The Unpopular Opinions Thread

[trundler]

lmao at allowing chucking. Where do you draw the line? Eventually it'll just become baseball.

How horrid would that be. Do we really want our glorious sport to devolve into a yank pastime. Ew. There should be some bowler friendly rules but allowing chucking might decrease bowling skill levels imo.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I think stats against minnows should be judged on a case by case basis, although I see why they might be given less weightage. Ponting's only century against Bangladesh was immensely more valuable than most Tendulkar and Sanga Bangladesh thrashings. The error of hindsight. Sanga and Kallis aren't in the same league as Ponting and Lara. The former two were nowhere near the best of the latter 2 at their best. Ponting>Lara too.
Also, wtf chucking shouldn't be legal. Spirit of the game and all that. Remove no balls too why we're at it.

haha blunt but true

 

[trundler]

Sobers' average of 24 against NZ and 40 against Aus put a dent in his record as a batsman for me.

 

[Burgey]

Luckily he was bowling 30 plus overs per test to make up for it

 

[Burgey]

I think he batted right handed with a stump against NZ, they were so bad back then.

 

[Daemon]

Luckily he was bowling 30 plus overs per test to make up for it

30 overs got him 2 wickets per game at that SR

 

[trundler]

Luckily he was bowling 30 plus overs per test to make up for it

Can't possibly fault his all round greatness but some consider him second only to The Don as a bat.

 

[cnerd123]

Look Sobers was great and everything, but he was no Shakib

 

[trundler]

Lance Gibbs had an SR of 88. Wax a horribly boring era. The best that I know of for that era is Davidson's 60. Also I've read his chinaman bowling dilutes his bowling record. I've read he was better as a pacer.

 

[trundler]

Look Sobers was great and everything, but he was no Shakib

Shakib has to deal with all that #pressure too. Poor fella.

 

[OverratedSanity]

30 overs got him 2 wickets per game at that SR

Some other great bowlers of that era had bad SRs too. Everyone just played slow as ****.

Lance Gibbs: 88
Bishen Bedi: 80

 

[Engle]

How horrid would that be. Do we really want our glorious sport to devolve into a yank pastime. Ew. There should be some bowler friendly rules but allowing chucking might decrease bowling skill levels imo.

Well, we went from underarm bowling to overarm bowling to sideways bowling. The next logical step is all types of deliveries.
Who needs all the fuss about umpires reporting dodgy actions, testing, remedial work etc etc
We don't stop the batsmen from playing all manner of strokes do we ?

 

[Mr Miyagi]

Some other great bowlers of that era had bad SRs too. Everyone just played slow as ****.

Lance Gibbs: 88
Bishen Bedi: 80

Did you just call Sobers a great bowler?

 

[marc71178]

lmao at allowing chucking. Where do you draw the line? Eventually it'll just become baseball.

Lokomotiv was ahead of his time then.

 

[trundler]

Well, we went from underarm bowling to overarm bowling to sideways bowling. The next logical step is all types of deliveries.
Who needs all the fuss about umpires reporting dodgy actions, testing, remedial work etc etc
We don't stop the batsmen from playing all manner of strokes do we ?

Allow roundarm and underarm sure, but not chucking. I'm sure the process of reporting it and its definition could be improved but legalizing it could change the entire dynamic of bowling. It'd just be unfair.
The bouncer rule should be changed though.

 

[trundler]

Saqlain very clearly chucked.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Did you just call Sobers a great bowler?

No

 

[smash84]

Saqlain very clearly chucked.

He had a very good off spinner's action. Unless you are talking specifically of the doosra?

 

[Pratters]

Warner & Bancroft are innocent.

Main partners in crime are the bowlers really. Any one who has played any cricket knows this.

 

[trundler]

He had a very good off spinner's action. Unless you are talking specifically of the doosra?

Yes, the doosra. His doosra was clear chucking. His offies were fine.