Ian Botham v Shaun Pollock

[Victor Ian]

No

Maybe

 

[a massive zebra]

Looking at Botham's record, it is interesting that performance against India beefs up his batting stats. He averages 33.54 overall and 70.64(!) against India. 5 hundreds and 5 fifties in just 17 innings. He cashed in on some extremely poor attacks by us, but at the same time produced some great performances like the Mumbai test. Without India, his batting average is 28.97.

Botham in "if you ignore the country he had most success against, his record gets worse!" shocker.

 

[mr_mister]

Those attacks still had the great Kapil Dev in them

Also, one of his centuries came against Dev and Bedi

 

[sledger]

Obviously Botham by miles

Pollock much less of an obnoxious **** though

 

[Migara]

Botham in "if you ignore the country he had most success against, his record gets worse!" shocker.

A non shocker when certain other players are discussed.

 

[rtramdas]

Both formats combined , It is Pollock for me. If Kapil added into mix, then Pollock, Kapil, Botham in that order..

 

[Bolo.]

Both formats combined , It is Pollock for me. If Kapil added into mix, then Pollock, Kapil, Botham in that order..

Unwritten Cricket Web rules are tests only, unless specifically mentioned. Everyone in this thread is commenting on tests only.

Botham was mediocre in ODIs. No reason to compare him to Dev or Pollock.

 

[Prince EWS]

Yes

Virat, Vaughan, Amla.