subshakerz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Yes he was. No denying that. But against the two best batting lineups away he suffered.
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Viv Richards vs Muttiah Muralitharan
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capt_Luffy
Hall of Fame Member
But dominated at Home. And I have previously said why I don't care that much for his Australia Away.
DrWolverine
International Captain
1. Tests are going to played a lot less in future
2. The chances of finding someone like Murali is rare
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
Never say never
subshakerz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Australia was the best team of the era and India the best batting lineup against spin. So we have to care about his performance in those countries.
DrWolverine
International Captain
I just don’t see 800 wickets ever being broken.
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
I’m sure people thought that about Tendulkar
Arachnödouche2.0
State Vice-Captain
Game's changed immeasurably since then though. Even assuming a Test-spamming nation like England continues playing as many Tests as they do, it's hard to imagine someone of the quality and endurance of an Anderson or Broad getting the chance to hone their skills in first-class cricket. For the rest of the world, 500, if not way less than that, might be the absolute new cap.
Migara
International Coach
Both those batting lineups were bossed at home. I can understand hin struggling in Australia, but struggle in India is the odd one. The same Indian batting lineups were demolished in very similar pitch conditions in SL.
DrWolverine
International Captain
If Cook didn’t retire at the very young age of 33, he could have easily broken Sachin’s record and Root is all but certain to break the record.
15 years since his retirement and no one has come close to breaking Muttiah Muralitharan’s record.
DrWolverine
International Captain
We are going to less tests played in the future since T20 generates much more revenue for less work
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
Yet. Records have been held for far longer and then been broken.
DrWolverine
International Captain
It may happen but I do not think it will.
subshakerz
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Sure Murali was uber at home. But to me adaptability and succeeding against the best is very important.
vidiq
State Regular
If Eng somehow produce a Rabada type destructive bowler, then it is possible.
Sliferxxxx
State Vice-Captain
Over a reasonable amount of tests for me at least 5, Viv was reasonable in all conditions. Murali not so much as mentioned b4 in India and Australia. But still all those 10 fors and 800 wkts are hard to ignore. I'll sit this one out.
akilana
State Captain
He has adapted to many other countries. It’s just one or two more that he didn’t so I don’t think adaptability is a problem. Vic sucked in NZ and we aren’t going to equation his adaptability. But being bad against the best team is not a good look though so that should be taken into account.
Also by the same measure he can’t be top 10 bowler with that kind of record vs the best team.
On a similar note, people tend to overlook McGrath not being ATG vs SA who were the best batting he faced in his time. SA were nowhere near Aus batting line up.
vidiq
State Regular
@Thala_0710
@sayon basak
@capt_Luffy
When we talk about Anderson legacy then most of people talks about his performance against top teams and how he was bad against top teams
But Shane Warne and Murali also failed against Best team but how they are still getting ATG hype but not Anderson?
I mean generally those who performs against india only gets hype.
@sayon basak
@capt_Luffy
When we talk about Anderson legacy then most of people talks about his performance against top teams and how he was bad against top teams
But Shane Warne and Murali also failed against Best team but how they are still getting ATG hype but not Anderson?
I mean generally those who performs against india only gets hype.