bagapath
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Yeah, yeah. It was verified with the broadcasting company he was working for, if I recall correctly.
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Martin Crowe vs Allan Border
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bagapath
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Martin Crowe was a master batsman. Technically correct. Dominant. Attacking. Stylish. Big match temperament. Faced the greatest of fast bowlers with courage. Greater the challenge, greater his response would be. A true giant of his era.
And he was half as good as Allan Border.
And he was half as good as Allan Border.
CricAddict
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Great. It is Crowe then.
Indipper
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Sometimes I wonder if your posts are all in-character but then you post something like this and remove all doubts. Sloppy.
mr_mister
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yeah ha. Bradman did average 100 after the war as well.
Coronis
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Wasn’t he better post-war than pre-war? (stats wise at least)
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Yes. 97 before the war.
Burgey
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What was bradman’s post war cricketing contribution compared with Border’s ffs? The only players who come close to Border post-war are Imran and arguably Sobers. Worrell too, though he wasn’t the player either of the other three were.
No one carried and rebuilt a side around him like Border. No one. He didn’t pick and choose which tours to go on, didn’t resign and take back the captaincy when it suited him, barely if ever had a rubbish series without contributing. He dragged them from virtual minnows to all but top of the tree by force of will.
No one carried and rebuilt a side around him like Border. No one. He didn’t pick and choose which tours to go on, didn’t resign and take back the captaincy when it suited him, barely if ever had a rubbish series without contributing. He dragged them from virtual minnows to all but top of the tree by force of will.
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Crowe
James
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It was 100% Crowe. I talked to him via email in an attempt to get him to return but unfortunately he wouldn't. His email address confirmed it beyond any shadow of doubt.
On topic with the thread, my vote goes to Crowe. Still the most technically gifted batsman I've ever seen, and was just a pleasure to watch. My boyhood hero.
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trundler
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Necromancy isn't a power forum mods/owners get.
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Zinzan? Nah, he's still here.
Magrat Garlick
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another #onlyShri moment
bagapath
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Abso****inglutely
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I’m pretty sure the level of talent Clive had at his disposal from 76 onwards usurped anything Border had, certainly anything he had between 84 and 89.
It’s hard to make direct comparisons, but broadly speaking I’d *just* put Greenidge, Haynes, Richards, Rowe, Kallacharan, Murray, Holding, Roberts, Garner and Croft (roughly the 77-80 WI) slightly ahead of Wood, Hilditch, Wessels, Ritchie, Matthews, Dyer/ Zoehrer, Hughes, Lawson, McDermott and Dutchy Holland (roughly the 84-87 Australian side).
It’s hard to make direct comparisons, but broadly speaking I’d *just* put Greenidge, Haynes, Richards, Rowe, Kallacharan, Murray, Holding, Roberts, Garner and Croft (roughly the 77-80 WI) slightly ahead of Wood, Hilditch, Wessels, Ritchie, Matthews, Dyer/ Zoehrer, Hughes, Lawson, McDermott and Dutchy Holland (roughly the 84-87 Australian side).