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Sir Don Bradman vs Sir Gary Sobers

karan316

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I don't like the "vs" thread that much but they are quite popular here,
Looking at the Sachin vs Murali thread where a bowler is compared to a batsmen,
I got a bit inspired to open this thread. a great batsmen vs a great all rounder..

Who was better? Sobers or Bradman...
 

OverratedSanity

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Heard many people say that bradman is an all rounder,.. He bats and he bats... Couldn't agree more

Ask yourself what's rarer? A batsman averaging almost a 100 after 20 years of cricket or a great batsman who was a handy bowler... There's your answer
 

Agent Nationaux

International Coach
Heard many people say that bradman is an all rounder,.. He bats and he bats... Couldn't agree more

Ask yourself what's rarer? A batsman averaging almost a 100 after 20 years of cricket or a great batsman who was a handy bowler... There's your answer
Why use Sobers when you have 3 ATG quicks and either Warne or Murali in your ATG team. He would be useless as a bowler.

Batting wise, there isn't any contest.
 

smash84

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But I am talking about him as a bowler for any given team. He can be used to tie up an end but I don't think he can be used as a frontline bowler. With Bradman you basically get the effectiveness of 2 batsmen
 

karan316

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Heard many people say that bradman is an all rounder,.. He bats and he bats... Couldn't agree more

Ask yourself what's rarer? A batsman averaging almost a 100 after 20 years of cricket or a great batsman who was a handy bowler... There's your answer
What you mean? If something is rare, its more in value? Bradman's rare stats make him the best?
 
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karan316

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But I am talking about him as a bowler for any given team. He can be used to tie up an end but I don't think he can be used as a frontline bowler. With Bradman you basically get the effectiveness of 2 batsmen
Yeah, but for that, you would also need the ineffective bowlers of that era bowling to him.
 

OverratedSanity

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What you mean? If something is rare, its more in value? Bradman's rare stats make him the best?
Um, yes? The fact that no one in history averages even 30 runs close to him obviously makes him special. Sobers isn't even unequivocally the best all rounder. There isn't anyone within a million miles of Bradman in his discipline


Yeah, but for that, you would also need the ineffective bowlers of that era bowling to him.
They were probably ineffective because of Bradman. And please stop. This line of argument just goes down a completely illogical route which I'm sure everyone has seen a hundred times before
 
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Burgey

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In bowling average Sobers is closer to (quite close) Ishant Sharma than he is to Imran :ph34r:
Sobers would be in an atg team as a batsman anyway, and if he isn't then his bowling would probably get him in if he was on level pegging with another great batsman who didn't roll the arm over, or wasn't as great a fielder.
 

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Comparing Bradman to anyone is stupid because he's a complete anomaly.
 

watson

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And in terms of batting average, Sobers is closer to Shane Warne than Bradman.
If I remember rightly, Sobers averaged about 73 for the best part of a decade. So for 10 years, comparing Sobers and Bradman would be somewhat similar to comparing Michael Atherton and Len Hutton, or Mike Smith and Walter Hammond (if you want to make such assumptions).
 
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kyear2

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Bradman is the greatest batsman ever,Sobers the greatest cricketer. Arguably top three batsman, best All Rounder and fifth bowler ever and possibly the greatest fielder to play the game, brilliant slip as well.
 

Agent Nationaux

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Kallis would make a better 5th bowler.

And why is he the best cricketer ever? Bradman is equivalent of 2 ATG batsmen, whereas Sobers is an ATG batsman and Umar Gul.
 

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