Average players who dominated great players

[thierry henry]

Hardly counts but sticks in my mind....Scott Styris dismissed Ricky Ponting 3 times in ODIs within the space of 18 months (equal most times he dismissed anyone) and two of them were clean bowled, no inside edge or anything, with Ponting playing regulation shots during the middle overs of the innings. Both just normal seam up deliveries.

Remember thinking it was bizarre when it happened once and unbelievable when it happened twice since Styris' seam-up stuff was as straight-up-and-down as it got.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Richard Ellison of all people knocked over the great man a couple of times cheaply at the back end of the 85 Ashes series iirc.

John Bracewell, who was much better than his record (and crazy coaching!) suggests, dominated AB the following year.

 

[Kirkut]

Ijaz Ahmed was very good against Mcgrath for a short time period.

 

[honestbharani]

so was Abdul Razzaq. He had McGrath's number in ODIs for sure.

 

[J_C]

Raju vs Lara.

 

[akilana]

Nel vs Lara

 

[Burgey]

Ashwin against Warner

 

[the big bambino]

Wasim Raja v West Indies.

 

[cnerd123]

Ashwin against Warner

Warner hasn't dominated Ashwin, what on Earth have you been watching

 

[stephen]

Flintoff over Gilchrist.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Flintoff 'average'?

 

[Zinzan]

Flintoff 'average'?

Compared to Gilchrist he most certainly is.....

 

[honestbharani]

Posters have definitely not gotten the spirit of the thread, I feel. There is a big difference between an average player dominating a great player and a lesser player dominating a better player. Cronje (as a bowler) Vs Sachin is the former, Flintoff Vs Gilchrist is the latter.

 

[Burgey]

Warner hasn't dominated Ashwin, what on Earth have you been watching

Irrelevant **** like the Hong Kong Big Snoozefest or whatever the **** it's called, and SL v Bangladesh.

 

[honestbharani]

Burgey Vs ***** - a more entertaining feud than all of the WM feuds gng on currently in the WWE.

 

[Burgey]

It's not a feud, it's like Bangladesh cricket - a non-event.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Ijaz Ahmed was very good against Mcgrath for a short time period.

Not for a short time either..had a phenomenal record against Australia - both 95 and 99 and those were his only two series in Australia.

I am tempted to say Salim Malik vs Warne but he was by an large considered a great player of spin anyway

 

[Black_Warrior]

*****, time for your Habibul Bashar vs Allan Border thread

 

[cnerd123]

Irrelevant **** like the Hong Kong Big Snoozefest or whatever the **** it's called, and SL v Bangladesh.

The fact that you tuned in to the HKT20 Blitz is a win for me

 

[Zinzan]

Burgey Vs ***** - a more entertaining feud than all of the WM feuds gng on currently in the WWE.

Burgs is the next cab off the rank... Hurricane & HDS are goneski.