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    Is Viv Richards an Overrated Test Batsman?

    This was in the MCG in 1979-80 Aus-WI series. Here is the link to the scorecard of the specific match: 2nd Test: Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Dec 29, 1979 - Jan 1, 1980 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com Here is a reference to that event. Search for "hogg" in the below article: Viv...
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    Is Viv Richards an Overrated Test Batsman?

    Hogg did hit him. The next ball, another bouncer went for a six. The next 6 overs of Hogg went for 59 runs. Patterson nearly got him (knocked his cap off) in that Jamaica-Leeward Islands match in 1985. The next ball, another bouncer by Patterson went for the boundary again. The third ball...
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    Sachin's stats against ATG Fast Bowlers

    Not as much as you "mate" :laugh: tsk... tsk... always a wannabe...
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    Sachin's stats against ATG Fast Bowlers

    Yes, it does indeed :laugh !!! Lara just slightly ahead of Sachin: McGrath | Cricket News | Global | Cricinfo.com As the famous quotation goes: Opinions are like ------. Everybody's got one. :D Isn't that the reason why Sachin fans desperately cling on to stats to disparage other great batsmen?
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    Sachin's stats against ATG Fast Bowlers

    As I told previously, removing Akram when Sachin was 16 or 17, 180 runs at an average of 30.00.
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    Sachin's stats against ATG Fast Bowlers

    Ambrose had a shoulder surgery in 1994. He missed the India tour because of that. He was never the same bowler again. He could occasionally bowl great spells after that like he did at the MCG in 1996-97 series. In his first Test series after the shoulder surgery, West Indies lost a Test series...
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    Sachin's stats against ATG Fast Bowlers

    I am not discounting that at all. It is actually included in the stats that I have posted. Just see the links. I am not saying Sachin cannot play fast bowling. No. That is not the point. Even a guy named Praveen Amre also scored a great century in that same series against a same formidable...
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    Sachin's stats against ATG Fast Bowlers

    Clearly the fact that Sachin has pretty modest record against Akram/Donald/McGrath pricked you badly, and honestly I like it :). Your desperation in pulling Waqar/Ambrose/Walsh/Murali/Warne shows this. If I did exclude Sachin's first series against Akram (when he was 16), Sachin's average...
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    Sachin's stats against ATG Fast Bowlers

    It is subjective. I have seen several batsmen from Lara to Tendulkar to Sidhu to even Ravi Shastri and Nayan Mongia consistently thrash the living daylights out of world's greatest spinners like Warne and Murali, even in a Test match on spin friendly wickets. I have not seen a batsman...
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    Sachin's stats against ATG Fast Bowlers

    I did include Ambrose in the original post. Please read the original post in the "Viv Richards over-rated" thread. The only time Sachin faced Ambrose was in 1997 against a 35 year old Ambrose clearly past his best and on the dead wickets of Carribbean (4 of the 5 Tests ended in draws with Sidhu...
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    Sachin's stats against ATG Fast Bowlers

    Yes I remember Taylor had a very good series against Windies in 91. IIRC, a hundred and 3 or 4 fifties in that series. Back then I used to follow most Test matches against Windies (making note of which batsmen were successful against their formidable pace attack). How come Wisden missed out on...
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    Sachin's stats against ATG Fast Bowlers

    In another thread, one user posted modest stats of Viv Richards against Pakistan and Australia, and claimed him to be over-rated. I have applied similar logic to Sachin Tendulkar's career. The results are quite damning. Do the stats of all great batsmen fall spectacularly (like Sachin's) against...
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    Is Viv Richards an Overrated Test Batsman?

    Nope. That really was my first post :).
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    Is Viv Richards an Overrated Test Batsman?

    The intention of the poster is clear - "No one (especially Viv Richards) is as great as my idol - Sachin Tendulkar. And let me prove that using statistics". The problem with statistics is NOT that they don't tell the truth, the problem is that they can be filtered any which way you want, to...
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