Wastemen etc

[slippy888]

 

[a massive zebra]

What a bizarrely random comparison!

 

[Athlai]

Marmadoola better batsman and bowler fairly comfortably

 

[Burgey]

Wasn’t Jadeja a match fixer?

 

[Starfighter]

Yep

 

[jimmy101]

Jadeja was better btw.

 

[cnerd123]

Jadeja was better btw.

Yea but Mahmadullah actually tries to help his team win whenever he plays.

TBF to Jadeja I looked this up a bit recently and it seems he was done in more on having affiliations with bookies than any actual evidence of underperforming. Only Azhar was ever pinned with actually fixing.

 

[jimmy101]

Sadly, Jadeja will always live with that black mark against his name. However, if we consider both players on skill alone I feel Jadeja was more gifted.

 

[slippy888]

Owais Shah vs Vikram Solanki

Who was the better batsman for you

 

[BoyBrumby]

Owais by a little way for me. Was quite the prodigy in his youth (think he was selected for an "A" tour when still in his teens), but, for whatever reason, never really kicked on. Being a shite fielder probably didn't help.

Vikram was quite easy on the eye, but never really looked like a test prospect. Although he'd probably get at least mentioned as a possible nowadays as the options aren't quite so numerous.

 

[nightprowler10]

Solanki used to kick ass in Cricket2004. That's all I've got.

 

[AndrewB]

Shah and Andrew Strauss are the only pair to have had 3+ partnerships in Tests and all those partnerships were 100+; which is particularly surprising when Shah only scored 2 Test 50s. Oddly, two of the partnerships ended with Shah retiring hurt, so their partnership average is 366 (unsurprisingly this is a record for pairs who batted together more than once).

With Roy having played Tests now, Solanki has (I think) reclaimed his record for most ODIs for England without playing in a Test.

So in summary, I don't know.

 

[TheJediBrah]

The real question is who was the better part time offie?

 

[NZTailender]

The real question is who was the better part time offie?

Stats say Shah internationally but I'd go with Solanki.

 

[NZTailender]

Solanki used to kick ass in Cricket2004. That's all I've got.

Was a monster for me in one of the ICC games. Think the first time I had someone hit a double in a one dayer was Solanki.

 

[vcs]

I vaguely remember Shah batting well in a Test in India once.

 

[Prince EWS]

Solanki used to kick ass in Cricket2004. That's all I've got.

Haha I usually associate Solanki with that game as well.

 

[Prince EWS]

Stats say Shah internationally but I'd go with Solanki.

Yeah I have no idea how Shah's bowling was a thing, it was truly rank. Solanki looked decent even though he didn't bowl much when he played.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Sledger has a boner for Solanki, so there's your answer

 

[slippy888]

Herschelle Gibbs vs Mohammad Azharuddin

Both players where batting geniuses on there day but who was the better batsman for you.