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The Better Player: Ravi Ashwin vs. Shaun Pollock

The Better Player

  • Ravi Ashwin

    Votes: 11 21.6%
  • Shaun Pollock

    Votes: 40 78.4%

  • Total voters
    51

Xix2565

International Regular
Well the poll has spoken, now the real discussion is about which great side this current Indian side can roll over on the cheating rank turner in Ahmedabad with the pink ball magic of Axar Patel.
 

Bolo.

International Captain
Pollock wasn't that bad of a captain but it was too much burden to bear. Sadly unlike Kallis, Pollock didn't get his due after retirement.
What makes you think it was too much burden? His personal perfomances were great, his win rate is the best of any RSA captain, and he wanted it.
 

Nintendo

Cricketer Of The Year
A combined side of 2004 + Current( assuming playing Aus)

Sehwag
Rohit
Pujara
Tendulkar
Kohli
Laxman
Pant
Ashwin
Jadeja
Bumrah
Umesh ( was excellent in 2017 series )

Against

Hayden
Warner
Smith
Martyn
Clarke
Lehmann
Gilchrist
Lyon
Gillespie
Cummins
Mcgrath
Cummins+McGrath+Gillespie in Asian conditions is HOT
 

Nintendo

Cricketer Of The Year
True but their secret sauce in 2004 was Kasprowicz I thought. He was pretty important in the results they achieved in the SC in that 2004 and a year before and after period.
I didn't watch the series live so can't comment with 100% faith but kaspro averaged 34 in Asia over his career. Not bad for a pacer but nowhere near Gillespie or McGrath.
 

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
I didn't watch the series live so can't comment with 100% faith but kaspro averaged 34 in Asia over his career. Not bad for a pacer but nowhere near Gillespie or McGrath.
I meant the role he played. He was almost their second spinner by keeping it very tight, bowling cutters and reverse swing, picking the odd wicket but generally bowling a lot of overs providing control for the captain.
 

TheJediBrah

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I didn't watch the series live so can't comment with 100% faith but kaspro averaged 34 in Asia over his career. Not bad for a pacer but nowhere near Gillespie or McGrath.
He definitely wasn't as good as McGrath and Gillespie in Asia, but he was always seen as a bit of an Asian specialist, based mostly on that one 1998 series. Bit of a myth tbh but had some truth behind it
 

Nikhil99.94

School Boy/Girl Captain
((I want to be able to pull off such confidence when I make random assertions at work.))
When you have bradman in your team,every one would be confident.As I mentioned ‘most likely’beat.That team even without bradman is an ATG team itself.
Barnes
Morris
Bradman(c)
Hassett
Harvey
Brown/loxton
Miller
Lindwall
Tallon(wk)
Ian Johnston/mccool
Bill Johnston
A atg batting line up,one of ,if not the greatest/strongest of all time.If brown plays instead of loxton then 6 batsman with an average over 45.With bradman’s 99.94.An atg all rounder Miller.Atg fast bowler lindwall,atg Keeper tallon.Bill Johnston a ATVG bowler.Looks as good as any team ever.
 

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