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If you're looking for the red inker in the 10k club, I think Chanders takes that one.
Steve Waugh a great beneficiary alsoIf you're looking for the red inker in the 10k club, I think Chanders takes that one.
Possibly 4th West Indian. Sobers is definitely no 1 imo, but Viv and Headley (or vice versa) could be 2 and 3.I wonder - does Lara suffer in the estimation of people compared to Tendulkar because he's only the second, or perhaps even third best West Indian? He's better than Tendulkar in my estimation. The only thing that elevates Tendulkar is his ridiculous longevity and even that is overrated due to the huge periods of time late in his career that he wasn't contributing.
Now Tendulkar is in the top 10 batsmen of all time, but it's hard to argue he's definitively better than the prince.
He wasn't even that defensive tbh. Just dreadful aesthetically. A lot of people still rate Inzi and yousuf over him when really it shouldnt be a contest.Feel like defensive batsmen grow in stature with time. Flashy but relatively expensive pacers go the other way. Barrington and Border get much more love now whilst in their playing careers guys like May and Miandad were held in higher regard (as far as I know). Roberts, Thomson and Hall have gone the other way.
Feels like you're talking about Younis but he isn't mentioned in the post you quotedHe wasn't even that defensive tbh. Just dreadful aesthetically. A lot of people still rate Inzi and yousuf over him when really it shouldnt be a contest.
Yeah that patch made me put Tendulkar over him. Lara's peaks were higher but Tendulkar was a fair bit more consistent, was at his best for around 15 years rather than like 6-7.If anything Lara's flair makes people overlook some aspects of his career where he was worse than a lot of other ATG batsmen. His overseas record is relatively meh and he had a very large chunk of his career from 1996-02 where apart from two famous series his output was seriously underwhelming. Also casuals (not on CW but elsewhere) overrate him because they know about his 400 and nothing else.
He was absolutely one of the world's best batsmen until 2010. In fact, in his second resurgence, his 2010 was his peak. Had a ridiculous year and season stretching through for 2010/2011.I wonder - does Lara suffer in the estimation of people compared to Tendulkar because he's only the second, or perhaps even third best West Indian? He's better than Tendulkar in my estimation. The only thing that elevates Tendulkar is his ridiculous longevity and even that is overrated due to the huge periods of time late in his career that he wasn't contributing.
It's always swings and roundabouts isn't it? One way to look at it is that players who have absolutely monster series have their averages inflated by these series and can be seen to have huge differences in peaks/troughs (Smith seeming to be the exception along with Bradman of course). Not saying that is how I look at it, but it is one way to look at it.If anything Lara's flair makes people overlook some aspects of his career where he was worse than a lot of other ATG batsmen. His overseas record is relatively meh and he had a very large chunk of his career from 1996-02 where apart from two famous series his output was seriously underwhelming. Also casuals (not on CW but elsewhere) overrate him because they know about his 400 and nothing else.
It’s because of ODIs.He [younis] wasn't even that defensive tbh. Just dreadful aesthetically. A lot of people still rate Inzi and yousuf over him when really it shouldnt be a contest.
Also the fact that Younis's best came against empty stands in the UAE. How many people remember that he was averaging as much as Sangakkara for the 2010s?It’s because of ODIs.