this post pretty much summarizes your knowledge of cricket- which stands at an absolute 0. the fact that you suggest that by playing down the wrong line, you can still manage to play down the right line and get bat on ball simply suggests that you have no idea what you are talking about
Au contraire, hombre.
Shows YOUR lack of knowledge.
Playing down the wrong line doesnt mean you miss the ball by a mile. Playing down the wrong line can get you bowled ( the ball pitching inside the line of the bat) or catch the edge(very common when you are trying to turn the ball) and go to the slips.
But then again, you would know a lot more about batting than Majid Khan i guess........ most of my batting insights are from him alongside logical deductions... but lets not get into too much detail on that...clearly expert guidance and logic are something you are completely bereft of.
how many players were roaring successes in england? lets hear it.
Okay. from 90s, here goes:
Sachin Tendulkar (ave 71.60 but then again each and every time Sachin scored, there was collusion from ECB to produce batsmen friendly wickets that changed overnight)
Saurav Ganguly ( ave. 74.00 in ENG)
Rahul Dravid ( 87.66 ave)
Adam Gillchrist ( 68 ave)
Matthew Eliott( 55.6 ave)
Damien Martyn ( 76.5 ave)
Steve Waugh (74.5 ave)
Saeed Anwar ( 59 ave)
Herschelle Gibbs(53.11 ave)
Graeme Smith (79.33 ave)
Sanath Jayasurya (51.62 ave)
Marvan Atapattu (50.12 ave)
Shiv Chanderpaul ( 58.54)
The list is quiete huge with regards to people since 1990 who've had a cracker of a time in england.... and several others like Kirstien,Azharuddin, Mark Waugh, etc.... average close to or higher than their career averages......
You'll actually find more batsmen in the post 1990s with a better record in England than you'll find in the subcontinent....so much for your 'subcontinent is easier to bat' hypothesis.
care to explain how? how did he magically start playing down the right line when he was playing mcgrath and co? the fact that he played down the right line against those bowlers would suggest that it wasnt a weakness ITFP.
because how you do against one team is not JUST a question of your technique...its a question of form, psychological advantage, confidence etc etc....Anwar had a good start against OZ and carried that confidence....however, if you'd actually WATCHED him, you'd know that he had a weakness outside his offstump and often got castled and/or lobbed catches to slip cordon playing down the wrong line to deliveries outside the offstump.
because hayden only came into prominence in mid 2001, by which time anwar was playing his last series in test match cricket. as far as slater is concerned, yes the man who averages less than anwar, 34 in england, 28 in india, 29 in NZ and 29 in the WI, is a better player than anwar. clearly. and you must be a joker if you thought that gibbs was even test class pre 2000(he was averaging below 30 at the start of the series in the WI in 01), which is when anwar played most of his career.
Sorry i meant Taylor-Slater..... and yes, i think Slater was a better batsman than Anwar.
That said, 1990s wasnt an era of openers really...not like how the 60s/70s/80s and the 2000s were/are. He certainly doesnt come close to players like Greenidge,Haynes, Gooch, etc, let alone superheavyweights like Gavaskar or Boycott.
Oh and i forgot to mention...i would take a pre-back injury Atherton over Anwar as well.