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    *Official* Warne vs Murali Discussion

    Viv missed the 90-91 Pakistan tour.
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    *Official* Warne vs Murali Discussion

    Would have helped if you watched or followed Windies batting back then. Lara played 1 Test in that series and it was his debut in Test cricket. Including his name in the comparison is meaningless for all practical purposes. Greenidge was past it at 39. It was his second-last Test series and his...
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    *Official* Warne vs Murali Discussion

    You seem to be taking this personally. Go back and read my original post, I clearly mentioned "Let us not jump between the extremes here, I am NOT saying Windies line-ups were bad, all I am saying is Aussie line-up of 94-95 were much more dependable under tough conditions.". You just repeated...
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    *Official* Warne vs Murali Discussion

    Also Border had retired by then. Taylor was the captain. Boon was their most experienced batsman. The Team, in general was in it's ascent as the World's best team.
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    *Official* Warne vs Murali Discussion

    Healy in 94-95 was better than Dujon in 90-91. Healy actually scored 2 50s in the 94-95 series. Dujon's average was 6.00 (yes, 6 runs per innings, with highest score of 17). I am talking about the entire batting line-up (including the respective Wicket-keepers) as a whole. Why this repeated...
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    *Official* Warne vs Murali Discussion

    Not denying that Windies in 90-91 were the best team (mainly because of their phenomenal fast bowling). But I am comparing Aus batting line-up in 94-95 with Windies batting line-up in 90-91 (minus Richards - who did not make that tour). Greenidge (and Haynes) was clearly at the end of his...
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    *Official* Warne vs Murali Discussion

    2 Matches is too small a sample to decide one way or the other. Waqar never had a 5 WI against Aus (the best team during his era) in his career. Never did particularly well in Aus. IMO, those are pretty big holes if you expect his name to be taken in the same breath as Marshall's. Once again...
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    An Interview with Ian Bishop

    Apologies... should have added "IMO" rather than stating Lara as a bad team-man as a fact. Definitely agree that fault was not only on one side. Just that a few former players (some of them legends at that) as well as some of his own team mates (like Ridley Jacobs) did not approve of Lara's...
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    *Official* Warne vs Murali Discussion

    Oh, I didn't mean to put down Waqar's achievements. What he achieved during that time was phenomenal against any team. If Aus and SA teams (especially Aus) had also been demolished by him throughout a series in a similar manner, I feel, his achievements would have been noticed more clearly. Just...
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    An Interview with Ian Bishop

    Regardless, his respect (and fear) for Tendulkar's batting skill is very geniune. Not "Indian-media/public-flattering" quotes (or succumbing to Indian media/public pressure) like others.
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    *Official* Warne vs Murali Discussion

    But Waqar never played India at his peak. His first series against India was his debut series (as well as Tendulkar's) in 1989. His next series was in 1999. 10 years later. By which he was well past the "insane" peak period, which was from New Zealand series in 1990 to Sri Lanka series in 1994...
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    *Official* Warne vs Murali Discussion

    :) I can see where you are heading, but one big difference though, while there have been quite a few great fast bowlers who have at least had some success against Australia in Australia, there haven't been any great spinners who have had success against India in India (unless Saqlain qualifies...
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    *Official* Warne vs Murali Discussion

    I am not saying that this was the only reason why Waqar is generally ignored. Donald too has mediocre stats against Aus, but I do recall him having one great series against Aus in Aus (in 97/98). He did give Aussie batsmen a torrid time in that series. One such series, especially away from home...
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    *Official* Warne vs Murali Discussion

    One thing that counts against Waqar (when compared to someone like Marshall) is his lack of success in Australia. Australia arguably had the toughest/best batting line-up against pace in the 90s. Even during Waqar's initial years when he had that insanely high WPM, his performance in Australia...
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    An Interview with Ian Bishop

    Bishop actually rated Sachin very high long before mid-90s stats that you are pointing to (by mid-90s Bishop was less than half the bowler that he started off -- after his total change in action from the debilitating back injury that put him out of cricket from 93 to 95). In fact, Viv Richards...
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    Cricket on YouTube

    Wow! What a knock! Reminded me of how good Ponting was, in his initial years. Nice display of pulls and hooks in that knock. The video of Steve Waugh's 80+ against SA was very good too. Amazing "close-to-the-body" square cuts/drives. Do not remember Tugga as a stroke-player who could time the...
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    Cricket on YouTube

    I thought Sachin's 148* at SCG and his 114 were fabulous knocks. Agree that Aussie attack was not that great or hostile in that series, and by no means am I proclaiming these knocks to be the greatest of all time, but it was amazing to watch a teenager play like that in his first tour of...
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    Cricket on YouTube

    Wishful thinking :). What they will do instead is, take those video links and proclaim all over the internet that Sachin is the greatest since God created this Universe, and that Lara, Viv, Punter aren't worth Sachin's pee (just look at the highest rated comments on Lara's 153* youtube video as...
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    *Official* Warne vs Murali Discussion

    Oh yeah, thanks for the correction. I completely forgot the 1999 series! Saqlain had phenomenal success in that series against India. Not sure if Indian batsmen feared him or were caught by surprise. But they did thump him all over the place when they played him next in Multan, but it was 5...
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    *Official* Warne vs Murali Discussion

    The difference is not much. Both of them failed against India in India. But I can tell you, for certain, that Indian batsmen feared Murali far more than they did Warne. Murali was the only spinner who got into the minds of Indian batsmen (albeit at home, but still, a great acheivement). Can't...

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