Kapil Dev vs Geoffrey Boycott

[capt_Luffy]

well that just means Mankad's bowling > Kapil's bowling.

I mean, could also say Athy did better from a team standpoint than Geoff really....

 

[Johan]

I mean, could also say Athy did better from a team standpoint than Geoff really....

the **** are you smoking

 

[capt_Luffy]

the **** are you smoking

Only one was forced ran out by a teammate..... Also yk, was hearing Atherton sometimes read the forum. Should really talk good of him.

 

[Johan]

Only one was forced ran out by a teammate..... Also yk, was hearing Atherton sometimes read the forum. Should really talk good of him.

Oh Yeah, I love Mikey too.

 

[Johan]

Jesus christ imagine if Boyc reads the forum.

 

[Prince EWS]

the **** are you smoking

#intent variety

It really is nuts the amount of people who are determined to think slow scoring turns serious amounts of otherwise wins into draws, ignoring both that:
1. "Close draws" in this way have been as rare as hen's teeth throughout history
2. Slow scoring would turn as many losses into draws as it would wins into draws in the average side anyway

I think it's just a post-facto justification for big dick swinging aggressive cricket. They want it to be true and therefore it is. Preferences wrapped up in pseudo-intellectual theories.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Jesus christ imagine if Boyc reads the forum.

Tbh he is rated a lot higher here than other places so he’d be happy

 

[capt_Luffy]

#intent variety

It really is nuts the amount of people who are determined to think slow scoring turns serious amounts of otherwise wins into draws, ignoring both that:
1. "Close draws" in this way has been as rare as hen's teeth throughout history
2. Slow scoring would turn as many losses into draws as it would wins into draws in the average side anyway

I think it's just a post-facto justification for big dick winning aggressive cricket. They want it to be true and therefore it is. Preferences wrapped up in pseudo-intellectual theories.

I actually prefer my openers to be slow scorers. Have no problem with your Huttons, your Sutcliffes and your Mitchells. What I don't like, are selfish pricks like Boycott, who absolutely refused to give two ****s about team needs and match situations and just plays for themselves.

 

[Johan]

Tbh he is rated a lot higher here than other places so he’d be happy

what other places?

 

[honestbharani]

I do love my allrounders

Bandwagoner..

 

[Prince EWS]

Bandwagoner..

I love rating great allrounders as better cricketers than specialists historically. I don't love selecting my number five bat based on how much he'll add as the sixth bowler for four overs a day.

 

[BazBall21]

Cook, openers playing fast, especially in countries with excessive sideways movement is basically brain-dead behaviour

Boycott also would just be rotated down the order in declaration innings nowadays so his slow scoring would have virtually no detriment.

 

[Betterpolo]

I bow to no-one in my admiration for Kapil Dev but did he ever bowl while wearing a cap, I don't think so

 

[honestbharani]

I love rating great allrounders as better cricketers than specialists historically. I don't love selecting my number five bat based on how much he'll add as the sixth bowler for four overs a day.

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My methods yield results.. like getting Travis Head to play.

 

[sayon basak]

what other places?

Earth.

 

[CodeOfWisden]

Kapil was better, he is basically the James Anderson of that era without any support except that he was great against Wi and Aus (top two teams)both home and away, something which Jimmy couldn’t pull off.

He was also a 32 averaging bat which alone would have got him a OBE or MBE in England.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Kapil was better, he is basically the James Anderson of that era without any support except that he was great against Wi and Aus (top two teams)both home and away, something which Jimmy couldn’t pull off.

He was also a 32 averaging bat which alone would have got him a OBE or MBE in England.

He was basically India’s Botham but not mediocre against the West Indies like Botham

 

[Coronis]

I do love my allrounders a but Kapil and Botham are the ones I think I rate the least compared to general public opinion.

I also think Boycott is underrated due to his strike rate (which I basically just don't care about at all, but in the case of openers perhaps even have the opposite opinion to the majority).

So I've crossed the floor from the Allrounders Caucus to join the Coronis Party on this one.

We have blackjack and hookers.

 

[Coronis]

what other places?

Any other place people discuss cricket really.

I actually prefer my openers to be slow scorers. Have no problem with your Huttons, your Sutcliffes and your Mitchells. What I don't like, are selfish pricks like Boycott, who absolutely refused to give two ****s about team needs and match situations and just plays for themselves.

I think the most recent B/G test definitely showed the importance of being able to see off the new ball, especially if its moving a lot, which should be the opener’s job. Much easier to do with a more defensive mindset than say, a Hayden or a Sehwag mindset.

 

[Prince EWS]

Any other place people discuss cricket really.



I think the most recent B/G test definitely showed the importance of being able to see off the new ball, especially if its moving a lot, which should be the opener’s job. Much easier to do with a more defensive mindset than say, a Hayden or a Sehwag mindset.

It's amazing that we don't actually have an Imran Khan vs Barry Richards thread.