FMD McGrath's been retired 5 years and people are categorising him as a medium pacer?Then we are back to square one trying to determine what he bowled. Quick spinner (ala O'Reilly, Kumble, Verity) or a medium pacer (Mcgrath, Bedser)
Care to explain.The inclusion of Tendulkar over Hammond in ATG teams irritates me.
think that warne and tendulkar polled 3rd and 4th behind bradman and sobers. hobbs was behind them.Was doing some research on line and from cricket books to see who historians, commentators, writers and former players name in their All Time Teams and including our own team that we did earlier this year and the cricinfo effort the players selected the most for the fast bowler positions were Marshall, Syd Barnes and Lillee with Warne being the unopposed choice for the spinner.
The rest of the team is pretty predictable with the usual suspects. The entire compilation XI
Jack Hobbs
Len Hutton
Don Bradman
Viv Richards
Sachin Tendulkar
Garry Sobers
Adam Gilchrist
Malcolm Marshall
Shane Warne
Syd Barnes
Dennis Lillee
The unanimous selections were Hobbs, Bradman, Sobers and Warne. One vote behind was Tendulkar and Marshall.
would have tendulkar in the team in a flash. what irritates me is the inclusion of warne over murali in all time teams.The inclusion of Tendulkar over Hammond in ATG teams irritates me.
Must've been medium pace (as in 110-125kph medium, not medium-fast as people tend to be twisting it to mean these days) cutters and swingers imoThen we are back to square one trying to determine what he bowled. Quick spinner (ala O'Reilly, Kumble, Verity) or a medium pacer (Mcgrath, Bedser)
Bernard Hollowood in conversation with Albert Hollowood (1970);Then we are back to square one trying to determine what he bowled. Quick spinner (ala O'Reilly, Kumble, Verity) or a medium pacer (Mcgrath, Bedser)
Incidently, Douglas Wright was a right-arm medium/leg-break bowler.“Oh yes, he could ‘em all, but he got his wickets with fast leg-breaks. Marvelous, absolutely marvellous, he was. Fast leg-breaks and always on a length.” Others, Barnes included, have claimed that he bowled every known ball except the googly – swingers, off breaks, top spinners, the lot. But undoubtably his chef d’oeuvre was the leg break. He took a long run, a bounding springy run, and as his arm came over in a perfect action, mid on and mid off could hear the snap of his long fingers as they rolled and squeezed the ball into its revolutionary parabola. There has been no one like him. O’Reilly could bend them from leg, but not with Barnes’s consistency or devil. Douglas Wright could bowl fastish leg breaks, but not on the length that destroys and goes on destroying.
(The Picador Book of Cricket, page 37-38)
Why is that?would have tendulkar in the team in a flash. what irritates me is the inclusion of warne over murali in all time teams.
Tendulkar is a great. No doubt. However, Hammond was just as good a batsman, imo he was probably slightly better. Hammond could also bowl, and was the greatest fielder of his day.Care to explain.
A lot of people have a very legitimate reason for not including Murali....would have tendulkar in the team in a flash. what irritates me is the inclusion of warne over murali in all time teams.
Tbf Tendulkar has sent a few down in his time too.Tendulkar is a great. No doubt. However, Hammond was just as good a batsman, imo he was probably slightly better. Hammond could also bowl, and was the greatest fielder of his day.
Which is/are?A lot of people have a very legitimate reason for not including Murali....
Good one; shots of the crowds, journalists pretty interesting footage overallHere is some footage of DVP Wright bowling 'fast leg breaks' in 1947 to get idea of what SF Barnes might have been like bowling spin. He comes on at about the 1 min 20 sec mark.
There is also some good footage of Bedser bowling, and a rather loopy bouncer or two from Voce.
THE THIRD TEST - British Pathé
I actually like the bowling of DVP Wright. This isn't the best footage I've seen, but all I could find at the minute. I think he was a very talented bowler.Good one; shots of the crowds, journalists pretty interesting footage overall
Outside of S/L and if one takes out the minnows, Murali's stats are less overwhelming. Additionally Warne was a more than handy lower order batsman and a great slip fielder. Warne also revived leg spin, and it is a trickier disipline to master.because murali's stats are up there with warne's. i suppose in the same way that hammond's are with tendulkar.