Yes Angelo is top class..but really was his innings in England any better than Darren's 200 in NZ? Not sure about Warner either..he done well in Sa but what's his record in Asia and England? i know he struggled in the caribbean the last time they came.
bit rich after all your rants to him
Mathews and Warner, like Bahnz are the only two I can think of. It depends on your definition on world class obviously but to me that means 'best of the best'. Guys like AB de Villers, Michael Clarke, Kumar Sangakkara etc. Bravo isn't near that class. He's with the likes of (in order of potential greatness) Kane Williamson, Virat Kohli, Joe Root and Steven Smith. Young batsman on the cusp of going to the next level. In all probability he'll probably drop away from that group as he's shown the least amount of growth out of the four over the last two years. Most definitely Williamson and Kohli anyway.Name batsmen in their 20s who are world class then Howsie? please enlighten me
Narine did bugger all in that second innings against NZ. Windies lost both tests and neither Benn nor Narine are to blame for that. You're better off blaming Ramdin than Benn.
Except for that time he couldn't get a wicket in the final innings of the 3rd test.
Not really a fair comparison - unless they're playing on an absolute minefield, most bowlers end up looking **** when they've only got 100 to defend because there's so little pressure on the batsmen. For example Boult and Southee were made to look like club bowlers by Gayle at the end of the 2nd test in June, mainly because Gayle new that he could tee-off with only 90 odd needed to win.
LOL how can that be the case when he scored a double hundred and then another hundred in his last six tests and continues to have a better average then the two you mentioned? Kane scores two hundreds against us and suddenly he's "grown more"? i don't get that logic.
Big difference being NZ were chasing a minor score in Narine's match...Sunny could have taken a 4fer and it probably wouldn't have made a difference. Benn on the otherhand had the chance to restrict the kiwis and went missing in action...
Narine has played everywhere outside the Caribbean and has not been called...therefore there are no "questions" as far as i'm concerned. For a guy being touted as a world-class match winning spinner the standard should be more than zero wickets in a final innings against New Zealand, even with a low score and KW.
Thank you..finally someone speaks with some logic.
gagf.as your last comment!!.. "questions" by who exactly? Haters who want to tar every mystery spinner with the same brush ajmal has been tarred with?
jealousy really is a bad disease.
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It translates to something not particularly polite. Honestly, accusing hendrix of jealousy wrt Narine is just dumb and pointlessly incendiary. And if Narine doesn't want people whispering about his action then he should stop bowling in ****ing long sleeves. It's become the biggest red flag ever since Ashwin made his comments about it earlier in the year (comments which were transparently aimed at Narine).Translate?
The jealousy comment was not just aimed at him but at anyone who has the nerve to start barking "Narine is throwing" when they didn't open their mouths before Ajmal was banned and there is no evidence to prove it right now!!
..that's my point. Furthermore who is "whispering"? not a single opposition player, commentator, journo or former player has talked about Narine...therefore that is why i believe some fans are jealous because their team simply hasn't got a Narine to call upon.
Surprisingly enough there is cricket played elsewhere in the world that doesn't involve the West Indies. Williamson's improvement as a batsman stretches a lot further back than a couple of months ago, about 18 months to be precise. Since the start of 2013 he's knocked out 1330 runs @ 50. Root 1600 @ 50, Smith 1120 @ 44 and Kohli 900 @ 40. Bravo during that same period has managed 674 @ 37.
I really don't get why you're using quotation marks here. Are you trying to insinuate that someone has kidnapped Ashwin and replaced him with a body double?Lasly would that be the same "Ashwin" who was trying to COPY Sunil's action the other day? i guess he was also "throwing" then aswell right?
Don't think you can read too much into one innings performance, didn't Shillingford have less runs to play with and a less responsive pitch in the first test in NZ yet he managed 4/26 - it can be a bit of a lottery i find
Darren has played less tests than those mentioned above though...and also going by your logic Kohli is going more backwards than Darren after that shocking England series right? but in reality he isn't..he just had a bad time and that's how the game goes...just like if Darren isn't tearing up the place it doesn't mean he isn't world class.
