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*Official* Warne vs Murali Discussion
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Migara
International Coach
Played and missed fast bowlers. Warne, imperiously dispatched. Most of the runs in that century came off Warne. Gurusinha was not known for flashy play of fast men. He was a solid defensive batsman against pace. But when he saw spinners, yeah, he went beserk. Ranatunga's first scoring shot off Warne was a swept six. That would have been showing how "troubled" he was!
honestbharani
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so, still old...Haha, great great great great uncle. Still an uncle.
Smudge
Hall of Fame Member
PEWS is known to be very liberal when it comes to explaining away massive age gaps between two people
Prince EWS
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Six years isn't really that much if you don't actually consider what the two numbers are. Give it ten years and everyone will think it's perfectly normal.PEWS is known to be very liberal when it comes to explaining away massive age gaps between two people
Flem274*
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Read that as "If she was ten years it would be perfectly normal."Six years isn't really that much if you don't actually consider what the two numbers are. Give it ten years and everyone will think it's perfectly normal.
honestbharani
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A line of thought that should be expected out of someone who worships Jacques Kallis, tbh..Read that as "If she was ten years it would be perfectly normal."
Burgey
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Nah, but I reckon WCs are about the only ones that matter.lol Burgey, so you agree the WC finals are the only ODIs that matter and that is what people should be judged on?
As far as I could see, Ankit was countering only that with his posts..
OT, but I thought that young SL offie who bowled last night was very good (saw the highlights, not the actual game, which I forgot was on tbh).
Athlai
Not Terrible
Randiv > Mendis
robelinda
International Vice-Captain
Randiv looked very good indeed. In fact, the whole SL side looked bloody good it has to be said. Seems like they have really come prepared and are here to not only win but to dominate. Teams surely cannot be afraid of playing us here anymore, its open season now to beat us however you like.
Teja.
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Yeah, Kid took 9 wickets in the 3rd test in SL against India this year and at one point looked like winning the game for SL.
3rd Test: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 3-7, 2010 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com
honestbharani
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yeah, but in WCs overall, Murali has a pretty comparable record to Warne and in a LOT more matches... Esp. given that he has played in 2 WCs in the noughties through which the average score in ODIs has gone up (hence ERs etc will be affected)... I mean, there are a number of reasons you can rate Warney over Murali but some of the reasons mentioned here are laughable. This coming from one of the biggest fans of Warney here.
Burgey
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Yeah for sure. I think Murali is a better ODI bowler personally, but not by much. Had a much longer career, and certainly deserves massive kudos for that.
honestbharani
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Just hate it when people start using WC finals as the goalpost... I mean, it is pretty obvious the Aussies are gonna be better there.. They won so much and they made the KO stages so many times. People got so many shots. I wonder if the WC finals record will be so important if Australia never made it to the WC finals again after 96.. Wonder how Ponting would have compared to De Silva then?
Overall, I actually think Warne was a very good and underrated ODI bowler. Yes, underrated. He managed to tie down Sachin at his attacking best in 96 in Mumbai and I consider that one of the best spells of spin bowling I have ever seen. Still think Murali at his best was slightly better but felt Warne was the more attacking option. May well be something to do with the respective captains they had, for I felt both Waugh and Taylor used to attack a lot more than Ranatunga or Jayasuriya (esp.)...
Migara
International Coach
You wait for the next one in the production line. He'll come for the WI tests IMO. He's the guy in my avatar (Senanayake). Taller than Randiv and spins it a long way. Randiv's success mainly was due to bounce. This fellow gets still more bounce. This Mendis fellow took everybody by surprise and that effectively made these two to wait for their chances.
Burgey
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Well at least no one's yet brought up batting and fielding when we are comparing them as bowlers...
I think you can use big matches such as WC finals as an example of how a player performs under pressure, but it's unfair if you're comparing two blokes where one hasn't played in many/ any.
Having said that, I have raised the WC finals theory to debunk the utter dross of Nick Knight > Gilchrist in ODIs, so I'm guilty in that regard
Edit: this post is directed at HB's btw
I think you can use big matches such as WC finals as an example of how a player performs under pressure, but it's unfair if you're comparing two blokes where one hasn't played in many/ any.
Having said that, I have raised the WC finals theory to debunk the utter dross of Nick Knight > Gilchrist in ODIs, so I'm guilty in that regard
Edit: this post is directed at HB's btw
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