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    Cipher replied to the thread Your ATG team pace bowling trio.
    Even in prolonged peaks you are going to have dips in form, performing brilliantly without failure for 5 years straight is highly...
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    Cipher replied to the thread Your ATG team pace bowling trio.
    So does that mean you think the main reason why Marshall got Gavaskar out cheaply/earlier more often compared to Imran is because his...
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    Cipher replied to the thread Your ATG team pace bowling trio.
    I already removed those two games hence the brackets (where he bowled). That is not quite correct, although I was partially wrong too...
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    Cipher replied to the thread Your ATG team pace bowling trio.
    No you're just trying to disregard that the other two had higher batting averages/were better players, which called into question your...
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    Cipher reacted to Thala_0710's post in the thread Your ATG team pace bowling trio with Like Like.
    If I'd make a case for Imran to be in the XI, I'd actually focus more on the fact that you have the 2 greatest new ball bowlers ever...
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    Cipher reacted to Thala_0710's post in the thread Your ATG team pace bowling trio with Like Like.
    The thing is others have better and more consistent performances. Marshall and Hadlee have the same/more no of 5fers/10fers as Imran...
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    Cipher reacted to Thala_0710's post in the thread Your ATG team pace bowling trio with Like Like.
    I don't think so tbh. Barring Lillee for Imran, I wouldn't make the change for any of the other teams. You don't change the best bowler...
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    Cipher reacted to kyear2's post in the thread Your ATG team pace bowling trio with Info Info.
    And the WI lineup in '88, the one which they base his record on was a distinctly weaker one than even in '84. It's wasn't an AT it...
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    Cipher replied to the thread Your ATG team pace bowling trio.
    Yes the middle order was McCosker, Chappell & Walters. Those 3 I said earlier were test standard or better. But lets compare them to the...
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    Cipher replied to the thread Your ATG team pace bowling trio.
    My original point was that Marshall was slightly better at getting the best batsmen out. You disputed this by saying Imran played...
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    Cipher replied to the thread Your ATG team pace bowling trio.
    That was to compare them both against similar opposition. You can't compare how Marshall would have gone against the west indies. Not...
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    Cipher replied to the thread Your ATG team pace bowling trio.
    Correct. Sri Lanka vs Pakistan Individual Batsmen by comparison
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    Cipher replied to the thread Your ATG team pace bowling trio.
    Also just to add Marshall was competing with Holding, Garner, Roberts, Walsh etc. for wickets whereas Khan was competing with bowlers of...
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    Cipher replied to the thread Your ATG team pace bowling trio.
    Slifer's already answered this but if we compare them during the 80's & remove WI & Sri Lanka from Imran's record (which is fair because...
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    Cipher replied to the thread Your ATG team pace bowling trio.
    Fair & agreed regarding complimentary bowling styles. I thought you might have been excluding Marshall outright for a lesser bowler & I...

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