Poll 5: middle order for all time subcontinental XI

[CaptainGrumpy]

I didn't say Younis was inconsistent.

I never said that you did.

I will however say that you have a bit of a reading comprehension problem.

What is your basis for this assumption?

 

[cnerd123]

Just stop replying OS. Its like playing chess with a pidgeon.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Just stop replying OS. Its like playing chess with a pidgeon.

Atleast I can spell pigeon.

 

[cnerd123]

gagf

 

[Coronis]

Younis Khan: Humble record-breaker has left little room for doubt - Sport - DAWN.COM

Great article, quite underrated. Didn't he miss a bunch of cricket at the same time as Yousuf?

 

[Fusion]

I too believe Miandad was probably marginally superior to Younis. But going with your logic should you not be voting for Hazare instead of Dravid / Tendulkar? Rahul and Sachin had each other and also Laxman and Sehwag for support. Even Ganguly, Gambhir, Kohli and Dhoni played enough with them to release some of the pressure. Vijay Hazare OTOH was a lone gunslinger, more than Javed Miandad even.

Ah, but I’m comparing players of equal caliber (at least from a full career perspective) in Miandad and Younis, to place one slightly above the other. Hazare, as good as he was, is not an equal to Tendulkar/Dravid. I’m merely pointing out, that IMHO, Miandad had to shoulder more of the batting load and hence faced greater pressure in his career, than Younis has. I’m certainly not saying that being “the” man in your batting lineup automatically makes you better; instead I’m just using it as one of the criteria to differentiate players of similar stature.

 

[bagapath]

cool. just pausing for a moment to appreciate hazare for having weathered the storm from miller, lindwall, truman, bedser and statham and still average 50+ until the last two tests of his career brought the numbers down to a still very respectable 47.... and moving on...