Cricketismylife
U19 12th Man
Not sure if this has been done before but thought I'd start a thread on cricketers, whose careers took a very similar path, both in terms of style of play, statistics, achievements and length of play. The first one I noticed is Mohammad Azharuddin and Salim Malik, with the similarities being amazing.
Both were born in 1963, both scored a very similar amount of career runs, with Malik under 6000 and Azhar over 6000, both played a similar amount of tests (Azhar 99 to Malik's 103). They also both batted in the middle order and were stylish classy players, not quite in the top league like their teammates Javed/Inzamam and Sachin/Dravid, but still had impressive averages 43/44 and 45 especially considering that both of them missed the batting era of the 2000s. Azharuddin was famous for his wristwork and timing, especially through the leg side, while Malik was described by Gower as batting wearing "velvet gloves."
Both had a list of matchwinning innings, both went onto captain their sides, and both went on to cheat the game of cricket through matchfixing.
Both were born in 1963, both scored a very similar amount of career runs, with Malik under 6000 and Azhar over 6000, both played a similar amount of tests (Azhar 99 to Malik's 103). They also both batted in the middle order and were stylish classy players, not quite in the top league like their teammates Javed/Inzamam and Sachin/Dravid, but still had impressive averages 43/44 and 45 especially considering that both of them missed the batting era of the 2000s. Azharuddin was famous for his wristwork and timing, especially through the leg side, while Malik was described by Gower as batting wearing "velvet gloves."
Both had a list of matchwinning innings, both went onto captain their sides, and both went on to cheat the game of cricket through matchfixing.