you claimed warne's captaincy in IPL was a big deal. and then changed into figurehead or whatever it was that gave you a way out. i had to step in to point out your mistake though. so dont feel burdened about fixing me. you need a lot of help too. and i am always there for you.
This is what I dislike about the way you post. You think that because I post something, I am inherently biased (of course, we all are, but you think it's a conscious thing with me) and then you go making claims like the above or in other threads. My point re Warne and RR had little to do with his captaincy record anything like that, merely what he brought as a leader and how he made the unexpected happen (whether in a weak team or tough situation) - to which you too agreed. Of
course I wasn't trying to equate a T20 tourney to Imran leading Pakistan.
Last time when we looked at the average of batsmen against certain bowlers you were so wrong and yet you again came and called me biased. Then when there was the opportunity to transform the glaring mistake you had made into something purposeful, I treated it as if you had simply made a mistake. So I am a much bigger man than you give me credit for and even though I continuously mention that I have respect for you, you try to cut my posts down with this same non-sense again and again. My patience is running out in that regard.
as long as you add a qualifier like "over-seas tests" then there will always be certain combination of situations in which warne would have a better SR than murali. but overall, there is nothing between them. and if you include minnows, because removing minnows is a condition we have created ourselves otherwise technically all tests against them are tests too, murali has a better strike rate than warne and takes his wickets at a better average too. I am not going down that route to claim murali as more aggressive of the two. because i see them as very very similar bowlers in terms of dominating and beating any opponent. so you simply cant claim that warne was more aggressive and murali played the patient game. taking their overall careers into consideration, it is not true at all.
That isn't just a qualifier. I wasn't saying Warne had a better SR only in away tests; I am saying Warne was better
overall. That the fact that you looked at their overall SRs is misleading because half the tests they play are at home; where one has much benefit and one has very little. Yet the fact that they are so close is a testament to Warne's striking power. I tried to show you that difference by showing you their away SR - where they face all the same teams in their countries apart from their own - and Warne was almost 8 points superior. That is
not a small amount.
Whether you think they are the same or not is not my concern. You are entitled to your opinion. However, claiming that their SRs define how they approached their cricket was flawed and hence my reply.
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