Lance Gibbs vs Anil Kumble

[capt_Luffy]

I didn't say you aren't entitled to criticise him. I just don't think it makes him qualitatively inferior when given Kumble's struggles outside Asia for a long period of time, he would very likely have suffered the same fate.

And I said that it hardly matters since he didn't. Gibbs was benched for a good few years, Kumble wasn't. Not much else really, it's silly to say he would get benched in his shoes or any such totally erratic assumptions. Most importantly, those bad years reflects in Kumble's average far more than Gibbs' does (between 69-72, 29@56).

 

[Gob]

Anil used to sport a hilarious mustache

 

[BazBall21]

And I said that it hardly matters since he didn't. Gibbs was benched for a good few years, Kumble wasn't. Not much else really, it's silly to say he would get benched in his shoes or any such totally erratic assumptions. Most importantly, those bad years reflects in Kumble's average far more than Gibbs' does (between 69-72, 29@56).

It's not an erratic assumption. It's context.

 

[ma1978]

As opposed to Kumble right?

won a lot more matches than gibbs or Barrington

 

[Johan]

won a lot more matches than gibbs or Barrington

lol

 

[Xix2565]

It's an interesting comp, I have Kumble ahead based on his strike rate/WPM.

Their stats and average/SR comparisons vs other spinners in their games. Spinners in Gibbs's games overall averaged and struck at 38.62/96.67, and in Kumble's games 36.17/76.52.

	Matches Played	Wickets	Average	Strike Rate	Other Spinners' Wickets	Other Spinners' Average	Other Spinners' SR	Average Difference (%)	SR Difference (%)
Kumble	132	619	29.65	65.99	1037	40.06	82.81	-26%	-20%
Gibbs	79	309	29.09	87.75	545	44.02	101.72	-34%	-14%