Players that are the most overated by CW posters.

[stephen]

I genuinely thought Zimbabwe were on the same path as Sri Lanka during the 90s. Now it seems that Sri Lanka is on the same path as Zimbabwe

 

[mr_mister]

I think it is a common practice to exclude BAN/KEN/ZIM while comparing players/team . I didn't do intentionally .

Okay. But 90s Zim were way, way above those 2 other teams. These days they're crap

 

[sunilz]

Okay. But 90s Zim were way, way above those 2 other teams. These days they're crap

Agree with this . They even won test series against IND/PAK in 90s.

 

[trundler]

A complete defensive player, I suppose. Like Barrington. Though these two had all the strokes in the book.

Boycott would fit in there somewhere

 

[stephen]

Agree with this . They even won test series against IND/PAK in 90s.

Stop agreeing. CW is not meant to be so nice.

 

[harsh.ag]

Always got the feeling Gavaskar was able to go into a higher gear without an accompanying loss of prolificness, like the best of the best. It was probably a combination of defensive instincts and being in a weak batting line-up which stopped him from doing so. Then again, it could be something else.

 

[trundler]

Whilst those factors would have certainly been at play, I get the feeling it's just the way he played. Variety is the spice of life after all.

 

[jimmy101]

Barrington wasn't a complete defensive player FTR. Had kind of a Jack Hobbs type career, very attacking batsmen as a young man, and turned into a stonewaller later on.

 

[trundler]

Hobbs reinvented himself with age, like Tendulkar and Bradman but Barrington did it after being dropped early on didn't he? Not exactly the same.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Gavaskar is a mythological figure in my village.

When India played that ODI at my home ground, Albion, I heard of how he took apart the Windies bowlers. He hit a six that went into a hotel(where a bunch of shady activities were going on: prostitution, drugs, and chutney music) by the roadside. This was over the long on boundary. And he also hit a six that went over the midwicket boundary and out of the ground, across the road, over the canal, and into a coconut grove owned by a man we called 'Mustapha'. He was in the copra business, exported the stuff. Richest man in the area at that time.


It was Phagwah. It was colorful that day.

Obviously I wasn't around to witness that, but every middle aged individual to pensioner who was at the ground that day tells the same story.

Since then no one has ever hit a ball that far at the ground.

The hotel is still in operation. Mustapha sadly passed away. Copra went out of demand. He turned to rice...

 

[Daemon]

What a great thread. Burgey owned and boned.

 

[trundler]

What a great thread. Burgey owned and boned.

This. Torn apart with cold, hard facts. Turns out Sunilz is a quality poster who, unfortunately, Burgey managed to bait and drag down to his level in the past.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Gavaskar is a mythological figure in my village.

When India played that ODI at my home ground, Albion, I heard of how he took apart the Windies bowlers. He hit one a six that went into a hotel(where a bunch of shady activities were going on: prostitution, drugs, and chutney music) by the roadside. This was over the long on boundary. And he also hit a six that went over the midwicket boundary and out of the ground, across the road, over the canal, and into a coconut grove owned by a man we called 'Mustapha'. He was in the copra business, exported the stuff. Richest man in the area at that time.


It was Phagwah. It was colorful that day.

Obviously I wasn't around to witness that, but every middle aged individual to pensioner who was at the ground that day tells the same story.

Since then no one has ever hit a ball that far at the ground.

The hotel is still in operation. Mustapha sadly passed away. Copra went out of demand. He turned to rice...

I don't understand half of what you post but I am always entertained.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I don't understand half of what you post but I am always entertained.

At least you see it as glass half full.

I have never known this about Mustapha. I just Googled him and learnt that he was also an enterprising contractor who built the Albion complex. He died last year at the age of 85.

 

[morgieb]

Barrington wasn't a complete defensive player FTR. Had kind of a Jack Hobbs type career, very attacking batsmen as a young man, and turned into a stonewaller later on.

Wasn't he kinda **** as an attacker though?

 

[_00_deathscar]

Comparing Indian team home performance against AUS/WI is like comparing Ashwin to Warne/ Murali tbh . But here is the stats

IND(since ENG tour 2012)
Team records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com

WI(1980-94)
Team records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com

AUS(1995-07)
Team records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com

Thanks - huge difference in number of matches played of course and maybe it's closer if you only include a smaller stretch of Aus/WI matches (i.e. their best streaks) - but this India team doesn't just win home series, they nearly whitewash all their opponents. Very low draw rate, just the 1 loss (vs Aus?) and tons of wins.

That and India aren't as gun away as the Aus/WI teams were.

 

[_00_deathscar]

There's a million meaningless stats you can use to back your POV. Who was the lobotomized poster a few weeks back who said the three Indian quicks took more wickets in a year as a trio than any other in history, which at face value sounded good, until it was pointed out that two bowlers alone took more wickets than they did in 1981?

Yep - that was a great example of statistics sometimes being really silly.

 

[Burgey]

Can someone tell me what chutney music is, cos it’s been mentioned with drug taking and prostitution, so it sounds like it has a fair amount of potential.

 

[vcs]

Can someone tell me what chutney music is, cos it’s been mentioned with drug taking and prostitution, so it sounds like it has a fair amount of potential.

 

[sledger]

A CC thread started by me that has upwards of 790 posts of (mostly) serious discussion. That must be a first.