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Ooh, it creates a table when you paste from another website. Neat
To be fair Benaud didn't shortlist Knott or any other English keeper eitherFound Richie Benaud unbiased (apart from not picking Marshall or any of the other WI quicks in his ATG lineup).
The likes of Corbett, Scyld Berry and Boycott had opinions heavily clouded by bias.
I'm not sure you can call someone biased for not picking a West Indian fast bowler in their all time XI. Although I agree with the general consensus that Marshall was the best of fast bowlers, objectively speaking there is not really a huge gap between him (or Ambrose) and several other great fast bowlers Benaud would have seen such as Hadlee, McGrath, Trueman, Lillee, Lindwall, Imran, Wasim, Waqar and others.Found Richie Benaud unbiased (apart from not picking Marshall or any of the other WI quicks in his ATG lineup).
I didn't frame that sentence correctly. Wanted to convey that Richie is unbiased inspite of some debatable picks.I'm not sure you can call someone biased for not picking a West Indian fast bowler in their all time XI. Although I agree with the general consensus that Marshall was the best of fast bowlers, objectively speaking there is not really a huge gap between him (or Ambrose) and several other great fast bowlers Benaud would have seen such as Hadlee, McGrath, Trueman, Lillee, Lindwall, Imran, Wasim, Waqar and others.
Namely the rampant illegal bookmakershe showed who the real boss is off the pitch.
Nah, Lillee was fkn good. Literally everyone who was around and played with and against him agrees he was incredible.Lillee getting nosebleeds at 6
Benaud severely disliked the 4 man West Indies pace attacks.Found Richie Benaud unbiased (apart from not picking Marshall or any of the other WI quicks in his ATG lineup).
The likes of Corbett, Scyld Berry and Boycott had opinions heavily clouded by bias.
Who's the real boss on the pitch?Its not really a shocker that England and Aussie cricket writers before the mid 90s do not consider any cricket outside of themselves and maybe Windies as much of anything really. For all the corruption and stuff Dalmiya did, he did the greatest thing for cricket ever when he showed who the real boss is off the pitch.
Whoever plays better cricket.Who's the real boss on the pitch?