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****OFFICIAL**** Imran Khan vs Botham Debate Thread
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PhoenixFire
International Coach
I don't like Imran Khan because he is Pakistani. I like Ian Botham because he is English. Problem solved.
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
What was the point in reviving this old thread? Ian Botham is second only to Sir Garry in the all-rounder stakes, Imran Khan was just an average trundler who's batting improved as he got older.
R_D
International Debutant
I didn't bother reading through the whole thing.. only read first 5 or 6 pages.
Why don't we from now on just take people's Peak and determine who is better. Forget about how rest of their career panned out to be. Its all about the peak. At least that helps Botham look much better than the rest.. otherwise its pretty close call.
Why don't we from now on just take people's Peak and determine who is better. Forget about how rest of their career panned out to be. Its all about the peak. At least that helps Botham look much better than the rest.. otherwise its pretty close call.
SA
Banned
TBH,Imran Khan was a better allrounder than both Gary Sobers & Ian Botham.Lillian Thomson said:What was the point in reviving this old thread? Ian Botham is second only to Sir Garry in the all-rounder stakes, Imran Khan was just an average trundler who's batting improved as he got older.
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Perm
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
No, he was better than Ian Botham. Not better than Sir Gary Sobers.SA said:TBH,Imran Khan was a better allrounder than both Gary Sobers & Ian Botham.
How come nobody mentions somebody like Tony Greig as a good all rounder, averages 40 with the bat and 32 with the ball. Those figures a pretty handy, granted the bowling one is not as good as Imran or Botham but his batting is alot better. I was just wondering why nobody really rated him.
BhupinderSingh
Banned
No,Imran Khan was twice the allrounder Gary Sobers was.Perm said:
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Can I please get some of that crack you're smoking, cause it must be really good.BhupinderSingh said:No,Imran Khan was twice the allrounder Gary Sobers was.
nightprowler10
Global Moderator
Agreed, well, for now anyway.Matt79 said:pffph. Miller's better than all of them!
PhoenixFire
International Coach
Yeah, Khaled Mahmud is really pushing him close now.nightprowler10 said:
BhupinderSingh
Banned
In your opinion,Sobers might be the best allrounder ever but its not necessary that everyone else(especialy me) also shares your opinion.silentstriker said:
For me,Sobers was hardly an allrounder.He was an excellent batsman who could bowl of it(a bowling average of 35 on bowling friendly wickets & ratio of less than 3 wickets per test proves it).Whereas Imran Khan was a genuine allrounder who would make anytime on the basis of his performance in either of the two disciplines(batting or bowling).So,thats the reason why consider Imran,Botham & Miller to be better allrounders than Gary Sobers.
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
BhupinderSingh said:
It's a bit odd to use Sobers bowling record as an excuse to say he's not a genuine allrounder and then to say Imran would have made it in the side as a batsman when his record of 6 centuries and 37 average in 88 Tests is not that of a top class batsman.
BhupinderSingh
Banned
Imran used to bat at #7 or 8 & thats a very good record for a lower order batsman.Lillian Thomson said: