Bradman vs The others

[THE DON]

How would the greatest bowlers Malcom Marshall and SF Barnes do agaisnt the greatest batsman Don Bradman and who could have stopped Bradman.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Who could have stopped Bradman?

Harmo.

 

[Adamc]

A good spinner on a slow, turning subcontinental pitch might have tested him. He probably would not have come across such conditions often in his career.

 

[a massive zebra]

Harmo.

Definitely not. Bradman was never seriously troubled by any fast bowler, even on the bodyline tour he averaged over 50.

If he was to struggle against anyone it would be a spinner - Hedley Verity got him out 11 times in Tests, more than anyone else.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Definitely not. Bradman was never seriously troubled by any fast bowler, even on the bodyline tour he averaged over 50.

If he was to struggle against anyone it would be a spinner - Hedley Verity got him out 11 times in Tests, more than anyone else.

Is there really a need to take everything so seriously?!

 

[a massive zebra]

Is there really a need to take everything so seriously?!

How was I to know you were joking? You seem to rate Harmison very highly.

 

[luckyeddie]

How was I to know you were joking? You seem to rate Harmison very highly.

Harmo

EDIT: No, I don't know why I typed that either. I'll go and have a lie down.

 

[Adamc]

How was I to know you were joking? You seem to rate Harmison very highly.

Neil ≠ Marc.

 

[chicane]

How was I to know you were joking? You seem to rate Harmison very highly.

Harmo sucks! (Don't need to take it seriously )

 

[Neil Pickup]

Harmo sucks! (Don't need to take it seriously )

OK, someone's gonna get banned...

[Thought Control, copyright ICC, 2004]

 

[Ford_GTHO351]

Sure the likes of Verity etc. got Bradman out more often than others, but in all reallity, there would be really no one who could stop the greatest batsman ever.

Sure, possibly some of the great fast bowlers may have been able to get Bradman out, but IMO it would of been all too late as he would of probably scored a century at least by the time he would of been dismissed.

 

[twctopcat]

To get someone like Bradman out would require extreme consistency and the ability to manipulate the ball as you wish. Bradman was a test batsmen personified and therefore you would have to be as patient with bowling as he was persistent with his batting. Eventually everyone cracks.

 

[ReallyCrazy]

the great muralitharan will get him!

 

[tooextracool]

How would the greatest bowlers Malcom Marshall and SF Barnes do agaisnt the greatest batsman Don Bradman and who could have stopped Bradman.

i do believe that the likes of murali and warne would have tested him particularly on turning wickets aka SL.

 

[a massive zebra]

i do believe that the likes of murali and warne would have tested him particularly on turning wickets aka SL.

I seriously doubt Warne would have troubled him considering Tendulkar utterly humiliated Warne most times they faced eachother. Bradman himself admitted that Tendulkar played in a similar manner to the Don, but the Australian had a hugely superior record which suggests he may have been an upgraded Tendulkar.

 

[Neil Pickup]

I seriously doubt Warne would have troubled him considering Tendulkar utterly humiliated Warne most times they faced eachother. Bradman himself admitted that Tendulkar played in a similar manner to the Don, but the Australian had a hugely superior record which suggests he may have been an upgraded Tendulkar.

Which totally misses the fact that Tendulkar has so much more experience of playing spinners on Sub-Continental wickets than Bradman.

 

[a massive zebra]

Which totally misses the fact that Tendulkar has so much more experience of playing spinners on Sub-Continental wickets than Bradman.

Warne posed no problems for Tendulkar in Australia either. They have not just played against eachother in the subcontinent.

 

[Sanz]

I haven't watched Sir Don Bat, but with that kind of record at Internation level, I believe, he must have got some super natural ability as a batsman. IMO he was just too good to be troubled by any bowler present or past.

 

[chicane]

The great one would be even better on today's flat tracks, fast outfields and rules.

 

[badgerhair]

The great one would be even better on today's flat tracks, fast outfields and rules.

You'll no doubt be able to explain that, given that Bradman played in the era of the flattest tracks ever known, under an lbw Law which favoured the batsman outrageously, with fielding standards abysmal by today's standard, and in front of smaller stumps.