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Not so sure about that, he is certainly better than Amla at this, but not particularly great.Made meaningless runs against poor opposition while AB always stepped it up against the best teams
Not so sure about that, he is certainly better than Amla at this, but not particularly great.Made meaningless runs against poor opposition while AB always stepped it up against the best teams
Doing well in IPL this year. May have a swansong left in him. But then again, IPL is meaningless, soLove Amla the test batsman, but in ODIs he's way behind AB. His career is almost over and in all the opportunities he's had, he's been disappointing in wcs... Made meaningless runs against poor opposition while AB always stepped it up against the best teams
At least it staves off the concerns that he might be done/his eye might have gone etc. Hope he still has a couple of good years left in him.Doing well in IPL this year. May have a swansong left in him. But then again, IPL is meaningless, so
What are you smoking?Not so sure about that, he is certainly better than Amla at this, but not particularly great.
Batting records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN CricinfoWhat are you smoking?
Taking the top 5 scores is very disingenuous. I'd say if you took the top 5 scores for someone like Sachin it'd be similar.Batting records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo
Of his top 5 ODI world cup scores, (4 hundreds and 1 99), 3 have come against the mighty West Indies, 1 against the unstoppable Netherlands, and 1 against the Desert Kings UAE.
Averages 29 in T20 world cups and 2 of the 4 50+ scores have come against Scotland/Afghanistan.
IDK man, maybe I am just high, but doesn't seem like legendary performance in pressure games to me.
Had a great 90 against Australia in the 07 wc, I think. Got runs vs India in the big run chase in 2011 vs Pak and NZ in 2015. It's not a glittering array of great innings or anything but he's had a few very good ones.What were his other good innings? Apart from the 60 against NZ
Somewhat agree with OS re your methodology as you'd expect a correlation between higher performance and facing markedly weaker opposition. There's also a number of very good innings in there against stronger opposition.Batting records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo
Of his top 5 ODI world cup scores, (4 hundreds and 1 99), 3 have come against the mighty West Indies, 1 against the unstoppable Netherlands, and 1 against the Desert Kings UAE.
Averages 29 in T20 world cups and 2 of the 4 50+ scores have come against Scotland/Afghanistan.
IDK man, maybe I am just high, but doesn't seem like legendary performance in pressure games to me.
Actually, Sachin's split is 3 - 3 against Minnows / Stronger teams (100s), for his 80+ scores, it's a bit skewed towards the stronger teams actually (2 of them in extremely high pressure games against Pak.)Taking the top 5 scores is very disingenuous. I'd say if you took the top 5 scores for someone like Sachin it'd be similar.
How is "always" , relative to Amla?I was obviously saying that relative to Amla.
FWIW I wasnt saying Amla is better than DeVilliers in ODIs at all. AB might be the second best ODI bat of all time. Was just saying I dont think that Amla should be dismissed easily.Dunno if this is as clean cut as that. Amla has been an outstanding opening batsman in ODIs, and is among the best of all time as an opener.
So which player always stepped up? Can't think of anybody. Sachin played countless numbers of knockout matches, 2 WC finals and 2 champions trophy finals. He flopped in those finals and has a middling record in other knockout matches. The more knockout matches you play, better the chances you can come off good.Actually, Sachin's split is 3 - 3 against Minnows / Stronger teams (100s), for his 80+ scores, it's a bit skewed towards the stronger teams actually (2 of them in extremely high pressure games against Pak.)
Anyway, I'm not saying ABD is bad, it's not as if 5 hundreds are easy to score, and 67/117 are mind-boggling figures, it's just that he has "not always stepped it up" if I was to use your words, in terms of great performances against strong teams in pressure games, he is good, but other players have been similar/better. IDK why people would question my sanity just for that.