Maxwell - the modern day Afridi?

[mr_mister]

No 2 batsman can get me so excited(when they're playing well) yet leave me so disappointed. We expect them to get themselves out every single ball of their innings. It's like every ball they do survive is a bonus, rarely do/did either feel like they're here to stay at the crease. But of course when it comes off it's great to watch, I'm just always surprised when it actually does.



So who do you rate more as a batsman?

 

[Gnske]

Afridi.

Maxwell is just more bark than bite.

 

[slippy888]

I think Australia should let Maxwell open batting in one day and 20 20 to give him license to play shots

 

[Shri]

Maxwell. At times there is at least some method to his madness.

 

[smash84]

Maxwell easily, and its not even close

 

[Tom Flint]

Maxwell easy. Not that his top drawer either imo. Afridi's stronger suit was always his bowling

 

[indiaholic]

Maxwell is better by a substantial margin... Afridi is a bowler anyway.

 

[akilana]

Afridi has a few test hundreds.

 

[honestbharani]

You guys are forgetting that Afridi was seriously good for a period in the late 90s and early 2000s. Granted it didn't last long, but jury's still out and Maxwell's might end up being the same too. Afridi's 140 odd in Chennai during that ​test in Chennai in 1999 was one of the better test match 100s I have ever seen.

 

[SteveNZ]

Maxwell's average might be better but Afridi has played the bigger knocks in more important circumstances.

 

[91Jmay]

As batsmen they are close. Considering Afridi was a galaxy better as a bowler he is clearly the superior player.

 

[Red]

I think Australia should let Maxwell open batting in one day and 20 20 to give him license to play shots

Agree with this somewhat. I'd like to see it tried anyway.

 

[Gnske]

Agree with this somewhat. I'd like to see it tried anyway.

Yeah anything to get a match-winning asset back to top form.

I miss 2015 WC Maxwell often. He was a real peach.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Maxwell's average might be better but Afridi has played the bigger knocks in more important circumstances.

You'd think he would have given that he's played for like 20 years

 

[Daemon]

How is it fair to compare the two when it comes to achievements and milestones. Afridi's played 500 matches over a 20 year career while Maxwell is only a 100 games old.

 

[SteveNZ]

You'd think he would have given that he's played for like 20 years

I'd be comfortable in saying his matches to big knocks ratio way outstrips Maxwell's.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I'd be comfortable in saying his matches to big knocks ratio way outstrips Maxwell's.

I'd be confident saying the exact opposite

 

[91Jmay]

Maxwell is drastically overrated on here. He is the posterboy for the totally incorrect theory that a natural striker of the ball just needs to reign it in and he is an ATG which is patently nonsense.

 

[Julian87]

Maxwell's average might be better but Afridi has played the bigger knocks in more important circumstances.

What are their respective world cup records with the bat?

 

[mr_mister]

Well Maxwell's had one WC and was remarkably consistent and destructive during it, hit 320 runs, averaged 64 and striked at nearly 200


he has not reached those heights before or after so its unfair to use that his benchmark. But still, Afridi's WC batting record doesnt come close