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Garry Sobers v Imran Khan,Test Cricket:Poll
- Thread starter Teja.
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Subzi will find a way to filibuster and not allow the actual contest to start there too
subshakerz
International Coach
subshakerz
International Coach
Slifer
International Captain
We can. Sachin/BCL averages the following away:
Aus : 53/42
Ban 137/-
Eng 54/49
Nz 49/37
Pak 40/48
Rsa 46/46
SL 68/101
Zim 40/55
Sachin out averages in 3 and BCL in 3.
**I obviously left out India and WI since that's home to each player nobody knows how the other would have done facing their own attack. But we already establish Sachin being better away. Soooooo....
Slifer
International Captain
I don't know about anyone else but I certainly never ever said Lara was better than Sachin or greater. But I do take exception to this: "He just didn't give off the greatness vibes that Tendulkar." That's implying that Lara is in the rung with the likes of the Rahul Dravids and Steve Waughs well below Sachin. Nothing wrong with that of course, but he simply wasn't.
subshakerz
International Coach
That wasn't my implication. It was just that Lara didn't give the vibe that he belonged in the upper echelon with Sobers, Hobbs, et al. Too flawed.
I already told you I consider Lara solid top ten.
subshakerz
International Coach
Sure you could have just said you agree.
Adorable Asshole
International Regular
I'm surprised when Sachin scored all those runs in Aus because against Mcgrath he barely scored any.
subshakerz
International Coach
Even in Asia, Lara basically has that killer series in SL, a great series against a poor Pakistan attack in 2006 and two poor series in India and Pakistan in the 90s.
So I wouldn't call him equal in Asia either.
subshakerz
International Coach
Except in 99 when he did.
Adorable Asshole
International Regular
Yeah just one time. Still his average against Mcgrath is 36.
Even in that series he averaged only 46.
subshakerz
International Coach
Also had a good series at home against McWarne in 2001.
Slifer
International Captain
Lara was better in Pakistan and SL. Let's leave it at that
kyear2
Cricketer Of The Year
Top of my head list
Bradman
Sachin
Sobers
Smith
I. V. A.
Lara
Hutton
Hobbs
Gavaskar
Ponting
Chappell
Kallis
Hammond
Pollock
Border
Waugh
Headley
Sangakkara
Miandad
Feels like I'm missing some people
Slifer
International Captain
Sutcliffe, Barrington, Dravid?
kyear2
Cricketer Of The Year
subshakerz
International Coach
Debatable. Let's just say Tendulkar is just better tested overall in the SC, Lara only played four series there and flopped in two of them.
In SL, Tendulkar has three great series and one failure. Lara only played one super series.
In Pakistan, Lara had one failed series and one great series albeit against a poor Pakistani attack, whereas Tendulkar started his career with a middling series and then had one great and one poor series against Shoaib in the 2000s.
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