The Unpopular Opinions Thread

[SillyCowCorner1]

If Ramnaresh Sarwan didn't injure himself in his debut test as captain. He would have gone on to be the most successful skipper of the Windies team.

 

[Engle]

Finger spin is the best form of bowling
Attritional cricket on slow dead pitches is entertaining
The Nagpur wicket wasn't that bad
Performances against minnows, on flat decks, and playing at home should all be considered just as important
Gavaskar isn't a racist
Kohli should bat at 4 in ODIs
Some women could complete in top level mens cricket
The best policy to deal with bowlers who chuck is to just ban any bowler that looks dodgy, regardless of what testing shows
On that note - the ICC testing for chucking lacks transparency and that's a problem
Asian desserts are good


Flame away

Fukk the chuck. Just allow everything. Good batsmen should be able to deal with arm bending anyways.

 

[garylyon]

Aussies play hard but fair

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

The first trundler to take over 500 test wickets was Anil Kumble

 

[OverratedSanity]

Dis-counting players' stats against minnows is completely fair.

 

[cnerd123]

Dis-counting players' stats against minnows is completely fair.

this isn't unpopular, this is the mainstream argument everyone agrees with.

 

[the big bambino]

Brett Lee's chainsaw celebration wasn't annoying at all.

Especially after he bullied out a No.11 that give him the figures of 1/99.

 

[Athlai]

Counting players stats against minnows is completely fair.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Dis-counting players' stats against minnows is completely fair.

Counting players stats against minnows is completely fair.

All depends on context bros

 

[OverratedSanity]

this isn't unpopular, this is the mainstream argument everyone agrees with.

Not on CW

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

The nagin dance is better than the gangnam style +champion dance put together

 

[cnerd123]

The nagin dance is better than the gangnam style +champion dance put together

this is also mainstream IMO. The nagin dance was one of the highlights of the Nidahas Trophy

 

[mr_mister]

There is nothing interesting about Renshaw or other slow paced see off the new ball type batsmen

 

[mr_mister]

Oh and Maxwell should bat at 3 in the test side

 

[garylyon]

Kohli is a nice humble guy who gets bad rep for just being really emotionally invested in the game

 

[Mr Miyagi]

Oh and Maxwell should bat at 3 in the test side

Is this even a thing?

Munro should play tests for NZC (was a thing).

Ryder should be recalled (was a thing).

 

[cnerd123]

Not on CW

there's been a bit of a revolution recently where some of us have come to value performances against minnows/at home now, for several good reasons, but I don't think that's the mainstream belief yet. Granted we haven't had much stats-crunching cricket talk lately, but wherever it does pop up people still tend to focus on performances against 'Top' teams and away from home.

 

[Mr Miyagi]

there's been a bit of a revolution recently where some of us have come to value performances against minnows/at home now, for several good reasons, but I don't think that's the mainstream belief yet. Granted we haven't had much stats-crunching cricket talk lately, but wherever it does pop up people still tend to focus on performances against 'Top' teams and away from home.

Warner's tour of Bangladesh was good for an Aussie batsman playing spin.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Kayes v2 is world class

 

[Mr Miyagi]

Kayes v2 is world class

specify, as a fielder?