centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
ECB are always good at this sort of thingLooks like the ECB have someone reading this forum; they've stolen my idea and he's signed for Lancashire...
ECB are always good at this sort of thingLooks like the ECB have someone reading this forum; they've stolen my idea and he's signed for Lancashire...
There is absolutely no way that Broad can be rated higher than Zaheer.Enough with this engineer love. It is time to acknowledge that Dhoni makes the first cut of any ATG Indian XI. 200+ victims, solid late order batting (primarily in Asia) and clear headed captaincy all combine to make him as obvious a selection as gavaskar, dravid, kapil and tendulkar.
and yeah. broad, as much as i abhor him, will make it ahead of srinath and zaheer.
First time Dirtbag's been described as reliable.I have made a lot of comments on YouTube in this regard too. It baffles me that a nation as rich in bench strength as England would still persist with Broad.
If you mention his attractive batting and the virtue of having that to complement a menacing attack of Anderson, Tremmers and Swann, I can understand.
But, as a bowler, come on! Are we kidding ourselves that this guy is potentially better than Ajmal Shahzad (pace and movement both ways), Tim Bresnan (wicket-taking swing bowler), Stuart Meaker (out-and-out pace), Jade Dernbach (reliable swing bowler) and even Steve Finn (bounce and genuine striking ability)?
Honestly, if you start including the likes of Mohammad Nisar and Amar Singh then you might as well want to argue that Barry Richards is the greatest batsman to have played cricket after Bradman.Kapil Dev, Javagal Srinath and Mohammad Nisar.
No, not over them, not even Amar Singh and Zaheer Khan.
If that doesn't show your clear bias Robbins, I don't know what doesI would very much back Broad to be considerably better than any of those that you've named.
Definitely wouldn't pick Broad over Dev, even if you don't take their batting into account.I would very much back Broad to be considerably better than any of those that you've named.
But you are risking not having Zaheer on the park if you pick him as a bowler.If you factor in his batting it's a no brainer, but I think I'd rather have Zaheer as a bowler in the side. He was seriously consistently good for those few years before injuries (and what seems like laziness) took their toll. Without him India would have never reached #1, however brief their stay there was.
Considering this is about a current team he is considerably better than an over-the-hill Zaheer or a 54 year old Kapil.If that doesn't show your clear bias Robbins, I don't know what does
There is no bleeding way that Broad is considerably better than Zaheer Khan or Kapil Dev.
Not with a bowling average of 41 away from England.
Considering this is about a current team he is considerably better than an over-the-hill Zaheer or a 54 year old Kapil.
The conversation changed ages ago though. There's no argument to the former anymore.I believe his point is that this thread was debating whether Broad would make India's current best XI, not their all time best XI.
I'm waiting for Dhoni to confirm if Broad is fit to bowl before I comment.The conversation changed ages ago though. There's no argument to the former anymore.