Given the tonking he had from indians, would be very brave selector to put him in that Indian team.Reckon if MacGill were Indian they'd have had a better side with him.
Given the tonking he had from indians, would be very brave selector to put him in that Indian team.
MacGill's SR against India was better than Warne's: 83 / 91Given the tonking he had from indians, would be very brave selector to put him in that Indian team.
I think that my original perception of the Kumble-Harbhajan combination is wrong as the stat's don't back it up;I don't know about the comparison with MacGill, but it was really Harbhajan Singh who was the driving force behind the Indian spin-bowling attack.
In other words, Kumble would have been a fraction of the bowler he was, and little more more than a mediocre medium paced leggie without the guile and genius of Harbhajan Singh to carry him along.
True, but not in 2003/04. Australia had a weaker bowling lineup than usual and they rolled out the flat decks in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. India owned Lee, Williams, Bichel, Bracken and even Gillespie (though he wasnt 100% but bad luck, you step out onto the park its on you). MacGill didn't step up, he got tonked along with the others.MacGill's SR against India was better than Warne's: 83 / 91
And his Average was only slightly worse: 50 /47
However, these numbers against India don't mean too much as MacGill played a mere 4 Tests against India. Also, while Indians obviously play spin very well they have little idea against fast bowling unless they're playing on a pitch somewhere in their home country that has been doctored with a megadose of morphine so the ball never rises above the knee roll. And even then they tend to poo their pants rather than watch the ball on the bat. The point being that fast bowling is far more pertinent to contests with India.
In Africa = 31.33k00mble as I remember it benefited mightily from the extra bounce on offer here. I'm not saying he ran through sides, but they found him difficult to play due to that. It suited his style.
I'm a stats manIn Africa = 31.33
In Americas = 31.28
In Asia = 27.00
In Europe = 41.41
in Oceania = 38.20
The above averages show that Kumble did not benefit 'mightily' from the extra bounce in Australia (Oceania).
It seems that he was more potent when the ball kept low so he could more readily attack the stumps and go for lbws. Hence, in Asia his figures indicate a very good bowler, but outside of Asia Kumble he was little more than a middle-of-the-road bowler.
Did Dravid do the Gilette ads in India? Surprised they didn't go all the way and get Sachin.Indian cricket - particularly fans and media go along heavily with hype. Thus the poster boys, controversial/hyped viz Bhajji, Yuvi, Sehwag, Zaheer, Ganguly etc have a more fanatical support than the 'nice' non- controversial kids like Kumble, Laxman and even Dravid to some extent. The only people who support the poster boys and are also in a position of influence are the sponsors for whom the stars do ads. Well Kumble and Laxman do next to none and Dravid is most famously known for being the brand ambassador of a foreign brand along with Federer and Tiger Woods.