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    Greatest LIVING Cricketers

    I can't disagree with that. :)
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    Greatest LIVING Cricketers

    What exactly did Sachin achieve as a batsman that Sobers could not do?
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    CW Ranks the Batsmen

    Once again: Barry Richards Compton
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    CW Ranks the Bowlers

    Spofforth Grimmett
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    CW Ranks the Batsmen

    Barry Richards Compton
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    Home track bully XI

    I did some research on fast bowlers some time ago and discovered that Pakistan's (Imran and Waqar if not Wasim Akram) had much better home than away records. This was not true for fast bowlers of other countries - the West Indians, Australians, Hadlee or Donald. Imran Home Away...
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    CW Ranks the Batsmen

    1. Barry Richards 2. Compton
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    CW Ranks the Bowlers

    1. Holding 2. Davidson
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    CW Ranks the Bowlers

    Fair enough. This isn't the right thread, but at some time I'd like to know why you rate Larwood so highly.
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    CW Ranks the Bowlers

    In that case, how are we to compare them, which is what we need to do when we rank bowlers of different generations? Why is it legitimate to compare Larwood's and Marshall's careers in English first class cricket - as you did - but not their Test careers? For players in cricket's Golden Age...
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    WI all time XI vs Aus all time XI

    Thanks. Miller was certainly a great fast bowler, although at times his back injury limited him - and he did not seem to enjoy bowling anyway. He never carried Australia's bowling attack in the way that Imran (the most similar recent player) did for Pakistan for many years. I've heard...
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    Greatest LIVING Cricketers

    Garry Sobers Viv Richards Imran Khan Murali Sachin Tendulkar Botham, Hadlee, Lara, Lillee and Warne (in alphabetical order) would be next.
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    WI all time XI vs Aus all time XI

    JBH: Two questions on your Australian XI: 1. Why Border and Waugh ahead of Ponting? 2. Why do you consider Miller to be overrated?
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    WI all time XI vs Aus all time XI

    I like both your teams, but I would be inclined to make some minor adjustments. First, replace Lara with Worrell. He was not as great a batsman as BCL, but he was the best captain ever produced by West Indies. I would also play Gibbs in place of Garner - he would provide some much needed...
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    CW Ranks the Bowlers

    Once again: 1. Lindwall 2. Holding I'm really surprised that Lindwall is not ranked higher. Virtually all of his contemporaries considered him to be the best bowler of the period.
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    CW Ranks the Bowlers

    You might want to take a look at their respective Test records for an explanation. Larwood was not especially impressive in Test cricket - his only successful series was the bodyline one in 1932-33. Marshall probably has the best Test record of any fast bowler.
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    The true all-rounder

    I'm afraid that we are approaching the point of diminishing returns in this exchange, but I'll try just once more. Once again, IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW EVEN an all-rounder's abilities are. Your argument implies that Sobers would be a better all-rounder if he had been a worse batsman, because...
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    The true all-rounder

    Are you saying that Sobers, for example, would have been a better all-rounder if his batting had been worse, or Hadlee a better all-rounder if his bowling had been worse? Surely what matters is whether a player can command a place in a strong Test team with either bat or ball. Sobers could do...
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    The true all-rounder

    Almost everyone who has played Test cricket has been better at either batting (W.G. Grace, Frank Woolley, Sobers, Kallis) or bowling (Miller, Procter, Imran, Botham). That is the basis for the distinction. A very small group - more or less limited to the players named above - have been good...
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    The true all-rounder

    No all-rounder in history has ever come close to making his country's all-time team as either batsman or bowler alone. Botham is not in contention for this - he would not be selected for an all-time England team in either capacity. Imran and Kapil Dev would be selected as bowlers for their...
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