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The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread
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stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I followed the Ashes 2005 thread as a lurker. Was posting on the channel 4 forums at the time though.
Coronis
International Coach
So someone mentioned before about Ponting opening, I don’t remember if it was about ODIs or Tests but the thought intrigued me. Its sort of like the inverse of England, in that we have far more quality middle order batsmen competing for slots than openers. For example in my England XI atm, I’d have Hobbs, Sutcliffe and Hutton all playing as the top 3. What do you guys think about bumping up Ponting (or another batsman) to one of the opening slots in an Australian XI?
Slifer
International Captain
WSC . WI players also missed a tour to India around the same time for the very same reason. Then sunil made merry vs a very under strength 2nd attack.
sunilz
International Regular
Wish Richards also knew how to how make merry against weak attacks . He averaged 45 in India despite playing the worst Indian attack of last 50 years in 80s (9 to 10 test )
Slifer
International Captain
Tbh I was very much trolling with that comment and sure enough you took my bait. It's all good and well you dishing it out with your comments about Lara and Sir Viv but the minute someone mentions one of your indian gods you lose your schitt. Relax dude it's a that serious.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
I really don't see why it has to be one or the other. For a lot of my friends here in INdia, Windies are their next favorite team. They are all big fans of blokes like Lara, Gayle and for the older ones, Richards and the golden generation. For me, I am just so happy that I spent my about 20 years of my life watching both Sachin and Lara through their careers. I never thought we would see greatness like that again and yet here we are, with the Fab 4 and especially Virat and Steve Smith..
Not to mention, Marnus and Mayank..
Not to mention, Marnus and Mayank..
sunilz
International Regular
Indian gods
I don't take cricket too seriously to consider these players as my god. You can write whatever you want to write about them . I have no problem.
Teja.
Global Moderator
Sanga at 3 imo.
trundler
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Hey, play along with my attempt to restore normalcy first
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...cricinfo's stats,cricket and writing about it.
^ I believe you were talking about this. The article is about Ponting's steep decline by the way.
_00_deathscar
International Regular
Whoa whoa whoa no way is Steve Waugh in that second tier of players.
Sachin
Waugh
Lara
(small margin)
Ponting
(very small margin)
Sanga
Kallis
Dravid
Case for Ponting to be in the first tier to be honest - his peak certainly demands it, but he made merry in the 2000s (as did many of the second tier) which was notoriously more batting friendly (and Sachin, who was still around then, was a very different batsman by that point and nowhere near his 90s best).
Lara was the best on his day. Ponting the best peak maybe (certainly raw numbers wise). Sachin the most consistent throughout and could (and did) play a number of different roles (more attacking in the 90s, more of an accumulator in the 00s), Waugh the most gritty.
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