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sunilz

sunilz

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the big bambino said:
Can do that. I’m just filling in the bits you conveniently leave out. You know, the stuff that isn’t cherry picked.

Say wasn’t that 236 in a dead rubber game? On a dead pitch? Against a WI team already 3 blot up and thinking of home? Weren’t we just counting Overseas tests? When series were still live? And wasn’t it a point of distinction in Sunny’s favour that he opened against the new ball. Well why did he shirk his job and bat down the order in that game.

Look I’m fully on board with Sunny the great. Well at least I was until I saw your links. Looks like he was just a myth. Stop it please. I feel a little disillusioned now.
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Why should i consider only overseas when Chappell never faced WI pace quartet in WI ?
 
OverratedSanity

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the big bambino said:
Can do that. I’m just filling in the bits you conveniently leave out. You know, the stuff that isn’t cherry picked.

Say wasn’t that 236 in a dead rubber game? On a dead pitch? Against a WI team already 3 blot up and thinking of home? Weren’t we just counting Overseas tests? When series were still live? And wasn’t it a point of distinction in Sunny’s favour that he opened against the new ball. Well why did he shirk his job and bat down the order in that game.

Look I’m fully on board with Sunny the great. Well at least I was until I saw your links. Looks like he was just a myth. Stop it please. I feel a little disillusioned now.
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He also scored a 90 and 121 in 128 balls when the series was alive. Earned himself some good dead rubber bashing imo.
 
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ankitj said:
Here's list of batsmen with most hundreds against WI when at least one of the famous quartet played: Batting records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com

Chappell has impressive numbers too to be fair.
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The majority of Chappelle's runs came in the 76 series when the Windies quicks were raw and inexperienced. Holding himself admitted he had no idea what he was doing at the time. Atleast gavaskar in 83 got runs when all of them were seasoned pros or in the case of Marshall, right when his peak began.
 
Burgey

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I don't know how much of a mark-down you should necessarily put on runs in a dead rubber match. Much depends on context. That WI side was pretty ruthless tbf, and a ball whistling through at your melon is still doing it, whether its' the first or fifth test of a series.
 
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OverratedSanity said:
The majority of Chappelle's runs came in the 76 series when the Windies quicks were raw and inexperienced. Holding himself admitted he had no idea what he was doing at the time. Atleast gavaskar in 83 got runs when all of them were seasoned pros or in the case of Marshall, right when his peak began.
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Dave has long been regarded as a bit of a downhill skiier
 
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TheJediBrah said:
the bloke who made 34* in a 60 over ODI?

bloke got his wires crossed a bit didn't he
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Gavaskar was just weird. Played the most infamously slow innings in limited overs but also played some freakish rapid innings against great pacers in the longer format. The 90 in the same 83 series was really quick too.
 
the big bambino

the big bambino

International Captain
sunilz said:
Why should i consider only overseas when Chappell never faced WI pace quartet in WI ?
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Hey dude don’t look at me like that. It was your criteria not mine. You are right in saying Greg Chappell never faced the Lloyd side in the WI ... if you fraudulently fail to disclose the WSC series that is. And look: You did!
 
harsh.ag

harsh.ag

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the big bambino said:
Hey dude don’t look at me like that. It was your criteria not mine. You are right in saying Greg Chappell never faced the Lloyd side in the WI ... if you fraudulently fail to disclose the WSC series that is. And look: You did!
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He did openly say that he wasn't including it. Not fraudulently.
 
the big bambino

the big bambino

International Captain
OverratedSanity said:
The majority of Chappelle's runs came in the 76 series when the Windies quicks were raw and inexperienced. Holding himself admitted he had no idea what he was doing at the time. Atleast gavaskar in 83 got runs when all of them were seasoned pros or in the case of Marshall, right when his peak began.
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And Roberts was past it in 83/84
 
jimmy101

jimmy101

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Pretty sure Gavaskar's famously slow ODI knock was done in response to his objection against England putting all of their fielders on the boundary from ball one. India were chasing in that match, and Gavaskar felt England's tactics in the field were un-gentlemanly & robbed India any chance of winning the game.

By extension it heralded the advent of fielding restrictions in the first 15 overs.
 
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