You are of course welcome to hold this opinion. There's not much between all three and all of them have their pros and cons inn the ODI game.
KulCha are great prospects especially seeing how they have gone outside subcontinent too. But it's obviously quite early.
This is becoming Ikki level posting now. You know Murali's career best figure came against India? This is trash posting. Stop already.
I was saying that being a minnow basher is a positive, all else being equal.
For once statistics come through for one of the good guys.
So you remember the stat that supports your argument? And you don't remember the stats that help the team more?
I'm not agreeing with Stephen here in general, but there's no denying that Murali benefited massively (statistically) from playing a lot of minnows. That's just a fact.
Tendulkar and dravid also never got to bash around ashish nehra and debashish mohanty. Fair enough to add atleast 20% to their averages imo.
Another 25% for playing with the strongest outfit. So down to 50%.
I've only been quoting ODI stats. Take the minnows out and Murali's average is less than one run different from Warne, their economy difference is .3 rpo and the strike rate difference is less than 2.
Hooper was a better bowler than Warne. Saqlain was a better bowler than Hooper. Murali was a better bowler than Saqlain. etc. There is no argument about that.
I also only remember ERs for Aussie players like McGrath and it makes him stand out immensely. Murali played until 2011 while other 2 until 2003. You have to adjust for that. Only 3 runs a match is a silly way to look at it. Those are averages over large numbers and indicative of how much more often one is likely to bowl a seriously miserly spell compared to the others.
Ah but they got to bash around Warne when he was playing injured in 98/99. Which is pretty much the same thing.
It definitely is. I don't think Warne was a better ODI than Murali at all but I also don't get why people are getting so triggered by the suggestion that Murali benefited from playing a lot against minnows, which is clearly true.
Hooper and Harper were different guys btw
It's a disguised slight when you put that as a strength of Murali. You can be more honest and say he was the hardest to score against, even for the side that was the best at playing spin in his day. Oh and if you are honest, also call out Warne's ordinary record against India as his weakness? This is all stupidly dishonest from Stephen and needs to be called out.
