Mohammed Azhuruduin vs Mark Waugh

[slippy888]

Who was the better batsman for you

 

[ataraxia]

slippy poll plz

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

None of these guys ever batted for me, so no.

 

[Line and Length]

Why?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Who was the better match fixer

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Azhar

 

[honestbharani]

Who was the better match fixer

Salim Malik... neither of these guys bragged to the police that they could fix any game they want.

 

[akilana]

Who was the better match fixer

Neither. They got caught.

 

[slippy888]

 

[Migara]

The comparable batsmen from the era Azhar, Malik, de Silva and M. Waugh. Beautiful to watch and underachieved.

 

[Anil]

The match-fixing mother****er from India was the more talented batsman…

 

[mr_mister]

It's tough. Azharuddin had a really great statistical output. Terrific rate of centuries, like ATG level(scored one nearly every 4 tests he played), he flies under the radar here, I guess due to the match fixing

Junior was also great, and though his lower average can somewhat be put down to inconsistency, he did reach 3 figures very regularly and often against terrific bowlers. He rarely scored two tons in a series, but also rarely went more than 1 or 2 without getting one.

A complete inability to continue batting after reaching the 100 (153* being the highest score from 20 centuries is pretty nuts) definitely affected his average. It's taken for granted how much those junk runs after hitting the milestone help a batsman's record. I guess he just saw the job as being finished and stopped caring, which tbh rarely hurt the side as we always had at least 2-3 other top quality bats in the sides he played in

Both obviously were great to watch. Can't split them

 

[Burgey]

Azhar for me. Great player.

Both awesome to watch, too.

Azhar also the better match fixer.

 

[Calm_profit]

Both were great to watch,great fielders and match fixers as well,If I have to pick it will be Azhar.Before Sehwag Azhar used to play at good strike rate in tests.

 

[subshakerz]

Mark Waugh easily for me. Go down his list of centuries and see how many of them were clutch innings that resulted in victory, or saving a game. And across the globe, India, Pakistan, England, WI, SA, Australia.

Azhar a bit of a soft run bat. I recall a lot of his runs coming in hopeless situations or when the game in already lost.

 

[HookShot]

Mark Waugh: A lot of quality tons in there. either winning or saving the Test match. Especially that 1997 second innings century against South Africa, St George’s Park

	Date	Versus	Ground	Runs
1	25/03/1998​	India​	M Chinnaswamy Stadium​	153*​
2	25/11/1994​	England​	Brisbane Cricket Ground​	140​
3	27/04/1991​	West Indies​	Antigua Recreation Ground​	139*​
4	25/01/1991​	England​	Adelaide Oval​	138​
5	05/08/1993​	England​	Edgbaston​	137​
6	29/04/1995​	West Indies​	Sabina Park​	126​
7	02/01/1999​	England​	Sydney Cricket Ground​	121​
8	23/08/2001​	England​	Kennington Oval​	120​
9	01/12/2000​	West Indies​	WACA Ground​	119​
10	22/10/1998​	Pakistan​	National Stadium (Karachi)​	117​
11	30/11/1995​	Pakistan​	Sydney Cricket Ground​	116​
12	14/03/1997​	South Africa​	St George's Park​	116​
13	30/01/1998​	South Africa​	Adelaide Oval​	115*​
14	25/03/1994​	South Africa​	Kingsmead​	113*​
15	26/12/1992​	West Indies​	Melbourne Cricket Ground​	112​
16	26/11/1993​	New Zealand​	Bellerive Oval​	111​
17	08/12/1995​	Sri Lanka​	WACA Ground​	111​
18	19/07/2001​	England​	Lord's​	108​
19	05/11/1999​	Pakistan​	Brisbane Cricket Ground​	100​
20	02/01/1998​	South Africa​	Sydney Cricket Ground​	10​

 

[mr_mister]

Only 5/20 tons were 130+

Goddamn

 

[honestbharani]

Only 5/20 tons were 130+

Obviously playing fast and loose with the term "match winning"

 

[Starfighter]

Obviously playing fast and loose with the term "match winning"

When it comes to winning matches, runs don't have an absolute value. You should know that.

 

[subshakerz]

You can look at the context of most of the innings to see how critical they were.