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Kallis/Botham/Miller/Pollock vs Tendulkar/Hutton/Steyn/McGrath

Which do you prefer for a club side?

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subshakerz

subshakerz

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For an a minnow, almost club level side, who benefits them more? Facing test teams
 
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DrWolverine

DrWolverine

International Vice-Captain
Add Hutton, Sachin, Steyn, and McGrath to a minnow team; it stops being a minnow and becomes a world class team overnight.
 
subshakerz

subshakerz

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DrWolverine said:
Add Hutton, Sachin, Steyn, and McGrath to a minnow team; it stops being a minnow and becomes a world class team overnight.
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Are four players enough if the rest are horrible?

The ARs give you a complete pace attack and three and a half batting positions.
 
Johan

Johan

Hall of Fame Member
Subs trying to reinvent the wheel here rather than just saying early 2000s Bangladesh or 1930s New Zealand.
 
Thala_0710

Thala_0710

International Vice-Captain
subshakerz said:
How exactly? I think you build a better team with the ARs
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I think a batting partnership and a bowling partnership to carry the team at a top level (as is the case here). The value of the top tier ATG batting that Hutton and Tendulkar provide can't be matched by the batting depth other side imo. Similarly McGrath and Steyn blowing opposition away can't be recreated imo by more bowling depth.
The bowling is closer because the team of 3 pacers will combine for more overs and overall can impact it. But with their secondary skills, don't think such value can be caught.
 
sayon basak

sayon basak

Cricketer Of The Year
subshakerz said:
How exactly? I think you build a better team with the ARs
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Not necessarily, specially when the specialists are as good as the ones you provided. With the specialists, I get two bowlers who're gonna take the new ball, An opener who is arguably as good as anybody at that, and arguably the greatest middle order batter ever. Give me a decent spinner, my team is basically done.

Kallis and Pollock are the only ATGs by primary only, Miller coming decently close. And depends on which Botham you're giving me, Overall Botham doesn't do it. Close, but the specialists take it for me.
 
subshakerz

subshakerz

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sayon basak said:
Not necessarily, specially when the specialists are as good as the ones you provided. With the specialists, I get two bowlers who're gonna take the new ball, An opener who is arguably as good as anybody at that, and arguably the greatest middle order batter ever. Give me a decent spinner, my team is basically done.

Kallis and Pollock are the only ATGs by primary only, Miller coming decently close. And depends on which Botham you're giving me, Overall Botham doesn't do it. Close, but the specialists take it for me.
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Well Kallis is a great and Botham and Miller are test standard bats and Pollock a great no.8. There are more runs there than just Tendulkar and Hobbs. Once you get those two out, it's basically done.

As for bowling it's closer, but again Miller, Pollock, Botham plus Kallis is a complete pace attack.

Just to emphasize, after McGrath and Steyn are done with their new ball spell it's basically club cricket bowlers who are going to get hammered
 
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