capt_Luffy
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Pakistan was really flat and underperformed in England and severely so in NZKapil's away bowling figures are curious - he averaged 24 in Aus/WI, and 38 overall elsewhere.
Pakistan was really flat and underperformed in England and severely so in NZKapil's away bowling figures are curious - he averaged 24 in Aus/WI, and 38 overall elsewhere.
Yes, for a swing bowler he was terrible in England and NZ. I remember watching the 1990 NZ v India series and Kapil was hyped up by the commentators a lot. Danny Morrison and Hadlee were good and the rest of the bowlers in the series struggled.Kapil's away bowling figures are curious - he averaged 24 in Aus/WI, and 38 overall elsewhere.
Does it though? Seems a bit strange hypothesis. I think it was more in the lines of him struggling to adjust his length with the condition.I think it comes down to English and Kiwi bats just being a lot more experienced than the Australian bats when it comes to playing against medium swingers-seamers.
Yeah it does just seem like that to me, his home work against England is terrible too. Though, he did also struggle to do the classic stump to stump bowling in England, I also think it might come down to one or two batsman?Does it though? Seems a bit strange hypothesis. I think it was more in the lines of him struggling to adjust his length with the condition.
I think the chance of that is pretty slim tbh. Like, I don't think his record was particularly screwed by a single batter, neither do I think the NZ batting was better at facing anything than WI. He actually had quite a few silver linings in England (3 MoTM, 1 MoTS, albeit did better with the bat), NZ is probs just him proving his Class like Sobers, Viv, Bumrah, etc.Yeah it does just seem like that to me, his home work against England is terrible too. Though, he did also struggle to do the classic stump to stump bowling in England, I also think it might come down to one or two batsman?
His disaster series in England in 1990 and NZ in 1990 are right next to each other, maybe look into 1990 the year.I think the chance of that is pretty slim tbh. Like, I don't think his record was particularly screwed by a single batter, neither do I think the NZ batting was better at facing anything than WI. He actually had quite a few silver linings in England (3 MoTM, 1 MoTS, albeit did better with the bat), NZ is probs just him proving his Class like Sobers, Viv, Bumrah, etc.
Last time I checked Kapil was way more consistent than Botham. Never had a terminal decline across half of the career.What Kapil really lacks is Botham's consistency.... Or given their final averages and RPIs, peak.
Over career, can say he made a consistent output. But Botham was able to regularly win a match with the bat at peak, Kapil never was that.Last time I checked Kapil was way more consistent than Botham. Never had a terminal decline across half of the career.
The same goes down for Imran vs Hadlee. Hadlee was more consistent, but Imran produced a lot more impetus performances.Over career, can say he made a consistent output. But Botham was able to regularly win a match with the bat at peak, Kapil never was that.
huh? when?The same goes down for Imran vs Hadlee. Hadlee was more consistent, but Imran produced a lot more impetus performances.
You cannot have a bowling average of 18 and batting average of 50, for more than half a decade without regularly putting out match winning performances.huh? when?
5 September; probably 2009.huh? when?
Why are you citing bling averages instead of answering his question? Do you not know any such performances of Imran?You cannot have a bowling average of 18 and batting average of 50, for more than half a decade without regularly putting out match winning performances.