Really? Imran was his team mate and Benuad was an ex world class spinner. And Benaud wasn't much of a fan of the wi quartet (kinda hypocritical). Plus as has already been stated, Qadir was the only decent spinner of the 80s. But that's as far as it goes really. Qadir averaged 47 away from home; 47 !!! Qadir's best average away vs any team was 38. Contrast thisvwith Underwood who went for a respectable 27 away and was only really bad vs wi and pakistan. There's more but this is getting really tedious seeing people trying to rate Qadir as something that he's far from being ie a great spinner. He wasn't.
Lol the wi fast bowlers performed great in tandem but when they all retired and Walsh (for example) only had Ambrose as his only real world class foil, he still performed greatly and vice versa for Ambrose. Therefore, i reckon that if the Indian were broken up theyd still perform well. Certainly better than Qadir who averaged 47 away and 32 overall.
Good debate...but...
1. Imran was not just Qadir's team mate, he fought for his selection. He put his words and credibility on the line and gave the cricket world a refreshing dimension.
I recall reading complaints about Imran, even while he was hoisting the WCup - there's no end.
2. When you put numbers out, these are
not absolute numbers to be applied across all eras. The numbers have to be contextualized.
Prior to Qadir, we had Gibbs, Underwood, Bedi, Chandra, Prasanna, Venkat....
After Qadir we had Warne, Murali, Kumble, Harbajan, McGill, Kaneria, Mushy, Swan, on and on....
But nobody of note during Qadir's time, especially not a LBG bowler.
3. In any event, I would never have 4 fasties in my ATG XI. How boring is that ?