Bradmanesque

[Spark]

Can you provide scientific evidence that he didn't??

But I can supply (and have) first hand reports from those that faced him and Spark has just supplied a link saying he was manually clocked between 150 - 160km/h. All you've supplied as "evidence" is "No he didn't"

I mean you just have to look at that action. That sort of action has basically only one purpose as far as I've ever seen and that's to bowl the ball as fast as humanly possible.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Can you provide me with scientific evidence in this thread that Bradman wasn't a gay Koala?

no? I guess he must have been a gay Koala then

 

[honestbharani]

He still wont be as good as the Koalas of today though..

 

[jonbrooks]

Odd that we have to justify something agreed on basically universally with "scientific evidence" while you don't.

Agreed by whom?

 

[jonbrooks]

Can you provide me with scientific evidence in this thread that Bradman wasn't a gay Koala?

no? I guess he must have been a gay Koala then

I agree.

 

[jonbrooks]

I mean you just have to look at that action. That sort of action has basically only one purpose as far as I've ever seen and that's to bowl the ball as fast as humanly possible.

Oh I see now. His action proves he was a super duper fast bowler. Got it. I concede.

 

[Adders]

I concede.

As you should........your argument is nonsense.

 

[Red]

Oh I see now. His action proves he was a super duper fast bowler. Got it. I concede.

Are you actually trying to argue that Larwood wasn't fast and wouldn't even play modern grade cricket to further your point that you don't think Bradman wasn't the greatest of all time? Haha

 

[Red]

Larwood wouldn't make a club team in the modern game.

Just quoted for posterity and in case you make a sneaky edit or something. Because this is quite possibly the most absurd cricket opinion I've read on here!

Let's be sure we're clear here, you're saying that a FC cricket from the 20s and 30s who took almost 1500 FC wickets at an average of 17, and a SR of 40, wouldn't play modern club cricket?

Would Bradman make a modern club side? Would Sobers or Fred Trueman? Where is the magical cut off date when FC and test cricketers of the earlier eras would be good enough to play modern club cricket!!!???

 

[Daemon]

Joe Mennie has played a Test match for Australia. jonbrooks believes Mennie was a significantly better cricketer than Larwood.

Larwood probably wouldn't make the Sri Lankan pace attack as well. Those guys have been through state of the art training that has allowed them to reach speeds of 135kph which was unattainable back in the day.

 

[Adders]

And England wicket keeper George Duckworth used to put slabs of beef in his gloves to protect his hands whilst keeping to Larwood..........but yeah the bloke was sending down gentle medium pace.

Absolutely gotta be the dumbest argument I've ever seen on here.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Joe Mennie has played a Test match for Australia. jonbrooks believes Mennie was a significantly better cricketer than Larwood.

Larwood probably wouldn't make the Sri Lankan pace attack as well. Those guys have been through state of the art training that has allowed them to reach speeds of 135kph which was unattainable back in the day.

haha

 

[honestbharani]

Vaas was a quality international bowler bowling at speeds of 115-125 kph. Even if Larwood was as slow as these guys are making it out to be, why will it be impossible for him to be a good bowler at least at the FC level? Forget hypothesis. This is just crap being spouted in the guise of opinion.

 

[Coronis]

Kindly provide evidence otherwise you are making **** up yourself.

So everyone in the thread must provide evidence, except for you?

 

[Shri]

Sparky, calm down. I'll PM you some Buddhist meditation techniques.

 

[Spark]

Sparky, calm down. I'll PM you some Buddhist meditation techniques.

no

 

[karan316]

Nice try but NO. One swallow doesn't make a summer. Cricket was best described as a chummy game where the opposition fielders would clap the batsmen's shot to the boundary vs actually fielding the darn ball. It was a completely different game to what it is now and I will stand by it.

Larwood wouldn't make a club team in the modern game.

You're the one talking rubbish and it only further's my point primitive cricketers didn't know jack crap about the game. You don't need that many fielders to effect a leg side bouncer tactic. I cite Wagner as he has been highly effective of picking up wickets by bowling leg side bouncers against free scoring batsmen. Are you going to deny that?!

I know Bradman is some type of God to you guys and he really was the best batsman of his time but that's as far as I'd go. The game has COMPLETELY changed from those gin swilling, cigar smoking times.

I agree, the level of competitiveness and professionalism didn't exist. Nor did the players have to play in different conditions, face reverse swing, mystery spin, excellent field tactics (except for bodyline, which was a masterclass),etc.

 

[karan316]

Oh **** off mate. Just cos I'm giving you a proper learning in how the game is played you resort to BS talk? Who was bowling 145 back in the 1930s? I'll tell you nobody.

Have you ever ****ing watched Bradman bat?! He's technique was ordinary at best. It as effective for his time and he played well off the front foot but down the leg side he would agriculturally swipe at just about everything. Take off your rose tinted glasses, watch some YouTube clips of him batting, even the highlights, and then come back and post that you think Bradman was a fine exponent of batting.

Good that someone is telling it openly, the videos are clear evidence of the level of cricket played at that time.

 

[Zinzan]

Vaas was a quality international bowler bowling at speeds of 115-125 kph. Even if Larwood was as slow as these guys are making it out to be, why will it be impossible for him to be a good bowler at least at the FC level? Forget hypothesis. This is just crap being spouted in the guise of opinion.

Feel you're robbing Vaas about 10kms there, I'd say he was more a 125-135km bowler, at least at Test level.

 

[Shri]

Jack Iverson was arguably close to being a mystery spinner.

Edit: he was after his time