Mark Illot vs Abey Kuruvilla

[slippy888]

Who was the better bowler for you

 

[kevinw]

Ilott made his debut in the same Test as Thorpe and McCague in the great 1993 Ashes series.

 

[slippy888]

Abey Kuruvilla did use to hurry even the best like Brian Lara when I watch him bowl

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

You are surely taking the piss now.

But Ilott was definitely better.

Single L, double T btw. I think his son was in the Middlesex 2nd XI at one stage.

 

[slippy888]

 

[TheJediBrah]

Single L, double T btw.

He literally just chose this guy because his name is convenient to misspell

 

[Xuhaib]

Never understood why Kuruvilla played just 10 tests it's not like he was competing with some great pacers I thought he was perfectly acceptable cricketer similar to Prasad who played much more.

 

[ankitj]

Kuruvilla apparently was given chance to play for India a little too late. He was already past his peak when he debuted.

 

[Starfighter]

Kuruvilla apparently was given chance to play for India a little too late. He was already past his peak when he debuted.

He played all his matches when he was 29. Certainly not young but not that old. Retired only three years later though. I don't imagine bowling on the Indian domestic pitches of the time was exactly a career-extender for any pace bowler.

A tad surprising considering his decent record and physical attributes that he wasn't given a go earlier. Cricinfo claims he was considered a prospect in 1992. Guessing they were content with Srinath and Prasad, and most of the guys he was competing with had fairly similar records.

How the hell Johnson got a go first though. That's a mystery.

 

[honestbharani]

He played all his matches when he was 29. Certainly not young but not that old. Retired only three years later though. I don't imagine bowling on the Indian domestic pitches of the time was exactly a career-extender for any pace bowler.

A tad surprising considering his decent record and physical attributes that he wasn't given a go earlier. Cricinfo claims he was considered a prospect in 1992. Guessing they were content with Srinath and Prasad, and most of the guys he was competing with had fairly similar records.

How the hell Johnson got a go first though. That's a mystery.

They had a recency bias and I think he had a very good Ranji Trophy final or something.

 

[ankitj]

There was Srinath and there was a certain Subroto Banerjee who played for India in 1992. Prasad came along little later.