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    Brian Lara vs Ricky Ponting (against pace bowling)

    The first time I really saw Sanga bat was when I watched his 100* (out of a team total of 190) against Bond in New Zealand. Needless to say, I was super impressed.
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    Brian Lara vs Ricky Ponting (against pace bowling)

    @Van_Sri Usually the fundamental criteria in putting an innings in the greatest list is that - it shouldn't be in a losing cause. So changing the result will change everything. Just quality-wise, I am not a big fan of the 153*, I felt Lara gave too many chances. But in context of the pressure...
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    Brian Lara vs Ricky Ponting (against pace bowling)

    Talking about Jason Gillespie, in several interviews (like below one for example) I have seen him go out of his way to single out Lara as the best batsman he has bowled to. Interestingly, the reasoning that Gillespie gives - why he considers Lara as the best batsman he has bowled to, is the...
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    Brian Lara vs Ricky Ponting (against pace bowling)

    And any fast bowler against whom Lara had success, by definition not great. Anyways...
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    Brian Lara vs Ricky Ponting (against pace bowling)

    So Shoaib (in an ODI match) is quality pace, and Lee in a Test match is below quality pace? This is getting beyond absurd.
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    Brian Lara vs Ricky Ponting (against pace bowling)

    Lara faced a lot of Lee, who was one of the fastest bowlers ever (in the same category as Shoaib). Many of the shots that he played in Test innings against Lee, especially the pull shots - in front of square - off the 150 kmph deliveries, pretty much impossible for someone weak against pace to...
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    Brian Lara vs Ricky Ponting (against pace bowling)

    Yes, I remeber this innings from Lara against Walsh & Franklyn Rose. Lara scored 180 out of a team total of 257! Absolutely insane. In this innings, Lara hit a huge 6 off Walsh
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    Brian Lara vs Ricky Ponting (against pace bowling)

    @Sliferxxxx As I said earlier, it is very difficult to categorize Lara's batting. You can pick several valid examples to support whatever claim you want to make about his batting. You can find several examples of him handling 150 kmph deliveries in Test match cricket with absolute authority...
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    Brian Lara vs Ricky Ponting (against pace bowling)

    He's clearly critical of Lara too. So most likely he thinks that era of players are overrated.
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    Brian Lara vs Ricky Ponting (against pace bowling)

    I am guessing he probably thinks that past players are overglorified and present players are underappreciated.
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    Rank the 80s allrounders against the WI

    The article was very specifically talking about Pakistan team under Imran’s captaincy.
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    Rank the 80s allrounders against the WI

    Was Imran the captain of Pakistan team then?
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    Brian Lara vs Ricky Ponting (against pace bowling)

    Wow…
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    Rank the 80s allrounders against the WI

    Under Imran's captaincy in the 80s, Pak never lost a series to Windies either home or away. Imran's team was the only team to win a Test match against the Windies in their backyard in the entire 80s decade. They were also the only team to come back undefeated from a West Indies tour in that...
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    Rank the 80s allrounders against the WI

    They didn't stop this in 1985, Viv continued this formula pretty much as long as he was the captain. Border was targeted and given a torrid time in 1988-89 series. His 100th Test match was something he would like to forget. Nevertheless some opposition captains handled it better than others.
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    Brian Lara vs Ricky Ponting (against pace bowling)

    Danny Morrison too
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    Mcgrath vs Wasim Akram

    McGrath. At his peak, it was just uncanny how frequently he lifted his game on the biggest occasions to get the key batsmen of the opposition.
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    Brian Lara vs Ricky Ponting (against pace bowling)

    Lara's career trend was unlike most great's. Very diffficult to compare his career with anyone else's. He was still the best batsman of his side when he retired (or was forced to retire) in 2007. Very unusually, he had a long 4.5 year slump in the middle of his career, very specifically...
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    Rank the 80s allrounders against the WI

    Specifically against the Windies in the 80s: Imran <daylight> Kapil Hadlee Botham
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    Brian Lara vs Ricky Ponting (against pace bowling)

    You can find examples of Ponting struggling v genuine pace even at his peak And btw, same can be done for any batsman if you resort to cherry-picking

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