Jack Hobbs vs Garry Sobers

[sayon basak]

If you were a little older, I would've kissed you

 

[capt_Luffy]

I'm quite serous though.

 

[Johan]

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[Johan]

@capt_Luffy Botham or Lillee

 

[capt_Luffy]

@capt_Luffy Botham or Lillee

Lillee

 

[Johan]

Lillee

I meant in batting

 

[capt_Luffy]

I meant in batting

Tell me, have Botham ever batted with a Metal bat?? And we both know how cool Metal Bat is.

 

[Johan]

Tell me, have Botham ever batted with a Metal bat?? And we both know how cool Metal Bat is.

Compton best by that logic, made 158 against Adcock with an antique museum bat.

 

[Coronis]

Shakib is a New Zealand basher tbf, so a Minnow basher

So the opposite of Viv, Marshall, Sobers

 

[Coronis]

Tell me, have Botham ever batted with a Metal bat?? And we both know how cool Metal Bat is.

Metal Bat + his sister is the most wholesome thing everz

 

[Johan]

So the opposite of Viv, Marshall, Sobers

Yeah, also the opposite of Hutton, therefore the opposite of greatness

 

[kyear2]

He is in top 2 conversation. I just think Hobbs and Tendulkar have the ex factors to clench it among them primarily. I have said time and again it's alright to rate Viv over Sachin, I just find the career lengths of those 2 totally convincing.

Of course you do

 

[capt_Luffy]

Of course you do

And I thought the conversation was lit with the Metal Bat reference......

 

[subshakerz]

Nah bowlers are inherently better than batsmen

They aren't. They are more valuable perhaps. Not better.

If you really believed this, you wouldn't have a pure bat in your top 15 cricketers.

 

[sayon basak]

@capt_Luffy Botham or Lillee

Botham

 

[Johan]

Compton best by that logic, made 158 against Adcock with an antique museum bat.

found the knock

ENG vs SA Cricket Scorecard, 3rd Test at Manchester, July 07 - 12, 1955

Get cricket scorecard of 3rd Test, ENG vs SA, South Africa tour of England 1955 at Old Trafford, Manchester dated July 07 - 12, 1955.

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Adcock, Heine, Tayfield and Goddard when rest of England only managed 106/9, pitch was described as a greentop.

When May won the toss for the third successive match England looked to have gained a big advantage, but as at Lord's the pitch first thing was a green top and they were soon struggling. In Adcock's second over Graveney fell to a catch at backward short leg and Kenyon, who never settled down, touched an outswinger to the wicket-keeper at 22. May showed splendid form from the start, but Compton began shakily and he almost gave catches off his first two scoring strokes. The third pair added 48 in an hour before May left and when Cowdrey followed five runs later England were 75 for four. Then Compton found his touch and with Bailey playing his usual reliable supporting game 144 runs came for the fifth wicket before Bailey, who batted for three hours, edged a catch shortly after Adcock took the new ball.

@capt_Luffy @sayon basak

 

[capt_Luffy]

found the knock

ENG vs SA Cricket Scorecard, 3rd Test at Manchester, July 07 - 12, 1955

Get cricket scorecard of 3rd Test, ENG vs SA, South Africa tour of England 1955 at Old Trafford, Manchester dated July 07 - 12, 1955.

www.espncricinfo.com

Adcock, Heine, Tayfield and Goddard when rest of England only managed 106/9, pitch was described as a greentop.

When May won the toss for the third successive match England looked to have gained a big advantage, but as at Lord's the pitch first thing was a green top and they were soon struggling. In Adcock's second over Graveney fell to a catch at backward short leg and Kenyon, who never settled down, touched an outswinger to the wicket-keeper at 22. May showed splendid form from the start, but Compton began shakily and he almost gave catches off his first two scoring strokes. The third pair added 48 in an hour before May left and when Cowdrey followed five runs later England were 75 for four. Then Compton found his touch and with Bailey playing his usual reliable supporting game 144 runs came for the fifth wicket before Bailey, who batted for three hours, edged a catch shortly after Adcock took the new ball.

@capt_Luffy @sayon basak

Damn the pitch looks to have improved drastically ove time

 

[Johan]

Damn the pitch looks to have improved drastically ove time

England kept dropping catches and the conditions kept eased out and got easier to score in before day 4/5 detoriation set in, and I'm sure South Africa played brilliantly, all contributing to the big lead

South Africa did well to dismiss England for under 300 and batting under somewhat easier conditions they built a substantial lead.

McGlew and Goddard led the way with an opening stand of 147, but the partnership should have been broken much earlier for both batsmen were missed, Goddard when 24 and McGlew when 68. England waited three and a quarter hours for their first success, but between tea and the close they captured four wickets. Shortly after Goddard left, McGlew, when 77, retired with a damaged right hand and Mansell, Endean and McLean were soon out.

Dropped catches proved disastrous to England. Keith, missed when eight, stayed to the close of the second day when South Africa with six wickets left, were 85 behind. First thing next morning Waite (then 15) offered a slip catch. Keith and Waite added 63 and then followed a stand of 171 between Waite and Winslow. Both men scored their first Test centuries and they set up a new South African record for the sixth wicket.

Winslow, who at times drove with great power, was dropped when 64 and he reached his hundred with a mighty straight hit for 6 over the sightscreen. Altogether he obtained three 6's and thirteen 4's while scoring 108 in three hours ten minutes. Waite took just over five and a half hours over his patient 113 which included twelve 4's. McGlew resumed his innings at the fall of the seventh wicket and at the close of the third day South Africa were 198 on with three wickets left. They increased their lead to 237 before declaring. Their total of 521 for eight was only 17 short of their best in all Tests. McGlew, who became the third man in the innings to reach a century, batted four hours forty minutes for his not out 104. Lock bowled extremely well without luck, but the others were completely mastered.