Agree. The idea that accelerating before the tail goes should earn more for the team as a concept makes sense. @Burgey will know better, but I never felt as if Border was slow. I always had the impression he was one of the quicker scorers in the team. Whether that is because his team were cactus or whether it was about par for the 80's or whether it was just being an idol, I can't say.
Yeah earlier Border scored quick enough but he got worn down by being surrounded by duds for a few years, then as he toward the real back half of his career he grafted much more than when he was younger
Kallis could accelerate if he needed to, he just never wanted to, and like most players it would almost certainly have dropped his average considerably if he did score quicker.
That is one of the most poorly veiled insults I have ever seen.
Something you can't say Border was capable of. Hence Kallis > Border
Kallis' did have a SR of 54 and averaged 67 in a latter phase of his career, mostly because the rest of the lineup was scoring at a faster pace too. He pretty much followed the tempo of the rest of the batting order.
I don't see why not. Probably similarly could have scored quicker if he wanted but his average would have gone down and wouldn't have helped his team
Do you have the guy I was initially responding to on ignore or something?
It unfair to blame player X for not doing something when player Y never needed to do it.
You realise I was counter-arguing a guy who said Border was better than Kallis right?
nah I just assumed you would be arguing in favor of Border tbh.
Chappell did put Border very low in the top 25 Ashes cricketers of his lifetime.
