Mark Waugh vs Damien Martyn

[indiaholic]

Has to be Mark Waugh for me. But as awesome as he was, For me he never fully realized his talent.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Waugh for me, loved watching him bat.

 

[robelinda]

Mark Waugh's top 5 test innings VS Martyn's?

list.....

Waugh-

1 Port Elizabeth 97
2 Jamaica 95
3 Bangalore 98
4 Adelaide 91
5 Adelaide 98

Martyn

1 Chennai 2004
2 Kandy 2004
3 Melbourne 2004
4 Melbourne 1992
5 Joburg 2006

 

[Blaze 18]

Mark Waugh.

 

[Borges]

Damien Martyn. Based on pure aesthetics alone.

 

[smash84]

Waugh was a softcock so gets no vote from me.

Now we know that you like hard ****

 

[R_D]

Very close one... Two batsman I enjoyed watching bat

Mark Waugh for me.. had a longer career and played some good innings against good attacks and made batting look so effortless.. Amazing batsman.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Now we know that you like hard ****

Haha played.

 

[Tom 1972]

Waugh because of his slips catching. Preferred watching DM bat.

 

[tooextracool]

Damien Martyn for me. One of the reasons why Australia went from being the best side in the world to invincibles.

 

[hang on]

mark waugh the better batsman, though martyn was a smidgeon ahead in terms of aesthetics.

 

[archie mac]

Damien Martyn. Based on pure aesthetics alone.

mark waugh the better batsman, though martyn was a smidgeon ahead in terms of aesthetics.

Surprised at this, Mark much more graceful in my opinion

 

[smash84]

surprised at this, mark much more graceful in my opinion

this

 

[vcs]

Rob has uploaded quite a few Martyn knocks, WAG.

YouTube - Damien Martyn 118 vs England 4th test 2001 Ashes

Exquisite.

 

[Spark]

One of the few batsmen I have seen able to forward defense a ball through cover for four.

 

[robelinda]

One of the few batsmen I have seen able to forward defense a ball through cover for four.

absolutely. 2006 Champ Trophy, Martyn played amazingly, so many forward defences for 4.

 

[Briony]

Marto by a hair. WAG. Will agree that the difference in averages is not an indicator of how close it is, Waugh must have faced some seriously good WI attacks early in his career.

Ambrose was still there, and he struggled mightily against him but he missed the Windies at their peak, having debuted in the early 90s. Apart from one or two knocks, he tended to fold when the pressure was on and played too far away from his body. Despite people saying he looked bored and so used to go out, Waugh was on record several times declaring his aime to average fifty in test cricket. History shows he wasn't good enough. For most of his career his average hovered between forty and forty-four which seemed to suggest that was about where he belonged. And that was in an era when the best players averaged fifty plus.

Greg Chappell was way more elegant than him btw and a much better player. Gower was also more elegant IMHO.

 

[Analyst1]

Marto by a hair. WAG. Will agree that the difference in averages is not an indicator of how close it is, Waugh must have faced some seriously good WI attacks early in his career.

Rob has uploaded quite a few Martyn knocks, WAG.

YouTube - Damien Martyn 118 vs England 4th test 2001 Ashes

Exquisite.

I know that it is the done thing on CW but do you really have to use 'WAG' in almost every post that you make?

 

[Jono]

Do you really have to have Dravid as the most overrated player of all time in your sig? I mean it's just unbelievably wrong.

 

[marc71178]

As is the oldest poster bit I suspect.