed by 5/60 loss in the middle/lower order.
Tendulkar is close to a unique record in tests - scoring a century home and away v all teams in tests. Only Zimbabwe away and Bangladesh home are missing I think. As Zimbabwe don't play tests any longer this is one record Tendulkar probably won't have.also did lara score century against every team? i think he did.
Looking at Lara's record it seems modest but thats only because the great man fell off tremendously in the mid 2000 (when he should have probably retired). People like me rank him highly (and above Anwar) because we remember him takin apart the best ODI fast bowlers in the early 90s in the Total intl series in RSA (93), in the World cup 92, WSC 96/97 in Oz, 153 in ODI final in Sharjah vs Waqar etc,Do people realise this is ODI only? That means Lara's first class record should not be taken into account. The comprehension levels around here are amazingly low. And what the hell does Tendulkar have to do with this thread? The OP clearly stated Anwar and Lara in ODI's only.
One giant facepalm, kiddies.
I think Anwar did a lot to revamp ODI cricket with his attacking style. A strike rate of 80 is good but not brilliant these days it was pretty good back in the early 90's, especially for a top order batsman.
Can someone explain to me what is so brilliant about Lara's ODI record? Anwar still holds the highest ODI score.
While I believe Lara is probably the best test batsman to debut post second world war, his impact on ODI's was always marginal. The way he through his wicket away against Australia in the 96 world cup semi final will always be a black mark on his name. West Indies should have won that game easily and gone into the final.
Though Anwar wasnt in the 1992 winning team.
Its a close call but I believe Anwar had a larger impact on ODI's as Lara though they were about equal in their ODI performances.