***Official*** New Zealand in India 2016

[viriya]

It's not really premature because he pretty much has the best ever home record for a spinner.. No matter how average he is away that gets him into ATG category imo.

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah but he probably has more years of international cricket ahead of him than behind, so its extremely premature.

 

[Shady Slim]

look he's a good player but yeah ATG is calling it a bit early imo - especially when you consider how easily batsmen are dismissed in these conversations for having such discrepancies

 

[Jono]

can't wait til Burgey reads that Ashwin ATG discussions are occurring. He's going to blow up.

 

[honestbharani]

We should start Rahane ATG threads tbh... Go big when it comes to annoying Burgey

 

[Daemon]

It's not really premature because he pretty much has the best ever home record for a spinner.. No matter how average he is away that gets him into ATG category imo.

At the end of the day it's just 20 matches at home though.

 

[Jono]

We should start Rahane ATG threads tbh... Go big when it comes to annoying Burgey

Rahane Lord's 2014 is ATG knock, better than any knock played by an Australian in England including anything by Bradman.

 

[OverratedSanity]

No doubt he needs a couple of good away series, but it's still terrific to see somebody able to exploit conditions like this. Herath's away record isnt that great either (though he does have the wins in South Africa and England to show for it).

If he keeps this up for another year or so (with hopefully a couple of good tours), would put him in the elite category - Kumble, Bedi, Chandra, Prasanna, Gupte et al.

Probably too soon to put him quite up there imo. Chandra is massively underappreciated. He won India matches everywhere in the world.

 

[Daemon]

Rahane Lord's 2014 is ATG knock, better than any knock played by an Australian in England including anything by Bradman.

He's good but I wouldn't call him a Lord just yet

 

[Jono]

He's good but I wouldn't call him a Lord just yet

so good

 

[Zinzan]

We should start Rahane ATG threads tbh... Go big when it comes to annoying Burgey

Now that would just be taking the piss though Even Burgey wouldn't buy that one. Stick to the Ashwin one though...

 

[Zinzan]

Still reckon Herath is better though.

Based on what? Herath's much more of a hometown bully than Ashwon, his numbers are closer to Jadeja's in terms of a crazy variance between home and away.

 

[Athlai]

Based on what? Herath's much more of a hometown bully than Ashwon, his numbers are closer to Jadeja's in terms of a crazy variance between home and away.

Mostly on Herath being better.

 

[Zinzan]

Mostly on Herath being better.

Well hard to pick the bones out of that one...

 

[morgieb]

Based on what? Herath's much more of a hometown bully than Ashwon, his numbers are closer to Jadeja's in terms of a crazy variance between home and away.

In terms of the main seam friendly countries Herath's figures are quite a bit better than Ashwin's tbf.

 

[viriya]

The thing going for Herath is longevity, but in a couple years Ashwin will be a much clearer choice.

I think people here are seriously underestimating Ashwin.. The subcontinent bullies don't count treatment that Mahela went through. Except Ashwin is doing the equivalent of averaging 75 in the subcontinent.

 

[Burgey]

can't wait til Burgey reads that Ashwin ATG discussions are occurring. He's going to blow up.

We should start Rahane ATG threads tbh... Go big when it comes to annoying Burgey

 

[Zinzan]

I meant to ask this yesterday, but when did Manjrekar's commentary become quite so cheerleader-ish? I hadn't really noticed it before, but jeez, he makes Harsha Bhogle seem like a hater of Indian cricket by comparison.

 

[Burgey]

when he was in australia he played the role of more a containing bowler tbf

That's a polite way of saying he didn't look like taking a wicket.

 

[cnerd123]

Ashwin and Jadeja just toying with the batsmen by the sound of things. Man I wish I could be watching this :/