Senile Sentry
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Siddhu had no respect for spinners. Used to troll them by blocking ball after ball and then casually stepping out and hitting sixes
He was the original Warne killer in the 90s.
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Sir Vivian Richards - master or myth?
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He was the original Warne killer in the 90s.
Burgey
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Always said he was a great judge
ankitj
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Yes, but only Warne. His resume lacks good knocks against other good to great spinners. Also, he usually scored 70s or 80s, not big daddy hundreds. It's bizarre how many times his name comes up.
Senile Sentry
International Debutant
Used to open and do his job to create good platforms for Sachin and Co. Averaged 53 at home vs 33 away (and unfortunately played a majority of games overseas).
He used to also average 63 against spinners vs 28 against pacers. Did well vs Murali and Warne. A
_00_deathscar
International Regular
Lol - "Can Ishant Sharma get back into this bowling line up?"
5 minutes later: "Kartik Tyagi should be in this line up".
_00_deathscar
International Regular
If only someone made that same comparison only a few posts above that...but seriously - is that sort of it? Having never seen him bat 'live' (even on TV I mean - only in highlights etc) - is he basically a more alpha Sehwag batting in the middle order?
Red_Ink_Squid
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As someone who didn't watch Viv live I've tended to think of de Villiers as the closest modern day equivalent. I.e. someone who scored thousands of Test runs at an average of 50 and usually made it look very easy, yet still kinda leaves the nagging feeling that he could have scored even more given his talent. De Villiers could look head and shoulders above everyone when faced with truly great fast bowling (e.g. peak Johnson) or great spin bowling (e.g. Ashwin + Jadeja in India) but didn't run up career numbers to match the absolute best. If you were to make a Greatest XI just of the 21st century he probably wouldn't quite make the cut based on output, but if you were to imagine a theoretical, higher level of cricket than Tests being played he's someone you'd think could make a step up as easily as anyone. Of course like Richards he was also an outrageously good ODI batsmen which adds to the aura around him (and no doubt his standing with contemporary players).
Obviously Viv is regarded in even higher esteem than de Villiers and was the clear best batsman in the world for much longer than AB was, so while I think of de Villiers as analogous I'm not saying the two of them were equally good. I guess Sehwag is probably an even better comparison for Viv than AB when it comes to their strike rate and #intent - de Villiers gave the impression that he could take the bowling apart at will more than he actually played like that (in Tests), whereas Sehwag was always gonna Sehwag.
Migara
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Last match Sidhu played Murlai was in that 1998 run fest series. So yes, well before the 15 degree or steroid era.
Coronis
Cricketer Of The Year
We should just let everyone take steroids and see who’s better.
Switch to Baseball,.
Red
The normal awards that everyone else has
None of these change my opinion that he was just an average fielder.
