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    Can you judge these batsmen by their stance and shots?

    Amongst the bowlers, 11 looks like Joel Garner to me.
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    ***Official*** India in New Zealand 2020

    Yesterday I was watching the match on ESPN+ ********* in the US, and as Indian batsmen were being subjected to a barrage of short pitched bowling from NZ bowlers, one of the commentators said something to the sort of "Now you know what it was like for us fellas, this was cricket in the 80s". Did...
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    The Real Pioneer?

    Talking about Viv & ODIs, I recall an article from an Indian magazine which went thus - "It was as if the ODI game was invented so that the world could see & marvel at the talent of Richards. His innovation was beyond compare. Either batsmen have it or they don't. Richards had an overdose of it...
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    Cricket stuff that doesn't deserve its own thread

    After reading below article about Sri Lankan batsmen against Jeff Thomson in 1975 World Cup match, I could't help but admire the courage of batsmen of yesteryear. They had no choice really. Some of the cruelly-hilarious parts of the article were: Duleep Mendis was batting stylishly on 32 when...
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

    Yes, but I was talking about Test cricket. ODI is another ball game. Yes, Viv was overconfident in that WC Final innings, and paid for it.
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

    Border's high ranking (above Hobbs) seems strange too. Nevertheless as the original poster pointed out Barrington being in the top 10 in that list too, proves his high ranking in DoG's list wasn't an anomaly. Viv Richards being in the top 10 in DoG's current list as well as DoG's previous list...
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

    No matter how expected it is (when Bradman is involved in a batting stat), it always astonishes me when the gap between #1 and #2 is 100 points more than the gap between #2 and #100.
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

    What makes it further great is, he had ample number of opportunities to stay not out (if he really wanted to) in matches like these, where he was the 9th or 10th batsman out. On at least 10 occasions since 2001, he was 8th, 9th or the last batsman out. While batting with the tail, he would often...
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

    Lara should have made his Test debut couple of years before he actually did (was supposedly kept out because of inter-Island politics when it came to West Indian batsmen selection). In January 1988, he scored a brilliant 92 on a wet pitch in the Red Stripe Cup against Marshall & Garner when (as...
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

    Nah, combined he played 20 matches against these bowlers in the 90s, That ain't a small sample by any means. That's more than the number of matches that most touring players play in Australia or South Africa, and we don't hesitate one bit to judge batsmen by using their stats in those...
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

    He sarcastically added the clause of "live matches", was trying to be a little too witty.
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

    Nah, I am not attempting to prove that Sachin was Wasim/Waqar's bunny. It is probably hyper-defensive reaction from Sachin fans that is assuming such insinuations from me. The other poster posted 90s batting stats showing how much better Sachin was than other great batsmen "when bowling attacks...
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

    I agree. I am surprised too. Statistically I expected Sanga to be ranked higher than Lara. They both batted almost exactly the same number of innings (232 vs 233), Sanga scored nearly 500 more runs with more 50s & more 100s. I guess the quality of his opposition put Lara in front. Lara must be...
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

    Great batsman. Not surprised. Watched Sanga score 100* against Shane Bond & co. on a very difficult pitch (team total of 170 all out), and to prove it was no fluke, he repeated the feat in the very next match scoring 156* (team total of 268 all out). The second Test match to me was more...
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

    Actually I included couple of series where Tendulkar didn't cross 300 runs because he came very close, and performed well in those series In any case, since the other poster was talking about Tendulkar's vastly superior consistency, one direct way of measuring consistency is the frequency with...
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

    Lara slightly better than Tendulkar. Averaging 41 Waugh way better than both Lara & Tendulkar. Averaging 49 What is further stunning in the case of Waugh is the sheer number of matches he played against great attacks in 90s. He literally played twice the number of matches against them than...
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

    Pressure of getting his first century in his home country got to Lara in that score of 96 against Pak in 1993. He had to wait another 10 years before he could score his first century in his home country (against Aus in 2003, when too in the first innings he was out in the 90s). Lara actually...
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

    Then Sachin's average in the 90s collapses to 36.9 (compared to 58 listed by the other poster). I wanted to say the same thing but meltdown of this thread would have started in real earnest.
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

    Sachin scored ~300 or more runs in a Test series 21 times in his career Lara scored ~300 or more runs in a Test series 19 times in his career I don't think Sachin has much over Lara kind of players there, especially given that he has played a lot more Test cricket than Lara. When you are...
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    DoG's Top 100 Test Batsmen Countdown Thread

    I am not sure if Gillespie gave him more trouble than McGrath. He definitely took more chances against Gillespie than he did against McGrath. Both McGrath & Gillespie got him equal number of times (6) in their careers. In 2001 series, Tendulkar was far more severe on Gillespie than he was on...
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