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Recent content by smash84

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    *Official* Pakistan in Florida and Trinidad T20s/ODIs Tour 2025

    Driving from Canada to FL in the winters makes sense. In the summers, Canada is beautiful (barring the odd "heat wave").
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    *Official* Pakistan in Florida and Trinidad T20s/ODIs Tour 2025

    Why TF is this happening in FL? That place is just always stupidly hot.
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    Have India failed to capitalize on BUMRAH?

    I don't think so tbh. The series was set up in such a way that if Bumrah doesn't play this match India really lose the series. They might still lose of course but with Bumrah its a chance to even things up. Future series would likely not have this kind of set ups and so things should work out...
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    Have India failed to capitalize on BUMRAH?

    Not really. It is just one single test FFS. The guy is resilient. He's come back from a serious injury before as well. This is a hiccup not downhill.
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    Best Captain

    Sachin is probably the worst captain I have evee seen. Might also be for the fact that he was just such a great batsman, useful part timer, safe fielder, that it was hard to imagine how he could be so **** at captaincy.
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    5 greatest cricketers since Don’s retirement.

    I was hoping that someone would notice that reference
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    5 greatest cricketers since Don’s retirement.

    The ceiling and floor part makes sense and yes it is very difficult to say with any certainty about pre 1998 bowlers but it seems to me even looking at the footage that the professionalism in the game is much higher now and in the 1930s it does look very amateurish. But I agree that it is...
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    5 greatest cricketers since Don’s retirement.

    I think the fastest we ever saw was Shoaib Akhtar and he definitely gained much from improved diet and training. He would have petered out much sooner if he didn't have access to those. Heck even with those things he wasn't very fit let alone what he would be without those. The numbers bear him...
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    5 greatest cricketers since Don’s retirement.

    I think diet/fitness/medication/exercise not just allow you to have durability but also to build muscle mass, bone density, and strength. All of these significantly increase core strength. Plus improved training results in better run up and action resulting in just signficantly higher ceiling...
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    5 greatest cricketers since Don’s retirement.

    And Bumrah isn't even one of the faster bowlers going around today (i cbf looking it up).
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    5 greatest cricketers since Don’s retirement.

    I think Bumrah would be similar in pace to Imran, and Rabada may be quicker than Lillee.
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    5 greatest cricketers since Don’s retirement.

    Given how much fitness levels, diets, medicine, and general professionalism of the game had changed in the 50 years since Larwood played, it is very difficult to imagine him being faster than Imran or Wasim. It is possible but doesn't seem plausible.
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    All-Time World XIs

    Did his account just get hacked?
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    All-Time World XIs

    Imran and Viv
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    Jasprit Bumrah vs Imran Khan

    Khan.....for now
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