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    Viv vs Lara vs Smith: Who has the best series performances?

    Fair, I feel we have reached a decent level of agreement here. Now I shall be focusing my sole attention of the BGT series starting tomorrow
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    Viv vs Lara vs Smith: Who has the best series performances?

    I don’t completely agree here, but fair. He was simultaneously bowling brilliantly against England in the ODIs. Maybe he was neutralised by the WI batters to a great extent. Still I feel it was an amazing attack with Dymock and Pascoe as well(and Thomson only tailed off post 1980, till 1979-80...
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    Viv vs Lara vs Smith: Who has the best series performances?

    Lara’s both series are better than Viv’s and Smiths. But Viv had three such ATG series(amongst the best by a visiting bat in each of these countries): Aus 79, Pak 80, Eng 76
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    Viv vs Lara vs Smith: Who has the best series performances?

    Calm down. I was only reiterating a story I had heard. Anyways point was Hogg was in hot form before that series, and Viv dominated. And despite the back injury, he was bowling well against England(took 46-4), and even post that WI series, had a strong summer during 1980-81.
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    Viv vs Lara vs Smith: Who has the best series performances?

    Hogg was not **** tho. He had been in great form prior. And Thommo was good till 79/80. Post that he started to fail. I’m saying more than anything, Viv dominated all chances he got
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    Viv vs Lara vs Smith: Who has the best series performances?

    I rate the Smith 2019 series very very highly. I thought 2017 was a bit overrated(still ATG), but 2019 is amongst the greatest ever. I even ranked it above Viv 76 in England and only behind the Lara series mentioned here
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    Dale Steyn vs Viv Richards

    Imran and Marshall too
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    Viv vs Lara vs Smith: Who has the best series performances?

    Richards scored throughout. Kalicharan and Lloyd more sporadically clearly(check the Wisden assessment Subz posted above and the scorecards of the series). Plus Lillee, Thomson, Hogg and even Dymock(as mentioned by the poster above, who was in his purple patch) presented a significant challenge.
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    Viv vs Lara vs Smith: Who has the best series performances?

    The whole reason Hogg didn’t fulfill the promise of early career and was horrible in this series was because he was taken apart by Viv in the series. He developed an injury after the series and after the incident where he was taken apart from 59 runs in 6 overs. Otherwise he was routinely...
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    Viv vs Lara vs Smith: Who has the best series performances?

    You said Viv had great support. He scored 396, more than double what the best WI bat scored despite playing only 4 innings. And Richards was suffering from back problems and groin issues throughout the series
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    Dale Steyn vs Viv Richards

    Switched to Steyn(this is the closest battle ever tho). Viv for me is just behind Tendulkar and Hobbs. Steyn just behind Marshall
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    Viv vs Lara vs Smith: Who has the best series performances?

    Fair. Just clarifying
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    Viv vs Lara vs Smith: Who has the best series performances?

    But none of them scored even near Viv. The next highest scorer in Viv’s team was half of what he scored and after playing one more match. It was comparative to what Renshaw scored. I also think the Pune hundred was chancy(and scored after a massive first innings lead), and the Ranchi hundred was...
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    Joe Root V Allan Border

    It’s the only caveat for Border
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    Joe Root V Allan Border

    Border did have an amazing series vs Holding and Garner on some fast pitches in 1981/82. His record more complete than Root’s
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    Steve Waugh vs Javed Miandad

    Easy-peasy
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    Allan Border vs Steve Waugh

    Also let’s just agree both are better than Ricky Ponting
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    Allan Border vs Steve Waugh

    Nah his home record is not better. Both averaged the same and Border has series at home vs Hadlee(the 33 wickets one), 1981 vs WI etc
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    Viv vs Lara vs Smith: Who has the best series performances?

    You had Lillee, Thomson and Hogg(one of the best in the world), in some fast pitches. Viv didn’t fail in any innings unlike Smith, scored faster. And Viv’s 1979 in Aus is the best series by a touring batter there
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    Allan Border vs Steve Waugh

    Yes that’s why perhaps Waugh was better overall against WI

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