Would a combined India/Pakistan have dominated cricket?

[ankitj]

Hanif, Hazare, Fazal, Khan Mohammad, Mankad in the early years wouldn't have been pushovers.

Pakistan have underachieved relative to the popularity of the sport and talent available since the 80s because the PCB do stupid ****. How did Anwar play only 55 tests? I

Pakistan has been too dependent on raw talent and individual charisma. As rest of the world has turned more professional, Pakistan does indeed appear to be lagging behind.

 

[Burgey]

Also even though Sreesanth craps all over this theory but I still think that Asif and Amir would not have strayed the way they did in a dressing room comprising Sachin and Dravid compared to the Pakistani one. Might be another factor.

Like it was indian bookies who bribed them mate

 

[Burgey]

Don't forget Bangladesh would also be part of the team. Shakib vs. Jadeja would be a tough choice.

Sure you don’t want to add Afggganistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Thailand and Kyrgyzstan as well?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Alternate reality where a 19 year old Tendulkar is corrupted by bookies and banned for life for match fixing. How different would the 90s and 00s have been.

 

[vcs]

Sure you don’t want to add Afggganistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Thailand and Kyrgyzstan as well?

Bangladesh literally used to be East Pakistan.

 

[Burgey]

Bangladesh literally used to be East Pakistan.

and they all used to be part of the British Empire. how wide do we want to cast the net?

 

[Daemon]

and they all used to be part of the British Empire. how wide do we want to cast the net?

Unfair that England get to cast theirs as far as the Caribbean and Africa but we can't even rope in our next door neighbours

 

[trundler]

and they all used to be part of the British Empire. how wide do we want to cast the net?

They were all always part of India though. Bangladesh was just one half of the province of Bengal.

 

[wpdavid]

Unfair that England get to cast theirs as far as the Caribbean and Africa but we can't even rope in our next door neighbours

And I think the key point is that Bangladesh was part of India until partition, whereas Ceylon and Afghanistan weren't.

 

[Burgey]

We’ll grab Hadlee then, on the basis that NZ are our next door neighbours and were going to join the federation in 1901 but decided not to.

 

[trundler]

Except Bengal has been a part of India going back to antiquity.

 

[_00_deathscar]

We’ll grab Hadlee then, on the basis that NZ are our next door neighbours and were going to join the federation in 1901 but decided not to.

You already have an ATG bowling line up. Adding another ATG, as good as Hadlee was, only improves it marginally. The added difference in our case is huge. It's basically like getting a Kallis-lite.

 

[Burgey]

I can’t help that. I need him as bowling cover in case one of the frontline attack is hurt.

It’s kind of a bizarre way to look at it - you’re already good enough therefore you can’t have this sort of made up amalgam.

 

[TheJediBrah]

and they all used to be part of the British Empire. how wide do we want to cast the net?

We’ll grab Hadlee then, on the basis that NZ are our next door neighbours and were going to join the federation in 1901 but decided not to.

I can’t help that. I need him as bowling cover in case one of the frontline attack is hurt.

It’s kind of a bizarre way to look at it - you’re already good enough therefore you can’t have this sort of made up amalgam.

Relax bro, it's just a silly thread for fun. You're not meant to take it seriously or make it a bloody nationalistic competition. There's enough people on this forum that do that as it is

 

[trundler]

Wasim, Jadeja, Kapil, Imran, Mankad, Shakib would be a gloriously meme SC attack.

And this is American level geography knowledge from Burgey

 

[Burgey]

Relax bro, it's just a silly thread for fun. You're not meant to take it seriously or make it a bloody nationalistic competition. There's enough people on this forum that do that as it is

of course it’s serious. deadly serious

Perfectly understandable that no one from India or Pakistan wants to include any players from SL though.

 

[Burgey]

Wasim, Jadeja, Kapil, Imran, Mankad, Shakib would be a gloriously meme SC attack.

And this is American level geography knowledge from Burgey

imagine this muppet having the gall to think he’s in a position to lecture anyone on their knowledge of anything save teen angst and confected ennui

 

[trundler]

imagine this muppet having the gall to think he’s in a position to lecture anyone on their knowledge of anything save teen angst and confected ennui

How dare you overlook simping for milfs

 

[Burgey]

How dare you overlook simping for milfs

True. My bad

 

[Daemon]

go away burgey