Maximus0723
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What batsmen did best against at least 3 of Holding, Roberts, Garner and Marshall.
He batted more often at 5 or 6 then he did at 3 or 4.Border rarely if ever batted below number-five, often four and occasionally three.
I think you're right about 1988 & 1991. But in terms of this particular thread, Holding & Garner (+ Roberts of course) were gone by then. And yes, 1986 was horrible.From memory I think Marshall missed one of the five and Holding another; the replacements, Milton Small and Winston Davis, were notably several classes behind. Not sure if Lamb made centuries in one or both of those games.
Funny thing about Lamb is for all his excellence in 1984, he was unable to do anything much in 1986 (even Gooch was almost tamed that series, which surely must be the most comprehensive thrashing any England Test side has ever received), I don't remember what he did in 1988, and from memory don't think he did much in 1991 either.
Allan Lamb's record against the West Indies is one of the great myths of cricketI was astonished to see how low Lamb's average was, given his three tons in 1984: perhaps Marshall, Holding & Garner didn't play in all three of those tests. No arguing with the facts though.
Possibly an even bigger myth than the Gavaskar one?Allan Lamb's record against the West Indies is one of the great myths of cricket
It is interesting to put all the scores of Gavaskar in these seven Tests. Here are all his innings in the order played.Against Roberts ,Marshall and holding
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Mohinder Amarnath comes top with 54.36 against them in 6 matches ,floowed by gavaskars 49.60 in 7 matches.
[B]Runs Bat Order Ground Start Date BOWLERS PLAYING[/B]
20 1 Kingston 23-Feb-1983 Roberts Holding Marshall Garner
0 1 Kingston 23-Feb-1983 Roberts Holding Marshall Garner
1 1 Port of Spain 11-Mar-1983 Roberts Holding Marshall Garner
32 1 Port of Spain 11-Mar-1983 Roberts Holding Marshall Garner
147* 1 Georgetown 31-Mar-1983 Roberts Holding Marshall Garner
2 1 Bridgetown 15-Apr-1983 Roberts Holding Marshall Garner
19 1 Bridgetown 15-Apr-1983 Roberts Holding Marshall Garner
18 1 St John's 28-Apr-1983 Roberts Holding Marshall
1 1 St John's 28-Apr-1983 Roberts Holding Marshall
0 1 Kolkata 10-Dec-1983 Roberts Holding Marshall
20 1 Kolkata 10-Dec-1983 Roberts Holding Marshall
236* [B][COLOR="Red"]4[/COLOR][/B] Chennai 24-Dec-1983 Roberts Holding Marshall