Clive Lloyd vs Martin Crowe

[subshakerz]

Who is the better test bat?

 

[sayon basak]

Tie.

 

[Coronis]

“Everyone sucks here”

 

[Johan]

very close, but perhaps Lloyd, Crowe is not proven in Asia.

 

[BazBall21]

Very hard. I'd take Crowe if the wicket is green underneath a cloudy sky, but Lloyd has him beat in Asian conditions. Crowe had a slightly more ruthless streak but Lloyd was super destructive and pretty efficient with it.

Crowe just, due to the batting position factor.

 

[subshakerz]

very close, but perhaps Lloyd, Crowe is not proven in Asia.

Yeah Lloyd was great against pace and spin.

 

[Johan]

Lloyd would win a fist fight.

 

[subshakerz]

Lloyd would win a fist fight.

By default since Crowe sadly is no longer with us.

 

[Athlai]

Crowe has the misfortune of being one of the greatest players over the course of a decade that is not one we regularly look at (the middle of the 80s to the middle of the 90s)

Over 1984-1994 only Allan Border and a fresh Tendulkar had a better record.
Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com
And if you look at that era it is ridiculously stacked for bowling. Marshall/Hadlee/Wasim/Walsh/Ambrose/Waqar/Warne/Qadir/Garner/Imran/Kumble/Holding/Bishop/Donald/McDermott/Kapil

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Lloyd would win a fist fight.

Crowe played rugby for the Auckland Grammar school 1st XV. He'd be fine.

 

[BazBall21]

Crowe played rugby for the Auckland Grammar school 1st XV. He'd be fine.

A lot of athletes at the elite level excelled at any game they put their mind to.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Crowe has the misfortune of being one of the greatest players over the course of a decade that is not one we regularly look at (the middle of the 80s to the middle of the 90s)

Over 1984-1994 only Allan Border and a fresh Tendulkar had a better record.
Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com
And if you look at that era it is ridiculously stacked for bowling. Marshall/Hadlee/Wasim/Walsh/Ambrose/Waqar/Warne/Qadir/Garner/Imran/Kumble/Holding/Bishop/Donald/McDermott/Kapil

Yeah, this run is exactly why Crowe is far better than his final averages make him out to be. If you're arguably one of the best in the world for a decade, then you deserve a higher status than what an average of 45 would usually warrant.

Pretty wild that Tendulkar's numbers are that good here too, considering its him at age 16-21

 

[subshakerz]

Didn't expect Crowe to be winning this

 

[Johan]

Crowe played rugby for the Auckland Grammar school 1st XV. He'd be fine.

counterpoint, Lloyd has a much beefier build and is 4 inches taller.

 

[Johan]

some high quality footage of both.