Hayden vs Sehwag (+ other tasty treats)

[Sir Alex]

So you finally agree that Hayden > Sehwag and that Tendulkar > Ponting > Hayden > Sehwag. (y)

What's with all of this SehWAG nonsense? His a cricketer not a ****ing gigolo.

Of course Hayden > Sehwag in cooking and swimming with sharks.

 

[Himannv]

Of course Hayden > Sehwag in cooking and swimming with sharks.

How is Sehwag's cooking anyway?

Good cooks deserve loads more respect than good cricketers!!

 

[Sir Alex]

How is Sehwag's cooking anyway?

Good cooks deserve loads more respect than good cricketers!!

Absence of news indicate the obvious And I remember one of his conditions for a girl during marriage was ability to cook, or something of the sort as told by his mom.

 

[GotSpin]

Don't see the point of comparing these two players until Sehwag has retired.

- Oh yeah, and I definitely would not have Sehwag and Hayden opening in my All time XI. Doesn't really matter with Bradman coming in next though.

 

[Himannv]

Absence of news indicate the obvious And I remember one of his conditions for a girl during marriage was ability to cook, or something of the sort as told by his mom.

Oh! Hope you sent in your CV then.

 

[Sir Alex]

Oh! Hope you sent in your CV then.

His marriage is already over some years back, and I can't cook

 

[Himannv]

His marriage is already over some years back, and I can't cook

Ah, too bad lol.

 

[Sir Alex]

What bald??

Taking wickets bowling with sunglasses =

 

[Shri]

Whats this bull**** about Hayden scoring incredibly fast anyways? I love him as a batsman but he wasn't ultra aggressive in test matches. Yeah he hit loads of boundaries but not at Sehwag's frequency.

 

[Sir Alex]

Whats this bull**** about Hayden scoring incredibly fast anyways? I love him as a batsman but he wasn't ultra aggressive in test matches. Yeah he hit loads of boundaries but not at Sehwag's frequency.

He wasn't a fast scorer in ODIs as well, contrary to popular assumption.

 

[Ikki]

Hayden wasn't a fast-scorer in the Sehwag mould but he was a very intimidating scorer. He'd walk down to bowlers and many times hit right back at them/over them. His strength was his strength. As an opener, the bowlers try to knock your head off with the new ball; Hayden flipped that around. You couldn't intimidate him.

 

[zaremba]

SehWAG

 

[Migara]

Hayden wasn't a fast-scorer in the Sehwag mould but he was a very intimidating scorer. He'd walk down to bowlers and many times hit right back at them/over them. His strength was his strength. As an opener, the bowlers try to knock your head off with the new ball; Hayden flipped that around. You couldn't intimidate him.

He did intimidate fast medium men, but haven't seen walking down the pitch to Shoaib Akthar or Steve Harmison in his pomp.

On other hand, if pitched up, Sehwag will go for any delivery regardless of the bowler.

 

[Spark]

There is a difference between scoring boundaries and actually trying to kill the bowler which I'm sure many a bowler suspected that Hayden was trying to do.

 

[hkjain]

I almost ended with reading all post of this thread.

What my conclusion is as below

Just use PM for further discussion (Alex vs wfdu)



BTW, I can't say who is better but at least I can say whom I like most. It is Sehwag. We should wait for him to retire (I hope its not near, but I guess IPL, CLT20 can do anything).

 

[Fiji-Bati]

Might sound a bit on the fence here but really i can't split the two.

While I'm a big fan of Hayden, I certainly would pay to watch Sehwag bat. Hayden averaged 58 in tests at his peak and like Sehwag was brutal in assault against bowling attacks. He only really struggled in Australia and New Zealand though he didn't play all that much in New Zealand. He might've have been poor in good bowling conditions but Sehwag has struggled as well.

They both will go down as legends in their respective countries and both did the same job for their countries, really.

 

[Cevno]

Might sound a bit on the fence here but really i can't split the two.

While I'm a big fan of Hayden, I certainly would pay to watch Sehwag bat. Hayden averaged 58 in tests at his peak and like Sehwag was brutal in assault against bowling attacks. He only really struggled in Australia and New Zealand though he didn't play all that much in New Zealand. He might've have been poor in good bowling conditions but Sehwag has struggled as well.

They both will go down as legends in their respective countries and both did the same job for their countries, really.

?????

I think you meant South Africa.

 

[Black_Warrior]

The problem with comparing a retired player with a current player is you tend to be biased towards the current player. I remember Hayden during the phase 2001-2003, was perhaps the best batsman in the world in terms of consistency and performances.. But right now..Sehwag's swasbuckling knocks are fresh in my mind..so I tend to side with Sehwag at this stage..
Truly a difficult one this. Ideally I would like to have both open the batting for my team

 

[Ikki]

AWTA, wait till Sehwag is finished IMO. Either way, he won't be too far off Hayden. And in a way, I'd rather not compare him to other openers. There is only one Sehwag.

 

[slowfinger]

He did intimidate fast medium men, but haven't seen walking down the pitch to Shoaib Akthar or Steve Harmison in his pomp.

On other hand, if pitched up, Sehwag will go for any delivery regardless of the bowler.

Which was why he broke his bat v Akhtar IIRC