smash84
The Tiger King
Are we talking about some 17 year olds??????I'll never ever get why skill matters at all tbh. Maybe it can be used as a predictor for how 2 kids will fare in cricket in the future.
Are we talking about some 17 year olds??????I'll never ever get why skill matters at all tbh. Maybe it can be used as a predictor for how 2 kids will fare in cricket in the future.
thisin your opinion.
There are more rose tinted glass arguments in favour of marshall, imo. Mcgrath was the best at dismissing the best batsmen of the opposition and carried on for longer. I'm not letting a few decimal points and speedometer readings get in the way of rating him the greatest ever. its always amusing how the pitches turn into bowlers' paradises when discussing the 80's batsmen, but not when discussing the 80s bowlers. Vive la nostalgia.
The point about skill is.. with stats you can come to your conclusions on who went well but a rating on skill level is more likely to tell you who is more likely to succeed in the future..I'll never ever get why skill matters at all tbh. Maybe it can be used as a predictor for how 2 kids will fare in cricket in the future but when the career is done and dusted, Whether a bowler 'could' do more things with the ball doesn't matter at all in comparison to how they both have performed.
Sometimes I get the impression in CW, That past greats are compared more on the basis of what they 'could' do rather than what they actually did. If a bowler could be unplayable on his day yet ended up the same performance-wise as another player, It means he could be much more 'playable' than the second player on another day. It's like people care only about the first factor and act like the balancing of it on the other side does not matter.
EDIT:-General rant, not directly in response to slogsweep's post
The big inswinger was Imran's best delivery. There were very few (if any) who could bring the ball back so much at such pace........Wow, Imran, WAG. Look at those inswingers. Goodness me.
and me, eric clapton.My momma said if I was more motivated I could've been Jimmy Page FTR.
...precisely what Teja said....were you agreeing or disagreeing?The point about skill is.. with stats you can come to your conclusions on who went well but a rating on skill level is more likely to tell you who is more likely to succeed in the future..
I had watched the match live. Tendulkar was clobbering them little later. The onslaught was started by de Silva, who went after McGrath, then Donald and later sent Kumble out of the attack. Then SRT took over taking them apart. That was attacking batting of highest calibre.YouTube - Imran Khan-Sachin-Wasim Akram Ind-Pak Peace
Does anybody know anything about this MCC and ROW match???? Sachin is just awesome clobbering around the likes of Donald and McGrath in the match in this video.........
yeah they show the scorecard towards the end of the match with De Silva out on 82 and Sachin out on 125........De Silva WAG.......I had watched the match live. Tendulkar was clobbering them little later. The onslaught was started by de Silva, who went after McGrath, then Donald and later sent Kumble out of the attack. Then SRT took over taking them apart. That was attacking batting of highest calibre.
And now I can also remember that there was some hype built up before the match, with it being touted as Tendulkar vs the best of the rest, and whether he will score a hundred. That's how the match was being promoted. Incredibly, he scored a good hundred.Not sure. Was a benefit match or something. Also back then, AFAIR, they did not award official status to any matches involving world XI, Asia XI etc. This trend started only in mid 2000's
That is one fantastic rant, Teja. Considering you are only 17, you must be a whizkidI'll never ever get why skill matters at all tbh. Maybe it can be used as a predictor for how 2 kids will fare in cricket in the future but when the career is done and dusted, Whether a bowler 'could' do more things with the ball doesn't matter at all in comparison to how they both have performed.
Sometimes I get the impression in CW, That past greats are compared more on the basis of what they 'could' do rather than what they actually did. If a bowler could be unplayable on his day yet ended up the same performance-wise as another player, It means he could be much more 'playable' than the second player on another day. It's like people care only about the first factor and act like the balancing of it on the other side does not matter.
EDIT:-General rant, not directly in response to slogsweep's post
Teja covered that in his post tbh. He did say that 'skill' may be useful in predicting how a cricketer will do in future, but means nothing when the careers are over. Then, all you have is your achievements. Call them 'mere stats' disparagingly, or call them facts if that helps you take the argument seriously, but that is what matters when it's all over.The point about skill is.. with stats you can come to your conclusions on who went well but a rating on skill level is more likely to tell you who is more likely to succeed in the future..
Sachin averaging junk amount in the first 3 years he opened and having no scored no centuries never let anyone doubt the fact that he was goiing to be gun in ODIs as an opener, did it?
Hey? I uploaded about 20 videos in the last week.Bet Robelinda has it, but I think he isn't uploading a lot of videos these days because of some users who rile him on youtube.
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I see, my bad then. I thought you weren't uploading as many videos these days because of some users constantly annoying you on youtube.Hey? I uploaded about 20 videos in the last week.
actually, no, he did very very well since he started opening.Right from the first match he started opening, 82 from 49 balls against NZ on a seaming track, a brilliant knock !Sachin averaging junk amount in the first 3 years he opened and having no scored no centuries never let anyone doubt the fact that he was goiing to be gun in ODIs as an opener, did it?
Please doI downloaded that diana cup memorial match highlights somewhere from the net ages ago. If I find it on my hard disk, I'll upload it
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Not particularly useful when it comes to talking about two players who have both retired then, is it?The point about skill is.. with stats you can come to your conclusions on who went well but a rating on skill level is more likely to tell you who is more likely to succeed in the future..