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    Vote for your favorite type of batsmen

    Which type of batsmen generally appeals to your cricket tastes the most? Accumulator - Perfect technique, perfect defense, generally conservative Swashbuckler - Timing, flair, all the shots, front foot player, generally aggressive Master Blaster - Brute force, unorthodox strokes, risk taker...
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    Bad cricketers who played too long

    Who are the poor players that stayed in teams much longer than could be justified?
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    When was the zenith of each side?

    Leaving aside rankings, when was the absolute peak of team quality for each team in terms of a single game or series in their history?
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    What are the minimum record requirements for secondary disciplines to qualify someone as an all-rounder?

    As the title suggests. Based on average and output, what would get them over the line?
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    Pace Quartet or Spinner

    If you were building one attack for all conditions and had four worldclass pace bowlers, would you remove one to make place for a spinner of Lyon/Swann class?
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    Who is the greatest bat with a sub-50 average?

    Who is greatest with an average in the 40s?
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    Michael Hussey vs Laxman

    Who is better down the order?
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    Gary Kirsten vs Alistair Cook

    Who is the better opener?
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    Who is Asia's sixth greatest cricketer?

    Assuming we can agree the top five are in some order of Imran, Sachin, Murali, Gavaskar and Wasim, who has the best case to be no.6?
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    Battle of the Bowling Spells

    Which are the best spells in these classics? Ambrose 7-25 Aus 93 vs Hadlee 9-52 Aus 85 McGrath 5-53 Eng 2005 vs Shoaib 5-21 Aus 2002 Imran Khan 8-60 India 83 vs Steyn 7-51 India 2010 Holding 8-92 Eng 76 vs Bob Willis 8-43 Aus 81 Kumble 8-141 Aus 2004 vs Murali 9-56 Eng 1998
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    Battle of the 4th Innings Knocks

    Who wins? Lara 153* Aus vs Perera 153* SA G Smith 154* Eng vs Stokes 135* Aus Gavaskar 221 Eng vs Tendulkar 136 Pak Nathan Astle 222 Eng vs Sanga 192 Aus Faf DuPlessis 110* Aus vs Ponting 156 Eng
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    Battle of the Opening Pairs

    Who is the more valuable opening pair? Hayden and Langer vs Greenidge and Haynes Sehwag and Gambir vs Cook and Strauss Kirsten and Hudson vs Anwar and Sohail Taylor and Slater vs Warner and Khwaja
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    Is Botham's 81 Ashes the greatest series performance?

    Assuming we are talking the post-war period, is there any pure batting, bowling or all-round performance that can be considered better than that?
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    Lone guns versus Pack Hunters - Who benefits more?

    The question is specific to the divide between Hadlee/Murali vs McGrath/Warne, the idea of one bowler having the advantage or disadvantage in one scenario versus the other. We assume their situations equals out in quality but does it really? Or is one more handicapped than the other?
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    Can a batting or bowling lineup without a worldclass/great level player be considered strong?

    Are we biased towards the presence of ATG type players in assessing whether lineups can be strong or not?
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    Sehwag vs Inzi

    This should be closer battle.
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    Battle of Sub-100 Scores

    Which innings wins in the below battles: Sehwag's 83 vs Eng in 2008 vs Waugh's 63* vs WI in 95 Atherton's 98* vs SA in 98 vs Gavaskar 96 vs Pak in 1987 Dravid's twin fifties vs WI in 2005 vs Laxman's twin fifties vs Aus in Chennai 2001 Jack Russell 29 (235) vs SA in 95 vs ABD 33 (220) vs Aus...
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    Malcolm Marshall vs Jack Hobbs

    Who is the best player?
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    Team Battles

    Which team wins: Mid-70s Aus under Chappell vs Mid-90s Aus under Taylor Late 80s WI under Viv vs Early 2010s SA under Smith Late 80s Pak under Imran vs Late 90s SA under Cronje WC 96 SL under Ranatunga vs WC 2011 India under Dhoni WC 79 WI under Lloyd vs WC 99 Aus under Waugh
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    Years or Test - Which is the best way to test longevity?

    I have seen posters evaluate performances based on a large number of years of a player's career which only amount to a minority of overall tests played, and then equate players who had similar length careers though one may have played substantially more tests. Which is the best way to evaluate...

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