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Rank these ATGs against fast bowling

Himannv

Himannv

Hall of Fame Member
I don't know if all those guys are actually ATGs. Anyway, in terms of how all of them play fast bowling, I think Ponting, de Villiers, and Tendulkar are probably the best at it. Lara, Dravid, Smith, Root, and Kallis are alright I suppose. The rest are nothing special.
 
Johan

Johan

Hall of Fame Member
Fast bowling is honestly too vague, I can say the best players of Fast bowling are Viv Richards and Garfield Sobers, dominated on everything, lightning fast Australian wickets or slow dusty uneven pakistan or QSP or English swingy and seamy wickets and so forth. But when comparing all these guys who have flaws against some type of fast bowling and excel against other it becomes very tricky, for example Root plays inswing a lot better than Tendulkar but Tendulkar copes with bounce over waist height much better. What is more relevant?

from these, I think Tendulkar is the most complete player, Root and Dravid excell the most on soft swing and seam wickets, Ponting the most on seamy roads, De Villiers the most on South African style Green Mambas but Tendulkar is the only one who excells in everything and doesn't have any major weakness.
 
Coronis

Coronis

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Himannv said:
I don't know if all those guys are actually ATGs. Anyway, in terms of how all of them play fast bowling, I think Ponting, de Villiers, and Tendulkar are probably the best at it. Lara, Dravid, Smith, Root, and Kallis are alright I suppose. The rest are nothing special.
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2 of these guys aren’t imo
 
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Ju7

U19 Debutant
As an aside (and no he's not an ATG) Graham Gooch was an excellent player of fast bowling.He faced the WI in the 80's and 90's and averaged 44 in 25 matches against them including 5 centuries and 13 half centuries.
 
Migara

Migara

International Coach
Ju7 said:
As an aside (and no he's not an ATG) Graham Gooch was an excellent player of fast bowling.He faced the WI in the 80's and 90's and averaged 44 in 25 matches against them including 5 centuries and 13 half centuries.
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Other forgotton one is Salim Malik. Averaged 45+ against WI in one of the most bowler friendly pitches where teams in average was going at about 25 per wicket.
 
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Ju7

U19 Debutant
Migara said:
Other forgotton one is Salim Malik. Averaged 45+ against WI in one of the most bowler friendly pitches where teams in average was going at about 25 per wicket.
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I remember watching him and he was a stylish batsman.
 
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