79 series was played on some roads and very slow wickets that were very counterproductive to someone like Clarke, overall, it was an international standard attack but I'd say it was weaker than almost any attack currently, probably on par with some of the early 2000s Kiwi attacks.
Tbf @Burgey probably does so with everyone he ever interacted with
I'm very objective, logical and competent in my placement of Gooch, with no external or internal biases, thank you very much.
Just as I am with my criticism of Trueman’s and Compton’s subpar away records
I rate Clarke over Colin Croft, so I think it was stronger than current England and around equal to NZ (on form). At worst, it was a perfectly fine Test standard attack.
Unfortunately, I’m not as young and naive.
you're a west indies fanboy I get it
Current England is an attack in transition so it's hard to say where they place, Clarke was good but not that good, if I've to place him around someone it'd be Johnson, he was very quick and had late swing, both those things not exactly built for Indian pitches.
Yes that’s why kyear and I get along so swimmingly
Trueman is still better than LilleeJust as I am with my criticism of Trueman’s and Compton’s subpar away records
Yeah you two's kinship and friendship is an inspiration to the rest of the forum.
Ah yes pick the one with the shorter career who was a HTB.Trueman is still better than Lillee
He had an ATG series in Pakistan. As I said, I rate him over Colin Croft. I actually rate him over Kapil Dev, Ian Botham and Peter Pollock as well, on par with Neil Adcock. He actually was Great in WI, ATG in SA Currie Cup, one of the best in CC, has an ATG tour in Pakistan and was really Good in that India tour as well. For someone with just 10 Test caps, he surely played in some variety of places and proved himself.
Better at home than Lillee and that's where both lads predominantly played, also better in WI
nothing ATG about his series in Pakistan, it was an uber low scoring series in general, also averaged 34 in the india tour.
Averaged 17 odd and out bowled Marshall and Garner. Also, that India series was really high scoring and he did excellent against a really strong Indian attack to walk away with most wickets.
Marshall was a nobody in 1980, Croft/Clarke bowled on par with Nazir/Qasim. Iirc, even Viv got cheap wickets that series. He was a good bowler but not great, I won't rate him over KD or IB on the basis of 11 tests
I've not seen those sentences, but I'm guessing one of those sentences was, "Say bye bye to Gavaskar".